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Alfreton, Derbyshire United Kingdom

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Sunday, June 27, 2004

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Recent Book Activity


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4 wksall time

books registered:11785
released in the wild:6553
controlled releases:4121
releases caught:0143
controlled releases caught:1103
books found:1121
tell-a-friend referrals:027
new member referrals:013
forum posts:8596

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Extended Profile




Just a few lines about me - I live in Derbyshire with my family - hubby, two kids & one cat. I've been back to Uni as a mature student & graduated in History in 2006.
Interests other than reading include gardening & genealogy.
I have a book related job, in a library.

I've always been a big reader & will have a go at anything - I've got quite wide tastes including historical fact, classics & contemporary fiction, Terry Pratchett & Harry Potter!
All time favourites include Sons & Lovers - DH Lawrence, Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks & Wild Swans - Jung Chang
Recent favourites are The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, The Book Thief - Markus Zusak, The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver

I am also using the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die as a guide & have read 231 so far.



I use my WishList to keep track of books I've read about or been recommended & am happy to trade most stuff from my TBR or AVL.

I am hosting The Ultimate Challenge 2012. Sign up thread here: The Ultimate Challenge 2012

Ultimate Challenge 2012 Points to date - 92
Ultimate Challenge 2011 Points - 241
Ultimate Challenge 2010 Points - 360
Ultimate Challenge 2009 Points - 340
Ultimate Challenge 2008 Points - 349






WILD RELEASES 352 CAUGHT 62 (17.6%)

OBCZ RELEASES 210 CAUGHT 79 (37.6%)





Currently reading: The Girls - Lori Lansens



Books I've Read This Year (2012)





Books I've Read from the '1001 list'






Book Rings/Rays/Boxes I Have Joined

Moon Palace - Paul Auster. Hosted by shovelmonkey1 (Read & posted on 02/11)
The Thirty-nine Steps - John Buchan. Hosted by kizmiaz (Read & Posted on 05/11)
American Gods - Neil Gaiman. Hosted by MKtiny (Read & Posted on 10/11)
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History - Lewis Buzbee. Hosted by Secretariat (Read & Posted on 01/12)
The Old Devils - Kingsley Amis Hosted by lucy-lemon
Story of O - Pauline Reage. Hosted by LadyTrinity
Firmin - Sam Savage. Hosted by allbookedup
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess. Hosted by BethanyGordon
What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt. Hosted by cat207
Digging to America - Anne Tyler. Hosted by allbookedup (currently stalled)
The Birth of Venus - Sarah Dunant. Hosted by ajsmom (Currently stalled)
American Gods - Neil Gaiman. Hosted by KiwiinEngland (Currently Stalled)





My 1001 Book Rings/Rays

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce.
Diary of a Nobody - George & Weedon Grossmith.
Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck.
Tipping the Velvet- Sarah Waters.
1001 BookBox UK Only (Stalled with OnlyLiana April 09)
The Passion - Jeanette Winterson.
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood.
Cakes and Ale - W. Somerset Maugham.
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov.(Stalled with AdamRivers April 09)
The Sea - John Banville.(Stalled with TerraceWest May 09)
Surfacing - Margaret Atwood.
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes.
New Grub Street - George Gissing.
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Froer.
Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh.
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro.
Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin.
Quicksand - Nella Larsen.





My Book Rings/Rays
The Birth of Venus - Sarah Dunant
The Mother-in-law - Eve Makis



Books Read 2011




Books Read 2010




Books Read 2009








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