Recent Book Activity

Hi! Thanks for checking out my profile... I do sometimes honor requests for books, USA only please, as postage is quite expensive. Please note that I am an active member of www.PaperBackSwap.com (PBS). Therefore, I prefer to send books using this site. Not all of my available books are listed on PBS, but I will add them if needed. If you're not already a member, now would be a great time to join! Trade without the guilt ;) See handy link below.

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BC Milestones:
12/9/04 - First & Quickest Wild Pickup!!!
2/4/06 - My first and only bookray: Memoirs of a Geisha - by Arthur Golden
6/9/07 - 500 Books Registered!
6/10/07 - First RABCK Raffle announced, Drawing is 7/7/07 Winners announced! Click HERE
7/26/08 Best Catch EVER!!!
8/1/08 Second RABCK Raffle announced, Drawing is 8/8/08 **WINNERS ANNOUNCED!**
8/8/08 5th BC Anniversary

About me: I'm a small town girl, working in a corporate world. Married to a wonderful man. We have 1 cat... our fur-kid, Sadie =^..^= and a backyard full of woodland creatures. Love Readers Digest, gardening books, mysteries and thrillers. I LOVE this concept and the thought that looking for released books can be like a scavenger hunt!

I first learned of Bookcrossing from an article in my favorite magazine - Readers Digest. When I saw that article, I knew I was hooked. I grew up on Nancy Drew mysteries and was a real bookworm all through grade school and high school. Once I married, other things replaced the need for a book, but finding this site has sparked my interest to read again. Thank you BOOKCROSSING!

Other hobbies include gardening, garage sales, scrapbooking, geocaching, bicycling and bird watching.

"The beauty of friendship is like the beauty of flowers...there are many kinds and yet each has unique beauty to offer. There are friends who share our paths during certain stages of our lives, while others stay close to us year after year. Some are vibrant, admired for their strength, while others are delicate whispers of color whose gentleness has a special place in our hearts."

I currently have several books in my possesion that were sent to me by other BCers. The ones to read (in no particular order): Grimm's Grimmest, Gardens in the Dunes, and The Cat Who Blew the Whistle.

One of my goals is to read the following so that I can watch the DVD afterward and get them back in circulation, either on SwapaDVD.com, titletrader.com or similar site. In no particular order: The Weight of Water, Smilla's Sense of Snow , Fried Green Tomatoes, Life of Pi and Sabrina

Search: DVD, Xmas or Classic related.

MY STATS:

Books Read in 2003 - 1 1. Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Books Read in 2004 - 7 1. Oak Valley by Shirlee Busbee2. Faking it by Jennifer Crusie 3. Tell Me Lies by Jennifer Crusie 4. Lucky by Alice Sebold5. The Killing Game by Iris Johansen 6. The Mummy by Anne Rice 7. Hugs for the Holidays by John William Smith
2004 Dee's Picks: The Mummy and Faking It
Books Read in 2005 - 16 1. Cat Stories by James Herriot2. Full Blast by Janet Evanovich 3. Sleep No More by Greg Iles 4. A Litte Stranger by Candia McWilliam 5. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks6. The Right Choice by Carly Phillips 7. Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke 8. Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand9. When the Wind Blows by James Patterson 10. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume 11. The Lake House by James Patterson12. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 13. Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella 14. Hallowe’en Party by Agathie Christie 15. Family Blessings by Fern Michaels 16. Sugarplum Dead by Carolyn Hart
2005 Dee's Pick: Sleep No More
Books Read in 2006 - 14 1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 3. Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach 4. Lord of the Flies by William Golding 5. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker6. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sadaris 7. Stiff by Mary Roach 8. Nerd in Shining Armor by Vicki Lewis Thompson 9. Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler10. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson 11. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 12. In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner13. The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson 14. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
2006 Best Read: This has been the year of great reads. I can't pick just one, there were just too many.
Books Read in 2007 - 17 1. The Klone and I by Danielle Steel2. Sleeping With The Fishes by MaryJanice Davidson 3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4. Pest Control by Bill Fitzhugh5. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 6. The Color Purple by Alice Walker 7. ‘Tis by Frank McCourt8. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 9. Shopgirl by Steve Martin 10. Camp by Alan Saperstein11. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 12. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen 13. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 14. A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer 15. The Judge Who Stole Christmas by Randy Singer 16. Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark17. Shirley, Goodness & Mercy by Debbie Macomber
2007 Best Read: Another year of great selections.

Books read in 2008:
1. The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere
2. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
3. False Memory by Dean Koontz
4. Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie
5. The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson
6. Sabrina by Deborah Chiel
7. The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
8. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
9. Special Delivery by Danielle Steel
10. Blood Secrets by Craig Jones.
11. The Cat Who Robbed a Bank by Lilian Jackson Braun
12. Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
13. Lightning by Dean Koontz
14. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
15. Sunburn by R.L. Stine
16. Esther's Gift by Jan Karon

Books read in 2009:
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (BookRing)
2. Four Blondes by Candace Bushnell
3. Flabbergasted by Ray Blackston
4. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
5. Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie
6. Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
7. Exit to Eden by Anne Rice
8. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
9. Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
10. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
11. Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
12. The Shack by William Paul Young
13. When All the World was Young by Barbara Holland
14. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
15. Dewey by Vicki Myron (BookRing)

Books read in 2010:
1. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
3. No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
4. Animal Miracles by Brad & Sherry Steiger
5. Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper (BookRing)
6. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
8. A Million Little Pieces BookRay
9. Boo by Rene Gutteredge
10. The Secret Things of God by Dr. Henry Cloud
11. The Road by Cormac McCarthy


Books read in 2011:
1. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
3. The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
4. The Switch by Sandra Brown
5. Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman


Books read in 2012:
1. The Purpose of Christmas by Rick Warren


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