True wild catches

Sunday, October 12, 2003

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

I gave this as a RABCK on 20 August 2003 to the girl on the door at a Latin Motion salsa class in Sydenham. She said she'd been wanting to read it for ages. She said she didn't have a computer but promised to make a journal entry next time she's on the internet. I told it was fine if she couldn't but just to pass the book along when she was done. It looks like she never made it to a computer but BookCrossed it offline - two months later it was caught by someone at a bus stop in Gladesville (the other side of town)! This person joined and left this journal entry:

Journal entry 3 by BradStrongfield(0/0) from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, October 12, 2003
I caught this book around 3.30am. I was walking to work as usual when somthing caught my eye sitting on a seat at a bus stop. I walked passed ignoring it at first then curiosity got to me and decided to stop and take a look. It's a book I discovered. Why would sombody just leave a perfectly good book at a bus stop? I thought. Then upon opening the book I relised the book had been left for me with a little tag saying "Free book, Free book." Confused I thought I'll take it with me and check it out when I get home.
Reading the little tag left inside the front cover, I noticed a website to visit and a code to enter. At the time I didn't have the net connected. Some time after reading the book I now have access to the internet so here I am telling you the story of how this interesting concept of book crossing came into my life.
My plan is to release this book somwhere in Port Macquqrie, Being where I grew up I thought it would be the perfect place to let my book go.
CAUGHT IN SYDNEY NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA
book rating: 8/10

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