Recent Book Activity

January 6, 2012 - I'm trying my best to read down my collection and will be releasing along the way. BC in DC members will get first pick. The rest will be wild released.

I'm not accepting wishlist books at this time, please find someone else who is in more need than I am, thank you!

REAL STATS as of January 1, 2012:
Books I've released into the Wild: 278 (28 of them in 2010, 99 in 2011, 1 in 2012)
Books I've released that have been caught: 33 (%11)
Books I've found or caught : 11
New Members through My Wild Releasing: 12
Secondary (or more) Catches : 3
Secondary (or more) New Members : 2
Released for BC in DC Convention: 37
Released at National Book Festival: 30 (3 caught, 2 re-released)

Books I'm Reading
Lost in a good book - Jasper Fforde - bookcrossing book
Phule's Company - Robert Asprin
A Time for Trolls - Fairy Tales from Norway - edited by Joan Roll-Hansen
Money Class - Suze Orman
2009 Action Plan - Suze Orman


Books I have read in 2012
1. Dinosaur Hunters - Lisa Murphy-Lamb - 01/01/2012, C+.
2. Smokin Seventeen - Janet Evanovich - 01/06/2012, B.
3. Aesop's Fables, unabridged from Kindle free library, 01/07/2012, B.
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Books I have read in 2011
1. Witches Abroad - library book, B, January 5, 2011.
2. Lords and Ladies - personal collection, B+, January 17, 2011.
3. Reaper Man - library book, A, January 30, 2011.
4. Barron's Small Pet Handbook - library book - February 12, 2011. B.
5.An Owner's Guide to A Happy Healthy Pet - The Hamster - Betsy Siino - B library book - Feb 18, 2011.
6. Complete Care Made Easy - Gerbils - Donna Anastasi - B - library book - Feb 20, 2011.
7. Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich - F - couldn't finish - library book.
8. The Kitchen Garden - Alan Buckingham - library book - A- - March 15, 2011.
9. Clutter Busting - Brooks Palmer - F - library book couldn't finish - March 30, 2011.
10. The Kitty Kama Sutra - Richard Smith - B - April 2, 2011. BC Convention release.
11. Incredible Vegetables from Self-watering containers - Ed Smith, B, April 8, 2011, library book.
12. Escape from the Carnival of Horrors - RL Stine - BC in DC - release at Gaithersberg book festival - A-. April 23.
13. Grow Vegetables - Alan Buckingham - library book - A-, April 28, 2011 Similar with alot of reused material from his Kitchen garden book.
14. Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon: An Illustrated Novel - July 17, 2011, C, BC in DC meetup, on available shelf for release.
15. The Rose and the Beast - Francesca Block - July 24, 2011, C, from bookrelay, BC in DC meetup for release.
16. Soul Music - Terry Pratchett - August 10, 2011 - A - library book.
17. Sizzling Sixteen - Janet Evanovich - August 17, 2011 - B+ - library book.
18. Berenstein Bears Collection
19. Dog's Best Friend - Mark O'Hare - BC collection - August 25, 2011 - A - to be released.
20. Eight Winter Nights - Melmed - gift - Dec 22
21. Super Freakonomics - Levitt & Dubner - A - December 8, 2011.


Results of May 2010 Summer Reads Survey on Zoomerang (# of votes)
8 - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
7 - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - began
5 - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
5 - Wicked by Gregory Maguire
4 - Stardust by Neil Gaiman
4 - Lost in a good book by Jasper Fforde
4 - The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
4 - The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
3 - Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson
3 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - began
3 - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfier





Ixion's WishList

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Series I'm Working On (next to be read):
Disc World by Terry Pratchett: Men at Arms (read Soul Music out of order)
Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket: The Miserable Mill
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde: Lost in a Good Book
Undead Series by MaryJanice Davidson: Undead and Uneasy
Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich: Read Sizzling Sixteen
Georgia Nicholson: Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas
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