BookCrossing: Blood Royal

Once upon a time, a boy named jblue(afterglow) released a book. It happened during the afternoon of September twenty-seventh in the year two thousand and eight. Said book was Blood Royal by Harold Robbins and it was released at the nine o'clock gun on the east side of the park. A week and a half later, a journal entry hit the boy's email. Seems the book was caught by a new member from Calgary, Alberta, with the username red-dawn. Here's the entry:

I found the book in Stanley Park at the 9 o'clock gun. I hummed and hawed about taking it, because I'm not a Harold Robbins fan. I am, however, an avid reader, so I couldn't resist! Too bad the book was SO horrible! I will be leaving it somewhere, not sure yet.

Here's a link to Blood Royal on BookCrossing. The book has since seen another journal entry by another new member - TallTimber in Okotoks, Alberta. Thanks Albertans!

BookCrossing: Life of Pi

After getting my mama to join BookCrossing and wild release some books, she was having no luck getting journal entries. I really wanted her to get one so that she could see that it does indeed happen and that it's a thrill when it does. Years ago, I borrowed and read her copy of Life of Pi by Yann Martel. I loved it and have been trying to get Biscotti to read it. She's got a few books in the queue, so I figured this was a great book to release via my mother's BookCrossing account. I registered it under her username, then journaled with my username, then released it on June 23 2008 in Pacific Spirit Park, where, coincidentally, we bumped into my mama pre-release.

Two days ago, a catch! Here's the entry that hit my inbox - and my mama's I hope (she's currently busy in New Zealand):

Found the book on the trail as mentioned above and took it home. Took me a while to get started and into the book.
Type of book that gets better and better after you've let it digest for a while...
I found the first section quite dry even though I'm an Indiaphile but the second section was quite absorbing... and then zingo came the third section. I spent a week thinking about the ending!
Problem with releasing the book back into the wild is finding the right place... but I think I saw a novel (heh heh) place yesterday.

Life of Pi on BookCrossing. It's already been rereleased on Granville Island!