Recent Book Activity

I just love Bookcrossing! My sister (bradgirl) got me interested in it originally, more than 2 years ago, and gave me my wings twice, thank you!

If you see a book you fancy on my available pile, I am definitely willing and able to send it out to you. I never know what book I am going to read next, but if you see one you fancy on my massive TBR pile (and I don't want to add it to my permanent collection) then I am willing to read it sooner (rather than later) and release to you, just ask! =)

'I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.' - Groucho Marx
'You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me' - C.S. Lewis

2012 Challenges;
200 Big Reads (0/200) *Ongoing*
To reduce my ever-growing TBR pile *Ongoing!*

Books read in 2012:

1) The Girl Who Fell From the Sky - Heidi Durrow *Bookring*
2) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson *Non-bookcrossing*
3) The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steig Larsson *Non-bookcrossing*
4) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson *Non-bookcrossing*
5) The Full Cupboard of Life - Alexander McCall Smith *Bookring*
6) Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
7) Pay It Forward - Catherine Ryan Hyde
8) Mr Maybe - Jane Green
9) The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
10) Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins *Bookring*
11) Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins *Bookring*
12) Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins *Bookring*


Bookrays/rings I am participating in:
Songs of the Humpback Whale - Jodi Picoult
Julie and Julia - Julie Powell
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson
Skippy Dies - Paul Murray
Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins *Completed*
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller *PASSED*
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - Stephenie Meyer *Completed
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky - Heidi Durrow *Completed
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck *Completed
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess *Completed
The King's Speech - Mark Logue & Peter Conradi *Completed
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan *Completed
Things I Want My Daughters To Know - Elizabeth Noble *Completed
No.1 Ladies Detective Agency spiral - Book 1,2,3,4, 5, 6 & 7 *Completed
Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult *Completed
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack - Rebecca Skloot *Completed
Solar - Ian McEwan *Completed
Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Alborn *Completed
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving *Completed

Books read in 2011: 51
Best (unexpectedly) => A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Worst (didn't even finish) => Paradise by Katie Price/Love Lies by Adele Parks
Non-bookcrossing =>
Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert (7/10)
Kiss Kiss - Roald Dahl (10/10)
Every Year (Short Stories) - Cecelia Ahern (8/10)
The Girl in the Mirror & The Memory Maker (Short Stories) - Cecelia Ahern (8/10)
I Heart Paris - Lindsey Kelk (4/10)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Books 2-6)(7/10)
Paradise - Katie Price (Unfinished)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards (7/10)
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith (6/10)
What's New, Pussycat? - Alexandra Potter (7/10)
Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater (9/10)


Books read in 2010: 44
Best => Dracula by Bram Stoker
Worst => Secrets by Freya North
Non-bookcrossing =>
Wicked Lovely series (3/4) - Melissa Marr (3-4/10)
East of the Sun - Julia Gregson (7/10)
Last Night at Chateau Marmont - Lauren Weisberger (7/10)
The Shining - Stephen King (9/10)
An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories - Various (6/10)
Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (8/10)