Following the BCIDs are for books thingy, I'm now asking you to journal to a thread instead of the BCID - thank you for your co-operation and I hope you continue to enjoy!

Welcome to the First Sentences Virtual Mystery Bookbox. it works like this:

I'll pm the list to participant 1, who picks their choices and replaces them with their own. They'll pm the list back to me. I'll make a note of which books have been added by participant 1 and then pm the list to participant 2, who'll pick their choices and replace and pm back to me the updated list. Etc etc etc. So I'll be keeping tabs on who's contributed what and who's chosen what.

The catch is, you DON'T put down book titles, authors or genres. All you put on the email is the First Sentence of the book. So, for example, if books I was including on the list were Memoirs of a Geisha, Mirror Image and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the virtual list would read:

1. Suppose that you and I were sitting in a quiet room overlooking a garden, chatting and sipping at our cups of green tea while we talked about something that had happened a long while ago, and I said to you, "That afternoon when I met so-and-so...was the very best afternoon of my life, and also the very worst afternoon."

2. "Pavel," said Piotr Volodya, "I don't understand."

3. Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.

Then you would email me back saying you were taking out numbers 1 and 3 and replacing them with:

4. First sentence of new book

5. First sentence of other new book

Whenever the list comes back to me, I'll then pm you with the first sentence(s) you chose and the screen name(s) of the person who owns the book(s). You will then need to pm them to ask them for that first sentence book.

Please don't tell the recipient what the book is before they receive it - it's all meant to be a mysterious surprise...


Please pm me back the list asap - it shouldn't take you more than a fortnight to make your choices and replace them and pm me back with the updates.

There should always be ten books in the virtual bookbox. If you take out five, please replace with five etc.

Genre doesn't matter so long as it's fiction.

Please update the thread http://bookcrossing.com/forum/20/3439918/1 with the first sentence(s) you've chosen to take out and later, please let us know what book(s)they turned out to belong to - we all want to share in your fun too! And of course, don't forget to journal the books themselves later...

Please post your books out to the people who have chosen your books as quickly as possible - within a month is preferable.

You must be willing to post internationally as this is an international bookbox and I can't guarantee who's going to choose your contributions.

You are responsible for contacting the person who owns your first sentence book.

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List of participants:
Anglersrest
Angellica
Loneflower
Cloggy
ChinaSourcer
Tehuti
Booksnbeer
MrsDanvers
Mastulela
Villette
Swanofkennet
Rillaith
Dittybopper
Louibax
Cyzaki
Farawayvoices (no response)
LauraKateKnits
Flanners
Sdkelley
Zazen999
PinkManager
Loveamystery
SwanofKennet(asked to be moved down)
Starrdust
Moraelyn
Storychaser
Suefitz (no response)
LennyB
Katiesmama
Rumble-bee
Katayoun
BrooklinBrat
Janey-Canuck
Krin511
Macewoman
Hengameh
Millam
Sunlightbub
Eicuthbertson
Molekilby
GrannyAnn
Foxy737
LyekkaMarengo
Yogie
Rapscallia (no response)
Bean-frog
Collectorkerri
Dodau
Abrokenstarr
Lellie
Bigrtex (asked to be skipped)
Froggirlwendy
Fireflywishes (asked to be skipped)
Bargainqueen
Teachie (asked to be skipped)
Rakuna
Oisec
Sally906
jenptcfan
Ibis3
msjoanna
Tarna
Piiku
Lesehest
Bluecat07
cross-patch
eloisamos
magicmonster
GrammarBroad
Jumpingin
24-7-365Reader
Twicky
MrWiley
Wubbaducky

Just received my list of first sentences.
Will have a look over the next day or so.
Looks fun.

Sorry for the delay technical trouble!

I've now made my choices. I am removing from the virtual box

"Like many of us, I think my father spent the measure of his life piecing together a story he would never understand."

"Kath."

I'm putting in

"It was a perfect Summer's day".

"Our beds are made on two raised platfords, one above the other, two feet apart."

Received my list of first sentences.

Looks intriguing. I'll take a look and update with my choices

The books I accepted from the book box arrived yesterday, they are:

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
The Photograph by Penelope Lively

Thanks for sending, they were good choices and looking forward to reading them.

Life has been chaotic

Here are my choices:


I'm taking out:

"Before beginning this story proper, a story which has its fictional feet very firmly on the ground, it is worth taking a moment to look upwards, high above the teeming masses of rush-hour London where most of this story is set."

"Our beds are made on two raised platfords, one above the other, two feet apart."

"It was Heather's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, a landmark in life reminding her sharply that she could no longer pretend the 'over-forties', like Sartre's hell were Other People."

Putting in:

"When the lights went off the accompanist kissed her."

"Belinda Smith moved to Tuscany five years ago, after she found her husband in bed with another woman."

"I wonder if I should keep these diaries under lock and key."

Hello All!

Here are the sentences that have intrigued me, so much I had to select them.

We came on the wind of the carnival.

and

It wasn't always easy, being the son of an ogre and a nymph.

I'm replacing them with:

One thing I really hate about Girl Scouts is those uniforms.

and

The house stood on a slight rise just on the edge of the village.

Taking out:

1) On the morning after the night it happened, Bruce Delamitri was sitting in a police interview room

2) Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree

and

3) I wonder if I should keep these diaries under lock and key.



Putting in:


1) I am Pale Eagle

2) It was the middle of August, and she had been glad to get out of London

3) As a child I would hide troves of pebbles and fircones, and the following year, when the memory of my secrets had sunk almost to vanishing-pooint, instinct would draw me, roving the cherished spaces of the garden, to their place on interment.

The list has arrived with me, thank you. It looks interesting, I'll update with my choices asap.

Got two books from Wubbaducky this morning.

'On the morning after the night it happened, Bruce Delamitri was sitting in a police interview room' is the first sentence of Popcorn by Ben Elton

'Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree' is the first sentence of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett.

Thanks Wubbaducky for the books & organising.

My book from AnglersRest arrived today

"Our beds are made on two raised platfords, one above the other, two feet apart." is The Salt Letters by Christine Balint.

Thanks AnglersRest and wubbaducky for organising

Got my two books from Wubbaducky today

"Before beginning this story proper, a story which has its fictional feet very firmly on the ground, it is worth taking a moment to look upwards, high above the teeming masses of rush-hour London where most of this story is set." is the first sentence of Gridlock by Ben Elton

"It was Heather's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, a landmark in life reminding her sharply that she could no longer pretend the 'over-forties', like Sartre's hell were Other People." is the first sentence of Seven for A Secret by Judy Astley

Thanks Wubbaducky

Got my books today! Thanks a lot. My first choice was "They came on the wind of the carnival," which turned out to be the first line from Chocolat by Joanne Harris. I thought the movie was good, so I'm sure I will enjoy the book even more.

My second choice was "It wasn't always easy being the son of an ogre and a nymph," which turned out to be the first line of Vale of the Vole by Piers Anthony. I'm looking forward to reading it, too. I just started picking up science fiction books again after taking a break from reading them for a couple of years.

Thanks Angellica, I got my book this morning:

'I wonder if I should keep these diaries under lock and key.' was The Scold's Bridle by Minette Walters.

Massive apologies for holding up this virtual box. A combination of travelling, being ill and overwork first stopped me from dealing with it and then caused me to forget about it totally!!! I tend to work in threes a lot :)) so have chosen

It's always a little startling to hear your name in a public place, and Vandecker froze.

I was told by a Guard who came to the door.

As a child I would hide troves of pebbles and fircones, and the following year, when the memory of my secrets had sunk almost to vanishing-pooint, instinct would draw me, roving the cherished spaces of the garden, to their place on interment.

And my contribution:

"Morris dancers?"

Coventry are f__k all.
[NB the word is written in full in the book, but I thought it might cause the message to be rejected by some email filters]

"Don't hurt her."

I received the list on Saturday the 15th and I did think on the sentences a bit, before I choose.

I am removing:
"Belinda Smith moved to Tuscany five years ago, after she found her husband in bed with another woman."

and I am replacing it with:
"Kit always thought that the Pope had been at her Mother and Father's wedding."

I think I know the Tuscany book - but, I could be wrong. It was choosen because I am going to Tuscany next month. ;-)

After some thought I'm taking :

"It was the middle of August and she had been glad to get out of London"

and
"Morris dancers?"

I'm replacing with:

"Wlliam Flynn had been a fine gardener by Alaskan standards and some people maintained he had also been a terrorist."

and

"Call me Isobel"

Following the BCIDs are for books thingy, I'm now asking for your co-operation in updating to a thread instead of journaling the BCID - many thanks for your co-operation and I hope you're enjoying this virtual bookbox! Please do not journal here anymore.