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Perth, Western Australia Australia

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Sunday, October 07, 2007

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Recent Book Activity

Statistics

4 wksall time
books registered:0232
released in the wild:093
controlled releases:0137
releases caught:052
controlled releases caught:1113
books found:285
tell-a-friend referrals:041
new member referrals:01
forum posts:189

Stats are updated every few minutes.


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profile pic:Taken Dec 2010 :)


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Perth,Western Australia


Link to Bookcrossing Australia


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I've always read ... I love reading and read anything I can get my hands on......though not everything on my shelf reflects my reading taste.... sometimes surprising things have happened and I have ended up liking something that I never would have thought to have read in the first place. I love the whole idea of bookcrossing and hope that more people out there will embrace the it, for the whole spirit of bookcrossing is simply wonderful! ....



I am a member of the OZ VBB which was started by freelunch then run by L1nda and now by tantan who does a wonderful job. The OZVBB is a OZ virtual book box and it is great way of sharing books over here in Australia. (Thank you to all who participate. New members are always welcome.)


I am also a member of the Bookcrossing Australia group on Library Thing where we talk about what we read from time to time. New members are always welcome there too ..... ☺



My Birthday RABCK buddy is: house-elfdobby (A big thank you to chich for organising the Birthday RABCK Experiment every year and also for using her wonderful psychic powers to pair us off. It has been so much fun! Thank you to the Elf for all those lovely surprises ... also for introducing me to books I never would have read ..... and more!



☺THANK YOU FOR YOUR SURPRISES!☺


Many thanks to the following wonderful bookcrossers for their surprise RABCK's, cards, letters, emails, bookmarkers, gifts. Big hugs to all of you. Your kindness has been much appreciated.

2007/2008/2009/2010/2011
LadyIndigo,crimson-tide, georgieandkids, ukcanaus, house-elfdobby,gillg,L1nda, tqd,catbot,kzel,blue1236,BellaMack,FreePages,pinkozcat, Blundery, briz-cowgirl, Elddau1,tabby-cat-owner,amberC,scrapaholic,Jean-Sol,puppymummy

2012
house-elfdobby, Elddau1, ukcanaus, FreePages

Bookrings and Bookrays I am participating in:
One Red Paperclip by Kyle MacDonald (lost)
Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer ?
Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl ?
The Accordian Crimes by Annie Proulx (lost)
The Merlion and the Hibiscus (Stalled!!)
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (oppem)


Completed Bookrings, rays: (Thank you so much!)
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon ......(lilifin)
A Month of Sundays by John Updike ......(Isabel-Batteria)CLOSED
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie ......(Isabel-Batteria) CLOSED
Best Political Cartoons 2007 edited by Russ Radcliffe ......(norfolk)
The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster .....(cat207 replacing penelopewanders' stalled ray)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne .....(froggirlwendy)
Child of Tibet by Soname Yangchen ......(aleonblue) CLOSED
Embroideries by Marjane Sartrapi ......(SqueakyChu)
Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris ......(LastEdition)
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng ......(star-light)CLOSED
The History of the Hoola Hoop by Judith Lanigan ......(Lisagt)CLOSED
The Hunter by Julia Leigh ......(Elddau1)
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice(lost)replaced withNew book......(chich)
The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carrol ...... (SqueakyChu)
Letter to D by Andre Gorz ......(lakelady2282)
The Lillies of the Field by William E Barrett ......(ukcanaus)
Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris ......(livrecache)
One Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hoseinni ......(LadyIndigo)
Reading Lollita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi ......(L1nda)
St.Jude's by Gemma Sisia ......(L1nda)
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason ......(Lady Indigo)
Three Cups of Tea by Daniel Mortenson and David Oliver Relin ......(mcbeff)
Tomaree by Debbie Robson (cat207)


My Bookrings:
no active bookrings at the moment

Completed: Thank you everyone for participating!!
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
Persepolis by Marjane Sartapi
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson (lost)
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson (replacement copy)
Secrets of a Fire King by Kim Edwards
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Goldman Gelman
The Shakespeare Secret by JL Carrell
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier



Books I've read since May 2010:
listed Here with the book that I am currently reading at the top of the page.


My top reads for last year:
- A Woman of Independance by Kirsty Sword Gusmao (Thank you to L1nda for this wonderful and inspiring read. )
-City of Djinns by William Dalrymple ( Thank you to house-elfdobby for taking me on this wonderful journey for I just loved this book!!)
-The Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks,a bookclub read. I enjoyed the way that fact was interwoven with fiction and how the whole tale was put together ... a beautiful read.

The most entertaining reads for last year:
-Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark This one is a top read too!! :)



updated, Nov 11





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