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wingIddyluwing

From Durham, New Hampshire USA
Age 33
Joined Tuesday, September 11, 2012
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Lover of books (print, audio, and electronic), languages, exploration, and maps. I love being around people almost as much as I love being by myself.

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If I have a book marked as "available", that means that I'm ready to release it and have no specific plans for it; if I have one that you're interested in, PM me and we can see about working out a trade. If I have a book marked as "reserved", that means that either I have promised it to someone else, or I plan to release it but am waiting because I have a specific place/time in mind; check the journal entries to see which. If it's the latter and you are interested in the book, you can still PM me and I will consider it on a case-by-case basis. :)

I am interested in books written in foreign languages. This includes both books originally written in foreign languages, and books translated into foreign languages from English. If you have foreign language books that you're interested in passing on, feel free to contact me if you'd like to discuss trading them for anything on my "available" to "TBR" lists!

Here's a list of the foreign language books currently in my possession; when I'm done with them, I would love to send them away to someone who can read the language, someone who is learning the language and would like reading practice, or someone who is able to release them in an area where the language is widely spoken:

ألسنة اللهب (ARABIC) - a translation of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - ON MY TBR
هاري بوتر وحجر الفيلسوف (ARABIC) - a translation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling - ON MY TBR
هارى بوتر وسجين ازكابان (ARABIC) - a translation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling - ON MY TBR
هارى بوتر وكأس النار (ARABIC) - a translation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling - ON MY TBR
هاري بوتر وجماعة العنقاء (ARABIC) - a translation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling - ON MY TBR
Harry Potter i la cambra screta (CATALAN) - a translation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling - ON MY TBR
Annette (DUTCH) - ON MY TBR
De vliegeraar (DUTCH) - a translation of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - ON MY TBR
Le journal de Zlata (FRENCH) - a translation of Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipović - ON MY TBR
Lunes assassines (FRENCH) - AVAILABLE FOR TRADE
Le petit prince (FRENCH) - ON MY TBR
Rose et le masque vénitien (FRENCH) - a translation of Rose and the Magician's Mask by Holly Webb
Le thé chez la Comtesse (FRENCH) - ON MY TBR
Die Elite (Selection #2) (GERMAN) - a translation of The Elite (The Selection #2) by Kiera Cass - ON MY TBR
Zorro (GERMAN) - a translation of Zorro by Isabel Allende - ON MY TBR
Heppin (ICELANDIC) - a translation of Lucky by Alice Sebold
Konan í lestinni (ICELANDIC) - a translation of The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - ON MY TBR
Ljós af hafi (ICELANDIC) - a translation of The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - ON MY TBR
Sagan af Pí (ICELANDIC) - a translation of Life of Pi by Yann Martel - ON MY TBR
Smásögur heimsins: Norður-Ameríka (ICELANDIC) - ON MY TBR
Týnda táknið (ICELANDIC) - a translation of The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown - ON MY TBR
La scuola degli ingredienti segreti (ITALIAN) - a translation of The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister - ON MY TBR
A audácia da esperança (PORTUGUESE) - a translation of The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama - ON MY TBR
Pippi Fhad-Stocainneach (SCOTTISH GAELIC) - a translation of Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren - ON MY TBR
El espejo enterrado (SPANISH) - ON MY TBR
Diecinueve minutos (SPANISH) - a translation of Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult - CURRENTLY READING
Luna nueva (Saga crepúsculo #2) (SPANISH) - a translation of New Moon (Twilight Saga #2) by Stephenie Meyer - ON MY TBR
Los pasos de López (SPANISH) - ON MY TBR
Sinsajo (Los juegos del hambre #3) (SPANISH) - a translation of Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins - ON MY TBR
Alisi Ndani ya Nchi ya Ajabu (SWAHILI) - a translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - ON MY TBR
Ensam på Mars (SWEDISH) - a translation of The Martian by Andy Weir - AVAILABLE FOR TRADE
Flyga drake (SWEDISH) - a translation of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - AVAILABLE FOR TRADE
Hypnotisören (SWEDISH) - ON MY TBR
Maigret blir arg - (SWEDISH) - a translation of Maigret in Retirement by Georges Simenon - ON MY TBR
Fareler ve İnsanlar (TURKISH) - a translation of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - ON MY TBR
Küçük Prens (TURKISH) - a translation of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - ON MY TBR

If you are interested in book marked as available, feel free to PM me. Books marked as being on my TBR will most likely be available eventually, though I can't promise it'll be anytime soon! I don't read any other languages nearly as fast as I read English, and I sort of cycle through them, so if someone is interested in (for example) a TBR Turkish book, my response may very well be "Well, I don't think I'll be doing anything with Turkish for at least six months...". But if you don't need the book by a certain date and don't mind potentially waiting for a long time, definitely feel to PM me and ask me about my TBRs; I would be happy to mark them off as being claimed by somebody for whenever I do finish with them.

I have wild-released books in the following US states:
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont

And in the following places outside the US:
Botswana
Denmark
Egypt
The Faroe Islands
Greenland
Iceland
South Africa
Sweden

And I have mailed books to the following places for controlled releases:
Australia
Arizona, USA
Austria
Canada
England
Finland
Florida, USA
Germany
Hawaii, USA
Indiana, USA
Latvia
North Carolina, USA
Ohio, USA
Pennsylvania, USA
South Carolina, USA
Utah, USA
Washington, USA

Hopefully there will be many more places to come on all lists! :)

I've made a map of all the places my books have traveled after they've left my hands. Red points are places where I've dropped off books personally, and blue points are where they've traveled by other means (via mail, or via someone else taking them there).

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