Round 64 - Start July 6th, 2018

TalkOZ VBB - The Australian Virtual Book Box

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Round 64 - Start July 6th, 2018

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1vbboz
Edited: Jul 14, 2018, 7:51 am

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:

aussieangel2
lolkathryn
jeniwren
freelunch
jennymidget***
tantan
crimson-tide
amberC

Bumped list:

foxygirlact***

***You have books to be replaced

2vbboz
Jun 9, 2018, 6:55 am

freelunch's book Double Dexter is being replaced with The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkey (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14468100/). The book will be sent from jeniwren when selected.

3vbboz
Jul 5, 2018, 9:29 am

I have advised aussieangel2 that she's up first.

4aussieangel2
Jul 6, 2018, 6:35 am

I have 3 books to be replaced:
The Tenth Circle
Daughter of the Forest
Lorelei's Secret

I'll replace them with:

Quentins - Maeve Binchy
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2717098

The Guy Not Taken - Jennifer Weiner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5743999

The Complete Peanuts - Charles M Schulz
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4571985

I'm not going to select anything this round.

I'll contact crimson-tide now.

Sarah

5crimson-tide
Edited: Jul 6, 2018, 7:57 pm

Not sure if PMs are getting through as I didn't receive one, but did pop in and see it's my turn. 🙂

Could I please skip for now and be shuffled to the end of the list.

I've contacted foxygirlact for her turn. Thanks.

6aussieangel2
Jul 7, 2018, 12:37 am

I just sent the message. I didn't get a chance to pm last night as my internet went down before I got to bookcrossing site.

7amberc
Jul 8, 2018, 11:30 pm

Can you skip me to the bottom of the list please.

8vbboz
Jul 9, 2018, 6:06 am

Done - thanks amberc.

9lolkathryn
Jul 9, 2018, 9:44 am

Hi there!,

I would like ot take Olive Kitteridge, and I will replace it with Anil's Ghost

https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15116751

I will PM amberc and jeniwren now

Cheers,
Kathryn/KLL

10jeniwren
Jul 10, 2018, 3:06 am

I will take Anil's Ghost and The English Patient and replace with

The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15042655/ This is the companion novel to Reservoir 13 by same author.

The Noise Of Time by Julian Barnes http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14882344/

I will contact the necessary people

11anxovert
Jul 10, 2018, 4:24 am

I'll pass this month, thanks.

I shall let jennymidget know it is her turn.

12jennymidget
Jul 10, 2018, 4:42 am

I'm overseas for the rest of the week - could I please skip this round and do my replacements before the next?

13vbboz
Jul 10, 2018, 5:57 am

jennymidget, that will be fine. Thanks for posting.

14tantan
Jul 10, 2018, 6:31 am

I'm not selecting anything this round.

I will be withdrawing from the box after the next (September) round, as we will be moving away sometime in the coming months. I would like to convert all of the books that I have in the box to donations, and I also have some extra donations to offer this month. I will then remove anything of mine that is not selected after the end of the next round.

These are the books I would like to offer:

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4220908
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/10335324
I, Claudius by Robert Graves - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/2047733
Eat & Run by Scott Jurek
Atonement by Ian McEwan - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/1329949
Desert Dawn by Waris Dirie - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4739786
Killing Me Softly by Nicci French - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/2502074
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7295414
The Beach by Alex Garland - htttp://bookcrossing.com/journal/4830506
For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/1319365
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer

15crimson-tide
Jul 10, 2018, 8:55 pm

I need to replace three books, which for the moment can all be moved over to the Donations list:
Birds Without Wings
True History of the Kelly Gang
The One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

I would like to choose two books from jeniwren:
The Reservoir Tapes
The Noise of Time

I have a free pick this turn, so will add in four books:
The Devil that Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir by Aminatta Forna - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15082548
Extinctions by Josephine Wilson - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13965467
Dark Assassin by Anne Perry
Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry

I realise that the last two are both series books but they are on someone's wishlist so maybe that's OK? They are also not as yet registered on BookCrossing. Will come back and add the BCIDs later.

I shall contact jeniwren and amberC now.
Thanks

16amberc
Jul 11, 2018, 4:02 am

I would like;
Dark Assassin by Anne Perry
Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry

I will offer: Tumbledown Manor by Helen Brown. www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12996019
Leaving Time by Jodi Piccoult. www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12982378

I will contact crimson-tide

17vbboz
Jul 11, 2018, 5:31 pm

I have advised foxygirlact that she is up now.

I will close this round off on Saturday.

18vbboz
Jul 14, 2018, 7:50 am

This round is now complete - thanks all.

We will start the next round on Friday, September 7th.

19crimson-tide
Aug 19, 2018, 9:35 am

Unfortunately I wild released Extinctions in error, forgetting I'd offered it here. 😬 🙄

I'll replace it with Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13965496

Don't think the touchstones are working right now.

20vbboz
Aug 20, 2018, 5:20 pm

Thanks crimson-tide - I have updated the box.

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