From Releanna's Trip to Dublin!

Today is a cold, overcast and miserable day here in Brisbane; and we all found it hard to get out of bed.  So, it really brightened my day when I opened my PO Box and found a parcel waiting for me inside.  

Releanna had put up a giveaway for some souvenirs from her Dublin trip for us Bookcrossers and I put my name into it.  And what a lovely little parcel of prizes they are!  I'll love using the bookmarks and absolutely enjoyed the postcard; and will definitely attach the 'Finbaaad' phone charm as soon as I get a protective cover for my phone (so the screen doesn't get scratched; my last one broke).

Thank you again for the lovely prize, Releanna!  You're a wonderfully generous BCer!

Mixed Favourites Book Baggies Returns Home

There are times when I have the fun of organising a Book Baggie.  Sometimes it's themed; sometimes it's not.  This one was a Mixed Favourites one.  This means you can toss in any book you loved reading and recommend to anyone to read.  I also included a little pink plastic pencilcase that was for any goodies that may be collected and swapped along the way.

When I posted the baggie off four months ago around Australia, there wasn't much in the pencilcase and the baggie was full ( and I think it was a 5kg bag).  And it came back in a 3kg bag bursting at the seams with books; as did the pencilcase.  And just look at the amount of books that you all sent to around to each other, checked out, swapped and packed back in!  The last person on the list - Juli2007 - must have had a little trouble with packing the bag as when I unpacked it on the kitchen table, I couldn't re-pack to take it upstairs.

There was so much in the pencilcase too!  From a mini-bible to teas, moisturisers, sunscreen, bookmarks, ear-rings, stickers (loads of those!), magnets and other cute things!  And the books were of a wonderful assortment!  I even got two of my own back... how brilliant the world works.  And the funnier thing was that I couldn't fit the pencilcase on the table with the books; and so had to take a separate photo of the contents... how's that for amazing?

Thank you all for taking part and for all the wonderful goodies that came back home safely... well, I do look forward to next year's 'Mixed Favourites Book Baggie'... don't you? 

Vampire Books Trade Between Scotland and Australia

I really do enjoy vampire novels; they are so wonderfully written and are also a lot of fun to get into and write.  And seeing I've been reading some ordinary books, I just jumped at the chance to trade some of the books I had in my shelves that I had read with another vampire book lover from across the miles.  

Chucklesthescot in Paisley, Scotland offered up any of her vampire books as a trade with anyone who had some others she hadn't read.  So, I offered up two of mine that I haven't read and didn't see myself reading in the near future (one is a vampire novel by Maggie Shayne and the other is a zombie novel). 
Well, her books arrived today at my PO Box.  And I'm dying to sink my teeth in to them!  I'm currently reading another book first.  However, once I'm through it, I'll get into these ones before too long!  Thank you so much for the trade Chucklesthescot!