gaboyd
From Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand
Age 47
Joined Friday, November 12, 2004
Home page www.postcrossing.com
Recent Book Activity
Heart of Coal
Storm Front
Emerald City and Other Stories
Missing Pieces
The Other Woman
Heartstopper
Celtika
No more mean girls
Quarantine
The stepmother's diary
Not-So-Weird Emma
Countdown to danger
Emma All Stirred Up
Toad Rage (Down to Earth)
Piggott Place
Lords of the Golden Horn
Boy Overboard
Shark-infested custard
D is for deadbeat, E is for evidence, F is for fugitive
DEADLY STRANGER (FRIGHTMARES)
Statistics |
4 weeks | all time |
---|---|---|
books registered | 28 | 4,133 |
released in the wild | 23 | 4,216 |
controlled releases | 5 | 387 |
releases caught | 2 | 350 |
controlled releases caught | 7 | 240 |
books found | 3 | 379 |
tell-a-friend referrals | 0 | 112 |
new member referrals | 0 | 18 |
forum posts | 35 | 2,659 |
Extended Profile
New postal address from the 13th September.
I used to keep my BXing supplies in my car, but were transferred to my house when I moved. Any posted Sweepstake books, will have a handwritten BCID
Am contactable for Meetups.
Have gone back to posting books. It's cheaper and easier than online retailers.
Registered some books at Palladini hostel, Via Carlo Cattaneo, 23, 00185 Roma RM, Italy. On the coffee table, in the Reception area.
bookcrossing.com/---/896014
Had Backpackers take photos of my BXing sticker on the world map at Hotel Beauty, Via Napoleone III, 35, 00185 Roma RM, Italy.
Intl local history sweepstakes. Suspended. Not enough Full participants.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/596263
The Numerical Sweepstakes. Suspended. Not enough Full participants.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/596264
52 Week Challenge.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/592057
Canada Day release challenge. July, 2024. Closed.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/595020
Used postage stamp thread. (May, 2023)
www.bookcrossing.com/---/588070/
Meetups
Sydney, NSW.
Lord Robert Hotel,
64 Stanley Street,
Near St James Park,
Darlinghurst,
NSW.
1st Tuesday of the month, 630pm.
Public book exchanges
Little Free Library
5 Manikato Lane
Lincoln
Against the boundary fence
Dunsandel Book Fridge
Dunsandel Store verandah
Rolleston
Lilliput Library
99 Fairfield Way
Rolleston
Packe Street Park Book Fridge
Packe Street Park
On the concrete pad/driveway
Little Free Library
Hereford Street,
The block, with The Kind Foundation (formerly YMCA) & the Arts Centre,
Same side of the road, as The Kind Foundation.
Looks like a mailbox, with open frontage.
Edgeware Rd Little Free Library
38 Edgeware Rd
Dark stained, mailbox
Lilliput Library
Quaker Centre
219 Ferry Road
Christchurch
Along from the corner, a wooden mailbox built into the fence.
Community library
Manuka Cottage
70 Harman St
Addington
Christchurch
LFL Edward Ave
Homemade, with a corrugated, Perspex front, between 76 and 80 Edward Ave. No number 78.
Gapfiller/Bookcrossing fridge
The old Herbal Dispensery site,
Comet Barbadoes/Kilmore Street.
The Villiage Lilliput Library
365a Cldye Road.
The old mailbox outside the Church, near Jellie Park.
Anna’s Little Free Library
19 Rimu Street.
Tai Tapu
The shelf running underneath the Community Noticeboard
In front of the lawnmower hireage.
Arts & Music Hamner Springs Bookswap
Red phone box
East entrance to Queen Mary.
Hamner Springs
Rotherham
Bookfridge on heritage shops' verandah
Broadfield Community Fridge
Broadfield Community Centre (Old school).
Waipara
Main road, Bookfridge on verandah of closed shop
Gold Coast
Bookcase, Pacific Fair, Broad Beach.
Shelves, with seating, down by the Traget end.
Cassino, Italy
Little Free Library. Looks like bathroom cabinet raised on a stick. Along a path, near the center, away from the trees.
Lord Baden-Powell Park,
Cassino town center,
Cassino,
Italy.
52 towns, in 52 weeks challenge.
2012. 28 towns.
2013. 21 towns.
2014. 25 towns.
2015. 22 towns.
2016. 27 towns.
2017. 26 towns.
2018. 14 towns.
2019. 35 towns.
2020. 54 towns.
2021. 42 towns.
2022. 43 towns.
2023. 62 towns.
2024 52 week challenge.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/592057
Allandale.
Arthurs Pass
Ashburton.
Auckland
Bealy Spur
Belfast.
Broadfield.
Brooklands.
Burnham.
Castle Hill.
Cave stream
Christchurch.
Chertsey.
Cosiar Bay.
Darfield.
Darlinghurst, Australia.
Dunsandel.
Governers bay.
Greymouth.
Guernsys corner.
Hinds.
Hokitika.
Kaianga.
Kaiapoi.
Kairaki.
Kumara.
Kamara Junction.
Kirwee.
Klyondyke corner.
Lincoln.
Lyttleton.
Manly, Australia.
Mascot, Australia.
Moran, Australia.
Motukarara.
Orari.
Otira.
Oxford.
Paora.
Pines Beach.
Prebbleton.
Rakaia.
Rangiora.
Rangitata.
Rapaki.
Rolleston.
Sheffield.
Spencerville.
Springfield.
Springston.
Sydney, Australia.
Tai Tapu.
Templeton.
Temuka.
Timaru.
Tinwald.
Yaldhurst.
Waddington.
West Melton.
Woodend.
Crossing paths, bookray (I keep losing the thread).
www.bookcrossing.com/---/570857
Collect postage stamps & trade them.
I used to keep my BXing supplies in my car, but were transferred to my house when I moved. Any posted Sweepstake books, will have a handwritten BCID
Am contactable for Meetups.
Have gone back to posting books. It's cheaper and easier than online retailers.
Registered some books at Palladini hostel, Via Carlo Cattaneo, 23, 00185 Roma RM, Italy. On the coffee table, in the Reception area.
bookcrossing.com/---/896014
Had Backpackers take photos of my BXing sticker on the world map at Hotel Beauty, Via Napoleone III, 35, 00185 Roma RM, Italy.
Intl local history sweepstakes. Suspended. Not enough Full participants.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/596263
The Numerical Sweepstakes. Suspended. Not enough Full participants.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/596264
52 Week Challenge.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/592057
Canada Day release challenge. July, 2024. Closed.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/595020
Used postage stamp thread. (May, 2023)
www.bookcrossing.com/---/588070/
Meetups
Sydney, NSW.
Lord Robert Hotel,
64 Stanley Street,
Near St James Park,
Darlinghurst,
NSW.
1st Tuesday of the month, 630pm.
Public book exchanges
Little Free Library
5 Manikato Lane
Lincoln
Against the boundary fence
Dunsandel Book Fridge
Dunsandel Store verandah
Rolleston
Lilliput Library
99 Fairfield Way
Rolleston
Packe Street Park Book Fridge
Packe Street Park
On the concrete pad/driveway
Little Free Library
Hereford Street,
The block, with The Kind Foundation (formerly YMCA) & the Arts Centre,
Same side of the road, as The Kind Foundation.
Looks like a mailbox, with open frontage.
Edgeware Rd Little Free Library
38 Edgeware Rd
Dark stained, mailbox
Lilliput Library
Quaker Centre
219 Ferry Road
Christchurch
Along from the corner, a wooden mailbox built into the fence.
Community library
Manuka Cottage
70 Harman St
Addington
Christchurch
LFL Edward Ave
Homemade, with a corrugated, Perspex front, between 76 and 80 Edward Ave. No number 78.
Gapfiller/Bookcrossing fridge
The old Herbal Dispensery site,
Comet Barbadoes/Kilmore Street.
The Villiage Lilliput Library
365a Cldye Road.
The old mailbox outside the Church, near Jellie Park.
Anna’s Little Free Library
19 Rimu Street.
Tai Tapu
The shelf running underneath the Community Noticeboard
In front of the lawnmower hireage.
Arts & Music Hamner Springs Bookswap
Red phone box
East entrance to Queen Mary.
Hamner Springs
Rotherham
Bookfridge on heritage shops' verandah
Broadfield Community Fridge
Broadfield Community Centre (Old school).
Waipara
Main road, Bookfridge on verandah of closed shop
Gold Coast
Bookcase, Pacific Fair, Broad Beach.
Shelves, with seating, down by the Traget end.
Cassino, Italy
Little Free Library. Looks like bathroom cabinet raised on a stick. Along a path, near the center, away from the trees.
Lord Baden-Powell Park,
Cassino town center,
Cassino,
Italy.
52 towns, in 52 weeks challenge.
2012. 28 towns.
2013. 21 towns.
2014. 25 towns.
2015. 22 towns.
2016. 27 towns.
2017. 26 towns.
2018. 14 towns.
2019. 35 towns.
2020. 54 towns.
2021. 42 towns.
2022. 43 towns.
2023. 62 towns.
2024 52 week challenge.
www.bookcrossing.com/---/592057
Allandale.
Arthurs Pass
Ashburton.
Auckland
Bealy Spur
Belfast.
Broadfield.
Brooklands.
Burnham.
Castle Hill.
Cave stream
Christchurch.
Chertsey.
Cosiar Bay.
Darfield.
Darlinghurst, Australia.
Dunsandel.
Governers bay.
Greymouth.
Guernsys corner.
Hinds.
Hokitika.
Kaianga.
Kaiapoi.
Kairaki.
Kumara.
Kamara Junction.
Kirwee.
Klyondyke corner.
Lincoln.
Lyttleton.
Manly, Australia.
Mascot, Australia.
Moran, Australia.
Motukarara.
Orari.
Otira.
Oxford.
Paora.
Pines Beach.
Prebbleton.
Rakaia.
Rangiora.
Rangitata.
Rapaki.
Rolleston.
Sheffield.
Spencerville.
Springfield.
Springston.
Sydney, Australia.
Tai Tapu.
Templeton.
Temuka.
Timaru.
Tinwald.
Yaldhurst.
Waddington.
West Melton.
Woodend.
Crossing paths, bookray (I keep losing the thread).
www.bookcrossing.com/---/570857
Collect postage stamps & trade them.