Excuses to bookcross: http://lifehacker.com/clear-out-old-books-with-this-triage-system-1679236697?
General stuff I'd love to have but think it would never get found if I put it in the wishlist:
Books about elephants and cephalopods
Books about random facts like why penguins feet don't freeze.
Books about weird economics
Books about ecology, conservation, sustainability, bioregionalism, ethnobotany
Books about great leaders
Books about ancient civilisations (Celtic, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, Mayan) the better researched the better.
Craft books (cross-stitch, small knitting projects, sewing, jewellry making, batik)
Photo books (particularly portraits)
Art books
Plays and compilations of poetry
I'm taking part in Nifferdoodles 2007 Across Ireland Challenge :)
So far I've done:
*Munster:
Cork (almost all releases)
Clare - The Road to McCarthy
Kerry -
Pearls
Tipperary - The Grave Tattoo
Waterford -
Flash
*Leinster:
Dublin - Tender is the Night
Wexford -
Body of Evidence
Wicklow:
Secret Prey
Books I've Read in 2008
28. The High Lord – Trudy Canavan
27. An Excellent Mystery – Ellis Peters (caught) 26. The Novice – Trudy Canavan
25. Wolf in Shadow – David Gemmell (caught) 24. Cat Stories – Stella Whitelaw (caught)
23. Arthur and George (caught) 22. The Ladies No.1 Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith (caught)
21. A Long Finish – Michael Didbin (caught) 20. I Claudius – Robert Graves (caught)
19. Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie (caught)
18. The Ripple Effect (caught) 17. The Alchemist – Paul Coelho (caught)
16. Three-Act Tragedy – Agatha Christie (caught)
At this point I lost count and became fanatically busy. So in no particular order:
15. Becoming Madame Mao - A [Ring] 14. A Man for All Seasons - Robert Bolt
13. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 12. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
11. The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks 10. Not Buying It - Judith Klevin [RING]
9. The Doomsday Book - Connie Wills [RING] 8. The Magician's Guild - Trudy Canavan (caught)
7. The Adventures of the Railway Cat - Phyllis Arkle (caught)
6. Hugger Mugger - Robert Parker 5. Unwanted Wife - Rachel Lindsay
4. Rose Madder - Stephen King (couldn't finish) (caught)
3. Ringworld - Larry Niven 2. War Drums - Jon Vornolt (ST:TNG)
1. March - Geraldine Brooks
Books I've Read in 2007
1. Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel (caught)
2. Poetry Please - anthology 3. Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl - Tracy Quan (caught)
4. Lost in a Good Book - Jasper Fforde 5. The Karma of Love - Barbara Cartland [had to because of the title :)] (caught - sort of)
6. How Not to Decorate - Justin and Colin McAllister
7. Which Lie Did I Tell? - William Goldman (caught) 8. The Night, they say, was made for love - Callahan (caught)
9. Hoffnungs constant readers - Hoffnung (caught)
10. Recipe for a perfect marriage - Kate Kinsella 11. The Very Brady Guide to Life - Jennifer Briggs (caught)
12. Barry Trotter and the shameless parody - Michael Gerber (never finished - it was awful)
13. Best American 2003 - Susie Bright (caught) 14. The One Tree - Stephen Donaldson (caught)
15. Stranger in a Strange land (Uncut) - Robert Heinlein (caught)
16. Northern Lights - Philip Pullman (caught) 17. Between Friends - Debbie Macomber [BOOKRAY]
18. Pearls - Celia Brayfield (caught) 19. Cause of Death - Patricia Cornwell
20. The Dead Lagoon - Michael Didbin (caught on BookRelay)
21. Diary of a Married Call-girl - Tracy Quan (caught) 22. Blindsighted - Karin Slaughter [Bookspiral]
23. The Scent of Water - Alison Hoblyn [RING] 24. World War Z - Max Brooks
25. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman (caught) 26. The Well of Lost Plots - Jasper Fforde [Bookray]
27. Something Rotten - Jasper Fforde [Bookray] 28. Around the world in 80 Martinis - Messrs Temple and Darkwood [RING]
29. Dear Me - Peter Ustinov [Audioray] 30. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald (BCIE book of the month for May)
31. A Faint Cold Fear - Karin Slaughter [Bookspiral]
32. Indelible - Karin Slaughter [Bookspiral] 33. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman [Caught]
34. The Legend of the Deathwalker - David Gemmel
35. A Brief History of the Druids - Peter Beresford Ellis [RING]
36. The Diving Bell and Butterfly – Jean-Dominique Bauby [RING] 37. Diary of a Cultured Cat – Brigitte Downey [RING]
38. Faithless - Karin Slaughter [RAY] 39. Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman [RABCK]
40. Dissolution - CJ Sansom [RABCK] 41. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
42. Families and how to survive them - John Cleese and Robin Skynner [caught]
43. Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler [caught]
44. Triptych - Karin Slaughter [RING] 45. Born Free- Joy Adamson [caught]
46. Sphere - Michael Crichton [caught] 47. Murder Most Royal - Jean Plaidy
48. No Waste Like Home - Penney Poyzer 49. Bimbos of the Death Sun -Sharyn McCrumb
50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys [RING] 51. The Forever War - Joe Haldeman
52. The Lost Continent - Terry Pratchett [caught, but can't find it!]
53. Sidetracked Home Executives - From Pigpen to Paradise - Pam and Peg [RING]
54. A Midsummer Nights Dream - William Shakespeare
55. Overheard in Dublin - various [Caught] 56. Endless Night - Agatha Christie [Caught]
57. Soft Voices Whispering - Adrienne Dines [Bookring]
58. The Leprechaun Companion - X [BOOKRAY] 59. Finding Faith [RING]
60. Andorra - Max Frisch [caught] 61. The Pied Pipers Poison - Christopher Wallace [BOOKRAY]
62. As Used On the Famous Nelson Mandela - Mark Thomas [Bookray]
63. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
64. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffeneger 65. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
66. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller 67. The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin
x. The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien (still reading, gave up because Frodo was whinging. AGAIN)
Books I Read in 2006
1. The Princes in the Tower - Alison Weir
2. If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell 3. The Golden Age of Myth and Legend
4. Adventures in the Screen Trade - William Goldman
5. Murder is Easy - Agatha Christie 6. Third Girl - Agatha Christie
7. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb 8. Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb
9. Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb 10. The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb
11. Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb 12. Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them - Al Franken
13. The Big Game - Sandy Scholfield 14. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom [BOOKRAY]
15. Labyrinth - Kate Mosse Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (BCIE book of the month for July)
An UnQuiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison The Club of Queer Trades - GK Chesterton
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein The Case of the Missing Books - Ian Hansom [BOOKRAY]
Yesterday's Son - AC Crispin Fear in the Forest - Bernard Knight (caught)
Killing Time - Della van Hise Legend - David Gemmel
Roald Dahls Chocolate Box - Roald Dahl [BOOKRAY]
Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay (BCIE book of the month for August)
Point of Origin - Patricia Cornwell Black is the colour of my true loves heart - Ellis Peters
Toxic Shock - Sara Paretsky Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett (BCIE book of the month for September)
The Book of Night with Moon - Diane Duane Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
If you could see me now - Celia Ahern Kisscut - Karin Slaughter
The King Beyond the Gate - David Gemmell Waylander - David Gemmell
Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (BCIE book of the month for October)
Caves of Steel - Isaac Asimov The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (BCIE book of the month for November)
The Quest for Lost Heroes - David Gemmell Fantastic Stories - Terry Jones (caught)
The Hours - Michael Cunningham (caught, sort of)
Godling, Go Home! (a collection of short stories) - Robert Silverberg (caught on BookRelay)
Ratha's Creature - Clare Bell (caught, sort of)
Jennifer Government - Max Barry (caught) I Sing the Body Electric - Ray Bradbury
The Divide - Elizabeth Kay (caught) The Wounded Land (2nd chronicles of Thomas Covenant Book I) - Stephen Donaldson
The Essential Wolverine Vol 2. The Book of Philip Jose Farmer - Philip Jose Farmer
The Popes Children - David McWilliams Naked - David Sedaris (caught)
Which Hogwarts Student Are You?
Your Birthdate: November 6
