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Bookrings I started:

(PM me if you're interested, but many of them seem to have stalled... would very much welcome PM's about reviving them as well, please!)

Title	Author	Where it's at now	As at	Where it's going next	Scope
Bel Canto	Ann Patchett	Replacement copy with soulbalm, who's finished the book (loved it) and actually met the author at the Edinburgh festival!	17 August 2008	mlbish	International
Call After Midnight	Tess Gerritsen	Received a message from chelseagirl to say the book was definitely posted on to Rillaith some weeks ago...	16 April 2007	Rillaith dixxy-D brunton11	International
Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire	Amanda Foreman	rosiewhippet has sent it on its way to the next reader.	3 March 2008	etripney	UK
Fahrenheit 451	Ray Bradbury	soulbalm may not start reading it for a week or two (or three) as she has another bookring book to read and also a book to read for her book group (which is next week! Eeeeks!) She's looking forward to it though.	5 September 2007	caffcaff katisha50 dark-draco archai bigcurlyloz	UK
Astonishing Splashes of Colour	Clare Morrall	cnfotp just unpacked this book; will pass it on in the next couple of days and sincerely apologise for the various hold-ups.	4 May 2007	moontree (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) flanners (Havant, Hampshire, UK) clairemagnolia (Blackpool, Lancashire) martinburo (Norwich, Norfolk)	UK
Carter Beats the Devil	Glen David Gold	riverwillow (Beckenham, Kent, UK) has just received this book - typically - when there is an essay due, so planning to hide it somewhere safe so as not to be tempted to read it and get on with the essay.	30 March 2007	DianeO (Chesterfield, Derbyshire) ellie02 (Southampton, Hampshire)	UK
Vernon God Little	DBC Pierre	riverwillow (Beckenham, Kent, UK) collected this yesterday from the sorting office, hoping to get this read and back on the move soon as I am really looking forward to reading this one.	1 July 2007	Due to come home to me next.	UK
I Count: Your step-by-step guide to climate bliss	Stop Climate Chaos	Molyneux (Oxford) had forgotten all about joining this ring, so it was a nice surprise when she found this on her desk at work!	5 September 2008	PurpleElephant (Cambridge) Blaze30 (Lancaster, Lancashire) Tregossip (St Austell, Cornwall)	UK
Tales of the City (six book spiral)	Armistead Maupin	First book arrived home with me this morning.	2 February 2008	Astrofiammante (London, UK) - left the spiral, May 2007 PeaMartian(Durham, UK) Candy-is-dandy (Great Bardfield, Essex, United Kingdom) - left the spiral, July 2007 Tingray (London, United Kingdom) Tarna (Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland) LeishaCamden (Oslo, Oslo fylke, Norway) unknowncritic (North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) alexialeigh (Archer City, Texas, USA) - left the spiral, February 2008 ealasaidmae (Saint Albans, West Virginia, USA)	International
		Second book arrived home with me this morning.	18 March 2008
		Third book arrived home with me yesterday.	28 May 2008
		Fourth book back home on its shelf.	22 July 2008
		The fifth book arrived at unknowncritic's door (North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) safe and sound!	20 July 2008
		The sixth book arrived in LeishaCamden's mailbox today.	15 May 2008
The Ten Word Game	Jonathan Gash	ldpaulson called it "a rollicking good read for a holiday weekend."	29 May 2007	VLR (London) Amanida (Chertsey, Surrey, UK)	International
Archangel	Robert Harris	On its way to benacre (Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK).	3 February 2007	VLR (London) juliako (Birmingham, UK) LindyLouMac (Italy)	International
L.A.Noir: The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy	James Ellroy	On its way to Lambkin (Coventry, West Midlands, UK).	22 February 2007	VLR (London, UK) brunton11 (Salford, Greater Manchester, UK)	UK
My Dark Places	James Ellroy	On its way to Lambkin (Coventry, West Midlands, UK).	22 February 2007	YowlYY (Nottingham, UK) juliako (Birmingham, UK)	UK

Bookrings that have come home to me:

Title	Author	Where it went	Average score	Date it came home	Where it's at now
The Undomestic Goddess	Sophie Kinsella	mellowdaisy(Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK) miriamsemail(Sutton, Surrey, UK) loopy1(Herne Bay, Kent, UK) BabyFlylady(Driffield, East Yorkshire, UK) Ruey(Birmingham, UK) Tazzell(Laurencekirk, Scotland) safrolistics(Coventry, West Midlands, UK)	7.2	5 December 2006	Travelling!
Classic Adventures	Spike Milligan	CaterinaAnna(Coventry, UK)	7	17 December 2006	TBR
Beneath the Diamond Sky	Christopher Wakling	CaterinaAnna(Coventry, UK) Triggerfish(Edinburgh, UK)	7	17 January 2007	TBR
Oranges are not the Only Fruit	Jeanette Winterson	carriehhh(Bristol, UK) purpleskybaby(Manchester, UK) wilksie(Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK) StoryChaser(Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK) bandaids(Southampton, Hampshire, UK) "stalled" and then rescued by symphonicca, by adding us to her ray: see new journal entry fushmush(London, UK)	7.3	24 March 2007	TBR
Grass for His Pillow	Lian Hearn	fushmush(London)	8	27 March 2007	TBR
A Small Death in Lisbon	Robert Wilson	veganknitter, UK Iojima, France Adia415, USA ThursdayN, Sweden LindyLouMac, Vetralla, Italy ldpaulson, Ventura, California, USA	7.3	10 April 2007	TBR
Across the Nightingale Floor	Lian Hearn	CaterinaAnna(Coventry, UK) fushmush(London) Ardachy(Avoch, Scotland)	7.3	April 2007	TBR
Lucky	Alice Sebold	mellowdaisy(Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, UK) KLL(Kingston Upon Thames, Greater London, UK) VauxhallCross er(London, UK) dolph1n(Chester, Cheshire, UK) itch2stitch(Selby, North Yorkshire, UK) bigcurlyloz(Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, UK) wickedlazy(Wickford, Essex, UK) isisjem(Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) milkeyway(Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA) dicentra-tn(Nashville, Tennessee, USA)	8.375	30 May 2007	TBR
The God of Small Things	Arundhati Roy	FabClaire (Malvern, Worcestershire, UK) juliako (Birmingham, UK) lane1088 (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA) followdream (Riederalp, Valais/Wallis, Switzerland) nawoo82 (Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France)	6.6	29 August 2007	TBR
The Republic of Love	Carol Shields	itch2stitch (Selby, North Yorkshire, UK) lucyc58 (Harlow, Essex, UK) pennydainty (Dunecht, Scotland, UK) arturogrande (Coalville, Leicestershire, UK)	7.3	3 October 2007	TBR
A Thousand Acres	Jane Smiley	Cross-patch (Leicester, UK) celticseahorse (Newquay, Cornwall, UK) juliako (Birmingham, UK) Tarna (Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland) followdream (Riederalp, Valais/Wallis, Switzerland) klaradyn (Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa)	8	15 November 2007	TBR and reserved for Heaven-Ali
The Stone Diaries	Carol Shields	itch2stitch (Selby, North Yorkshire, UK) lucyc58 (Harlow, Essex, UK) pennydainty (Dunecht, Scotland, UK) arturogrande (Coalville, Leicestershire, UK) followdream (Riederalp, Valais/Wallis, Switzerland) Wandering-B (Tai Po, Hong Kong)	7.6	15 November 2007	TBR
Hour Game	David Baldacci	calalilly MissTerry (Germany) LindyLouMac (Italy) Bookworm-lady (Madrid, Spain) bluecat07 (Oberursel, Hessen, Germany) BigBlueMarble (Maryland, USA) snoopy56 (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, UK)	7	6 December 2008	TBR
Nineteen Eighty-four	George Orwell	CaterinaAnna (Coventry, West Midlands, UK) Cyzaki (Newport, Shropshire, UK) dolph1n (Chester, Cheshire, UK) krustybabe18 (Plymouth, Devon, UK) Withoutwings (Seminole, Florida, USA) stubee (Bury, Lancashire, UK) Spike1972 (Cardiff, Wales) molekilby (BRITHDIR, Wales)	7.7	9 December 2007	PC
A History of the World In 10½ Chapters	Julian Barnes	Izzles(Southampton, Hampshire, UK)	6	Didn't come home... got lost in the post and replaced... see next item!	TBR
A History of the World In 10½ Chapters	Julian Barnes	Pakasanelly (Colchester, Essex, UK) Amanida (Chertsey, Surrey, UK)	7	10 January 2008	TBR
Icarus	Russell Andrews	sunlightbub (West Kirby, Merseyside, UK) bigcurlyloz (Glasgow, UK) Twynnie (Faversham, Kent, UK) notingnothing (Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK) Yesterdaysgirl (Frimley, Surrey, UK)	6.5	23 January 2008	TBR
Tales of the City	Armistead Maupin	Astrofiammante (London, UK) PeaMartian (Durham, UK) Candy-is-dandy (Great Bardfield, Essex, United Kingdom) Tingray (London, United Kingdom) Tarna (Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland) LeishaCamden (Oslo, Oslo fylke, Norway) unknowncritic (North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) alexialeigh (Archer City, Texas, USA) ealasaidmae (Saint Albans, West Virginia, USA)	8.2	2 February 2008	PC
Gone	Kit Craig	notingnothing (Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK) VLR (London, UK) detailista (Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK)	0	8 March 2008	Travelling!
Underdogs	Rob Ryan	RonOren (Cambridge, UK) IoJima (Remuzat, Rhône-Alpes, France) LindyLouMac (Vetralla, Italy) iwanttobeinital (Belvedere Marittimo, Calabria, Italy)	7	25 February 2008	TBR
More Tales of the City	Armistead Maupin	Astrofiammante (London, UK) PeaMartian (Durham, UK) Candy-is-dandy (Great Bardfield, Essex, United Kingdom) Tingray (London, United Kingdom) Tarna (Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland) LeishaCamden (Oslo, Oslo fylke, Norway) unknowncritic (North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) ealasaidmae (Saint Albans, West Virginia, USA)	7.75	18 March 2008	PC
The Surrendered Wife	Laura Doyle	Laura0141 (Glasgow, UK) RubyBlueLady (Avebury, Wiltshire, UK)		Didn't come home... RubyBlueLady to release at her discretion.
Interpreter of Maladies	Jhumpa Lahiri	detailista (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) Amanida (Chertsey, UK) wyjane (Lt Wymondley, UK) Clairemagnolia (Blackpool, UK)	9	Didn't come home... got lost in the post and replaced... see next item!	TBR
Interpreter of Maladies	Jhumpa Lahiri	RDWirral (Wirral, UK) PeaMartian (Durham, UK)	10	9 May 2008	Reserved for Bibliocrates
Norwegian Wood	Haruki Murakami	Izzles (Southampton, Hampshire, UK) map-maker (Southampton, Hampshire, UK) arturogrande (Coalville, Leicestershire, UK) aubriel (Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK) Fran-kinstein (Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada)	8.5	9 May 2008	TBR
Further Tales of the City	Armistead Maupin	Astrofiammante (London, UK) PeaMartian (Durham, UK) Candy-is-dandy (Great Bardfield, Essex, United Kingdom) Tingray (London, United Kingdom) Tarna (Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland) LeishaCamden (Oslo, Oslo fylke, Norway) unknowncritic (North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) ealasaidmae (Saint Albans, West Virginia, USA)	7.4	27 May 2008	PC
Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out	Jason Hazeley, Robin Halstead, Joel Morris, Alex Morris	safrolistics (Coventry, UK) CaterinaAnna (Coventry, UK) ermintrude75 (Norwich, Norfolk, UK) Izzles (Southampton, Hampshire, UK) Plum-crazy (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, UK)	8	28 April 2008	TBR
Larry's Party	Carol Shields	itch2stitch (Selby, North Yorkshire, UK) lucyc58 (Harlow, Essex, UK) pennydainty (Dunecht, Scotland, UK) arturogrande (Coalville, Leicestershire, UK)	6.66	8 June 2008	TBR
Something wicked this way comes	Ray Bradbury	sunlightbub (West Kirby, Merseyside) knitnurse (Braintree, Essex) candy-is-dandy (Great Bardfield, Braintree, Essex) Mrsdanvers (Ely, Cambridgeshire) Tanamo (Hinckley, Leicestershire) notingnothing (Eastbourne, East Sussex) dark-draco (Ledbury, Herefordshire) CaterinaAnna (Coventry, West Midlands) darkhorse4460 (Wheatley, Oxfordshire) maidsmum (Belfast, Northern Ireland) microsquid (Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland) LindyLouMac Vetralla, Lazio, Italy)	7.3 (not including 5 who couldn't get into it)	3 January 2009	PC
Lirael	Garth Nix	perfect-circle (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK) Rebus5 (Canterbury, Kent, UK) Rebus5 (Canterbury, Kent, UK) Suedo's other half (Spennymoor, County Durham, UK) Suedo (Spennymoor, County Durham, UK) Cyzaki (Newport, Shropshire, UK) CaterinaAnna (Coventry, West Midlands, UK) candy-is-dandy (Great Bardfield, Essex, UK) dark-draco (Ledbury, Herefordshire, UK) tehuti (Nottingham, UK) KiwiinEngland (Dublin, Ireland) nifferdoodle (Dublin, Ireland)	8.3	Didn't come home... nifferdoodle to release at her discretion... last seen at The Long Stone Pub in Dublin, Ireland
Abhorsen	Garth Nix	perfect-circle (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK) KLL (Kingston Upon Thames, Greater London, UK) Suedo's other half Suedo Spennymoor, County Durham, UK) Cyzaki (Newport, Shropshire, UK) CaterinaAnna (Coventry, West Midlands, UK) candy-is-dandy(Great Bardfield, Essex, UK) dark-draco(Ledbury, Herefordshire, UK) tehuti (Nottingham, UK) KiwiinEngland (Dublin, Ireland) nifferdoodle (Dublin, Ireland)	8.4	Didn't come home... nifferdoodle to release at her discretion... last seen at The Long Stone Pub in Dublin, Ireland
Babycakes	Armistead Maupin	Astrofiammante (London, UK) PeaMartian (Durham, UK) Tingray (London, United Kingdom) Tarna (Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland) LeishaCamden (Oslo, Oslo fylke, Norway) unknowncritic (North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) ealasaidmae (Saint Albans, West Virginia, USA)	7.75	22 July 2008	PC

Bookrings that are waiting to start:

Note: new rings will be sent out gradually(PM me if you're interested).

Title	Author	List
Blood and Guts in High School Plus Two	Kathy Acker	ldpaulson(Ventura, California, USA)
Clean Break	Val McDermid	Beckydoré(Solihull, UK) brunton11(Salford, Greater Manchester, UK)
The Complete Stories Of Saki	Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)	ldpaulson(Ventura, California, USA)
Derailed	Jame s Siegel	Henk1977 (London, UK)
Lies, Inc.	Philip K. Dick	bigcurlyloz (Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK) mikime (Rome, Lazio, Italy) JeffsBeauty (Plainfield, Connecticut, USA) Lambkin (Coventry, UK) - note, moved to the end of the list because she's not been heard from for a little while
Lucky	Alice Sebold	RonOren (Cambridge, UK) TracyR (Cardiff, UK)
Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction	Timothy Gowers	ldpaulson(Ventura, California, USA)
Now Wait for Last Year	Philip K. Dick	bigcurlyloz, Swanage, Dorset, UK juliako, Birmingham, UK Amanida (Chertsey, Surrey, UK) mikime (Rome, Italy)
The Sandman: Dream Hunters	Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano	ldpaulson(Ventura, California, USA)

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