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In the spirit of BookCrossing, if you see any books on my AVL list that you are interested in, please let me know and I will send it to you free or for a trade ... domestic or international!

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The books I'd love to have are listed at Cliff's Wishlist Site:


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Updated 08FEB12

Books I've read in 2012:
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1. Juliet - Anne Fortier {Kindle} 2. The 30-Minute Wine Expert - Michael Sullivan {Kindle} 3. Mistress of Rome - Kate Quinn 4. The Mancode: Exposed - Rachel Thompson {Kindle} 5. The Snowman - Jo Nesbo 6. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern 7. Good Grief - Lolly Winston 8.

79 Books Read in 2011:
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1. Nantucket Nights - Elin Hilderbrand 2. A Summer Affair - Elin Hilderbrand 3. Wicked Greek for the Traveler - Howard Tomb [re-read] 4. Maybe This Time - Jennifer Crusie 5. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games trilogy: book 1) - Suzanne Collins 6. Catching Fire (Hunger Games trilogy: book 2) - Suzanne Collins 7. Mockingjay (Hunger Games trilogy: book 3) - Suzanne Collins 8. The Opposite of Me - Sarah Pekkanen 9. The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen 10. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen [re-read] 11. Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks 12. The Botticelli Secret - Marina Fiorato 13. Orange is the New Black - Piper Kerman 14. Nights of Rain and Stars - Maeve Binchy [re-read] 15. America Unchained - Dave Gorman 16. Songs of the Humpback Whale - Jodi Picoult 17. A Week at the Airport - Alain de Botton 18. Barefoot - Elin Hilderbrand 19. Top Ten Budapest - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 20. Top Ten Prague - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 21. Wish List - John Locke {Kindle} 22. Delirium - Lauren Oliver {Kindle} 23. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper - Diablo Cody {Kindle} 24. Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen 25. Snapshot Helsinki - Rick Steves {Kindle} 26. Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout 27. The Messenger of Athens - Anne Zouroudi 28. Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 11) - Charlaine Harris 29. Insight Pocket Guide Helsinki - Norman Renouf 30. Summer People - Elin Hilderbrand 31. The Colossus of Maroussi - Henry Miller 32. Blackberry Wine - Joanne Harris 33. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd 34. The Last Little Blue Envelope - Maureen Johnson {Kindle} 35. Silver Girl - Elin Hilderbrand 36. The Daughter of Siena - Marina Fiorato {Kindle} 37. Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult 38. The Witch's Daughter - Paula Brackston 39. The Lake of Dreams - Kim Edwards [incomplete / didn't like] 40. Top Ten Madrid - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 41. The Cat Who Went to Paris - Peter Gethers 42. Mad Love - Kirsty Brooks 43. Precious and the Puggies: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case (In Scots) - Alexander McCall Smith 44. The Postmistress - Sarah Blake 45. Overbite - Meg Cabot 46. Undead and Undermined (Queen Betsy book 10) - MaryJanice Davidson 47. The Zookeeper's Wife - Diana Ackerman {Kindle} 48. When You Were Mine - Elizabeth Noble {Kindle} 49. Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire (Book 1) - George R. R. Martin 50. The Sleepless Nanny - Christa Charter {Kindle} 51. Complete Without Kids - Ellen Walker {Kindle} 52. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver {Kindle} 53. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender {Kindle} 54. A Soft Place to Land - Susan Rebecca White 55. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides 56. Window Seat: Reading the Landscape from the Air - Gregory Dicum 57. Moon Called - Patricia Briggs 58. My Name is Memory - Ann Brashares 59. The Love Season - Elin Hilderbrand 60. Top Ten Amsterdam - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 61. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank {Kindle} 62. Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo {Kindle} 63. The Island - Elin Hilderbrand {Kindle} 64. City of Thieves - David Benioff 65. The Time of My Life - Cecelia Ahern 66. The Redbreast - Jo Nesbo 67. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer [re-read] 68. Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson 69. A Thousand Days in Venice - Marlena de Blasi 70. Honolulu - Alan Brennert 71. Entertaining Your Indoor Cat - Kevin Kelly 72. Our Little Kat King - Patrick McDonnell 73. Wreck the Halls - Jen Yates 74. The Exile of Sara Stevenson - Darci Hannah 75. Sisterhood Everlasting - Ann Brashares 76. Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner - Diana Gabaldon 77. Another Piece of My Heart - Jane Green 78. Snow Angels - James Thompson 79. Lucifer's Tears - James Thompson {Kindle}

70 Books Read in 2010:
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1. Q & A - Vikas Swarup 2. It's All Greek to Me - John Mole 3. An Echo in the Bone - Diana Gabaldon 4. The Thong Also Rises - Jennifer Leo 5. L'America - Martha McPhee 6. The Great Scot - Donna Kauffman 7. Travel as a Political Act - Rick Steves 8. A Reliable Wife - Robert Goolrick 9. In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson 10. The Shortest Distance Between Two Women - Kris Radish 11. Herself - Leslie Carroll 12. Wicked Greek for the Traveler - Howard Tomb 13. While My Sister Sleeps - Barbara Delinsky 14. Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter book #1) - Laurell K. Hamilton [incomplete / didn't like] 15. A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller - Frances Mayes 16. Jake & Mimi - Frank Baldwin 17. The Dog Who Rescues Cats - Philip Gonzalez and Leonore Fleischer 18. Straight Up and Dirty: A Memoir - Stephanie Klein 19. Bite Me; a Love Story - Christopher Moore 20. The Sex Lives of Cannibals; Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific - J. Maarten Troost 21. When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson 22. On Mystic Lake - Kristin Hannah 23. The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes 24. Capricornia - Xavier Herbert [incomplete / didn't like] 25. Spooky Little Girl - Laurie Notaro 26. Second Chance - Jane Green 27. Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson 28. Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay 29. My Fair Lazy - Jen Lancaster 30. Little Bee - Chris Cleave 31. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America - Bill Bryson 32. Rush Home Road - Lori Lansens 33. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson 34. Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella 35. The Book of Tomorrow - Cecelia Ahern 36. Chasing Harry Winston - Lauren Weisberger 37. Getting Stoned with Savages - J. Maarten Troost 38. The Glassblower of Murano - Marina Fiorato 39. Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 2) - Charlaine Harris 40. Somebody Else's Daughter - Elizabeth Brundage 41. Pets Who Want To Kill Themselves - Duncan Birmingham 42. Dracula, My Love - Syrie James 43. The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas 44. Lost & Found - Jacqueline Sheehan 45. Not the End of the World - Kate Atkinson 46. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 3) - Charlaine Harris 47. Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 4) - Charlaine Harris 48. Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 5) - Charlaine Harris 49. Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 6) - Charlaine Harris 50. All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 7) - Charlaine Harris 51. Undead and Unfinished (Queen Betsy series: book 9) - MaryJanice Davidson 52. From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 8) - Charlaine Harris 53. Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 9) - Charlaine Harris 54. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 55. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 10) - Charlaine Harris 56. The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl, Book 7) - Eoin Colfer 57. The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel - Diana Gabaldon 58. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood {Kindle} 59. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephenie Meyer 60. Sh*t My Dad Says - Justin Halpern 61. A Secret Kept - Tatiana de Rosnay {Kindle} 62. Dewey's Nine Lives - Vicki Myron 63. Crossing Paths - the BookCrossing novel - Debbie Robson 64. Insatiable - Meg Cabot 65. A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories) - Charlaine Harris 66. The Blue Bistro - Elin Hilderbrand 67. Knit the Season - Kate Jacobs 68. The Castaways - Elin Hilderbrand {Kindle} 69. It's Called a Breakup because it's Broken - Greg Behrendt & Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt [re-read] {Kindle} 70. The Beach Club - Elin Hilderbrand {Kindle}

55 Books Read in 2009:
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1. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (re-read) 2. The Island - Victoria Hislop 3. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown (re-read) 4. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak 5. What's a Ghoul to Do? - Victoria Laurie 6. Elvis Takes a Back Seat - Leanna Ellis 7. Isaac's Storm - Erik Larson 8. Knit Two - Kate Jacobs 9. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah 10. Getting Personal - Chris Manby 11. The Host - Stephenie Meyer 12. Zorba the Greek - Nikos Kazantzakis 13. The Next Thing on My List - Jill Smolinski 14. The Year of Fog - Michelle Richmond 15. Evening Class - Maeve Binchy 16. Brussels, Bruges and Antwerp, Belgium - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 17. Pretty in Plaid - Jen Lancaster 18. Top Ten Venice, Italy - DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 19. Things I want My Daughters to Know - Elizabeth Noble 20. The Help - Kathryn Stockett 21. Skin Deep - Karol Griffin 22. The City of Falling Angels - John Berendt 23. Do Penguins Have Knees? - David Feldman 24. Bobby Gold - Anthony Bourdain 25. Happiness Sold Separately - Lolly Winston 26. The Third Tower Up from the Road - Kevin Dolgin 27. Handle with Care - Jodi Picoult 28. One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Train its Human - Celia Haddon 29. Fool - Christopher Moore 30. Undead and Unwelcome - MaryJanice Davidson 31. The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova 32. Five Things I Can't Live Without - Holly Shumas 33. This Charming Man - Marian Keyes 34. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown 35. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening - L.J. Smith 36. The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle - L.J. Smith 37. Cake Wrecks (the book) - Jen Yates 38. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse series: book 1) - Charlaine Harris 39. Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult 40. The Return Journey - Maeve Binchy 41. The Return - Victoria Hislop [incomplete] 42. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Shaffer & Barrows 43. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt 44. The New Moon Illustrated Movie Companion - Mark Cotta Vaz 45. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger 46. Homer's Odyssey - Gwen Cooper 47. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold 48. Traveling with Pomegranates - Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor 49. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson 50. The Girl who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson 51. The Gift - Cecelia Ahern 52. Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton 53. The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein 54. Moloka'i - Alan Brennert 55. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Stieg Larsson

60 Books Read in 2008:
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1. Spellbound - Jane Green 2. Cats' Letters to Santa - Bill Adler 3. Queen of Babble - Meg Cabot 4. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson 5. The Same Sweet Girls - Cassandra King 6. Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom 7. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation - Lauren Willig 8. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler 9. Better than Chocolate - Susan Waggoner 10. The Friendship Test - Elizabeth Noble 11. Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA - Kris Radish 12. The Friday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs 13. Undead and Unemployed - MaryJanice Davidson 14. The Ten O'Clock Horses - Laurie Graham 15. The Mathematics of Love - Emma Darwin 16. Highlander Unbound - Julia London 17. Undead and Unappreciated - MaryJanice Davidson 18. Undead and Unreturnable - MaryJanice Davidson 19. Undead and Unpopular - MaryJanice Davidson 20. Undead and Uneasy - MaryJanice Davidson 21. Joyride - Lindsay Faith Rech 22. Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella 23. Can You Keep a Secret? - Sophie Kinsella (audio book) 24. One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson 25. Sickened - Julie Gregory 26. Talk Before Sleep - Elizabeth Berg 27. Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner 28. Such a Pretty Fat ... - Jen Lancaster 29. Anybody Out There - Marian Keyes 30. Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern 31. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips 32. Catching Genius - Kristy Kiernan 33. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris 34. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris 35. Not Without My Sister - Jones, Jones & Buhring 36. The Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks - Steven Stavropoulos 37. Greece and the Greek Islands - Martin Howard 38. Derik's Bane - MaryJanice Davidson 39. Around the World in 80 Dates - Jennifer Cox 40. The Beach House - Jane Green 41. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox - Eoin Colfer 42. Undead and Unworthy - MaryJanice Davidson 43. The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death - Laurie Notaro 44. Angel Dogs with a Mission - Allen & Linda Anderson 45. If I Am Missing Or Dead - Janine Latus 46. Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day - Philip Matyszak 47. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer 48. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer 49. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer 50. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer 51. Size 12 Is Not Fat - Meg Cabot 52. Size 14 Is Not Fat, Either - Meg Cabot 53. Songs Without Words - Ann Packer 54. Midnight Sun (partial draft) - Stephenie Meyer 55. Greek Calendar Customs - G.A. Megas 56. Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion - Mark Cotta Vaz 57. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer (again :) 58. Almost French - Sarah Turnbull 59. Dewey - The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron 60. Headwind - John J. Nance

78 Books Read in 2007:
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1. Mr. Maybe - Jane Green 2. Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger 3. Autobiography of a Fat Bride - Laurie Notaro 4. Forever in Blue - Ann Brashares 5. You Suck; A Love Story - Christopher Moore 6. The Girls - Lori Lansens 7. I Love Everybody - Laurie Notaro 8. We Thought You'd Be Prettier - Laurie Notaro 9. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 10. Broken For You - Stephanie Kallos 11. Supersex - Tracey Cox 12. Socks - Beverly Cleary (children's short story) 13. The Tuesday Erotica Club - Lisa Beth Kovetz 14. The Sunday List of Dreams - Kris Radish 15. The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble 16. Burning the Map - Laura Caldwell 17. Just to be Loved - Unity (small booklet of stories) 18. The Glass Lake - Maeve Binchy 19. The Elegant Gathering of White Snows - Kris Radish 20. Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes 21. Apocalipstick - Sue Margolis 22. An Idiot Girl's Christmas - Laurie Notaro 23. The Dive From Clausen's Pier - Ann Packer 24. The Boy Next Door - Meggin Cabot 25. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve 26. The Starter Wife - Gigi Levangie Grazer 27. Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes 28. Alphabet Weekends - Elizabeth Noble 29. There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell - Laurie Notaro 30. The Official Cat Co-Dependent's Handbook - Ronnie Sellers 31. Bitter is the New Black - Jen Lancaster 32. Bright Lights, Big Ass - Jen Lancaster 33. The Ultimate Book of Useless Information - Noel Botham 34. Last Chance Saloon - Marian Keyes 35. Bad Cat; 244 not-so-pretty kitties and cats gone bad - Jim Edgar 36. Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert 37. The Boy I Loved Before - Jenny Colgan 38. May Contain Nuts - John O'Farrell 39. The Story of the Claddagh Ring - Sean McMahon 40. One Dark Night - Jaid Black 41. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer 42. Artemis Fowl; The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer 43. Artemis Fowl; The Eternity Code - Eoin Colfer 44. Artemis Fowl; The Opal Deception - Eoin Colfer 45. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult 46. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling 47. Launderama - Sue Margolis 48. Under the Duvet - Marian Keyes 49. Artemis Fowl; The Lost Colony - Eoin Colfer 50. Flipped - Wendelin Van Draanen 51. Love Eternally - Deborah Wright 52. Slightly Single - Wendy Markham 53. Cracks in My Foundation - Marian Keyes 54. Angels - Marian Keyes 55. Fortune's Rocks - Anita Shreve 56. Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris 57. The Other Side of the Story - Marian Keyes 58. The Last Summer (of You and Me) - Ann Brashares 59. The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing - Melissa Bank 60. Sea Glass - Anita Shreve 61. Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn - Kris Radish 62. Life Swap - Jane Green 63. Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson 64. The Scot, the Witch & the Wardrobe - Annette Blair 65. Singletini - Amanda Trimble 66. There's No Toilet Paper (on the road less traveled) - Doug Lansky 67. It's Called a Break-Up Because It's Broken - Greg and Amiira Behrendt 68. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon 69. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen 70. The Five Love Languages - Gary Chapman 71. Sleeping with the Fishes - MaryJanice Davidson 72. Lord John and the Hand of Devils - Diana Gabaldon 73. The Last Time They Met - Anita Shreve 74. Santa Baby - Jennifer Crusie & Carly Phillips 75. How Can I Forgive You? - Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D. 76. When Your Lover is a Liar - Susan Forward, Ph.D. 77. How to Heal a Painful Relationship - Bill Ferguson 78. Leeway Cottage - Beth Gutcheon

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Updated 10FEB12
BOOKRINGS & BOOKRAYS I'M CURRENTLY HOSTING


"Homer's Odyssey" - Gwen Cooper
Click here to visit the journal for this bookring!
Routing list, SO FAR, is as follows:
1. DanielleChonody (Texas, US) Received 08NOV09 / Sent 09DEC09
2. IceAgent (Ontario, Canada - INTL ok)) Received 30DEC09 / Sent 05JAN10
3. Brookler (BC, Canada - INTL ok) Received 09JAN10 / Sent end of JAN, 2010
4. RCLoriH (South Dakota, US - Prefers US) Received 12FEB10 / Sent 04MAR10
5. cbostler (Utah, US - US only) Received 09MAR10 / Sent 13MAR10
6. sp4home (Kansas, US - prefers US shipping) Received 20MAR10 / Sent 26APR10
7. dee831 (Ohio, US) Received 28APR10 / Sent 01JUN10
8. mrsboknows (South Carolina, US - US only) Received 04JUN10 / Sent 18JUN10
9. surmisez (Massachusetts, US - US only) [Skipping ... no response to PM's .. will try again at end]
10. aetm (Texas, US - INTL ok) Received 23JUN10 / Sent 10JUL10
11. Supertalya (South Korea, but with a US military address) Received 02SEP10 / LOST/STALLED HERE -- book was supposedly sent to next reader by slow boat sometime in Jan/Feb 2011 but as of July 2011 has not arrived. I purchased a replacement copy to continue the ring.
12. piemunga (Sydney, Australia - prefer AU but INTL if necessary) Received 11AUG11 /Sent 12OCT11
13. DebNZ (Auckland, New Zealand) Received 21OCT11 / Sent end of Oct
14. annenz (New Zealand - INTL ok) Received 31OCT11 / Sent 05JAN12
15. Rossella05 (London, UK - prefers EU, INTL if necessary) Asked to be skipped 16DEC11
16. Tanamo (Leicestershire, UK - INTL ok) Received 17JAN12 / Sent 02FEB12
17. whiskeyjane (New Mexico, US - US/Can) ---> Replacement book is here now! Received 10FEB12 /
18. Moody-Blue (Somewhere, US)
19. Alstroemeria (Arizona, US)
then back to me --> BethanieKay (Texas, US)



"Dead Reckoning" (Sookie Stackhouse series - book 11) - Charlaine Harris
Click here to visit the journal for this bookring!
Participants, SO FAR, are as follows:
1. Alstroemeria (Arizona, US) Received 10MAY11 / Sent a week or so later
2. Princess-peapod (California, US - prefers US) Received 22MAY11 / Sent in June?
3. RCLoriH (South Dakota, US- prefers US) Received 16JUN11 / Sent 18JUL11
4. JennyC1230 (Georgia, US - US only) Received 27JUL11 / Sent 08AUG11
---> then back to me (BethanieKay - Texas, US) so I can ship INTL Received 13AUG11 / Sent 13AUG11
5. Ossiefry (Portugal - prefer EU) --->Book is here now! / Received 25AUG11 / Sent 31OCT11
6. Dodau (UK - ship anywhere)
then back home to me --> BethanieKay (Texas, US)




BOOKRINGS/RAYS I HAVE HOSTED THAT ARE NOW COMPLETED!

"Broken for You" by Stephanie Kallos
"Forever in Blue; The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood" by Ann Brashares
"Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral" by Kris Radish
"A Place Called Here" by Cecelia Ahern - original book that was stolen and stalled the ring
"A Place Called Here" by Cecelia Ahern - replacement book that finished the ring!
"The Sunday List of Dreams" by Kris Radish
"Fluke – Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings" by Christopher Moore
"Dragonfly in Amber" by Diana Gabaldon
"Voyager" by Diana Gabaldon
"Love, Rosie" by Cecelia Ahern
"Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon
"The Tuesday Erotica Club" by Lisa Beth Kovetz
"The Time Traveler's Wife" by Audrey Niffenegger [ Stalled / Lost / Never Completed :( ]
"The Third Tower Up From the Road" by Kevin Dolgin [ Stalled / Lost / Never Completed :( ]
"Things I Want My Daughters to Know" by Elizabeth Noble
"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest" by Stieg Larsson
"Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong" by Jen Yates
"The Next Thing on My List" by Jill Smolinski
"Dewey - The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicki Myron
"Travel as a Political Act" by Rick Steves
"Sing You Home" by Jodi Picoult

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Updated 29DEC11
BOOKRINGS AND RAYS I'M CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN

Finished
"The Elegant Gathering of White Snows" by Kris Radish(RAY hosted by Maurean)
"Apocalipstick" by Sue Margolis(RING hosted by michelle1977)
"Bitter is the New Black" by Jen Lancaster (RAY hosted by book-man-8)
"Bright Lights, Big Ass" by Jen Lancaster (RING hosted by Bluestocking88)
"May Contain Nuts" by John O'Farrell (RING hosted by TracyR)
"Launderama" by Sue Margolis (RING hosted by michelle1977)
"Cracks in My Foundation (Further Under the Duvet)" by Marian Keyes (RING hosted by totoroandmei)
"Fortunes Rocks" by Anita Shreve (RING hosted by penelopewanders)
"Five Quarters of the Orange" by Joanne Harris (RAY hosted by Wandering-B)
"The Last Summer(of You & Me)" by Ann Brashares (RING hosted by DeeOhTea)
"The Other Side of the Story" by Marian Keyes (RING hosted by totoroandmei)
"Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn" by Kris Radish(RING hosted by MyssCyn)
"Life Swap" by Jane Green (RAY hosted by LippyCow)
"Tommy's Tale" by Alan Cumming(RAY hosted by ealasaidmae)
"Undead and Unwed" by MaryJanice Davidson (RING hosted by RCLoriH)
"The Scot, the Witch & the Wardrobe" by Annette Blair(RING hosted by terra57)
"Singletini" by Amanda Trimble(RING hosted by JerriLynnL)
"There's no Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled" by Doug Lansky (RING hosted by Scoobs-buddy)
"Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing" by Melissa Banks (RAY hosted by klaradyn
"Queen of Babble" by Meg Cabot (RING hosted by jen7747)
"The Same Sweet Girls" by Cassandra King (RING hosted by acountkel)
"Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom (RING hosted by snowy652)
"The Ten O'Clock Horses" by Laurie Graham (RAY hosted by StoryChaser)
"Such A Pretty Fat ....?" by Jen Lancaster (RING hosted by Bluestocking88)
"Anybody Out There?" by Marian Keyes (RING hosted by Frangipani04)
"Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" by David Sedaris (RING hosted by literarylover)
"Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris (RING hosted by literarylover)
"Not Without My Sister" by Jones, Jones & Buhring (RING hosted by L1nda)
"Beach House" by Jane Green (RAY hosted by missprisy)
"An Embarrassment of Riches" by Gerald Hansen (RAY hosted by JennyC1230)
"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak (RING hosted by nawoo82)
"Knit Two" by Kate Jacobs (RING hosted by 300dogs)
"Skin Deep" by Karol Griffin (RAY hosted by JennyC1230)
"Happiness Sold Separately" by Lolly Winston (RING hosted by tempestsans)
"Undead and Unwelcome" by MaryJanice Davidson (RING hosted by raerae78)
"Fool" by Christopher Moore (RING hosted by flambard)
"This Charming Man" by Marian Keyes (RING hosted by Scruffykaz)
"Change of Heart" by Jodi Picoult (RING hosted by batty14)
"When you are Engulfed in Flames" by David Sedaris (RING hosted by smilingheron)
"Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger (RAY hosted by DanielleChonody)
"Q&A: A Novel" by Vikas Swarup (RING hosted by florafloraflora)
"It's All Greek to Me" by John Mole (RING hosted by Sobergirl)
"A Reliable Wife" by Robert Goolrick (RAY hosted by daniellechonody)
"The Shortest Distance Between Two Women" by Kris Radish (RAY hosted by kobie03)
"Guilty Pleasures" by Laurell Hamilton [Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series - book 1] (spiral hosted by Dreamer-Kitty)
"Twenties Girl" by Sophie Kinsella (RING hosted by solskinn)
"The Book of Tomorrow" by Cecelia Ahern (RING hosted by Kiki66)
"Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse - book 2" by Charlaine Harris (SPIRAL hosted by liz-z)
"The Slap" by Christos Tsiolkas (RING hosted by wodfest) Received 04AUG10 / Sent to next 12AUG10 -- book was lost in the mail, so I purchased replacement copy and mailed to next reader on 27FEB11. It was received on 02MAR11 and the ring can continue :)
"Not The End of the World" by Kate Atkinson (RING hosted by AgdaAgulina)
"Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan (RAY hosted by ReetPetite) Received 01SEP10 / Sent 16SEP10 -- not sure if never received/lost in mail, or if next reader did receive and just didn't make JE. Sent PMs to ring-leader and next reader, no response from either as of 26FEB11.
"Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout (RING hosted by ravencat)
"Game of Thrones (Book 1)" by George R. R. Martin (RING hosted by RCLoriH)
"Mistress of Rome" by Kate Quinn (RING hosted by Lemon-Crisis) Received 29DEC11 / Sent to next 17JAN12


Have Now or On Its Way!



Still to Come



Waiting to hear if I'm on the list:



Rings/Rays that have been stalled, so I likely won't get them:
"Candy Girl ..." by Diablo Cody (RING hosted by LadyKnightNiko)
-----> This copy of "Candy Girl" was lost in the mail ... new copy of the book can be found here Both copies seem to be lost/stalled? Might not get this one // Already read on my Kindle Apr 2011
"Perfect Cooking with Wholefoods" by Margaret Elliot (Record breaking attempt for most JE's ... RING hosted by FrancesinSA) Seems to be lost/stalled? Might not get this one
"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" by John Boyne (RING hosted by MoJeDenUK) Lost in the mail in June 2009 -- probably won't get this one
"Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd (RING hosted by NMReader) Stalled since Jun 2009 // Borrowed from K April 2011
"Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks (RAY hosted by Bluemchenblatt)Stalled since Feb 2010



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My introduction to Bookcrossing was finding a Wild Release in Inverness, Scotland (Released by Swan-Scot in April 2005):
"Resistance" by Anita Shreve ---> I caught the book, brought it back to the US with me, read it, then re-released it... and it's still in the wild (i.e., someone took it and never journaled it :( ... waa!)

International Wild Releases that I Have Personally Left in Foreign Countries:
"The Glass Lake" by Maeve Binchy - Released in Dublin, Ireland - April, 2007 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"Ancient Athens on 5 Drachmas a Day" by Philip Matyszak - Released in Athens, Greece - October, 2008 (book was caught and then released again into another OBCZ in Athens!)
"Size 12 is Not Fat" by Meg Cabot - Released in Athens, Greece - October, 2008 (book is no longer on the shelf at the OBCZ, but has not been journaled again, either...)
"Size 14 is Not Fat, Either" by Meg Cabot - Released in Athens, Greece - October, 2008 (book was caught, read, then released into the wild in Athens, again!)
"Die alltägliche Physik des Unglücks" by Marisha Pessl - Released in Frankfurt, Germany - April, 2009 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"Evening Class" by Maeve Binchy - Released in Venice, Italy - June, 2009 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"Simply Scandalous" by Carly Phillips - Released in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - September, 2009 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"Too Little, Too Late" by Colette Caddle - Released in Edinburgh, Scotland, September, 2009 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"Getting Personal" by Chris Manby - Released in London, UK, September, 2009 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"The Sex Lives of Cannibals - Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific" by J. Maarten Troost - Released in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, May, 2010 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"L'America" by Martha McPhee - Released in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, May, 2010 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"On Mystic Lake" by Kristin Hannah - Released in St Kilda (just outside of Melbourne), Victoria, Australia, May, 2010 CAUGHT on 15MAY10 by bethanyjewell1 -- yay!
"Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter - book 1)" by Laurell K. Hamilton - Released in London, UK, October 2010 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"A Week at the Airport" by Alain de Botton - Released in Budapest, Hungary, in April 2011 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"What?: Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History--Or is This a Game of 20 Questions?" by Mark Kurlansky - Released in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2011 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"The Colossus of Maroussi" by Henry Miller - Released in St. George's, Grand Anse Beach, Grenada (Caribbean West Indies), in May 2011 (still in the wild and/or picked up but never journaled)
"The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios" by Yann Martel - Released in Helsinki, Finland in May 2011
"Sandwich: A Global History" by Bee Wilson - Released in Tallinn, Estonia in May 2011
"Potato: A Global History" by Andrew F. Smith - Released in St. Petersburg, Russia in May 2011 CAUGHT on 29MAY11 by an Anonymous Finder -- yay!
"Mad Love" by Kirsty Brooks - Released in Madrid, Spain in July 2011
"Go M-A-D: Go Make a Difference! 365 Daily Ways to Save the Planet" by The Ecologist - Released in London, UK in July 2011
"Sold" by Patricia McCormick - Released in London, UK in October 2011
"Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves" by Duncan Birmingham - Released in Amsterdam, Netherlands in October 2011
"Forgive Me" by Amanda Eyre Ward - Released in Amsterdam, Netherlands in October 2011




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My coolest journal yet!
"The Tuesday Erotica Club" by Lisa Beth Kovetz
I sent this book out as a bookring in 2007. It got lost in the mail, so I pleaded for a replacement copy on the forum.
The author heard about my plight, so she sent me an autographed copy of the book so I could continue my ring!
How cool is that? :)