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The Keeper

SoonIWillBeInvincible.com

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Alternate contact email: tomsmama2@yahoo.com

My greatest treasures in life are my son (Thomas), my husband of 28 years (Steven) who never laughs when I bring home another bag of books, my animals, and of course... my books.

We homeschool our son using the K12 curriculum through the California Virtual Academy, a charter public school system. I highly recommend it and if you need more info by all means contact me. I am willing to share all information I get and will gladly pass along the materials that generous BookCrossers have shared with me.

You're Siddhartha!

by Hermann Hesse

You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try
anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent
some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in.
This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's
time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in
ferries.


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Animal census:
Poppi - male Chihuahua dachsund mix from Mission Viejo Animal Shelter. 3 mos. old and quite a clown. Internet calls them Chi-Weenies, we call him wonderful!
Princess - female Yorkie mix, looks like ToTo from Wizard of Oz. She IS the princess. What's hers is hers, what's his is hers and what's theirs (cats) is hers! 10 mos old and from a private rescue operation in South LA. She's quite a pip!
Mogwai - Egyptian Mau (cross ?)
Bob - DSH, pet for Thomas who decided to bond with me instead. Hey, he knows who buys the food and his 22 pound bulk proves he takes advantage of it!
Gracie - Manx, shelter rescue originally for M-I-L but fell in love with Thomas and is now his most ardent protector. Trust me you don't mess with him when this cat is around!
Dude - Applehead Siamese kitten who showed up at the house one morning. Weren't able to find his owner so he's now ours.
11/22/11

Lost Xiao Hong on Monday, 11/21/11, poor little red-headed boy. He's going to be missed greatly.
Lost Pywacket (profile pic) the Monday after Christmas 2011. She's the one who started it all and although never very social, she's left a big hole in the household.



Memorable quotes:
"We are only showing them the net, we are not being their wings."
- Vihnode, dwarf driver "A Son of the Circus" by John Irving

"There is so much to grieve over in our world that it would be pointless to grieve over ancient wrongs."
- Tally, museum cleaning woman "The Murder Room" by P. D. James

"Anne didn't think twice about the 'if she lost' part. She was a red-head, which is a blonde with poor impulse control."
- "Courting Trouble" by Lisa Scottoline


**International shipping**
I am unable to ship international because my local PO substation doesn't do international (or take checks or credit cards for that matter). I regret that any international shipping requests will have to be declined until my situation changes.


My Wish List

2011 reading stats:
Print books - 13.5
Audio books - 52
65.5 books for a total of 20241 pages

2010 reading stats:
Print books - 18
Audio books - 85
103 books for a total of 33405 pages.

2009 reading stats:
Print books - 31
Audiobooks - 110
141 books for a total of 41085 pages.

2008 reading stats:
Print books - 46
Audiobooks - 59
105 books for a total of 32233 pages.

Release stats 2007:
Controlled - 18
WishList - 5 of planned 12
Wild - 100 (7 caught for 7.3%)

2007 reading stats:
Print books: 33
Audiobooks: 39
Total: 72

2006 reading stats:
Print books:44
Audiobooks: 35
Total: 79 (1.5 books per week average)

2005 reading stats:
Print books: 93
Audiobooks: 11
Total of 104 for completion of reading goal of 2 books per week average!

2004 reading stats:
Print books: 59
Audiobooks: 4
Total: 63 (1.2 books per week average)


Completed in 2012 (7346 pgs)
1. "Eifelheim" Flynn A (320)
2. "Invisible Monsters" Palahniuk A (278)
3. "Gilead" Robinson A (389)
4. "Home - A Novel" Robinson A (336)
5. "Magic Street" Card A (416)
6. "The City & the City" Mieville A (312)
7. "A Mercy" Morrison A (176)
8. "A Mad Desire to Dance" Wiesel A (288)
9. "Maisie Dobbs" Winspear A (294)
10. "The Patience Stone: "Sang-E Saboor"" Rahimi A (147)
11. "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" Simonson A (358)
12. "A Princess of Mars" Burroughs A (344)
13. "Don't Sing at the Table" Trigiana A (204)
14. "Birds of a Feather" Winspear A (400)
15. "Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II" Zuckoff A (400)
16. "The Land That Time Forgot" Burroughs A (132)
17. "The Girl Who Chased the Moon" Allen (286)
18. "The Colorado Kid" King A (184)
19. "A Prisoner of Birth" Archer A (512)
20. "Magic Hour" Hannah A (416)
21. "Mona & Other Tales" Arenas (208)
22. "The Monsters of Templeton" Groff A (384)
23. "Look Again" Scottoline A (352)
24. "Let's All Kill Constance" Bradbury (210)