BookCrossing: Rising Sun

Another catch! This time it's catch number three from my five Las Vegas-in-March releases. 60% catch rate from those five books and it's only been three months - wow. I gotta go to Vegas more often, if only to wild release books. Michael Crichton's Rising Sun was left at the MGM Grand Pool and received a journal entry on Wednesday saying that it's now in the UK and is going to be left in Yorkshire! My catch rate has elevated slightly to 12.582781456953643%. Here's the latest catch:

Did the typical...oh look someones left their book by the pool...then I saw that it was a 'bookcrossing' book...so picked it up and brought it home to Northants, UK - it was the last day of our holiday at the MGM Grand.

Good story...but unfortunatly i'd seen the film so was waiting for each of the next bits to happen.

Finished it now and we are going away on the weekend so going to leave it in the hotel in Yorkshire. Happy travels. L x

Here's a link to Rising Sun on BookCrossing.

BookCrossing: Rock Springs

I released two books on Main Street during Vancouver's Car Free Day and one of them - Rock Springs by Richard Ford - received a journal entry two days later by a new member. My catch rate now squats at 12.36%. Here's the journal entry:

A lovely little find at car free day on Main Street. I'll be sure to pass on the gift. Only a couple pages in, but so far so good.

Here's a link to Rock Springs on BookCrossing.

BookCrossing: The Villa

I got a catch yesterday on a book I released at Granville Island on Sunday, May 10, 2009. The journal entry for The Villa by Nora Roberts was made by new BookCrosser swoop, who lives in Winnipeg. The catch:

I caught the book on a bench at Granville Island on May 14 at about 4:00 PM. I was just sitting down to have a bite to eat and noticed the book lying there, with a note that it wasn't lost, and looking to travel. So, now it is in Winnipeg. I'm just about to start reading it. This was my first experience with bookcrossing, but now that I know about it, I will release the book in Winnipeg, when I'm done.

Here's a link to The Villa on BookCrossing.

the ray she had beamed out

Oblivious but for one, who folded her arms across her rib cage under her sweatered breasts. She lowered her chin as if to listen to the current monologue, lids set in an expression of rigorous boredom. But with her head turned slightly to observe Jeremy at the back of the restaurant, to assess whether the ray she had beamed out had been received.
-- Stanley Park by Timothy Taylor

Rays were beamed out on bicycles and buses, at school and sea, at work and in woods. To name a few places.