Round 87 - Starting Sunday May 1st, 2022

***This round is now complete***

OZ VBB
The Australian Virtual Bookbox - Round 87

Guidelines:

• Everyone who wants to participate volunteers two books to begin.
• The complete list of books in the box is at VBBOZ Books . This list includes the books in transit.
• If you would like to join, just let me (crimson-tide) know and you will be added to the round.
• You have 48 hours to respond and have your turn. If it appears that you may not have received a PM you will be given an additional 12-24 hours and then bumped to the end of the list for a turn at the end of the round.
• When it is your turn, you may pass, take it, or ask to be placed at the end of the list if you wish.
• Once a book of yours is removed from the box, please send it as soon as possible (unless an arrangement has been made with the receiver). TBR books are fine as long as you can read and send within a few months.
• Please only offer books you believe others would like to read, not rubbish you want to get rid of.
• 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.
• Books in the Extras Collection are in addition to what is required. They may be left or removed at any time.
• It helps if participants have a wishlist and keep it up to date.
• I will update books in the VBBOZ Library.

On your turn:

1. Select the books that you want to take out of the box and list them in your post in this thread.
2. Replace with the same number of books and link to the BookCrossing journal page for each book. A link to the LT work page is also helpful.
3. Check the “Books to be replaced” collection and replace if needed.
4. If you do not wish to take your turn, you have the option to be placed at the end of the list.
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 it’s now their turn.

The order of play is:

crimson-tide
amberC
leah152
catsalive
lolkathryn (KLL)
jean-sol (Jean-Sol)
daisy09 (sofie777)
book-a-neer
lofty123 (ally11)
jeniwren

Bumped:
aussieangel2 ***

*** You have books to be replaced

- It's your turn now

Welcome Everyone to Round 87

Welcome back everyone - I hope you've all been well and able to get plenty of reading done.

I'm beginning this round early in the month as we will be setting off on another road trip soonish (hopefully around the 11th or 12th May). If the round is not finished by then it doesn't matter - it just means there will be a bit of a delay before I can update the books. But that doesn't stop you taking your turns etc.

Here are the quick links:
vbboz profile page
All books (including those in transit because I can't get the other link to work)
Books to be replaced this round (from R84)
More books to be replaced this round (from R82)
Books owed or in transit
Mailed/Received Books

The order of play has been (sort of) shuffled for this round. I've put myself first as I need to replace lots of books before the round begins anyway as I've already released them. And because I haven't given much notice this time.

There are quite a few books requiring replacement this round. However - it is not necessary to replace them until it is your turn, unless they are no longer available.

If it's not convenient for you when your turn comes up, let me know and I'll move you to the end of the list.

Have fun, and I hope everyone can find something of interest in the box.

Has it really been two months already? That went so fast.

I will replace Bones Never Lie and Selling Out with

The Secret Language of Stones by MJ Rose
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14753059

The Girl In The Moon by Terry Goodkind
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15019015

Hi all.

I need to remove three books from the Extras Collection:
Whispers Under Ground
Idioglossia
If I Die in a Combat Zone

Moving A Thousand Acres from R85 into Extras - this is a really good book btw. ;-)
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12658891

Replacing this plus my two books from Round 84 with:

Bad Debts (Jack Irish #1) by Peter Temple
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4618895

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16252941

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1515746

I'm not choosing any books this round.

Will PM amberC

I would like to take;

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
The Good Turn
Hearts and Minds. - all from crimson-tide

Complicity - from KLL

I will offer;
The Concubines Child by Carol Jones
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15026718

Cloud of Sparrows by Takashi Matsuoka
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3707679

Baking Cakes In Kigali by Gaile Parkin
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12967675

The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14947299

I will PM all I need to.

Hi Amber, This link is wrong The Toy Maker by Robert Dinsdale
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14947229

>7 catsalive:
The book is called The Toymakers and the correct link is:
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/14947299

I've asked amber to correct it. :-)

I would like: Kim Jiyoun, born in 1982, &,4
The Windup Bird Chronicles please :O)
I'll add:
Creativity by John Cleese https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16112692 &
After the Party by Cassie Hamer https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16348444/
I'll pm the relevant parties :O)

I'll take

The Labyrinth (jeniwren)
My Bookstore (daisy09)

Adding
The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington, Brian Francis https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/13396087
Dead North, Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/12565062

PMd everyone.

I'm taking out:
The Light Between Oceans, A Sleep & a Forgetting, Tidelands & Anywhere But Here & replacing with:
The Snow Song by Sally Gardner https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16546508
Beautiful by Katie Piper https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16546506
Bellydancing for Beginners by Liz Byrski https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16546507 &
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotso https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/15496545/

Hi all, I will not take any books out this round. I'll PM jean-sol now.

Regards,
Kathryn/KLL

Hi everyone,

First I'll replace
The Night Buffalo https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16318712/
We Need New Names https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16243597/

with
The Mermaids Singing by Val McDiarmid https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16538561/
I'm Not Scared by Nicolo Ammaniti https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16545295/

I promised myself I wouldn't grab any books this round but...crimson-tide could I please have Bad Debts by Peter Temple? I have been meaning to start reading the Jack Irish series (and Peter Temple) for ages so that's an opportunity to good to miss. If it gets here in time I might even take it on the plane to Europe with me!

I will PM crimson-tide re.book and daisy09 who is after me on this month's list.

Take care everyone!

Replacing Vincenzo's Garden and The Lives of Stella Bain (think this is also listed in extras)
with the following
Cloud Cuckoo Land
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16547449/

migrations A Novel
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16465423

Daughter of the River
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16547448

No books this time. Will post My Bookstore to Cats-a-alive and Pm
book-a-neer

Regards to all

Is there a replacement for Bad Debts?

Not taking anything this round.

Please move The Graveyard Book to Extras and I will add The Zahir by Paul Coelho
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/7995425/
Edit: Pm sent to lofty123

>15 catsalive:
Under control and will be coming…

Sorry everyone and thanks catsalive for reminding me! I forgot to replace Bad Debts. Here it is, a bio of Nellie Melba:
Nellie by Robert Wainwright https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16520426/

Hi Guys,

I need to remove Hermetica, Longbourn and The Horse Whisperer.

I am replacing them with:

The Watchman
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/add/565-13989809

Across the Nightingale Floor
https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16368923

The Chokng Doberman
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/7034258

I will not choose any books this time.

Will message jeniwren as its her turn next

I need to remove Piranesi and will replace with The Offing by Benjamin Myers https://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/16249108 I won’t take anything this round. I will DM the next person.

I’m closing off this round now; many thanks to everyone who took part.

I am unable to contact aussieangel2 either by PM or email. She has not been in contact for the past two rounds and has also not registered any books for quite a while. Has anyone had any recent contact?

If we don’t hear anything by the start of the next round I’m planning to take her name off the list and move all her books into a seperate (inactive) collection so they are still there in case she reappears later.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

So, everyone keep safe and read lots. 🙂

The next round will be sometime in July - start date dependent on where I am at the time . . .