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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. Skeleton Letters by Laura Childs (2011) 54. The Medusa Plot: 39 Clues by Gordon Korman (2011) 55. Santa Enters the Back Door by Whiskey McNaughton (2011)56. Ghost A La Mode by Sue Ann Jaffarian (2009) 57. Quickstep to Murder by Ella Barrick (2011)58. Unhallowed Ground by Heather Graham (2009) 59. Treachery in Death by J. D. Robb (2011)60. Buffalo West Wing by Julie Hyzy (2011) 61. Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie (2011)62. Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Laurie (2011) 63. Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell (2064. The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2011) 65. The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (2009)66. Death on a Platter by Elaine Viets (2011) 67. The Very Best of Bob and Ray: Legends of Comedy by Bob Elliott and Ray Gould (2010) 68. McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1900) 69. Tell Me a Story, Mama by Angela Johnson (1989) 68. Vision Impossible by Victoria Laurie (2011)69. And Thereby Hangs A Tail by Jeffrey Archer (2010) 70. Creepiosity by David Bickel (2010)71. The Busy Woman's Guide to Murder by Mary Jane Maffini (2011) Book 5 72. Time and Again by Jack Finney (1995)73. Wit's End by Karen Joy Fowler ( 74. Voyage on the Great Titanic, The Diary of Margaret AnnBrady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White (1998) 75. The F Word by Louie Anderson (2002)76. The Chocolate Castle Clue by JoAnna Carl (2011) 77. All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark (1998) 78. Willful Behavior by Donna Leon (2010)79. Herald of Death by Kate Kingsbury (2011) 80. Clutches and Curses by Dorothy Howell (2011) 81. Chomp by Carl Hiaasen (2012)82. National Lampoon's Truly Sick, Tasteless and Twisted Cartoons (2002) 83. Dumb Jokes & Vulgar Poems by J. A. Haknort (2010) 84. Death on Heels by Ellen Byerrum (2012)85. Camoflauge by Bill Pronzini (2011) 86. Family Skeletons by Rett MacPherson (1997)87. Mr. Monk on Patrol by Lee Goldberg (2012) 88. The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Like the Willow Tree, Portland, ME, 1918by Lois Lowry (2011) 89. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith (2012) 90. The Dead of Night, Book 3 Cahills Vs Vespers by Peter Lerangis (2012) 91. A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley (2011) 92. Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues by Michael Brandman (2011) 93. The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case by Alexander McCall Smith (2012) 95. American Uprising by Daniel Rasmussen (2011) 96. No Clue at the Inn by Kate Kingsbury (2003)97. The Black Circle, Book 5, The 39 Clues by Patrick Carman (2009) 98. When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey (2011)99. Outta the Bag by MaryJanice Davidson (2010) (short) 100. Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly (2011) 101. The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson (2003) 102.Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (2011)103. Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell (2011) 104. Chihuahua of the Baskervilles by Esri Albritten (2011) 105. Deader Homes & Gardens by Joan Hess (2012)106. A King's Ransom, the 39 Clues, Cahills vs. Vespers, book 2 by Jude Watson (2011) 107. Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse by Phyllis Diller and Richard Buskin (2005) 108. The Outhouse Papers by Wayne Erbson (2002) 109. Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood (2008)110. The Galton Case by Ross MacDonald (1959) 111. Four Perfect Pebbles A Holocaust Story by Lila Perl and Marion Blumenthal Lazan (1996) 112. Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop by Lee Goldberg (2009) 113. Death of a Kingfisher by M.C.Beaton (2012)114. Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story by(1999) 115. Farewell Miss Zukas by Jo Dereske (2011)116. Getting Old Can Kill You by Rita Lakin (2002) 117. Sail by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (2008) 118. Adult Only Pub Jokes by John Shakespeare (2004)119.