Round 50 - Starting January 8th, 2015

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:

jennymidget
livrecache
jeniwren
foxygirlact
crimson-tide***
aussieangel2
tantan
catsalive
lolkathryn

Bumped list: (It's your turn now)

Carole888
amberC

***You have books to be replaced

I noticed I put 2015 instead of 2016, but I can't change the name of the thread.

I think we'll cope :0)

I've let jennymidget know that she's up first tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'll have internet access tomorrow morning, but if not I'll be on in the afternoon to post updates.

Happy New Year! I'm first!
I have no replacements to make, so I'd like to take out lolkathryn's copy of "The Island at the Centre of the World", and put in Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10315583/

I'll message lolkathryn and jeniwren (who's up next)

I won't be able to participate in this round.

Happy New Year to all, and I shall look forward to the next round.

Cheers

I choose The Group by Mary McCarthy and put in

Before I go To Sleep by S J Watson http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13665995

I will PM jennymidget and foxygirlact

Can I have 'Before I go to Sleep' please?

I will PM jeniwren and crimson-tide

(will also search my stash for extra replacements if needed)

I need to replace two books, Red Harvest and A Kiss Before Dying but am happy to move them to the Donations list in case anyone would like to choose them later. They're both good reads.

I'll choose The Bright Side of My Condition please, from jeniwren.

Adding in:
The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. These are actually three separate paperbacks, not an omnibus edition. They can all go together as one choice though.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8094781

Also adding:
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Sorry that most of these are unregistered, tantan. I'll get them done and send you the BCIDs later.

And lastly, please remove Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from the Donations list.

Many thanks. Will contact jeniwren and aussieangel2.

I'd like to choose "When will there be good news?" from Crimson-tide.

I will replace with "Metro Girl" by Janet Evanovich. http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13799346

I will contact Tantan and Crimson-tide.

I'm in the middle of moving house, so I'm not going to take anything this round.

I've accumulated a pile of books to move on, so I'm going to replace my Round 48 books now (Twelve Sharp / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Death Comes to Pemberley / Monday Mourning / The Mystery of the Blue Train). The Round 48 books I'll put up as donations, so they're still available if anyone wanted any of them. :-) I'm putting in:

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/6790283
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/6829130
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/6924567
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/6967881
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

I'm replacing Heart and Soul with Raven Black by Ann Cleeves http://bookcrossing.com/journal/13788565.

Will PM lolkathryn.

I'm going to skip this round, but Happy New Year to all, and I'll PM Carole888 now

Cheers,
Kathryn

I now need to remove Twelve Sharp and Death Comes to Pemberley, both of which were in the Donations, so no replacements.

However, I also realised that I broke the 'no more than one book of a series at a time' rule with my earlier offering, so I need to put in three additional books (and I'll move the three extra series books to Donations). I'm offering:

Divergent by Veronica Roth - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/12412650
Looking for Trouble by John Marsden - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/5449762
A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3418915

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

The bumped list is up now.

I would like to take; Divergent by Veronica Roth (tantan)

I will offer The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11620503

I don't think I have anything to replace this round.

sorry for the delay, my replacement book is The Husband's secret - Liane Moriarty http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13805831

Thanks foxygirlact! :-)

I will pass this round. Thanks so much for the messages and sorry for my delay in getting back to you. I hadn't realised that the time had come round so quickly and meant to let you know before it all started. Take care and all the best for 2016 everyone!

This round is now complete. Thanks everyone! :-)

The new round will likely begin on Friday, March 4th. However, note that I do have a number of fieldwork trips planned for this year, with as yet unknown dates. I'll update a bit later to confirm the date, but if it changes it will be moved to later in March or early April.

I need to remove "Raised by Wolves" unfortunately. I offer up instead The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13815227

Thanks jennymidget. I'll put it in the Round 51 collection.