Recent Book Activity

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Greetings!

I'm briz-cowgirl, from the beautiful city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. I'm not an actual cowgirl, but I chose the name because:
1) I am a Taurean and I strongly identify with the characteristics of my starsign!, and
2) one of the meanings of my christian name means "heifer", hence briz-cowgirl!
Mother to two rascally Burmese cats, Buffy and Harry, and a Lhasa Apso (Edward), I try to squeeze in as much reading as I can around my nursing job and life in general. I've been a BookCrossing member for quite a while now. Read an article about the site in the paper and thought it was a fantastic idea!

I've been a voracious reader since I was a little kid, I remember getting frustrated in primary school when we read aloud in groups because I was racing ahead to see what was happening in the book and everyone else was SO SLOW! Needless to say, my nickname at school was Bookworm Becky :)

I will read pretty much anything, although my favourite genres are crime, thrillers, horror, general fiction, but especially vampire themed novels. Love anything to do with cats, Vespas, the colour blue, scenic postcards and anything at all to do with Italy! I am registered on RABCK and Cliff1976 Wish List.

READING GOAL FOR 2010: 12 books from the "1001 Books To Read Before You Die" list (1 a month); all of the Jane Austen novels; 104 books total for the year (2 a week)
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READING GOAL FOR 2009: 104 books --> DONE! 120 books read
BOOKS READ IN 2009: see the list here
READING GOAL FOR 2008: 100 books --> DONE! 108 books read
BOOKS READ IN 2008: see the list here

BOOKRINGS / BOOKRAYS / BOOKBAGS I'M PARTICIPATING IN:
COMPLETED IN 2008 see the list here

CURRENT
The Australian Virtual Bookbox (OZ VBB) (freelunch): ONGOING
Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger (aeonblue) FINISHED
The Pianist - Wladyslaw Szpilman (ApoloniaX) FINISHED
His Illegal Self - Peter Carey (freelunch) FINISHED
The Robber Bride - Margaret Attwood (sorcha-sidhe) AUSTRALIA - ON THE WAY...??
Bonk: Coupling Of Science and Sex - Mary Roach (perryfran) FINISHED
The Historian - Elizabeth Kosova (silvia-pco) FINISHED
Tales Of A Female Nomad: Living At Large In The World - Rita Golden Gelman (istop4books) FINISHED
The Lost Book of Salem - Katherine Howe (Lisagt) FINISHED
Who Moved My Blackberry - Lucy Kellaway (J4Shaw) FINISHED

The Confessions of Max Tivoli - Andrew Sean Greer (KMENDAY) AUSTRALIA
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach (AlterEgoZoe) INTERNATIONAL
Reading Lolita in Tehran - Azar Nafisi (hawksgirl) INTERNATIONAL
T Is For Trespass - Sue Grafton (aleonblue) AUSTRALIA
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace...One School At A Time - Greg Mortenson (mcbeff) RECEIVED 10.01.2011 (AUSTRALIA)



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