Recent Book Activity

Since becoming a Bookcrosser I have completed rings, rays, boxes. I also attend our local BC meetups together with a bunch of friendly and relaxed locals who share my passion of books. I joined because I love books and I love reading, always have. I find Bookcrossing fantastic and really enjoy the community spirit and the forums.

My bookshelf does not necessarily represent my book tastes as I like to register and release a diversity of genres and styles rather than just what I would like to read. I used to have a huge list of 'read books' in this profile but it was all too much so from now on it's all centralised on my Goodreads account, which is open to all Goodreads members:

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4650176-veronique

I am trying not to join too many bookrings or rays and to concentrate instead on reducing the number of books on my TBR shelves. This seems to be working, albeit very slowly.

Wild releases caught
I get so excited when one of my wild releases get journalled as caught! Unfortunately it's not often enough.
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennett - Sorrento, Victoria on a wet Saturday.
- Death in the stocks
- The Paw Thing
- The other side of the story - left on an outside table on the Great Ocean Road, during the 2009 Apollo Bay Music Festival.
- Accounting for non-accountants - I had this book at a Book Crossing Zone for months and it wasn't moving. So I ended up taking it away and left at Parliament Station where it got picked up on the day and journalled immediately.
- Whip Hand left in Melbourne and travelled all the way to South America and back, before being released again
- Koenigsmark , an old book in French released at the Kino during the French Film Festival.
- Sweet Clarinet , left outside the Apollo Bay information centre during the Easter weekend.
- Reasonable Doubt released at Questacon in Canberra and thankfully rescued by a book lover.
- The Sport of Queens at the MTC Sumner Theatre during the 2009 racing season
- The Black Ice by Michael Connelly left at Gingerboy restaurant in Melbourne CBD and journalled within 24hrs. A record!
- Anybody Out There Another book left at a Melbourne restaurant and journalled very quickly.
- Christmas at Thrush Green Left in Tioman Island, Malaysia and now in Mersing.
- Longshot Part of my traditional annual racing-related releases. This book was released in 2009 but only journalled as caught in April 2011. Where was it all that time?
- Teddy's Christmas Released in Melbourne's GPO shopping centre 2 days before Christmas 2011 and went on to be read to a new appreciative audience straight away.
- Go the distance Left in the Grampians during a walk...and found!
- Troy Fall of Kings Left in Rokewood, Victoria, found and journalled very quickly
- The Finkler Question Left in the Kangaroo Island Youth Hostel and last spotted at the Adelaide one
- The Virgin Blue Left on a holiday residence bookshelf in Port Douglas and reappeared nearly a year later in Canada
Wild releases found:
Haven't had one of those for quite a while.
- The Big Trip (03/09)
- A very proper death (03/09 - 2 days after the Big Trip! I was on fire.
- Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter- - This catch is my personal favorite due to its circumstances!
- Chances by Jackie Collins

Countries where I have wild-released books so far:
Australia (I still haven't released any in WA and NT but am slowlly getting the country covered)
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Switzerland
Malaysia
Singapore
United Kingdom

Here's a map of where books I've registered have gone, wild or controlled releases.

visited 22 states (9.77%)
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Amongst my most notable exotic places to date:
- a canal cruise boat in Amsterdam
- a few releases on North Sea ferry crossings - no journals to date.
- the Apollo Bay music festival - although the last 2 years haven't brought much result.
- Bondi Beach on New Year's Eve 2009.
- Melbourne Tennis Centre during the 2010 Tennis Open
- Lorna Dunkley Heated Shelter on the ridge at Falls Creek
- a bar in Cape Tribulation
- in the bush during a walk in the scenic Grampians in Victoria.