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tantan Gympie, Queensland Australia 28 Friday, January 30, 2004 |
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I'm in my final year of a degree in Biomedical Science. Unfortunately this has somewhat reduced my available reading time, but I do what I can. :-)
My bookshelf is a fairly accurate example of my reading tastes as I very rarely buy books solely to release.
I'm willing to trade for available books on my bookshelf, but can't always send books overseas. It doesn't hurt to ask, though.
My real wild release stats: 7 caught out of 53 wild releases = 13.2%
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I can never decide how to rate books, so from now (16/05/06) on I'm using the following ratings, poached from Scism's and catsalive's profiles. :-)
10: Excellent, at the top of its category. This book has impacted me deeply, challenged me profoundly, or has simply been a pure delight to read
9: Great book - just a nitpick stands between it and a 10
8: Good, solid book that I would recommend to others
7: Good book, but it didn't grab me in a big way
6: Decent, but not my type of book
5: Maybe somebody else would like this. I didn't
4: Only OK. Barely worth reading. The line between taking it and leaving it is very thin
2-3: Has major problems. I don't recommend it
1: It's hard to imagine anyone liking this book
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WHAT I'VE READ IN 2012
January
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin (Kindle)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
February
Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
N or M? by Agatha Christie
March
From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell
The Death of Princes (Star Trek: The Next Generation #44) by John Peel
It's Not You It's Me by Allison Rushby
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
April
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
The Romulan Prize (Star Trek: The Next Generation #26) by Simon Hawke
May
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin (Kindle)
Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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My All-Time Favourite Top 20 Books !!!
(number 1 being the best)
1. The Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
3. The 'Harry Potter' Series – J.K. Rowling
4. And Than There Were None – Agatha Christie
5. The Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis
6. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
7. The Gate to Women’s Country – Sheri S. Tepper
8. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
9. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
10. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
11. Atonement – Ian McEwan
12. The Little Price – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
13. Lord of the Flies – William Golding
14. The 'Tomorrow' Series - John Marsden
15. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
16. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
17. Notes On A Scandal - Zoe Heller
18. The Space Trilogy – C.S. Lewis
19. The Plague – Albert Camus
20. Quo Vadis – Henryk Sienkiewicz
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Please feel free to sign my Guest Map! I would love to see people from all over the world on there, especially from where my books have travelled.
bravenet.com
I'm a Ravenclaw!
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I've been inspired by stormon to read a book by an author originating from every country in my lifetime. This is how I'm going so far:
Bookrings/rays I have joined:
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury
The Lily Theatre by Lulu Wang (On its way to taniazed)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult (On its way to Zapcat2003)
Princess Sultana's Circle by Jean P. Sasson
Princess Sultana's Daughters by Jean P. Sasson
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Wacousta by John Richardson
Wind, Sand & Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
If you are interested in reading any of the Booker Prize winners please visit my website to see what's available, and let me know if you're interested in joining to read any or all of the books. The progress of the books is listed below.
The Booker Prize Ring of Books
Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (Currently with Lillyanna)
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Currently with tania-in-nc)
The Bone People by Keri Hulme (TBR by tantan)
The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer (Currently with jazz-ee2)
The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens (Currently with peggysmum)
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Currently with tania-in-nc)
The Famished Road by Ben Okri (Copy 1) (Currently with zzz)
The Famished Road by Ben Okri (Copy 2) (Currently with tania-in-nc)
G. by John Berger (Currently with jazz-ee2)
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker (Currently with tantan)
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (On reserve with tantan...)
Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Currently with dospescados)
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (JOURNEY COMPLETE)
How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman (Currently with peggysmum)
In A Free State by V.S. Naipaul (TBR by tantan)
Last Orders by Graham Swift (Copy 1) (TBR by tantan)
Last Orders by Graham Swift (Copy 2) (Currently with tania-in-nc)
Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee (Currently with Jenatleisure)
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Currently with Lillyanna)
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (TBR by tantan)
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (Currently with Lillyanna)
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (Currently with Lillyanna)
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald (Currently with tantan)
The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis (Currently with tantan)
Oscar & Lucinda by Peter Carey (Copy 1) (Currently with jazz-ee2)
Oscar & Lucinda by Peter Carey (Copy 2) (Currently with Lillyanna)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (Currently with tantan)
Possession by A.S. Byatt (Copy 1) (TBR by tantan)
Possession by A.S. Byatt (Copy 2) (TBR by dospescados)
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Currently with zzz)
Rites of Passage by William Golding (Currently with Jenatleisure)
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth (TBR by tantan)
Saville by David Storey (Currently with tania-in-nc)
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (TBR by tantan)
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch (Currently with tantan)
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell (Currently with peggysmum)
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (Currently with Jenatleisure)
Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre (On its way to Lillyanna or Jenatleisure)
Bookrings/rays I have started: (My rings and rays are always open, and as such are also constantly subject to changes in shipping orders. Please always check the order before sending on. Feel free to PM me if you would like to join for any of the books).
The member in pink either has the book, or should soon receive it.
Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Loopylou127 (NSW, Australia)
Back to tantan in Queensland, Australia!
Geisha of Gion: The Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki, with Rande Brown
Mokona (Michigan, USA)
Bibliocrates (Alabama, USA)
azuki (Florida, USA)
Mytilus (UK)
kubchen (Ireland)
Hero (Ireland)
Dei (Singapore)
sally906 (NT, Australia)
Pixette (NSW, Australia)
Back to tantan in Queensland, Australia!
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
***currently seems to be lost***
KatieDeMaio (Arkansas, USA)
raquelsita (California, USA)
Sidney1220 (Virginia, USA)
MazieNH (New Hampshire, USA)
tabyorky (England)
Melanie2474 (ACT, Australia)
Back to tantan in Queensland, Australia!
The Binding Chair by Kathryn Harrison (Please note: This book has been 'found' by an 'Anonymous Finder' in Wales. I'm hoping that it will eventually make its way into the hands of someone who I can PM about possibly continuing its bookring journey. Until then, happy travels!)
FieryFairy (Wales)
scotsbookie (Scotland)
bookmaniac70 (Bulgaria)
EarthAngel (Canada)
nvangel2073 (Nevada, USA)
Amaranta20 (Washington, USA)
Neuilly (Maine, USA)
juliebarreto (Hawaii, USA)
Back to tantan in Queensland, Australia!
Where books registerd by me have travelled:
visited 12 states (5.33%)
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American states where books registered by me have travelled:
visited 14 states (28%)
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I'm currently better travelled than my books. Hopefully it'll stay that way! :-)
visited 21 states (9.33%)
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(since January 9th, 2007)
