Round 34 - Starting January 18th, 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:

luckaye ***
Carole888 ***
catsalive
wookiebender ***
lolkathryn
Elddau1onBC ***
freelunch
crimson-tide ***
jennymidget ***
tantan ***
seldombites ***
amberC ***
jeniwren
L1nda (you have one extra free pick)
RockDg9 ***

Bumped list:
livrecache ***
bekoh ***

*** You have books to be replaced

Can I please be moved further down the list as I'm away until Tuesday.

No problem L1nda - all done.

I have advised RockDg9 that she's up first, so this round has now begun.

I'm heading to Bookfest in Brisbane in the morning and I'm visiting family after that, so I won't have internet access again until Saturday afternoon/evening. I've let luckaye know that it's her turn after 8:30 AM Saturday morning (QLD time) if RockDg9 hasn't taken her turn by then.

Taking:
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (crimson-tide)
Replacing:
Virus by Sarah Langan

Adding:
The Philantropist by John Tesarsch
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11464651/
Homeland by Clare Francis
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9824186

(Thanks for the pm luckaye)

I will pass this round as I am behind in my reading and dare not look or I'll get tempted!!

I have to remove:
Love in a Blue time and Peony in Love

Will replace with:
When God was a Rabbit http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11644679
and Wanting http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11643891/

I'll email cats who is up next. Thank you :)

Sorry guys! I've been off the grid in the middle of Tasmania. :)

No problem RockDg9. I'll put you back on the end of the list.

I'm a bit late but it looks like I made it in time. I'll check them out now.

I'll take

Friends in High Places (Carole888)
Million Dollar Baby (Carole888)
The Secret Scripture (bekoh)

& add

Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7821704
The Watcher by Jeanne Stein http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7143773
Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt http://bookcrossing.com/journal/11581767

I'll PM Carole888, bekoh & livrecache.

livrecache has been bumped, so it's now wookiebender's turn.

Sorry, was sick yesterday but will take my turn ASAP!

Okay, I need to retrieve

* The Fifth Elephant

And I'd like to select

* When God was a Rabbit
* Before I Go To Sleep

In exchange, I'll put in:

* The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11657684
* The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11657683
* Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass, Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6208577

I'll PM lolkathryn and Carole888 right now.

Edited to add: PMs sent!

Hi All,

I will take Wanting: A Novel ( Frank McCourt) and will replace it with Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maquire (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7135047/).

I will contact Carole888 and Elddau1onBC now.

Cheers,
Kathryn

hey ho everybody, a belated Happy New Year!

for my turn, i have to replace:
Weep No More, My Lady
Good Harbour

and would like to take:
The 19th Wife (wookiebender)
Space Between Us (tantan)
little Girl Lost (amberC)

I'm putting in:
Under the Wintamarra Tree - Doris Pilkington Garimara
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11659549/

Flight of a Witch (Inspector Felse) - Ellis Peters
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6231109/

The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7579735/

The Custodians - Nicholas Jose
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5914769

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
- Vicki Myron
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/

have PMed freelunch, and wookiebender, tantan and amberC
cheerio, chriss

I'll pass this round thanks, still not reading enough to contemplate throwing anything in the box. I'll PM crimson-tide.

OK . . . I need to replace:
Clerical Crimes for Christmas

and would like to choose:
Dressing Up for the Carnival (Carole888)

I shall put in:
Snowdrops by A.D. Miller - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11300692
The Boat by Nam Le - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11517975
by moving them from the Donations list to the Round 34 list please.

Will PM Carole888 and jennymidget.

Thanks.

Just popping in to say that Peony in Love has to come out of the box as I had to remove it this round. Thank you :)

I will replace: Winter Moon, Popcorn and Death on the Mississippi

I will choose: Halfway to the Grave (catsalive)

I will offer:
The Poison Master by Liz Williams - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11661679
The Tower and the Hive by Anne McCaffrey - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11661681
The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11661693
Shadows of Doom by Dennis L. McKiernan - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11662846

PM-ing Catsalive and Tantan.

Thanks for letting me know Carole888. Not sure how I missed that one!

I have 10 books that need replacing. However, as we're currently in the process of moving across the state I have hardly any books that aren't in storage. I'm going to replace 4 of the 10 with books that I have in my possession, and will replace the others as soon as I'm able. I won't select anything until I get everything replaced. I hope that's okay with everyone.

I'm putting in:

The Dead of the Night by John Marsden - URL to come
The Third Day, the Frost by John Marsden - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/8640142
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey - URL to come
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin - URL to come

Will PM seldombites to let her know it's her turn.

As stated in another thread, I have posted An Eye for An Eye to luckaye, so could this please be moved to In Transit? Thanks.

I am going to withdraw the following from the box:

Out on Your Own by ?
Crawlers by Sam Enthoven
The Mystery of the Missing Mummy by Kate McMullan
Tales and Adventures in the Northland by Sheila K. McCullagh
Asimov's Aurora by Mark W. Tiedemann &
Dinkum Dunnies by Douglass Baglin & Barbara Mullins

and replace them with:

The Fog by James Herbert
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11395085
Evil Serial Killers: In the Minds of Monsters by Charlotte Greig
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10319848
The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8658623
Play Dead by Richard Montanari
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11395010
The Uncanny by Andrew Klavan
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11394962 &
Relentless by Dean Koontz
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11394949

I will replace the rest of my books next round, as I have not got any books to replace them with at the moment.

I will not be making any selections from the box this round.

I will PM AmberC to let her know it is her turn.

I will replace ;
An American Boy
Succubus Revealed

I will take;

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey (tantan)
Under the Wintamarra Tree - Doris Pilkington Garimara (Eldau1)

and offer;
The Borgia Bride by Jeanne Kalogridis http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6874228
One Shot by Lee Child http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11553553
Cara Gayle by Geraldine O'Neill http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8118356
Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8147582

I will PM jeniwren, tantan and Eldau1

Thanks for the PM amberc. I am at work so will be back with my selections later today.

I choose
The Philanthropist by John Tesarsch (luckaye)
and
The George's Wife by Elizabeth Jolley (Eddau1)

and I offer

Stiff, the curious lives of human cadavers by Mary Roach http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11663211
PLEASE NOTE THIS AN AUDIO BOOK ON MP3 CD so you need to have a system that supports this format

and

The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11662975

I will now PM luckaye and Eddau1 and bekoh who is up next.

Thankyou and Happy Australia Day to all :)

We haven't heard from bekoh, so I've let L1nda know it's her turn.

Sorry I got a bit behind - have been dealing with the Qld (and now NSW) weather for most of the weekend.

I would like to select Family Baggage
by Monica McInerney (tantan)
And
The Boat
by Nam Le (crimson-tide)

and offer

It’s not about the Tapas by Polly Evans http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5225225/

I will contact RockDg9 to let her know it’s her turn.

I will be removing
Garden of the Purple Dragon
Murrumbidgee Kid

And replacing them with:
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7464686
Rosie Little's Cautionary Tales for Girls by Danielle Wood http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5795309

I am replacing The Philosopher's Dog with the The Wife of Martin Guerre by Janet Lewis, http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11675682.

I cannot find any books of interest to me in this round.

With thanks,

Helen

This round is now complete - thank everyone! Round 35 will begin on March 8th.