Round 25 - Starting 4th July 2011

This round is 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 24 hours to respond and have your turn. If we 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 place 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.

The order of play is:

Carole888 ***
jennymidget *** (you have 1 free pick)
jeniwren ***
freelunch ***
amberC *** (you have 1 free pick)
tantan *** (you have 2 free picks)
lolkathryn ***
bekoh ***
Pat-the-Rat ***
seldombites *** (you have 1 free pick)
crimson-tide ***
HeatherA
catsalive ***
L1nda
luckaye (you have 2 free picks)

*** you have books to be replaced

Bumped list:
RockDg9 ***
livrecache
briz-cowgirl *** (you have 1 free pick)

The Morning Star has been mooched from me, so I would like to replace it with:

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3820369

Is anybody here??

I've advised (last night) Carole888 that she's up first. If she hasn't had her turn by tomorrow I'll advise the next person that they're up.

I'm here! Thanks jeniwren and tantan :)

I will remove Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes and replace with Maynard and Jennica by Rudolph Delson

I'll then pick Dressing Up for the Carnival by Carol Shields and put in Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres

and also pick The Ghost Writer by John Harwood and put in To Cut a Long Story Short by Jeffrey Archer (Will let L1nda and lolkathryn know that I have chosen their books and will pm RockDg9 who is next.)

Okay!

Replacing -
Split Heirs
Plum Island
The Blooding of Jack Absolute
Plum Lucky
Rainbows End
Vampire$: A Novel
Sign of the Unicorn

Taking out as my free pick -
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate) - by Gail Carriger

Putting in -
Stravaganza City of Masks by Mary Hoffman - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9977709
King's Ransom by Glenn Pierce - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9977714
Necroscope IV: Deadspeak by Brian Lumley - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9977715
The Barbed Coil by J.V. Jones - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9977717
Oregon! by Dana Fuller Ross - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7969441
Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9977720
The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9977722

Messaging tqd for the book and jeniwren for her turn.

I have a book to replace so removing
Quiver by Tobsha Learner http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8580933/

and replacing with
Night by Elie Wiesel http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9675038/

I will pass on my turn this time as there is really nothing in the box at this time that interests me.

I will now PM freelunch who is up next.

PM received, will be back to complete my turn Thursday morning *.AU time

Can I please be moved towards the end of the list as I'll be away until Monday. Thanks.

sorry I'm late (again)

tediously busy day and a bad case of "I haven't read any books" so I'll reclaim How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Neil Diamond and offer in it's place The God Of Small Things http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6226558/ (which I haven't read yet but of which I have an extra copy)

I'll contact amberC and let her know she's up now

I will replace

how to be lost
the sorrow of sisters
native state
the brotherhood

I would like to choose
The Secret Lives of Dresses (HeatherA)

and I will offer

A Thousand Bones by P J Parrish http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6391874
Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6133918
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7792232
The Traveller by John Twelve Hawks http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4192629

now off to PM HeatherA and tantan

I am removing:

Against All Reason
At the Stroke of Madness
Everything You Know
Morality for Beautiful Girls
Sudden Prey
Underbelly 3

I am selecting:

Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart
I Am Spock
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Sophie's Choice

I have two free picks, so I am putting in 8 books:

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/1574994
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/9937948
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/9937840
Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4252233
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/1592762
Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/2490597
Towards Zero by Agatha Christie - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4000653
Covenant With the Vampire: The Diaries of the Family Dracul by Jeanne Kalogridis - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7123461

Will PM catsalive, rockdg9, L1nda, jeniwren, and lolkathryn.

just realised I do have something good to offer.. can I please reclaim The God Of Small Things and offer instead The Carpet King Of Texas http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9982622 which I thought was brilliant (if perhaps a little graphic for some palettes)

Hi everyone!

I need to replace 2 books:

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Divine Misdemeanours by Laurel Hamilton

And I would like to choose one book: Murder in the Mews, Agatha Christie (tantan)

In return I offer:

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N K Jemesin http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9983253
City of Darkness, City of Light, Marge Piercy http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7656189
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5533456

Also thanks to everyone who have donated books to boost up the selection - I will have a look around and see if I can find some extra books to donate as well.

I will contact tantan and bekoh now

cheers,
Kathryn (lolkathryn/KLL)

I have two books to replace & offer up:

Judgement & Wrath - Matt Hilton http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8450627/
Bloodline - Mark Billingham http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8450623/

I would like to choose
Red Dog - Louis de Bernières (Carole888)
The Carpet King of Texas - Paul Kennedy (Freelunch)

and offer up

Cold Justice - Katherine Howell http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8450614/
The Hanging Valley - Peter Robinson http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8450557/

It's Pat-the-Rat's turn.

Hi Everyone, not sure of why i have been bumped as I only received the email yesterday, no worries if I can,t select this round. You can just replace my books. I work all day on Saturday's so do not check email's until the next day.

If I am able to select???

Superstition by Karen Robards
Tell No One by Harlen Coben

I am replacing these with:

Hostage to Murder by V.L. McDermid
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986516/

The Torment of Others by Val McDermid
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986513/

I am replacing
Lake of Sorrows by Erin Hart
Just One Look by Harlan Coben
Run For Your Life By James Patterson
Street Dreams by Faye Kellerman with:

Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986510/
No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986502/
Without A Sound by Carla Cassidy http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986492/
Twisted Things by Madge Swindells http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986497/

Thanks Pat

I would like to withdraw the following from the box:

The Wild, Unwilling Wife by Barbara Cartland
Cats Creep the Fire to Art by Matthew Ward
Jason Cosmo: Hero Wanted by Dan McGirt
Velocity by Dean Koontz
Great Austtralian Disasters by Ian Mackay
Illustrated True Crime by Colin & Damon Wilson
Lost Souls by Neil White

and replace them with:

Crawlers by Sam Enthoven
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9758370
Deadtime Stories: Revenge of the Goblins by A.G. Cascone
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8397340
12 Monkeys by Elizabeth Hand
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5409220
Away by Michael Gow
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6017334
Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8277059
Extraction of Arrows by Kathryn Lomer
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9768796
The Sugar-Gum Tree by Patricia Wrightson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6189502

The Gone-Away World does not need to be replaced because it was selected from the box in a previous round and is no longer in my possession.

I would like to select the following from the box:

Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

And replace them with:

Getting in Touch With Your Inner Bitch by Elizabeth Hilts
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9756527
Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6226657
Twelve Moons by Mary Oliver
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9768485

For my free pick, I would like to select:

Night by Elie Wiesel

Most of my additions are unread but they are short, light reads that should only take a couple of days to read if they are selected.

Replacing:
That Old Ace in the Hole
Postcards from Surfers

Choosing:
Hostage to Murder (Pat-the-Rat) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9986516

And adding to the box:
Oscar & Lucinda by Peter Carey - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4688183
Children of the Lens by E.E. "Doc" Smith - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9695181
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (you just have to read this one!) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9987436

PMing Pat-the-Rat and luckaye.

Thanks. :-)

I would like to select The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold from amberc.

Replace this with:
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9849285

I will now message livrecache & amberc.

I got the message thanks Heather. I'll try to have my turn later tonight. Thanks for your patience. I'm sorry I don't use my gmail address a lot, but I try to remember to check it regularly.

Sorry I missed my turn - was at the hospital with my sister.
-Lucie

No worries luckaye. I've popped you back at the end of the list.

I'll take out:

Mr. Clarinet (me)
The Snowman (HeatherA)
Bridge of Birds (crimson-tide).

I'll put in:

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris http://bookcrossing.com/journal/6913177
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson http://bookcrossing.com/journal/8611121
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga http://bookcrossing.com/journal/9893091.

I'll let briz-cowgirl know she's up.

I'd like to select Without a Sound by Carla Cassidy from Pat-the-Rat

and replace it with

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8456817/

I'll pm Lucie

Ok, I am here

Free picks:
The Traveller by John Twelve Hawks (amberc)
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern (briz-cowgirl)

Nothing else thrills me, so I will leave it at that :)

-Lucie

This round is now complete. Thanks everyone for your participation! I'll be away the first weekend in September, so once again we'll start on the Monday. See you all September 5th!

Thanks tantan! :-)