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As you can guess, I love reading but my interests range from music to cross-stitching and collecting stamps! So please don't hesitate if you have a chance to use philatelic stamps when sending me a book! ;o)
Currently reading :
Bernard Werber - Paradis sur mesure
Jung Chang - Wild swans
Uwe Tellkamp - Der Eisvogel
Stephen Clarke - A year in the merde
Sarah Winman - When God was a rabbit
Bookrings/rays currently with me :
RABCK received
Herman Melville - Moby Dick received from bradgirl
Graham Swift - Waterland received from 666Izzy Jasper Fforde - Lost in a Good Book received from KellyRae
Mario Giordano - Das Experiment- Black Box. received from weddingring
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera received from LittleSuz
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird received from OssieFry
John Irving - A Prayer for Owen Meany received from cally-c Katherine Howe - The Lost Book of Salem received from Milfurnace
J.D. Salinger - Franny and Zooey received from rapturina
Catherine Ryan Hyde - Pay it forward received from karen07814 F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby received from Gnoe
Jung Chang - Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China received from bookowl1000
Graham Greene - Our Man in Havana received from lukutuoli
Kate Jacobs - The Friday Night Knitting Club received from IWISHIWAS
Louis De Bernieres - Captain Corelli's Mandolin received from karen07814
J.D. Salinger - Nine Stories received from Inge1983 Terry Pratchett - Mort received from chas04
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations received from giveusadrink
Joanne Harris - Chocolat received from Ardachy Louis Sachar - Holes received from allbookedup
Marina Lewycka - Two Caravans received from Adarchy
William Sleator - House of Stairs received from UnwrittenLibra Ken Follett - The Key to Rebecca received from keksi2
John Grisham - The Rainmaker received from Hedieh
W. Somerset Maugham - The Painted Veil received from shimi Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude received from abrokenstarr
Paulette Jiles - Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma-Kola received from symphonicca
John Grisham - The Street Lawyer received from lauraloo29
John Grisham - The Partner received from lauraloo29
Books I've Read This Year (2011)
16) Kate Moss - The Winter Ghosts
15) JG Ballard - Crash 14) Lionel Shriver - We need to talk about Kevin
13) Michelle Paver - Dark Matter - A Ghost Story
12) Ian Rankin - Strip Jack 11) Katherine Howe - The Lost Book of Salem
10) Kate Jacobs - The Friday Night Knitting Club
9) Edmund de Waal - The hare with amber eyes 8) Philip Pullman - The good man Jesus and the scoundrel Christ
7) Louis de Bernières - Captain Corelli's mandolin
6) Anonymous - The Book With No Name 5) Anna Gavalda - Ensemble, c'est tout
4) Matthew Pearl - The Dante Club 3) Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
2) Kasey Edwards - 30 Something and Over it 1) Gregory Maguire – The Next Queen of Heaven
Pages read: 5824
Bookrings/rays I have taken part in
45) Allison Hoover Bartlett - The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True
Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession (faerie-glen)
44) Aldous Huxley - Brave new world (1000petal)
43) Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Infidel (lauraloo29) 42) J.G. Ballard - Empire of the Sun (pinkydinky)
41) Scarlett Thomas - The End of Mr Y (Drusillamac)
40) Fannie Flagg - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel (JennyC1230)
39) Daoud Hari - The Translator (MarciNYC) 38) Bill Emmott - Rivals (book-man-8)
37) 22 polnische Autoren - Polen erzählt (Bluemchenblatt)
36) Mark Billingham - Lifeless (jaffacake) 35) David Mitchell - Black Swan Green (symphonicca)
34) Kingsley Amis - Ending Up (starflash) 33) Robert J. Wiersema - Before I Wake (cats-eye)
32) Patrick Leigh Fermor - Between the Woods and the Water (Hexa)
31) Patrick Leigh Fermor - A Time of Gifts (Hexa)
30) Steve Alten - The Shell Game (book-man-8) 29) Dan Maloney - Sunrise on Kusatsu Harbor (Midlifecrisis)
28) Michael Paterniti - A Trip Across America with Einstein (perryfran)
27) José Saramago - Die Stadt der Blinden (allbookedup)
26) Louis Sachar - Holes (cathepsut) 25) Max Berry - Jennifer Government (c-a-m)
24) William Golding - Lord of the Flies (Cyzaki)
23) Kim Edwards - The Memory Keeper's Daughter (bearyfriend) 22) David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas (Shimmy-crazy)
21) Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife (bigcurlyloz)
20) George Orwell - Animal Farm (RustyReader2) 19) J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye (emmagoldmanzine)
18) Hella S. Haasse - In a Dark Wood Wandering (bestfriends)
17) David Mitchell - Ghostwritten (Nell-Lu) 16) Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (Lilo37fee)
15) Nicole Hunter - Waiting for the World to End (Thanks mirp)
14) John Grisham - The Last Juror (darkpunkangel) 13) Andre Dubus III - House of Sand and Fog (Myastone)
12) Paul Theroux - The Mosquito Coast (GorgeousGlo)
11) Roberto Viola, Yolanda De Mola - The House on the Dunes (hobbit)
10) A.S. Byatt - Possession (chich) 9) Gary E. Parker - The Wedding Dress (booknhand)
8) Stephen King - Apt Pupil: A Novella in Different Seasons (classicfox)
7) Kerrelyn Sparks - How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire (ladiibbug)
6) Daniel Kehlmann - Die Vermessung der Welt (Twinfather)
5) Helene Hanff - 84 Charing Cross Road (sunlightbub) 4) J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit (Martin1960)
3) Frederic Beigbeder - Windows on the World (booberst)
2) Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (dark-draco) 1) Sijie Dai - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (symphonicca)
Books Read in 2010
24) Christos Tsiolkas - The slap
23) Emma Donoghue - Room 22) Judy Parkinson - I before e (except after c)
21) Lynne Truss - Talk to the hand 20) Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
19) Kate Mosse - Labyrinth 18) Luke Rhinehart - The dice man
17) Marc Levy - Mes amis Mes amours 16) J.D. Salinger - Nine Stories
15) David Long - The little book of the London Underground
14) Attica Locke - Black Water Rising 13) Marc Levy - Vous revoir
12) Yann Martel - The facts behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
11) Robert J. Sawyer - Flashforward 10) A.S. Byatt - Little black book of stories
9) Pat Barker - Regeneration 8) Stieg Larsson - The girl with the dragon tattoo
7) John Connolly - The book of lost things 6) Allison Hoover Bartlett - The Man Who Loved Books Too Much:
The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
5) Philip Roth - The human stain 4) Aldous Huxley - Brave new world
3) John Grisham - The rainmaker 2) Andrew Davidson - The Gargoyle
1) Cormac McCarthy - The Road
Pages read: 8582
Books Read In 2009
25) Gregory Maguire - Matchless
24) Imre Kertész - Fateless 23) Poppy Adams - The behaviour of moths
22) Joe Moran - Queuing for beginners 21) Graham Greene - Our man in Havana
20) Erich Hackl - The wedding in Auschwitz 19) Joanne Harris - Chocolat
18) Matthew Reilly - Ice Station 17) F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
16) Catherine Ryan Hyde - Pay it forward 15) Toni Morrison - Beloved
14) Marina Lewycka - Two Caravans 13) Meg Gardiner - Mission Canyon
12) Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander 11) Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Infidel
10) John Fowles - The French lieutenant's woman
9) John Grisham - The Partner 8) Yann Martel - Life of Pi
7) Jean-Philippe Blondel - Juke Box 6) J.G. Ballard - Empire of the Sun
5) Marina Carr - By the Bog of Cats 4) Scarlett Thomas - The End of Mr Y
3) Fannie Flagg - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel
2) W. Somerset Maugham - The Painted Veil 1) Gregory Maguire - Mirror Mirror
Pages read: 7760
Books Read In 2008
28) Sandor Marai - Embers
27) Marc Levy - Sept jours pour une éternité... 26) Daoud Hari - The Translator
25) Anna Gavalda - Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part
24) Mike Gayle - Dinner for two 23) Gregory Maguire - A Lion Among Men
22) Ian Rankin - Watchman 21) Bill Emmott - Rivals
20) Kurt Vonnegut - Cats Cradle 19) Marc Levy - Les enfants de la liberté
18) 22 polnische Autoren - Polen erzählt 17) Mark Billingham - Lifeless
16) Karin Slaughter - A Faint Cold Fear 15) Chrétien de Troyes - Perceval ou le Conte du Graal
14) David Mitchell - Black Swan Green 13) Kingsley Amis - Ending Up
12) Robert J Wiersema - Before I wake 11) Gabriel Garcia Marquez - One Hundred Years of Solitude
10) Günter Grass - Im Krebsgang 9) Ken Follett - The Key to Rebecca
8) William Sleator - House of Stairs 7) Patrick Leigh Fermor - Between the Woods and the Water
6) Patrick Leigh Fermor - A Time of Gifts 5) Steve Alten - The Shell Game
4) Dan Maloney - Sunrise on Kusatsu Harbor 3) Alain Mabanckou - Verre Cassé
2) Michael Paterniti - A Trip Across America with Einstein
1) José Saramago - Die Stadt der Blinden
Books Read In 2007
27) Louis Sachar - Holes
26) Max Barry - Jennifer Goverment 25) Kressman Taylor - Adressat unbekannt
24) William Golding - Lord of the Flies 23) Julian Barnes - England, England
22) Guillaume Musso - Et après... 21) Bernard Werber - Le Papillon des Etoiles
20) John Wyndham - The Chrysalids 19) Stephen King - Everything's Eventual
18) John Grisham - The Street Lawyer 17) Kim Edwards - The Memory Keeper's Daughter
16) David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas 15) Guillaume Musso - Sauve-Moi
14) Kathy Reichs - Fatal Voyage 13) Paulette Jiles - Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma-Kola
12) Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife
11) George Orwell - Animal Farm 10) J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
9) Hella S. Haasse - In a Dark Wood Wandering 8) David Mitchell - Ghostwritten
7) Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
6) Nicole Hunter - Waiting for the World to End 5) John Grisham - The Last Juror
4) Andre Dubus III - House of Sand and Fog 3) Paul Theroux - The Mosquito Coast
2) Roberto Viola, Yolanda De Mola - The House on the Dunes
1) A.S. Byatt - Possession
Books Read In 2006
18) Gary E. Parker - The Wedding Dress
17) Stephen King - Apt Pupil: A Novella in Different Seasons
16) Kerrelyn Sparks - How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire 15) Daniel Kehlmann - Die Vermessung der Welt
14) Helene Hanff - 84 Charing Cross Road 13) J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit
12) Frederic Beigbeder - Windows on the World 11) Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's
10) Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca 9) Dai Sijie - Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress
8) Philip Pullman - The Amber Spyglass 7) J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
6) Philip Pullman - The Subtle Knife 5) Philip Pullman - Northern Lights
4) Gregory Maguire - Lost 3) Dan Brown - Angels and Demons
2) Gregory Maguire - Son of a Witch 1) Walter Moers - Die 131/2 Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär
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