Recent Book Activity

Welcome to BokOrm's Page

Probably the best way to describe me, is your average bookworm. I enjoy reading and have quite a broad taste in what I do read. Although I have to hold my hand up and admit that my main staple is Scandinavian Crime fiction, which I do find addictive. The only genre I've never really taken to is romantic fiction...well, the line does have to be drawn somewhere. Having said that, I have read Bridget Jones and really enjoyed it, I guess, if the book has other facets to it, I'm more prepared to be open-minded.

My natural habitat is a bookshop, browsing the shelves for something to add to my ever increasing book mountain. I prefer to read something that requires me to manually turn a paper page rather than press something electronic, and I’m in heaven if the bookshop I choose for my hunting ground, has a comfy sofa or a coffee shop, where I can quickly disappear into my latest acquisition.

I tend to have several books on the go at the same time, and read books from a variety of sources, not just from bookcrossing, so not all of the books on my lists will have been registered. I'm happy to trade any of the books on my available list for those on my reading list (below, its virtually the same as my wishlist) or for anything else that sounds interesting.

I’ve given up on wild releases as I haven't had much success with previous attempts, so I prefer to release books as a RABCK, a controlled release (either as a swap/trade/forward to a fellow BookCrosser or bookring/ray/spiral) or via a BookCrossing Zone. Happy to post books abroad, but US/Canada/Australia will be dependant on my budget at the time (and will only be by surface mail).

The inner BokOrm09 does harbour a burning ambition to become a writer. I'm a member of several creative writing groups and a new convert to blogging. I try to spend at least 10 minutes writing everyday. If I'm not working on a story/story idea, I'll usually work on a blog entry, just to keep myself writing and my brain ticking over.

Blog: http://spritebysbokhylle.wordpress.com/

If you PM me and don't get a response then I can be contacted via my blog or spritebysbokhylle at gmail.

Books Read:

2011
Camera by Eva-Marie Liffner - Christmas Present
The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko - Waterstones Recommendation
Northumberland Dreaming by Mary Rhees Mercker
The Eye of the Storm by William L.K - E-book supplied by Author
The Organ Grinder by Sara Curran-Ross - E-book supplied by Author
Heaven Sent by Xavier Leret - E-book supplied by Author
The Witches Lottery by Krystal McLaughlin - E-book supplied by Author
Barok's Exodus by William L.K - E-book supplied by Author
Hunger by Knut Hamsun - BookCrossing Bookring
Mojo by Kris Sedersted - E-book supplied by Author
Save My Soul by Zoe Winters
Vestal Virgin by Suzanne Tyrpak
A Modern Witch by Debora Geary
Integrated Intuition by Rhiannon Paille - E-book supplied by Author
A Pittsburgh Affair by T.L. Peters - E-book supplied by Author
Tracking Shadows by Regan Black
Her Dear & Loving Husband by Meredith Allard
Ghosts of Coronado Bay by

2010
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles - BookCrossing Bookring
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles - Christmas Present
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith - BookCrossing Bookring
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters - BookCrossing Bookring
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Death In Oslo by Anne Holt - Library Book (Not a good read)
Alive by David Payne
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - BookCrossing Bookring
Death Message by Mark Billingham - BookCrossing Bookring
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald - BookCrossing Bookring
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle - Birthday Present
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan - BookCrossing Bookring
Runemarks by Joanne Harris - BookCrossing Bookring
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons -BookCrossing Bookray
My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse - E-Book
DEAD(ish) by Naomi Kramer - E-Book
A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Primary Education by Joan Dean - Library Book
The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Dyslexia by Gavin Reid & Shannon Green - Library Book
Dead After Dark by Charlaine Harris - BookCrossing Bookring
Inspiring Primary Teaching by Denis Hayes - Library Book
The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - BookCrossing Bookring
The History of Danish Dreams by Peter Høeg
Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson - BookCrossing Bookring
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg - Christmas Present
The Savage Altar by Åsa Larsson - Christmas Present

2009
Pig Island by Mo Hayder - BokOrm09 registered on BookCrossing
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson - BookCrossing
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen - BokOrm09 registered on BookCrossing
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Frozen Tracks by Åke Edwardson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
A Year In The Merde by Stephen Clarke - BookCrossing Bookring
The Constant Princess by Phillipa Gregory - BookCrossing
The House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - Library Book
Voices by Arnaldur Indriðason - Library Book
Touchstone by Laurie King - BookCrossing Bookray
Perfume by Patrick Süskind - BookCrossing Bookring
Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö - BookCrossing Bookring
A Short Border Handbook by Gazmend Kapllani - BookCrossing Bookring
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra - BookCrossing Bookring
The Evil Seed by Joanne Harris - BookCrossing Bookray
Lessons from the Land of Pork Scratchings: A Miserable Yank Finds Happiness in the UK by Greg Gutfield
Murder on the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner
The Prophecy's Child: the unseen by W.E.D. Wilson - BookArmy Competition
Calling Out For You! by Karin Fossum - Loaned by Family Member
Dina's Book by Herbjørg Wassmo - BookCrossing Bookring
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - BookCrossing Bookring
Tell No One by Harlan Corben - Charity Shop Find/BokOrm09 registered on BookCrossing
Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine by Jostein Gaarder
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - Charity Shop Find
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell - Charity Shop Find
Mr Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange - BookCrossing Bookray
Norsk, ikke sant? by Jenny K Blake
Brown Cheese Please by Jenny K Blake
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - BookCrossing Bookring
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - Loaned by Family Member
Walking in Darkness by Charlotte Lamb - Christmas Present