To All Kind Hosts...
Canada
Pseudo_Intellectual- Vancouver.
Arrived January 21, 2003 - Departed February 3, 2003
Cosmyre - Regina, Sk
Arrived February 7, 2003 - Departed February 12, 2003
momo Ontario, Canada
Arrived- February 21, 2003 -Departed- March 15, 2003
Asia
Squalor Anhui province, China
Arrived- March 26, 2002 - Departed -April 6, 2003.
Dystopian Autocrat Suncheon, South Korea.
Arrived April 14,2003 - Departed April 28, 2003.
liontamer - Ariake, Nagasaki, Japan
Arrived May 5,2003 - Departed May 14, 2003.
Europe
HamsterMan- Winchester, Hampshire, England
Arrived May 22,2003 - Departed May 29, 2003.
Hexter- Winchester/London, England
Arrived May 29, 2003- Departed May 31, 2003.
wrinkly- London, England.
Arrived June 3, 2003- Departed June 6, 2003.
trembling- London, England.
Arrived June 8, 2003- Departed July 23, 2003.
elem_125- Bristol, UK .
Arrived circa August 30 - Departed September 2, 2003.
The Debutante - Bristol, UK .
Arrived September 9, 2003- Departed September 13, 2003, 2003.
lemur - Bristol, UK
Arrived September 13, 2003- Departed October 3, 2003
arieh
Arrived October 3, 2003- Departed October 3, 2003-
slyph - Durham, United Kingdom.
Arrived November 2, 2003- Departed January 19, 2004
diotina and Oolong- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Arrived March 3, 2004- Departed March 29,2004.
Lometa - Tucson, AZ
Arrived May 10, 2004- Departed May 24, 2004.
Albert Herring - Nottingham, UK
Arrived June 1, 2004- Departed October 24, 2004.
wertperch - Nottingham, UK
Arrived July 8th, 2004.
darl - Bowden, UK
Arrived October 25 - Departed October 26, 2004.
blondino - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands
Arrived November 2, 2004 - Departed November 20,2005.
sloebertje - Delft, Netherlands
Arrived November 25, 2004 - Departed December 9, 2004.
toalight - Oslo, Norway
Arrived December 11, 2004 - Departed January 15, 2005.
Linca- Paris, France
Arrived January 19, 2005 - Departed February 24, 2005.
siren - The Netherlands.
Arrived March 04, 2005 - Departed July 8, 2005.
Siobhan - Bern, Switzerland
Arrived July 18, 2005 - Departed August 1, 2005.
Africa
joes3029 - Hilton, South Africa.
Arrived August 10, 2005 - circa September 15
New Zealand
Demeter - Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Arrived September 23,2005 - Departed October 25,2005
United States
momomom - Laurel, MD, United States
Arrived October 30, 2005 - Departed December 29,2005.
Scribe - Funkstown, MD
Arrived January 13,2006 - Departed Janaury 24, 2006.
Serjeant's Muse - Hoboken, NJ
Arrived January 29, 2006 - Departed February 6, 2006 .
yclept - Flemington, NJ
Arrived - Departed March 21, 2006.
Chiisuta- Brighton, MA
Arrived circa April 1, 2006 - Departed circa April 21,2006 .
RangyJoeyHondo - Lambertville NJ
Arrived April 26, 2006 - Departed May 12, 2006. .
… and Patient Noders waiting,
United States
Laura Elizabeth- Bridgeport, CT
Chras4 - East Granby, CT
magicmanzach - Longmeadow, MA.
GrouchyOldMan - Cape Cod, MA
equinoctial- Somerville, MA
3Suns- Newton, MA
apraetor - Worcester, MA
The Custodian - Boston, MA willing to shoulder shipping to 'tee off'
the book to a faraway land!
thyme - Vancouver, Washington
Joyquality - Portland, OR
TanisNikana - Dundee, OR
Ereneta - Oakland, CA
bindlenix - Berkeley, CA
riverrun - Pasadena, CA
trainman - North Hollywood, CA
atlas - Santa Barbara, CA
cami - Santa Barbara, CA
l00dD00d- Mankato,MN
izubachi - Madison, WI
LaggedyAnne - Saint Louis, Missouri
Oni no Ng - Swartz Creek, MI
borgo- Columbus, Ohio
Transitional Man - Columbus, Ohio
novasoy - Louisville, KY.
sauth- New Orleans, LA
Mitzi - Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
(I will send it on its way with COOKIES.)
dutchess - Charlottesville, VA.
Maylith- Manassas, VA.
JediBix783 - Washington DC
Australia
La petite mort - Melbourne, Victoria
The Cigarette Smoking Sock - Melbourne, Victoria
Orpheum - Canberra
Taliesin's Muse- Sydney, New South Wales
It is with deep sadness that I announce that after nearly four years of world travels, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis has been forced to retire. The last I know is that our beloved book was on its way to Sondheim. I have messaged him a number of times in May, June, as well as July and he has logged on and failed to reply. I also sent him an email at the beginning of August and still no response.
First of all I would like to give credit, accolades, and kudos to everyone on the above list for stepping forward in partnership with the Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis project. It grew beyond my wildest imaginings and was quite overwhelmed with all of your wonderful responses!
Unfortunately I must acknowledge that the book has been lost or stolen and it is the breaking of my heart. I would like to thank all of you who took the time to host the book, especially the folks who day logged and posted comments at bookcrossing.com. Special notes of appreciation go out to Pseudo_Intellectual for such a wonderful launch in 2003, diotina for her kind effort in getting the author Wendy Cope to sign it and finally most of all to avjewe for making a Secret Santa Wish come true.
For those who might be interested, the book has been registered at bookcrossing (external link). A number of noders wrote about their experiences with the book and posted pictures.
One final request, atlas kept track of the book's mileage for several years for which I am deeply appreciative. His most recent odometer reading was MCFKA's visit with toalight. At that time the total was 27,831 miles. I am mathematically challenged and it would be nice to have a Grand Total. Please message me with it if you have the time to figure one out. I would like to add it to the write up.
Loving regards,
Lo
IWhoSawTheFace says re September 1, 2006: So... what's the next book? (and) You were a doll for having hosted this thing for so long. It was a part of your life for three years. Amazing.
jessicapierce says re September 1, 2006: my word. wow.
RangyJoeyHondo says I wish he had/would make some sound...
Chras4 says re: 9/1/06 That is truly a shame, it has been stalled up...I hope it's something as simple as...the book was sent to a college address and he's not back to college yet... I am not ready to accept it's GONE yet...but then, I don't suppose I'm very good at letting go easily. (I hope you're right!) I was at the point where I was more looking forward to reading the previous's readers thoughts.
Serjeant's Muse says ok, now I am sad because you'll never see all the *amazing* notes that were left for you in Kingsley Amis. There was a poem, early on, about engineers(external link). In colored pencils (blue and yellow) I drew you a suspension bridge with a backlit sunset. On the margin (in black and red) I wrote you the the equations balacning the forces at the corners. We deal with words oh so often, I thought a picture would make an appropriate foil. Sorry you lost your book... Cheers, Serjeant's Muse. (I'm sad too. How kind of you to take the time to create such a neat gift. I wish I could have seen all that sweet noder love.)
Jet-Poop says I was sorry to hear that the travels of the book came to an end. We will chase Sondheim down and hit him with a live librarian!
DejaMorgana says Sorry to hear about your book. Hopefully this isn't the end. This is actually the reason why i never asked to take part in that deal - i am notoriously unreliable about sending packages off when they need to be sent, and i almost definitely would have stalled the book's travels for a while.
The Debutante says re September 1, 2006: You know, it seems such a long time since I opened the package bearing the book. Life has changed in many ways. I think it makes me simultaneously happy and sad. Thank you.
sloebertje says re September 1, 2006: I'm very sorry to hear the book was lost... it was such a great project. I'm hoping it will turn up after all.
bipolarbear Oh, jolly sad about the book being lost! It was a fab project, and I enjoyed being part of it. Thanks. :)
etouffee says congrats on the Martin Amis effort--- a remarkable achievement...truly....no one has mentioned how this small gesture has brought this community together...so I shall thank you Lo. God bless
2007-01-25@17:58 Pseudo_Intellectual says re September 1, 2006: dag. still, that's a more exciting life than most books can hope for 8)