I am really enjoying BookCrossing and I send a big thank you out to Ron and other book crossers for making it happen. It is such a terrific concept.

I am a big fan of Canadian literature - especially Atwood, Davies, Findley, and Rohinton Mistry. If I have a favourite book, it must be "A Fine Balance" by Mistry - it was a true and difficult journey to tread but ultimately an inspiring one. I also loved Gaiman and Pratchett's "Good Omens" - I wanted to be part of the story. Robertson Davies' "What's Bred in the Bone" moved and impressed me with its finely detailed examination of a human life.

I have created a BookCrossing zone at my cottage. While it is not quite a publicly accessible site, it is a busy place all summer long, visited by many many, many friends, relatives, and their friends and relatives. So you see, it is not a restricted to my immediate circle; I have always encouraged anyone who visits the cottage to take and/or leave books on the bookshelf there. I hope that by creating a BookCrossing zone there it will relieve any feelings that the books belong to anyone and must be left where they are or returned. I fear that people may have felt obliged to leave half-read books behind, or worse, never read what is there, because they think they belong at the cottage. I hope creating a BookCrossing zone will get those books out circulating and possibly invite a few new books to the shelf.