Recent Book Activity

My cat Pekka just loooves books... :)

Hi, and welcome to my bookself!
I've been a member since 2005, but active since summer 2006. I attend meetings regularly in Helsinki/Metropolitan area in Finland, we have two meetings in a month. I have been reading a lot all my life, as a kid I was regular visitor at the nearby library. I leave my book at home quite rarely.

Below in my bookself I keep track of what I'm reading currently and planning to read (whether I've promised a book to someone for example). Underneath them are rings I'm participating or have started. I also keep a track record of the books I've read this years, lists for past few years can be seen too.

BTW, all the books in my AVL-shelf are free to be asked for. TBR's can be asked too. :)

**** MY ADDRESS HAS CHANGED ON 1.6.2011, NEW ONE ON RABCK:COM *****

My wishlist at cliff1976.com Thanks cliff1976!

Some links:
The Finnish Forum
Statistics for Finland
Suomalainen varafoorumi
Bookring Directory

Currently reading:
(updated on November 5th, 2011)
Geishan muistelmat by Arthur Golden
Pieni lankakauppa by Kate Jacobs
Haikein terveisin by Nicholas Sparks
L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad

Books I'm reading next:
Rakkautta rivien välissä by Cathy Kelly (reading group with a friend, but delayed due to lack of interest...)

Rings and rays I'm participating:
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

Some challenges and games:
Aakkoshaaste 2011-2012

Books read in 2012:
1. Minishoppaaja by Sophie Kinsella (not BC)
2. One Day by David Nicholls

Books read in 2011:
1. Pidä minusta kiinni by Heli Kruger
2. Koruton totuus by Jodi Picoult
3. Siipirikko by Jennifer Lauck
4. Dawson's Creek: Tyyntä myrskyn edellä (didn't finish)
5. Pobby ja Dingan by Ben Rice
6. London: Poems on the Underground
7. Sushi & Chardonnay by Yoyo van Gemerde
8. Kuuleeko kukaan? by Marian Keyes
9. Kirjallinen piiri perunankuoripaistoksen ystäville by Mary Anne Shaffer
10. Talo jalavan varjossa by E.M. Forster (didn't finish)
11. American Girls About Town by various
12. Erojuhlat Manhattanilla by Plum Sykes (didn't finish)
13. Love Story - Rakkaustarina by Erich Segal
14. Matilda by Roald Dahl
15. Dating Big Bird by Laura Zigman (didn't finish)
16. Karu keikka by Jarkko Sipilä
17. Bookends by Jane Green (didn't finish)
18. Työmiehen perhe by Hella Wuolijoki (didn't finish)
19. Irish Girls About Town by various
20. Pimeyden läpi by Kristin Hannah
21. 31 Dream Street by Lisa Jewell
22. Huolimattomia unelmia by Juha Itkonen (didn't finish)
23. Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory
24. Pop Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
25. The Gift by Cecelia Ahern
26. Sinkkuelämää: Carrien nuoruusvuodet by Candace Bushnell (not BC, didn't finish)
27. Isän tyttö by Mary Higgins Clark
28. Ihana ja todella rakastettu (ja töissä menee myös superhyvin) by Martina Haag (not BC)
29. Bree Tannerin lyhyt elämä by Stephenie Meyer (not BC)
30. Radan väärällä puolella by Martina Haag (not BC)

Books read in 2010:
1. Rannalla by Ian McEwan
2. One Hundred Ways to Live with a Cat Addict by Ronald Payne
3. Elämäni kissat by James Herriot
4. Uusikuu by Stephenie Meyer (not a BC book)
5. Tuulen viemät by Helen Taylor
6. Terveisin äiti by Alice Kuipers
7. Hanneksen evankeliumi by Juhani Kellosalo
8. One-Hit Wonder by Lisa Jewell
9. Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
10. Kaksoset by Mary Higgins Clark
11. Yllätys, Yllätys! by John O'Farrell
12. Perhonen lasikuvussa by Jean-Dominique Bauby
13. Missä olet nyt? by Mary Higgins Clark

Books read in 2009:
1. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
2. Paikkaa ja mieltä by Mari Mörö
3. Lyhyt kantama by Annie Proulx
4. Lessons to Learn by Natasha Judd
5. Hylätyt talot autiot pihat by Laila Hietamies
6. The Pact by Jodi Picoult
7. Lento tuntemattomaan by Anita Shreve (didn't finish)
8. Me and MR. Darcy by Alexandra Potter (didn't finish)
9. Ehtookellot by Reijo Mäki (didn't finish)
10. Tähtisumua by Neil Gaiman
11. Äideistä parhain by Heikki Hietamies
12. Tolppa-apina (Juoppohullun päiväkirja 2) by Juha Vuorinen
13. Kiti - mun paras kaveri by Sirpa Puskala
14. Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
15. Kuolema kutsuu tanssiin by Mary Higgins Clark
16. Nöyrin palvelijanne by Amélie Nothomb
17. No Dress Rehearsal by Marian Keyes
18. Likainen kaupunki by Jarkko Sipilä
19. Hinnalla millä hyvänsä by Outi Pakkanen
20. Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
21. Karilla by Katja Kallio
22. Bittitiikeri by Katri Manninen
23. Kesän lapsi by Diane Chamberlain (didn't finish)
24. Loma Losissa by Katri Manninen
25. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
26. Kauhu kiertää kaupunkia by Mary Higgins Clark
27. Heikosti positiivinen by Anna-Leena Härkönen
28. Anna minun rakastaa enemmän by Juha Itkonen
29. The Other Side of the Story / Tarinan toinen puoli by Marian Keyes
30. Sinulle luotu by Ulla-Maija Paavilainen
31. Beyond the Blonde by Kathleen Flynn-Hui
32. Avoimien ovien päivä by Anna-Leena Härkönen (didn't finish)
33. Käsky by Leena Lander (didn't finish)
34. Kahvikirja by Paulig
35. Syöksykierre by Nicci French (didn't finish)
36. James Dean - särkynyt legenda by Paul Alexander (didn't finish)
37. Paluu Kesäsaarelle by Kristin Hannah
38. Sementtipuutarha by Ian McEwan
39. Keltaisten sitruunoiden ravintola by Kajsa Ingemarsson
40. Seinää vasten by Jarkko Sipilä
41. Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot
42. Kuuntele vain muistojasi by Nicholas Sparks
43. Houkutus by Stephenie Meyer (not a BC book)
44. Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
45. Hyppysellinen rohkeutta by Bradley Trevor Greive
46. Muumilaakson marraskuu by Tove Jansson

Books read in 2008:
1. Leila ja Annukka: Sen pituinen se by Leila Makkonen ja Annukka Ahlqvist
2. P.S. Rakastan sinua by Cecelia Ahern
3. Pekka Töpöhäntä ja joululahjavarkaat by Gösta Knutsson
4. The Guy Next Door by Meg Cabot
5. Ylpeys ja ennakkoluulo by Jane Austen
6. Leila ja Annukka: Tanssii kaikkien kanssa
7. Silmänräpäys by Kati Lepistö, Leeni Peltonen
8. Pitkät piikit ja muita kertomuksia by Jarkko Martikainen (didn't finish)
9. Pekka Töpöhännän seikkailut by Gösta Knutsson
10. Dexterin pimeät unet by Jeff Lindsay
11. Salaisen siiven tarinoita by Anne Frank
12. Madonna - omin sanoin by Mick St.Michael
13. Zlatan päiväkirja by Zlata Filipovic
14. Muodin orjat by Lynn Messina
15. How Nancy Drew Saved My Life by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
16. Gossip Girl 5: Pidän siitä juuri noin by Cecily von Ziegesar
17. The Dirty Girls Social Club: A Novel by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (didn't finish)
18. Vaitelias naapuri by Amélie Nothomb
19. Mössö Urhoollinen by Maijaliisa Kauppinen
20. Good Girls Shouldn't... by Veena S. Halai
21. Big Love by Sarah Dunn (didn't finish)
22. Rintsikoita ja luudanvarsia by Sarah Mlynowski
23. Speaking With the Angel by Nick Hornby
24. Jalat edellä by Reidar Palmgren
25. Tosiasioita Suomesta by Erlend Loe (didn't finish)
26. Minä ja Morrison by Kata Kärkkäinen
27. Pinkki hartauskirja by Sanna Yliluoma (didn't finish)
28. Avioliittoallergia by Jane Green (didn't finish)
29. Jospa se vain olisi totta by Marc Levy
30. Girls' Night Out by Various
31. Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
32. Theresen valinnat by Hanne-Vibeke Holst
33. Never Far From Nowhere by Andrea Levy
34. Täydellinen juttu by Melissa Bank
35. Pääministerin morsian by Susan Kuronen
36. Toscanan auringon alla by Frances Mayes (didn't finish)
37. Kylmän kosketus by Nicci French
38. Juoksuhaudantie by Kari Hotakainen
39. Antikrista by Amélie Nothomb
40. Geishan maailma by Ilmari Vesterinen
41. Easy by Emma Gold (didn't finish)
42. Suden vuosi by Virpi Hämeen-Anttila
43. Excuse Me While I Wag (Dilbet) by Scott Adams
44. Kaupunki nimeltä Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
45. Juoppohullun päiväkirja by Juha Vuorinen
46. Sateenkaaren tuolla puolen by Cecelia Ahern
47. Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
48. Lauantai by Ian McEwan (didn't finish)
49. If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia