The Rules:

(1) I will post a list of books and the order of the box participants on the first of every other month.

(2) Each person may take as many books out of the box as they want; however, you must put in the same number of books. This means that you may be responsible for shipping the number of books that you have put in. You control how many books you are willing to ship by only taking out/putting in that number of books.

(3) You can choose to skip your turn by not taking any books out of the box and passing the turn on to the next person.

(4) Books that qualify for this bookbox are fiction, biographies, memoirs and travelogues set in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East or based on the experiences of immigrants from those locations. In essence, this vbb is meant to open doors to new cultural experiences.

(5) All books must be mailed within 6 months of when they are chosen and the data should be updated on owedbooks.bookobsessed.com.

(6) Any books not taken after 3 rounds will be replaced by the person who put the book in. (Asterisks are used to indicate how many rounds a book has been in the bookbox.)

(7) You have 48 hours from the time the person before you posts their move in the thread to make your move. If you haven't made your move in that amount of time, you will be moved to the end of the list.

(8) New participants are welcome and can join at any time!

(9) The list of participants will be randomized every three rounds.

(10) Once you have chosen your books, please PM your address to the person whose books you have chosen.

(11) Once you've taken your turn, please PM the next person to let them know it's their turn. If you can't PM them for some reason, please say so when you post your move, so someone else can!

When I was updating this, I realized that bartonz has a book that should have been replaced last round. I'll follow up with her and see if she can replace it now.

Enjoy the travels. I'm e-mailing azuki now.

All books with *** need to be replaced on the player's turn in this round.

In keeping with the six-month rule, if you have a * next to your name, please refrain from playing until removed from the six-month list. Please read, read, read so you can come play soon!

If you have caught up, please let me know so that you can play in this round. Thanks!

Enjoy and please PM me with any questions!

Participant List


1. azuki
2. sudokugirl *
3. dancing-dog
4. shnedwards
5. bibliotreker
6. itpdx
7. garibaldisghost
8. veganmedusa
9. rootmartin
10. ri
11. supertalya
12. therubycanary
13. zzz
14. eicuthbertson
15. gategypsy
16. geishabird
17. bartonz

shnedwards - Where will your travels take you?

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Recent Moves

Azuki takes out/replaces:
*Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad by Firoozeh Dumas [immigrant experiences: Iran/USA] (GateGypsy)
*Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell [Belize] (dancing-dog)
***Invisible Trade by Gerrie Lim[Singapore] (azuki)

Azuki puts in:
Timbuktu by Marq de Villiers & Sheila Hirtle[Mali] (azuki)
Flower Net by Lisa See[China] (azuki)
Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler[Japan/America] (azuki)

dancing-dog replaces:
***The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu [Immigrant Experiences - Ethiopia/USA] (dancing-dog)

with:
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat [Immigrant Experiences - Haiti/USA] (dancing-dog)


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Books Currently In the Box

Immigrant Experiences
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat [Immigrant Experiences - Haiti/USA] (dancing-dog)
**The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Immigrant /Dominican Republic/USA) (Supertalya)
**China Boy: 2 by Gus Lee [Immigrant Experiences / China / USA] (Supertalya)
***Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips [Immigrant Experiences - Africa] (garibaldisghost)
**Disappearance by David Dabydeen [Guyana/UK] (Bartonz)
*One Hundred Million Hearts by Kerri Sakamoto [Immigrant Experiences – Japan/ Canada] (azuki)
*Saving Fish from Drowning byAmy Tan [Immigrant Experience/USA/China] (bibliotreker)
*Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson [Immigrant Experience/ USA/Japan] (bibliotreker)
Stubborn Twig by Lauren Kessler[Japan/America] (azuki)


Asia/Oceania
*A Beggar At the Gate by Thalassa Ali [Punjab] (eicuthbertson)
*The Binding Chair by Kathryn Harrison [China] (dancing-dog)
*The Bondmaid by Catherine Lim [Singapore] (azuki)
**Daughter of Persia by Sattareh Farman Farmaian [Iran] (Kiri)
**A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman[Sri Lanka] (itpdx)
Flower Net by Lisa See[China] (azuki)
*The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw [Malaysia] (eicuthbertson)
***The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (India) [geishabird)
*Jungle Child by Sabine Kuegler [Indonesia] (Supertalya)
***Kim (Oxford World's Classics) by Rudyard Kipling [India] (Kiri)
**Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic by Bette Bao Lord [China] (Kiri)
* The Lover by Marguerite Duras [China] (Kiri)
*Nanjing 1937: A Love Story by Ye Zhaoyan [China] (therubycanary)
** The Sandglass by Romesh Gunesekera [Sri Lanka] (garibaldisghost)
*Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui [China] (rootmartin)
**Tree of Heavenby R.C. Binstock [China] (azuki)
**A Veiled Journey by Nell Brien [Saudi Arabia] (Kiri)

Africa
*Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna [Sierra Leone] (rootmartin)
**A Question of Power by Bessie Head [Botswana] (Bartonz)
***Imaginings Of Sand by Andre Brink [South Africa] (eicuthbertson)
**Knots by Nuruddin Farah[Somalia] (itpdx)
**The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs [Africa] (Kiri)
Timbuktu by Marq de Villiers & Sheila Hirtle[Mali] (azuki)

Latin America and the Caribbean
*The Land by Antonio Torres [Brazil] (zzz)
**Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival [Mexico] (Supertalya)
*Mr Clarinet by Nick Stone [Haiti] (itpdx)
***Tide Running by Oonya Kempadoo [Grenada] (bartonz)

The Middle East and North Africa
**Aisha by Ahdaf Soueif [Egypt] (bibliotreker)
**Drawing in the Dust by Zoe Klein [Israel] (rootmartin)
*Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam [Pakistan] (therubycanary)
***Memoirs of a Woman Doctor: A Novel by Nawal El Saadawi [Egypt] (Kiri)
****Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi [Iran] (Bartonz)
**A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini [Afghanistan] (sudokugirl)
*The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany [Egypt] (eicuthbertson)
*Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean P. Sasson [Saudi Arabia] (GateGypsy)
*A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller by Frances Mayes [Morocco/Turkish Coast/etc] (GateGypsy)
*Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir [Morocco] (GateGypsy)

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Books Out Of Play This Round

*Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad by Firoozeh Dumas [immigrant experiences: Iran/USA] (GateGypsy --> Azuki)
*Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell [Belize] (dancing-dog --> Azuki)

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