Wild Catches
Wild Catches for melydia (date, book, location, time between release and catch) [major location jump]:
- 2 November 2003: Taltos by Anne Rice in Gaithersburg, Maryland (same day)
- 4 March 2004: Wyrms by Orson Scott Card in Washington, DC (3 days)
- 10 March 2004: A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking in Arlington, Virginia (1 day)
- 14 June 2004: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle in Arlington, Virginia (8 months)
- 6 July 2005: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff in Alexandria, Virginia (2 weeks)
- 22 July 2006: Indelible by Karin Slaughter in Springfield, Virginia (1 week)
- 24 April 2006: Myth-ion Improbable by Robert Asprin in Monticello, Illinois (4 days)
- 1 May 2006: Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. by Robert Asprin in St. Leonard, Maryland (2 days)
- 12 March 2007: Sixth Column by Robert Heinlein in Vienna, Virginia (2 days)
- 19 March 2007: Dave Barry in Cyberspace by Dave Barry in Springfield, Virginia (12 days)
- 10 August 2007: Aggressor by Nick Cook in Baltimore, Maryland (3 weeks)
- 29 September 2007: The Codex by Douglas Preston in Brownsburg, Indiana (5 days)
- 16 October 2007: The Eternal Mercenary by Barry Sadler in Vienna, Virginia (2 weeks)
- 28 November 2007: Full Moon Magic by various in Arlington, Virginia (8 weeks)
- 20 February 2008: Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in Centreville, Virginia (2 days)
- 12 March 2008: Cuckoo’s Egg by Clifford Stoll in Centreville, Virginia (3 weeks)
- 24 March 2008: Shadows by John Saul in Alexandria, Virginia (3 days)
- 26 March 2008: The Pearl by John Steinbeck in Springfield, Virginia (same day)
- 29 March 2008: Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher in Chantilly, Virginia (1 day)
- 12 April 2008: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt in Alexandria, Virginia (same day)
- 27 April 2008: Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt in Kensington, Maryland (same day)
- 27 April 2008: Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Weiss in Kensington, Maryland (same day)
- 27 April 2008: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold in Kensington, Maryland (same day) [MD->FL]
- 2 May 2008: Led Astray by Sandra Brown in Vienna, Virginia (2 weeks) [VA->DC->TX]
- 9 May 2008: Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman in Kensington, Maryland (12 days) [MD->MI]
- 10 May 2008: The Reivers by William Faulkner in Vienna, Virginia (6 days)
- 16 May 2008: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells in Manassas, Virginia (2 weeks)
- 2 June 2008: The Killing Bee by Matt Witten in Centreville, Virginia (11 months)
- 7 June 2008: A Million Little Pieces by James Frey in Centreville, Virginia (3 months)
- 9 June 2008: Soft Focus by Jayne Ann Krentz in Falls Church, Virginia (1 day)
- 1 July 2008 : What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg in London, Ohio (1 day)
- 7 July 2008: What Do You Care What Other People Think? by Richard Feynman in Dallas, Texas (4 weeks) [TX->PA]
- 17 July 2008: Skeletons in the Closet by Bill Pomidor in Alexandria, Virginia (4 days)
- 24 August 2008: False Impression by Jeffrey Archer on I-95 in Maryland (same day)
- 30 August 2008: Serpico by Peter Maas in Fort Belvoir, Virginia (3 months)
- 27 September 2008: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns in Centreville, Virginia (same day)
- 27 September 2008: Life’s Little Instruction Book II by Jr. H. Jackson Brown in Washington, DC (same day)
- 27 September 2008: The Hand of Chaos by Margaret Weis in Fairfax, Virginia (2 weeks)
- 28 September 2008: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier in Fairfax, Virginia (1 day)
- 2 October 2008: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns in Washington, DC (4 days)
- 6 October 2008: Lucky by Alice Sebold in Annandale, Virginia (same day)
- 8 October 2008: Rose Madder by Stephen King in Centreville, Virginia (17 days)
- 9 October 2008: The Color Purple by Alice Walker in Fairfax, Virginia (3 weeks)
- 14 October 2008: Murder at the FBI by Margaret Truman in Washington, DC (3 weeks)
- 17 October 2008: Dragon Ball Z vol. 14 by Akira Toriyama in Arlington, Virginia (1 week)
- 18 October 2008: Pretence by Roberta Leigh in Centreville, Virginia (1 month)
- 22 October 2008: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns in Centreville, Virginia (same day)
- 31 October 2008: Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver in Rockville, Maryland (4 weeks) [MD->DC]
- 12 November 2008: The Sentinel by Jeffrey Konvitz in Alexandria, Virginia (4 weeks) [VA->FL]
- 27 December 2008: Iris by William Barton and Michael Capobianco in Centreville, Virginia (1 day)
- 24 January 2009: I Will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein in Fairfax, Virginia (4 days)
- 26 January 2009: The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom in Greenfield, Massachusetts (1 day)
- 27 January 2009: Fire Starter by Stephen King in Clifton, Virginia (17 days)
- 13 February 2009: Under Pressure by Frank Herbert in Centreville, Virginia (almost 2 months)
- 23 February 2009: The Copper Crown by Patricia Kennealy in Clifton, Virginia (6 weeks)
- 29 March 2009: The Crystal Masque by Frank Faruolo in Haymarket, Virginia (2 days)
- 10 April 2009: The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen in Clifton, Virginia (3 months)
- 18 April 2009: Leaving Cold Sassy by Olive Ann Burns in Centreville, Virginia (1 day)
- 18 April 2009: Five Stages of Greek Religion by Gilbert Murray in Washington, DC (same day)
- 19 April 2009: Streams of Silver by R.A. Salvatore in Washington, DC (1 day)
- 20 April 2009: Permanent Address by Lorna Knowles Blake in McLean, Virginia (18 days)
- 20 April 2009: NYPD Blue: Blue Blood by Max Allan Collins in Washington, DC (2 days)
- 24 April 2009: Long Lavender Look by John D. MacDonald in Washington, DC (5 days)
- 21 May 2009: Purr-fect Crime by Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh in Washington, DC (1 year, 8 months)
- 7 June 2009: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris in Fairfax, Virginia (1 day)
- 23 June 2009: The Omega Cage by Steve Perry in Charlottesville, Virginia (5.5 months)
- 1 July 2009: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in Silver Spring, Maryland (4 days)
- 12 July 2009: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin in Centreville, Virginia (1 day)
- 16 June 2009: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck in Alexandria, Virginia (1 week)
- 26 July 2009: Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor in Morgantown, West Virginia (3 weeks) [WV->ME]
- 5 August 2009: Three Complete Novels by John Brunner in Alexandria, Virginia (less than a day)
- 5 August 2009: Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips in Kensington, Maryland (1 year, 3 months) [MD->DC]
- 16 August 2009: Terrible Times by Philip Ardagh in Washington, DC (same day)
- 17 August 2009: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card in Centreville, Virginia (1 day)
- 17 August 2009: The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White in Washington, DC (1 day)
- 18 August 2009: Dreadful Acts by Philip Ardagh in Washington, DC (2 days)
- 20 August 2009: How Goes the Murder? by Ellery Queen in Washington, DC (4 days) [DC->NY]
- 23 August 2009: The Book of Presidents by Orville W. Webster in Washington, DC (1 week)
- 13 September 2009: Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (1 day)
- 14 September 2009: Wild and Wonderful by Janet Dailey in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (2 days)
- 17 September 2009: Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills in Centreville, Virginia (same day)
- 19 September 2009: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston in Reston, Virginia (4 weeks)
- 2 November 2009: X, Band 6 by Clamp in Arlington, Virginia (1 year, 1 month) [VA->TN]
- 11 January 2010: Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien in Alexandria, Virginia (10 days)
- 21 January 2010: EverQuest Player’s Handbook by Sword and Sorcery Studio in Baltimore, Maryland (4 weeks) [MD->OR]
- 14 February 2010: Peace Like a River by Lief Enger in Herndon, Virginia (same day)
- 19 Februrary 2010: Cats are from Venus, Dogs are from Hell by Hallmark in Washington, DC (4 weeks)