Hi!
I am middle-aged psychiatric nurse, married, and two grown-up kids already away from home, and ... I love books!

I love cozy mysteries, travel stories and books about food (especially food-related memoirs and such) and modern writers like Anne Tyler, Paul Auster, Julia Glass etc, but I also love a good classic!
I read both in Finnish and English.

Most of the books in my wishlist are in English, but I would be as happy to get the same book in Finnish :) I update my wishlist very often.

Here's what else I like (for HGG or other gift-things ) :
* CHOCOLATE , especially unusual taste or chocolates with filling (rather than plain) like chocolate with pineapple or Irish cream truffle or Frys Turkish Delight! I like milk chocolate more than dark, but anything goes :D
* I love the combination of sweet and savory, like chocolate covered prezels or something like that.
* I also love to try new food, cookies, drinks, spices etc. I love stuff with wasabi, watermelon or ginger!

* Notebooks, nice good pens and pencils, decorative tapes etc are always nice surprise too, and I enjoy hand-creams, body butters and such, the small sample packets are just fine. And I love woollen or cotton socks, size 40 / 6 uk/8,5 us
* I like books about food (like memoirs) and cookbooks and kitchen equipment too!

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" Book A Day Keeps Housework Away! "
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BOOKS I'VE READ 2019

JANUARY:
1. In the Shadow of a Rainbow / Robert Franklin Leslie
2. The Chocolate Bridal Bash / JoAnna Carl
3. The House of the Seven Gables / Nathaniel Hawthorne
4. The Naming of the Dead / Ian Rankin
5. Mediahuora / Venla Hiidensalo
6. The Strange Library/ Haruki Murakami
7. Yksi näistä pienimmistä / Juha Ruusuvuori
8. An Atlas of Impossible Longing: A Novel / Anuradha Roy
9. Boy Who Could See Demons / Carolyn Jess-Cooke
10. Agony of the Leaves / Laura Childs
11. Sweet Tea Revenge / Laura Childs

FEBRUARY:
12. Viaton veri / P.D. James
13. Exit Music / Ian Rankin
14. The House at Riverton / Kate Morton
15. Prime Cut / Diane Mott Davidson
16. Wednesday's Child: One Man's Life / Whitedesert
17. A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul: Inspector Singh Investigates /Shamini Flint
18. Blood on Snow / Jo Nesbo
19. Säihkyvä maailma / Siri Hustvedt
20. Maailman lahjakkain tyttö /M.R. Carey
21. Steeped in Evil / Laura Childs

MARCH
22. Aftermath / Peter Robinson
23. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession / Allison Hoover Bartlett
24. Neljäntienristeys / Tommi Kinnunen
25. Tough Cookie /Diane Mott Davidson
26. Toast / Nick Slater
27.Why The Dutch Are Different: A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands / Ben Coates
28. Caedmons Song / Peter Robinson
29. Islantilainen voittaa aina / Satu Rämö
30. Painonpudotushaaste / Dr. Phil McGraw
31. Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks Mystery) /Miranda James
32. A Year in the Woods / Colin Elford
33. Kaksoset / Eva Hirn
34. Käen kutsu / Robert Galbraith
35. Viisas mieli / Sadeniemi, Häkkinen ym.
36. Maksu / Eppu Nuotio
37. A Single Man / Christopher Isherwood
38. Sticks and Scones/ Diane Mott Davidson

APRIL:
39. Chopping Spree / Diane Mott Davidson
40. Jälkeemme kukkiva maa / Pirjo Tuominen
41. Varjo / Eppu Nuotio
42. Hiljaiset päivät Nigellan lumoissa / Erlend Loe
43. Amorina, kesähevonen / Annina Holmberg
44. The Lake District Murder / John Bude
45. Hyvä kosketus / Merete Mazzarella
46. Lopotti / Tommi Kinnunen
47. Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen
48. The Ladybird book of Mid-life Crisis
49. The Summer That Never Was / Peter Robinson
50. The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library / Alice Kimberly
51. Waiting for an Angel / Helon Habila
52. Noita / Camilla Läckberg
53. A Proper Family Holiday / Chrissie Manby
54. Savua ja tulta / Peter Robinson
55. Fanfan; lemmenunelma / Alexander Jardin
56. Tuhopolttaja / Anna Jansson

MAY:
57. Hämärän lapset / Anna Jansson
58. English Creek - Muutosten kesä / Ivan Doig
59. Presidentin salaisuus / Anne Holt
60. Otetaan taas - juomisen nautinnot / Kingsley Amis
61. Tuulen viemää / Margaret Mitchell
62. Number Ten / Sue Townsend
63. Toiset kasvot / Mari Jungstedt
64. Standing in Another Man's Grave / Ian Rankin
65. A Conspiracy of Friends / Alexander McCall Smith
66. Will Grayson, Will Grayson / John Green, David Levithan
67. Kitchen / Banana Yoshimoto
68. Think of a Number / John Verdon

JUNE:
69. Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers / A. McCall Smith
70. Jyrkänteen reunalla /Arnaldur Indridason
71. If Fried Chicken Could Fly / Paige Shelton
72. Peto / Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström
73. Decaffeinated Corpse / Cleo Coyle
74. And Then You Dye / Monica Ferris
75. Strange Affair / Peter Robinson
76.Love is a Four Letter Word /Claire Calman
77. Started Early, Took My Dog / Kate Atkinson
78. Burial Rites / Hannah Kent
79. Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons / Matthew Fort
80. Dial M for Meat Loaf / Ellen Hart
81. The Tenko Club / Eilizabeth Noble
82. Sudenmarja / Reidar Palmgren

JULY:
83. Piece of My Heart / Peter Robinson
84. Emma / Alexander McCall Smith
85. Vääriin käsiin / Anna Jansson
86. The Memory Book /Rowan Coleman
87. Menneet ja kadonneet / Arnaldur Indridason
88. Keskilännen keittiöt / J. Ryan Stradal
89. At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances / Alexander McCall Smith
90. Homicide and Old Lace (Mandy Dyer Mystery) / Dolores Johnson
91. Mestaruusottelu /Arnaldur Indridason
92. Siinä maassa kultainen kilpikonna tanssii kuutamossa / Ludvik Askenazy
93. Paras mahdollinen maailma / Riikka Pulkkinen
94. Käsi jota kerran pitelin /Maggie O'Farrell
95. Petos /Karin Alvtegen
96. Paholaisen ystävä / Peter Robinson
97. Juhannustanssit / Hannu Salama

AUGUST:
98. Melkein kuollut mies / Åke Edwardson
99. Some Luck / Jane Smiley
100. First They Killed My Father - A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers / Loung Ung
101. Sizzling Sixteen / Janet Evanovich
102. First Among Sequels / Jasper Fforde
103. Smonkin Seventeen / Janet Evanovich
104. Rakkauden musiikki / Vikram Seth
105. All the Colours of Darkness / Peter Robinson
106. Galtbystä länteen /Leena Parkkinen
107. Reykjavikin yöt / Arnaldur Indridason
108. Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story / J. Jefferson Farjeon

SEPTEMBER:
109. Älkää kertoko minulle totuutta rakkaudesta / Dan Rhodes
110. Bad Boy / Peter Robinson
111. Explosive Eighteen / Janet Evanovich
112. Suuri Lontoon-seikkailu / Neil Shaw-Larkman
113. Becoming / Michelle Obama
114. Saints of the Shadow Bible / Ian Rankin
115. Kun aika loppuu / Elina Hirvonen
116. Freija / Johanne Hildebrandt
117. The Wilder Life / Wendy McClure
118. Winterin viimeinen talvi /Åke Edwardson
119. Talo maailman laidalla / Åke Edwardson
120. Voiko kätilö tulla? Maalaiskätilön muistelmia 50 vuoden takaa /Anna Niiranen
121. Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution / Michael Bond
122. Huono äiti / Sari Helin
123. Notorious Nineteen / Janet Evanovich

OCTOBER:
124. Hope Riverin kätilö / Patricia Harman
125. Watching the Dark / Peter Robinson
126. Atlasperhonen / Sonja Berg Pleijel
127. Menneisyyden viesti / Åke Edwardson
128. Takedown Twenty / Janet Evanovich
129. The Bordeaux Betrayal / Ellen Crosby
130.