Please post journal entries for my historical fiction bookbox here. This will be U.S. only due to the weight of mailing a box full of books. For this box, I will say any book that takes place in the 1940's or before will do. It's okay if part of the book is set in the present time, as long as at least half is set in the 1940's or before. Please journal as soon as you receive the box and when you send it out again. Also, please journal each book that you take out and put in at least the same number of books that you take out. It's okay if you add more, as long as the box doesn't get TOO heavy. Please replace the box if it looks worn when it gets to you. Please try to mail the box back out within 2 weeks of receiving it.

This bookbox will be for good bookcrossers only! If you are a known staller, please do not ask to join. I will check the forums for your name if I am not familiar with you.

The books that will start out in the box are:
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
The Concubine's Daughter by Pai Kit Fai
The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
The Thief Taker by Janet Gleeson
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Vindication by Frances Sherwood
Claude & Camille by Stephanie Cowell
Heatherfield by M. Jean Pike
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde
The Widow's War by Sally Gunning
Birthright by Andrew Coburn
Electricity by Victoria Glendenning


Mailing order (subject to change):
bookstogive, TN
dancing-dog, TN
bibliotreker, PA
AlterEgoZoe, PA
oliviapoolside, WA
elizardbreath, OR
k00kaburra, CA
Izzy5000, CO
love2cook, TX
ladybug74, AL (back home to me)

I arranged the mailing order geographically, but if anyone doesn't like where they are in the mailing order, I don't mind mixing it up a bit. Just let me know.

Mailed to bookstogive several days ago and I forgot to start a journal for the bookbox. I have sent the BCID to her by private message. Hope you enjoy this bookbox!

I received the Historical Fiction Bookbox today! It is filled with fantastic books of which I only have 1, so lots to choose from. I will give it a look over and I have dancing-dog's address so it should be moving again later this week. Thanks for letting me play!

After looking over these great books I have decided on the following:

The Geographer's Library
Mudbound
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
The Thief Taker
The Widow's War
Birthright

And I will add:

The Rossetti Letter
The Red Tent
A Shelter of Hope
Ahab's Wife
The Stolen Princess
The Other Boleyn Girl

Thanks again for letting me play and the box will be off tomorrow to the next player

Releasing to the next in line for the Historical Bookbox
DC# 9102128882300267160767

Box arrived today - a nice surprise! Will figure out what I'll take in the next day or two.

Took out:
The Farming of Bones
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb

Put in:
Marrying Mozart
The Queen's Fool
The Angels of Morgan Hill

will get it back in the mail as soon as I can

mailed to bibliotreker today - DC# 03112550000252485225

Arrived today. I can't wait to look them over and make my selection. Looks like an interesting collection. Thanks ladybug74 for starting this one and dancingdog for forwarding so quickly.

The box is in the mail and on it's way to AlterEgoZoe. She's not too far away so, hopefully she'll be getting it fairly soon. DC#03111660000107251561 via Media Mail.

Removed:

Electricity
The Postmistress
A Shelter of Hope

Put In:

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The Victory Club
Ursula Under

Received today.

Will be taking out:
Marrying Mozart
Vindication
The Concubine's Daughter
The Angels of Morgan Hill
The Rosetti Letter
Claude and Camille
Ursula, Under

Adding:
Willie and the Rattlesnake King
The Shadows of Ghadames
Rodzina
The Pirate's Son
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
The Archivist's Story
Woman of a Thousand Secrets
Sing Down the Moon
Fire on the Hills
Ruthie's Gift
Peony in Love

Sent to olivia with the delivery confirmation #03082690000061758889.


Was about $8 to mail

I received the box yesterday, thank you. I will look through it tomorrow and make some decisions.

I am taking out:
The Archivists Story
The Shadows of Ghadames

I am putting in:
Dragon Bones by Lisa See
The River Wife by Jonis Agee

Problem is that I can't fit all the books into the box. Guess I will have to use a different box.

Mailed! Got all the books into the same box and it is on its way to elizardbreath in OR.

Received this today. I was really looking forward to this but am bummed to report that, since the box contains A LOT of children's books, I've found nothing I'm interested in. Will PM the next in line and get it on it's way.

k00kaburra wants to be moved to the end---pming next in line.

I decided to replace some of the children's books with the books I had reserved for this box...I'll try and trade them at our local pb exchange.

Took out:
Ruthie's Gift
Willie and the Rattlesnake King
Rodzina
The Pirate's Son
Dragon Bones (to trade on pbswap.com)

Added:
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Hardest Thing To Do by Penelope Wilcock
Roses for Mama by Janette Oke
Daughter of Joy by Kathleen Morgan
A Lever Long Enough by Amy Deardon

ETA: 5/24--Izzy5000 wants to be skipped as well so...now I'm PMing love2cook!

The Historical bookbox has arrived in Texas for a short visit. What to choose?????????????????
ERROR ERROR
I don't know which bookbox I got today..........but it's not the Historical Fiction Bookbox.

I'm headed out to mail this in about an hour. Here's the DC# 03102640000042328186

The Historical book box is here in Texas. REALLY!!! I noticed in the journals that k00kaburra wanted to be last so I'll PM her as soon as I make my selections and additions.

Thanks for including me in your bookbox.

I'm taking out:
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Peony In Love
Ahab's Wife

I'm putting in:
The Accidental Mistress
Keegan's Lady
Married by Morning

Sending to k00kaburra by her request to be last in line before this box heads home.

Tracking # 4209512091027850+1401799181358

Bookbox is here :D

Taking out:
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Adding:
Elizabeth I: Royal Diaries

ladybug74, I am trying to get in touch with you so that I can get this book sent back home to you! I think I've sent 3 or 4 PMs with no response - please let me know where to send this!

For some reason I do not get PMs like I should since I changed my email address. Sending you a PM k00kaburra and let me know if you do not get it.

Sorry it took me so long to journal this after it made it back home. My life has been crazy busy lately. I have tried to get back into bookcrossing, but I have been so busy with my job and children and have been reading more and more on my nook, so it's hard to find the time to get to this site as much as I used to. I will journal all the books now and the ones that I am not going to read will be wild released somewhere in this area. Thanks everyone for participating! This is a great group of bookcrossers! :)