Where I live it’s rare to see a bookcrossing book get released. I set bookcrossing to notify me whenever a book near me was released, but I never got any notifications, and the few times that I did I noticed them a day too late.

So I decided to start looking outside of my area, where I’d have to travel a bit. I drove a few times to places up to an hour away and I’d always miss the books. But I finally noticed two books had only been released 2 hours ago and were 45 minutes away, so I hoped I could catch them on time. And I finally did!