A US-only bookbox circulated for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered literature. Includes LGBT authors, themes, characters of any genre.

Order of Participants:
KateKintail (VA)
GoryDetails (NH)
kanaye44 (CT)
laevina (NY)
Scoobs-buddy (KY)
ealasaidmae (WV)
KateKintail (VA)<--box is back home!

Rules:
1. When you receive the box, make a journal entry for THIS BCID to let us know it's safe & sound with you.
2. Take some books out of the box, and put the same number of (or more) books back in.
3. PM the next person in the list above for his/her address.
4. Right before sending it out, please make another JOURNAL ENTRY(not release notes!) here stating what you took out and what you put in, so we can keep track of the box's contents.
5. Send the box along (Media Mail is fine, though you can send it faster if you want, and I'd recommend getting Delivery Confirmation since it's less than a dollar in cost and will help you keep track of it if it gets lost, but I'm going to make that optional).
6. If you need to be skipped for whatever reason let the person who PMed you know. I can add you back at the end of the list if you'd like.
7. Be kind and respectful- keep the box moving (don't sit and read all the books- that's not how a bookbox works).

Books added:
Babycakes (Tales of the City Series, V. 4) by Armistead Maupin
Blood Sisters by Mary Jacobsen
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx & Audio
Cell by Stephen King
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
The Gay Cookbook by Chef Lou Rand Hogan
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
Magical Thinking: True Stories by Augusten Burroughs
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Naked by David Sedaris & Audio Book version of Naked
Openly Bob by Bob Smith
OtherWorld by Sarah Dreher

Sent out to GoryDetails today!

DC# 03073330000169706194

The box arrived safely today; many thanks! As soon as I finish picking up all the little foam peanuts that fell out when I opened the box {grin}, I'll start making my selections. Have PMed kanaye44 for an address, and should be able to move the box along in a couple of days...

OK! I've made my choices, and will mail the book out to kanaye44 in Connecticut this afternoon.

I'm taking:

The Gay Cookbook
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
Middlesex
Cell

And I'm adding:

The Men of Fire Island Present... Hot Cookin'
The God Eaters
Rode Hard, Put Away Wet
Hope Springs Eternal
In The Blood

[As you may have noticed, I'm using this opportunity to pass along a few books that would be rather tricky to wild-release {grin}.]

Thanks for the bookbox!

Later: mailed as planned. Delivery confirmation number: 03080660000156345456 (can be tracked on the USPS site here)

I got this! I am so excited! Ill send it out by the end of the week.

Taking out:
Lord John and the Private Matter
The God Eaters (Thanks so muh for this! It was on my wishlist, and now I got it!)
In The Blood

Putting in:
Bound In Blood: The Erotic Journey of a Vampire by David Thomas Lord
Pleasure Dome by Minami Megumi (Yaoi is ok, right?)
Kept Boy by Robert Rodi
Trust Fund Boys by Rob Byrnes

Sent this to Laevina not even 1/2 hour ago. Hope it finds you well.

I forgot to get a delivery conformation! Gah, Im sorry.

Received box today!

Books added:
Swordspoint

Box off to Scoobs-buddy

Looking forward to going through the box later- thanks!


I'm taking out-
Swords of the Rainbow/Ed. by Eric Garber and Jewelle Gomez
Openly BOB/Bob Smith
Swordspoint/Ellen Kushner
Magical Thinking/Augusten Burroughs
Blood Sisters/Mary Jocobsen


Putting in-
The Palace of Varieties/James Lear
Fratsex/Greg Herren
911/Chris Owen
Boston Boys Club/Johnny Diaz
Changing Pitches/Steve Kluger

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

off to ealasaidmae

usps dc- 0306 3030 0002 5606 4675

It's here!

I love it when a bookbox comes on a Friday. Is there any better way to spend a weekend? I'll be taking out these:

Hope Springs Eternal by Edward Phillips
The Palace of Varieties by James Lear
Pleasure Dome by Megumu Minami
Dress Your Family in Corduroy & Denim by David Sedaris

and replacing them with these:

Blood Sisters edited by Bianca de Moss
The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing edited by Mark Mitchell
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Aimee & Jaguar by Erica Fischer

Thanks for doing this, KateKintail! This should be on its way home to you tomorrow.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way home! Deliver conf# 0307 1790 0004 4704 9375

The eagle has landed! The box is back home with me, safe and sound. There are a few books I put in there that returned to me :-( but it was a small ring so that's to be expected I suppose. I really hope everyone had fun during his/her leg and is enjoying some new books! Thank you all for making this bookbox such a success!

I shall journal all the books in the box tomorrow when I get home from Washington DC and the National Book Festival. BC in DC will be meeting up with the local Library Thing group. I look forward to seeing some authors speak at the festival and releasing 50 (very heavy) books throughout the day.

Looks like quite a few lovely books in the box that I look forward to reading and a few I shall be offering up on the LGBT BookRelay or wild releasing next weekend when I go back into DC to volunteer at the Washington DC AIDS Walk.

Thanks again, all! Happy reading!
(A few people have already PMed me about a round 2. I may do one down the road after I've had a chance to read a BUNCH from my TBR pile. If you're interested in round 2, let me know and I'll PM you in the future)