Round 26 - Starting 5th September 2011

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 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:

L1nda ***
luckaye ***
livrecache
jennymidget ***
Carole888
Pat-the-Rat
tantan ***
lolkathryn
catsalive ***
RockDg9 ***
amberC ***
wookiebender *** (you have 2 free picks)
seldombites ***
crimson-tide ***
jeniwren
HeatherA
bekoh ***

*** You have books to be replaced.

Bumped list: (It's your turn now)

briz-cowgirl *** (you have 1 free pick)
sally906 ***

I would like to remove The Last Rose of Summer from the box. As it was a donation it doesn't need to be replaced.

I'll be away from home between Monday 5th and Monday 12th September. So if my turn comes up (as it may very well do) in that time, please move me to the end of the list.

Thanks

Hey, welcome back livrecache! :-)

Thanks for letting me know crimson-tide.

Our official start date for this round is tomorrow, but I've let L1nda know tonight that she's up first.

I'll start early as I've a busy day tomorrow.

I ‘ll remove: When my Husband does the Dishes

and add: Now the Killing Starts by Steve Cage http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10120860/

I’ll message Luckaye

replacing:
Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers
taking:
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson (catsalive)

adding:
Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison, Lyndsay Sands, Marjorie M. Lui & Vicki Pettersson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7995671
Avoiding Mr Right by Anita Heiss
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9824253/

I choose: The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal (in freelunch's Thing)

and replace it with:
American Journeys by Don Watson – http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8600395/

I remove "Born of Empire" and "The Covenant rising", and "Storm Season" (donation)

I choose "The White Tiger: A Novel" (catsalive)

I add The White Hart by Nancy Springer - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7127791/
Man of Two Worlds by Frank Herbert http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7449710/
Sunshine by Robin McKinley - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3647828/

I'll PM Carole888 and Catsalive when I get to work.

Choosing: Death in Cyprus and putting in A thousand Rooms of Dreams and Fear

Will pm tantan and Pat-the-rat. Thanks everyone :)

I am going to choose Now the Killing Starts by Steve Cage

I am replacing this book with Donor by Ken McClure http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8048020/

I am replacing these books:

The Torment of Others by Val McDermid
Apartment 255 by Bunty Avieson
No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Twisted Things by Madge Swindells

With:

Fire Point by John Smolens http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10133633/

Twilight by Peter James http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10133638/

Mr Maybe by Jane Green http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5740847/

Paradise Fields by Katie Fforde http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6788174/

I will PM Bekoh

May I be bumped to the end of the list please?

I will be back to have my turn in the morning.

Sorry about the delay!

I need to replace What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz.

I would like to take:

Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
City of Darkness, City of Light by Marge Piercy
A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear by Atiq Rahimi

And I will replace them with:

Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7290085
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/2619625
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/9937938
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7204658
Hercule Poirot's Casebook by Agatha Christie - http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3249069

Hi All,

Just wanted to say I've received tantan's message and will be taking my turn tonight. Looking forward to seeing what's in the box!

Cheers,

Kathryn

Hi All,

I would like to pick: Hercule Poirot's Casebook (tantan), and 12 Monkeys (seldom bites).

I will replace them with:

Perfume by Patrick Suskind (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5526760)
Diamond Eyes by A.A. Bell (http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10074393)

I'll PM everyone now.

Cheers,
Kathryn

I'll take:

Some Tame Gazelle (tantan)

The Devil's Web (catsalive)
The Gilded Web (catsalive)
Web of Love (catsalive)
The Dark Gate (catsalive).

I'll add:

The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3202818
Incurable : The Ellie Chronicles, Book 2 by John Marsden http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7139682
Garden of the Purple Dragon by Carole Wilkinson http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5439323
Rubdown by Leigh Redhead http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7143705
Peepshow by Leigh Redhead http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7808511.

I will PM jeniwren & tantan.

I would like to be bumped to the end of the list. Family crisis and I just cant think about this at the moment. I will send off a pm to the next on this list.
Thanks

I have four books to replace and am accepting one book: The Garden of the Purple Dragon from catsalive: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5439323

And putting into the VBB five books:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3991940 Princess
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7230025 The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10057438 Ironside: A Modern Tale of Faerie
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7192960 Short Trips: The Muses
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7721884 Pirate Latitudes

Pming next in line and catsalive

Can I be dropped to the bottom of the list please, I've been away for a few days & have only arrived home in the last hour or so I'm not prepared for my turn.

oops - sorry haven't been online for a couple of days - put me to the bottom of the list and I will pay attention :)

I will replace
What came Before He Shot Her
The Autograph Man

I will take Holidays Are hell (luckaye)
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel (rockdg9)

and I will offer

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6770845 Music and Silence by Rose Tremain
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9846769 Betsy The Vampire Queen by MaryJanice Davidson
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9687468 Yearn by Tobsha Learner
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6361171 Promise Me by Harlan Coben

Now off to PM wookiebender, luckaye and rockdg9

Thanks amberc.

I'm removing:

"T is for Trespass"
"Rocks in the Belly"

And I'll take:

"Cold Justice" http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8450614/
"The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3820369

I've got two free picks, so I just need to add in two new books to balance out.

"The Earth Hums in B Flat" by Mari Strachan - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7361080/
"Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5346935/

Now, off to PM bekoh, tantan & seldombites! Thanks all.

ETA: All PMs sent.

I'm up after seldombites and as I have nothing to put in the VBB I won't be requesting anything from it, so I'd like to be skipped this round please (the book I was due to replace has been taken by someone earlier this round.) Thanks :)

I would like to withdraw:
Pyromancer by Don Callander
and replace it with:
Beneath the Skin by Nicci French

I will not be claiming anything from the box this round.

Replacing my four books:
Plain Truth
A Darker Domain
The Corrections
The Tax Inspector

and selecting one book from wookiebender:
The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7361080

Adding in the following five:
Purple Hibiscus - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5282766
Bel Canto - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1981271
Lincoln's Dreams - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9695183
Howl's Moving Castle - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/9677210
The Great Gatsby - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/795761

Off to PM wookiebender and bekoh now.
Thanks everyone.

I would like to select Purple Hibiscus

and adding

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/10155391 Black Glass by Meg Mundell

I will PM crimson-tide and HeatherA

I'd like to skip this round please, see you in the next round.

I'll skip this round as well please.

A note for Tanya/vbboz to update the play list as Tania/wookie took her 2 free picks this round.

This round has now ended.

The next round will start November 5th. I will set up the page for it now as I have a few minutes spare. I'll be away for about a week from November 18th onwards, so if we're not finished by then we'll have a bit of a gap in the middle.

Thanks once again for being 'Chief Pirate' Tanya! :-)