Oz VBB

Who's sending what to whom?

2010-05-13T07:13:00.000+10:00

briz-cowgirl is sending:
So Much To Tell You by John Marsden (to froggirlwendy) (sent 28th Jan)

felicia-fairy is sending:
Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon (to aussieangel2)

froggirlwendy is sending:
She Said Yes by Misty Bernall (to aussieangel2)
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand (to dolphin-au)
A Smile in His Lifetime by Joseph Hansen (to crimson-tide)

HeatherA is sending:
[R17] The Last Apache Girl by Jim Fergus (to amberC) (sent 23rd Nov)

kirst040 is sending:
[R17] Without Consent by Kathryn Fox (to luckaye)
Exit Music by Ian Rankin (to luckaye)

luckaye is sending:
[[R16]] Don't Kiss Them Goodbye by Alison DuBois (to norfolk)
Azur Like It by Wendy Holden (to Carole888)
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (to briz-cowgirl)

mummafour is sending:
Candy by Luke Davies (to aussieangel2)

norfolk is sending:
Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life by Dr Wayne W. Dyer (to froggirlwendy) (sent 8th Feb)

trystja is sending:
[R17] Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (to michyj)

moving, to a better place..

2010-05-12T23:44:00.001+10:00

the OZ VBB has a new home!

come visit our new digs at librarything.com

Round Eighteen is done!

2010-02-24T00:09:00.001+10:00

Thanks folks!

Round Nineteen should commence in the first week of May.

Until then, happy reading to all...

What's in the Box?

2010-02-24T00:08:00.000+10:00

freelunch

2010-02-24T00:01:00.000+10:00

freelunch has selected two books:
Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie by Angela Bowie
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg

and replaced them with:
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Star Trek: Prime Directive by Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

bookseekerAT

2010-02-23T23:51:00.000+10:00

bookseekerAT has elected to withdraw from the VBB

livrecache

2010-02-12T22:04:00.000+10:00

livrecache has selected two books:
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Small Island by Andrea Levy

and replaced them with:
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult

trystja

2010-02-08T11:40:00.001+10:00

trystja has reclaimed one book:
Serving Crazy with Curry by Amulya Malladi

and replaced it with:
Guilty Creatures by Sue Welfare

crimson-tide

2010-02-07T09:37:00.000+10:00

crimson-tide has reclaimed two books:
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
Saturday by Ian McEwan

and selected two books:
Opportunity by Charlotte Grimshaw
A Smile in His Lifetime by Joseph Hansen

and replaced them with:
Forbidden Love by Norma Khouri
No Logo by Naomi Klein
Small Island by Andrea Levy
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult

dolphin-au

2010-02-05T23:05:00.000+10:00

dolphin-au has selected three books:
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand
The House Of Sleep by Jonathan Coe
Synchronicity by C.G. Jung

and replaced them with:
Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
The Collector by John Fowles
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

bekoh

2010-02-03T18:08:00.000+10:00

bekoh has reclaimed one book:
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

and selected four books:
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay
Surviving Extremes by Nick Middleton
The Codex by Douglas Preston

and replaced them with:
Ricochet by Sandra Brown
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler
Doctor Death by Jonathan Kellerman
Fan Mail by P.D. Martin

RockDg9

2010-02-03T09:11:00.000+10:00

RockDg9 has reclaimed one book:
Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin

and replaced it with:
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein

L1nda

2010-02-02T19:15:00.000+10:00

L1nda has reclaimed one book:
The Bride Stripped Bare by Anonymous

and selected one book:
The Colour by Rose Tremain

and replaced them with:
A Patch of Paradise by Gaia Grant
Cell by Stephen King

KLL

2010-02-02T10:00:00.000+10:00

KLL has reclaimed one book:
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

and selected three books:
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Temeraire by Naomi Novik

and replaced them with:
March by Geraldine Brooks
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Colour by Rose Tremain

briz-cowgirl

2010-02-01T18:45:00.000+10:00

briz-cowgirl has reclaimed one book:
Never The Bride by Paul Magrs

and selected two books:
Cat's Eye by Margaret Attwood
The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks

and replaced them with:
Possession by A.S.Byatt
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Triumph Of The Sun by Wilbur Smith

mummafour

2010-01-31T23:22:00.000+10:00

mummafour has reclaimed one book:
Always And Forever by Cathy Kelly

and selected two books:
The Cat Who Came To Breakfast by Lillian Jackson Braun
Mafia Wife by Lynda Milito with Reg Potterton

and replaced them with:
An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
Lessons in Heartbreak by Cathy Kelly
West Coast by Kate Muir

jeniwren

2010-01-30T17:49:00.000+10:00

jeniwren has selected one book:
Personality by Andrew O'Hagan

and replaced it with:
The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay

Carole888

2010-01-28T19:24:00.000+10:00

Carole888 has selected two books:
Azur Like It by Wendy Holden
Tanami by Kieran Kelly

and replaced them with:
The Philosopher's Doll by Amanda Lohrey
Rosewater And Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran

aussieangel2

2010-01-28T08:28:00.002+10:00

aussieangel2 has reclaimed nine books:
Second Sight by Isobel Bird
Revenge of the Revenant by Paul Michael Christison
Swift As Desire by Laura Esquivel
The Road From Coorain: An Australian Memoir by Jill Ker Conway
Dragonspell: The Southern Sea by Katharine Kerr
The Frozen God by Richard Kirk
A Time Of Dying by Richard Kirk
The Ultimate book of Rude and Politically Incorrect Jokes by Allan Pease
Feral Palit by Robin Wallace-Crabbe

and selected five books:
She Said Yes by Misty Bernall
Wolverine: Weapon X by Marc Cerasini
Wolverine: Violent Tendencies by Mark Cerasini
Candy by Luke Davies
Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon

and replaced them with:
Last Chance To See by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine
The Cat Who Came To Breakfast by Lillian Jackson Braun
The Whole Story: A Walk Around The World by Ffyona Campbell
The Penguin Book of Australian Autobiography by John Colmer & Dorothy Colmer
Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
101 Poems to Get You Through the Day (and Night): A Survival Kit for Modern Life by Daisy Goodwin
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
Pegasus in Flight by Anne McCaffrey
Surviving Extremes: Ice, Jungle, Sand and Swamp by Nick Middleton
Mafia Wife by Lynda Milito with Reg Potterton
Batman: Knightfall by Dennis O'Neil
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Leadbelly: Inside Australia's Underworld Wars by John Silvester & Andrew Rule
The Death And Life Of Superman by Roger Stern

froggirlwendy

2010-01-26T22:58:00.000+10:00

froggirlwendy has selected four books:
Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life by Dr Wayne W. Dyer
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
So Much To Tell You by John Marsden
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

and replaced them with:
Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand
Stir Fry by Emma Donoghue
A Smile in His Lifetime by Joseph Hansen
Man and Boy by Tony Parsons

luckaye

2010-01-25T12:36:00.000+10:00

luckaye has reclaimed one book:
Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen

and selected three books:
The Reapers by John Connolly
Exit Music by Ian Rankin
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

and replaced them with:
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card
Azur Like It by Wendy Holden
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

jubby

2010-01-24T17:53:00.001+10:00

jubby has selected two books:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks

and replaced them with:
Personality by Andrew O'Hagan
Mr Toppit by Charles Elton

tqd

2010-01-23T15:39:00.002+10:00

tqd has selected three books:
Fade Away by Harlan Coben
Paperweight by Stephen Fry
The Flood by Ian Rankin

and replaced them with:
Blind Submission by Debra Ginsberg
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

fairy-whispers

2010-01-22T21:45:00.000+10:00

fairy-whispers has reclaimed four books:
Echoes by Maeve Binchy
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Encyclopedia of Immaturity: How to Never Grow Up, The Complete Guide by Klutz
Trapped by Edmund Plante

and selected two books:
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

and replaced them with:
Dinkum Dunnies by Douglass Baglin & Barbara Mullins
The Sacred Bones by Michael Byrnes
The Wild Unwilling Wife by Barbara Cartland
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Rocco by Sherryl Jordan
Cats Creep the Fire to Art by Matthew Ward

amberC

2010-01-21T22:12:00.000+10:00

amberC has selected two books:
Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

and replaced them with:
Temeraire by Naomi Novik
The Undead Next Door by Kerrelyn Sparks

HeatherA

2010-01-21T13:40:00.000+10:00

HeatherA has reclaimed two books:
The Five People you Meet in Heaven by Mitch Ablom
White Heart by Heather Rose

and selected one book:
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

and replaced them with:
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
1st To Die by James Patterson
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs

catsalive

2010-01-20T22:48:00.000+10:00

catsalive has reclaimed one book:
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

and selected one book:
Bed Rest by Sarah Bilston

and replaced them with:
Paperweight by Stephen Fry
Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly

kirst040

2010-01-20T08:36:00.000+10:00

kirst040 has selected one book:
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

and replaced it with:
Exit Music by Ian Rankin

felicia-fairy

2010-01-19T19:50:00.002+10:00

felicia-fairy has selected five books:
Infidel: My Life by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi
Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer

and replaced them with:
Backstage Passes: Life on the Wild Side with David Bowie by Angela Bowie
The House Of Sleep by Jonathan Coe
The Last Empress by Anchee Min
Hands of Life: Use Your Body's Own Energy Medicine for Healing, Recovery, and Transformation by Julie Motz
Why Girls Are Weird by Pamela Ribon

catsalive

2010-01-18T23:21:00.000+10:00

catsalive has reclaimed a book:
Open House by Elizabeth Berg

and replaced it with:
Temple by Matthew Reilly

jennymidget

2010-01-18T23:08:00.000+10:00

jennymidget has selected two books:
The Horse Witch by Sheila Fulton
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

and replaced them with:
Two Crowns for America by Katherine Kurtz
That Way Lies Camelot by Janny Wurts

sally906

2010-01-17T21:44:00.000+10:00

sally906 has selected two books:
The Body in the Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page
Children on the Oregon Trail by A.Rutgers Van Der Loeff

and replaced them with:
Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews
A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes

tantan

2010-01-17T16:04:00.001+10:00

tantan has selected three books:
Illustrated Anthology of Sorcery, Magic and Alchemy by Emile Grillot de Gicry
Star Trek: Dark Passions by Susan Wright
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

and replaced them with:
Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: Warped by K.W. Jeter
The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
Star Trek - The Next Generation: A Time to Be Born by John Vornholt

Pat-the-Rat

2010-01-17T00:12:00.002+10:00

Pat-the-Rat has reclaimed two books:
The Warrior by Sharon Sala
The Trophy Taker by Lee Weeks

and selected four books:
The Muse Asylum by David Czuchlewski
Master of the Books by James Moloney
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
Brown Eyed Girl by Mariah Stewart

and replaced them with:
Fade Away by Harlen Coben
The Reapers By John Connolly
Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard
The Death Collectors Jack Kerley
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Sliver of Truth by Lisa Unger

norfolk

2010-01-15T22:54:00.000+10:00

norfolk has reclaimed one book:
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg

and selected two books (including one free pick):
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

and replaced them with:
Pure Lust: Elemental Feminist Philosophy by Mary Daly
Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life by Dr Wayne W. Dyer

Round Eighteen picking order posted

2010-01-12T22:45:00.000+10:00

L1nda

2010-01-12T22:18:00.001+10:00

L1nda has reclaimed a book:
The Face by Dean Koontz

and replaced it with:
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

bekoh

2010-01-12T22:06:00.001+10:00

bekoh has reclaimed a book:
Stalked by Brian Freeman

and replaced it with:
City of Fear by Alafair Burke

Round Seventeen is Done!

2009-12-07T10:20:00.001+10:00

thanks to all who participated. I apologise for how long this round took to get started, and for the glacial rate it proceeded at (which was mostly my fault)

Round Eighteen will begin on January 12th, 2010. All things being well we should be back to normal running speed :)

Best wishes (and good reading!) to all for Christmas and the New Year.

freelunch

2009-12-07T09:36:00.000+10:00

freelunch has reclaimed one book:
Ghost Story by Toby Litt

and selected nine books:
I Want To Watch by Diego De Silva
Towelhead by Alicia Erian
The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan
The Observations by Jane Harris
Ratcatcher by James McGee
Resurrectionist by James McGee
Suck My Toes by Fiona McGregor
Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostert
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters & Jane Austen

and replaced them with:
Wolverine: Weapon X by Marc Cerasini
Wolverine: Violent Tendencies by Marc Cerasini
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
The Muse Asylum by David Czuchlewski
Four To Score by Janet Evanovich
High Five by Janet Evanovich
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich

dolphin-au

2009-12-07T08:07:00.000+10:00

dolphin-au has selected two books:
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
Into The Wild by John Krakauer

and replaced them with:
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

crimson-tide

2009-12-04T21:05:00.000+10:00

crimson-tide has reclaimed one book:
Angel Puss by Colleen McCullough

and selected four books:
The Three Royal Monkeys by Walter de la Mare
Chronicles Volume One by Bob Dylan
Keeping It Real by Justina Robson
The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox

and replaced them with:
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
Someone Like You by Laura Zigman

jeniwren

2009-12-03T09:57:00.000+10:00

jeniwren has selected three books:
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
Musk & Byrne by Fiona Capp
The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff

and replaced them with:
Chronicles Volume One by Bob Dylan (Audiobook on CD)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Into The Wild by John Krakauer

bookseekerAT

2009-12-02T14:05:00.000+10:00

bookseekerAT has reclaimed one book:
Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart

and selected one book:
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

and replaced them with:
Perfect Skin by Nick Earls
The Flood by Ian Rankin

michyj

2009-12-01T08:30:00.000+10:00

michyj has selected one book:
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

and replaced it with:
The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin

livrecache

2009-11-30T17:01:00.000+10:00

livrecache has reclaimed two books:
The Double Tongue by William Golding
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

and selected two books (including ONE FREE PICK in lieu of a previous selection never sent):
Lucky by Alice Sebold
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

and replaced them with:
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters & Jane Austen

norfolk

2009-11-29T18:23:00.000+10:00

norfolk has reclaimed two books:
Vesta Tilley by Sara Maitland
Contract With the World by Jane Rule

and selected three books:
Haunted Australia by John Heffernan
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

and replaced them with:
Musk & Byrne by Fiona Capp
Synchronicity by C.G. Jung
The Ballad of Desmond Kale by Roger McDonald
Suck My Toes by Fiona McGregor
Master of the Books by James Moloney

crimson-tide

2009-11-29T10:44:00.000+10:00

crimson-tide is entitled to a free pick from the box, in lieu of a previous selection which was never sent.

she has selected Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry

and has asked to defer the reset of her turn 'til the end of this round...

mummafour

2009-11-28T17:14:00.000+10:00

mummafour has selected one book:
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel

and replaced it with:
Candy by Luke Davies

briz-cowgirl

2009-11-28T11:24:00.000+10:00

briz-cowgirl has reclaimed one book:
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre

and selected four books:
Quiet Please by Scott Douglas
Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
Space Demons by Gillian Rubenstein

and replaced them with:
Towelhead by Alicia Erian
So Much To Tell You by John Marsden
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
Brown Eyed Girl by Mariah Stewart
Prozac Nation: Young & Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel

jennymidget

2009-11-26T23:15:00.002+10:00

jennymidget has reclaimed a book:
The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

and replaced it with:
Resurrectionist by James McGee

L1nda

2009-11-26T23:00:00.000+10:00

L1nda has selected four books:
It's Not About the Tapas by Polly Evans
Blood Born by Kathryn Fox
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Die for You by Lisa Unger

and replaced them with:
A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi
Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry
Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff
The Face by Dean Koontz

trystja

2009-11-25T23:22:00.000+10:00

trystja has selected four books:
One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
Two For The Dough by Janet Evanovich
Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
Strangers by Taichi Yamada

and replaced them with:
The Firm by John Grisham
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Divine Worshipper by Christian Jacq
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

jubby

2009-11-25T10:12:00.000+10:00

jubby has reclaimed two books:
Napoleon's Double by Antoni Jach
A Month Of Sundays by James O'Loghlin

and selected three books:
Spanish Steps by Tim Moore
Love Without Hope by Rodney Hall
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

and replaced them with:
Quiet Please by Scott Douglas
Opportunity by Charlotte Grimshaw
The Observations by Jane Harris
One Foot Wrong by Sofie Laguna
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

jennymidget

2009-11-24T19:43:00.000+10:00

jennymidget has reclaimed one book:
The Changeling War by Peter Garrison

and selected two books:
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts edited by Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams

and replaced them with:
Ratcatcher by James McGee
The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
The Codex by Douglas Preston

tqd

2009-11-23T20:08:00.000+10:00

tqd has reclaimed one book:
The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie

and selected four books:
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

and replaced them with:
Infidel: My Life by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Strangers by Taichi Yamada

amberC

2009-11-22T15:56:00.001+10:00

amberC has selected five books:
Kissing Sin by Keri Arthur
The Last Apache Girl by Jim Fergus
An Aussie Christmas Carol by Kel Richards
Vengeance in Death by JD Robb
Bitter Waters by Wen Spencer

and replaced them with:
Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton
Tanami by Kieran Kelly
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs
Keeping It Real by Justina Robson

tantan

2009-11-22T14:27:00.000+10:00

tantan has reclaimed one book:
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie

and selected one book:
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

and replaced them with:
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Spanish Steps by Tim Moore

aussieangel2

2009-11-22T09:07:00.000+10:00

aussieangel2 has reclaimed seven books:
4 Blondes by Candace Bushnell
Angel's Gate by Gary Crew
Snake Bite Sonnet by Max Phillips
Story of O by Pauline Reage
Story of O Part Two by Pauline Reage
Interlude by Maura Richards
Hardscape by Justin Scott

and replaced them with:
Darkhouse by Alex Barclay
Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks
Word of Honour by Nelson Demille
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts edited by Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams
Cloud Mountain (Advance Reading Copy) by Aimee Liu
The Under Fives Activity Book by Stella Maidment
Never Say Never by Prim Shea

froggirlwendy

2009-11-21T11:13:00.000+10:00

froggirlwendy has reclaimed two books:
Anecdotes & Antidotes by Dr Harry Cooper
Shopaholic & Sister by Sophie Kinsella

and selected four books:
The Sea by John Banville
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton
The Eccentric Mr Wienholt by Rosamond Siemon
Night by Elie Wiesel

and replaced them with:
She Said Yes by Misty Bernall
Bed Rest by Sarah Bilston
Treasure by Clive Cussler
Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks
Nadia Knows Best by Jill Mansell
Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani

catsalive

2009-11-19T21:29:00.002+10:00

catsalive has reclaimed a book from the box:
Windmill Hill by Michael Jacobson

and replaced it with:
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton

HeatherA

2009-11-19T20:50:00.000+10:00

HeatherA has reclaimed one book:
Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs

and selected three books:
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts

and replaced them with:
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Blood Born by Kathryn Fox
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton

bekoh

2009-11-18T09:18:00.000+10:00

bekoh has reclaimed one book:
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

and selected six books:
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride
Feral City by Rosie Scott
Flashback by Jenny Siler
The Writing Class by Jincy Willett

and replaced them with:
The Three Royal Monkeys by Walter de la Mare
Stalked by Brian Freeman
Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
Die for You by Lisa Unger
Children on the Oregon Trail by A.Rutgers Van Der Loeff

fairy-whispers

2009-11-15T12:35:00.000+10:00

fairy-whispers is entitled to entitled to TWO FREE PICKS this round and has reclaimed two books:
Needful Things by Stephen King
The Still Storm by Francoise Sagan
Fire and Steel by Mary Wibberley

and selected four books:
The Wild, Unwilling Wife by Barbara Cartland
The Suburban Salamander Incident by Andrew Harman
Shadow Man by Cody MacFadyn
Here Come the Philistines by Robyn Williams

and replaced them with:
Mother of God by David Ambrose
Created By by Richard Christian Matheson
Illustrated Anthology of Sorcery, Magic and Alchemy by Emile Grillot De Givry
Haunted Australia by John Heffernan
The Eccentric Mr Wienholt by Rosamond Siemon

catsalive

2009-11-12T21:43:00.000+10:00

catsalive has reclaimed a book:
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich

and selected seven books:
Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
A Biased Memoir by Ruth Cracknell
The Fog Garden by Marion Halligan
We Are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka
Schumann Frequency by Christopher Ride
Going Against The Grain by Linda Taylor
Restoration by Rose Tremain

and replaced them with:
Kissing Sin by Keri Arthur
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
Open House by Elizabeth Berg
The Body in the Bonfire by Katherine Hall Page
Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride
Feral City by Rosie Scott
Bitter Waters by Wen Spencer
The Writing Class by Jincy Willett *note back cover missing

KLL

2009-11-11T08:23:00.000+10:00

KLL has reclaimed a book:
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

and selected two books:
Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

and replaced them with:
The Sea by John Banville
Time of Trial by Michael Pryor
Lucky by Alice Sebold

felicia-fairy

2009-11-10T22:22:00.000+10:00

felicia-fairy has selected two books:
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

and replaced them with:
It's Not About the Tapas by Polly Evans
Season of the Witch by Natasha Mostert

sally906

2009-11-10T11:30:00.000+10:00

sally906 has reclaimed one book:
So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

and selected one book:
Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews

and replaced them with:
Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur
An Aussie Christmas Carol by Kel Richards

DrCris

2009-11-09T18:11:00.002+10:00

DrCris has to reclaim two books:
The Legend of Bagger Vance by Steven Pressfield
Getting There by Sue Williams

and has replaced them with:
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Fit to Print: Inside the Canberra Press Gallery by Margaret Simons

luckaye

2009-11-09T18:08:00.001+10:00

luckaye has to reclaim one book:
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

and has replaced it with:
Velocity by Dean Koontz

froggirlwendy

2009-11-09T18:06:00.000+10:00

froggirlwendy has asked to be bumped down the picking order for this round

BellaMack

2009-11-09T07:30:00.000+10:00

BellaMack has reclaimed one book:
Selected Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson

and selected one book:
Jerusalem by Karen Armstrong

and replaced them with:
Dream Making in a Dream-Taking World by Dr. Steve Price
Night by Elie Wiesel

RockDg9

2009-11-08T11:34:00.001+10:00

RockDg9 has reclaimed two books:
Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind
City in Love by Alex Shakar

and selected three books:
The Murrumbidgee Kid by Peter Yeldham
Beautiful Exile by Carl Rollyson
PartnerShip by Anne McCaffrey

and replaced them with:
Murder with Puffins by Donna Andrews
Home Front by Patti Davis
Vengeance in Death by JD Robb
Orbit by Lawrence Watt-Evans, Ben Bova & Issac Assimov
Star Trek: Dark Passions by Susan Wright

Pat-the-Rat

2009-11-07T17:58:00.000+10:00

Pat-the-Rat has reclaimed three books:
Sight Unseen by Robert Goddard
Deadline by Simon Kernick
In Silence by Erica Spindler

and selected four books (including one free pick):
Deliver me from Evil by Alloma Gilbert
B is for Burgular by Sue Grafton
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
Chain Reaction by Elise Title

and replaced them with:
I Want to Watch by Diego De Silva
Lunatic Soup by Andrew Fraser
Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Living on a Prayer by Sheila Quigley
Invisible Prey by John Sandford
Flashback by Jenny Siler

jennymidget

2009-11-05T23:40:00.002+10:00

jennymidget has a few substitutions to make:

exiting the VBB are:
Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens
The Chick is in the Mail edited by Esther Friesner
Chicks 'n Chained Males by Esther Friesner
Death Train to Boston by Dianne Day
The Shape of Snakes by Minette Walters
The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazney

and replacing them are:
B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
Amazons of Somelon by Raymond Kaminski
Blood Jaguar by Michael H. Payne
Falling by Anne Provoost
The Lost Runes by Jane Welch

welcome felicia-fairy!

2009-11-05T23:19:00.002+10:00

felicia-fairy has joined us and added two books to the VBB:
The Fog Garden by Marion Halligan
We Are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka

luckaye

2009-11-05T22:53:00.000+10:00

luckaye has reclaimed a book:
Pandora's Clock by John J Nance

and selected three books:
Les Norton And The Case Of The Talking Pie Crust by Robert G. Barrett
Without Consent by Kathryn Fox
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay

and replaced them with:
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
Mean Season by Heather Cochran
Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts

Round Seventeen Picking Order

2009-11-02T08:51:00.001+10:00

the picking order has been updated for Round Seventeen

VBBers with a (*) alongside their name have a credit owed to them and will be entitled to a free pick from the box this round

State of the VBB

2009-11-02T08:28:00.006+10:00

I'm about a month overdue. Its been a busy month.

Before we get started I've decided to do a little housekeeping...

Girlybug has dropped out of the VBB and doesn't often respond to email or make journal entries so I am marking all books owed to her as 'received' and cancelling all books she owes. The following VBBers therefore have a 'credit' entitling them to a free pick during the next round (or a subsequent round if they find nothing to their fancy this time):

fairy-whispers (two credits)
crimson-tide
Pat-the-Rat
livrecache
norfolk

Also... I spend enough time chasing up overdue items in my day job, I'd prefer not to have to do it here so if you wish to participate in this VBB please offer only books you can send within one month of them being selected (personally I only offer books I can send immediately)

Vote now for Round 17 starting date

2009-08-11T08:11:00.002+10:00

I'm going to be away for part of September, so Round 17 will need to be delayed until I return, or it will need to start early enough to be finished before I go.

Please use the poll to the right to vote for your preferred start date for the next round.

jennymidget

2009-08-11T07:57:00.001+10:00

jennymidget has reclaimed one book:
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan

and replaced it with:
Monsters from the Id by Anthony L. Abraham

Round Sixteen is finish!

2009-08-06T22:28:00.002+10:00

Thanks to everyone who participated :)

I'll put up a poll sometime in the next few days to determine the starting date for the next round. It will either be quite soon or a fair way off as I'll be offline for some time next month.

freelunch

2009-08-06T22:18:00.000+10:00

freelunch has reclaimed two books:
Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod

and selected one book:
Armadillo by William Boyd

and replaced them with:
One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
Two For The Dough by Janet Evanovich
Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich

bookseekerAT

2009-08-06T21:35:00.003+10:00

bookseekerAT has reclaimed a book:
Secret Men's Business by John Marsden

and selected two books:
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Tall Poppies: Successful Australian Women Talk by Susan Mitchell

and replaced them with:
A Biased Memoir by Ruth Cracknell
Tasting Salt by Stephanie Dowrick
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

DrCris

2009-08-05T10:44:00.000+10:00

DrCris has reclaimed one book:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

and replaced it with:
Love Without Hope by Rodney Hall

briz-cowgirl

2009-08-05T00:04:00.000+10:00

briz-cowgirl has reclaimed one book:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

and selected one book:
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

and replaced them with:
Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin
Never The Bride by Paul Magrs

mummafour

2009-08-04T07:03:00.000+10:00

mummafour has selected one book:
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

and replaced it with:
Always And Forever by Cathy Kelly

tqd

2009-08-03T20:50:00.001+10:00

tqd has selected three books:
Wolf Who Rules by Wen Spencer
The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson

and replaced them with:
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (slightly water damaged, but still perfectly readable)
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
The Vintner's Luck by Elizabeth Knox

dolphin-au

2009-08-03T13:45:00.002+10:00

dolphin-au has selected three books:
Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard
A Friend of the Earth by T.C. Boyle
The Road To Wellville by T.C. Boyle

and replaced them with:
Year Of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
The Murrumbidgee Kid by Peter Yeldham

L1nda

2009-08-03T10:40:00.000+10:00

L1nda has selected two books:
Last Girl Dancing by Holly Lisle
Midnight Rain by Holly Lisle

and replaced them with:
The Bride Stripped Bare by Anonymous
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

jennymidget

2009-08-03T10:24:00.000+10:00

jennymidget has reclaimed two books:
The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
The Adept by Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris

and selected two books:
The Gospel According To Judas by Jeffrey Archer & Frank Maloney
Dawn Song by Michael Marano

and replaced them with:
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens
Death Train to Boston by Dianne Day
The Shape of Snakes by Minette Walters

HeatherA

2009-08-02T09:56:00.001+10:00

HeatherA has reclaimed a book:
Chocolat by Joanne Harris

and selected three books:
White Hot by Sandra Brown
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
The Tinder Box by Minette Waters

and replaced them with:
The Five People you Meet in Heaven by Mitch Ablom
The Last Apache Girl by Jim Fergus
Deliver Me from Evil by Alloma Gilbert
White Heart by Heather Rose

aussieangel2

2009-08-02T08:20:00.000+10:00

aussieangel2 has reclaimed five books:
Turtle Beach by Blanche d'Alpuget
Boss of Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather by Joseph O'Brien & Andris Kurins
A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer
Losing Alexandria by Victoria Thompson
The Runes of War by Jane Welch

and selected five books:
Fearless Loving by Rhonda Britten
The Llama Parlour by Kathy Lette
Shopgirl by Steve Martin
About Time 3 by Lawrence Miles & Tat Wood
LeadBelly: Inside Australia's Underworld Wars by John Silvester and Andrew Rule

and replaced them with:
Second Sight by Isobel Bird
Revenge of the Revenant by Paul Michael Christison
Swift As Desire by Laura Esquivel
The Road From Coorain: An Australian Memoir by Jill Ker Conway
A Time Of Dying by Richard Kirk
The Frozen God by Richard Kirk
Tall Poppies: Successful Australian Women Talk by Susan Mitchell
The Ultimate book of Rude and Politically Incorrect Jokes by Allan Pease
Going Against The Grain by Linda Taylor
Feral Palit by Robin Wallace-Crabbe

luckaye

2009-08-01T16:21:00.000+10:00

luckaye has reclaimed two books:
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Bombproof by Michael Robotham

and replaced them with:
Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

bekoh

2009-07-31T21:55:00.000+10:00

bekoh has reclaimed two books:
Georgy Girl by Margaret Forster
The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood

and selected three books:
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
The Secret of the Temple by Paul Sussman

and replaced them with:
Les Norton And The Case Of The Talking Pie Crust by Robert G Barrett
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Schumann Frequency by Christopher Ride
Chain Reaction by Elise Title

jeniwren

2009-07-31T12:15:00.001+10:00

jeniwren has selected two books:
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Dewey: The Small Town Cat Who Touched The World by Vicki Myron

and replaced them with:
The Earth Hums in B Flat by Mari Strachan
LeadBelly: Inside Australia's Underworld Wars by John Silvester and Andrew Rule

crimson-tide

2009-07-31T09:36:00.000+10:00

crimson-tide has reclaimed a book:
Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell

and selected three books:
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

and replaced them with:
Old Filth by Jane Gardam
Fatherland by Robert Harris
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Wolf Who Rules by Wen Spencer

livrecache

2009-07-30T23:03:00.000+10:00

livrecache has reclaimed one book:
Dear Me by Peter Ustinov

and selected one book:
Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson

and replaced them with:
Restoration by Rose Tremain
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

fairy-whispers

2009-07-28T09:33:00.001+10:00

fairy-whispers has reclaimed four books:
The Way-Paver by Anne Devlin
The World's Greatest Secrets by Allan Hall
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft, Second Edition by Denise Zimmerman & Katherine A. Gleason

and selected three books:
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester
Krakatoa by Simon Winchester

and replaced them with:
Echoes by Maeve Binchy
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Replay by Ken Grimwood
The Encyclopedia of Immaturity: How to Never Grow Up, The Complete Guide by Klutz (care: one loose page)
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
Trapped by Edmund Plante
Space Demons: The Trilogy by Gillian Rubenstein

Carole888

2009-07-27T22:30:00.000+10:00

Carole888 has selected one book:
A Story Dreamt Long Ago by Phyllis McDuff

and replaced it with:
Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World by Rita Golden Gelman