Recent Book Activity

I will trade books if you find something that you want on my 'Available' or 'To Be Read' lists. Please PM me to request a book and specify whether you wish to trade a book from your bookshelf or send postage for the book to be sent to you. I do reserve the right to decline a trade if I already have plans for a particular book (I usually note this somewhere in one of my journal entries), or if I do not find a book on your bookshelf that I want/need. Unfortunately, international postage is so high that I will only trade within the US. International requestors will need to be able to provide postage for mailing any books.

I enjoy mysteries, sci-fi and historical fiction. My favorite pastime (other than reading) is needlework.


I am hosting my first bookring for 'Age of Innocence' http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/6102325/
This was the 500th book that I registered.

Tentative mailing/reading order for the bookring:

Participant, location (shipping preference)

Supertalya, APO address (international)--mailed 5/24/08 received 5/30/08
cobalt-tree, Canada (international)--mailed 6/2/08 received 6/11/08
ritao, Finland (prefer Europe)--moved by request 6/13/08 (see below)
LaPitchoune, Finland (international, prefer Europe)--received 8/27/08
kotus123, Germany (within EU)--moved to end of ring on reccommendation of another BCer
chas04, UK (UK or Europe)--deleted by request
Tubereader, UK (anywhere)--mailed (by LaPitchoune) 9/18/08
stubee, UK (international)
Catch-23, UK (anywhere)
salambander, South Africa (international)
Wandering-B, Hong Kong (anywhere)
ritao, Finland (anywhere)
kotus123, Germany (within EU)
back to turbostitcher, Texas, US (or donate to 1001 Library)



Wild releases that I have found:

1. 'Cross Stitch Cats' by Richard Box, Sue Fielding
2. 'Jennifer Government' by Max Barry


My wild releases that have been caught and journalled:

2002
1. 'Killer Pancake' by Diane Mott Davidson

2007
1. 'The Raven and the Nightingale' by Joanne Dobson
2. 'A Time to Kill' by John Grisham
3. 'Nemesis' by Dr. Richard Muller (released in 2007, journalled in 2008)
4. 'The Rule of Four' by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason (released in 2007, journalled in 2008)
5. 'Violets Are Blue' by James Patterson (released in 2007, journalled in 2009)
6. 'In the Bleak Midwinter' by Julia Spencer-Fleming (released in 2007, journalled in 2009)


2008
1. 'Whiteout' by Ken Follett
2. 'Wildest Hearts' by Jayne Ann Krentz
3. 'The Morning After' by Suzanne Forster
4. 'A Wild and Lonely Place' by Marcia Muller
5. 'Double Shot' by Diane Mott Davidson
6. 'The Broker' by John Grisham
7. 'The Cinco de Mayo Murder' by Lee Harris
8. 'The Song of Solomon: Miniature Edition'
9. 'Highlander Unbound' by Julia London
10. 'Murder on Route 66' by Carolyn Wheat, editor
11. 'No Place Like Home' by Mary Higgins Clark
12. 'White Water Terror' by Carolyn Keene
13. 'The Brush-Off: A Hair-raising Mystery' by Laura Bradley
14. '99 Ways to a Simple Lifestyle'
15. 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams
16. 'Wildcat' by Craig Thomas
17. '74 Seaside Avenue' by Debbie Macomber
18. 'A Painted House' by John Grisham
19. 'Diet for a Small Planet' by Francis Moore Lappe
20. 'Angels & Demons' by Dan Brown
21. 'Warped' by K.W. Jeter
22. 'That Scandalous Evening' by Christina Dodd
23. 'Wild Orchids' by Jude Deveraux
24. '100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories edited by R.H. Weinberg et al
25. 'Apples and Pumpkins' by Anne Rockwell
26. 'False Moves' by Carolyn Keene
27. 'Star Trek 11' by James Blish
28. 'Splintered Icon' by Bill Napier
29. 'Centennial' by James A. Michener
30. 'The Twelve Days of Winter' by Deborah Lee Rose
31. 'The Legend of the Poinsettia' by Tomie De Paola
32. 'Catering to Nobody' by Diane Mott Davidson
33. 'Wild Honey' by Fern Michaels (released in 2008, journalled in 2009)
34. 'The Shop on Blossom Street' by Debbie Macomber (released in 2008, journalled in 2009)
35. 'The Twelfth Card' by Jeffrey Deaver (released in 2008, journalled in 2009)
36. 'In The Shadow of the Ark' by Anne Provoost (released in 2008, journalled in 2009)
37. 'Crossroads' by Marisa Carroll (released in 2008, journalled in 2009)
38. 'A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles'
by Marianne Williamson (released in 2008, journalled in 2009) (#45 overall)
39. 'The Seven-Per-Cent Solution' by Nicholas Meyer (released in 2008, journalled in 2009) (#46 overall)
40. 'Lake News' by Barbara Delinsky (released in 2008, journalled in 2009) (#47 overall)
41. 'Through the Grinder' by Cleo Coyle (released in 2008, journalled in 2009) (#48 overall)
42. 'The Student Conductor' by Robert Ford (released in 2008, journalled in 2009) (#49 overall)



2009
1. 'Take It Back: A Battle Plan for Democratic Victory' by James Carville & Paul Begala
2. 'Knit One, Kill Two' by Maggie Sefton
3. 'Hearts Divided: 5-B Poppy Lane\The Apple Orchard\Liberty Hall' by Debbie Macomber, Katherine Stone, Lois Faye Dyer