New new book swap

[Mariqui]

Having recently missed the chance to be a part of a new bookswap, I am just wondering if there is anyone else who would like to start up a new one with me?

Looks that way, but we still have enough to make it work so all good. I'll pop a message over to people who said they were interested earlier just in case they've missed that things have moved forward.

Just to double check - is anyone allergic to anything?

I'm allergic to pine nuts and lychees but they don't tend to be in chocolate

Darn it acsec, I was planning on sending a lychee dark chocolate extravaganza!

Am I too late to join?

No Regina, you're not too late. If you can please send over your address and details of the book you are going to send asap please then I will let you know where you are sending. We are hoping to send out on the 13th June.

Ah, sorry to scupper your plans, Mariqui. Luckily my allergies are pretty niche so don't tend to get in the way of life

Gosh, I can't even imagine the devestation you must feel without lychees in your life acsec... I shall eat several in your honour.

Thank you, it is a hard burden to bear, but I'm making my peace with it. (I do actually quite like them, and travelling in South East Asia it was quite tricky to explain no lychees and they crop up in many unexpected dishes).

Yes I can imagine that would actually be quite tricky!

Back (briefly) to books - final call. I've sent messages to everyone who has previously been on this thread - if I don't have your details by first thing Saturday then unfortunately you will have to miss this round as I need to let everyone know where they are sending.

I'm going to drop out on this one as it sounds like you have a good group of people (and extra chocolate each month will totally ruin my beach body y'know...).

No problem Keith, hope yours is going well!

Still missing details for:

Unicorn1981
FlysinDreams
ReginaTheVelociraptor

Sending out details tomorrow evening so need ASAP please

Ooo this is exciting. I forgot to get chocolate yesterday when in the shop... Must remember today. I've just finished a book I don't know whether to start a new one now or wait for my book swap one!

I remembered to buy the chocolate, but I went out last night and when I came back I found that someone had opened it .

Jobnockey, hopefully you will have a new book by next weekend, so depends how long you can wait - I'm pretty sure I'd be starting a new one though!

I've had to keep my husband away from the chocolate - he was very upset it wasn't for him!

I'm sure he can sneak a bite of yours Desperatelyseekingcaffeine!

I'm sending details to you all at about 10pm via private message, just giving a couple of stragglers a little bit more time to come back. We currently have 8 including me, which is pretty good I think!

Amazingly nobody wanted to send the same book, which is a very good start. Do we want to discuss the books on here, or set up separate threads to talk about each book once we've read them to ensure no spoilers?

Nope I'm 34/40 with spd so the chocolate is mine all mine! Secretly hoping it's something he doesn't like (does that make me a bad person?)

Maybe separate threads so no spoilers - guess they'll be quiet initially then increase as more people have read each book.

Thanks Mariqui. I'm really looking forward to it. I think 8 is a good number. Hopefully, as you said before, having a smaller number means there's less chance for things to go wrong, but there are enough of us to keep going for 8 months with the first set of books, so that's great.

I don't know what others think, but I would prefer to have separate threads which don't name the book in the title so that each month it will be a surprise to see which book we've been sent. Also, as you say, it will ensure no spoilers. We could still have this thread for general chat though.

Ouch, Desperatelyseekingcaffeine, sorry to hear that, but many congratulations. The chocolate is definitely all yours!!

Sounds good to me. We probably need a group name in that case - any suggestions? I think we should each start a thread when we receive our first books and then we can each talk there once we have passed on the books.

Also, I suggest that everyone writes their username somewhere in the front of their book so we can make sure they get back to the right place.

Hi everyone

I have now sent out details! Very exciting.

If for some reason you have sent me your details but have not received a message from me telling you where to send then please do let me know ASAP!

Message received thanks. Will post book and choc on Monday. A quick google for funny book group names comes up with loads of suggestions including -

Just add chocolate
Between the covers
It's not just about the chocolate
A novel bunch
Badass bookworms
The book stops here

Got my message. Just need to wrap book and chocolate now and send them!

Hello everybody! Today is the day – how exciting.

Just so we’re all clear, I thought I’d let you know who everyone is sending to.

Desperatelyseekingcaffeine, you are sending your book to iloveredwine
Iloveredwine, you are sending your book to JennyWreny
JennyWreny, you are sending your book to jobnockey
Jobnockey, you are sending your book to Greenyogagirl
Greenyogagirl, you are sending your book to FlysInDreams
FlysInDreams, you are sending your book to acsec,
Acsec, you are sending your book to me
I am sending my book to Desperatelyseekingcaffeine (it will be in the post this afternoon!)

We’re each sending £2.50 worth of chocolate along with our books! Next month, we will each forward the book we received on to the next person (with more chocolate) once we have all read our original books.

Some great ideas there JennyWreny, I particularly like a novel bunch - any other votes?

Hope everyone has had a good weekend