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My favs are historical fiction, fantasy books and the classics. I also love a good laugh and like reading the works of Christopher Moore, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. I spend a lot of time in the car so I listen to audio books as well. You'll notice that I listen to quite of few children/young adult books. That's because I really do love imaginative tales and I find them easier to follow while driving. Don't want to be too distracted on the road!

I've noticed that some BCers like to collect items such as stamps or postcards. I've started to collect bookplates. I use these in my "special" books and I also like to share them with other BCers, tucking them in my "Controlled Releases". Just my way of saying "HI!" and wishing you an AWESOME day.

**By the way, if any of my Bookcrossing friends want to "friend me" on Facebook, I'd love it. Just be sure to send me a little message telling me your Bookcrossing name. I've received some friend requests in the past and didn't accept them because I didn't recognize the people by their real name.

NOTICE: I am willing to trade books with others. Check out my Available and Wish Lists.
I am listed at RABCK.com

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

Arnold Lobel



Thanks to those who have granted me my wishes!


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Reading Now:
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber





Listening to:
Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hur
Once Upon a Quinceanera by Julia Alvarez
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber



2012 Reads
Nation by Terry Pratchett
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
3rd Degree by James Patterson
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
4th of July by James Patterson



2012 Listens (Audio)
Stone Cold by David Baldacci
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Growing Up, Growing Old and Going Fishing at the End of the Road by Tom Bodett
Terrorist by John Updike
Captain Underhill Uncoils the Mystery (Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater) by Steven T. Oney
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
The Education of a British-Protected Child by Chinua Achebe
Angus Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
On the Brightside, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God by Louise Rennison
Forgive Me by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real World by Maria Shriver
Divine Justice by David Baladacci
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
Old Songs in a New Cafe by Robert James Waller
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez
Bellweather by Connie Willes
Smokescreen by Dick Francis




Past Books I Have Read:

2011 ReadsThe Cigarette Sellers of Three Crosses Square by Joseph Ziemian Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Grey King by Susan Cooper The White Queen by Philippa GregoryThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Unraveled Sleeve by Monica FerrisDawn by Elie Wiesel Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama Sunshine by Robin McKinleyA Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonEvery Fixed Star by Jane Kirkpatrick I Am the Messenger by Markus ZusakSilver On the Tree by Susan Cooper Hold Tight the Thread by Jane KirkpatrickA Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman The Big Trip Up Yonder by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Murder of a Chocolate Covered Cherry by Denise Swanson Dewey: The Small Town Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Labyrinth by Kate Mosse Seven Stories of Christmas Love by Dr. Leo BuscagliaTithe by Holly Black Gathering Blue by Lois LowryThe Malice of Unnatural Death by Michael Jecks Heaven Is For Real by Todd BurpoGo Ask Alice by Anonymous 2010 ReadsDied In the Wool by Mary Kruger Sins and Needles by Monica FerrisThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Enders Game by Orson Scott CardKatherine by Anya Seton The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes LackeyFramed in Lace by Monica Ferris Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott1st to Die by James Patterson Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodSarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams Notes From a Small Island by Bill BrysonGilead by Marilynne Robinson The Lost Continent by Bill BrysonThree Men in a Boat by Jerome Jerome Sisterchicks in Sombreros by Robin Jones GunnThe Faerie Path by Frewin Jones Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperThe Help by Kathryn Stockett Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever by James Patterson East Wind, Rain by Caroline PaulFirmin by Sam Savage Looking For Alaska by John GreenMaximum Ride: Saving the World by James Patterson Maximum Ride: The Final Warning by James Patterson Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 2009 ReadsThe Book of Lost Tales by by J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien Queen of Swords by Judith TarrTwo Old Women by Velma Wallis Crazy Ladies by Michael Lee WestThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniCrewel World by Monica Ferris To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisReading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi 1984 by George OrwellThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Bean Tree by Barbara KingsolverGritty Grace by David Rust D is for Deadbeat by Sue GraftonTalk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher MooreCorsair by Clive Cussler Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenChildren of the Night by Dan Simmons The Well and the Mine by Gin PhillipsThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownReal Murders by Charlaine Harris The Uncommon Reader by Alan BennettWhippoorwill by Sharon Sala Plague Ship by Clive CusslerHatchet by Gary Paulsen Marley & Me by John GroganThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Cape Cod by William MartinWhen the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd Dead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisThe Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Prairie Reunion by Barbara J. ScotWhat My Dog Has Taught Me About Life by Gary Stanley Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret AtwoodPope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman 2008 ReadsThe Orion Mystery by Robert Bauval & Adrian Gilbert Inkspell by Cornelia FunkeDragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey Dragonsong by Anne McCaffreyThe Giver by Lois Lowry Good Omens - Neil Gaimen & Terry PratchettThe Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield The Last Cato – Matilde ArsensiTwelfth Planet – Zecharia Stitchin The Birth of Venus – Sarah DunantIn the Company of the Courtesan – Sarah Dunant Hunter’s Moon – O.R. MellingThe Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Friend - Christopher Moore Green Angel - Alice HoffmanFairy Wars – Herbie Brennen Purple Emperor – Herbie BrennenRuler of the Realm – Herbie Brennen

Past Audiobooks I Have Listened To:

2011 ListensShoot the Moon by Billie Letts A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathStephanie Plum Box Set #2 (Four to Score; High Five; Hot Six) by Janet Evanovich Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Chill by Ross Macdonald Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by David Sedaris Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret StohlThe Chosen Prey by John Sanford The Collectors by David BaldacciThe Chase by Clive Cussler By Nightfall by Michael CunninghamA Skeleton in God's Closet by Paul L. Maier 204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie MacomberThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques Christy by Catherine MarshallFalling Angels by Tracy Chevalier The Illiad by HomerCradle and All by James Patterson Black Coffee by Agatha ChristieLock and Key by Sarah Dessen Damaged Goods by Stephen SolomitaBurning Bright by Tracy Chevalier Digger by Joseph FlynnDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris Monster by Walter Dean MyersThe Ha Ha by Dave King Company Man by Joseph FinderAcross the River and Into the Trees - Ernest Hemingway A Northern Light by Jennifer DonnellyThe Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl Brain Droppings by George CarlinRebecca by Daphne du Maurier And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship by Bob Greene Before I Fall by Lauren OliverSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo CoelhoFawlty Towers Vol. 1 - John Cleese & Connie Booth How To Ruin Your Life by Ben SteinHeir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde One Shot by Lee ChildA Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham Time Bomb by Jonathan KellermanFive People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsMore Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsHot Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman Wishful Drinking by Carrie FisherPainted Ladies by Robert B. Parker The Wheel Of Darkness by Lincoln ChildHunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Sister by Poppy AdamsPlum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich 311 Pelican Way by Debbie MacomberA Gracious Plenty by Sheri Reynolds 2010 ListensBlackbringer by Laini Taylor Queste by Angie SageSyren by Angie Sage The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory The Day Freedom Died by Charles LaneBasket Case by Carl Hiassen Escape from the Carnivale by Ridley PearsonSick Puppy by Carl Hiassen Science Fair by Dave BarryDaisy Miller by Henry James The Cat Who Moved a Mountain by Lillian Jackson Braun Far From the Tree by Virginia De BerryThe Turnaround by George Pelecanos Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson The Great Tree of Avalon by T.A. BarronLiberty by Garrison Keillor Father’s Da by John Calvin BatchelorA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn2nd Chance by James Patterson Night by Elie WeiselPontoon by Garrison Keillor Brian’s Winter by Gary PaulsonCider House Rules by John Irving Rebel Angels by Libba BraySweet Far Thing by Libba Bray The Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaHard Revolution by George Pelecanos Naked by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisburgerA Long Way from Home by Tom Brokaw Fighting Fire by Caroline PaulJurassic Park by Michael Crichton Judas Child by Carol O’Connell16 Lighthouse Road by Debbie Macomber Homegrown Democrat by Garrison KeillorA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah Power Play by Joseph FinderThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon The Dark is Rising by Susan CooperIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Wobegon Boy by Garrison KeillorIf I Stay by Gayle Forman The Greenwitch by Susan CooperAlien Chronicles by Deborah Chester The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David GrannAlice Hoffman Collection by Alice Hoffman The Camel Club by David Baldacci 2009 ListensThe River by Gary PaulsenPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensAtlantis Found by Clive Cussler The Slaves War by Andrew WardWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch The Shadow in the North by Philip PullmanLoving Frank by Nancy Horan The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom BrokawThe Blue Virgin by Tracy Chevalier Airframe by Michael CrichtonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells The Ruby and the Smoke by Philip PullmanThe Great Santini by Pat Conroy Physik by Angie SageDirty Job by Christopher Moore Magic Hour - Susan IsaacsAnything Considered - Peter Mayle No Place Like Home - Tom BodettMy Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Fluke by Christopher MooreOne Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman Sister's Grimm: The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley A Redbird Christmas by Fannie FlaggInterview with a Vampire by Anne Rice Charming Billy by Alice McDermottThe Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams The Good German by Joseph KanonThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesLiving Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris Charles Kuralt's America by Charles KuraltKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy TanArtemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer Flyte by Angie SageMagyk by Angie Sage My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln CollierThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly The Templar Legacy by Steve BarryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Maximum Ride - The Angel Experiment by James Patterson My Antonia by Willa Cather2008 Listens The Forgery of Venus by Michael GruberNumber The Stars by Lois Lowry The Resurrectionist by Jack O'ConnellFriday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs The House of the Scorpion - Nancy FarmerThe Last Templar - Raymond Khoury The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk KiddThe Secret Supper - Javier Sierra Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine HarrisLand of Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer Sea of Trolls by Nancy FarmerArtemis Fowl Series (Books 1-5) Eoin Colfer

Bookrings & Bookrays I'm participating in:

Monica Ferris Book Spiral-- LyzzyBee
6. Hanging By a Thread
7. Cutwork
8. Crewel Yule
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe -- oppem
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - valpete
9th Judgement by James Patterson - Ythan
International Alphabet Relay by Starflash**Sent Forward**
Anything Goes VBB - smd427**Sent Forward**
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier - teggers
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo - dabercro**Sent Forward**
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous - romy86**Sent Forward**
I Hate Sci-Fi (but you don't have to) Bookbox -- bookstogive**Sent Forward**
Half-Broke Horses by Jeanette Wells - ravencat**Sent Forward**
CD Only Bookbox - booklady331**Sent Forward**
Audiobook VBB - iwillrejoice**Sent Forward**
Foreign Correspondence by Geraldine Brooks - Boekentrol
The Fairy Godmother Fiction Bookbox - TaleofGenji
Mysteries of Pittsburg by Michael Chabon - flewry**Sent Forward**
The Once and Future King by T. H. White - flewry**Sent Forward**
March by Geraldine Brooks - Isabel-Batteria
LittleWhiteBird's Shrinking Audio Bookbox - LittleWhiteBird**Received**



Bookrings & Rays I Have Finished and Sent Forward:

Good Omens by Neil Gaimen and Terry Pratchett – lynlee4 Pope Joan by Donna Cross - Isabel-BatteriaThe Book of Lost Things(Audio) by John Connolly – Carlissa The Anansi Boys by Neil Gaimen - Tori58Marley and Me by John Grogan - krl112 Plague Ship by Clive Cussler - book-man8Food, Glorious Food Bookbox – Trekwoman & Sweet-Pickle Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Audio) by Anthony Bourdain - krl112 Christopher's Perfect Size Bookbox - MyssCynTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston—PaulsBooks Marley and Me by John Grogan - krl112The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski -- missgyder Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen (Bookray) -- house-elfdobby Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston-- PaulsBooks Wishlist Bookbox -- nuyear1975Audio Cassette Bookbox -- carlissa Corsair by Clive Cussler -- book-man-8The Book Thief by Markus Zusak -- Kimmi The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde -- Ubsia Flossie's Wishlist Bookbox -- flossie771The Bean Tree by Barbara Kingsolver-- amidabutsu The Tea Bag Box and Journal -- LlednylTwo Old Women by Velma Wallis -- PaulsBooks Gritty Grace by David Rust -- GoryDetailsTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis -- chich The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows -- house-elfdobby Judge a Book by its Cover Bookbox -- 300dogsEnder's Game by Orson Scott Card—PaulsBooks Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card – PaulsBooks Katherine by Anya Seton (Bookray)-- lauraloo29Night by Elie Wiesel -- FeistyPom2love Queen of Swords by Judith Tarr -- lauraloo29The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey -- lauraloo29 Crewel World by Monica Ferris – LyzzyBeeFramed in Lace by Monica Ferris – LyzzyBee A Stitch in Time by Monica Ferris – LyzzyBeeThree Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace by Greg Mortenson – Wandering-B Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams – anathema-device TBR Virtual Bookbox – GzusgirlCassette Audio Bookbox – sp4home Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay – kOOkaburraNotes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson – TiffanyAching The Help by Katharine Stockett – mssaverThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson – grubsneerg Looking for Alaska by John Green – KatekintailUnraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris - LyzzyBee Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama - Unwrittenlibra The White Queen by Philippa Gregory -- ReetPetite Wrap It Up Bookbox #2 -- bookstogiveCD Audio Bookbox --indygo88 Sunshine by Robin McKinley --lauraloo29A Murderous Yarn by Monica Ferris -- LyzzyBee The Small-Town Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron -- 300dogs I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak -- rockyhorror1978 Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher – fireyfairyMostly Cassette Audio Bookbox II - hyphen8 Tea Box – LlednylNation by Terry Pratchett -- perryfran CD Only Bookbox - BigJohnLeftyA Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick - lauraloo29 Every Fixed Star by Jane Kirkpatrick - lauraloo29 Hold Tight the Thread by Jane Kirkpatrick - lauraloo29BigJohnLefty's Another Audiobookbox - BigJohnLefty

Bookrings & Rays I'm hosting:

Night by Ellie Wiesel**Successfully Completed**
Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry by Denise Swanson**Successfully Completed**
Earreading Audiobooks on Cassette Bookbox**Successfully Completed**
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson**Missing in Action**
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov**Successfully Completed**
Dawn by Elie Wiesel
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris**Successfully Completed**
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
imawinn2's Historical Fiction Book Box**Successfully Completed**
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata


Past Bookrings & Rays I Have Started:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeInkheart by Cornelia Funke The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling Unlocking Harry Potter by John GrangerThe Resurrectionist by Jack O'Connell (Audio Book) A is for Author, B is for Bookray - Intl. Bookray game Love by Leo BuscagliaWhat My Dog Has Taught Me About Life: Meditations for Dog Lovers by Gary Stanley His Dark Materials Trilogy (Spiral) by Philip Pullman Haunted Wisconsin by Beth Scott & Michael NormanBlind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

I list my bookrings at: The Bookring Directory!




Happily handing out RABCKs since 2008

Total RABCK count: 68

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