Round 35 - Starting March 8th, 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 24 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 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:

lolkathryn
Carole888
livrecache
L1nda
luckaye
RockDg9
wookiebender
seldombites ***
amberC ***
tantan
jeniwren
catsalive ***
crimson-tide
jennymidget ***

Bumped list:

bekoh ***
Elddau1onBC ***

I am replacing Storm Bay with The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.

I need to do a bit more tidying up of my books:

I am replacing:

The Fifth Rapunzel
Fortress
The Highland Omnibus
Tomorrow, When the War Began

with:

While I Live by John Marsden
Incurable by John Marsden - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7139682
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11340501

I am also removing The Ruins from Donations

Before the round begins, I'd like to add a few to the Donations list please:

Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11242531
Stormfront by Jim Butcher - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1924842
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3217549
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2456756

Thanks.

Can I please be skipped again this round? Thanks.

Done and done. Thanks for letting me know.

This round is up and running - I've let jennymidget know that she's up first.

Sorry I've been absent today! Had a few errands to run this morning, and it turned into an all-day mammoth affair.

E-mailing Elddau1 now!

Elddau1 has been bumped, and I've let lolkathryn know it's her turn.

I have also just sent out an updated contact list to those who have provided their details.

Hi All,

I would like to request 'To Say Nothing of the Dog' by Connie Willis ( crimson-tide), and offer 'THe Remains of the Day' (Kazuo Ishiguro) in return: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5346935

I will contact crimson-tide and Carole888 now.

Cheers,
Kathryn

Thanks Kathryn and Hi everyone,

I would like to take out:
Remains of the Day from lolkathryn
Stiff from Jenniwren
Out of Africa from wookie and
It's not about the Tapas from Linda

I am putting in:
In the time of the Butterflies http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8447751
The Secret River http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5089769
A Street Cat named Bob http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11761742
The book boy http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4552285 (The anonymous finder journal entry is mine - I wasn't logged on when I made the entry ..... )

Thank you and I will contact the others, including livrecache, who is next on this round.

Bye! C

(Editing to add the bc link for Street Cat Bob)

Hi all,

I would like to select The Secret River http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5089769.

In exchange, I offer One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson, one of my favourite authors. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11757396

I'll pass thank you... I'll pm luckaye.

I am going to skip this round as I need to catch up with the books I owe before I can participate again.

I might pass this round also. Will PM the next participant.

Oh dear, I'm skipping too! Flat out with work, and have been reading mostly library books, so I have nothing to offer.

I'll contact seldombites.

Thanks. I am having dinner just now, but I will post my selection later tonight.

I would like to withdraw the following from the box:

A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
Alone by Lisa Gardner
Great Crimes of the Century: The Savage Killers by George Carpozi Jr
Opal Dream by Ben Rice
Broken Prey by John Sandford
Blue Light by Walter Mosley

and replace them with:

Beguiled by Maureen Child
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11762135
The Hunt by Susan Sizemore
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11762109
Lord of the Nile by Constance O'Banyon
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11762070
The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11761843
A Heritage of Indian Cooking by Joseph Cotta
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11761809
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10433987

I would like to select the following from the box:

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

and replace it with:

Possum Creek's Big Flood by Dan Vallely
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11761794

I will PM wookiebender and amberC now.

I will replace She's No Faerie princess, My Desert Kingdom and Madame Serpent

I will take;
The Poison Master (jennymidget)
Rosie Little Cautionary Tales for Girls (rockdg9)

and offer;

The Witness by Sandra Brown www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7612254
Sheet Music by M.J. Rose www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8114725
The Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3303923
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8503723
Tribute by Nora Roberts www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8147590

I will PM all those I need to

I would like to take A Heritage of Indian Cooking (seldombites)

I will replace it with Dead Man Running by Ross Coulthart and Duncan McNab

Messaging seldombites and jeniwren now.

Sorry I've been busy with assignments. Can I go back on the end of the queue? Thanks.

I would like to choose

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (amberC)
and
The Custodians by Nicholas Jose (Elddau1)

and replace with

Chicken and Plums by Marjane Satrapi http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8246451
and
Krik Krak by Edwidge Danticat http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4011988

Sending the relevant PM's now

Thanks

I'll take

The Greatcoat (jeniwren)

Monstrous Regiment (me)
Past Redemption (me)
Superior Saturday (me)
Shake Hands with the Devil (me).

I'll add

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11580359
Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11580360
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11580358
The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11256059
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11316597.

Will PM jeniwren & bekoh.

Internet's been out at our place following storms, so I missed my turn! I'll keep an eye out for the end of the last person's turn and make my replacements.

Hi all.

I'd like to choose two books please:
In the Time of the Butterflies (Carole888)
Krik? Krak! (jeniwren)

And add in:
Oyster by Janette Turner Hospital - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11767672
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5406718

Thanks.
Contacting Carole, Jenny and Elddau1.

its my turn now but i have to fly to the local show for the poetry judging - cross your fingers for me. probably wont be back to take my turn before 630....
can i go last or tomoorow or something?
chriss

No problem Chriss - I've moved you to the end of the list.

Hope the poetry judging went well!

Apologies for the link-free message: doing this on my phone as Telstra is apparently unable to fix our storm-damaged broadband for a whole month!

I need to take back: The Lincoln Lawyer; Relic; Moriarty; By the Mast Divided; The Doublet Affair; Fartherst Seeking; Sunderlies Seeking; and Shadows of Doom.

I'd like to choose The Help (tantan) and The Hunt (seldombites).

I'll put in: Paragon Walk by Anne Perry (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11290419/);
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11739282/);
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11788273);
Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11788274);
Death of a Dancer by Jill McGown (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8258762/);
Elf Defence by Esther Friesner (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11773396/);
The Bridge at Andau by James Michener (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11769415/);
AD 999 by Jadrien Bell (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11769403/);
and Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11769413/).

Thanks for letting me have a second chance!

I have let the bumped list know that they're up now.

Hope I just made it...

I have to replace 3:
One Child
Chasing Ideas
Steel Beach

and choosing:
Mirror, Mirror (lolkathryn)
Borgia Bride ( amberC)
Her Royal Spyness (jennymidget)

offering:
The Element of Fire -Brendan Graham
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11778243/

Beyond Forgiveness - Caro Fraser
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11778208

Time Out of Mind - Graham Lord
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11659528

Manga Sampler: Shonen Jump / Shojo Beat - various authors
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10425822/

Buried (DI Thorne) - Mark Billingham
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8041506

A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear - Atiq Rahimi
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9920096

- PMing jennymidget, amberC and lolkathryn
cheers
chriss

This round is now complete - thanks everyone. The new round will begin May 3rd, 2013.