Recent Book Activity

I share my home with my book-loving husband, two book-loving children, and three cats, who are book-lovers when it comes to rubbing their cheeks on the corners, sitting on the very paragraph I'm trying to read, and curling up in my lap while I'm reading. I will read just about anything, from cereal boxes to classics. My favorite genres are novels, mysteries, biographies, children's and young adults' books, gardening and craft books, and other nonfiction.

My other interests include all kinds of crafts, gardening, walking, writing, language, social justice issues, and the environment. I would live on tea and chocolate (fair trade and organic!) if I could.

I stumbled across Bookcrossing, and I joined right away, thinking it would help me reduce the number of books in my house. Ha! While I've ended up with even more books, I've ended up with more friends, too.

I release unwanted books given to me by others as well as my own books, so my shelf doesn't necessarily reflect my own taste.

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Current bookrings and rays
I'm organizing these:
A Patch of Blue by Elizabeth Kata -- lost
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman -- stalled (replacement copy, thanks to star69)

I'm waiting for these:
Merde Actually by Stephen Clarke (organized by DEESSE)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (organized by ApoloniaX and mssaver)

Crewel World Book Spiral (organized by LyzzyBee)
Hanging by a Thread

Agatha Raisin Book Spiral (organized by Tinina67)
12. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
13. Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate
14. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House
15. Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance
16. Agatha Raisin and the Perfect Paragon
17. Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor
18. Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye
19. Agatha Raisin and a Spoonful of Poison

Molly Hughes Book Spiral (organized by Famulus)
1. A London Child of the 1870s
2. A London Girl of the 1880s
3. A London Home in the 1890s
4. A London Family Between the Wars
5. Vivians

I have these:
Unraveled Sleeve (last in the ray)
Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie (organized by ApoloniaX) (last in the ray)
A Murderous Yarn (last in the ray)

I've sent these on in 2011:
Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman (organized by jonniboi)
Where the Bodies Are postcard book (organized by nediamnori87)
Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death
Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham
Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden
Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam
Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell
Two Old Women by Velma Wallis
Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks (organized by ApoloniaX)
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (organized by Caroley)
Surprise bookring (organized by karen07814)


Virtual Bookboxes
bookstogive's Mystery/Thriller/Suspense VBB
loveamystery's Coffee, Tea and Dessert VBB
Minerva101's Young Adult VBB
jnpert's Trade Paperbacks VBB
collectorkerri's First Sentences VBB
bookstogive's General Literature VBB

Currently reading:
The Wishing Jar by Penelope Stokes

I keep track of my reading here.