Recent Book Activity

I am no longer an active bookcrosser (apart from the occasional wild release) so please don't contact me about books on my shelf.











NAME>Books Read 2006 1. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde 2. Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson 3. The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde 3. The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde 4. Brick Lane by Monica Ali 5. The Breaker by Minette Walters 6. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar 7. Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue 8. Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs 9. Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen 10. The Wrong Way Home by Peter Moore 11. They Who Do Not Grieve by Sia Figiel 12. The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson 13. Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach 14. Man and Boy by Tony Parsons15. Time to Smell the Roses by Lois Galer -Unregistered PC book 16. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 17. Sil by Jill Harris -School library book and finalist in NZ Children's book awards 18. Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey 19. Lobster Boy by Rodman Philbrick -School library book 20. Dead Famous by Ben Elton 21. Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty 22. A Wreath for the Bride by Maria Lang 23. Belonging by Isabel Huggan 24. Life (and death) in a Small City Gardens by Philipa Swan 25. One for the Morning Glory by John Barnes26. Maddigan's Quest by Margaret Mahy -School library book and 2006 NZ Children's book awards finalist 27. Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner 28. A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett 29. The Notebook by Agota Kristof 30. The Family Way by Tony Parsons 31. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 32. The Chimney Sweepers Boy by Barbara Vine 33. White Rose by Amy Ephron 34. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 35. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult 36. The Smell of Apples by Mark Behr 37. The Girl in the Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland 38. The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz 39. Throwaway Daughter by Ting-Xing Ye 40. The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier 41. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett -library book 42. The Sooterkin by Tom Gilling 43. The Witches Cradle by Gillian White 44. The Tinder Box by Minette Walters45. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett -library book 46. The Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett -library book 47. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dann 48. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 49. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 50. Starter for Ten by David Nicholls 51. My Place by Sally Morgan 52. Jennie by Paul Gallico 53. On Foot Through Africa by Ffyona Campbell 54. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris 55. Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson


NAME>Books Read 2005 1. Paula by Isabel Allende 2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3. Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett 4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 5. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 6. Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult 7. The Kiss by Kathryn Harrison 8. Chang and Eng by Darin Straus 9. The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis 10. A Year Near Proxima Centauri by Michael Martin 11. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 12. The Book of Proper Names by Amelie Nothomb 13. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe 14. Switchers by Kate Thompson 15. Sky Dancer by Witi Ihimaera 16. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz 17. Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic 18. G by John Berger 19 Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 20. Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vicker 21. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin 22. Let the River Stand by Vincent O'Sullivan 23. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 24. Leave Before you Go by Emily Perkins 25. The Rebublic of Love by Carol Shields 26. Aunts Up the Cross by Robin Dalton 27. The Dead Of The Night by John Marsden 28. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 29. The Witch of Cologne by Tobsha Learner 30. The Pact by Jodi Picoult 31. Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende 32. The Hangman's Knot by David Wiltse 33. Jewel by Bret Lott 34. The Miserables by Damien Wilkins 35. Channing's Run by Rod Kirk 36. The Man who never lived by Kevin Ireland 37. The Ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen McCullough38. Sabriel by Garth Nix -son's book 39. Lirael by Garth Nix -son's book40. Abhorsen by Garth Nix -son's book 41. The Color of Water by James McBride 42. In Custody by Anita Desai 43. Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks -library book 44. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fanny Flagg 45. Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant 46. Grimm's Last Fairy Tale by Haydn Middleton 47. Water Music by T. Coraghessan Boyle 48. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand 49. Too Many Notes Mr Mozart by Robert Barnard writing as Bernard Bastable 50. Coraline by Neil Gaiman 51. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 52. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell 53. Children of God by Mary Doria Russell 54. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald55. The third day, the frost by John Marsden -library book 56. Darkness be my friend by John Marsden 57. The Conspiracy Club by Jonathan Kellerman 58. Theory of War by Joan Brady 59. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 60. The Amazing Maurice and his educated rodents by Terry Pratchett -library book 61. Burning for Revenge by John Marsden -library book 62. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince by J. K Rowling -son's book 63. Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult 64. Rescue Ferrets at Sea by Richard Bach 65. Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow 66. The Outermost House by Henry Beston 67. The Alienist by Caleb Carr 68. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson 69. Three Men In a Boat by Jerome K Jerome 70. Mulengro by Charles De Lint71 The Supernaturalists by Eoin Colfer -library book 72. A Cat in the Window by Derek Tangye 73. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 74. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris 75. A Donkey in the Meadow by Derek Tangye 76. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 77. Incident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. Eckert 78. Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception -Library book 79. The Daughter of Timeby Josephine Tey 80. More About France by Julian More 81. Aurian by Maggie Furey 82. Harp of Winds by Maggie Furey 83. Angels & Insects by A. S. Bryatt 84. The Ghost Road by Pat Barker85. Sword of Flame by Maggie Furey -Library book 87. Out of the Flames by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone 88. The Eyre Affairby Jasper Fforde 89. The Readerby Bernhard Schlink 90. Raspberries on the Yangtze by Karen Wallace 91. Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh 92. A Fatal Inversion by Barbara Vine 93. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 94. Season of the Jew by Maurice Shadbolt 95. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (library Book) 96. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 97. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 98. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden99. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett (library Book) 100. Dunedin by Shena Mackay 101. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell 102. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 103. The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton 104. The Night is for Hunting by John Marsden (library Book) 105. The Song of the Sound by Adam Armstrong 106. The Other side of Dawn by John Marsden 107. If we were Lebanese by Paddy Richardson 108. A dangerous Vine by Barbara Ewing



Bookrings and Bookrays that I am organising
The Education of Little Tree -International bookring -Closed
Interpreter of Maladies NZ/Aust bookray.

Swahili for the Broken Hearted by Peter Moore -international bookray -stalled
Swahili for the Broken Heartedby Peter Moore -Replacement copy (thanks Fleebo!) (Closed)
Year of Wonders Aust/NZ bookray,
Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier, Aust/NZ bookray,
Worst First Sentence of a Novel an international bookray with a difference!
Miss Piggy's Rules International bookray
The Story of the British Museum International bookray




Kiwi bookcrossing Journal -a joint project with fellow Dunedin bookcrosser Rarsberry



Bookrings/rays that I am taking part in

A Day (or Two) in the life of a Bookcrosser
50 Fabulous Chocolate Cakes
Girl in the Hyacinth Blue
Hotel du Lac
Bibliohism: The Literary Addiction
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Hen's Teeth
My Sisters Keeper





Recently Completed bookrings and rays
Kiwi bookcrossing Journal
Kiwikat's Confessions of a Bookcrosser #2 Journal
The Time Travellers Wife
The Giver
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
My Invented Country
Friend Diary
Notes on a Scandal
Stiff: The curious Lives of Human Cadavers
White Oleander
Ambulance Girl
Desert Rose
No. 1 Ladies'Detective Agency
Neverwhere
The Da Vinci Code
IndulgeIt
Purple Hibiscus
Birth of Venus
Seabiscuit
Rescue Ferrets at Sea
The Reader
The Kite Runner
Cat Journal
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Dangerous Vine

Top Reads for 2005
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix (Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen)
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (re-read)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn




Top Reads for 2004
I read many wonderful books last year but here are the ones that stood out
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff
The Time Travellers Wife
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Year of Wonders
Exodus
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