i've "released" three books now on BookCrossing and was beginning to feel a little pouty about the fact that nothing had been reported on the site from anyone "catching" any of them. so! it was with some delight that i found an email this morning alerting me to the fact that Garden of Evil, by Britt Montero, had been caught, read, and enjoyed sometime over the past week. that now leaves Stone Diaries and The Talented Mr. Ripley still traveling through the world. it was only Sunday that i released Mr. Ripley at Starbucks, so i needn't be impatient about it.
i'm amazed how good i feel at reading the "catcher's" journal entry on the book - a real sense of sharing a book for which i had no further use with someone who very much enjoyed reading it. even gave it a score of 10 out of 10. i've got my next two releases lined up, just need to get someplace to leave them where they're likely to be picked up.
Later (the same day): another BookCrossing email alert telling me that Mr. Ripley has been caught - by someone who was actually looking for just that book! he/she has had it before and it got away from him/her. so, another successful uniting of person with book. this is getting to be good fun! if anyone cares to access my page on BookCrossing.com, my nom de plume there is "gypsymoth."
3 comments:
Yay!!! Glad that someone picked it up. I still do not have the courage to release any of my babies out into the wild. Bravo to you though. :-)
~RC~
I was wondering how your book did but haven't had a chance to check in on it. I went over and read the catchers' comments. How exciting! :-) ---Robbie
This whole Bookcrossing deal is starting to sound exciting. I don't have books to "release" but I'm seriously starting to think of buying books just to release them. Glad two of your releases were caught. What better way to spread the joy?
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