Recent Book Activity

Wishlist, RABCK and Gifted Books Received

1. The Rector's Wife by Joanna Trollope (UK)2007
2. Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (AUS)2007
3. The Broken Book by Susan Johnson (AUS)2007
4. The Infernal Optimist by Linda Jaivan (AUS)2007
5. Three Junes by Julia Glass (AUS)2007
6. The Island by Victoria Hislop (AUS)2007
7. How the Dead Live by Will Self (AUS)2008
8. Laura Blundy by Julie Myerson (Sweden)2008
9. Good Faith by Jane Smiley (AUS) 2009
10. Burning Bright by Tracey Chevalier (UK) 2009
11. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (AUS) 2009
12. A Special Providence by Richard Yates (UK) 2010
13. Gut Symmetries by Jeanette Winterson (AUS) 2010
14. Jennifer Government by Max Barry (AUS) 2010
15. Coastliners by Joanne Harris (AUS)2010
16. Jigs and Reels by Joanne Harris (AUS) 2010
17. The Art Of Mending by Elizabeth Berg (AUS) 2010
18. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (UK) 2010
19. Animal Farm by George Orwell (UK) 2010
20. The Archivist by Martha Cooley (USA) 2010
21. All This Is So by John F. Roe (AUS) 2010
22. On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (AUS) 2010
23. The Quiet American by Graham Greene (AUS) 2010
24. The Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez (AUS) 2011
25. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (AUS) 2011
26. The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (AUS) 2011
27. Want to Play by P J Tracy (AUS) 2011
28. Lucky by Alice Sebold (AUS) 2011
29. Ghost Light by Joseph O Connor (Netherlands) 2011
30. Baby no eyes by Patricia Grace (AUS) 2011
31. Redemption Falls by Joseph O'Connor (NZ) 2011
32. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (NZ) 2012


Wishlist, RABCK and Gifted Books given and their recipients

1. The Broken Book by Susan Johnson (nikkilovesbooks AUS 2007)
2. The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney (TheYogs AUS 2007)
3. The Lambing Flat by Nerida Newton (tqd AUS 2007)Happy Smile RABCK
4. Almost French by Sarah Turnbull (jasminsab BOSNIA 2007)
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (jubby AUS 2007)
6. The Ballad of Les Darcy by Peter Fitzsimmons (fairy-whispers AUS 2009)
7. The Spare Room by Helen Garner (RockDg9 AUS 2010)Happy Smile RABCK
8. This Is How by M J Hyland (LadyIndigo AUS 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
9. The Geurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by M A Shaffer(FreePages AUS 2010)
10. Beloved by Toni Morrison (nikkilovesbooks AUS 2010)
11. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (nikkilovesbooks AUS 2010)
12. Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs by Linda Olsson (nikkilovesbooks AUS 2010)
13. Ripley's Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2004 (nikkilovesbooks AUS 2010)
14. Cape Grimm by Carmel Bird ( libragirl NZ 2010)
15. Sleeping Around by Brian Thacker (jubby AUS 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
16. The Millstone by Margaret Drabble (Karli AUS 2010)
17. Laura Blundy by Julie Myerson (glenystasmania AUS 2010)
18. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (L1nda AUS 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
19. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (lizbmart Canada 2010)
20. Animal Farm by George Orwell (HelenBella AUS 2010)
21. The Art Of Mending by Elizabeth Berg ( wombles AUS 2010)Happy Smile RABCK
22. Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips ( Catsalive AUS 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
23. The Life of Hunger by Amelie Nothomb (VeganMedusa NZ 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
24. The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult (Sazzita AUS 2010)
25. Tokyo Cancelled by Rana Dasgupta (jennymidget AUS 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
26. The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (amberC AUS 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
27. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (lmn60 AUS 2010)
28. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb (lmn60 AUS 2010)
29. Status Anxiety by Allain De Botton (crimson-tide AUS 2010) S Cross Book Exchange
30. Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill (crimson-tide AUS 2010)
31. Farehnheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Riite Finland 2010)
32. Q & A by Vikas Swarup (Leeny37 AUS 2010)
33. The Captains and the Kings by Jennifer Johnston (Leeny37 AUS 2010) SCBE
34. Skin Lane by Neil Bartlett (davemurray101 AUS 2011)
35. Restless by William Boyd (Sherlockfan NZ 2011)SCBE
36. Truth by Peter Temple (sofie777 AUS 2011)
37. The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham (sofie777 AUS 2011)
38. Trespass by Rose Tremain (sofie777 AUS 2011)
39. GhostLight by Joseph O'Connor (Edwardstreet NZ 2011)
40. Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfield (catsalive AUS 2011 SCBE)
41. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami (catsalive AUS 2011 SCBE)
42. 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (xtrdnry's AUS 2011)
43. Strangers by Taichi Yamada (piemunga AUS 2011)
44. Caribou Island by David Vann (Edwardstreet NZ 2011 SCBE)
45. Legend of A Suicide by David Vann (LadyIndigo AUS 2011 SCBE)
46. Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel (LadyIndigo AUS 2011 SCBE)
47. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton (Melanie2474 AUS 2011 SCBE)
48. B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton (Melanie2474 AUS 2011 SCBE)
49. The Body in the Clouds by Ashley Hay (catsalive AUS 2011)
50. The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee (catsalive AUS 2011)
51. Breath by Tim Winton (Tandevil AUS 2011)
52. Mosaic by Diane Armstrong (Tandevil AUS 2011)
53. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding by Julia Strachey (jubby AUS 2011 SCBE)
54. Home by Marilynne Robinson (jubby AUS 2011 SCBE)
55. Ransom by David Malouf (jubby AUS 2011 SCBE)

My *WILD* releases that have been caught and journalled

1Hollywood Kids by Jackie Collins
2Olivia Joules and The Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
3A Time To Die by Robert Moore
4The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg
5Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard
6Timeline by Michael Crichton
7How To Be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward
8Notes On A Scandal by Zoe Heller
9The Devil's Advocate by Morris West
10Open House by Elizabeth Berg
11Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay
12Eat, Pray,Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
13Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
14The Happy Isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux
15The Women In Black by Madeleine St John
16My Life As Me by Barry Humphries
17Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin
18Precious Bodily Fluids by Charles Waterstreet
19Tree of Angels by Penny Sumner