Recent Book Activity

After being registered for more than a year, I released my first book into the wild in December 2005. Then I discovered Book Relay (no longer exists, but a similar group, Book Obsessed, has sprung up in its place), which really spurred my interest in doing more with BookCrossing. I've always been a voracious reader thanks to my mom. We have similar tastes in reading, but we no longer live in the same town, so we don't do much sharing of books anymore.

Books read in 2006: 85

Books read in 2007: 84

Books read in 2008: 53

Books read in 2009: 59

Books read in 2010: 57

Books read in 2011:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
Ten Thousand Islands by Randy Wayne White
The Children of Men by P.D. James
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
Dragon Hunter: Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions by Charles Gallenkamp
Last Train to Paradise by Les Standiford
Oh My Stars by Lorna Landvik
The Social Lives of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Company by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman by Lisa Scottoline
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
Devil's Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Family Affair by Debbie Macomber
Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
Revenge of the Kudzu Debutantes by Cathy Holton
Redwall by Brian Jacques
The Christmas Dog by Melody Carlson
What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
The Valley of Horses by Jean Auel
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Once Upon a Time, There Was You by Elizabeth Berg
The Reluctant Tuscan: How I Discovered My Inner Italian by Phil Doran
Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson
The Lady and the Panda by Vicki Constantine Croke
Adventure Divas by Holly Morris
I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina
Room by Emma Donoghue
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
Escape by Barbara Delinsky
Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks
A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton

Books Read in 2012
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
At Home by Bill Bryson
Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (in process)
You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness by Julie Klam (in process)

A note about my stats: I trade or RABCK most of my books, so that's why you will see very few wild releases. I prefer to send books to people I know want them, thus no release notes, only journal entries. It may be against the true random spirit of BookCrossing, but they still get to travel plenty.

I am perfectly willing to do trades, etc. If you see a book on my bookshelf that you want to read, PM me and we can work something out.

Please note that I no longer add to or maintain my wishlist on Cliff's site. My BookCrossing wishlist is the accurate one.