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 Niora Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala Finland 35 Friday, February 16, 2007 |
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Puhun suomea. / I speak English. / Parlo italiano. / Jag talar (lite) svenska. / Ich spreche (ein bisschen) Deutsch.
In current news: As of start of March 2011, I have moved - for my new address, PM me or see Rabck.com. Ja sama suomeksi: muutin helmi-maaliskuun vaihteessa 2011, uuden osoitteen saa kysymällä tai Rabck.comista.
SGG 2010 thanks to: hippolein, hakkalina, Vekiki, Savotar, Totje2, TiffanyAching, Scarabo, jumpingin, Sfogs, footymadgill, AsianWaterfall and Judygreeneyes!
HGG 2009 thanks to: Sobergirl, arjamaaria, miumaumou, Rakuna, thegoaliegirl, pfiffigunde2, blue1236, Releanna, dotdot, judygreeneyes, teenie-k, hetku77, kasenka, Erishkigal, Tinina67 and hakkalina!
SGG 2009 thanks to: ApoloniaX, zzz, bettyspaghetty, dg7500, Savotar, Alejanda and Elsje86!
HGG 2008 thanks to: Pippis, dotdot, myntti, Chania, lukutuoli, Aspen72, Hetku77, Alejanda, thy, Lasikello, millycat, whitehorsy, Vanigliacocco and YellowBow! Also, thanks to my Secret Santa whiskeyjane!
My userpic was drawn for me by the very talented
necoconeco - thanks again! :-)
Jos olet kiinnostunut jostakin AVL- tai TBR-kirjastani, ota ihmeessä yhteyttä! Teen mielelläni kirjavaihto"kauppoja" ja myös ihan vain laitan kirjoja eteenpäin halukkaille lukijoille. / If you would like to have a book I've labelled as "to be read" or "available",
please feel free to contact me about it! I'm very open to trades and don't mind performing RAs of BCK, either.
Jos on mitään ongelmia PM:n lähettämisen kanssa, minulle voi laittaa myös suoraan s-postia osoitteeseen nioran (at) gmail piste com. / If there are any problems with reaching me by PM, please feel free to e-mail me at nioran (at) gmail dot com!
My book tastes
I'm a pretty omnivorous reader and always hungry for more books, although I re-read my old favorites a lot as well. My reading languages are generally Finnish, English and Italian. Swedish and German are not out of the question either. Whenever possible, I read books in either their original language or my first language (Finnish). Sometimes I amuse myself comparing translations to different languages to the original text or among themselves.
I have far too many literary favorites to list anywhere, but my top favorite writers include J.R.R. Tolkien, Patrick O'Brian, Stanislaw Lem, Umberto Eco, Rex Stout, Terry Pratchett, Gerald Durrell and Tove Jansson. Some top favorite novels not by the authors I just listed: J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Richard Adams's Watership Down. I also adore Hugo Pratt's graphic novels about Corto Maltese. And I enthusiastically read the Harry Potters. Just to give you an idea. (It's pretty much needless to offer me any of those books or anything by those authors, unless it's on my wish list, because I tend to already have what I want... In that sense this is somewhat irrelevant to my BookCrossing hobby, I guess.)
I haven't read every book I have registered and passed on and do sometimes acquire and register books just because they are on someone's wish list. So the content of my BC bookshelf reflects my personal reading habits to a limited degree only.
My bookcrossing habits
I release books which I have unnecessary extra copies of, or which I just do not need to keep in my own bookshelf. (Occasionally I may also register a book in order to lend it to other BCers.) My relatively huge bookshelves are full and I need to make a bit of room there from time to time; otherwise, to be honest, I would never mind keeping unnecessary books. Well, there is the consideration of them weighing terribly and taking such a lot of boxes whenever I move... And obviously I have the moral obligation to introduce new readers to quality literature. :-)
A specific BC habit of mine is frequently checking the local public library's for-sale shelf, particularly for "foreign books" (those in languages other than Finnish), and then checking if some bookcrosser out there has them on their Wish List, in which case I'll buy the book and offer it as a RABCK by PM. Those ex-library books are very cheap and I can usually mail them out quite cheaply as well, and I'm happy to find them new homes via BC, as not many other people over here are interested in buying them.
I do not mind at all if people decide to keep a book I have released, as long as this isn't in the middle of a bookring/ray. I hope other bookcrossers do not mind me occasionally placing a BC book in my permanent collection (I won't if the releaser disapproves). Please note that many (but not all) of the books on my Wish List are ones I would like to keep.
Lists and statistics
Release/catch statistics: So far, I have made 515 wild releases (two more than the official figure due to three wild releases having been caught before I managed to make release notes and one having been given away to a fellow BCer after the wild release notes were made). I have had more than 83 of the wild releases caught and used to keep track of my catch percentage (27 % the last time I looked), but I lost count toward the end of 2009. Hope to catch up at some point again.
I have sent BC books to (in addition to Finland): Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
I have released books in the wild in (outside Finland): Estonia, France, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, UK
I have received BC books from (in addition to Finland): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA
Bookrings and bookrays which I host:
Active:
(none at present)
Completed:
Agentti Appelsiini
Baarien nainen (rinki)
Broknäsflickorna
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (ray)
Fragile Things
Hiljainen voima (Indonesia-kirja) (ray)
Irti kiusaamisen kierteestä
Maailmanloppu tulee! (ensimmäinen muumisarjakuva)
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories
Minä ja Muro
Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
National Velvet
Nimbus ja tähdet
Palele porvari! ja muita kirjoituksia
Pirattitude!
Q's Legacy
Rihata (Guadeloupe-kirja) (ray)
Setäni arvo siitä nousee (Georgia-kirja) (ray)
Troolattua saimaannorppaa ja 124 muuta: teekkarijäynien historiaa
Tuuvan talli 1-3
Bookrings I'm participating in (
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Bookrays I'm participating in (
Challenges and similar
Challenges which I've made:
* Douglas Adams -haaste (in Finnish, started on April 26, 2007)
* Matemaattinen lukuhaaste (in Finnish, started on August 1, 2007)
* Maailmanparannus(syntymäpäivä)haaste (in Finnish, started on January 4, 2008)
* Verenluovutushaaste (in Finnish, started on June 24, 2008)
* Ei kysyvä tieltä eksy -vapautushaaste (in Finnish, started on August 22, 2008)
* Muu maa mustikka -vapautushaaste (in Finnish, started on March 17, 2009)
* Afrikan Tähti -kirjavapautuspeli 1.12.2009-1.12.2010 (in Finnish)
Challenges which I've taken:
* May Flowers / Botanical Release Challenge (started in January 2007 by Alvhyttan)
* Villi Vappuhaaste (in Finnish, started in April 2007 by Valpuri)
* Elokuvakirjahaaste (in Finnish, started in May 2007 by dotdot)
* Aakkosellinen lukuhaaste 2007 (in Finnish, started in May 2007 by bookwormess)
* BC-vuosipäivähaaste (in Finnish, starter in August 2007 by Airam67)
* Jouluhaaste (in Finnish, started in September 2007 by Ipsu)
* TBR-vuoren louhintahaaste 1.12.07-30.4.08 (in Finnish, started in November 2007 by Tarna)
* Tieteenedistämishaaste (in Finnish, started in January 2008 by Jaakko196)
* Edistä suomalaista kirjallisuutta (in Finnish, started in January 2008 by Alejanda)
* Postikorttihaasteleikki (in Finnish, started in February 2008 by Pellu)
* Ihan ufo haaste (in Finnish, started in May 2008 by CatharinaL)
* Kesäkirjoja pikkupaikkakunnille 2008 (in Finnish, started in May 2008 by Alejanda and arjamaaria)
* Syyshaaste (in Finnish, started in August 2008 by stinaP)
* Monopoli-vapautuspeli (in Finnish, started in August 2008 by VariC)
* Asemalla soitellaan ja luetaan (in Finnish, started in April 2009 by Pinni)
* Sanatarkkaan-haaste (in Finnish, started in May 2009 by Triamy)
* Haasteleikki-vastaukseni:
** Arohaaste (halonhakkaajalta)
** Harry Potter -haaste (kasenkalta)
** Postikorttihaaste (halonhakkaajalta)
** Puhelias haaste (hippoleinilta)
** Aurinkoinen haaste (Becky77:lta)
** Urautumisen torjuntahaaste (VariC:lta)
Other:
* Joensuun joulukalenterivapautukset 2007
* Kirjan ja ruusun päivä 2008 Joensuussa
* Vapaudenpuiston puistovapautus Joensuussa 26.8.2008
* Joensuulaisten tuunaamia kirjoja
* Holiday Gift Giving 2008
* Joensuun joulukalenterivapautukset 2008
* Summer Gift Giving 2009
* Holiday Gift Giving 2009
* Joensuun joulukalenterivapautukset 2009
* Juoksuta Nioraa (BC-3-vuotisvapautushaaste itselleni)
* Kirjan ja ruusun päivä 2010 Joensuussa
