Recent Book Activity

Mmmmm, books. They're amazing things. I love the idea of leaving books in unexpected places for people to find. There's nothing better than getting that e-mail which says someone has found one of the books you've released, except maybe the one saying they've read it and released it.

Edinburgh bookcrossers can be tracked down via
http://bookcrossing.meetup.com/150

The Edinburgh Bookcrossing Meetup runs on the first Thursday of the month, 7.30pm at Biblios, Chambers Street, Edinburgh - look for the HUGE pile of books!!

UK Bookcrossers chat and swap books at
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossingUK/


The map below shows how far books I have registered and released have travelled.


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For my Bookcrossing year 25 Feb 2007 to 24 Feb 2008 I challenged myself to get more countries on my map filled in by sending books to travel in new countries. I tried to get at least one book to one country each month. The rule was that the books had to be ones that I registered. I made it by the skin of my teeth with a book I released as a RABCK 2 years ago finally arriving in Brazil on 22 Feb.

March - Country 1, Luxembourg - Tuesdays with Morrie
April - Country 2, South Africa - A Confederacy of Dunces
May - Counry 3, Austria - Treasure Island (travelling there with the assistance of the lovely teapot)
June - Country 4, Ukraine - Secret Life of Bees
July - Country 5, Belgium - Wilt in Nowhere
August - Country 6, Japan - Under the Duvet
September - Country 7, Malaysia - The Olive Season
November - Country 8, Israel - Fantastic Mr Fox
December - Country 9, Cyprus - The Hard Way
January - Country 10, Kuwait - The Virgin Blue
January - Country 11, Sri Lanka - Two for the Dough
February - Country 12, Brazil - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

I did it!! For a previous Bookcrossing year, 25th Feb 2005 to 24th Feb 2006, I challenged myself to wild release 52 books in 52 different towns / villages. I completed the challenge on Saturday 18 Feb 2006.

1) Southport, Lancashire
2) Bowness on Windermere
3) Coniston
4) Hawkshead
5) Preston, Lancashire
6) North Berwick, East Lothian
7) Stirling
8) Alloa, Clackmannanshire
9) Dollar, Clackmannanshire
10) Falkirk
11) Glasgow
12) Musselburgh, East Lothian
13) Perth
14) Washington, Tyne and Wear
15) Birtley, County Durham
16) Livingston, West Lothian
17) Dundee
18) Chester-le-Street, County Durham
19) Wrexham
20) Inverness
21) Dumfries
22) Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway
23) Penicuik, Midlothian
24) Blackburn, Lancashire
25) Belfast
26) Alford, Aberdeenshire
27) Aberdeen
28) Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
29) York
30) Linlithgow, West Lothian
31) Newcastle upon Tyne
32) Dalkeith, Midlothian
33) Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
34) Ayr, South Ayrshire
35) Prestwick, South Ayrshire
36) Troon, South Ayrshire
37) Irvine, North Ayrshire
38) Stevenston, North Ayrshire
39) Saltcoats, North Ayrshire
40) Largs, North Ayrshire
41) Gourock, Inverclyde
42) Ardrossan, North Ayrshire
43) Kilwinning, North Ayrshire
44) Dunbar, East Lothian
45) Bishopton, Renfrewshire
46) Johnstone, Renfrewshire
47) Paisley, Renfrewshire
48) Port Glasgow, Inverclyde
49) Greenock, Inverclyde
50) Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire
51) Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute
52) East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire


Oh, and I like frogs too.
http://www.allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml