Round 55 - Starting November 4th, 2016

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:

crimson-tide
foxygirlact
tantan
lolkathryn
Carole888
amberC
aussieangel2
jennymidget
catsalive
jeniwren
livrecache***

***You have books to be replaced

Hi all . . . kicking off on this round a little early.

I'd like to select The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty from jeniwren please.

Replacing it with An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6918759

Will contact jeniwren and foxygirlact now.

I couldn't find anything that spoke to me, so happy to be skipped. I'll message tantan

Hi foxygirl

Even if you are not choosing any new books, don't forget to replace the four you have in the box from Round 52.

I need to replace So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. I would also like to take An Ordinary Man (crimson-tide).

My replacements are:

An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton

Hi All,

I need to replace 'THe Last Word' by Hanif Kureishi, and I will take 'The Heather Blazing' by Colm Toibin.

In place i offer

Burial Rites, Hannah Kent http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13845902/
A Visit to the Goond Squad, Jennifer Egan http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13750432/

I will PM jeniwren and livrecache now

Cheers,
KAthryn

I need to replace Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple.

I will put in Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8279752/

I would like to be bumped to the end of the round for another pick.

Thanks and I will pm Carole888 now

adding in:

The Innocent by Harlan Coben http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14277732

The Poet by Michael Connelly http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14277740

Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7787272/

Under Cover of Darkness by James Grippando http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14277746

Thanks jeniwren for the pm :)

I will skip this round as I have a lot of reading to catch up on.

I have to replace a book from Round 52 (is that right?) .... I seem to have slipped up there and have sent it travelling. So I will replace Flacco Files with Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14277760/

I also still need to mail out a book to livrecache (sorry, sorry, sorry)

I will pm amberC as she's up next.

Thanks for the replacements foxygirlact.

Carole888, yes just one replacement from Round 52 - many thanks.

I will replace Make Me and The Broken Shore

I will take Three Wishes - foxygirlact

I will offer

Legacy by Susan Kay www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12094502

A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12029446

Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12043468

I've let aussieangel2 know that she's up now.

I have 3 books to replace: Nineteen Minutes, Gone Girl & Scary Kisses.

I would like to select Legacy by Susan Kay (amberc).

I'll replace with the following:

Sisterchicks on the Loose! by Robin Jones Gunn
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5420592

Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2457025

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2457024

Don't Let the Goats Eat The Loquat Trees by Thomas Hale
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7130016

I will contact amberc and jennymidget.

Sarah

I have to replace The Mummy Case, The Knife of Never Letting Go and Grave Sight.
I'd love to have crimson-tide's The Colour.
Replacing with the following four:
Writ on Water by Melanie Jackson- http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14283012/
Pirates of the Thunder by Jack L. Chalker - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8417194/
Aurian by Maggie Furey - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14283013
Aunt Dimity'S Death by Nancy Atherton - http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14283014

I'll PM crimson-tide and catsalive.

I'll take out

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin & A Song for the Dying

Quid Pro Quo (amberC)
Writ on Water (jennymidget)

I'll add

Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6231110
A Walk in the Park by Jill Mansell http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/8257545
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14244312

The Circle of Nine Trilogy by Josephine Pennicott (as one offer)
Circle of Nine http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3539271
Bride of the Stone http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3427847
A Fire in the Shell http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3539273

Everyone PMd.

I choose The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (catsalive)

I will put in

The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14284067

Do I need to contact livercache??

I'll contact livrecache - thanks jeniwren.

This round is now complete - thanks everyone!

We'll have a short break over Christmas, and start the next round on February 3rd, 2017.