Recent Book Activity

I like to pass my BC books onto other BCers who I know will read and enjoy them (and hopefully pass them on). However, I can't afford overseas postage very often (only on special occassions or if the book can be passed off as a letter).

Usually I take the books I've finished along to meetup. If no one is interested in a book and it sits on my bookshelf for a long time it then gets released into the wild.

Authors I love:
Isobelle Carmody, Jane Austen, Douglas Adams, David Eddings, Terry Pratchett, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Keyes, Katherine Kerr, Charlotte Bronte, Tamora Pierce, Kathy Reichs, Mercedes Lackey, Minette Walters, Margaret Atwood, Tracy Chevalier, Barbara Kingsolver, Garth Nix, Anita Shreve, Jodi Picoult

Links:
Books Read - 2008
Books Read - 2007
Books Read - 2006
Books Read - 2005
Books Read - 2004

Bookmooch:
I'm also quite active on bookmooch as fushmush. I've found that this a fantastic way of fairly trading books. They should combine BookCrossing and Bookmooch!

Yahoogroups:
Attention all Aussies! There is a Yahoogroup for Bookcrossers in Australia. A great place to discuss books, organise bookrays and swap with other Australians. Why don't you join up!

Bookrays:

I've organised a:
1001 Books to Read Before you Die
International - Veronika decides to Die - Paulo Coelho (STALLED with jellyfish67)
International - Saturday - Ian McEwan
International - Carry Me Down - M. J. Hyland
International - Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami



Other
International - New Moon - Stephanie Meyer (STALLED with Pitluv4)
Downunder - Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides bookray. (STALLED with Buggyhare)

PM me if you'd like to join :D.


Participating in:
The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene by tqd
London Orbital - Iain Sinclair by davemurray101
The Host - Stephanie Myer by Moops
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - James Mohsin Hamid by Heaven-Ali
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry by Heaven-Ali
Keeping Faith - Jodi Picoult by beckydore
Howards End - E.M. Forster by perryfan
Portnoy's Complaint - Phillip Roth by davemurray101
The Passion - Jeanette Winterson by cally-c
The Pirate's Daughter - Margaret Cezair-Thompson by Heaven-ali
Lady Friday - Garth Nix by Abediv
Hawksmoor - Peter Ackroyd by davemurray101
God Bless You, Mr Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut by davemurray101
Cakes and Ale - Somerset Maugham by cally-c
Sons and Lovers - D.H.Lawrence by perryfran
I'm not scared - Niccolò Ammaniti by shnedwards
The Berlin Stories - Christopher Isherwood by perryfran
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James by perryfran
Zorro - Isabel Allende by voveryte
The Swimming Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst by shnedwards
The Road Home - Rose Tremain by freepages
August is a Wicked Month - Edna O'Brien by lucy-lemon
Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton by tqd
Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger by aleonblue
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre by shnedwards
Quicksand - Nella Larsen by perryfran


* bold - I have in my possession


Stats
53 catches from 405 Wild releases = 13%
My last two catches:
Relentless - Simon Kernick from Holland House Youth Hostel, Holland Park London
Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry from Holland House Youth Hostel, Holland Park London
(See a list of all my catches)