Journal Entry 1 by indygo88 from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Sunday, October 24, 2010

This will be the "journal" for the CD Audiobook Bookbox. You should be able to find the BCID# written somewhere inside the box. General guidelines:

-- Please make a journal entry when you receive the box & again when you ship it off to the next person. (Delivery confirmation is not mandatory, but recommended.)
-- Since I'm not including an actual journal within the box, please go ahead & list the names of the audiobooks you're removing & putting in.
-- The box is starting out with a mix of abridged & unabridged. Please try to replace with the same type you remove. I realize it's hard to replace with the exact same number of discs, but just do the best you can.
-- Please replace the box if necessary. If you're replacing the box, DON'T FORGET TO WRITE THE BCID# somewhere inside.

Mailing order:

carlissa (FL)
booklady331 (FL)
KateKintail (VA)
grubsneerg (PA)
imawinn2 (WI)
mellion108 (MI)
k00kaburra (CA)
BigJohnLefty (IA)
JudySlump612 (MN)
msjoanna (MO)
NMReader (VA)
bookczuk (SC)
tostle (aka Paulsbooks) (UT)
hyphen8 (HI)
jlautner (CA) (will bump to next round)
azuki (FL)
indygo88 (IN)

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Audiobooks starting out in the box:

The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Bright Shiny Morning
The Survivors Club
People of the Book
Happiness Sold Separately
No Country for Old Men
The Sister
The Story of a Marriage
American Wife
The Meaning of Night
Gods Behaving Badly
Sarah's Key
I Drink for a Reason
If I Stay
Ties That Bind
Beautiful Creatures
Three Cups of Tea
Weight 

Journal Entry 2 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, October 30, 2010

Sent out earlier today to Carlissa. DC# 0310 0480 0002 9915 2486 

Journal Entry 3 by carlissa at Miami, Florida USA on Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Received the audio box today! Will go through it and make my selection very soon. 

Journal Entry 4 by carlissa at Miami, Florida USA on Friday, November 05, 2010

Lots of interesting audios in this box!

I took out:
Sarah's Key
People of the Book

I put into the box:
A Skeleton in God's Closet
Schulz and Peanuts
Ines of My Soul

I will be mailing it out tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 5 by carlissa at Miami, Florida USA on Friday, November 05, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (11/5/2010 UTC) at Miami, Florida USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

mailed off to Booklady331 today. DC #: 0309 3220 0000 8807 3539
 

Journal Entry 6 by booklady331 at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The box arrived two days ago. There were a lot of good books. Hard to make my choices. Final decision:

Took Out
1. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
2. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
3. Happiness Sold Separtely by Lolly Winston
4. The Elegance if the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbey
5. The Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis

Put In
1. The Chase by Clive Clussler -- removed
2. High Profile by Rbert Parker -- removed
3. Assassin by Ted Bell
4. To The Nines by Janet Evonovich -- removed
5. The Caroline Way by Dean Smith -- removed

Total of 38 discs out and 38 in.  

Journal Entry 7 by booklady331 at Audiobook Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (11/10/2010 UTC) at Audiobook Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Enjoy! off to KateKintail. Trust you enjoy the choices you have. Thank you indygo88 for this book box. 

Journal Entry 8 by booklady331 at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Thursday, November 11, 2010

Mailed today. Delivery confirmation # 0310 2640 0002 0126 9589 

Journal Entry 9 by KateKintail at Burke, Virginia USA on Wednesday, November 24, 2010

This audio bookbox arrived this weekend when I was on a day trip to New York City. I'll PM grubsneerg right now and make my selections ASAP. Then I'll send it off on Friday when the Post Office is open again after the holidays :-)

Thanks for including me in this!

Taking out:
The Meaning of Night
I Drink for a Reason
Gods Behaving Badly
American Wife
(Total 38 discs)

Putting in:
The Ha-Ha
A Home at the End of the World
A Dirty Job
Absolute Power
(Total 38 discs) 

Journal Entry 10 by grubsneerg at Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA on Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The pizza delivery guy found the box on our doorstep tonight! Pizza and books--doesn't get much better than that! I'll make my selections and PM imawinn2 for her address ASAP. Thanks for sharing, indygo88, and for sending, KateKintail!

Took out:
1. Weight, by Jeanette Winterson
2. No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
3. Inés of My Soul, by Isabel Allende
4. A Dirty Job, by Christopher Moore
(Total 29 discs)

Put in:
1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
2. Chesapeake Blue, by Nora Roberts
3. Metro Girl, by Janet Evanovich
4. Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt
5. Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier
6. Hey, Good Looking, by Fern Michaels
(Total 32 discs)
 

Journal Entry 11 by grubsneerg at Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, December 27, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (12/27/2010 UTC) at Greensburg, Pennsylvania USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way to imawinn2 in Wisconsin!

Delivery Confirmation: 0307 0020 0004 3417 2940 

Journal Entry 12 by imawinn2 at Neenah, Wisconsin USA on Monday, January 03, 2011

The book box has landed! I will go through it and make my decisions. If all goes well, I may even get it in its way to the next person by the end of the week. :-) 

Journal Entry 13 by imawinn2 at Neenah, Wisconsin USA on Tuesday, January 04, 2011

I had fun picking through the box. Here are my final picks and the ones I decided to put back in the audio box.

I picked up:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Ha-Ha by Dave King
The Sister by Poppy Adams
A Skeleton in God's Closet by Paul Maier
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
The Chase by Clive Cussler

I put in the box:
A Redbird Christmas by Fanny Flagg
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisburger
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos
Home Grown Democrat by Garrison Keillor

Total: 39 Disks in 39 Disks out

I already have the next person's address and should be able to send the box off sometime in the next few days. Thanks for organizing this indygo88! 

Journal Entry 14 by imawinn2 at Neenah, Wisconsin USA on Friday, January 07, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (1/6/2011 UTC) at Neenah, Wisconsin USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sent the box of audio books off to the next participant. Have a safe journey and don't let the postal gremlins get ya!

USPS Delivery Confirmation Number: 0310 0480 0002 3197 9850 

Journal Entry 15 by mellion108 at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA on Saturday, January 22, 2011

Thanks for sending the box my way, imawinn2! It's here, it's here, and I will take a peek over the weekend and make my choices. :)

Thanks for organizing this, indy! 

Journal Entry 16 by mellion108 at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA on Saturday, February 26, 2011

Ack! My apologies. I remember taking out an audio, replacing an audio, sticking an address on the package and taking it to the post office.

All but the last actually happened. I just found the box and another BC book that I thought I mailed a few weeks ago right after k00kaburra sent me her address (she's prompt, I'm not!). I'm going to try to get to the post office today. If not, I'll mail this on Monday (Feb. 28).

I already have quite a few of the audios in the box, but one caught my eye/ear. I took out:

The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer (UN, 6 CDs)

I put in:
Conversations With My Dog by Zig Ziglar (UN, 4 CDs)

and

Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde (UN, 8 CDs, download)

Sorry again for the delay. 

Journal Entry 17 by mellion108 at Bloomfield Hills, Michigan USA on Tuesday, March 01, 2011

This box has shrugged off the snow here in Michigan and is on its way to sunny California. Mailed to k00kaburra today.

Delivery conf #: 0310264000018682725 

Journal Entry 18 by k00kaburra at San Jose, California USA on Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Wow, I see some great books in here :) Deciding is going to be hard! 

Journal Entry 19 by k00kaburra at BOOKBOX, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (3/15/2011 UTC) at BOOKBOX, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

sent on to John to continue the bookbox's travel! 

Journal Entry 20 by BigJohnLefty at Des Moines, Iowa USA on Tuesday, March 22, 2011

This arrived at my house today..... will look through it, make my selections, and move it along as soon as possible. 

Journal Entry 21 by BigJohnLefty at Des Moines, Iowa USA on Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Okay, so I decided to just get the books swapped in and out right away, so I can send it on as soon as I get JudySlump612's address.
I had a pile I'd recently listened to, so this is going to a big switcheroo.... 15 in and 15 out.

I removed the following titles:
Conversations with my Dog
The Sisterhood
Trojan Odyssey
The Hornet's Nest
Girl With A Pearl Earring
Hard Revolution
Bright Shiny Morning
A Redbird Christmas
The Carolina Way
The Devil Wears Prada
Ties That Bind
The Virgin Blue
High Profile
Metro Girl
Absolute Power

And have put the following titles in:
Aretha
Songs of Ourselves
A Good Year
The Last Days of Dogtown
Good Faith
A Wolf At the Table
1434
The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers
Steppenwolf
Testimony
Mister B Gone
Wigfield
The Long Fall
Love Walked in
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed

 

Journal Entry 22 by BigJohnLefty at Des Moines, Iowa USA on Thursday, March 24, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (3/23/2011 UTC) at Des Moines, Iowa USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Put this on e in the mail to JudySlump612 this morning before work... used delivery confirmation #0307 1790 00011820 4782

 

Journal Entry 23 by JudySlump612 at Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Friday, March 25, 2011

Fast work, BigJohnLefty! The book arrived today, just past noon, and it certainly looks wonderful. Hoping I can get through this over the weekend, I'll PM msjoanna for her mailing address today.


(April 1) Here's what I chose:
- To the Nines, Janet Evanovich
- Wigfield, Amy Sedaris et al
- Steppenwolf, Hermann Hesse
- 1434, Gavin Menzies
- Good Faith, Jane Smiley
- Chocolate War, Robert Cormier

And I replaced them with:
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
- Must Love Dogs, Claire Cook
- The Stolen Child, Keith Donohue
- Undomestic Goddess, Sophie Kinsella
- Light on Snow, Anita Shreve
- Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith

I didn't count up the discs, but everything I added was unabridged, and the box was full enough I had trouble fitting everything in.
 

Journal Entry 24 by JudySlump612 at by mail, Audio Book Box -- Controlled Releases on Friday, April 01, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (4/1/2011 UTC) at by mail, Audio Book Box -- Controlled Releases

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Media Mail to msjoanna today
DCN 0309 0330 0002 0116 6778 

Journal Entry 25 by msjoanna at Columbia, Missouri USA on Thursday, April 14, 2011

The box is here. I haven't had a chance to look through it yet, but looking forward to doing so in the next few days. 

Journal Entry 26 by msjoanna at Columbia, Missouri USA on Wednesday, May 18, 2011

So sorry to have kept this box for so long. Things got a bit hectic around here.

I'm only swapping out one book this time since I'd read a lot of the books in the box right now. I took out:

The Long Fall

And added:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

I've PM'd NMReader to get an address to send the box and will mail it as soon as I hear back. 

Journal Entry 27 by msjoanna at Columbia, Missouri USA on Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (5/25/2011 UTC) at Columbia, Missouri USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Finally stopped raining long enough for me to post this. Delivery confirmation: 03093220000239509436 

Journal Entry 28 by NMReader at Herndon, Virginia USA on Tuesday, May 31, 2011

It arrived this afternoon. I will look through this weekend and try to get it back on the road early next week. 

Journal Entry 29 by NMReader at Herndon, Virginia USA on Sunday, July 31, 2011

Released 10 mos ago (8/1/2011 UTC) at Herndon, Virginia USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I apologize for having this so long. I had some work issues and then some personal issues.

I took out:
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
Testimony

I put in:
Mr. Lucky
The Opposite of Fate 

Journal Entry 30 by bookczuk at Charleston, South Carolina USA on Friday, August 05, 2011

The box arrived today, many thanks! Unfortunately, I've read a large number of the books, or else the cases had rubber bands around them (and I'm allergic to latex/ natural rubber so couldn't handle them and had to be cautious of the books next to them . :( my son pulled a few unbounded ones out of the box and wiped them down for me. I"ll decide from those, add my own, and send the box on to the next person as soon as I get an address. 

Journal Entry 31 by bookczuk at Charleston, South Carolina USA on Saturday, August 06, 2011

I took out:
Wormwood by GP Taylor
The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
MisterBGone by Clive Barker

I added
I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris
Pure Drivel by Steve Martin
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
Blind Your Ponies by Stanley Gordon West

I hope they find happy homes with future readers. Will send this off early next week to the next person. 

Journal Entry 32 by bookczuk at Charleston, South Carolina USA on Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Released 9 mos ago (8/8/2011 UTC) at Charleston, South Carolina USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed today to tostle in Salt LAke City UT. (Delivery Confirmation #03110820000097866878)

Thanks for organizing this indygo88! 

Journal Entry 33 by tostle at Salt Lake City, Utah USA on Wednesday, August 17, 2011

This box just arrived! Thanks for sharing. I will make my selections and get the box moving. Thanks for including me!

Taking out
Love Walked in 10 CD
The Undomestic Goddess 5CD
The Last Days of Dogtown 9CD
The Oosite of Fate 8 CD
Everyone worth Knowing 5 CD
I Like You 4 CD
Blind your onies 15 CD


Putting in
Summerland 12CD
Island of the Sequined Love Nun 1o CD
The Devil Wears rada 5 CD
laying for izza 6 CD
Ultimatum 12 CD
Marley & Me 5CD 

Journal Entry 34 by hyphen8 at Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Saturday, October 22, 2011

Surprise! I checked on this box yesterday and it was still marked TBR by tostle...and then it turned up at my house today*!

I will look through it, make my choices, and get this moving again as quickly as I can; I've sent a PM to the next person in line.

*It seems the time on the journal entry is BC time, not local time. So even though I made the journal entry on Friday night, it shows as Saturday October 22.

Taking out:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (10 CDs, unabridged)
My Man Jeeves (3 CDs, unabridged)
The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers (3 CDs, unabridged)
Island of the Sequined Love Nun (10 CDs, unabridged)

Putting in:

Black Wind (13 CDs, unabridged)
The Husband (8 CDs, unabridged)
Mistaken Identity (7 CDs, unabridged)
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World (4 CDs, unabridged)
Ya-Yas in Bloom (5 CDs, abridged)

It turns out that this box is going to have a hitchhiker in it, so I had to make some adjustments to the CDs I'm putting in. 

Journal Entry 35 by hyphen8 at Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Sunday, October 23, 2011

jlautner has asked to be moved further down the list, so I'm sending a PM to azuki. 

Journal Entry 36 by hyphen8 at Honolulu, Hawaii USA on Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Released 6 mos ago (11/7/2011 UTC) at Honolulu, Hawaii USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Sent to azuki: delivery confirmation #0309 3220 0001 0235 4651

Sorry, forgot to add my usual note that media mail takes about 3 weeks to/from Hawaii so not to start worrying until *after* that time... 

Journal Entry 37 by azuki at Miami, Florida USA on Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The box surely took its sweet time travelling. I almost thought it was lost until a check on the USPS site reassures me.

I've made my initial selection, and this box will be heading home soon. 

Journal Entry 38 by azuki at Miami, Florida USA on Thursday, December 15, 2011

This box is now heading home for the holidays!

Taking out:
Mr. Lucky
Summerland
Must Love Dogs
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
A Good Year

Putting in:
Stories from Lake Wobegon
Before We Were Free
Heartsick
The Portrait
The Tender Bar
Rules

Total 30 CDs 

Journal Entry 39 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Friday, December 30, 2011

I was pleasantly surprised to see this box return home to me a couple days ago. I just now realized it's been traveling for over a year -- wow. It may even be the original box I started it with...the BCID# written on the flaps looks like my handwriting. I would normally find that hard to believe, but after almost needing a chisel to cut through all the tape to get it open, it might just be true. :')

There's a nice variety of books in here, and actually only a few that I've already read. I'll be going through & making journal entries for them all & then decide their immediate fate. As always, I've got quite a lot of audios waiting to pass along already, so I'll probably start a new round of the box (a new box -- ha!) soon. Let me know if you'd like to join the next round & if I don't hear from you I'll probably be sending a PM..... Thanks to all who participated in this round. Happy New Year to you all! :')