For a start
I finally got all my release notes done! Here’s the list:
1 April
Auckland:
The Flint Knife by EF Benson
San Francisco:
Female Friends by Fay Weldon (caught!)
The Story of Benjamin Bee by Pat Wynnejones
2 April
San Francisco:
Another Amy by Marilyn Kaye
Whose Side Are You On? by Alan Gibbons
Midshipman Quinn by Showell Styles (caught!)
The Zucchini Warriors by Gordon Korman
Fort Mason Hostel book exchange shelf:
Well-Versed Cats by Lance Percival
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
The House of Thunder by Dean R Koontz
Den Du Ikke Ser by Mari Jungstedt
Zelfportret met Litteken by Roman Frister
The Kin by Peter Dickinson
3 April
Pacifica:
The Alleluia Files by Sharon Shinn
Mystery Spot:
X Marks the Spot by Joan de Hamel
Amazing Hoaxes and Frauds by Peter Eldin
Santa Cruz:
Roadies by Ted Ottley
Ventura:
Cross Fire by James Moloney
Helicopter Pilot by Michael Cox
4 April
Santa Monica Pier:
Pier Pressure by Francess Lantz
Focus and the Death Ride by Ken Catran (near the rides)
Los Angeles:
Flashback by Gilian Rubinstein (a book about a film horse, left on a star on Hollywood Boulevard)
5 April
Las Vegas:
Simple Genius by David Baldacci
Nevada:
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
How to Train a Boy by Jacqueline Carrol
Arizona:
Longitude by Dava Sobel
A Theory of Relativity by Jacqueline Mitchard
6 April
Walnut Canyon:
April Lady by Georgette Heyer
7 April
Roswell:
X-Files: X Marks the Spot by Les Martin (caught!)
Visitors by Caroline Macdonald
Singing the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman
8 April
Texas:
Bed and Breakfast by Lois Battle (in a motel)
Stars by Margaret Clark
10 April
Louisiana:
Cairo Jim on the Trail to Chacha Muchas by Geoffrey McSkimming
Alabama:
Knitwits by William Taylor
Florida:
The Black Stallion and the Stranger by Walter Farley
Cora Ravenwing by Gina Wilson
11 April
Disney World:
Paddy McCann, Time Shifter by Bronwyn Blake
12 April
NotSo Hostel, Charleston:
Lonely Planet: Texas
The Roar of the Crowd by Rich Wallace
Tödliche Erbschaft by Bruce Alexander
Stolen by Lesley Pearse
Me, Myself and Why? by Mary Janice Davidson
Le Premier Jour by Marc Levy
China White by Peter Maas
Seitsemännen Portaan Enkeli by Frank McCourt
Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
Glad News of the Natural World by TR Pearson
Autografjägaren by Zadie Smith
The Big Picture by Ben Carson
Masking Terror by Alex Argenti-Pillen
The Twenty-Seventh City by Jonathan Franzen
13 April
Charleston:
Two-Minute Mysteries by Donald J Sobol
Goodbye Toss by Diana Noonan
14 April
Blue Ridge Parkway:
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
15 April
Washington DC:
Spin Control by Niki Burnham (Press Club)
Fern Flips by AF Jones
Gemma Jame’s American Adventure by Mick Gowar
Cody’s Varsity Rush by Todd Hafer
Shelter Me by Juliette Fay (caught!)
American Bears by Theodore Roosevelt
Crystal City:
Tree by Leaf by Cynthia Voight (in a cherry tree)
Linger by Maggie Stiefrater
16 April
Washington DC:
Dinosaurs by Sarah Walker (Natural History Museum)
The Eggbox Brontosaurus by Michael Denton (Natural History Museum)
Weather or Not by Francess Lantz
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (caught!)
Starbucked by Taylor Clark (in Starbucks)
The Person
ality of the Cat edited by Brandt Aymar
The Cherry Blossom Corpse by Robert Barnard (in a cherry tree)
In the Place of Fallen Leaves by Tim Pears
Velocity by Dean Koontz (in a taxi)
Soldier’s Duty by Thomas E Ricks
The Story of the United States Flag by Wyatt Blassingame
George Washington and the General’s Dog by Frank Murphy
101 Things You Didn’t Know About Einstein by Cynthia Phillips (on Einstein’s statue)
17 April
National Zoo:
A Day at the Zoo by Donna Bryant
The Cattle Raid of Cooley by David Ross
On the Lion’s Side by Ann Pilling
The Golden Monkey and the Duel of the Daemons by Kay Woodward
Find the Bugs by Leslie Eckard
The Worst Soccer Team Ever by William Taylor
Forbidden Secrets by RL Stine
The Walking Stones by Mollie Hunter
The Mona-Lisa Mix-Up by Maureen McCarthy
The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Patricia Pingry
Mandie and the Trunk’s Secret by Lois Gladys Leppard (caught!)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The World of Amphibians and Reptiles
The Best Cat Ever by Cleveland Amory
Murder Most Beastly by Melissa Cleary
The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat
Paws for Alarm by Marian Babson
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins
Creature by John Saul
The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Patricia Pingry
The Best of Slate edited by David Plotz
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Remembered by Tamera Alexander
He Will Go Fearless by Laurie Lawlor
Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen
Sucker Bet by James Swain
18 April
Alexandria:
Scotland Yard Detective by Seymour Reit
Secret of the Ninja by Jay Leibold