International BookCrossing Day

[katekintailbc]

Happy International BookCrossing Day to you! I got up half an hour early this morning so that I could quickly get to campus to release books before work. I chose to release five different books that had some meaning to me and/or the location (I released them at a statue on campus where I'm trying to release 100 different books at various times of the year).

• The Joy Luck Club- I saw the author speak on campus not far from this release location


• Wild Mountain Thyme- in honor of the "wild" challenge from years ago and my own Tartan Day challenge from the past


• Good Omens- I think this is one I helped a fellow BookCrosser release for World Book Night last year (she didn't register her copies, so I don't know for sure). Also, I saw one of the authors speak on campus here as well


• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban- my favorite book in the world; also, my first catch on BookCrossing was a Harry Potter book


• A Separate Peace- one of my favorite books and, I suspect, the book I have registered the most copies of on my bookshelf?

I decorated the books with International BookCrossing Day stickers and post-its.

I left the books on the statue in the morning for George Mason to watch over during the day. None of them have checked back in yet, but here's hoping!

When I got to work, I found a release alert email. A fellow BookCrossing had passed through my town and released a book not far from my house. I couldn't go out and hunt for the book immediately. However, during my lunch break I went hunting and there was the copy of Cold Sassy Tree still sitting there, waiting to be caught! I journaled it but left it in the wild for someone else to find. I suspect melydia doesn't need this copy back. I hope its journey from Germany continues on to a new reader.

Comments

What a great place to release!

[karsyn smith (from livejournal.com)]

Wish we had something like that here. I doubt my books will be caught, and if they are I doubt they were journal it, but oh well, it was fun.

[melydia.livejournal.com]

I was so excited to get that journal alert. You are such a tease. :P

;)