Recent Book Activity

My book related fact pack:

Likes: Humor, chick lit, cartoons.
Preferences: If I know it, I prefer to read in the original language. I read in German and English.
Bookcrossing: Mostly rings & rays.
Screen name: "solskinn" is Norwegian for "sunshine" :)
Other: stamps!

Currently trying to find & read everything by:

* Cecelia Ahern * Hester Browne * Candace Bushnell * Meg Cabot * Helen Fielding * Kerstin Gier * Emily Giffin * Jane Green * Niamh Greene * Kate Jacobs * Lisa Jewell * Marian Keyes * Sophie Kinsella * Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin * Jill Mansell * Melissa Nathan * Clare Naylor * Laurie Notaro * Alexandra Potter * Adriana Trigiani * Jennifer Weiner * Lauren Weisberger * Madeleine Wickham *

Special Thanks for RABCKS, trades, wings, gooddies, and many other incredibly nice gestures to:

* 1lilbookworm * adrenalyn-x * aetm * airyaa * allemagne * ApoloniaX * beautifulhooker * bigcurlyloz * Bjorg * Bookworm-lady * Brujula * Caroley * carriehhh * chawoso * chucklethescot * Danielle23 * DrSlump612 * eggs2805 * ghanescha * glenystasmania * grovalskii * Haugtussa * hexenberg74 * hippolein * hyphen8 * jneni * kalise * kobie03 * krl112 * LindyLouMac * lellie * lucy-lemon * maid-of-kent * marilina85 * Martjxox * Miszuchy * Moonwoolf * Moriquen * Mostly-Harmless * miertje * MyssCyn * nattabee * NerdBird * NMReader * Plum-crazy * Quilterin100 * Releanna * rockyhorror1978 * seethroughfaith * Sfogs * Shelly3110 * shemchin * Smurphie * Soozreader * spazcat * tiggerboing * turnpages * Wandering-B * wibba * winkide * yayajanuary * yorkshire-lass * zimort *

Bookrings & Bookrays I am hosting:

The First Assistant - Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare - lost in mail
The First Assistant - Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare - 2nd copy thanks to Wandering-B - lost in mail
The Waitress - Melissa Nathan - completed!
Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho - open!
Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk - German edition - completed!
Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife - Niamh Greene - completed!
Life Swap - Jane Green - stalled
Hoot - Carl Hiaasen - lost in mail
The Queen Geek Social Club - Laura Preble - completed!
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities - Alexandra Robbins - stalled / lost
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities - Alexandra Robbins - 2nd copy thanks to jenptcfan - open!
Wow Canada! Exploring this Land from Coast to Coast to Coast - Vivien Bowers - completed!
Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella - open!
Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, No. 2) - Janet Evanovich - completed!
Lucia, Lucia - Adriana Trigiani - completed!
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier - lost in mail

Shopaholic Book Spiral: - open!
Book 1: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Book 2: Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella
Book 3: Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
Book 4: Shopaholic and Sister - Sophie Kinsella
Book 5: Shopaholic and Baby - Sophie Kinsella

All rings and rays are international and will stay open until they've reached the last reader, so you're welcome to join anytime. Just PM me and I'll add you to the list of participants.

Bookrings I'm waiting for:

INTL Bookbox - Chicklit/ Romance / Historical Romance

I have received books from:

* Australia * Austria * Belgium * Bosnia-Herzegovina * Brazil * Canada: Alberta * Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador * Canada: Ontario * Denmark * Estonia * Finland * France * Germany * Hong Kong * Hungary * Iceland * Indonesia * Iran * Ireland * Israel * Italy * Kuwait * New Zealand * Norway * Poland * Portugal * Romania * Singapore * South Korea * Spain * Spain: Tenerife * Switzerland * The Netherlands * Trinidad and Tobago * UK: England * UK: Northern Ireland * UK: Scotland * UK: Wales * USA: California * USA: Florida * USA: Georgia * USA: Hawaii * USA: Illinois * USA: Iowa * USA: Kentucky * USA: Massachusetts * USA: Missouri * USA: New Jersey * USA: North Dakota * USA: Ohio * USA: Pennsylvania * USA: Texas * USA: Utah * USA: Virginia * USA: Washington * Zambia *

I have released books in:

* Argentina * Australia: New South Wales * Australia: Western Australia * Australia; Queensland * Austria * Brazil * Canada: Quebec * Canada: Ontario * China * Costa Rica * Czech Republic * Denmark * Finland * France * Germany * Greece * Hungary * Iceland * India * Indonesia * Ireland * Israel * Italy * Kuwait * Luxembourg * New Zealand * Norway * Poland * Portugal * Russia * Singapore * South Africa * South Korea * Spain * Switzerland * The Netherlands * Trinidad and Tobago * Turkey * UK: England * UK: Scotland * UK: Wales * USA: California * USA: Connecticut * USA: Florida * USA: Indiana * USA: Kansas * USA: Kentucky * USA: Michigan * USA: Nevada * USA: New Hampshire * USA: New Jersey * USA: New York * USA: North Carolina * USA: Ohio * USA: Pennsylvania * USA: Rhode Island * USA: Utah * USA: Wisconsin * Yemen *

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Books read in 2011:

*01* The Carrie Diaries - Candace Bushnell (10/10)
*02* Jemima J. A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans - Jane Green (9/10)
*03* The Book of Tomorrow - Cecelia Ahern (10/10)
*04* Single White E-Mail - Jessica Adams (9/10)
*05* The Truth About Melody Browne - Lisa Jewell (10/10)
*06* Holly's Inbox - Holly Denham (8/10)
*07* Mängelexemplar - Sarah Kuttner (10/10)
*08* Nichtweihnachten - Joscha Sauer (8/10)
*09* Die Welle - Morton Rhue (original title: The Wave) (7/10)
*10* The Boy Next Door - Meggin Cabot (8/10)
*11* What Alice Forgot - Sinead Moriarty (10/10)
*12* Edelstein-Trilogie, Buch 1: Rubinrot. Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten. - Kerstin Gier (7/10)
*13* Edelstein-Trilogie, Buch 2: Saphirblau. Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten. - Kerstin Gier (7/10)
*14* Edelstein-Trilogie, Buch 3: Smaragdgrün. Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten. - Kerstin Gier (7/10)
*15* Probezeit - Judith Liere (9/10)
*16* Oje, ich wachse. Von den acht "Sprüngen" in der mentalen Entwicklung ihres Kindes während der ersten 14 Monate und wie sie damit umgehen können. - Hetty van da Rijt, Frans X. Plooij (9/10)
*17* Das große GU Baby Buch (8/10)
* Die Frau des Zeitreisenden - Audrey Niffenegger (original title: The Time Traveller's Wife)
* Der Sieger bleibt allein - Paulo Coelho
* Naiv. Super. - Erlend Loe
* Heart of the Matter - Emily Giffin
* Diary of a Mad Mom-to-Be - Laura Wolf
* Papa @ Home - Elke Ahlswede
* Sara, die kleine Prinzessin - Frances Hodgson Burnett (original title: A Little Princess)
* Model. A Memoir. - Cheryl Diamond
* Glennkill - Leonie Swann

01. [E:01] The Nanny Diaries - Nicola Kraus, Emma McLaughlin
02. [G:01] Die scheußlichsten Länder der Welt: Mrs. Mortimers übellauniger Reiseführer - Favell Lee Mortimer
(original title: The Clumsiest People in Europe, or: Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-Tempered Guide to the Victorian World)
03. [E:02] Queen of Babble in the Big City - Meg Cabot
04. [E:03] The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain - Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare
05. [E:04] The Waitress - Melissa Nathan
06. [E:05] The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
07. [E:06] Shopaholic & Baby - Sophie Kinsella
08. [E:07] Straight Talking - Jane Green
09. [G:02] Honigfalle - Thea Wolff (original title: The Honey Trap)
10. [E:08] The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
11. [E:09] The Chocolate Lovers' Diet - Carole Matthews
12. [G:03] Love Sheriffs - Martina Paura
13. [G:04] Die Party Queen von Manhattan - Lauren Weisberger (original title: Everyone Worth Knowing)
14. [E:10] Mr. Maybe - Jane Green
15. [G:05] Zwei Männer sind einer zuviel - Jule Brand
16. [G:06] Sex zu zweit, das geht zu weit - Jule Brand
17. [G:07] Herrchen gesucht! - Jule Brand
18. [E:11] Secret Diary of a Demented Housewife - Niamh Greene
19. [E:12] Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
20. [G:08] Park Avenue Prinzessinnen - Plum Sykes (original title: Bergdorf Blondes)
21. [G:09] Happy Aua - Bastian Sick
22. [E:13] Can You Keep A Secret? - Sophie Kinsella
23. [G:10] Frisch getraut - Rachel Gibson (original title: I'm in No Mood for Love)
24. [G:11] Herr Bofrost, der Apotheker und ich - Sabine Neuffer
25. [N:01] Hva skal babyen hete? - Amundsen & Kvil
26. [G:12] Die Maschen der Frauen - Kate Jacobs (original title: The Friday Night Knitting Club
27. [E:14] Wife for Hire - Janet Evanovich
28. [E:15] Lipstick Jungle - Candace Bushnell
29. [G:13] Was ich dir wünsche... zum Geburtstag - Ellen Sonntag
30. [E:16] Sushi for Beginners - Marian Keyes
31. [G:14] Glitzerbarbie - Steffi von Wolff
32. [G:15] Urlaub mit Papa - Dora Heldt
33. [E:17] Mrs. Miracle - Debbie Macomber
34. [G:16] Das kleine Relax Buch
35. [E:18] Lutefisk Buffet - Ed Fischer
36. [E:19] Life Swap - Jane Green
37. [E:20] Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner
38. [G:17] So nicht, mein Lieber - Carmen Rico-Godoy (original title: Cuernos de Mujer)
39. [E:21] Head Over Heels - Jill Mansell
40. [E:22] Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham
41. [G:18] Das Kartengeheimnis - Jostein Gaarder (original title: Kabalmysteriet
42. [E:23] The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman - Sue Townsend
43. [E:24] Must Love Dogs - Claire Cook
44. [G:19] Die Farben der Magie - Terry Pratchett (original title: The Colour of Magic)
45. [E:25] Guilty Creatures - Sue Welfare
46. [G:20] Mieses Karma - David Safier
47. [E:26] Strip Tease - Carl Hiaasen
48. [E:27] The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life - Laurie Notaro
49. [E:28] Chasing Harry Winston - Lauren Weisberger

----- January: 13
01. [G:01] Feuchtgebiete - Charlotte Roche
02. [G:02] Happy Aua 2: Ein Bilderbuch aus dem Irrgarten der deutschen Sprache - Bastian Sick
03. [E:01] The Reluctant Landlady - Bernadette Strachan !!
04. [E:02] Hoot - Carl Hiaasen
05. [E:03] Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris
06. [G:03] Viel Trubel um Sam - Lori Wilde (original title: Santa's Sexy Secret)
07. [G:04] Der Mann des Monats - Claudia Carroll (original title: Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man)
08. [E:04] Candyfreak. A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America - Steve Almond
09. [E:05] The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom - Paulo Coelho (original title: O diário de um Mago)
10. [G:05] Globus Dei. Vom Nordpol bis Patagonien. Ein Expeditionsroman. - Helge Schneider
11. [E:06] In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner !!
12. [G:06] Die Stützen der Gesellschaft - Henrik Ibsen (original title: Samfundets støtter)
13. [E:07] Diary of a Mad Bride - Laura Wolf
----- February: 9
14. [G:07] Alle sieben Wellen - Daniel Glattauer !!
15. [G:08] MehrWegMänner - Michaela Möller
16. [G:09] About a Boy - Nick Hornby
17. [E:08] Cause Celeb - Helen Fielding
18. [G:10] Die Hochzeit meines besten Freundes - Linda Sunshine (original title: My Best Friend's Wedding)
19. [E:09] Queen of Babble - Meg Cabot !!
20. [E:10] The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love - Jill Conner Browne !!
21. [E:11] The Dirty Girls Social Club - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez !!
22. [E:12] The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation - Paulo Coelho (original title: Demônio e a Srta. Prym)
----- March: 6
23. [E:13] Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson
24. [G:11] Der, die, was? : Ein Amerikaner im Sprachlabyrinth - David Bergmann !!
25. [E:14] The Little Lady Agency - Hester Browne !!
26. [G:12] Frisch gepreßt - Susanne Fröhlich
27. [E:15/F:01] French for Cats: All the French Your Cat Will Ever Need - Henri de la Barbe (Henry Beard) !!
28. [G:13] Meine 30 Lippenstifte und ich: Vom vierten Frühling und nicht abziehbaren Preisschildern - Sibylle Weischenberg
----- April: 9
29. [E:16] Where Have All the Boys Gone? - Jenny Colgan
30. [E:17] Love, Rosie - Cecelia Ahern !!
31. [E:18] Wedding Season - Katie Fforde
32. [E:19] When in Rome... A Novel of Piazzas and Passion - Gemma Townley
33. [E:20] Starter for Ten - David Nicholls
34. [E:21] The Queen Geek Social Club - Laura Preble
35. [E:22] A Desirable Residence - Madeleine Wickham
36. [E:23] Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 3: The Last Straw - Jeff Kinney !!
37. [G:14] Rostfrei - Steffi von Wolff
----- May: 11
38. [E:24] Life on the Refrigerator Door - Alice Kuipers
39. [E:25] Second Chance - Jane Green
40. [E:26] The Private Lives of Pippa Lee - Rebecca Miller
41. [E:27] Never Say Never - Melissa Hill
42. [E:28] Autobiography of a Fat Bride. True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood. - Laurie Notaro !!
43. [G:15] Russendisko - Wladimir Kaminer
44. [G:16] Die Freimaurerin - Maiken Nielsen
45. [G:17] Elégance - Kathleen Tessaro
46. [E:29] Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities - Alexandra Robbins
47. [G:18] Wie ich meinen Eltern den letzten Nerv raubte. Enthüllungen eines Säuglings. - Simon Brett (original title: How to Be a Little Sod)
48. [E:30] Wow Canada: Exploring this Land from Coast to Coast to Coast - Vivien Bowers
----- June: 7
49. [E:31] Thinking of You - Jill Mansell
50. [E:32] Falling for You - Jill Mansell
51. [E:33] Girls' Poker Night: A Novel of High Stakes - Jill A. Davis
52. [E:34] Stephanie Plum Series, Book 1: One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
53. [E:35] Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin !!
54. [E:36] Something Blue - Emily Giffin !!
55. [G:19] Ich bin dann mal weg. Meine Reise auf dem Jakobsweg - Hape Kerkeling !!
----- July: 12
56. [E:37] Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney !!
57. [G:20] Sternschnuppen - Anne Hertz
58. [E:38] Solo - Jill Mansell
59. [E:39] Certain Girls - Jennifer Weiner
60. [E:40] Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella !!
61. [E:41] Who Moved My Blackberry? - Lucy Kellaway
62. [G:21] Maya oder Das Wunder des Lebens - Jostein Gaarder (original title: Maya)
63. [G:22] Frauen und Schokolade - Edward Monkton
64. [E:42] A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern !!
65. [G:23] Der kleine Prinz kehrt zurück - Jean-Pierre Davidts
66. [E:43] Shopgirl - Steve Martin
67. [G:24] Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod. Ein Wegweiser durch den Irrgarten der deutschen Sprache. - Bastian Sick (Audiobook)
----- August: 6
68. [E:44] So Many Books, So Little Time - Sara Nelson
69. [G:25] Small World - Martin Suter
70. [E:45] The Bad Mother's Handbook - Kate Long
71. [G:26] Die Glasbläserin von Murano - Marina Fiorato (original title: The Glassblower)
72. [G:27] Die Zicken-Mafia - Karen Yampolsky (original title: Falling Out Of Fashion)
73. [E:46] The Twilight Saga, Book 1: Twilight - Stephenie Meyer !!
----- September: 2
74. [G:28] The Twilight Saga, Book 2: Bis(s) zur Mittagsstunde - Stephenie Meyer (original title: New Moon) !!
75. [G: 29] Zur Hochzeit !!
----- October: 5
76. [E:47] Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan !!
77. [E:48] Lucia, Lucia - Adriana Trigiani
78. [E:49] Utopia - Thomas More
79. [E:50] This Charming Man - Marian Keyes
80. [E:51] Beach Babylon - Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous
----- November: 13
81. [E:52] Getting Rid of Matthew - Jane Fallon
82. [E:53] The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
83. [E:54] Other People's Dirt. A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures. - Louise Rafkin
84. [G:30] Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti - Bertolt Brecht
85. [G:31] Glücksspieler - Amelie Fried
86. [E:55] Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader - Anne Fadiman
87. [E:56] Letters to a Love Rat - Niamh Greene
88. [G:32] Unzertrennlich - Dora Heldt !!
89. [E:57] The Twilight Saga, Book 3: Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer !!
90. [E:58] Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4: Dog Days - Jeff Kinney !!
91. [E:59] Me and Mr. Darcy - Alexandra Potter
92. [E:60] The Twilight Saga, Book 4: Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer !!
93. [G:33] Schwerelos - Ildikó von Kürthy
----- December: 7
94. [E:61] Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return - Marjane Satrapi
95. [E:62] The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 - Sue Townsend
96. [G:34] Jesus liebt mich - David Safier
97. [G:35] Lügen, die von Herzen kommen - Kerstin Gier !!
98. [E:63] How I Lived a Year on Just a Pound a Day - Kath Kelly
99. [E:64] Neither Here Nor There. Travels in Europe. - Bill Bryson
100. [E:65] Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan !!

*01* Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide - Rick Riordan
*02* Extra Nutty! Even More Letters from a Nut - Ted L. Nancy
*03* Das wünsch ich mir ...: Brief eines Kindes an seine Eltern
*04* So schön schwanger - Doris Knecht
*05* Die Mütter-Mafia - Kerstin Gier
*06* Percy Jackson and The Olympians, Book 3: The Titan's Curse
*07* Ein Kind entsteht - Lennart Nilsson
*08* Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same. The Life and Times of Some Chickens - Sloane Tanen
*09* Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern
*10* Geburt - Manuela Raydt
*11* Das große Buch zur Schwangerschaft - Franz Kainer, Annette Nolden
*12* Glücksrezepte für Mütter
*13* LOL. Mein geheimes Tagebuch - Lisa Azuelos (original title: Mon journal intime)
*14* Für jede Lösung ein Problem - Kerstin Gier
*15* Achtung Baby! - Michael Mittermeier
*16* Kurze Geschichte des Traktors auf Ukrainisch - Marina Lewycka (original title: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian)
*17* Club der wilden Mütter. Das Leben zwischen Windeln, Sex und Margaritas - Brett Paesel (original title: Mommies Who Drink)
*18* Das Stillbuch - Hannah Lothrop
*19* Gossip Girl 1: Ist es nicht schön, gemein zu sein? - Cecily von Ziegesar (original title: Gossip Girl, Book 1: Gossip Girl)
*20* Shopaholic, Book 1: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
*21* Shopaholic, Book 2: Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella
*22* Shopaholic, Book 3: Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
*23* Shopaholic, Book 4: Shopaholic and Sister - Sophie Kinsella
*24* Shopaholic, Book 5: Shopaholic and Baby - Sophie Kinsella
*25* Shopaholic, Book 6: Mini Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
*26* Baby Laughs. The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood. - Jenny McCarthy
*27* Essen und Trinken im Säuglingsalter - Ingeborg Hanreich
*28* Endlich! - Ildikó von Kürthy
*29* Forget About It - Caprice Crane
*30* Oje, ich wachse! Von den acht "Sprüngen" in der mentalen Entwicklung Ihres Kindes während der ersten 14 Monate und wie Sie damit umgehen können - Hetty van de Rijt, Frans X. Plooij
*31* Das große GU Baby Buch