Recent Book Activity

-Last updated: May 22, 2012-

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I was born and grew up in Japan and currently live in the US. Naturally, I read books in English and Japanese. Since English is not my native language, I am not a fast reader of English books.

日本語本と英語本のスワップ（交換）大歓迎です。私のブッククロッシング・ページおよびブックムーチ・ページの本棚に興味のある本があれば、ＰＭください。


You can find me at other book websites, such as:
BookMooch (world-wide book swap site) with the same user ID
PaperBackSwap (the US book swap site) with user ID, "kaz".
Goodreads with user ID, "kaz".
**You can send me "friend request" from any website above, and let me know you too are a Bookcrosser :) **

My favorite genre: thrillers, suspense, horrors, historical fictions, fantasy, science-fictions, and classics.
My "current" favorite authors : Dean Koontz, Jodi Picoult, Philip K Dick, Osamu Dazai, and Natsuhiko Kyogoku.


【Bookring,-ray, -box that I am hosting】
Int'l Bookring... Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow

【Bookring,-ray, -box that I am participating】
Feb. 2012 NPR SF&Fantasy VBB: round-2 organized by JudySlump612 --> DONE
Mar. 2012 Int'l Bookray: "The Wooden Sea" by Jonathan Carroll (the #15 most traveled book) organized by SqueakyChu --> being added on mailing list (#4) and waiting
Mar. 2012 Int'l Bookray: The Psychopath Test organized by earthcaroleanne --> being added on mailing list (#4) and waiting
Mar. 2012 Int'l Bookring: "Girl in Translation" organized by valpete --> RECEIVED & READING
Mar. 2012 Int'l Bookray: "Snow" by Orhan Pamuk organized by SqueakyChu --> being added on mailing list (#3) and waiting
Apr. 2012 Int'l Spiral Bookray #1: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies organized by goldenwattle
Apr. 2012 Int'l Spiral Bookray #2: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls organized by goldenwattle
Apr. 2012 Int'l Spiral Bookray #3: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After organized by goldenwattle

【RABCK I entered/offered】
Feb. 2012 「まっしろな窓」赤川次郎 to Yaroujidai; mailed
Mar. 2012 Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell to biisbsw for her wishlist; mailed
Mar. 2012 「わしらは怪しい探検隊」椎名誠　to Yaroujidai as surprise RABCK; mailed
Apr. 2012 「小さいおうち」中島京子 from chocola905
May 2012 Friends to the End by Bradley Trevor Greive to zyasiminntea as a prize for Sakura-Release-Challenge (桜リリース・チャレンジ); mailed
Jun. 2012 Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult; will be mailed as SGG


【6冊6国6大陸チャレンジ2012 経過レポート】　5月31日現在

オセアニア - 0/6 冊
***読書候補... オーストラリア（作家）「I am the Messenger」

アジア - 1/6 冊
1)　日本: 「まっしろな窓」　赤川次郎 著
***読書候補... インド「The Age of Shiva」

ヨーロッパ - 2/6 冊
1)　アイルランド: 「Darkfever」 by Karen Marie Moning (『悪しき悪魔の抱擁』カレン・マリー・モニング) *図書館より
2)　フランス：「The Paris Wife」by Paula McLain *図書館より
3) ユーゴスラビア：「 The Tiger's Wife」 by Téa Obreht　*図書館よりe-bookで読書中
***読書候補... イギリス「Corduroy Mansions」 by Alexander McCall Smith

アフリカ - 0/6 冊
***読書候補... ケニア「The Constant Gardener」 by John le Carré 、ナイジェリア「Things Fall Apart」 by Chinua Achebe.

北米 - 1/6 冊
1)　USA: 「Scanner Darkly」 by Philip K. Dick *図書館より
***読書候補... エル・サルヴァドール「Bitter Grounds」 by Sandra Benitez. カナダ「The Blind Assasin」 by Margaret Atwood. メキシコ「The Power and the Glory」 by Graham Greene, 「All the Pretty Horses」 by Cormac McCarthy. ハイチ「All Souls' Rising」 by Madison Smartt Bell. ジャマイカ「A High Wind in Jamaica」 by Richard Hughes.

南米 - 0/6 冊
***読書候補... チリ「The House of the Spirits」 by Isabel Allende、ペルー「Bel Canto」 by Ann Patchett.

>>最低限の目標：　ヨーロッパから4冊、他地域からは最低1冊は読むこと。


My currently-reading shelf:


【Books I Read in 2012】 (audiobook 8; Nihongo 3)
20. 「ハネムーン」　吉本ばなな　著.　166pp.
19. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain. AUDIOBOOK.
18. "Dawn (Xenogenesis #1)" by Octavia E Butler. 248pp.
17. "Friends to the End: The True Value of Friendship" by Bradley Trevor Greive. 110pp.
16. "The Litigators" by John Grisham. AUDIOBOOK.
15. "Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power" by Rachel Maddow. 276pp.
14. "Shadowfever (Fever #5)" by Karen Marie Moning. 594pp.
13. "City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments #4)" by Cassandra Clare. AUDIOBOOK.
12. 「わしらは怪しい探検隊」　椎名誠　著. 234pp.
11. "City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments #3)" by Cassandra Clare. AUDIOBOOK.
10. 「まっしろな窓 」　赤川次郎　著. 355pp.
9. "City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2)" by Cassandra Clare. AUDIOBOOK.
8. "Dreamfever (Fever #4)" by Karen Marie Moning. 388pp.
7. "Faefever (Fever #3)" by Karen Marie Moning. 327pp.
6. "Bloodfever (Fever #2)" by Karen Marie Moning. 303pp.
5. "City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1)" by Cassandra Clare. AUDIOBOOK.
4. "The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller #1)" by Michael Connely. AUDIOBOOK.
3. "A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K Dick. AUDIOBOOK.
2. "Darkfever (Fever #1)" by Karen Marie Moning. 309pp.
1. "The Intuitionist" by Colson Whitehead. 255pp.


【My Book-Reading Stats】
2011... read total 61 books (audiobook 39; textbook 8)
2010... read total 48 books (audiobook 18)
2009... read total 32 books (audiobook 1; Nihongo 3)
2008... read total 32 books (Nihongo 1)


【TBR controll: owned-book ONLY】
TBR-2012...5
TBR-2011...13
TBR-2010...23
TBR-2009...38
TBR-older...32