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An avid reader and genealogist, I enjoy almost all types of novels and non-fiction. Employed in a library in my younger years, I would find it extremely difficult to live without reading. Reading and humor are paramount to maintaining my sanity.

The photo here is from my granddaughter in October 2010.

If you see something of interest on my shelf, please feel free to suggest a trade. If the item is a to be read, I will mark it reserved and place it in the reading queue.


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Where Have My Books Gone?

United States - To all 50 states and Puerto Rico
I have also sent books to the following countries -
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Dubai UAE, England, Finland,
France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Phillipines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Venezuela, Wales, South Africa


Where Have I Been ?




visited 39 states (78%)
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Where Have I Been ?


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My goal - To read and release 300 books in 2012
2011 - I read 211
2010 - I read 287
2009 - I read 245 (Can we say "Bad Year")
2008 - I read 304
2007 - I read 304
2006 - I read 348
2005 - I read 344

Books Read in 2012 1. No Touch Monkey! and other Travel Lessons Learned too Late by Ayun Halliday (2003) 2. Vision in White by Nora Roberts (2009)3. Sabine's Notebook by Nick Bantock (1992) 4. The Golden Mean by Nick Bantock (1993)5. My Working Mom by Peter Glassman (1994) 6. IF I Lived Alone by Michaela Muntean (1980)7. In the Dark Streets Shineth by David McCullough (2010) 8. The Diva Haunts the House by Krista Davis (2011) 9. The Candymaker's Gift by David & Helen Haidle (1996)10. Who Died in Here? edited by Pat Dennis (2004) 11. Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies by David Pilkey (1999) 12. The Virgin Blue by Tracey Chevalier (1997)13. I'm Looking Through You by Jennifer Finney Boylan (2008) 14. Tales from the Morgue by Cyril Wecht 15. The Pink Flamingo Murders by Elaine Viets (2000) 16. Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison (2007) 17. Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods, book 18 (2010)18. Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson (2011) 19. Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin (2004)20. Dead is Just a Rumor by Marlene Perez (2010) 21. Alphabet Juice by Roy Blount Jr. (2009)22. The Vendetta Defense by Lisa Scottoline (2002) 23. Secrets of a Shoe Addict by Beth Harbison (2008) 24. Dreams in the Golden Country, The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903. by Kathryn Lasky (2000) 25. The Pea Soup Poisonings by Nancy Means Wright (2010) 26. Sandy Paws is Coming To Town by Alan Benjamin (1998)27. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (2011) 28. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich (2011) 29. Christmas After All, The Great Depressoin Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 by Kathryn Lasky (2001) 30. Mr. Monk on the Couch by Lee Goldberg (2011) 31. A Line in the Sand, The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 by Sherry Garland (1998) 32. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (2011) 33. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly Mackenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White (2002) 34. D.C. Dead by Stuart Woods (2011)35. The Tenor Wore Tapshoes by Mark Schweizer (2005) 36. The Secret's in the Sauce by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson (2008) 37. Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris (1997) 38. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris (2011)39. The Mammy by Brendan O'Carroll (1999) 40. Wise Words from a Wise Guy by Vern McLellan (1989) 41. Princess Grace and the Little Lost Kitten by Jeanna Young & Jacqueline Johnson (2011) 42. Storm Warning, 39 Clues book 9, by Linda Sue Park (2010) 43. Antiques to Die For by Jane K. Cleland (2011)44. Twinkle, Twinkle, Litte Star, There's a Body in the Car by Fran Rizer (2011) 45. You Have Been Disconnected by Rida Allen (2004) 46. Vespers Rising, 39 Clues by Rick Riordan et al (2011)47. An Unmentionable Murder by Kate Kingsbury (2006) 48. Mrs. Jeffries Stalks the Hunter by Emily Brightwell (2004) 49. Bless the Bride by Rhys Bowen (2011)50. Love Her to Death by Linda Palmer (2005) 51. Death of a Greedy Woman by M.C. Beaton (2011) 52. Gilda Joyce: The Dead Drop by Jennifer Allison (2009)53.