Select Filters... All Books To Be Read Available Permanent Collection Reserved Travelling Wishlist Pre-Numbered

Recent Book Activity

---

I am the "Group Owner" of the Yahoo Group: Raleigh-Durham BookCrossing Group.

Click to join raleigh-durham-bookcrossing-group


The Raleigh-Durham BookCrossing Group maintains an Official BookCrossing Zone (OBCZ)
at Starbucks - Old Raleigh Village, 3101-105 Edwards Mill Rd. http://dld.bz/ag3Ea Inside you will find a bookshelf.


Local BookCrossers use the Raleigh-Durham BookCrossing Group to arrange monthly meetings and to communicate regional BookCrossing information.
I used to be the Organizer of the Raleigh-Durham BookCrossing Meetup Group until MeetUp started charging me for their services.
If you want more information about the local BookCrossing community, please message me.

Button Bright is a fictional character in Oz. He is always getting lost, but he is always found again, like the books being released in BookCrossing.

When I first read of Yoko Ono's Peace Event For John Lennon,

http://www.instantkarma.com/yopeaceevent03.html

I was impressed by the importance of reaching out to others as a true gesture of peace. Circumstances prevented me from Visiting In Peace other countries and peoples. So I focussed on the Home In Peace segment and decided to find pen pals around the world. My first attempts were depressing because people wanted to write to me in hopes I would sponsor their visit to the USA, something that is beyond my resources.

As I am a librarian, books are an important value in my life. So I started contacting people in other countries through BookCrossing Wish Lists and sending books to people who want them. I have already sent books to people in 34 different countries: U.S.A., Canada (900km), Costa Rica (1900km), Ireland (5800km), Scotland (5950km) Portugal (6000km), England (6250km), Spain (6400km), France (6500km), The Netherlands (6550km), Denmark (6880km), Sweden (7000km), Germany (7200km), Finland (7300km), Italy (7350km), Brazil (7400km), Poland (7500 km), Serbia (8000km), Argentina (8050km),Ukraine (8200km), Bulgaria (8250km), Romania (8350km), Greece (8600km), Turkey (8750km), Egypt (9700km), Iran (10550km), Japan (11200km), China (12300km), Bangladesh (13300km), New Zealand (14000km), Philippines (14050km), Malaysia (15450km), Singapore (15900km), and Australia (18550km).



create your own visited countries map

I have made wonderful friends and really connected with many people. The gift of books has been the way I have been able to make this real for myself.