Recent Book Activity

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.
-Jeremy Irons

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
~ Louisa May Alcott



Thanks for visiting!

I love to read well written time-travel and past-lives fiction. Some of my favorites...Time and Again by Jack Finney, Passage by Connie Willis, Kindred by Octavia Butler, The House On The Strand by Daphne Du Maurier, The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and Richard Matheson's Bid Time Return (aka Somewhere in Time). One Christmas my husband gave me a first edition copy of Bid Time Return, and it is one of my favorite gifts. Distant Music by Lee Langley is probably my all-time favorite novel.

Currently reading:
Current bookrings:
Ghost On Black Mountain by Ann Hite - STILL OPEN...PM me if you'd like to join {US only}

Books READ in 2012:
January
1. Ice Trap:A Novel of Suspense by Kitty Sewell
2. The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
4. The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
5. Total Oblivion, More or Less by Alan DeNiro
February
6. The Taker by Alma Katsu
7. Breather: A Zombie's Lament by S. G. Browne

Participating in:

Booklady331's 2012 Keep Them Moving Challenge, 1st Quarter
Secretariat's Never Judge a Book by it's Cover Release Challenge, 1st Quarter
Booklady331's ABC Bookbox
GoryDetails' 2012 Chills and Spills Read-and-Release Challenge
ekorren's 52 Towns in 52 Weeks Release Challenge


CATCHES in 2012:
1.

Number of my wild releases that have been caught:
2004 - 15 - My first wild release resulted in my first catch!
2005 - 21
2006 - 29
2007 - 11
2008 - 12
2009 - 09
2010 - 16
2011 - 13
2012 -

Number of books I've caught in the wild:
2004 - 1
2005 - 2
2006 - 5...this is my all-time favorite catch because I found it unexpectedly.
2007 - 4
2008 - 0
2009 - 0
2010 - 0
2011 - 1
2012 -

# of books read
2004: 55
2005: 101
2006: 82
2007: 63
2008: 67
2009: 70
2010: 43
2011: 35
2012:

Challenges I've hosted:
Lucky Sevens Release Challenge - 07/07/07
Crazy Eights Release Challenge - 08/01/08 through 08/08/08
To The Nines Release Challenge - 09/01/09 through 09/09/09
Perfect 10 Release Challenge - 10/01/10 through 10/10/10
11/11/11: The Eleventh Hour Salute - 11/01/11 through 11/11/11

My BC anniversary Raffle winners:
2005 contest & winners
2006 contest & winner
2007 contest & winner
2008 contest & winner
2009 contest & winner