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Welcome|Welkom

Welcome to my bookshelf.  The bulk of what you will find here are books that I have read or intend to read.

You can contact me either by PM or by emailing direct to the following address: {my screen name} at sobonana dot co dot za.  Unless I am on leave or tied up with work commitments, I should normally respond within a few days.


Welkom by my boekrak.  Die meeste van wat jy hier sal kry, is boeke wat ek self gelees het of nog wil lees.

Jy kan my deur middel van 'n privaatboodskap of direk per e-pos kontak.  My adres vir laasgenoemde: {my BC-naam} by sobonana punt co punt za.  Tensy ek rondloop of onder werkverpligtinge vasgeval het, behoort ek gewoonlik binne 'n paar dae te reageer.


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Bookrings and -rays
   Rings and rays I have started
   Rings and rays started by others that I have taken part in
   Books from the 1001-library
RABCK
Prizes and Awards
Reading List
   Now
   2012
   2011
   From the Combined 1001 BYMRBYD List
Counters and Trackers

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1.  Rings and rays I have started:

If you would like to join in, PM me.

•  The Human Odyssey: Navigating the Twelve Stages of Life by Thomas Armstrong (bookray)
•  Braam en die Engel by Marietjie de Jongh (bookring)
•  Cross Lines by Maeve Binchy (bookray) Bookrays forum thread
•  What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (bookray) Bookrays forum thread Book Talk forum thread

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2.  Rings and rays started by others that I have taken part in:

Awaiting confirmation

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On their way here

•  The October Killings by Wessel Ebersohn (bookray: aetm) forum thread
•  The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll (bookray: SqueakyChu) forum thread
•  The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes(bookring: franaloe) forum thread
•  Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami(bookray: Lizzy-stardust) forum thread
•  Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (bookray: SqueakyChu) forum thread
•  City of Thieves by David Benioff (bookray: eponine38) forum thread
•  Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson(bookray: Catwoman) forum thread
•  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows(bookray: vassilka) forum thread
•  Oroonoko or, The Royal Slave by Aphra Behn (bookray: Danielle23) forum thread
•  On Beauty by Zadie Smith (bookray: valpete) forum thread

With me

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Gone

•  Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (bookray: ravencat) forum thread
•  Nation by Terry Pratchett (bookray: perryfran) forum thread
•  The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (bookray: oppem) forum thread
•  Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh (bookring: Vekiki) forum thread

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3.  Books from the 1001-library:

Visit 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die for more information on the 1001 BYMRBYD list(s).  Guidelines on how the library works can be found in the extended profile of 1001-library.  If you are a library member and would like to check out one of the books that is with me and available, PM me.

Donated by me

•  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
•  The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
•  The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

Awaiting confirmation

•  Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (1001-library: mirthful)

On their way here

•  Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (1001-library: Shivers82)

With me to be read

•  The 13 Clocks by James Thurber (1001-library: tabby-cat-owner|katrinat) forum thread

With me and available

•  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1001-library: Stoepbrak)
•  The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (1001-library: Stoepbrak)
•  A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell (1001-library: Pooker3|mafarrimond)
•  What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt (1001-library: ApoloniaX|Danielle23)
•  The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (1001-library: Dunzy)
•  The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie (1001-library: Stoepbrak)

Gone

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RABCK

My sincere thanks to the following BookCrossers for various Random Acts of BookCrossing Kindness. It is people like you who make this community special.

klaradyn Tolbos JamesUK FrancesinSA bestfriends ravencat lunatum Lottiotta mafarrimond perryfran PJLBewdy Moem Dunzy Danielle23 oppem valpete Vekiki madpocky Ardik EmgeeNL katrinat

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Prizes and Awards

Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Costa Book Awards (known as Whitbread Book Awards until 2005)
Orange Prize for Fiction
Commonwealth Book Prize
National Book Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prizes

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Reading List

This is a list of books I have read since joining BookCrossing.*  Books that appear on one of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die lists are shown in green.  Audiobooks listed are all unabridged.

* Exception: The last table contains 19 books I read before joining BC.

Prizes and Awards:
W - winner
SL - shortlist


Now

•  Cesar's Rules - Cesar Milan (with Melissa JO Peltier) (own library)
•  The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot (audiobook)

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2012

34. The 13 Clocks - James Thurber
33. The Moor's Last Sigh – Salman Rushdie (SL: Man Booker 1995 | W: Costa Novel 1995)
32. Birds Without Wings - Louis de Bernières (audiobook) (SL: Costa Book of the Year 2004)
31. The Small Miracle - Paul Gallico
30. The Snow Goose - Paul Gallico
29. The Sea - John Banville (W: Man Booker 2005)
28. The Delmonico Two O Five - Allan Jermieson
27. Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
26. The Knowledge of Angels - Jill Paton Walsh (SL: Man Booker 1994)
25. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway (W: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1953)
24. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
23. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag - Alan Bradley
22. The Shape of Water - Andrea Camilleri (audiobook)
21. A Room with a View - EM Forster (audiobook)
20. Carry Me Down - MJ Hyland (SL: Man Booker 2006)
19. What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt
18. The Life and Times of Michael K - JM Coetzee (audiobook) (W: Man Booker 1983)
17. Nation - Terry Pratchett
16. The Spaces in Between – Rory Stewart (audiobook)
15. A Question of Upbringing (Part 1 of A Dance to the Music of Time) – Anthony Powell
14. Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town – Mary Beard (audiobook)
13. A Case of Exploding Mangoes – Mohammed Hanif (W: Commonwealth Writers' Best First Book 2009)
12. At Home – Bill Bryson (audiobook)
11. Don't Panic! – Alan Knott-Craig
10. Island of the Day Before – Umberto Eco
9. Chronicles (Volume 1) – Bob Dylan (audiobook) (SL: National Book Critics Circle Autobiography 2001)
8. Where I Was – James Kelman
7. The End of the Affair – Graham Greene (audiobook)
6. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
5. Decline and Fall – Evelyn Waugh (audiobook)
4. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Haruki Murakami
3. Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
2. The Billiard Table Murders – Glen Baxter
1. The Human Odyssey: Navigating the Twelve Stages of Life – Thomas Armstrong

Including 14 books from the combined 1001 BYMRBYD list and 10 audiobooks

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2011

32. Started Early, Took My Dog – Kate Atkinson
31. Don Camillo and the Devil – Giovanni Guareschi
30. A Prisoner of Birth – Jeffrey Archer
29. The Little World of Don Camillo – Giovanni Guareschi
28. Goodbye, Mr Chips – James Hilton
27. The Dam Busters – Paul Brickhill
26. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
25. Letters From Four Seasons – Alistair Cooke
24. The Right Attitude to Rain – Alexander McCall Smith
23. Annabel – Kathleen Winter (SL: Orange 2011)
22. Mrs Reinhardt – Edna O'Brien
21. Cross Lines – Maeve Binchy
20. Dreams from the Endz – Faïza Guène
19. Beatrice and Virgil – Yann Martel
18. Liars and Saints – Maile Meloy (SL: Orange 2005)
17. Just Nuisance – Leslie M Steyn (own library)
16. Hot Type: Icons, Artists, and God-Figurines – Bongani Madondo
15. I Heard the Owl Call My Name – Margaret Craven
14. 'n Plaaswinkel Naby Oral – Abraham H De Vries
13. Die Uur van die Idiote – Abraham H De Vries
12. Dubbeldoor – Abraham H De Vries
11. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon (W: Costa Book of the Year 2003 | W: Commonwealth Writers' Best First Book 2004)
10. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
9. The Tenderness of Wolves – Stef Penney (W: Costa Book of the Year 2006)
8. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
7. Light verse at the End of the Tunnel – Gus Ferguson
6. The Child That Books Built – Francis Spufford
5. Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations – Alexander McCall Smith
4. Captains Courageous – Rudyard Kipling
3. Big Stone Gap – Adriana Trigiani
2. Narrow Dog to Carcassonne – Terry Darlington
1. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

Including 4 books from the combined 1001 BYMRBYD list and 0 audiobooks

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From the Combined 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die List

36. The 13 Clocks - James Thurber
35. The Moor's Last Sigh - Salmon Rushdie
34. The Sea - John Banville
33. Far From the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
32. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
31. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
30. A Room with a View - EM Forster
29. Carry Me Down - MJ Hyland
28. What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt
27. The Life and Times of Michael K - JM Coetzee
     (1/12) A Question of Upbringing – Anthony Powell (Part 1 of A Dance to the Music of Time)
26. The End of the Affair – Graham Greene
25. Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
24. Decline and Fall – Evelyn Waugh
23. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
22. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon
21. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
20. Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
19. Veronika Decides to Die – Paulo Coelho
18. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian – Marina Lewycka
17. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
16. The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
15. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
14. The Lord of the Rings – JRR. Tolkien
13. Lady Chatterley’s Lover – DH Lawrence
12. A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess
11. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
10. The Castle – Franz Kafka
9. The Trial – Franz Kafka
8. The Quiet American – Graham Greene
7. No One Writes to the Colonel –Gabriel García Márquez
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez
5. The Outsider – Albert Camus
4. The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul – Douglas Adams
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
2. Animal Farm – George Orwell
1. A Town Like Alice – Nevil Shute

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