I had been invited to join ~ even though I am an American.
I find that I more closely align with Brit's in their ways of thinking ~ and I tend to be more formal in speech and thought pattern than most other American's I come across. (In America... LOL I have to admit ~ I come across A LOT of American's. Go figure.) *grin*
Besides ~ the BookCrossing Yahoo list (USA version) has lots of forms of nastiness running through it. Ick.