Round 59 - Starting August 4th, 2017

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
freelunch
amberC
lolkathryn
tantan
crimson-tide
catsalive
jeniwren

Bumped list:

aussieangel2
foxygirlact*** (You have one free pick)

***You have books to be replaced

Replacement books

A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13750432

A Good Hanging and other stories - Ian Rankin
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13255416/

Replacement book

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13844965

The new round starts today. I have advised jennymidget that she's up first.

I need to take Red Ripper and Schimmelhorn's Gold out of donations. I need to replace Healer's War. I'd like to pick These Broken Stars (amberC).
I put in A.D. 999 by Jadrien Bell - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/11769403 and Death in the Air by Shane Peacock - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14663309
I'll email amberC (I have her address from elsewhere) and try messaging aussieangel2 on LT.

I've let freelunch know he's up now.

I'd like to take Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd http://bookcrossing.com/journal/14091478

In its place I offer The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14666323

I shall contact tantan (via facebook) and amberC (via Bookcrossing PM)

I would like to take The Darkwing Chronicles (catsalive)

I will offer Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9807861

I will PM catsalive and lolkathryn

I appear to have a free pick (!?) and will take Cloud Atlas by David Mitchel form jennymidget. I will contact her and tantan now.

Cheer,s
Kathryn/KLL/lolkathryn

I would like to take A Friend of the Earth (freelunch), and The Circle (jeniwren).

I need to replace Northanger Abbey, Things Fall Apart, Gone Girl, and The First Cadfael Omnibus.

In their place I will be offering:

Winter by John Marsden - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/12805262
Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3707679
Autumn Bridge by Takashi Matsuoka - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/2734128
Lifeguard by James Patterson & Andrew Gross - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3418918
Children of Men by P.D. James - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/14486837
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3249031

I need to replace The Lost Continent and The Stranger's Child. For now they can both be moved to the Donations list.

I'd like to chose A Gentleman in Moscow (jeniwren) and Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence (catsalive).

I am offering:
A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14624970
My Invented Country by Isabel Allende - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14636481
Valentine Grey by Sandi Toksvig - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13080357
Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernieres - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3271472

Shall contact all the relevant people now.
Thanks all.

Bound Duology & A God in Ruins can be moved to Donations for now.

I'll take The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society (amberC) & Fatal Impact (aussieangel2).

I'll add:

The Jinx by Jennifer Sturman http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3712399
Outsiders by Nancy Holder & Nancy Kilpatrick (Eds.) http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4973515
The Bronze Horseman trilogy by Paullina Simons
1. The Bronze Horseman http://bookcrossing.com/journal/14395624
2. Tatiana & Alexander http://bookcrossing.com/journal/14395626
3. The Summer Garden http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4908720

Will PM jeniwren, amberC & aussieangel2.

I will choose MY INVENTED COUNTRY by Isabelle Allende (crimson-tide)

and I will add

A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14675650/

I will PM the relevant members now

This round is now complete - thanks all. The next round will begin on Friday, October 6th.

I need to remove Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord from the box and will replace it with The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty by Vendela Vida - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13928949

Also please remove A Kiss Before Dying from the Donations list.

Thanks.