Profile Image

Zyana

From Porto - City, Porto Portugal
Age 44
Joined Sunday, June 22, 2003
Recent Book Activity
Statistics
4 weeks all time
books registered 0 79
released in the wild 0 23
controlled releases 0 0
releases caught 0 11
controlled releases caught 0 0
books found 0 11
tell-a-friend referrals 0 295
new member referrals 0 2
forum posts 0 622
Extended Profile
The books featured in my bookshelf aren't necessarily representative of my own literary tastes but rather those books that I'm willing to part with, either for a short time or permanently. Therefore feel free to pm me in case you fancy reading either one of them.

Currently reading:
* The Sea, the Sea - Iris Murdoch
* Heroes from the Attic - Herman Neuman
* The Crimson Petal and the White - Michel Faber

Read recently:
* Flashback - Michael Palmer
* Os Homens Esquecidos de Deus - Albert Cossery
* Stamboul Train - Graham Greene
* Sybil - Flora Schreiber
* Second Star to the Right - Deborah Hautzig
* Se numa noite de Inverno um viajante - Italo Calvino
* O Prenúncio das Águas - Rosa Lobato Faria
* The Athenian Murders - José Carlos Somoza
* Uma Ofuscante Ausência de Luz - Tahar Ben Jelloun
* Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter Thompson
* For Rouenna - Sigrid Nunez
* Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
* Letters for Emily - Camron Wright
* 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
* Testament - David Morrell
* Kisscut - Karin Slaughter
* 9 & 1/2 Weeks - Elizabeth McNeill
* When the Emperor was Divine - Julie Otsuka
* The Naked Sleeper - Sigrid Nunez
* The Bomber - Liza Marklund
* The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King
* The Coffee Trader - David Liss
* One True Thing - Anna Quindlen
* Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
* The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
* The Secret History - Donna Tartt
* Ring of Bright Water - Gavin Maxwell
* Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson
* A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
* Night - Elie Weisel
* The Violet Hour - Richard Montanari
* The Murder Book - Jonathan Kellermann
* The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
* Budapeste - Chico Buarque
* Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
* Mongólia - Bernardo Carvalho
* The Falls - Karen Harper
* The Criminalist - Eugene Izzi
* A Heart of Stone - Renate Dorrestein
* A Encomendação das Almas - João Aguiar
* Under the Skin - Michel Faber
* Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
* An Unfortunate Woman - Richard Brautigan
* Pretend You Don't See Her - Mary Higgins Clark
* A Sombra do Vento - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
* Como um Romance - Daniel Pennac
* The Sorrow of War - Bao Ninh
* The Sisterhood - Michael Palmer
* Dirt Music - Tim Winton
* Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
* Edge of Rain - Beverley Harper

Bookrays I've started:
* Quicksand (join now!)
* A Heart of Stone (join now!)

Bookrings/rays I've joined:
* The Anatomist
* If Looks could Kill
* Slammerkin
* Fingersmith
* What should I do with my life?
* Naive.Super.
* Sexing the Cherry
* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
* Dear Exile : The True Story of Two Friends Separated
* A Fine Balance
* The Coffee Trader
* A Small Death in Lisbon
* King of a Rainy Country
* Misery
* There's a Boy in Here
* Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
* O Ano em que Zumbi tomou o Rio
* Letters for Emily
* One True Thing
* Where The Heart Is
* Second Star to the Right
* Stories from Rwanda
* 9 & 1/2 weeks
* 84 Charing Cross Road
* Os Homens Esquecidos de Deus
* When the Emperor Was Divine
* Alban Quest
* The Leopard
* Norwegian Wood
* A is for Alibi
* Kisscut
* Blindsighted
* Talking to the Dead
* Me Talk Pretty One Day
* Touching the Void
* Heroes from the Attic
* The Beekeeper's Apprentice
* Enemy Women
* Night
* The Falls
* Dirt Music

My current (ever growing!) Wish List

Are you sure you want to delete this item? It cannot be undone.