Round 38 - Starting September 6th, 2013

This round is now complete!

OZ VBB
The Australian Virtual Bookbox

Guidelines:

• Everyone who wants to participate volunteers two books. These need to be books you believe others would like to read, not rubbish you want to get rid of.
• List of books that are available at VBBOZ Books and books owed at In Transit.
• If you would like to join, just let us know and you will be added to the next round.
• You have 36 hours to respond and have your turn. If it appears that you may not have been sent a PM about your turn you will be given an additional 12 hours. If we still haven’t heard from you, you will be bumped to the end. If you are bumped you will be given 48 hours at the end of the round to take your turn along with others on the bumped list. If you find yourself on the bumped list you may post a request to be added to the end of the main list and take your turn as usual.
• Once a book of yours is removed from the box, please send it as soon as possible.
• If a book stays on the available list for more than two rounds it will be moved to the books to be replaced collection. Please keep track of these and replace them during your turn.
• Mid-series or end-of-series books are allowed in the VBB, but please limit yourself to offering only one such book at any time.
• I will update books in the VBBOZ Library.

To join in you will need to have been a bookcrossing member for at least three months, and to have "wild released" at least ten books. This condition may be waived at my discretion.

On Your Turn:

1. Select the books that you want to take out of the box and list them in your post. (please keep all posts in the relevant thread)
2. Replace with the same number of books (or more) and link to the BookCrossing journal pages for each book(s).
3. Check the “Books to be replaced” collection and replace if needed.
4. If you want to skip your turn, you have the option to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try this round.
5. PM the owners of your selected books to notify them of your selection and address.
6. Please PM the next person to let them know they're up. You don't need to PM the next person if you are last on the main list. People on the bumped list will be PMed by vbboz.

The order of play is:

amberC ***
jeniwren
Elddau1onBC ***
catsalive ***
RockDg9 ***
wookiebender
seldombites ***
lolkathryn ***
tantan ***
Carole888
crimson-tide
jennymidget ***
luckaye *** (you have one additional free pick)
livrecache ***

I'd like to pass this month please.

Thanks for letting me know freelunch.

I will replace;

Atlantic and My Desert Kingdom

I will take;

Orphan Masters Son (jeniwren)
Light In Shadow (catsalive)
Sister (Carole888)

I will offer;

Fatal Tide by Iris Johansen www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986486

I Am David by Anne Holm www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8217742

The Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8354881

The Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8093230

The Peacock Emporium by Jojo Moyes www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8258421

I will PM all those I need to

Hello

I will do a swap with amberC :)

I choose The Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8354881

and offer to the box

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12049578

I will now PM both amberC and next up Elddau1onBC

I'm just not reading books this year so I won't take anything.

Replacing:
Romeo amd Juliet
Swan Song
tears of the Giraffe
with:
Hunting and Gathering - Anna Gavalda
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10123175

Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7025888

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing (a novel)
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2097952
cheerio,
chriss
Have Pmed the next on the list.

I'm replacing:

Doomsday Prophecy
Song of Wirrun
Adultery Club
Spin Cycle

with:

Heart Mate by Robin D. Owens http://bookcrossing.com/journal/12054052
Heart Duel by Robin D. Owens http://bookcrossing.com/journal/12054053
The Prophecy by Chris Kuzneski http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11947127
Dark Angel & Lord Carew's Bride by Mary Balogh http://bookcrossing.com/journal/12039835

Will PM RockDg9.

I won't take anything this round. And I replace PartnerShip with Summerland by Michael Chabon.

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2992522/

I've let livrecache know that she's up now.

Nothing in the box appeals to me right now. Will contact the next in line.

I need to remove the following from the box:

The Snake-Stone
The Lilac Bus
This Year It Will Be Different
The Call
The Golden Crown
Grenada
Garlands and
Icons of Australia

I will replace these with:

Daring to Believe by Norm & Sheila Draper
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12176768
Golden Urchin by Madeleine Brent
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12176776\
Can You Teach Me To pick My Nose? by Martyn Godfrey
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12176779
Grover's Book of Cute Little Baby Animals
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11304522
Little Miss Trouble by Roger Hargreaves
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11304523
The Humble Cemetery by Sergei Kaledin
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11304532
Happy Ever After by Rose Shepherd
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11304529 and
The Ambushers by Donald Hamilton
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12176783

I would like to claim from the box:

Jack the Ripper: The 21st Century Investigation by Trevor Marriott from jennymidget
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid from jeniwren and
I am David by Ann Holm from amberC

and replace them with:

The Dream Breakers by Louise Pennington
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11304530
Horrible Humes (Runesword Volume Four) by Stephen Billias
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11304535 and
The Planets by James Finney Boylan
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11304534

I will email the relevant people now.

Sorry for the delay - I sprained my ankle yesterday, which has put everything out of whack!!

I need to replace

Redemption Ark
Darcy's Utopia

I would like to pick
Grover's Book of Cute Little Baby Animals

I will add:

The Dalai Lama's Cat, David Michie - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12178998
The Spare Room, Helen Garner - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7706189
Last Chance to See, Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5008970

I will PM the relevent people now.

Cheers,Kathryn

I need to replace:

The Bridges of Madison County
Dragonfly in Amber
Slave
A Time to Die
Voyager

And I would like to take:

Murder in the Dark (rockdg9)

I will put in:

The Last Girls by Lee Smith - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/1176312
Death in Berlin by M.M. Kaye
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
Going Loco by Lynne Truss - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4682416
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/2950251

I will take out The Dalai Lama's Cat
and The Successor

I will put in Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12184868/
and Alice Bliss - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10282219/

I'll pm lolkathryn and tantan about the books and crimson-tide to let her know that she is up next.

Thank you!!

(editing to add bc journal link)

I'll choose Alice Bliss from Carole888 please.

Putting into the box as a replacement:
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

and as a donation:
Tinkers by Paul Harding

Neither are registered on BookCrossing as yet...

Will PM Carole and jennymidget.
Thanks. :-)

I have to take out:
The Dark Portal
Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives

I also choose:
Brooklyn: A Novel (crimson-tide)
The Wild Girl (Jeniwren)

I'm going to put in:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1902293
Warriors of the Dragon Gold by Ray Bryant - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7673113
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8417104
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12183419

I'll PM luckaye, crimson-tide and jeniwren. Thanks for letting me play!

Sorry I am away from home in Melbourne seeing my mum in hospital and am not online much so I will skip this round.

This round is now complete. Thanks everyone. The next round will begin on November 1st.