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The picture is taken in Herrenberg, Germany, in June 2005.

List of all the books I've read!

Challenges I'm Taking Part In:
50 Books by Writers of Color Challenge
1001 books you must read before you die (2008 edition)
Read a book from every country / Olympic Challenge
TBR-vuoren louhintahaaste 1.5.—30.9.2009

About TRADES and RABCKS:
I love to trade, so if you see something on my AVL shelf that you'd like, feel free to pm me. I'm most likely to trade for books on my wishlist, but I do consider other offers too. (The types of books I like are listed further down on my profile.) Please don't ask me to send you a book without offering a trade. (Unless you live near me, and are willing to come and pick up the book from me.) I do my RABCKs in random fashion.

About me and my BookCrossing philosophy:
I'm a student at the University of Helsinki, and I'm currently doing my master's degree in computer science. I'm often busy, and I might sometimes forget to answer PM's if you caught me at a bad time. I always try to fulfill my bookcrossing commitments, and if I've forgotten something please do remind me.

I'm an avid reader, and I find new books to read all the time. This means that my Mt.TBR is always toppling over, and that books can linger unread for years. I've been trying to cut back on book buying, but I haven't managed to significantly reduce the amount of TBR-books yet.

I register both books in my permanent collection, and those I intend to release. I register books before I read them, in order to keep track of what I have, and my philosophy is that even though I want to keep a book in my PC for now, I might feel differently in 5 years time. If you receive a book from me, feel free to add it to your personal collection, unless we specifically agreed otherwise.

The types of books I love to read are: nonfiction books about feminism, human rights, anti-racism, anti-oppression in general, music books (both biographies and fiction), books from around the world and by people of color (see challenges higher up on my profile), chick lit, YA/teen fiction, graphic novels, vampire/werewolf books, books about paganism, basically anything that sounds interesting. My wish list gives you some idea! :)

I always try to read books in the language the were written, if that's possible. 95% of the books I read are in English, but I also read books in Finnish, Swedish, German, Spanish and French. I hope that I'll have a chance to read more foreign language books through bookcrossing.



My Amazon wishlist for non fiction books
My BookDepository.co.uk wishlist
My Sweet Valley High Senior Year wishlist
My Sweet Valley University wishlist

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How I Rate My Books

10* Excellent. This book has impacted me deeply and belongs to my Crown Jewels.
9* Great book - just a nitpick stands between it and a 10.
8* Good, solid book that I would recommend to kindred spirits.
7* Good book, with something I like and something I dislike.
6* The book is OK, but just not my cup of tea.
5-4* I did not appreciate much. Maybe somebody else would like this.
3-2* In my opinion, a disaster.
1* A general disaster.

(Quoted from a Fellow BCer. Thank you!)

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To browse my books in Finnish, click here.
To browse my books in Swedish, click here.
To browse my books in German, click here.
To browse my books in Spanish, click here.
To browse my books in French, click here.
To browse my books in Japanese, click here.
I have also registered 2 books in Russian, 1 book in Danish, 1 book in Norwegian, and 1 book in Italian.
(The links show mostly just books registered by me.)

A quick link to the bookring forum
A quick link to the Finnish forum
A quick link to the Scandinavian forum

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My international bookrings/rays:
Isobel Bird: Circle of Three #1: So Mote It Be
Jeff Strand: Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary)
Lena Katarina Swanberg: Blod, svett och tårar – en ilsken bok om östrogen
Jessica Valenti: Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Pamela Des Barres: I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
Christopher Moore: Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story
Nora Roberts: Dance upon the Air (Three Sisters Island Trilogy #1)
Nora Roberts: Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island Trilogy #2)
Nora Roberts: Face the Fire (Three Sisters Island Trilogy #3)
Cate Tiernan: Book of Shadows (Sweep #1) & The Coven (Sweep #2)
(Previous ring for Book of Shadows, stalled with grover3d.)
Charlaine Harris: Dead Until Dark

My Finland-only bookrings/rays:
Riitta Vartti (toim.): Tulikärpänen - filippiiniläisiä novelleja (ring)
Melissa Senate: See Jane Date (Red Dress Ink) (ring)
Melissa Senate: Whose Wedding Is It Anyway? (Red Dress Ink) (ring)
Anna Kontula: Tästä äiti varoitti (ring)
Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe, Jennie Sjögren: Liian tunnollinen (ring)
Barbara Ehrenreich, Arlie Russell Hochschild: Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy (stalled with Tirppis since 2006)

My successfully completed bookrings:
Liza Marklund, Lotta Snickare: Helvetissä on erityinen paikka naisille, jotka eivät auta toisiaan (ring)
Motley Crue: The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
Susan Sizemore: The Hunt (Laws of the Blood #1)
Katie Maxwell: Got Fangs?
Lynsay Sands: Single White Vampire
Salla Simukka: Viimeiset
Jeff Lindsay: Dexterin pimeät unet
Virpi Hämeen-Anttila: Suden vuosi
Ai Yazawa: Paradise Kiss vol. 1 (manga)
Mitch Albom: The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code

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Bookrings/rays I'm waiting for:
Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur: Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak (stalled?)
Yasmine Galenorn: A Harvest of Bones (Chintz'n China) (stalled?)
Charlaine Harris: Shakespeare's Champion (Lily Bard Mysteries #2) (stalled?)
Charlaine Harris: Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard Mysteries #3) (stalled?)
Charlaine Harris: Dead Over Heels (Aurora Teagarden, Book 5)
Charlaine Harris: A Fool and His Honey (Aurora Teagarden, Book 6)
Charlaine Harris: Last Scene Alive (Aurora Teagarden, Book 7)
Charlaine Harris: Poppy Done to Death (Aurora Teagarden, Book 8)
Katie Maxwell: Circus of the Darned
Czeslaw Milosz: Issan laakso
Silver Ravenwolf: Beneath A Mountain Moon (stalled?)
Carrie Vaughn: Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand (Kitty Norville, Book 5)
Carrie Vaughn: Kitty Raises Hell (Kitty Norville, Book 6)

Bookrings/rays that are with me at the moment:
Stroke of Midnight (Winter Born - Dark Hunter) by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, Lori Handeland, L. A. Banks 18/5
Love At First Bite (Until Death We Do Part - Dark Hunter) by L A Banks, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Susan Squires and Ronda Thompson 18/5
Charlaine Harris: Shakespeare's Trollop (Lily Bard Mysteries #4) 23/2
Charlaine Harris: Shakespeare's Counselor (Lily Bard Mysteries #5) 23/2
Aarne Unhola: Nuoruus ja viisaus - Tienviittoja nuoruuden teille 30/10
Jennifer Colt: The Vampire of Venice Beach 11/4
Jennifer Colt: The Mangler of Malibu Canyon 26/4
Curtis Sittenfeld: Prep 27/3
M. R. Sellars: Love Is the Bond (The Rowan Gant Investigations #6 & Miranda Trilogy #1) 9/7 (I'm the last in the ray)
M. R. Sellars: All Acts of Pleasure (A Rowan Gant Investigation #7 & Miranda Trilogy #2) 9/7 (I'm the last in the ray)
M. R. Sellars: Crone's Moon (The Rowan Gant Investigations #5) 29/7 (I'm the last in the ray)
Kerrelyn Sparks: How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake Series, Book 1) (I'm the last in the ray)
Kerrelyn Sparks: Vamps and the City (Love at Stake Series, Book 2) (I'm the last in the ray)
Colleen Gleason: The Rest Falls Away 30/9 (I'm the last in the ray)
J. D. Robb: Immortal in Death 16/10 (I'm last in the ring)
J. D. Robb: Rapture in Death 16/10 (I'm last in the ring)
J. D. Robb: Glory in Death 29/8 (I'm last in the ring)
J. D. Robb: Naked in Death 18/3 (I'm last in the ring)
Laurell K. Hamilton: A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry #1) 16/2 (I'm last in the ring)
Rachel Caine: Devil's Due (Bombshell) 16/10 (I'm last in the ring)
Rachel Caine: Devil's Bargain (Bombshell) 18/5 (I'm last in the ray)
Louis Sachar: Holes 21/12 (I'm last in the ray)
Tomson Highway: Kiss of the Fur Queen 1/6 (I'm last in the ray)
Emma Donoghue: Slammerkin 16/3 (I'm last in the ray)
Lee Nichols: Tales Of A Drama Queen 11/11 (I'm last in the ray)

Bookrings/rays waiting to be sent on:
Sherrilyn Kenyon: Dream Hunter (Dream-Hunter #1)
Sherrilyn Kenyon: Upon The Midnight Clear (Dream-Hunter #2)
J. R. Ward: Lover Eternal (A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood 2)
Jennifer Colt: The Butcher of Beverly Hills

Bookrings/rays that I've read and passed on: (187 so far)
Bookrings/rays that I've read and passed on Laurell K. Hamilton: Micah (Anita Blake #13) Laurell K. Hamilton: Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake #12) Hamida Chafour: The Sleeping Buddha. The Story of Afghanistan Through the Eyes of One Family Tuija Tiitinen: Tosinaisen käsikirja Shanna Swendson: Once Upon Stilettos Charlaine Harris: The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden, Book 4) Charlaine Harris: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden, Book 3) Laurell K. Hamilton: Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake #11) Laurell K. Hamilton: Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake #10) Nawal El Saadawi: Eevan kätketyt kasvot Xinran: Sky Burial Emma Holly: Catching Midnight Emma Holly: Hunting Midnight Emma Holly: Courting Midnight Laurell K. Hamilton: Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake #9) Laurell K. Hamilton: Blue Moon (Anita Blake #8) Octavia E. Butler: Kindred Miika Neulaniemi: Sähköpostia Sambiasta Randa Abdel-Fattah: Does My Head Look Big in This? Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Neitsythäkki Shanna Swendson: Enchanted, Inc. Julie Kenner: California Demon: The Secret Life of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom Carrie Vaughn: Kitty Goes to Washington Charlaine Harris: A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden, Book 2) Charlaine Harris: Real Murders (Aurora Teagarden, Book 1) S. Francis, H. Dugmore, Rico: Madam & Eve Yasmine Galenorn: Legend of the Jade Dragon: A Chintz 'n China Mystery Yasmine Galenorn: Murder Under a Mystic Moon (Chintz'n China) Liv Strömquist: Einsteins fru Claire Castillon: Pieni sydän jaksaa rakastaa Patricia Briggs: Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson Series, Book 2) M. R. Sellars: Perfect Trust: A Rowan Gant Investigation Book 3 M. R. Sellars: The Law of Three: A Rowan Gant Investigation Book 4 Amanda Ashley, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Ronda Thompson, Maggie Shayne: Midnight Pleasures Nora Roberts: Morrigan's Cross (The Circle Trilogy, Book 1) Nora Roberts: Dance of the Gods (The Circle Trilogy, Book 2) Nora Roberts: Valley of Silence (The Circle Trilogy, Book 3) Bart Ehrman: Misquoting Jesus : The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why Julie Kenner: Carpe Demon : Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom Savannah Russe: Past Redemption: The Darkwing Chronicles (Book Two) Selwyn Hughes: Cover to Cover Patricia Briggs: Moon Called (Mercy Thompson Series, Book 1) Sherrilyn Kenyon: Dark Side of the Moon Jennifer Armintrout: Blood Ties Book Two: Possession Jennifer Armintrout: Blood Ties Book One: The Turning Nancy Holder: Keep Me in Mind (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Kyusun Chung: The Yankee Girl: A Korean Girl's Journey to Find Herself Kinley MacGregor: Sword of Darkness MaryJanice Davidson: Sleeping with the Fishes Jenna Black: Watchers in the Night (Guardians of the Night 1) Laura Fitzgerald: Veil of Roses Marjaneh Bakhtiari: Mistään kotosin Claire Castillon: Äidin pikku pyöveli Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt: Herra Ibrahim ja Koraanin kukkaset Jennie Sjögren: Nyt riitti! Tasa-arvoa arkeen Charlaine Harris: Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard Mysteries #1) Liz Maverick: Crimson City Kim Harrison: Every Which Way But Dead (The Hollows book 3) Carlos María Domínguez: Paperitalo Rachel Caine: The Dead Girls' Dance: The Morganville Vampires, Book II Lynsay Sands: A Bite to Remember Savannah Russe: Beyond the Pale: The Darkwing Chronicles (Book One) Amy Raphael: Never Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock Jeanette Winterson: Sexing the Cherry Safiya Hussaini Tungar Tudu (Raffaele Masto): Minä, Safiya Mary Pipher: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls Charlaine Harris: Grave Surprise (Harper Connelly Mystery, No. 2) Sarah Mlynowski: As Seen on TV Nina Bangs: Master of Ecstasy Robin McKinley: Sunshine Marko Hamilo: Älkää säätäkö päätänne - häiriö on todellisuudessa Laurell K. Hamilton: The Killing Dance (Anita Blake #6) Laurell K. Hamilton: Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake #7) Laurell K. Hamilton: Death of a Darklord Kate Long: The Bad Mother's Handbook Joanna Rubin Dranger: Neiti Tärkeä ja Uraputki Marjane Satrapi: Embroideries Kim Harrison: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (The Hollows book 2) Sherrilyn Kenyon: Dragonswan MaryJanice Davidson: Undead and Unpopular MaryJanice Davidson: Dead and Loving It Yasmine Galenorn: Witchling (Sisters of the Moon 1) Terry Moore: Strangers In Paradise (Pocket Book 1) Katie Macalister, Jennifer Ashley, Minda Webber: Just One Sip Charlaine Harris: Grave Sight Rachel Caine: Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires, Book I Sherrilyn Kenyon: Unleash the Night (Book 8 Dark Hunter Series) Katie MacAlister: A Girl's Guide to Vampires Sherrilyn Kenyon, Charlaine Harris, L. A. Banks, P. N. Elrod: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding Tate Hallaway: Tall, Dark & Dead Taichi Yamada: Strangers Louise Rennison: Georgia Nicolson Book 1: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Reko Lundán, Tina Lundán: Viikkoja, kuukausia Stephanie Rowe: Date Me, Baby, One More time Mark Levengood: Sucka mitt hjärta men brist dock ej Katie MacAlister: Fire Me Up (Aisling Grey, (Book 2) Laurell K. Hamilton: Bloody Bones (Anita Blake #5) Emma Holly: Beyond Innocence Amélie Nothomb: Antikrista MaryJanice Davidson: Derik's Bane Lehtonen, Nummelin & Teerijoki: Aarnu, Evena, Vinjami Nawal El Saadawi: Nainen nollapisteessä Sherrilyn Kenyon: Seize the Night (Book 6 Dark Hunter Series) Sherrilyn Kenyon: Sins of the Night (Book 7 Dark Hunter Series) Minttu Hapuli: Selibaattipäiväkirjat Laurell K. Hamilton: Circus of the Damned Meema Spadola: Breasts: Our Most Public Private Parts Caren Lissner: Carrie Pilby (Red Dress Ink) Roman Schatz: Rakasta minut Jasper Fforde: Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde: The Well of Lost Plots<;BR> Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg: Why Do Men Have Nipples? Cameron Tuttle, Susannah Bettag: The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Personal Laura Anne Gilman: Staying Dead Laurell K. Hamilton: The Laughing Corpse Shawna Kenney: I Was a Teenage Dominatrix Juha Itkonen: Anna minun rakastaa enemmän Ernesto "Che" Guevara: Moottoripyöräpäiväkirja Ernesto 'Che' Guevara: The Motorcycle Diaries Christine Feehan: Dark Challenge Linda Skugge, Belinda Olsson, Brita Zilg (ed.): Pilluparvi Sherrilyn Kenyon: Kiss of the Night (Book 4 Dark Hunter Series) Sherrilyn Kenyon: Night Play (Book 5 Dark Hunter Series) Laurell K. Hamilton: Guilty Pleasures Kate Harrison: Old School Ties Banana Yoshimoto: Lizard Christopher Moore: Lamb - The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal David D. Burns: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Sofi Oksanen: Baby Jane Jan Goodwin: Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic World Elise Juska: Getting Over Jack Wagner Lauren Baratz-Logsted: The Thin Pink Line (Red Dress Ink) Lauren Baratz-Logsted: Crossing the Line (Red Dress Ink) Vivianne Crowley: The Magickal Life: A Wiccan Priestess Share Her Secrets Sherrilyn Kenyon: Dance With The Devil (Book 3 Dark Hunter Series) Helen Fielding: Bridget Jones's Diary:- The First Columns - The Independent Adele Lang: Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Tuulen varjo (orig. La Sombra del Viento) Sherrilyn Kenyon: Night Pleasures (Book 1 Dark Hunter Series) Sherrilyn Kenyon: Night Embrace (Book 2 Dark Hunter Series) Christine Feehan: Dark Magic Banana Yoshimoto: Asleep Barbara Ehrenreich: Nälkäpalkalla Christine Feehan: Dark Gold Roman Schatz: Suomesta Rakkaudella-From Finland with Love Dorothy Morrison: Everyday Magic: Spells & Rituals for Modern Living Maggie Shayne, Barbara Hambly, Charlaine Harris: Night's Edge Gregory Maguire: Mirror, Mirror M. R. Sellars: Harm None: A Rowan Gant Investigation Book 1 M. R. Sellars: Never Burn a Witch: A Rowan Gant Investigation Book 2 Mary Janice Davidson: Undead and Unwed Mary Janice Davidson: Undead and Unemployed Deborah Wright: The Rebel Fairy Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife Claudia Bishop: A Dash of Death Claudia Bishop: Marinade for Murder Yvonne Navarro: The Darkening (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wicked Willow, Book 1) Yvonne Navarro: Shattered Twilight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wicked Willow, Book 2) Yvonne Navarro: Broken Sunrise (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wicked Willow, Book 3) Angela Nissel: The Broke Diaries Azar Nafisi: Reading Lolita in Tehran : A Memoir in Books Mary Renault: The Persian Boy Sherrilyn Kenyon: Night Play Virpi Hämeen-Anttila: Alastonkuvia Jamie Zeppa: Ylitse taivaan ja maan Ann Brashares: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Umayya Abu-Hanna: Nurinkurin Philippe Guicheteau: Sunnuntaikirjeitä Suomesta - Courrier de Finlande Melissa P.: Sata harjanvetoa ennen nukkumaanmenoa Isabel Wolff: The Trials of Tiffany Trott Mary Pipher: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls Christine Feehan: Dark Desire Christine Feehan: Dark Prince Jorge Asis: Flores Robadas En Los Jardines de Quilmes Harriet A. Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Arthur S. Golden: Memoirs of a Geisha Nicola Kraus & Emma Mclaughlin: The Nanny Diaries Katherine Neville: The Magic Circle Hiroshi Kikuchi ja Kafu Nagai: Kiusaus ja nautinto Flavia Bujor: Ennuskivien mahti Alice Sebold: Lucky Kim Harrison: Dead Witch Walking Dinah Lampitt: Sutton Place Conn Iggulden: Keisari - Rooman portit Christy Brown: Vasen jalkani Sofi Oksanen: Stalinin lehmät Firoozeh Dumas: Funny in Farsi : A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

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I've done 85 wild releases. 15 of them have been caught. My current catch rate is 18%. My catch rate has been 100% at the highest, after another bookcrosser hunted down my first ever wild release :). I've caught 22 books in the wild myself. My biggest release was 63 books released at one time. I've released books in 3 countries, Finland (Helsinki, Turku), Estonia (Tallinn) and Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka).

My caught wild releases:
My caught wild releases Tiikerin lapsi by Torey Hayden (my first-ever wild release!) The Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy Zero by Eric Van Lustbader Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine Maria & José by Erlend Loe, Kim Hiorthøy Rosalien laulu by Leena Wallenius Where Darkness Sleeps by Brian Rieselman Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells Kuolleet sielut by Nikolai Gogol Drakolaisjuonia by Don Perrin & Margaret Weis Jazz by Toni Morrison Valon kivi: Nefer Vaitelias by Christian Jacq Sinkkuelämää by Candace Bushnell Tappava tartunta by Robin Cook

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My favorite books:
Octavia E. Butler: Kindred
Everything by Amélie Nothomb
Colin Chisholm: Through Yup'Ik Eyes: An Adopted Son Explores the Landscape of Family
Helene Hanff: 84, Charing Cross Road
J.R.R. Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
Åsne Seierstad: The Bookseller of Kabul
J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter
Darren Shan: The Saga of Darren Shan
Meg Cabot: All American Girl

My favorite books as a teen:
Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind
Torey Hayden: One Child
Anne Rice: The Vampire Lestat
Jane Jensen: Sins of the Fathers
Jonas Gardell: Präriehundarna


Since September 27, 2004.