Journal Entry 1 by dodau from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Saturday, July 31, 2010

My seventh box and it's a mystery first line one. All the books are wrapped and labeled with their first lines.
It's a mix of fiction and usual rules. Take as many as you want, and replace with the same number roughly. Less if you have no space and more if you want to fill any gaps.(You know who you are). Try and keep it moving within the demands of real life. Journal it when you get it and when you send it on. If you want to post guesses as to what books are feel free and of course you may reveal here what the books you choose turn out to be.
New members accepted all the time and will be added to the bottom of the list of particiapants. 

Journal Entry 2 by dodau at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Saturday, July 31, 2010

Heres the list and it's a long one. It's in the orderish that you answered my post so if you want to be moved just shout.
TiffanyAching
Yorkshire-lass - Box is here
star69
disneyfreakam
blueblack
seayork2002
Sterile
Lemon-Crisis
reffraff71
elstaplador
Ythan
hiddencat12
AliceF
Cassandra2020
KaKo27
Plum-crazy
riffraff71
Madmadge
Kirstykat
Back to me

I will be sending this out around the 18th aug when I get paid. 

Journal Entry 3 by dodau at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Thursday, August 19, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (8/19/2010 UTC) at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom

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Sent to first participiant 

Journal Entry 4 by TiffanyAching at Burntisland, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, August 23, 2010

received today many thanks,

I took out

"Well, thank god this is about to be over, I thought as I drove - well, blew - past the sign that marked the Westchester, Connecticut, city limits" (Ill Wind by Rachel Caine)

"Imagine, if you can, a continent that for one quarter if the year, doubles in size." (Ice Station by Matthew Reilly)

"Brain tissue clung like wet, grey lint to the sleeves of Dr _______'s surgical gown, and the front of it was splashed with Blood." (Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell)

"Celik the turk took a sip of coffee." (Changing of the Guard by Perry & Segniff)

I did pick another but it is one I have read before so will lovingly wrap it again and send it on it's way.

Just need to find 4 book to replace the ones I took out and then it will be on it's way

 

Journal Entry 5 by yorkshire-lass at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Friday, August 27, 2010

The box arrived with me this morning, what a surprise!
This is going to be so difficult, how to chose from such cryptic first lines, it may take a while.

I've decided on,

"The faces of murder were varied and complex." Out of This World by J.D. Robb.

"Who am I? and how, I wonder, will this story end?" The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.

"Most days I wish I was a Brithis pound coin instead of an African girl." The Other Hand by Chris Cleave.

"The scream was carried towards her by the gust of wind, then whiplashed away, leaving her face smarting with the sting of grit and shock." Dreamer by Peter James.

I've spent most of the day picking out books with interesting first lines to replace what I've taken out.

Just waiting to hear from Star69, and the the box will be ready to move on. 

Journal Entry 6 by yorkshire-lass at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (9/1/2010 UTC) at Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom

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The box is now with star69, who picked it up from my house this afternoon. 

Journal Entry 7 by star69 at Sittingbourne, Kent United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Got this box today from yorkshire-lass. Thanks

This box is like Christmas and my birthday all rolled into one, I just want to rip all the pretty paper off all the books!!! but I will try very hard to restrain myself. And just go for the ones that interest me.

Thanks for this box dodau 

Journal Entry 8 by star69 at Sittingbourne, Kent United Kingdom on Sunday, September 05, 2010

OK I have decided. I have taken out...

"Where Else in the world would you go to work and find Your first customer to be Sir Elton John?" Resuce Me Melissa Wareham

"The dog days of summer were upon them, New England sweltering in the late August heat as Martha, crab like darted in and out of the shade of Easton's canopies and store-front porches, the air shimmying above the baked ground as she attended to the messages scrawled on a notepad in the bottom of her purse." Miracle Woman Martina Conlon-Mckenna

"Possessed of supreme strenth and of unrivaled courage, he was blessed by the gods, feared by the mortals, and desired by all women who saw him." Fantasy Lover Sherrilyn Kenyon

Have enjoyed this bookbox alot it was a great idea. Will hopefully get it moving some time next week.  

Journal Entry 9 by star69 at Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Friday, September 10, 2010

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Sent to disneyfreaksam 

Journal Entry 10 by disneyfreaksam at Warminster, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 11, 2010

OOOHHH. It has arrived. Away to open it now xx 

Journal Entry 11 by disneyfreaksam at Warminster, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 11, 2010

Okay. I have picked:

The most beautiful corpse I'd ever seen was sitting behind my desk. - The Killing Dance by Laurell K Hamilton

The neon hammer and sickle buzzed and flickered to life over the nightclub of the Lan Xang Hotel. - Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill

All children are extraordinary - but the children included in this book have a little something extra. - Angel Kids by Jacky Newcomb

The year 1958 is etched on peoples mind for many different reasons. - Three Men In A Float Across England At 15 mph by Dan Kieran and Ian Vince. 

Journal Entry 12 by disneyfreaksam at Warminster, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 18, 2010

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Enjoy, this one was great fun xx 

Journal Entry 13 by blueblack at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Sunday, October 17, 2010

This book box is safely in my possession! Sorry for the late update. Have PM'd seyork2002 for their address, and will update once I've been to the Post Office! 

Journal Entry 14 by blueblack at A Bookcrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, November 22, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (11/22/2010 UTC) at A Bookcrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom

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Seayork asked to be skipped for now, the bookbox is going to Sterile. Sorry for the delay, I've had a lot on my plate lately and this box got sidelined for a bit longer than it should have -_-

I took out:
* "In my first memory, I am three years old and I am trying to kill my sister."
* Around five-thirty I put down the book I'd been reading and started shooing customers out of the shop
* For the better part of my life, I have been working with emotionally disturbed children.
* The bedroom was dark, lit only by a sliver of brightness from the wall light in the basement well outside edging its way round the sides of the blind." 

Journal Entry 15 by Sterile at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (12/14/2010 UTC) at Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom

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The box is finally on the move! Unfortunate delay due to the snow and illness. On it's travels via Royal Snail on 14 December to Lemon-Crisis. 

Journal Entry 16 by Lemon-Crisis at Birchington, Kent United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Thanks Sterile! Arrived safe & sound today.

I'm going to have fun picking which ones to read! I have plenty of books to replace the ones I take out, so I may take out quite a few. I'll journal again when I've decided!

 

Journal Entry 17 by Lemon-Crisis at Birchington, Kent United Kingdom on Sunday, January 02, 2011

Right! Now that birthdays, Christmas & New Year are over with, I've picked some books! The numbers in brackets is how much I think I'll enjoy the book at first glance. Thank you to those who put my picks in!

1. 'The phone is ringing' - Playing with the Grown-ups by Sophie Dahl (2/5)

2. 'My father was one of the fittest men I have ever known.' - Johnno by David Malouf (2/5)

3. '"It pains me to the quick to make this observation about my only son, but James, for a Gatewood, you are queer stirrups, indeed"' - Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career by Carla Kelly (4/5)

4. 'Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father.' - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (3/5)

5. 'Monday 27 January' - Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding (3/5)

6. 'There are songs that come free from the blue-eyed grass, from the dust of a thousand country roads.' - The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller (2/5)

Hmm, interesting mix. I did pick another one, but it was a book I'd already read so I rewrapped it and put it back. I have three books already wrapped to replace the ones I've taken out - I just need to decide on three or four more (depending on space).

Will PM the next on the list for their address as I'll be posting the box this coming week :) 

Journal Entry 18 by Lemon-Crisis at Birchington, Kent United Kingdom on Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Posted off to riffraff today. Should be with you soon! :)

I added five and a half books to replace the ones I took out. The 'half book' was used to fill a gap that wasn't big enough for a normal book.

I enjoyed having this box, and I hope all the books in it find eager new readers! 

Journal Entry 19 by riffraff71 at Benfleet, Essex United Kingdom on Sunday, January 16, 2011

Just to let you know the box has arrived safe and well.Going to try and pick which ones I want to open tonight...It's going to be hard!!! 

Journal Entry 20 by riffraff71 at Benfleet, Essex United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 19, 2011

That was so hard to pick and a real challenge not to open them all!!!I've taken:

'Who wouldn't be skeptical when a man claims to have spent an entire weekend with God,in a shack no less?' The Shack by WM Paul Young

'I have to' Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

'Before I get to Hoppner,I should probably say something about my own morality.' The Hummingbird saint by Hector MacDonald

'It is perhaps unusual to begin a tale of murder with \ reminder to the reader of the rules governing conditional sentences in a language thats is incontrovertibly dead.' Death is now my neighbour by Colin Dexter

'If the plan goes wrong, we will all die' The sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon

Will pm next on list and get this box moving again soon.Thanks for including me,loved it! 

Journal Entry 21 by elstaplador at Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Thursday, January 27, 2011

Arrived today. This looks like a lot of fun - thank you very much! 

Journal Entry 22 by elstaplador at Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Saturday, February 05, 2011

OK, ready to go. I've put five in (no, I'm not telling you what they were!) and am taking four out, as follows:

'Beyond the window of my father's shop, midwinter light skims the snow' - "Light on Snow", by Anita Shreve. I've actually read this before, but I'll re-read it.

'Although his father had pictured for him a brilliant future in the army, Hervé Joncour had ended up earning his crust in an unusual career which, by a singular piece of irony, was not unconnected with a charming side that bestowed upon it a vaguely feminine intonation.' - "Silk" by Alessandro Baricco.

'Behind the mountain of Altnaveenan lies on of those deep and precipitous valleys, on which the practised eye of a distiller would dwell with delight, as a region not likely to be invaded by the unhallowed feet of the gauger and his red-coats.' - 'Take it easy'/'Kurzgeschichten'. I'm not sure that my German is good enough for the right-hand page, but the left-hand page should be easy enough. If nothing else, it'll be practice!

'The night before everything changes, an earthquake jolts me out of my sleep and I instinctively reach over for Tamara, but it isn't Tamara, of course, it's Hope.' - "Everything Changes" by Jonathan Tropper.

Thank you dodau for organising this and everybody for participating - I've really enjoyed picking books, and dipping into the bran tub! 

Journal Entry 23 by elstaplador at All wrapped up., A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Posted to Ythan. 

Journal Entry 24 by Ythan at Ellon, Scotland United Kingdom on Friday, February 11, 2011

It's here! Love all the wrapping paper and I'm sure the books are good too. :) I haven't picked them yet, be back soon. 

Journal Entry 25 by Ythan at Ellon, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, February 12, 2011

The books I have picked are:

"Africa crouched low on the horizon, like a lion in ambush; tawny and gold in the early sunlight, seared by the cold of the Benguela current." (A Falcon Flies - Wilbur Smith)

"In the fabled, glittering world that was St Petersburg before the First World War there lived, in an ice-blue palace overlooking the river Neva, a family on whom the gods seemed to have lavished their gifts with an almost comical abundance." (The Secret Countess - Eva Ibbotson)

"Holly held the blue cotton sweater to her face and the familiar smell immediately struck her, an overwhelming grief knotting her stomach and pulling at her heart." (PS, I Love You - Cecelia Ahern)

"How to feel happy, strong, uplifted, tingly, Light free and altogether bloody fantastic: Drink Champagne Eat chocolate and have three orgasms in the afternoon..." (Perfect Alibis - Jane Wenham-Jones)

"Imagine it: a dry, cool day, the high-piled cumulus clouds moving slowly from northwest to southeast in the sky, their shadows following them across the hayfields yet to be cut for the last time this year." (The World Below - Sue Miller)

I've put in:

"They exited the highway at Porter Avenue under a sign that read 'Peace Bridge to Canada'."

"Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to Hanging Rock - a shimmering summer morning warm and still, with cicadas shrilling all through breakfast from the loquat trees outside the dining-room windows and bees murmuring above the pansies bordering the drive."

"12 June 1942
I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support."

"There are things you ought to know about Tom Drummond."

"Scotland is renowned for its dramatic scenery, but the wildlife that inhabits it is rather less familiar."

Was lots of fun picking, unwrapping and wrapping up. A feast for the eyes and the hands. :) 

Journal Entry 26 by Ythan at Bookcrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (2/17/2011 UTC) at Bookcrosser, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom

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Going to the next participant hiddencat12. 

Journal Entry 27 by hiddencat12 at Lampeter, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, February 20, 2011

arrived this afternoon. have to decide which to pick difficult from just the first lines. will post my decision soon. 

Journal Entry 28 by AliceF at Coventry, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Friday, May 13, 2011

Got this box in the post today and very excited... been looking forward to it! Found it quite easy to pick eight books with interesting first lines pasted to them (yes, two thirds of the box!) and relatively easy to pick eight to replace them with... just need to wrap them up and do the first lines. Watch this space for details.