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I don't see responses to any of my forum posts and quite frankly I've tired of the endless and obtrusive advertising to non-winged members. While I understand the need of the site to generate money, when I compare this site to other free sites like goodreads or Ravelry, it falls so far short that I find myself coming here with less and less frequency. Please be aware that this page is not up to date and neither are my bookshelves. It's a shame as at one time I just loved this site. The bickering and snide remarks that come from chit chat did not help either and I took my limited time for book socializing to a site with monitored forums where that sort of thing just isn't tolerated.


TRADES, RABCKs, RINGS AND RAYS
I'm open to any trades from my AVL or TBR if I can find something to trade for from your AVLs. I love sending and receiving RABCKs - RINGS and RAYS: feel free to contact me if you think I might be interested in one of your rings or rays.

You can take a look at my "books read" columns for an idea of what I like. Among the things I won't read -- horror, vampire-themes, true crime, scifi, christian lit, most chick lit, most thrillers (Nelson DeMille is my totally illogical exception!
















GOALS 2011
1. 60 books off Mt. TBR, whether read or discarded: 8/60
2. 20,000+ pages: 1680 pgs
3. 12 non fiction: 2/12
4. Over 600 hours read: 47
5. To read 6 older authors (Pearl Buck, Steinbeck, etc): 1/6
6. 4 books in Spanish:
7. Read 10 books from the 1001 books to read list

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BOOKS READ IN 2011 1. Excellent Women, Barbara Prym (Classic) (TBR1) 2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot (TBR2) 3. The Lost Prophecies, The Medieval Murderers (TBR3)4. The Temple of Obsession, James Fleming (TBR4) Abandoned unread 5. The Piano Tuner, Daniel Mason (TBR5)FEBRUARY 6. A Year in Provence, Peter Mayle, (TBR5) Non-fiction, 7. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tbr6,8. The Clothes They Stood Up in, Alan Bennett, tbr 7

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2010 RABCKS SENT BY ME indicates a journal entry

Pinkoeria: Measure of a Man; ComradeCamper: Yuppies, Jet Set y la Movida ComradeCamper: Sweetness in the Belly; Sromano: Ellen Foster; Loves OU - Round Ireland with a Fridge ; Jackie700 - The Heretic's Daughter ; Kayjay33 - Cold Mountain ; 6of8 - My War and Bait and Switch; Nighttraine56: Forever ; Oldreader: Reaching to Heaven ; mom2jwn: The Undomestic Goddess ; NMReader: The Double Bind, and Bum Steer ; Pitluv4: Mary, Called Magdalene not received, possibly lost in the mail; Oppem: The Heretic's Daughter (2nd copy) and Northanger Abbey ; Herchelle: Morality for Beautiful Ladies (HGG2010) ;
Eastbaybookmisr: A Separate Peace; Kobie03 - Talk Before Sleep; Froggie66: The Russian Concubine ; tiatia: The River Wife; Colombina: Madame Treymes MmeClinton: Those Who Save Us Poobah1: Daughter of the Saints ; Arabd: 211 Things a Clever Girl Can Do.; Glade1: Mudbound and The Observations






GOALS 2010
1. 46 books off Mt. TBR: 46/46 Goal Accomplished on 11/11/10
2. 20,000+ pages:19981/20,221= 100+% of goal Goal Accomplished on 12/1/10
3. 12 non fiction:12/12Goal Accomplished on 11/11/10
4. to keep track of time spent reading: over 532 hours
5. To read 6 classics (or pre WW1 or written by a classic author)Goal Accomplished on 12/1/10

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Books Read in 2010 1. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenneger, fiction 416 pgs, 504 min TBR1 bookring 2. The Book of Air and Shadows, Michael Gruber, fiction, 649pgs(1065) 900MIN(1404) hours 3. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks, fiction, 400 pgs (1465), 360 min(1764) 4. The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd, fiction, 216 pgs (1681), 325 min (2116 min total) 5. The Camel Bookmobile, Misha Hamilton, fiction, 336 pgs/2,027 pgs -- 336 min/2,415 mim 6.6. The Hiding Place by Carrie ten Boom, 242 pgs/2269 and 302 min/2,717 2,269 pages and 2,717 minutes read in JanuaryFEBRUARY 7. The Help by Kathryn Stockett, 451 pgs/2,729 and 752 min/3469 min 8. Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry, 208 pages/ 2,937 and 346 min/3815 9. The Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian, 374 pages/3311 and 524 min/4,339 min 10. The Immoralist, Andre Gide, 170 pages/3481 and 170 min/4,509min 11. Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach, 281 pg/3762 and 240 min/4,749min 12. Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich, 256 pg/4,018 and 251 min/5000min 13. The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith, 208 pgs/4,226 and 250 min/5,250 min 14. Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford, 320 pgs/4546 and 10 hours or 600 min/5,850 minutes MARCH15. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery 325/4871 and 465 min/6,315 min 16. Witch Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic 188/5,059 and 313 min/6,628 min 17. The River Wife by Jonis Agee, 432/5491 and 864 min/7492 min APRIL18. Ines of my Soul by Isabel Allende, 321 pgs/5812 and 521 min/8013 minutes total 19. The Kitchen Boy by Robert Alexander, 229 pgs/6041 and 343/8356 20. The Healing of America, T.R.Reid, 288pgs/6139 and 432/8788 21. The Double Bind, Chris Bohjalian, 395 pgs/6,534 and 494 min/9,282 total 22. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, Helen Simonson, 368 pgs/6902 and 633 min/9915 total 23. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks, 264 pgs/7166 and 198 min/10,113 total 24 Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, 73pgs/7239 and 216 min/10329 MAY25. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton 552 pgs/7791 and 938 min/11267min 26. Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg 210pgs/8,001 and 235min/11,502min 27. This Proud Heart, Pearl S. Buck, 358 pgs/8,359 and 511 min/12,013min 28. The Heretic's Daughter, Kathleen Kent 352pgs/8711 and 600 min/12,613min 29. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, 324pgs/9035 and 540 min/13,153 min JUNE30. Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese 688pgs/9723 and 1060 min/14,213 31. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson 636pgs/10,359 and 1156 min/15369 min total 32. The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel (non-fiction) 320pgs/10,679 and 480min/15,849total 33. Reaching to Heaven by James van Praagh 191pgs/10870 and 240 min/16089min total 34. Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb 368pgs/11238 and 360 min/16449 JULY35. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 352pgs/11590 and 405 min/16854 classic 36. Mary Called Magdalene by Margaret George 646pgs/12236 and 1192 min/18046 37. The Captain's Wife by Douglas Kelley 336 pgs/12572 and 420/18466min 38. Larry's Party, Carol Shield 150+pages/12732 and 225 min/18691min AUGUST39. Lost Nation, Jeffrey Lent 370 pages/13102 and 740 min/19431min 40. The Works of Vincent Van Gogh 95pgs 13197 and 65 min/19496min 41. The Tortilla Curtain, T.C.Boyle 355 pgs 13552 and 575 min/20071 42. Sea Glass, Anita Shreve, 400 pgs 13,952 and 600 min/20,671 43. Those Who Save Us, Jenna Blum, 482 pgs/14,434 and 670min/21341 44. The Road not Taken, Robert Frost, 64pgs/14,495 and 128min/21,469 45. The Nieuwe Kerk (the Amsterdam cathedral) 78pgs/14,573 and 120/21,579 SEPTEMBER46. Burger's Daughter, Nadine Gordimer 340pgs/14,913 and 500 min/22,079 -- #35 off Mt. TBR 47. Mudbound, Hillary Jordan 340 pgs/15,253 and 510 min/22,589 min total 48. Anne Frank House A Museum with a Story 248 pgs/15501 and 190min/22779 TBR#36 49. Night Flight, Antoine de Saint Exupery 98pgs/15599 and 98min/22977 TBR#37 OCTOBER50. The Lion by Nelson DeMille 448pgs/16,047 and 15hrs,45min/397 and 45 min total 51. Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner 569pgs/16,616 and 22hrs/419hours TBR#38 52. The News from Paraguay, Lily Tuck 245/16,856 and 4hrs/423hrs TBR#39 53. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Maggie O'Farrell 256/17112 and 5hrs30/458.30 TBR#40 54. Women Hollering Creek, Sandra Cisneros 192/17304 and 4 hrs/462.30 55. Stolen Innocence, Elissa Walls, 448/17752 and 16 hours/478.30 56. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Alexander McCall Smith, 256pgs/17808 and 9 hrs, 25 min/488hrs NOVEMBER57. The Ladies of Missalonghi, Colleen McCullough, 189pgs/17941 and 4.5hrs/492.5hrs 58. While I Was Gone, Sue Miller 305pgs/18246 and 7.5hrs/500 hrs 59. Love, Again - Doris Lessing 352pgs/18598 and 6 hours/506hrs 60. The Observations, Jane Harris 406pgs/19004 and 15.5hrs/521.5hrs 61. 84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff 112pgs/19,116pgs and 3 hrs/524.5 62. The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor, 240 pgs/20,221pgs and 8hrs/532.5 DECEMBER63. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson, 256 pgs/20,477pgs and 18hrs/550.5hrs 64. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, 286/20763 and 16hrs/566.5hrs 65. Her Boston Experience, Margaret Allston, 208pgs/20,911 and 5 hrs/671.5 66. Night Train to Turkistan, Stuart Stevens, 252pgs/21,163 and 7 hrs/678.5 Winter in Madrid, C.J.Samson; 544 pgs/ 21,707pgs and 22 hours/700.5hrs


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Bookrays/Bookrings I am Hosting
People of the Book OPEN
The Book Thief OPEN
Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women OPEN AND REVIVED WITH A NEW COPY
Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman OPEN
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: adrift in Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost OPEN - STALLED BY KIRI
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad CLOSED
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III CLOSED
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith CLOSED
March by Geraldine Brooks CLOSED

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READING GOALS 2009
Read 45 books from Mt. TBR, Read 7 longer books (500+pgs), 20 non-fiction books, and 1 classic (out of the 6 I intended to read) Read well over 20,000 pages.

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Books Read in 2009 1. There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled, compiled by Dave Lansky, TBR1, non-fiction, 216 pages 2. Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee, fiction TBR2, 241 pgs 3. Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry, fiction TBR3, 500 pgs4. The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz by Almudena Solana, bookring, fiction, 147 pgs 5. Getting Stoned with Savages, A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu, J. Maarten Troost, 239 pgs non fiction book club TBR 4 6. The Friendship Test, by Elizabeth Noble, fiction, 448 pgs TBR5 7. Mr. Pip, by Lloyd Jones, book ring, fiction 272 pgs TBR6 8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, fiction, book ring 467 pgs, TBR 7 9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, fiction, TBR8, 220 pgs 10. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories, by Ernest Hemingway, book club 144 pgs 11. Talking Dirty (with the Queen of Clean) TBR9, 244 pgs 12. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, fiction/non-ficiton TBR 10, 431 pgs 13. Writ of Execution by Perri O'Shaughnessy, TBR 11, 402 pgs, fiction 14. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, TBR 12, 206 pgs, non-fiction 15. Oblivious by Cyndia Depre, book club, 280 pgs, fiction16. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith, TBR 13, fiction, 352 pgs 17. The Year of Fog, Michelle Richmond, TBR 14, fiction, 412 pgs 18. Tears of the Giraffe, Alexander McCall Smith, TBR 15, fiction 256 pgs 19. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, TBR16, fiction 944 pgs 20. Still Alice by Lisa Genova, TBR 17, fiction, 320 pgs 21. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan, TBR 18, fiction 400 pgs 22. The Reader by Bernard Schlink, TBR 19, fiction 224 pgs 23. Eats, Shoots & Leaves, TBR 20, nonfiction, 240 pgs24. Chang and Eng, Davin Strauss, TBR 21, fiction, 336 pgs 25. The Gate House, Nelson DeMille, fiction, 688 pgs 26. The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes, Diane Chamberlain, 528 pages 27. Fire in the Blood by Irene Nimirovsky, fiction, TBR 23 160 pages, 28. The Hummingbird's Daughter, Luis Alberto Urrea, fiction, TBR24, 528 pages 29. In the Skin of the Lion by Michael Ondaatje TBR 25,fiction, 256 pages 30. Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton, TBR 26, 214 pages31. A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor, TBR27, 233 pages fiction 32. March by Geraldine Brooks, TBR28, fiction 304 pages 33. Morality for Beautiful Girls, TBR 29, fiction, 227 pages34. Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic, TBR 30 non-fiction, 224 pgs 35. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, fiction TBR 31, 976 pages 36. Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo, fiction TBR 32, 656 pages 37. Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women, 272 pages, non fiction, TBR 33 38. The Devil and Miss Prym, Paolo Coelho, fiction TBR 34, 270 pages 39. The 19th Wife, David Ebershoff, fiction TBR 35, 544 pages 40. Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld by Christine Wiltz, 288 pgs non-fiction TBR 36 41. The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 by Wladyslaw Szpilman non-fiction, 244 pgs, TBR 37 42. Talking to Heaven: A Medium's Message of Life After Death, James Van Praagh, non fiction, 304 pages, TBR 38 43. Zoya's Story, Zoya, non fiction, 256 pgs TBR 39, non-fiction 44. Early Voyageurs, by Marie Savage, non fiction, 144 pages, non-fiction TBR 40 45. Paper Daughter, by M. Elaine Mar, non fiction, 304 pages, non-fictionTBR 41 46. The Horrors of Salem's Witch Dungeon, R. Cahill, 56 pages,non-fiction TBR 42 47. Women in Colonial Times, C. Holliday, 319 pages, TBR 43, non-fiction 48. The Measure of a Man, Sidney Poitier, 272 pages, TBR 44, non fiction 49. Big Russ & Me, Tim Russert, 352 pages, TBR 45 non fiction 50. Father Joe, The Man Who Saved my Soul, by Tony Hendra, TBR 46 non fiction, 304 pages 51. A Separate Peace, John Knowles, TBR 47, fiction, 196 pgs 52. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, fiction, 576 pgs53. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, fiction, 608 pgs 54. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks, fiction, 585 pgs 55. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton, classic fiction, 128 pgs56. Belong to Me, Marisa de los Santos, fiction 416 pgs 57. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson, 447 pages 58. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Steig Larsson, 512 pagespages added up to and incluing this book. 59. The History of Love, Nichole Krauss, fiction, 252 pgs 60. Nothing to Declare, memoir, 256 pgs61. Il Postino, Antonio Sarmiento, 120 pgs 62. Breakpoint, Richard Clarke, 320 pages, fiction 63. Amsterdam, Bruges and Brussels, 484 pgs. non fiction64. The Masterpieces Guide, Rijks Museum Amsterdam, 164 pgs, non-fiction

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Books Read in 2008 1. The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith (fiction)tbr 1 2. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by S. Lee (fiction) book club 3. The Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland (fiction) tbr24. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (play) tbr3 5. The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (fiction) tbr 4 6. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (biography) tbr 57. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (fiction) tbr 6 8. Parvana by Deborah Ellis (fiction) bookring9. Haroun and the Sea of Stories (fiction) TBR 7 10. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (non fiction) TBR 8 11. Changes by Ama Ata Aidoo (fiction) TBR 912. San Francisco Than and Now by Bill Yenne (non-fiction) TBR 10 13. Persian Girls, a memoir by Nahrid Rachlin (non-fiction) TBR 11 14. The Yankee Girl by Kyusun Chung (fiction) bookring, 15. Yuppies, Jet Set, La Movida y Otras Especies de Carmen de Posadas TBR 12 (non-fiction) 16. Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire (non-fiction) TBR 13 17. A Thousand Country Roads by R. J. Waller (fiction) TBR 14 18. Daughters of Islam (non-fiction) TBR 1519. Up Country by Nelson DeMille (fiction) audio 20. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (fiction) TBR 16 21. The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy (fiction short stories) TBR 17 22. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (non-fiction) TBR 18 23. El Viejo que Leia Novelas de Amor by Luis Sepulveda (fiction) TBR 19 24. Bitter Grounds by Sandra Benitez (fiction) tbr 20 25. Open House by Elizabeth Berg (fiction) tbr 2126. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy (fiction) tbr 22 27. The Virgin Blue by Tracey Chevalier (fiction) tbr 23 28. Confieso que He Vivido by Pablo Neruda (memoir) tbr 2429. A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena De Blasi (memoir) tbr 25 30. A Thread of Grace (book club) tbr 2631. Madame de Treymes by Edith Wharton tbr 27 32. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson (fiction)tbr 28 33. Mi Pais Inventado by Isabel Allende (memoir) tbr 29 34. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (memoir) tbr 30 bookclub 35. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (fiction) tbr 31 36. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (fiction) memoir37. The Good Wife Strikes Back (fiction) TBR 33 38. Children of Strangers by Lyle Saxon (fiction) TBR 34 39. The Year of Naked Swim Parties, (fiction) book club40. Mrs. Astor's Horse by Stanley Walker (non-fiction) TBR 35 41. The Map of Love (fiction) bookring42. The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc by S. Despres (fiction) TBR 36 43. February Hill by Victoria Lincoln (fiction) TBR 37 44. Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger (fiction) bookclub 45. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (non-fiction) TBR 38 46. The Professor by Charlotte Bronte (fiction) TBR 39 47. Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feile (non-fiction) TBR 40 48. The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman (fiction) TBR 41 49. The Girl at the Lion D'Or by Sebastian Faulks (fiction) TBR 42 50. Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman (non-fiction) TBR 43 51. P is for Peril by Sue Grafton (fiction) TBR 4452. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, (fiction) bookclub 53. The House Gun by Nadine Gordimer (fiction) TBR 45 54. About a Boy by Nick Hornby (fiction) TBR 4655. Cat Stories by James Herriot (non-fiction) TBR 47 56. Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult (fiction) TBR 48 57. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coehlo TBR 4958. The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer TBR 50 bookclub (fiction) 59. Snow in August by Pete Hamill TBR 51 (fiction) 60. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris TBR 52 (bookclub) 61. The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks TBR 5362. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (bookring) fiction 63. Savages by Joe Kane non-fiction TBR 5464. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, fiction TBR 55 65. Oranges are not the only Fruit, Jeanette Wasterson TBR 56 66. Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck, fiction TBR 57

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Books Read in 2007 1. The Audacity of Hope, Barak Obama (non-fiction) 2. Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs(allegedly non-fiction)BC 3. The Log of the Skipper's Wife by James Balano (non-fiction)TBR-1 4. Loving Women, Pete Hamill (fiction)ray it forward 5. The Caliph's House, a Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah (non-fiction) 6. Siberian Huskies, by Ken Kern (non-fiction)7. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris (non-fiction)TBR-2 8. The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver (fiction) book swap 9. Bush at War, Bob Woodward (audio, non-fiction)10. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck (fiction)TBR-3 11. The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble (fiction)book ring 12. Veil of Roses by Laura Fitzgerald (fiction)13. Richard III, by William Shakespeare (readalong - play)TBR-4 14. The Pursuit of Happyness, By Chris Gardner (memoir)BC 15. The Pickup, by Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Prize winner - fiction)TBR-5 16. When the Emperor was Divine, Julie Otsuka (fiction)book ring 17. Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran (fiction)book ring18. Seductive Poison by Deborah Layton (memoir) BC The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay - (fiction) unfinished TBR-6 19. The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant - (fiction) TBR -7 20. Total Money Makeover by David Ramsey non-fiction 21. Comedy of Error by William Shakespeare, readalong -TBR 822. Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez TBR-9 23. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Dai Sijie fiction/bookring 24. Tha Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri fiction/bookring 25. Gypsy Marsala by Preethi Nair fiction/bookring26. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence fiction/ BC 27. Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck memoir bookring 28. Inherit the Wind, J. Lawrence and R. Lee (play)29. Bel Canto by Anne Prachett tbr#10 (fiction) 30. Titus Andronicus by W. Shakespeare, (play) readalong TBR 11 31. Cinnamon City By Miranda Innes (non-fiction), TBR 1232. The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll (fiction) bookring 33. Inside the Kingdom, My Life in Saudi Arabia by Carmen Bin Ladin (memoir) for book club 34. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (fiction) bookring 35. seven types of ambiguity by elliot perlman (fiction) tbr 13 36. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult (fiction)for book ring37. Ojo de Buey by Jose Marzo, (short stories) tbr 14 38. The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham (fiction) tbr 15 39. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (fiction) book club40. The Red Moon by Kuwana Haulsey (fiction) tbr 16 41. Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik fiction (loaned) 42. The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith audio (fiction) 43. The Confessor by Daniel Silve (fiction) audio 44. Lifeguard by James Patterson (fiction) audio45. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost (tbr17) 46. The Life and Times of Michael K, by J.M.Coetzee (fiction) bookring 47. Leeway Cottage by Beth Gutcheon tbr 18 (fiction) 48. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (fiction) bookclub49. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini(fiction) tbr 19 loan 50. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (fiction) tbr 20 51. The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith by Irshad Manji (non fiction) TBR 21 52. Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver (fiction) 22 53. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (fiction) tbr 2354. Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult (fiction) bookclub 55. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (non-fiction) bookring 56. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (play) readalong tbr24 57. The Pact by Jodi Picoult (fiction) bookring58. Marley and Me by John Grogan (memoir) bookring 59. El Tunel by Ernesto Sabato (fiction) bookring 60. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund (fiction) bookclub tbr2561. Othello by William Shakespeare for readalong (play) tbr 26 62. A Heart of Stone by Renate Dorrestein (fiction) bookring 63. Jesus for the Non-Religious by John Shelby Spong (nonfiction) tbr 27 64. Alentejo Blue by Monica Ali (fiction) tbr 2865. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (fiction) bookring 66. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugidines (fiction) book club tbr 29 67. The Shadow of the Wind (fiction) bookring68. The Constant Princess (fiction) bookring 69. Sarah's Quilt (fiction) bookring70. Atonement (fiction) tbr 30 71. Chasing the Devil's Tail by David Fulmer (fiction) bookclub 72. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos (fiction) bookclub73. Glasgow and Clyde Valley by Callum Dalziel Cochrane 74. Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (short stories) bookring 75. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (fiction) tbr 31 76. In the Country of Men by Hirsham Matar (fiction) bookring77. Sunrise on Kusatsu Harbor by Dan Maloney (fiction) tbr32 78. Three to get Ready by Janet Evanovich (fiction) tbr 33 79. Afrodita by Isabel Allende (non fiction) tbr 3480. Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (play) tbr 35

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Books Read in 2006 1. Leaving the Saints2. The Nature of Good and Evil, Sylvia Browne 3. The Templar Legacy4. The Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 5. From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas Friedman6. Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Gabriel Garcia Marquez 7. Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel8. Bee Season, A Novel, Myla Goldberg 9. Night Fall, Nelson DeMille10. Big Trouble, Dave Barry 11. Under the Banner of Heaven, A Story of Violent Faith, Jon Krakauer 12. The Translator, Leila Aboulela13. the Swallows of Kabul, Yasmina Khadra 14. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Kidd Monk15. Saturday, Ian McEwan 16. Pope Joan, Donna Cross17. Misfortune, Wesley Stace 18. The Master Butchers Singing Club, Louise Erdrich The Master, Colm Toibin19. The Known World, Edward P. Jones 20. Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini21. Honky, Dalton Conley 22. The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, Mohja Kahf23. Easter Island, Jennifer Vanderbes 24. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry25. The Power of One, Bryce Courtenay 26. Disgrace, J. M. Coetzee27. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, Mark Haddon 28. The Red Tent, Anita Diamant29. Wildfire, Nelson DeMille 30. The Bookseller of Kabul, Anse Seierstad31. Eleven Minutes, Paulo Coehlo 32. The Alchemist, Paulo Coehlo33. The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards 34. The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai35. The Summer of Ordinary Ways, Nicole Helget 36. A Passage to India, E.M. Forster37. To the Nines, Janet Evanovich 38. Big Trouble, Dave Barry

THE TO-BE-READ ALPHA AUTHOR LIST

The idea is to read through my TBR list in ABC order by author, reading at least one book from each letter on my shelf. Of course I reserve the right to throw in other books in between other for book club, rays or pleasure!

A - Al Aswany, Yacoubian Building
..... Ali, Infidel
..... Austen, Pride and Prejudice
..... Aidoo, Changes
...... Atwood, The handmaid's Tale
B - Binchy, The Return Journey
..... Binchy, Whitethorn Woods
..... Benitez, Bitter Grounds
..... Berg, Open House
C - Chevalier - The Virgin Blue
.....Coelho - Veronika Decides to Die
D - DeBlasi - A Thousand Days in Venice
..... Despres - The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc
E - No E authors, all sent to the AVL list
F - Feiler, Abraham
,,,,,Fasman, The Geographer's Library
.....Faulks, The girl at the Lion D'Or
.....Follett, Pillars of the Earth
G - Golden-Gelman, Tales of a Female Nomad
.....Grafton, P is for Peril
.....Gibbons, Divining Women - dropped
.....Gordimer, The House Gun
H....Hornby, About a Boy
.....Herriot, Cat Stories
.....Hamill, Snow in August
.....Harris, Five Quarters of the Orange
.....Hicks, Widow of the South
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J....
K....Kane, Savages
L....Lansky, There's No Toilet Paper
M....Mukherjee, Jasmine
.....Mistry, Family Matters
.....Mar, Paper Daughter
N....Nemirovsky, Suite Francaise
O....O'Shaughnessy, Writ of Execution
P....Pausch, The Last Lecture
Q....Quinlan, Blessings - not read
R....Richards, A year of Fog
.....Roberts, Shantaram
S....Smith, Dodie, I Capture the Castle
.....Smith, Alexander McCall, Morality for Beautiful Women
.....Szpilman,The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
T....Thornton, Lawrence, Imagining Argentina
.....Taylor, Peter, A Summons to Memphis
U....
V....Van Praagh, Talking to Heaven
W....Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld
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RINGS AND RAYS

The 19th Wife<----book mailed out 8/17/2009
Foreign Correspondence


Wild release notes:
Left at Scooter's Coffeehouse at 180th & Welch Plaza (1 block north of 180th & "Q"). Left on a round tabletop against the north wall, towards the back of the coffeehouse at 11:30 A.M. It has a bright Bookcrossing label on the cover with a Bookcrossing bookmark inside. If you find this book, please journal here so that previous readers can track the book's journey. You can remain anonymous if you wish or you can create your own Bookcrossing name & profile & join in the fun of releasing books "into the wild".