Recent Book Activity

****NOTE: At this time I can only send books to BCers in the US. I will be sending one ray to the UK in a few weeks and it will be my last overseas shipping until my finances turn around to the sunnier side! Please feel free to PM me about US trades but at this time I will have to refuse any requests from places other than the US. This includes bookrings and rays. I will no longer be able to join rays or rings unless I can ship in the US.****

Hello, I am a student, a wife, a friend, a daughter, EXPECTANT MOM, and I am currently working full-time in a library which is great. I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in English May 2008 and I began my Master's in Library Science June of 2009. I think it would be amazing to work in an acquisitions department of a large library. My longterm plan is to go to UT in Austin for their PhD program. I love books, obviously, and want to have a career working with them in some way. I love to trade books (for other books or postage) so if you see anything on my list that you like feel free to PM me. Some things are listed as AVL instead of TBR because I have too many books to read and might possibly share them before I read them, it really just depends on the book. Books listed under PC are not available unless I decide to offer them on goodwill. TBR books may also be available depending on the book. There is a method to my madness, but it is only clear to me. Just ask if you see something you like! My bookrays/bookrings are always open unless otherwise stated. A lot of the books on my list do not reflect my reading intrests because I collect books from my family members when they are done reading them. My TBR list probably reflects my interests more than AVL.

A Few Favorites

Currently Reading: Atonement by Ian McEwan

Reading Next: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Bookrays/Bookrings I am a participating in: Tran-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian (SENT ON) Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep by Siba Shakib (SENT ON) Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures by Louise Rafkin(SENT ON) Junky by William S. Burroughs (SENT ON) Get Your Tounge Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Goodbye (SENT ON)) My Friend Leonard by James Frey (SENT ON) The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara (SENT ON) Gentelman and Players by Joanne Harris (RETIRED to BOOK HEAVEN) Geisha by Liza Dalby (SENT ON) A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo(SENT ON) Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood (SENDING ON, W/O FINISHING) How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young (STALLED/LOST) Travels in Scriptorium by Paul Auster (SENT ON) The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Tom Bouden (SENDING ON) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (STALLED) Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (SENT ON) Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters Glamorama by Brett Easton Ellis(SENT ON) The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman(SENT ON) Wicked by Gregory Maguire(SENT ON) The Inner Circle by T.C. Boyle (SENDING ON) Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (SENDING ON) Love is a Mixtape by Rob Sheffield (STALLED) The Pirate's Daughter by Magaret Cezair-Thomas (asked to be skipped) Blinding Light by Paul Theroux (asked to be skipped) Affinity by Sarah Waters (READING NOW) The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh (will be sending on soon 08/01/09) The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrel(will be sending on soon 08/01/09) Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk (STALLED) The Blind Assasin by Margaret Atwood Fred and Edie by Jill Dawson My Booky Wook by Russell Brand

Bookrays/Bookrings I am hosting: Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell(COMPLETED) Heyday by Kurt Andersen (COMPLETED) The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (COMPLETED) Candy Girl by Diablo Cody(COMPLETED) How to Kill a Rockstar by Tiffanie DeBartolo(COMPLETED) Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal (COMPLETED) The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (STALLED) Amsterdam by Ian McEwan I register my rings/rays @ The Bookring Directory

Books to Be Sent This Week: Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Books Read in 2009 1. The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard by Erin McGraw 2. Amsterdam Ian McEwan3. Wicked by Gregory Maguire 4. The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman5. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris 6. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink7. In the Land of Invisible Women:A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta Ahmed 8. Gossip of the Starlings by Nina de Gramont9. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris 10. Freakin' Fabulous by Clinton Kelly11. I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe 12. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris13. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson 14. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris15. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris 16. The Inner Circle by T.C. Boyle (100 pages from completion) 17. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho18. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris 19. Affinity by Sarah Waters20. The Rum Diaries by Hunter S. Thompson 21. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell 22. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris23. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris 24. Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney25. The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh 26. The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro (did not complete) 27. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling28. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Nifffenegger 29. The New Girls by Beth Gutcheon30. The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant 31. Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy32. A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris 33. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling 34. The Grift by Debra Ginsberg Books Read in 2008 1. Wonderful Tonight by Patti Smith 2. The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz3. Wonderful Tonight by Patti Smith 4. Matrimony by Kevin Henkin5. Rhett Butler's People by Donald Craig 6. The Songs of Galileo: Voice of God by M.T. Jones 7. The Last Life by Claire Messud8. Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell 9. Collected Poems of William Blake10. Collected Poems of William Wordsworth 11. Collected Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge12. How to Make Books by Ester K. Smith 13. Joe College by Tom Perrotta14. Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman 15. Tran-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian16. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi(graphic novel) 17. Timbuktu by Paul Auster (only made to page 51, will try again later) 18. The Namedropper by Emma Forrest19. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 20. The Conception Chronicles by Patty Doyle Debanco 21. Heyday by Kurt Andersen22. Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham (graphic novel) 23. Fables: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham(graphic novel) 24. Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep by Siba Shakib25. Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman 26. Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers(graphic novel) 27. How to Kill a Rockstar by Tiffanie Debartolo28. Other People's Dirt by Louise Rafkin 29. Junky by William S. Burroughs30. Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye!by Cynthia Heimel 31. The Big Girls by Susanna Moore32. Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal 33. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet34. My Friend Leonard by James Frey 35. The Other Boleyn Girl Phillipa Gregory36. A Concise Chinese Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo 37. Geisha by Liza Dalby38. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 39. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer40. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 41. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn 42. Gentleman and Players by Joanne Harris43. Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea by Chelsea Handler 44. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer45. The Little Book by Selden Edwards (BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR) 46. Travels in Scriptorium by Paul Auster47. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Tom Bouden 48. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff49. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 50. Fables: The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham(graphic novel) 51. Fables: Homelands by Bill Willingham(graphic novel)52. Auggie Wren's Christmas Story by Paul Auster 53. The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (only read 1st story "City of Glass") 54. The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas55. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters 56. A Good Woman by Danielle Steele Page Views