Happy Reading

Hello all!!
And, thank you for making bookcrossing such a wonderful and fun-filled place to be! I love everything about this place! The wild releases, the rays, the rings, the trades, the RABCK's...and, of course, all the wonderful bookcrosser's who make all this book-sharing possible!
I love to read... a little bit of everything...any suggestions?
Have a look around my shelf... If you see something that interests you, feel free to PM me and maybe we can work something out, but please note that I only trade/release from my AVL shelf...Happy Reading!!


"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." ~Jorge Luis Borges

About my numbers: only books which are released into the wild are listed as wild releases. Any books which are traded, part of rings/rays, or given to other people (regardless of method) are journalled but are not listed as wild releases. Of those actual wild releases,6 have been caught (a 9% catch rate);
~ Cat Chaser by Elmore Leonard (watched this one being 'caught' from a restaurant across the street in St. Augustine; my first 'wild release')
~ A Pirates Love by Johanna Lindsay (released in Fernandina Beach at the 2005 shrimp festival)
~ 1st to Die by James Patterson (on an evening walk along the beach)
~ Wit & Wisdom of Famous American Women (at the CVS pharmacy)
~ Hooligans by William Deihl (at the 2007 Fernandina shrimp festival)
~ The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton (outside The First St. Diner; journalled 3 yrs. after release)

The rest of my caught/found numbers are trades, rings/rays, or RABCKs.


"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading." -Logan Pearsall Smith

** Due to monetary restraints, I am currently only trading in the U.S. & Canada (apologies to other BCers for any inconvenience this may cause)

MY BOOKRINGS (please PM me if you're interested in joining)
~None currently ~ please check back again~

MY BOOKRAYS(PM to join these too!)
~None currently ~ please check back again~

Next up on my TBR list:
CURRENT READ(S): ~The Iron Glove by Ronald Tierney

Last five reads & rating (A to F) (proceeding # = books read this year [for complete listing, click here ])
#41-Entombed by Linda Fairstein (A-)
#40-Lost Lake by Phillip Margolin (A-)
#39-The Book of Air & Shadows by Michael Gruber (A)
#38-Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (A-)
#37-Executive Power by Vince Flynn (A)

Favorite reads of 2009:
American Rust by Philipp Meyer (Mar) ~ Murder Fantastical by Patricia Moyes (May) ~ If the River was Whiskey by T.C.Boyle (Jun)
Favorite reads of 2008: (total read = 88)
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Feb)~ The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman (Mar)~ Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman (Jun)~ The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly (Aug)~ State of Fear by Micheal Crichton (Oct)
Favorite reads of 2007:(total read = 79)
Broken by Kelley Armstrong (Jan)~ Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (Feb)~ The Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumb (Feb)~ The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Mar) ~ The Mask of Atreus by A.J. Hartley (Jun) ~ Sullivan's Island by Dorthea Benton Frank (Jul) ~ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Dec)

Some of my favorite fiction authors:
Kelley Armstrong ~ Margaret Atwood ~ Sandra Brown ~ John Case ~ Michael Crichton ~ Jennifer Crusie ~ Charles Dickens ~ Janet Evanovich ~ Jasper Fforde ~ Neil Gaiman ~ Heather Graham ~ Carl Hiaasen ~ Alice Hoffman ~ Gregory Maguire ~ Philip Margolin ~ Sharyn McCrumb ~ James Rollins ~ Lawrence Sanders ~ Mark Twain ~ Donald Westlake





"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." - Mark Twain


RAYS/RINGS I am waiting to read: *titles are removed once next participant recieves/journals
OTHER FUN PROJECTS I'm participating in: *projects are removed once complete












"It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can." ~Jane Hamilton