Recent Book Activity

I am an avid reader and have been reading since I was 3 years old. I am married and have two children, both of whom enjoy reading, though possibly not as much as I do. I enjoy reading children's books as well as adult books now. I like fiction and non-fiction. Sometimes, I'll buy a book because the title grabs me, or the cover looks interesting. When I first joined bookcrossing, I logged all of my paperback books on my bookshelf. In doing so, I realized that there are a lot of books which I have not read, and there are many more that I have read, but it was so long ago that I've forgotten what they were about.

1/1/09 I have been quiet for some time. This past year was a lean year for reading, but the last two books that I read were fantastic and I hope to get back into reading.


My Wish List



MOUNT TBR

1.) Who Stole the Funny? by Robby Benson
2.) A Is For Alibi by Sue Grafton
3.) Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller
4.) Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
5.) Night by Elie Wiesel
6.) Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
7.) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
8.) Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
9.) The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
10.) My Antonia by Willa Cather
11.) The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
12.) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
13.) All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

18.) The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
19.) Moby Dick by Herman Melville
20.) Summer in Algiers by Albert Camus


BOOKS I READ IN 2010
1.) The Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2.) Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
3.) Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
4.) Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
5.) Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
6.) The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
7.) A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon 10/23
8.) 10/23 An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon


BOOKS I READ IN 2008
1.) 12/10 Escape by Carolyn Jessop
2.) 12/29 Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay 1/1/09

BOOKS I READ IN 2007
1.) 1/13 Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore 1/19
2.) 1/19 Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs 1/27
3.) 1/27 Sit, Stay, Slay (Kendra Ballantyne, Petsitter Mysteries)
by Linda O. Johnston 1/30
4.) 1/30 You Suck by Christopher Moore 2/10
5.) 2/11 Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs 2/14
6.) 2/14 I Could Have Sung All Night by Marni Nixon 2/28
7.) 3/1 Love You Madly by Linda Palmer 3/9/07
8.) 3/9 If Only in My Dreams by Wendy Markham 3/11
9.) 3/11 Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs 3/15
10.) 3/16 Predator by Patricia Cornwell 3/25
11.) 3/26 Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? 3/31
12.) 4/1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
13.) The Birth Order Book
14.) Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs
15.) The Bachelor Trap by Elizabeth Thornton
16.) Nothing to Fear but Ferrets by Linda O. Johnston
17.) Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs 6/3
18.) Saving Mr. Bingle by Sean Patrick Doles
19.) Body Double by Tess Garritsen
20.) Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber by J. K. Rowling 7/1
21.) 7/2 A Paper Life by Tatum O'Neal 7/8
22.) Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman 7/22
23.) 7/22 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J. K. Rowling 7/28
24.) 7/29 Anna Lee by Anna Lee with Barbara Roisman Cooper 8/5
25.) 8/9 Fool Me Once by Fern Michaels 8/11
26.) 8/13 Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs 8/18
27.) 8/20 Fine Feathered Death by Linda O. Johnston 8/29
28.) 8/29 The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers 9/9
29.) 9/6 First Impressions by Jude Deveraux


BOOKS I READ IN 2006

1) 1/1 She Wanted It All by Kathryn Casey 1/24
2) 1/24 Get Smart Once Again! by William Johnson 1/30
3) 1/30 From the Holocaust to Hogan's Heroes by Robert Clary 2/4
4) 2/4 Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell 2/8
5) 2/10 The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett 2/12
6) 2/12 The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore 2/18
7) 2/18 The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson 9/3
8) 2/19 A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 3/8 - QUIT READING, CRAP!
9) 3/8 Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels 3/11
10) 3/11 All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell 3/12
11) 3/12 The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot 3/14
12) 3/15 Cruel & Unusual by Patricia Cornwell 3/18
13) 3/18 The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell 3/21
14) 3/21 From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell 3/25
15) 3/25 Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell 3/29
16) 3/29 Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell 4/4
17) 4/4 Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell 4/14
18) 4/15 The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell 4/27
19) 4/27 Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 5/11
20) 5/11 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 5/24
21) 5/25 Mine Are Spectacular! by Janice Kaplan & Lynn Schnumberger 5/29
22) 5/29 If You Could See What I See by Sylvia Browne
23) 6/6 One Grave Too Many by Beverly Connor 6/17
24) 6/17 Dead Guilty by Beverly Connor 6/23
25) 6/23 We Are Their Heaven by Allison DuBois 6/24
26) 6/24 Dead Secret by Beverly Connor
27) The Lake House by James Patterson
28) Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell 7/11
29) 7/11 Bye Bye Baby by Caroline Sullivan 7/17
30) 7/18 Shattered Love by Richard Chambelain 8/6
31) College in a Can by Sandra and Harry Choron
32) 8/6 Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer 9/2
33) 9/2 Dr. Seuss Goes to War by Richard H. Minear 9/9
34) 9/9 Daring To Dream by Nora Roberts 9/9
35) 9/9 Holding The Dream by Nora Roberts 9/10
36) 9/10 Finding The Dream by Nora Roberts 9/12
37) 9/16 Sis Boom Bah by Jane Heller 9/23
38) 9/24 A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore 9/30
39) 10/12 The Reef by Nora Roberts 10/27
40) 10/27 Marley & Me by John Grogan 11/4
41) 11/5 Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper 11/8
42) 11/8 Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper 11/11
43) 11/12 H.R.H. by Danielle Steele 11/18
44) 11/18 Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper 11/20
45) 11/21 Trace by Patricia Cornwell 11/26
46) 11/28 Jack The Ripper by Patricia Cornwell
47) Sleeping With Fear by Kay Hooper 12/25
48) 12/25 Story of O by Pauline Reage 12/30
49) 12/30 Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs 1/13/07





BOOKS I READ IN 2005

1) Encyclopedia Brown Collection by Donald J. Sobol 2/19
2) 2/19 Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewe
3) Princess in Waiting (IV) by Meg Cabot
4) Project Princess (IV 1/2)by Meg Cabot
5) Princess in Pink (V) by Meg Cabot
6) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
7) The Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer
8) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
9) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
10) 5/31 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
11) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
12) Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
13) The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
14) Gus by Vic Crume (Release at a football game)7/16
15) 7/16 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barret (Release at an Italian Restaurant)7/16
16) 7/16 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling 7/17
17) 7/17 Illusions by Richard Bach 7/19
18) 7/20 Bob Hope by William Robert Faith 8/2
19) 8/3 Rancher Ferrets on the Range by Richard Bach 8/6
20) 8/7 Don't Kiss Them Good-bye by Allison DuBois 8/10
21) 8/11 Touching Evil by Kay Hooper 8/13
22) 8/13 Rescue Ferrets At Sea by Richard Bach (Book Ring) 8/14
23) 8/14 The Lottery Rose by Irene Hunt 8/17
24) 8/15 Hit The Bike Trail by Alice Sankey 8/16
25) 8/18 The Hitler Myth by Ian Kershaw 10/14
26) 9/12 Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer 9/17
27) 9/27 Ginnie and the Mystery Light by Catherine Woolley 10/1
28) 10/18 Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper 10/24
29) 10/26 The Book of Angels by Sylvia Browne 10/30
30) 11/1 Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell 11/6
31) 11/6 Symptoms of Withdrawal by Christopher Kennedy Lawford 11/19
32) 11/19 The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell 11/20
33) 11/20 The Secret of the Red Trailer by Julie Campbell 11/25
34) 11/29 Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz 12/4
35) 12/5 Post Mortem by Patricia Cornwell 12/18

BOOKS I READ IN 2004

1) 9/15 The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
2) 11/13 Angel Watch by Catherine Lanigan



ALPHABET AUTHOR BOOK CHALLENGE
A
B - Bach, Richard -- Jonathan, Livingston Seagull
C - Cabot, Meg -- Princess in Waiting
D - DuBois, Allison -- Don't Kiss Them Good-Bye
E
F - Faith, William Robert -- Bob Hope
G
H - Hooper, Kay -- Touching Evil
I
J - Johnson, William -- Get Smart Once Again!
K - Kershaw, Ian -- The Hitler Myth
L - Lawford, Christopher Kennedy -- Symptoms of Withdrawal
M - Moore, Christopher -- The Stupidest Angel N
O
P - Pratchett, Terry -- The Unadulterated Cat
Q
R - Rowling, J.K. -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
S - Sobol, Donald J. -- Encyclopedia Brown Collection
T - Thayer, Nancy -- The Hot Flash Club
U
V
W - Woolley, Catherine -- Ginnie and the Mystery Light
X
Y
Z