~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ New Policy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The site moderators want each VBB to have rules about participation, specifically as it relates to books-owed.

Our new policy will be that members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

Right now, the individuals who fall into that category are:
- butterfly-noir
- cats-eye
- cougmax
Names will be removed from the list as books are sent out.

Note - Because I am only announcing this now, this policy will not go into effect until the next round (round 11).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
7. tranq1
8. cestmoi
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird

(list shuffled before round 9)

Shaunesay! Let's get this party started!


MOVES:


BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi)
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Dawn of Splendour by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Honour Redeemed by Tom Connery (catsalive)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry (catsalive)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi)
***Service for Two (Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2) by Kate Kingsbury (CdnBlueRose)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**The Snow Mountain by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
7. tranq1
8. cestmoi
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird

(list shuffled before round 9)

Catsalive! Let's get this party started!


MOVES:

Shaunesay takes out:
*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi)

Shaunesay puts in:
A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)


BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi)
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Dawn of Splendour by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Honour Redeemed by Tom Connery (catsalive)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry (catsalive)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
***Service for Two (Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2) by Kate Kingsbury (CdnBlueRose)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**The Snow Mountain by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)

Argghhh!!! So now I owe you another TBR. The only TBRs that I have offered are the ones in this box. First, I decided to join the Historical Fiction swap and because I had not been reading this genre, I bought several books to choose between to offer for the swap. And, since I had *really* enjoyed the book I swapped, I decided that the VBB would be a good way to feed a new habit. I plucked a couple of books from the box & put in everything I had on hand, including those new books.

OK -- this book is #3. I'm going to finish Smuggler's Moon that I took from the box last time. Then I have a library book that has a due date :grin: And then The Ruby Ring so you won't have to wait very long.

(Fortunately, I know you're going to be busy reading the two SF novels I just mailed to you.)

absolutely no hurry Elsi, as you can see, I owe a few myself, no pressure! But I've looked at that one a few times, so I'm grabbin' it! :D

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
7. tranq1
8. cestmoi
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird

(list shuffled before round 9)
:pm: to
Irenic! Let's get this party started!


MOVES:

Shaunesay takes out:
*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi)

Shaunesay puts in:
A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)

catsalive removes:
**A Dawn of Splendour by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
**Honour Redeemed by Tom Connery (catsalive)
**Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry (catsalive)
**The Snow Mountain by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
cats adds:
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
Fire and Fog by Dianne Day (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)


BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi)
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
Fire and Fog by Dianne Day (catsalive)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
***Service for Two (Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2) by Kate Kingsbury (CdnBlueRose)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)

I will take:
March
The Birth of Venus

and put in:
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/3894356/J_9228864
http://bookcrossing.com/journal/5806147

Cheers

I would like to skip this time please.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
7. tranq1
8. cestmoi
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird

(list shuffled before round 9)
:pm: to
Cowgirl! Let's get this party started!


MOVES:

catsalive removes:
**A Dawn of Splendour by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
**Honour Redeemed by Tom Connery (catsalive)
**Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry (catsalive)
**The Snow Mountain by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)

cats adds:
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
Fire and Fog by Dianne Day (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)

Irenic removes:
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode)

Irenic adds:
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)

rebeccaljames skips this round

BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
Fire and Fog by Dianne Day (catsalive)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
***Service for Two (Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2) by Kate Kingsbury (CdnBlueRose)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi --> irenic)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode --> irenic)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
7. tranq1
8. cestmoi
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird

(list shuffled before round 9)
:pm: to
Rosie! Let's keep this party rockin'!


MOVES:

catsalive removes:
**A Dawn of Splendour by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)
**Honour Redeemed by Tom Connery (catsalive)
**Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry (catsalive)
**The Snow Mountain by Catherine Gavin (catsalive)

cats adds:
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
Fire and Fog by Dianne Day (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)

Irenic removes:
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode)

Irenic adds:
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)

rebeccaljames skips this round

cowgirl-up skips this round

BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
Fire and Fog by Dianne Day (catsalive)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
***Service for Two (Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2) by Kate Kingsbury (CdnBlueRose)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi --> irenic)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode --> irenic)

looks like we are moving along quite nicely :)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
8. cestmoi
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird
7. tranq1 - away

(list shuffled before round 9)
:pm: to
Cestmoi! Let's keep this party rockin'!


MOVES:

rebeccaljames skips this round

cowgirl-up skips this round

Rosie replaces:
***Service for Two (Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2) by Kate Kingsbury (CdnBlueRose)

with:
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap (CdnBlueRose)

catsalive needed to make this adjustment:

remove: Fire and Fog by Dianne Day

replace with: The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)


BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap (CdnBlueRose)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi --> irenic)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode --> irenic)

I know I read a post somewhere from tranq1 saying she was going sailing for a few months and wouldn't be participating in anything, so I moved her name to the bottom - I'll go check and see if I can find that...... :)

Here it is:

Posted: Jan 9 2008, 08:07 PM
We are finally leaving on our sailboat trip to the Caribbean. We delayed it a few weeks because I have had some minor medical problems. We will be gone for about 4 months. We are going first to the Bahamas and then to most of the other Islands until we get to Trinidad. It takes so long because sailboat don't go very fast and we will be stopping often along the way. We will leave the boat in Trinidad for hurricane season and fly home. We will fly down to Trinidad next year to take the boat home. Trinidad normally doesn't get hurricanes. It is just off the coast of Venezuela and too far south for hurricanes. We will have limited access to internet in our stops along the way, so I won't be here much. I will check my messages and I will send out anything I owe in 6 to 8 weeks when we are in Puerto Rico(A US possession with fast and low cost US mail).

If you are sending me anything it will get held in the security room at my condo. I will be happy to see it and journal it when I get back.

ok

almost my turn :)

For the next or previous updater

I need to remove Fire and Fog by Dianne Day

I'll replace it with The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)

I'll add it in later, if it hasn't been added by then :)

I made the adjustment on my last update. :)

cestmoi is running out of time.....

I did PM her when I posted that update.....

I'll bump her in about an hour at which time I'll make my move :)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
8. cestmoi
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird
7. tranq1 - away

(list shuffled before round 9)
:pm: to
Breeze! Let's keep this party rockin'!


MOVES:

rebeccaljames skips this round

cowgirl-up skips this round

Rosie replaces:
***Service for Two (Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery #2) by Kate Kingsbury (CdnBlueRose)
with:
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap (CdnBlueRose)

catsalive needed to make this adjustment:
remove: Fire and Fog by Dianne Day
replace with: The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)

morsecode takes out:
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
morsecode puts in:
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)

BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap (CdnBlueRose)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)
The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi --> irenic)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode --> irenic)

I'll skip this round...and send a PM to fantasy!

I know its my turn. Just need time to go through the books to see if there's anything calling out my name.

no worries...
you have lots of time :)

I'm going to pass, I dont see anything that I really must have.

will pm boogal as Cestmoi has already been pm'd and bumped.

I'm skipping, too. I'll PM elsi.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird
8. cestmoi
7. tranq1 - away

(list shuffled before round 9)
:pm: to
Elsi! Let's keep this party rockin'!


MOVES:


morsecode takes out:
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
morsecode puts in:
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)

Breeze, Fantasy, and Boogal ALL SKIP this round......

BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)

A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords)
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap (CdnBlueRose)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)
The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi --> irenic)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode --> irenic)

Will make my move in just a few minutes. I do have a question, though. I notice several people have replaced books with two stars. Since the rules for this swap say that you have to replace those with 3 stars, does this mean that the replacement was for some other reason? Or did the player simply not notice that they didn't have to replace this round?

If i remember correctly we started off with the 2 star replacement but found that sometimes people wouldn't have enough to replace since HF can take longer to read than, say, teen fic. So we added the 3rd star. But i think people can still replace at 2 stars if they want to.... I know i've replaced at 2 stars once because i wanted to make sure a book that was avl got into the box before I forgot and used it for something else.

But I could be wrong and maybe it was just an oversight on their part?! Who knows! lol

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
14. Danesnboxers
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird
8. cestmoi
7. tranq1 - away

(list shuffled before round 9)
:pm: to Danesnboxers

Danes, we're on a roll! What are you taking from the box?


MOVES:


morsecode takes out:
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
morsecode puts in:
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)

Breeze, Fantasy, and Boogal ALL SKIP this round......

elsi takes out:
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords --> elsi)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna --> elsi)

... and puts in:
The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (TBR) (elsi)
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post by Emily Brightwell (elsi)

BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)


*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap (CdnBlueRose)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post by Emily Brightwell (elsi)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)
The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (TBR) (elsi)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi --> irenic)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode --> irenic)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords --> elsi)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna --> elsi)

The two books I just took out with 2 stars I took out because I have a friend who really wants to read them and I wanted to send them to her.

Honestly you can replace your books whenever your turn comes up (be it at one star or three), but you have to replace it once it gets to three.

I hope this helps!

Yep -- that makes sense. Cats had done the same thing earlier, and I wondered then -- particularly because she said "removes" instead of "takes out" which you had said. So, when it was my turn to talk, I figured I'd ask.

I just forgot it was 3 stars. :duh: I was confused by the 2-stars in the other boxes.

:pm: to lexilewords as Danes hasn't peeked in at all.

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TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the journal entries for your books if possible. (or more if you like, sometimes people do).

3. If you decide to skip, you have the option to ask to be placed at the bottom of the list for another try. If you do this, that will become your new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled. (reshuffling will happen after every 3rd round)

4. New players will be accepted during play - they will be added to the bottom of the list.

PLAYERS:
1. shaunesay
2. catsalive
3. irenic
4. rebeccaljames
5. cowgirl-up
6. Rosie
9. morsecode
10. Breeze
11. fantasy
12. boogal
13. elsi
15. lexilewords
16. AceofHearts
17. msjoanna
18. zosime
19. FamFatale
20. geishabird
8. cestmoi
14. Danesnboxers
7. tranq1 - away

(list shuffled before round 9)

lexilewords, we're on a roll! What are you taking from the box?


MOVES:


morsecode takes out:
**The Blacksmith's Daughter by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
**Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair (morsecode)
morsecode puts in:
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)

Breeze, Fantasy, and Boogal ALL SKIP this round......

elsi takes out:
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords --> elsi)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna --> elsi)

... and puts in:
The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (TBR) (elsi)
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post by Emily Brightwell (elsi)

BOOKS IN THE BOX:
Please remember that books with 3 stars must be replaced this round, thanks :)


*Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas (elsi)
*Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard (catsalive)
The Bastard's Tale by Margaret Fraser (irenic)
*The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd (cowgirl-up)
***The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley (cestmoi)
*Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor (FamFatale)
*The Changeling by Kate Horsely (TBR) (elsi)
*Claudius the God by Robert Graves (geishabird)
*The Company: The Story of a Murderer (TBR) by Arabella Edge (rebeccaljames)
**The Covenant by James A. Michener TBR (rebeccaljames)
**Domino by Ross King (cestmoi)
**Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Danesnboxers)
**Falls the Shadow by Emanuel Litvinoff (Danesnboxers)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer (catsalive)
A Flame for the Fire by Nigel Tranter (TBR) (Shaunesay)
**Home Fires Burning by Robert Inman TBR (rebeccaljames)
*The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (FamFatale)
*Housewrights by Art Corriveau (TBR) (Breeze)
**I, Mona Lisa by Jeanne Kalogridis (TBR) (Breeze)
*An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (geishabird)
*The Lady and the Unicorn (TBR) by Tracy Chevalier (msjoanna)
*Lady Anne's Dangerous Man by Jeane Westin (FamFatale)
*The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury (Shaunesay)
Liszt's Kiss by Susanne Dunlap (CdnBlueRose)
Lost Traveller by Antonia White (irenic)
Madame Zee by Pearl Luke (morsecode)
*Mary Reilly (TBR) by Valerie Martin (msjoanna)
*The Midwife by Gay Courter (elsi)
Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post by Emily Brightwell (elsi)
Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court #1: To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley (morsecode)
The New York Detective by William Marshall (catsalive)
*The Pale Blue Eye (TBR) by Louis Bayard (msjoanna)
**The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland (zosime)
**The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger (Danesnboxers)
*The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth (catsalive)
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (catsalive)
**Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland (Shaunesay)
The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra (TBR) (elsi)
**The Silver Rose by Susan Carroll (lexilewords)
**Southern Rapture by Jennifer Blake TBR (rebeccaljames)
**A Tendering in the Storm by Jane Kirkpatrick (AceofHearts)
**This Calder Range by Janet Dailey (AceofHearts)
*This Rock by Robert Morgan (elsi)
Troubles by J. G. Farrell (TBR) (catsalive)
**Vanquished (Victorian Romance) by Hope Tarr (morsecode)



BOOKS OUT OF PLAY:
Will be moved to the Books out of play thread at the end of each round.

*The Ruby Ring by Diane Haeger (TBR) (elsi --> Shaunesay)
**The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (cestmoi --> irenic)
* March (your choice: paperback or unabridged audio on CDs) by Geraldine Brooks (morsecode --> irenic)
*Lieutenant Bak Series #1: The Right Hand of Amon by Lauren Haney (lexilewords --> elsi)
**The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (msjoanna --> elsi)

thanks :)

I'm passing--as much as I wanna take out that Heyer book cats I can't justify it at the moment...

i'll pm Ace :)

:lol: never mind. Sometimes you have to pass. I replaced my last lot at the wrong time anyway. Silly cat :unsure:

& I should learn to read properly too. I just pm'd Ace too :oops: Some days you just shouldn't get out of bed :sigh:

I am skipping

:pm:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Historical Fiction Virtual Book Box ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Round 10 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

TURN TIME LIMIT RULES
1. Turn time is 2 full days, 48 hours from the time the update listing the player's turn is posted.

2. If two days is a problem for you (i.e. you can't get online during the weekends, or will be on a trip, etc.) please let me know so that I can put a note by your name and allow you extra time.

3. If the full 48 hours has passed with no word from the player, the next player will go, and the missing player will be moved down 1 space. We will do this 3 times, but without the 2 day time limit each time. A Player skipped in this way will only have the time it takes for the next three people to take their turns to check in before being dropped to the bottom of the list (this is all if we have not heard from the player). It will look like this: 2 days, skip, skip, skip, bottom. If a player is skipped in this way and/or placed at the bottom, that spot will become their new permanent spot until the list is reshuffled.

4. The Box Organizer will be the time keeper and determine a skip or bottom placement.

5. This bookbox will make its rounds EVERY OTHER MONTH and books may be left in for THREE rounds.

6. Members who have books owed that are over 4 rounds old will not be able to participate in the box until those books are sent out.

ON YOUR TURN:
1. Select the number of books that you want to take out of the box and list them for us in your post.

2. Replace those with the same number of books and please provide links to the