Timeline of Booktrovert.org

• 1997: Grandma Suki gets the internet. Guestbook launched. No one knows how to delete entries.
• 1998: First user refers to the site as “bookpervert.” The mods do not respond. Possibly because there are no mods.
• 1999: Cathy in Tulsa proposes an Oprah’s Book Club support group. Rice krispie treats reportedly mailed but never confirmed.
• 2000: Jim, a library security officer, reports cryptic notes in the book return bin. We print his comment and hang it in the break room.
• 2001: Shelly staples a printout of the homepage to her workplace corkboard. Community outreach officially begins.
• 2004: Entire site disappears for 7 months. When it returns, no one mentions it. We assume it went through something.
• 2005: “Books And Donuts” forms in a gas station parking lot. Still meeting, we think.
• 2010: A user identifies as “Unnamed Entity” and claims the books whisper. We listen. Nothing happens.
• 2015: Guestbook enters existential phase. Entries become increasingly cryptic. “nothing matters lol” marks stylistic shift.
• 2017: Someone leaves a book in a tree. We look for it. We do not find it. But we keep looking.
• 2021: The Library Rat gnaws through the archives. Declares them “weak but respectable.” No edits made.
• 2023: Idaho Paul makes a bumper sticker. No one honks. Emotional damage: moderate.
• 2024: The site prepares to update its interface. Project quietly abandoned.
• 2025 (March): Randy from the Future begins leaving warnings. No one knows who he is. He has a small but devoted following.
• 2025 (April): Milk uncurdles. The Ghost of Mark Twain haunts twice as hard. Site traffic up 800% due to intense confusion.

I was there,

Booktrovert #1