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My mom introduced me to this site when she found a 'wild' book, and I think it is a great idea. I keep bugging friends and family to join up and be more active, and hope that someday soon they will listen!!

Take a look at my wish list at: My Wish List Thanks Cliff1976!!

Books I've Read so far this year...
january (2)1. PRODIGAL SUMMER - Barbara Kingsolver (library) 2. CHILDREN OF MY HEART - Gabrielle Roy (library) february (5)3. ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR - Clare Morrall 4. WEDNESDAY'S CHILD - Peter Robinson5. SILENT WITNESS - Rebecca Forster 6. INFERNAL - F. Paul Wilson7. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - Judith McNaught march (4)8. VENGEANCE - Brian Pinkerton 9. JURY OF ONE - David Ellis10. BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWN-UPS - Anne Tyler 11. PRAYING FOR SLEEP - Jeffery Deaverapril (5) 12. EYES OF A CHILD - Richard North Patterson13. THE BEAN TREES - Barbara Kingsolver (library) 14. CRIME BEAT - Michael Connelly (library)15. DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR - Dean Koontz (library) 16. CRUEL & UNUSUAL - Patricia Cornwellmay (7) 17. ECHO PARK - Michael Connelly (library)18. SILENT WITNESS - Richard North Patterson 19. FALLEN ANGEL - Jerry Langton (library)20. THE FINAL JUDGMENT - Richard North Patterson (library) 21. SULLIVAN'S LAW - Nancy Taylor Rosenberg22. DAY OF THE DEAD - J.A. Jance 23. LAST DANCE, LAST CHANCE - Ann Rulejune (2) 24. IN PURSUIT OF THE PROPER SINNER - Elizabeth George 25. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU) - Stephen Colbert (library)july (1) 26. MOMENT OF TRUTH - Lisa Scottolineaugust (2) 27. THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS - Sophie Kinsella28. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III (bookray) september (1)29. MY NAME IS RED - Orhan Pamuk (library) october (1)30. OUTLANDER - Diane Gabaldon (library) december31. GIRL FROM SASKATOON - Sharon Butala (library)





My Active Bookrings & Bookrays
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas -- Hunter S Thompson :-)
Unusually Stupid Americans -- Kathryn Petras and Ross Petras started - CLOSED PM sent Apr 29 requesting update
All Families are Psychotic -- Douglas Coupland Completed and started up again!! PM sent Apr 29 requesting update

My Completed Bookrings & Bookrays
The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant
Mindhunter -- John Douglas / Mark Olshaker
Light on Snow -- Anita Shreve
Mystic River -- Dennis Lehanne
Bel Canto -- Ann Patchett
The Handmaid's Tale -- Margaret Atwood
The Concubine's Children. -- Denise Chong
Airframe. -- Michael Crichton
Airport. -- Arthur Hailey
River, Cross My Heart. -- Breena Clarke
She's Come Undone -- Wally Lamb
Running with Scissors -- Augusten Burroughs
Enemy Women. -- Paulette Jiles

My Dead :-( Bookrings & Bookrays
The Cat and the Curmudgeon -- Cleveland Amory (lost in transit?)
The Best Cat Ever -- Cleveland Amory (lost in transit?)
The Da Vinci Code -- Dan Brown
Beautiful Losers -- Leonard Cohen -- currently stalled with Fio-dagua.I Am afraid this is dead, and am disappointed that I gave the benefit of the doubt to fio-dagua despite earlier situations so similar to this :-(

Bookrings & Bookrays I've Signed Up For (and the host)

The Devil Wears Prada (suefitz)
The Edible Woman (platypussj)
The Tomorrow-Tamer (Ibis3)
The Kite Runner (deepdowne)
Green Grass, Running Water (Brookeworm)

You're a Stuffed Animal!

Everybody loves you, though most of them are truly ashamed to admit
it. You love children most of all, though you're not really all that expressive of
your emotions. You're not terribly active, and end up spending altogether too much
time in bed, although most people secretly suspect that you really love to take
trips and travel around. A kid at heart, you'd be a lot better off if no one ever
grew up. You are most annoying when stuffed into the back of a car.


Take the Animal Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

My Favourite Reads of Years Past...
2004 -- The Secret Life of Bees , The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time , She's Come Undone
2005 -- The Red Tent , Airport , Animal Farm (as scary as it is!)
2006 -- Bel Canto , To Kill a Mockingbird
2007 -- In Cold Blood , Music for Chameleons The Glass Castle
2008 -- Outlander


2008 journal ratio: 10 released in the wild, 2 journalled = 20% journal rate.
2007 journal ratio: 30 released in the wild, 1 journalled = 3% journal rate.
2005 journal ratio: 5 released in the wild, 1 journalled = 20% journal rate.
2004 journal ratio: 50 released in the wild, 16 journalled = 32% journal rate.

Books I Read in 2007 (n = 53)
january (2)1. FUGITIVE PIECES --> Anne Michaels 2. IN COLD BLOOD --> Truman Capotefebruary (10) 3. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COLOURGUIDE4. ATLANTIC CANADA GUIDE 5. FROMMER'S NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK AND PEI 6. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE --> Jane Austen7. THE WEATHERMAKERS --> Tim Flannery 8. CLOSE RANGE --> Annie Proulx9. UNDERSTANDING YOUR ONE-YEAR-OLD --> Sarah Gustavus Jones (library) 10. YOUR TODDLER FROM 1 TO 2 YEARS --> Johnson's (library) 11. PIGS IN HEAVEN --> Barbara Kingsolver (library)12. THE STEPFORD WIVES --> Ira Levin (bookray) march (5)13. THE ENGLISHMAN'S BOY --> Guy Vanderhaeghe (library) 14. TRUTHSEEKER --> Dee Hendersen (library)15. GREEN CLEAN --> (library) 16. CANOE LAKE --> Roy MacGregor(library)17. THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE --> Audrey Niffenegger (bookring) april (3)18. CELL --> Stephen King (library) 19. THE LONG EMERGENCY --> James Howard Kunstler (library)20. LISEY'S STORY --> Stephen King (library) may (5)21. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT --> Erich Maria Remarque (bookring) 22. KILLER DREAMS --> Iris Johansen (library)23. KILLER SMILE --> Lisa Scottoline 24. LIGHT ON SNOW --> Anita Shreve (bookray)25. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN --> John Perkins (library) june (4)26. A MILLION LITTLE PIECES --> James Frey 27. THE VENDETTA DEFENSE --> Lisa Scottoline28. MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS --> Truman Capote 29. CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATHIC SOCIAL CLIMBER --> july (3)30. CIDER HOUSE RULES --> John Irving (bookring) 31. DRY - A MEMOIR --> Augusten Burroughs (bookray)32. VELOCITY - Dean Koontz august (4)33. SMALL SACRIFICES - Ann Rule 34. LOLITA - Vladmir Nabokov (library)35. YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US - Laura Penny (library) 36. FREAKONOMICS - Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubnar (library) september (3)37. FIRE-DWELLERS - Margaret Laurence (bookring) 38. PAPER BRIDGES - Jann Jansen39. BARNEY'S VERSION - Mordecai Richler october (6)40. LORD OF THE RINGS; FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - JRR Tolkein 41. THE UNADULTERATED CAT - Terry Pratchett (bookring) 42. LORD OF THE RINGS; THE TWO TOWERS - JRR Tolkein43. THE DEAD STONE - Vicki Stiefel 44. LORD OF THE RINGS; THE RETURN OF THE KING - JRR Tolkein 45. THE MOTHER OF ALL TODDLER BOOKS - Ann Douglasnovember (4) 46. READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN - Azar Nafisi47. TIMELINE - Michael Crichton 48. THE GLASS CASTLE - Jeannette Walls (bookring) 49. MYSTERY - Peter Straubdecember (4)50. WINTER MOON - Dean Koontz 51. RAGE - Jonathon Kellerman52. DARK DEBTS - Karen Hall 53. EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES - Lynne Truss (library)

Books I Read in 2006 (n = 26)
january (3)1. NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR --> George Orwell 2. THE DARK TOWER --> Stephen King3. FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW --> Giles Blunt february (4) 4. BEL CANTO --> Ann Patchett 5. CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE EXPECTANT MOTHER'S SOUL6. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING 7. THE MOTHER OF ALL PREGNANCY BOOKS --> Ann Douglas march (1)8. THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING --> LLLI april (1)9. THE BABY SLEEP BOOK --> Sears Baby Library 10. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE --> C.S. Lewis may to august (7)11. THE HAPPIEST BABY ON THE BLOCK --> Harvey Karp 12. HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS, HAPPY BABY --> Marc Weissbluth 13. SLEEP SOLUTIONS FOR BABY, TODDLER AND PRESCHOOLER --> Ann Douglas 14. THE FACE OF DECEPTION --> Iris Johansen15. AIRFRAME --> Michael Crichton 16. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD --> Harper Lee17. THE PELICAN BRIEF --> John Grisham September (4)18. BEAUTIFUL LOSERS --> Leonard Cohan 19. I COULDN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF --> Wally Lamb 20. IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAY DOWN ON IT --> Robert Fulghum21. SOLVE YOUR CHILD'S SLEEP PROBLEMS --> Richard Ferber october (1)22. GEISHA --> Liza Dalby (bookring) november (1)23. THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS --> Arundhati Roy december (3)24. ALL YOU CAN EAT --> Linda McQuaig 25. BETRAYAL --> Herbert Schulz26. THE RESTRAINT OF BEASTS --> Magnus Mills

Books I Read in 2005 (n = 33)
january (4)1. THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE --> Isabelle Holland 2. IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS --> Tim O'Brien (bookring) 3. WITHOUT A TRACE --> Marion Collins4. CALL OF THE WILD and WHITE FANG --> Jack London february (2)5. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY --> John Irving 6. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE --> Mitch Albom (bookring) march (3)7. I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE --> Wally Lamb (bookring) 8. THE HORSE WHISPERER --> Nicholas Evans9. ANIMAL FARM --> George Orwell (bookring) april (4)10. AND THEN YOU DIE --> Iris Johansen 11. WHITE OLEANDER --> Janet Fitch12. AIRPORT --> Arthur Hailey 13. JUDAS CHILD --> Carol O'Connell (bookring)may (2) 14. THE PIANO TUNER --> Daniel Mason (bookring) 15. NO CRYSTAL STAIR --> Eva Rutland (bookring)june (3) 16. THE RESCUE --> Nicholas Sparks (bookring)17. CHOCOLAT --> Joann Harris (bookring) 18. DA VINCI CODE --> Dan Brown (bookring)july (2) 19. STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS --> Mary Roach (bookring) 20. ANGELS AND DEMONS --> Dan Brown (bookring)august (2) 21. COLD MOUNTAIN --> Charles Frazier (bookring) 22. ORYX AND CRAKE --> Margaret Atwood (bookring)september (1) 23. THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER --> Amy Tan (bookring)october (4) 24. IT'S THE CRUDE, DUDE! --> Linda McQuaig25. UNUSUALLY STUPID AMERICANS 26. RISING SUN --> Michael Crichton27. EATING WELL WHEN EXPECTING november (2)28. THE HANDMAID'S TALE --> Margaret Atwood (bookray) 29. LUCKY --> Alice Sebold (bookring)december (4) 30. THE RED TENT --> Anita Diamant (bookring)31. SONG OF SUSANNAH (DARK TOWER VI) --> Stephen King 32. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP --> John Irving (bookring) 33. THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW --> C.S. Lewis

Books I read in 2004 (n=51)
january (6)1. THE GUNSLINGER; DARK TOWER SERIES I --> Stephen King 2. THE DRAWING OF THE THREE; DARK TOWER SERIES II --> Stephen King 3. THE WASTELANDS; DARK TOWER SERIES III --> Stephen King 4. THE LOVELY BONES --> Alice Sebold5. THE CLINIC --> Jonathon Kellerman 6. A COLD HEART --> Jonathon Kellermanfebruary (3) 7. WIZARD AND GLASS; DARK TOWER SERIES IV --> Stephen King 8. VIOLETS ARE BLUE --> James Patterson9. THE SHIPPING NEWS --> Annie Proulx march (5)10. THE LAST CROSSING --> Guy Vanderhaeghe 11. BIG STONE GAP --> Adriana Trigiani(bookring) 12. FROM A BUICK 8 --> Stephen King13. THE SUMMER WIND --> George Anastasia 14. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA --> Arthur Golden(May release challenge) april (4)15. GUILT --> John Lescroart (May release challenge) 16. GIRL, INTERRUPTED --> Susanna Kaysen (bookring) 17. SENSE & SENSIBILITY --> Jane Austen (bookring)18. CONGO --> Michael Crichton (May release challenge) may (9)19. ZELDA --> Nancy Milford (May release challenge) 20. ACID ROW --> Minette Walters (May Release Challenge) 21. BRONFMAN DYNASTY --> Peter C Newman (May Release Challenge)22. WHEN THE STORM BREAKS --> Heather Lowell(bookring) 23. SELF-DEFENSE --> Jonathan Kellerman (May Release Challenge) 24. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES --> Sue Monk Kidd (bookring)25. SHE'S COME UNDONE -- Wally Lamb 26. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME --> Mark Haddon 27. SEA GLASS --> Anita Shreve (bookring)june (4) 28. THE CONCUBINE'S CHILDREN --> Denise Chong (bookring) 29. DEAD AIM --> Iris Johansen (bookray)30. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE --> Gabriel Garcia Marquez 31. ANGELA'S ASHES --> Frank McCourt (bookring) july (6)32. THE HOURS --> Michael Cunningham (bookray) 33. THE KING OF TORTS --> John Grisham (bookray)34. THE THREE LITTLE PIGS BUY THE WHITEHOUSE --> Dan Piraro (bookring) 35. THE ALCHEMIST --> Paulo Coelho (bookring)36. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? --> Sophie Kinsella (bookring) 37. A TIME TO KILL --> John Grishamaugust (3) 38. THE CAT WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS --> Cleveland Amory39. 'TIS --> Frank McCourt (bookring) 40. PAY IT FORWARD --> Catherine Ryan Hyde (bookring) september (3)41. A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR --> John Irving (bookring) 42. THREE JUNES --> Julia Glass (bookring)43. INSIDE OUT --> Evelyn Lau (bookray) october (2)44. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN --> Betty Smith (bookring) 45. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS --> Augusten Burroughs november (1)46. THE HOUSE OF STAIRS --> Barbara Vine(bookring) december (5)47. WOLVES OF THE CALLA ; DARK TOWER SERIES V --> Stephen King (bookring) 48. DARK RIVERS OF THE HEART --> Dean Koontz49. SONG OF SUSANNAH: THE DARK TOWER VI --> Stephen King 50. THE UGLY DUCKLING --> Iris Johansen51. RIVER, CROSS MY HEART --> Breena Clark
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Bookrings/rays I Completed in 2007
1. THE STEPFORD WIVES - Ira Levin2. THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE - Audrey Niffenegger 3. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Erich Maria Remarque 4. LIGHT ON SNOW - Anita Shreve5. THE CIDER HOUSE RULES - John Irving 6. DRY - A MEMOIR - Augusten Burroughs7. THE FIRE DWELLERS - Margaret Laurence 8. THE UNADULTERATED CAT - Terry Pratchett9. THE GLASS CASTLE - Jeannette Walls

Bookrings & Bookrays I Completed in 2005 (n = 19)
BOOK TITLE --> originator of ring/ray (Dates Rec'd and Sent)
1. IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS --> goatgrrl (Dec 29/04 - Jan 10/05) 2. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE --> eucalia (Feb 11 - Mar 2) 3. I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE --> jarrett622 (Feb 17 - Mar 21)4. ANIMAL FARM --> katalirob (Feb 11 - March 29) 5. JUDAS CHILD --> wizardsheart (Mar 29 - Apr 29) 6. THE PIANO TUNER --> squeakychu (April 12 - May 18)7. NO CRYSTAL STAIR --> senorag (April 12 - May 19) 8. THE RESCUE --> bcosta (April 18 - June 6)9. CHOCOLAT --> dododumpling (April 19 - June 20) 10. DA VINCI CODE --> jennysbkpgs (April 20 - to be bookcrossed) 11. STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS --> yvi-1 (April 29 - July 17) 12. ANGELS AND DEMONS --> Helly77 (May 25 - Aug 26) 13. COLD MOUNTAIN --> silverstarry (June 3 - Aug 15)14. ORYX AND CRAKE --> wistroll (July 15 - Aug 26) a 15. THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER --> ASKmama (Aug 12 - Oct 12) 16. THE HANDMAID'S TALE --> karendawn (May 6 - ?? (to be bookcrossed)) 17. LUCKY --> loopy1 (Nov 7 - Dec 10)18. THE RED TENT --> DSM (Oct 20 - ??) 19. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP --> DoveiLibri (Dec 9 - Jan 9)

Bookrings & Bookrays I Completed in 2004 (n=21)
BOOK TITLE --> (originator of ring/ray) Dates Rec'd and Sent
1. BIG STONE GAP --> (PenelopePitstop) Mar 4 - 14 2. GIRL, INTERRUPTED --> (MarciNYC) April 3 - 14 3. SENSE & SENSIBILITY --> (RoryG) April 3 -20 4. WHEN THE STORM BREAKS --> (nikel27) May 10 - 12 5. SECRET LIFE OF BEES --> (Scrawler) May 17 - 206. SEA GLASS --> (wandering) May 28 - June 1 7. DEAD AIM --> (bookgal23) End of Ray -- rec'd June 2. Book-X'd June 9 8. ANGELA'S ASHES --> (ann-718my) June 11 - 28 9. THE HOURS --> (BeachGlass) June 30 - July 1210. KING OF TORTS --> (Cyber-librarian) July 5 - 16 11. THE 3 LITTLE PIGS BUY THE WHITEHOUSE --> (mysteryfan03) July 14-19 12. THE ALCHEMIST --> (gwendy) July 5 - 2013. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? --> (doris) July 19 - 20 14. 'TIS --> (ann-718my) Aug 6 - 2515. PAY IT FORWARD --> (tantan) Aug 15 - 31 16. A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR --> (jenvince) Aug 15 - Sept 9 17. THREE JUNES --> (SmilingSun) Aug 15 - Sept 2118. INSIDE OUT --> (Kellyonhiatus) Aug 18 - Oct 6 19. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN --> (vivdripper) Aug 26 - Oct 7 20. THE HOUSE OF STAIRS --> (redhouse) Oct 8 - Nov 1321. WOLVES OF THE CALLA --> (gill846) Nov 8 - Dec 13








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