BookcrossingJournal2007

Computer Down

2008-07-30T13:09:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the fact there have been no updates recently - computer crashed and I am in the process of buying a new computer.

Hope to be up and running again in a couple of weeks.

ings I've Started 2007

2007-11-06T01:35:00.000-08:00

Off The Beaten Path - Michigan#1 DECLARED LOST
Sent 1/20/07

Off the Beaten Path - Michigan #2
Sent 5/26/07

New Mexico Off the Beaten Path
Sent 5/26/07

Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways
Sent

UPDATED 05.31.2007

BookRays I've Started 2007

2007-11-06T01:32:00.001-08:00

44 Scotland Street - sent 4/28/07
Ya-Ya's in Bloom - sent
The Devil Wears Prada - sent
On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip From South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 - sent

"Ray It Forward"
Loving Women by Pete Hamill sent to istop4books 1/13/07
Phantoms by Dean Koontz sent to elis-fromSweden 1/13/07
Predator by Patricia Cornwell sent to Hawkette 3/10/07
Brothers of the Dragon by Robin Wayne Bailey sent to wss4 3/24/07
Jokes on the Web by H.M. Sandy Trusler sent to yoteun 3/19/07
Black Beauty by Anna Sewall sent to cooktrisha 3/20/07
Make-It-Yourself: Games and Activities for Kids by Rachel Paxton sent to lavale 3/20/07
39 Success Tips by Patric Chan sent to lavale 3/20/07
International Recipe Sampler by E-Cookbooks Library sent to lavale 3/20/07
Chinese Recipe Sampler by E-Cookbooks Library sent to lavale 3/20/07
Casseroles by Rachel Paxton sent to lavale 3/20/07
Barbecue Recipes Sampler by E-Cookbooks Library sent to lavale 3/20/07
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes by Janet MacKenzie Hill sent to yotean 3/19/07
Elvis Presley Biography by Helene Malmsio sent to yotean 3/19/07
101 Motivational Quotes sent to curtis721 4/2/07
Inner Words by Emmy Arnold sent to curtis721 4/2/07
Inspiring Love Quotes by Helene Malmsio sent to curtis721 4/2/07
The Gardener's Secret Handbook by Michael McGroarty sent to curtis721 4/2/07
Unleash the Ideavirus by Seth Godin sent to curtis721 4/2/07
Walk in the Light & Twenty-Three Tales by Leo Tolstoy sent to curtis721 4/2/07
Why We Live In Community by Eberhard Arnold sent to curtis721 4/2/07
Smoothies for Athletes by Ryan Lee sent to needmorezoloft 3/30/07
Essential Fas Loss Tips for the Hopelessly Unmotivated by Derck Gordon sent to Merield 4/10/07
The Yummy Book by Marshmallow Fluff sent to redhot-brat 4/6/07
Fish and Game Recipe Sampler sent to redhot-brat 4/6/07
Death Gets A Time-Out by Ayelet Waldman sent to FranciJo for catsalive's M-Bag 4/21/07
Fruit Without An Orchard by Elizabeth Chute (ebook) sent to MaryBearsMinis 4/24/07
Wow! I Didn Think of That by Pam Renovato sent to yoteum 5/11/07
Search Engine Primer by ChuckMcCullogh sent to yoteum 5/14/07
Guide to Internet Bible Study by Linda Richard sent to yoteum
Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow sent to yoteum 5/11/07
Blood, Sweat & Tea..by Tom Reynolds sent to yoteum 5/11/07
Broken Honor by Patricia Potter sent to BuyItFromBobbie 6/12/07

UPDATED 06.12.2007

Book Boxes I've Started 2007

2007-11-06T01:29:00.000-08:00

Coloring Book Bookbox
Sent 1/13/07

Already Been Bookcrossed Bookbox #1
Sent 1/24/07

UPDATED 01.24.2007

Book Relays 2007

2007-11-06T01:27:00.000-08:00

Prey by Michael Crichton to sent to Breeze144
Roses Are Red by James Patterson sent to BruceAlexander
A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond Feist sent to Jennymidget
Spirngwater Wedding by Linda Lael Miller sent to lauraloo29
The Palace Thief Stories sby Ethan Canin sent to m7c57
Night Whispers by Judith McNaught sent to Maurean
Chameleon by William Diehl sent to NeedSun
Constitution by Michael Jan Friedman sent to sailorarby 1/29/07
Perchance to Dream by Howard Weinstein sent to sailorarby 1/29/07
The Three Edwards by Thomas Costain sent to tabby-cat-owner 1/29/07
Prey by Michael Crichton sent to Breeze144 5/19/07

RELAY GAMES (VBB, RMTBB)
The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer sent to Danesnboxers 1/6/06
Hemlock Bay by Catherine Coulter sent to Krin511 1/6/07
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis sent to intrycksflikka 1/6/07
The Nanny Diaries by Nicola Kraus sent to Nimrodiel 1/13/07
Naughty by Nature by Penthouse sent to nvangel2073 1/13/07
Hillary's Scheme by Carl Limbacher sent to nwpassage 1/17/07
Upside Down by John Ramsey Miller sent to krin511 1/20/07
Bahamarama by Bob Morris sent to FranciJo 1/24/07
Perfect Evil by Alex Kava sent to Pyan 2/10/07
Night Sins by Tami Hoag sent to SandDanz 2/10/07
By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens sent to Danesnboxers 2/17/07
Suspicion of Betrayal by Barbara Parker sent to FamFatale 2/24/07
The Chamber by John Grisham sent to Giz-agel 3/3/07
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King sent to redhot-brat 3/3/07
Bee Season by Myla Goldberg sent to xalroyx 3/10/07
Shapechanger's Song by Jennifer Robertson sent to catsalive via M-bag by FranciJo 4/21/07
Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich sent to Camis via M-bag by Xallroyx 3/24/07
Journey by Danielle Steel sent to needmorezoloft 4/21/07
The Wedding by Danielle Steel sent to needmorezoloft 4/21/07
Perfect Evil by Alex Kava sent to redhot-brat 4/28/07
Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich sent to boogal 5/12/07
Chasing The Dime by Michael Connelley sent to AceOfHears 5/19/07
Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday by Selma Eichler sent to cowgirl-up 5/19/07

UPDATED 06.12.2007

RABCKs 2007

2007-11-06T01:23:00.001-08:00

Just One Look by Harlan Cohen sent to AceOfHearts 1/13/07
Oregon by Dana Ross Fuller sent to jaenelle 1/29/07
Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott sent to lavale 2/10/07
Strangers by Dean Koontz sent to pasquinade 2/10/07
The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver sent to kera 2/10/07
Doors to December by Dean Koontz sent to kittycatss 2/10/07
A Place of Execution by Val McDermid sent to anonik 2/10/07
Darkspell by Katherine Kerr sent to tiggsybabes 3/24/07
The Hobbit by J.L. Tolkein sent to Zoe1971 4/23/07
Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire sent to amymehta 4/28/07
Born in Shame by Nora Roberts sent to GirlieGoalie 5/12/07
Scion of Cyador by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. sent to Necroscope 5/12/07
The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum sent to Antheras 5/12/07
The Chamber by John Grisham sent to billythekid 5/12/07
Downtown by Anne Rivers Siddons sent to MysteryMish 5/12/07
Daddy's Little Girl sent to PatchworkPerson 5/12/07
Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart by Jane Lindskold sent to mundoo 5/12/07
The Magic Engineer by L.E. Modesitt, Jr sent to eris-in-oz 5/26/07
Dark Paradise by Tami Hoag sent to chevylady1 5/26/07
Punish the Sinners by John Saul sent to prollact 5/26/07
Bastion Falls by Susie Moloney sent to tuulip 5/26/07
Airframe by Michael Crichton sent to wackthedrums100 6/2/07
The Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer sent to BunnyLady 6/12/07

RABCK via Paperbackswap.com (PBS)

Manhunt by Janet Evanovich sent to Michelle D 2/10/07
Where Two Ways Met by Grace Livingston sent to Terry H 2/10/07
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews to Terri W 2/17/07
Crime de Cocoa by JoAnna Carl sent to Judy L 2/24/07
Access Denied by Donna Andrews sent to Richard M 2/24/07
Flight of the Buffalo sent to Theresa V 2/24/07
The Towers of Silence by Paul Scott to Stephanie C 4/20/07
Devil's Daughter by Catherine Coulter sent to Mary K 4/20/07
The Matrix by Jonathan Aycliffe sent to Sarah W 4/28/07
The Chocolate Mouse Trap by Joanna Carl sent to Sandy G 4/28/07
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson to John T 5/12/07
Dark Rivers of the Heart by Dean Koontz sent to Judith H
Lord of Raven's Peak by Catherine Coulter sent to Bonnie M

Updated 06.12.2007

PERSONAL CHALLENGE

2007-11-06T01:21:00.001-08:00

PERSONAL CHALLENGE

Alphabet Reading Challenge 2007 (By Author)
A - Andrews, Donna – Access Denied
B - Bach, Richard – Jonathan Livingston Seagull
C - Collins, Max Allen – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Serial
D
E - Evans, Richard Paul – The Christmas Box
F – Fox, Michael J. – Lucky Man (Audio)
G – Grabek, Steven – 101 Motivational Quotes
H – Hare, Mimi – The Second Assistant (audio)
I -
J -
K –
L -
M – Michael, Judith – The Real Mother (audio)
N -
O -
P – Penthouse – Naughty by Nature
Q -
R – Roberts, Nora – Irish Rebel
S – Steel, Danielle – Johnny Angel
T –
U -
V -
W – Wells, Rebecca – Ya-Ya’s In Bloom (audio)
X -
Y – Yoshimoto, Banana – Asleep
Z -

Updated 04.23.2007

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PERSONAL CHALLENGE

Alphabet Reading Challenge 2007 (By Title)
A – Access Denied – Donna Andrews
B– Back To The Bedroom – Janet Evanovich
C– CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Serial by Max Allen Collins
D – Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson (Audio)
E –
F – The 4th of July by James Patterson (audio)
G –
H – Holiday Family Fun by Modernsage.com
I – Irish Rebel by Nora Roberts
J – Johnny Angel by Danielle Steel
K – Kiss Me Like a Stranger by Gene Wilder (Audio)
L – Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox (Audio)
M - Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday by Selma Eichler
N – Naughty by Nature by Penthouse
O - On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 by Laura Ingalls Wilder
P – The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio by Terry Ryan (Audio)
Q -
R – The Real Mother by Judith Michael (audio)
S – Springs of Greek Wisdom by Various
T –
U -
V – Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
W – Who Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson, M.D.
X -
Y – Ya-Ya’s In Bloom – Rebecca Wells
Z -

Updated 05.09.2007

Pages Read challenge by HellieKat

2007-11-06T01:15:00.000-08:00

Pages Read challenge by HellieKat (signed up 2/28/07)

2007 Pages Read Challenge
I'm hoping to read 30,000 pages this year. (This is the same as janeycanuk’s challenge of last year).

14,038/30,000
46.80%

January 2007 – 11 books, 71 short stories
February 2007 – 8 books, 74 short stories
March 2007 – 7 book, 69 short stories
April 2007 - 8 books, 78 short stories
May 2007 – 5 books, 53 short stories
June 2007 – 2 books, 53 short stories
July 2007 - 2 Books, 0 short stories
August 2007 - 2 books, 0 short stories
September 2007 - 2 books, 45 short stories
October 2007 - 2 books, 8 short stories

Updated 06.12..2007

Lifetime Release Challenge 2007 by Charbono

2007-11-06T01:14:00.000-08:00

Lifetime Release Challenge 2007 by Charbono (signed up 2005)

The challenge is to release a book to every country in the world. It will take you years, you may never complete it and some may never be journalled, but give it a try.
You don't have to set yourself a time limit, just do as many as you can before you die!
To participate in this challenge:
1) Reply to this thread
2) Start a word document, web page, blog or virtual BC book to keep track of your books & countries.
3) Contact Wyando so he can add you to the list of participants
4) Start finding addresses and sending books!
The list of participants is here:
http://www.honchun.com/---/233books

You can also use this thread to notify of countries completed.
And don't forget that any/all books you send as part of your Lifetime challenge can also be counted for the current "Around The World Challenge", which attempts to complete every country in the world every year (it's a group effort). Website: http://www.geocities.com/---/global.htm
If you need an address for a particular country and can't find one, feel free to post a request in this thread and we will help you out.
My Progress can be seen at:
LTC (Lifetime Challenge)

An ongoing wishlist release challenge by Felicia-fairy

2007-11-06T01:13:00.000-08:00

An ongoing wishlist release challenge by Felicia-fairy(signed up 02/06/07)

An ongoing wishlist release challenge
Why not send some books to people you know will really appreciate the gesture?
You will be surprised which of your books pop up as a wish when you search on cliff1976's website.
I challenge everyone to find some new homes for the books by searching the wishlist site.
1. Make sure you have set up a wishlist at www.cliff1976.com
2. Find some of your AVL books that are popular/cult/hard to find and do a search for them on the wishlist site
3. PM the person with the oldest wish, ask them if they would like the book? Keep trying until you get a positive response
4. Send the book!
5. Post here when you have fulfilled someone's wish
Releases:
#1 Jewel in the Crown (Wishlist RABCK)
#2 Stranger (Wishlist RABCK)
#3 Doors to December(Lifetime Challenge/Wishlist RABCK Challenge)
#4 A Place of Execution(Wishlish RABCK Challenge/Lifetime Challenge)
#5 The Homing(Wishlist RABCK)
#6 Darkspell(Wishlist RABCK)
#7 Stealing Shadows(Wishlist RABCK)
#8 The Hobbit(Wishlist RABCK Challenge)
#9 Waiting For Snow(Wishlish RABCK)
#10 Scion of Cyador(Wishlist RABCK)
#11 The Chamber(Wishlist RABCK)
#12 Born in Shame(Wishlist RABCK)
#13 The Bourne Ultimatum(Wishlist RABCK)
#14 Downtown (Wishlist RABCK)
#15 Daddy’s Little Girl(Wishlist RABCK)
#16 Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart(Wishlist RABCK)
#17 Punish the Sinners(Wishlist RABCK)
#18 Bastion Falls(Wishlist RABCK)
#19 Airframe(Wishlist RABCK)
#20 the Gamble(Wishlist RABCK)

Reduce my TBR piles Challenge – 2007 by sally906

2007-11-06T01:12:00.000-08:00

Reduce my TBR piles Challenge – 2007 by sally906 (signed up 11/20/06)
My challenge to myself for 2007 is to get my pile of TBR books down. I have piles everywhere- on shelves, in my clothes drawers, under the bed and tucked away in a cupboard. I need space- so the books have to be reduced in size and number.
I know some of you have been doing this month by month this year (2006) but I am going public to keep myself honest.

I would like to reduce it by at least half. Below is a list of all the books on my shelf as at the 1st of November 2006 – I will update this list on 30th December and start the challenge January 1st. it also appears on my bookshelf.

I read on average 100+ books a year – so I should be able to reduce this pile by half, and still have room spare for "free" reading. I am only including books that have been obtained by me on a permanent basis – not book rings or rays which I class as temporary dwellers on my shelves.

I am going to post once a month how I am going – probably on the 1st of each month – as is an easy date to remember. If anyone else would like to join me in this challenge, please feel free to post below! I am doing this alone or with friends- I have to do something to get my pile under control.

My Rules
1. I am only including books that are on my shelf as at 1st January 2007 that have been sent to me by another reader (either Bxer or PBS).
2. I must read three books from my TBR list before I can add to it (this does not include bookrings as they are not permanent additions)
3. I will have fun: )
4. When 2007 is over- I will heaps of room to get more books- LOL!!!

Conroy, Pat – Beach Music (NA 2007 Convention BB)
Andrews, V. C. – If there Be Thorns (Already Been Crossed BB)
Clark, Mary Higgins – Daddy’s Little Girl (Already Been Cross BB)
Ondaatje, Michael – The English Patient (Already Been Crossed BB)
Sousanis, Marti – The Art of Filo Cookbook – January 2007
Straub, Peter – Floating Dragon – Already Been Crossed BB
Binchy, Maeve – Echoes – Already Been Crossed BB
Chesney, Marion – The Viscount’s Revenge - Already Been Crossed BB
Fast, Howard – The Outsider - Already Been Crossed BB
Evanovich, Janet – Back to the Bedroom (Audio) – January 2007
Carlson, Richard – Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…(Audio) – January 2007
Andrews, Donna – Access Denied (PBS) – January 2007
Moyes, Jojo – Sheltering Rain – Alredy Been Crossed BB
Sakoian, Francis – Astrological Patterns – Already Been Crossed BB
Patterson, James – 4th of July (audio) – February 2007
Carter, Sammi – Chocolate Dipped Death – February 2007
Wilder, Laura Ingalls - On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 (PBS) – April 2007
Eichler, Selma – Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday – April 2007

1. ???? – Fluke, or I know Why the Winged Wale Sings
2. Adams, Alina – Murder on Ice
3. Albert, Susan Wittig - Lavender Lies (PBS)
4. Albert, Susan Wittig - An Unthymely Death (PBS)
5. Anderson, Sheryl J. – Killer Heels (PBS)
6. Andrews, Donna – Click Here for Murder (PBS)
7. Andrews, V.C. – My Sweet Audrina
8. Archer, Jeffrey – As the Crow Flies
9. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity and the Duke (PBS)
10. Atherton, Nancy - Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin (PBS)
11. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity: Snowbound (PBS)
12. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity’s Christmas (PBS)
13. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity’s Death (PBS)
14. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed (PBS)
15. Austen, Jane – Persuasion
16. Bahr, Howard– The Black Flower
17. Ballard, Mignon F. – Angel At Troublesome (PBS)
18. Bank, Melissa – The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing
19. Barron, Stephanie – Jane and the Genius of the Place
20. Bauval, Robert – The Orion Mystery
21. Beaton, M. C. – Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
22. Bebris, Carrie - Pride and Prescience (PBS)
23. Berenson, Laurien – Best In Show (PBS)
24. Berne, Suzanne – A Crime in the Neighborhood
25. Berry, Liz – The China Garden
26. Binchy, Maeve – Nights of Rain and Stars
27. Blume, Judy – Forever
28. Blume, Judy – Smart Women
29. Bowling, Harry – One More for Saddler Street
30. Bradford, Richard – Red Sky At Morning
31. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
32. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Brought Down the House
33. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Robbed a Bank
34. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
35. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
36. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Went Up the Creek
37. Brink, Carol Byrie – Caddie Woodlawn
38. Broadrick, Annette – Lean, Mean & Lonesome
39. Brown, Dale – Night of the Hawk
40. Brown, Dan – Angels and Demons
41. Brown, Dan – Digital Fortress
42. Brown, Dan – The DaVinci Code
43. Brown, Rita Mae – Rest in Pieces
44. Brown, Sandra – 22 Indigo Place
45. Brown, Sandra – The Rana Look
46. Browne, Jill Conner – God Save the Sweet Potato Queens
47. Bryson, Bill - The Lost Continent (PBS)
48. Buchanan, Edna – Meane, It’s Murder
49. Burnes, Caroline – Familiar Texas
50. Burnett, Carol – One More Time
51. Cabot, Meg – Princess in the Spotlight
52. Caine, Leslie – Death by Inferior Design (PBS)
53. Carl, JoAnna - Crime de Cocoa (PBS)
54. Carl, JoAnna – The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up (PBS)
55. Carr, Phillippa – A Time for Silence
56. Carter, Jimmy – Sharing Good Times
57. Cather, Willa – Death Comes to the Archbishop
58. Charles, Hampton – Miss Seeton at the Helm
59. Chiaverini, Jennifer - The Quilter’s Legacy (PBS)
60. Childs, Laura - Bound for Murder (PBS)
61. Christie, Agatha – 4:50 From Paddington (audio)
62. Christie, Agatha – By The Pricking of My Thumbs
63. Christie, Agatha – Elephants Can Remember
64. Christie, Agatha – Funerals are Fatal
65. Christie, Agatha – Hickory Dickory Death
66. Christie, Agatha – The Body in the Library
67. Christie, Agatha – The Mysterious Affair of Styles
68. Christie, Agatha – The Seven Dials Mystery
69. Churchill, Jill – A Knife to Remember
70. Churchill, Jill– Love for Sale
71. Civil-Brown, Sue – Carried Away
72. Clark, Carol Higgins – Decked
73. Clark, Carol Higgins – Popped
74. Clark, Carol Higgins – Snagged
75. Clark, Carol Higgins – Twanged
76. Clark, Mary Higgins – Daddy’s Little Girl
77. Clark, Mary Higgins/Clark, Carol Higgins – He See’s You When You’re Sleeping
78. Cleage, Pearl – What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day
79. Close, William – A Doctor’s Story: From City Surgeon to Country “Doc”
80. Colgan, Jenny – Amanda’s Wedding (audio)
81. Collins, Jackie – Hollywood Husbands
82. Collins, Jackie – Vendetta: Lucky’s Revenge
83. Collins, Kate – Dearly Depotted (PBS)
84. Collins, Kate – Mum’s the Word (PBS)
85. Connelly, Michael – City of Bones
86. Cook, Robin – Sphinx
87. Cooper, Henry Jr. – Apollo on the Moon
88. Coyle, Cleo – Latte Trouble (PBS)
89. Coyle, Cleo – Through the Grinder (PBS)
90. Coyle, Harold – Dead Hand
91. Craft, Michael – Boy Toy
92. Craig, Philip – A Deadly Vineyard Holiday
93. Crane, Stephen – The Red Badge of Courage
94. Criswell, Millie – Staying Single
95. Crusie, Jennifer – Faking It
96. Crusie, Jennifer – Tell Me Lies
97. Cussler, Clive– Treasure
98. Daheim, Mary – The Alpine Kindred
99. Davidson, Diane Mott – Killer Pancake
100. Davidson, Diane Mott – The Main Corpse
101. Delany, Gina – Wild Flame
102. DeLeo, Peter – Survive! My Fight for Life in the High Sierras
103. Delinsky, Barbara – Flirting with Pete
104. Delinsky, Barbara – The Woman Next Door
105. Dereske, Joe - Bookmarked to Die (PBS)
106. Despres, Loraine – The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc
107. Devereaux, Jude – Temptation
108. Devereaux, Jude – The Maiden
109. Dietz, Denise – Beat Up a Cookie (PBS)
110. Donald, David Herbert - Lincoln (PBS)
111. Donnelly, Deborah – Death Takes a Honeymoon (PBS)
112. DuMaurier, Daphne – Rebecca
113. Dunant, Sarah – The Birth of Venus
114. Durban, Pam – The Laughing Place
115. Durham, Laura – Better Off Wed (PBS)
116. Edwards, Anne – A Remarkable Woman
117. Eichler, Selma – Murder Can Mess Up Your Mascara (PBS)
118. Ely, Ron – East Beach
119. Erickson, Lynn – Upon A Midnight Clear
120. Evanovich, Janet – Four to Score
121. Evanovich, Janet – High Five (PBS)
122. Evanovich, Janet – One For The Money
123. Evanovich, Janet – Seven Up
124. Evanovich, Janet - Three To Get Deadly (PBS)
125. Farmer, Jerrilyn – Dim Sum Dead (PBS)
126. Feehan, Christine – The One
127. Fiffer, Sharon - Buried Stuff (PBS)
128. Finnamore, Suzanne – Otherwise Engaged (audio)
129. Fletcher, Jessica – Martinis & Mayhem
130. Fletcher, Jessica – Murder in Moscow
131. Fletcher, Jessica – Murder on the QE2
132. Fletcher, Jessica – Trick or Treachery
133. Fluke, Joanne – Fudge Cupcake Murder
134. Fluke, Joanne – Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (PBS)
135. Fluke, Joanne – Strawberry Shortcake Murder
136. Fluke, Joanne – Sugar Cookie Murder (PBS)
137. Forbes, Esther – Johnny Treman
138. Foreman, Amanda – Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
139. Fowler, Earlene – Broken Dishes
140. Fowler, Earlene – Sunshine and Shadow (PBS)
141. Fowler, Karen Joy – Sister Noon
142. Friedman, Kinky – Armadillos and Old Lace (PBS)
143. Gabaldon, Diana – Cross Stitch
144. Gaffney, Patricia – Circle of Three
145. Galenorn, Yasmine – A Harvest of Bones
146. Galenorn, Yasmine - Legend of the Jade Dragon (PBS)
147. Garvey, Amy - Murder in the Hamptons (PBS)
148. George, Elizabeth – A Suitable Vengeance
149. Gilman, Dorothy – A Palm for Ms. Pollifax
150. Gilman, Dorothy – Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (PBS)
151. Giuliano, Geoffrey – Dark Horse, The Private Life of George Harrison (audio)
152. Goldsmith, Olivia – Fashionably Late
153. Grafton, Sue – A is for Alibi
154. Grafton, Sue – B is for Burglar
155. Grafton, Sue - C is for Corpse (PBS)
156. Grafton, Sue – H is for Homicide
157. Grafton, Sue – K is for Killer
158. Grafton, Sue - O is for Outlaw (PBS)
159. Graham, Winston – Fortune is a Woman
160. Greenberg, Martin Harry – Santa Clues
161. Grisham, John – The Chamber
162. Grisham, John – The Last Juror
163. Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime
164. Hall, Parnell - And a Puzzle to Die On (PBS)
165. Hall, Parnell – With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill (PBS)
166. Hamilton, Jane – The Book of Ruth
167. Harris, Charlaine – Shakespeare’s Christmas
168. Harris, Ruth – Modern Women
169. Hart, Carolyn G. – Mint Julep Murder (PBS)
170. Hart, Carolyn G. – The Christie Caper
171. Harvey, Kathryn – Butterfly
172. Haskins, James – Andrew Young: Man With A Mission
173. Hawthorne, Nathaniel – The House of the Seven Gables
174. Hawthorne, Nathaniel – The Scarlet Letter
175. Hayden, Torey – Somebody Else’s Kids
176. Haynes, Conrad – Perpetual Check
177. Hayter, Sparkle – Nice Girls Finish Last
178. Henry, Sue – Death Trap (PBS)
179. Herman, Julie Wray – Three Dirty Women and the Bitter Brew (PBS)
180. Herman, Julie Wray – Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death (PBS)
181. Heymann, C. David – A Woman Named Jackie
182. Hill, Reginald – An April Shroud
183. Hoag, Tami – Dark Paradise
184. Hold Sawyer, Corinne Hold – Geezer Factory Murders (PBS)
185. Hunter, Maddy – Pasta Imperfect
186. Hyde, Anthony – Red Fox
187. Irvin, Candace – The Impossible Alliance
188. Isaacs, Susan – Red, White and Blue
189. Isenberg, Jane – Death in a Hot Flash (PBS)
190. Jance, J. A. – Partner in Crime
191. Jance, J. A. - Rattlesnake Crossing (PBS)
192. Jenkins, Mark – The Jump Off
193. Jensen, Muriel – Man With A Miracle
194. Johnson, Dolores – A Dress to Die For
195. Kantner, Rob – Concrete Hero
196. Kearny, Jillian – Agent 0f Love
197. Keillor, Garrison – Homegrown Democrat
198. Keneally, Thomas – Confederates
199. Kenner, Julie - The Givenchy Code (PBS)
200. Kent, Grenville – The Da Vinci Decode
201. Kersh, Gerald – Nice and the City
202. Knight, Brenda - Women Who Love Books Too Much - (PBS)
203. Kozak, Harley Jane – Dating Dead Men
204. Krantz, Judith – Spring Collection
205. Kurtz, Katherine – Saint Camber
206. Lachnit, Carroll – Akin to Death (PBS)
207. Lakin, Rita – Getting Old is the Best Revenge (PBS)
208. Leaming, Barbara – If This Was Happiness
209. Lensen, Ruby Jean – Lost and Found
210. MacAllister, Heather – Moonlighting
211. MacDonald, Anne-Marie – Fall On Your Knees
212. MacDonald, John D. – Darker Than Amber
213. Macomber, Debbie – 44 Cranberry Point
214. Macomber, Debbie – Brides for Brothers
215. Magoffin, Richard – Waltzing Matilda, Song of Australia
216. Mansell, Jill – Mixed Doubles
217. Martin, Nancy – Drop-Dead Blonde (PBS)
218. Martin, Nancy – Whirlwind
219. Masters, John – The Lotus and The Wind
220. Matthews, Carol – Bare Necessity
221. McBride, Susan – Blue Blood
222. McBride, Susan – The Lonely Star Lonely Hearts Club (PBS)
223. McCullough, Colleen - Tim
224. McDonald, Cherokee Paul – Blue Truth
225. McGown, Jill – Perfect Match
226. McKay, Sue – Shaken and Stirred
227. McKevett, G. A. - Bitter Sweets(PBS)
228. McKevett, G. A. - Killer Calories (PBS)
229. McKevett, G. A. - Peaches and Screams (PBS)
230. McKevett, G. A. - Sour Grapes (PBS)
231. McKevett, G. A. - Sugar and Spite (PBS)
232. McNaught, Judith – Almost Heaven
233. McNaught, Judith – Remember When
234. McNaught, Judith – Whitney, My Love
235. Meier, Leslie - Back to School Murder (PBS)
236. Meier, Leslie - Birthday Party Murder (PBS)
237. Meier, Leslie - Star Spangled Murder (PBS)
238. Meier, Leslie – Turkey Day Murder (PBS)
239. Michaels, Fern – Kentucky Rich
240. Michaels, Fern – Kentucky Sunrise (PBS)
241. Michaels, Fern – Texas Fury
242. Michaels, Fern – Texas Heat
243. Michaels, Fern – Texas Rich
244. Michaels, Fern – Wife On Approval (PBS)
245. Michaels, Kasey – Maggie By The Book
246. Michaels, Kasey – Too Good to Be True
247. Mitford, Nancy – Love in a Cold Climate
248. Moeri, Louise – Save Queen of Sheba
249. Myers, Tamar – The Hand That Rocks the Ladle
250. Napoleon, Landon – ZigZag
251. Nix, Garth – Mister Monday
252. Notaro, Laurie - Autobiography of a Fat Bride(PBS)
253. Packer, ZZ – Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
254. Palmer, Catherine – A Victorian Christmas Cottage
255. Parson, Tony – One For My Baby
256. Patterson, James – Honeymoon (PBS)
257. Pearson, Allison – I Don’t Know How She Does It
258. Phillips, Carly – The Bachelor
259. Phillips, Carly – The Playboy
260. Plain, Belva – Tapestry
261. Price, Eugenia – The Beloved Invader
262. Proulx, Annie - Close Range: Wyoming Stories (PBS)
263. Proulx, Annie - Shipping News
264. Quindlen, Anna – One True Thing
265. Quinnell, A.J. – Man On Fire
266. Reynolds, Debbie – Debbie: My Life
267. Rhodes, Natasha – National Parks
268. Rice, Luanne – Summer Light
269. Rice, Patricia – Carolina Girl
270. Ripley, Alexandria – From Fields of Gold
271. Roberts, Nora – Birthright
272. Roberts, Nora – Chesapeake Blue
273. Roberts, Nora – Considering Kate
274. Roberts, Nora - Entranced
275. Roberts, Nora – From the Heart
276. Roberts, Nora – Heaven and Earth
277. Roberts, Nora – Public Secrets
278. Roberts, Nora – Stanislaski Brothers
279. Roberts, Nora – The Villa
280. Roosevelt, Eleanor - The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (PBS)
281. Roosevelt, Elliott – A First Class Murder
282. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder and the First Lady
283. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder at Hobcaw Barony
284. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder at the Palace
285. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Blue Room
286. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Chateau
287. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the East Room
288. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Executive Mansion
289. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Lincoln Bedroom
290. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Oval Office
291. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Red Room
292. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Rose Garden
293. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the West Wing
294. Roosevelt, Elliott – New Deal for Death
295. Roosevelt, Elliott – The Hyde Park Murder
296. Roosevelt, Elliott – The President’s Man
297. Roosevelt, Elliott – The White House Pantry Murder
298. Sawyer, Corinne Holt – The Geezer Factory Murders
299. Schmals, Libby – The Perfect Elizabeth
300. Seafton, Maggie - A Deadly Yarn (PBS)
301. Seafton, Maggie – Needled to Death (PBS)
302. Siddons, Anne Rivers – Nora, Nora
303. Simenon, Georges - The Iron Stair Case
304. Smiley, Jane – A Thousand Acres
305. Smiley, Jane – The All-True Travels and Adventure of Lidie Newton
306. Smith, Alexander McCall – Tears of the Giraffe
307. Smith, Alexander McCall – The Sunday Philosophy Club
308. Smith, Lee – The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed
309. Steel, Danielle – Accident (Spiral)
310. Steel, Danielle – Fine Things (Spiral)
311. Steel, Danielle – Full Circle (Spiral)
312. Steel, Danielle – Heartbeat (Spiral)
313. Steel, Danielle – Loving (Spiral)
314. Steel, Danielle – Once In A Lifetime (Spiral)
315. Steel, Danielle – Palomino (Spiral)
316. Steel, Danielle – Season of Passion (Spiral)
317. Steel, Danielle – The Promise (Spiral)
318. Steel, Danielle – The Ranch (Spiral)
319. Stoker, Bram – Dracula
320. Swanson, Denise – Murder of a Snake in the Grass
321. Sweeney, Leann - Dead Giveaway (PBS)
322. Sweeney, Leann – A Wedding to Die For (PBS)
323. Tally, Steve – Almost America
324. Taylor, Kathleen - Cold Front (PBS)
325. Taylor, Kathleen – Funeral Food (PBS)
326. Thompson, Hunter – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
327. Truman, Margaret – Murder in the Smithsonian
328. Truman, Margaret – Murder on the Potomac
329. Twain, Mark – The Prince and the Pauper
330. Viets, Elaine – Dying to Call You (PBS)
331. Viets, Elaine – Murder Between the Covers
332. Vollers, Maryanne – Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
333. Wallace, Irving – The Guest of Honor
334. Wambaugh, Joseph – Finnegan’s Week
335. Warren, Pat – Bright Hopes
336. Waugh, Daisy – The New You Survival Kit
337. Weber, Ken - Even More Five-Minute Mysteries (PBS)
338. Welles, Patricia – Angel in the Snow
339. Wilder, Quinn – That Man From Texas
340. Wilson, Barbara Jaye - Murder and the Mad Hatter (PBS)
341. Wilson, F. Paul – Gateways (PBS)
342. Wolzien, Valerie – All Hallow’s Evil (PBS)
343. Woods, Stuart – Grass Roots (PBS)
344. Yee – The Sports Book
345. Young, Elizabeth – Asking for Trouble
346. Eig, Jonathan - Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (PBS)
347. Carter, Sammi – Candy Apple Dead (PBS)
348. Bailey, Pearl – Between You and Me
349. Steel, Danielle – Thurston House (RABCK)
350. Steel, Danielle – Lone Eagle (RABCK)
351. Jackson, Brenda, et al – A Whole Lotta Love (PBS)
352. Grisham, John – Skipping Christmas
353. Crosby, Virginia – The Fast Death Factor

Updated 05.10.2007

2007 Keep Them Moving Release Challenge by guinaveve

2007-11-06T01:11:00.000-08:00

2007 Keep Them Moving Release Challenge by guinaveve (signed up 11/20/06)

I have been asked to continue this challenge into 2007. If you would like to participate, please post here. I am not going to compile a list of participants. Your post here will indicate you are participating instead.
Here is the link to the 2006 Keep Them Moving Challenge if you are wondering what it is.
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/194

Here is a quick run down of what this challenge is about-
This challenge is to read and move on books that you have received from other bookcrossers. The rules:
1. Any book that another BCer registered and that you obtain counts toward the challenge (rings, rays, boxes, wild releases, trades, relays, audio, etc,). As long as you are passing on a book from another BCer, it can count. You can not register the book yourself and count it.
2. You have to read the entire book before releasing it. Other challenges exist to just release books. This isn't about moving on masses of unread books, thus the "read first" rule.
3. You can release it any way you choose.
4. It doesn't matter when you received the book, but it does have to be read/released in 2007.
5. If you know how, put a link to the book you release in a thread I will set up for that purpose. It is good to number your releases as you post them so that we all get an idea of how many are being moved on. If you don't know how to put a link, you can just put the title.
6. If you participated in 2006, please restart the count back to one release in 2007. There is an explanation for why here:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/3989007

Also, I will start a new thread for this each month in 2007. I was not anticipating the wonderful response I got to this thread in 2006 and I know the thread got too unwieldy for some to open at one point. Hopefully a new thread each month will keep that under control.

You can post any other questions here. I will start a new thread for posting your entries to the challenge as we approach the new year.
I will have some sort of prizes, not sure what. The prizes are awarded randomly and not based on number released.

#1 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Serial(BookRing)
#2 Asleep(BookRay)
#3 The Frugal Gourmet on Our Immigrant Ancestors(BookRing)
#4 Book Lust(BookRing)
#5 There is a Tide(Christie Spiral)
#6 Towards Zero(Christie Sprial)
#7 The Piano Shop on the Left Bank(BookRing)
#8 Love Junkie(Bookring)
#9 The Things They Carried (BookRay)
#10 A Lesson Before Dying(BookRay)

Updated 06.12.2007

Categorical Acceptance Challenge (2007) by Trekwoman

2007-11-06T01:06:00.000-08:00

Categorical Acceptance Challenge (2007) by Trekwoman (signed up 11/20/06)

Currently we have forty one options from which to choose when registering our books here on Bookcrossing. For this challenge, you will register, READ and release at least one book for each of those categories.
Start Date: January 1st, 2007
End Date: September 29th, 2007
Fine print:
- Books may not be those already registered on your shelf. Yes, that means you'll need to go out and hit those thrift stores, charity shops, garage sales, library sack sales, boot sales, raid your friends' closets, gift cards to Borders, whatever you need to do to pick up some "new" material. Ach, you know you were going to do it anyway, so now you've an excellent excuse to do so. :: whistles innocently, tosses four books into basket: :
- Caveat: You may use a book registered by another member but obtained only after the challenge has begun. If you have unregistered books on *your personal pile* of books, wait and register them after the 1st and then they'll count.
- Caveat #2: I realize that not everyone uses the following categories: audiobooks, audiodownloads, computers and internet, e-books, journals. These (and only these) may be used as substitution categories. Example: substitution of one Sci-fi book for the Journal category is acceptable. Make a note of this in your journal entry and your post here.
Caveat #3: For the foreign language category, you may use books that were originally written in a different language and then translated into your own.
The Categories:
Arts and Photography
1 AudioBooks -
Ya-Ya’s In Bloom by Rebecca Wells (READ)
2 Audio Downloads -
Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson(READ)
3 Biographies and Memoirs - -
Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox(READ)
4 Business and Investing - Workforce: A resource Guide for the Working Person by George J. Phiffer & Judith A. Weber (autographed by Webster)
5 Children's Books
6 Computers and Internet
7 Cooking, Food and Wine
Server It Forth: Cooking with Anne McCaffrey
8 E-Books Bellissima by Anne Bookwer(READ)
9 Education
10 Entertainment
11 Espanol (Other languages may be used, too, of course)
12 Gay and Lesbian
13 Health, Mind and Body -
Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution by Dr. Atkins
14 Graphic Novels –
Naughty by Nature Penthouse (READ/RELEASED)
15 History -
The Starr Report by Kenneth Starr
16 Home and Garden
17 Horror
18 Humor
19 Journals
20Literature and Fiction -
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
21 Mystery and Thriller -
Murder in Mesopotamia
22 NonFiction
23 Outdoors and Nature
24 Parenting and Families
25 Pets and Animals
26 Philosophy - Springs of Greek Wisdom by Various (READ)
27 Plays and Scripts
28 Poetry
29 Professional and Technical
30 Reference -
The Arrow Writer’s Handbook by Scholastic (READ/RELEASED)
31 Religion and Spiritual
32Romance -
Glad Tiddings by Debbie Macomber
33 Science
34 Science Fiction and Fantasy -
The Matrix by Jonathan Aydiffe (RELEASED)
35 Sports
36 Teens -
Dawn’s Big Move by Ann Martin
37 Travel
38 Westerns
39 Womens' Fiction -
Jemima J by Jane Green(RELEASED)
40Other - Coloring Book – Fantastic 4 Coloring & Activity Book (READ/RELEASED)

Edited to include: As always, books may be used in tandem with other release challenges.
Now, get out there and challenge yourself to read something you might not otherwise spend two seconds on. Enjoy!

Updated 06.12.2007

2007 Ultimate Reading and Releasing Challenge by Luintaurien (signed up 1/2/07)

2007-11-06T01:05:00.000-08:00

Christmas in July by booklady331 (signed up 1/2/07)

2007-11-06T01:02:00.000-08:00

CONCLUDED

Christmas in July by booklady331 (signed up 1/2/07)

A Gift to Last
The Christmas Box
Those Christmas Angels

Olympic Challenge (2006-2008) by hendertuckian (signed up 2/21/06)

2007-11-06T00:56:00.000-08:00

Not enough letters in the alphabet to keep you reading all year?
Everybody keeps naming the same good books you have already read?
Reading the same genre and can't seem to get out of the rut?
Then join us for OLYMPIC CHALLENGE!
The goal is to read one author's work from the 202 participating countries by Summer Olympic Games by 2008.
I will use my bookshelf to post all countries listed and suggested authors but the list is open to other authors or works. The only requirement is the author must be a citizen or a permanent resident of that country (or was if deceased).
Who will carry this torch with us?

US - Nothing is Impossible by Christopher Reeve
Eng - Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Canada - Sunday's Child by Edward O. Phillips
Japan – Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto
Greek – Springs of Greek Wisdom by Various Greek Philosophers

BOOKBOXES 2007

2007-11-06T00:52:00.000-08:00

Anything Goes Audio Bookbox (signed up 8/24/06) (bookworm2525)
(Received 9/12/06 – TBR- Sent 12/26/06)#1/6
Randomness Book Box (signed up 8/28/06) (innae) (
Received 9/27/06 – Finished – Sent 1/13/07)#2/?