Recent Book Activity

Updated: May 28, 2012

Aside from books (of course), I love horses, dogs & cats. I love barrel racing, scrapbooking, puzzles & chocolate (or any kind of sweets lol!). I also collect coins (just for fun).

What I'm reading now:
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
1105 Yakima Street by Debbie Macomber

Recently read:
Names of the Dead by Diane Schoemperlen
Burnt Toast by Teri Hatcher
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
How to Make An American Quilt by Whitney Otto
Sand In My Bra and Other Misadventures
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
What Now? by Ann Patchett
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson
Lucky by Alice Sebold
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
To Have and To Hold by Jane Green
Big Girl by Danielle Steel
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
Dream Country by Luanne Rice
The Hangman by Louise Penny
101 Things You Should Do Before Going to Heaven
3000 Degrees by Sean Flynn
Threading the Needle by Marie Bostwick
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
The Case of the Ill-Gotten Goat by Claudia Bishop
Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope
Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah

Up soon:
Promise, Texas by Debbie Macomber
Weep No More, My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark

The next book in series I'm reading:
Janet Evanovich - Explosive Eighteen
Sue Grafton - J is for Judgment
Fern Michaels (Sisterhood) - Free Fall
Diane Mott Davidson - Crunch Time
Debbie Macomber (Cedar Cove) - 1225 Christmas Tree Lane
Mary Jane Maffini (Charlotte Adams) - Closet Confidential
Sarah Graves - Triple Witch
Carol Higgins Clark - Iced
Lorna Barrett - Bookmarked for Death
Laura Childs (Tea Shop) - Shades of Earl Grey
Kaitlynn Dunnett (Liss MacCrimmon) - A Wee Christmas Homicide
Marie Bostwick (Cobbled Court) - Ties That Bind (April 2012)

Other favorite authors - Jodi Picoult, Danielle Steel, Ann Rule, Mary Higgins Clark, Agatha Christie, James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks

2012 goal - decrease TBR's!

2012 postage costs $365.47

Birthday Buddy is deereads, July 16th!

Participating in:
*Virtual Biography/Autobio/Memoir Bookbox by JennyC1230
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/441899
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5829456
*US/Canada VBB for non-fiction by debbie4osu
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/475302/
contributed: What Now?
*US/Canada Mystery/Thriller/Suspense VBB by bookstogive
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/441618/
contributed: And Then You Die, Finger Lickin' Fifteen, Smokin' Seventeen, Plum Lovin', Visions of Sugar Plums, The Case of the Ill-Gotten Goat
*General Literature/non genre VBB - USA/Canada by bookstogive
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/463258
contributed: A Thread So Thin, Angels, Goodnight Nobody
*Birthday RABCK group by oppem
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/10/470094
*Wishlist tag
sending: Bleuey (The Lovely Bones - rec'd), easterngirl71 (Scone Cold Dead - rec'd), bookstogive (A Peach of a Murder - rec'd), AKSarah (The Day the World Came to Town 9/11 - rec'd), 3vie (The English Breakfast Murder - rec'd), flossie771 (Chill Factor - rec'd), flossie771 (Aussie Rules - rec'd), jmsmom (Forever in Blue - rec'd), flossie771 (Once In a Lifetime - rec'd), flossie771 (Comfort & Joy - rec'd), MyssCyn (Second Honeymoon - rec'd), eponine38 (card fronts - rec'd), flossie771 (Hot Number - rec'd), oppem (bar of Fair Trade dark chocolate - rec'd), T02S03B11D20 (Home Free - rec'd), flossie771 (To Have and To Hold - rec'd), eponine38 (chocolate bar + card fronts - rec'd), bookstogive (Garden Spells - rec'd), bookstogive (Lucrezia Borgia - rec'd), jmsmom (Final Target - rec'd), herchelle (Lucky & handwritten letter - rec'd), flossie771 (The Boy Next Door - rec'd), bookstogive (Live to Tell - rec'd), bookstogive (Innocent As Sin - rec'd), stringofpearls (The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - rec'd), flossie771 (The Choice - rec'd), hyphen8 (stamps), bookstogive (Love You More)
receiving from: oppem (Little Altars Everywhere - rec'd), eponine38 (The Knitting Circle - rec'd), jmsmom (Visions of Sugar Plums - rec'd), Bkind2books (Sizzling Sixteen - rec'd), hippolein (Off Season - rec'd), bloedengel (Captive Star - rec'd), mumtotwo (The Secret Life of Bees - rec'd), jmsmom (Promise, Texas - rec'd), dutch-book (Second Glance), emmmersss (Burnt Toast - rec'd), MaryZee (Sand in my Bra - rec'd), flossie771 (Smokin' Seventeen - rec'd), bookstogive (Southern Lights - rec'd), love2cook (Final Justice - rec'd), T02S03B11D20 (Razor Sharp - rec'd), eponine38 (Strawberry Shortcake Murder - rec'd), flossie771 (Carrot Cake Murder - rec'd), fathermurphy (The Good Sister - rec'd), eponine38 (The Case of the Roasted Onion - rec'd), bookstogive (Wicked Appetite - rec'd), love2cook (Look Again - rec'd), bookstogive (Lover's Knot - rec'd), flossie771 (Every Now & Then - rec'd), kirjakko (Driving Force - rec'd), bookstogive (Touching Stars - rec'd), hippolein (Sing You Home - rec'd), flossie771 (Love, Ellen - rec'd), hyphen8 (102 Minutes)