BCinDC & the 2011 Convention

Take the planning out of your summer vacation!

The BCinDC Beach Lover box comes filled with everything you need to spend your vacation on the beach. Or, if you can’t get away this summer, this box will bring the beach to you! You get: a yellow woven tote bag, strawberry flavor your water packets, a beach towel, a Sudoko puzzle book, sunscreen, and flip-flops. Naturally, there are also some great “beach reads”: Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen and Angels by Marian Keyes. Enjoy the beach year-round with a few extra goodies as well: a surfboard notepad, a shell-filled refrigerator magnet, and a bumper sticker straight from the world famous Ron Jon Surf Shop in Florida.

Starting bid on this box is $20. Check out photos and more details here: Box #3: Beach Lover Box and submit your bid today. Bidding closes on June 27. Don’t miss out on this great BCinDC Auction box!

“It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ~Albus Dumbledore

The book series might be over, but the magic remains! In the Harry Potter Lover themed auction box you get an assortment of Harry Potter goodies. No box would be complete without books, so there’s a copy of Harry: a History autographed by the author herself (and containing an exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling), Tales of Beedle the Bard, and one of the Harry Potter books on cassette tape. There are also some fun items like a Scene It Harry Potter game on DVD and a custom-made Harry Potter in the Hogwarts Library set containing more than 50 LEGO pieces. There is an unopened CD of “Goodbye, Privet Drive” by the Ministry of Magic (one of the top wizard rock groups). There are other goodies like bookmarks, a pin, a chocolate frog card, and a poster which has become a collector’s item which goes for more than $50 on eBay.

Starting bid on this box is $15. Check out photos and more details here: Box #2: Harry Potter Lover Box and submit your bid today. Bidding closes on June 13. Don’t miss out on this BCinDC Auction box containing some one-of-a-kind items.

Which version is better: the book or the movie? With this box, you can find out for yourself!

You get five books and the movies based on them. The books range from thrillers to classics to young adult novels. You’ll also get some movie theater-type snacks. That’s enough to give you lots of escape entertainment- curl up with a good book or pop in a DVD after a hard day. Or suggest your friends/family/book club read one of the books and then host a discussion & movie night! Every box comes with a few BookCrossing goodies as well.

The starting bid for this box is just $25 (that’s a great deal for for 5 books, 5 DVDs, and snacks). How much would you bid? Check out photos and more details here: Box #1: Books to Movies and submit your bid today. Bidding closes on June 6. Don’t miss out on the very first BCinDC Auction box.

On May 23, BCinDC took a trip up to Baltimore to visit the Book Thing. We met members of the ABXC group there and we were tempted by thousands of free books. Afterward, the BookCrossers headed to Kosher Bite to chat and exchange books.

BookCrossers in attendance were: H2Omelons, JudyJoy, KateKintail, MaryZee, mdm139, melydia, PrettyPoodle, pritzkit, sherrisue76, SqueakyChu, and Tiatia.

BCinDC gave out more than 1100 books at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on May 15. It was an honor to be a part of this brand new festival and we look forward to it next year.

BookCrossers who helped out at the BCinDC booth were: crrcookie, florafloraflora, KateKintail, MaryZee, Mom-Oyster, nat4lee, and SqueakyChu (event organizer).

Our next event is a trip to the Book Thing to meet up with the ABXC group from Pennsylvania.

Photos taken by SqueakyChu, Mom-Oyster, & KateKintail