i'm only just catching up on requests i've received for trades in the past few weeks. we had a couple of whaddyacall 'em...oh, yeah, hurricanes...anyway, to anyone that's written in the past few weeks, i'll get to you eventually!

i've joined bookcrossing as therapy for my self-diagnosed bibliomania. since joining, i've been getting a lot better at letting go of books i'll never read again, or finish, or at all.

my real problem was discovering CasualReader's BookRelay. the whole point was to give away books, and here i am trading for more.

i enjoy fulfilling wishes on Cliff1976's WishList site.

i've recently started a livejournal and have some some pretty pictures of places i've been.

what i'm currently reading (yes, i usually have multiple books going at once):

• The Famous Thing About Death, Lisa Sandlin
  
• .Net Framework Essentials, Thuan L. Thai & Hoang Q. Lam
  
• The Return of the Caravels, António Lobo Antunes
  
• The Crime of Father Amaro, Eca De Queiros
  

i'm a big fan of audible.com. here's what i'm currently listening to:

• Aristotle's Children, Richard E. Rubenstein
  
• The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
  

the infamous "read 50 books in 2004 challenge" (in no particular order):

1. Natural Horse-Man-Ship, Pat Parelli
   
2. The Language of Passion, Mario Vargas Llosa
   
3. There Are No Problem Horses, Only Problem Riders, Mary Twelveponies
   
4. The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way, Bill Bryson
   
5. Basic Horse Care, Eleanor F. Prince and Gaydell M. Collier
   
6. The Peruvian Paso and His Classic Equitation, Verne R. Albright
   
7. When Rabbit Howls, The Troops for Truddi Chase
   
8. The Palace of Dreams, Ismail Kadare
   
9. Veniss Underground, Jeff VanderMeer
   
10. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, Azar Nafisi
    
11. The Queen of the South, Arturo Pérez-Reverte
    
12. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
    
13. The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown
    
14. The Riddle of the Compass, Amir D. Aczel
    
15. 1421: The Year China Discovered America, Gavin Menzies
    
16. The Storyteller, Mario Vargas Llosa
    
17. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, Jon Krakauer
    
18. Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, Elaine Pagels
    
19. The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland, Hugh Thomson
    
20. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide To Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and Coping, Robert M. Sapolsky
    
21. First Things First: To Live, to Love, to Learn, to Leave a Legacy, Stephen R. Covey
    
22. Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD, Daniel G. Amen
    
23. Answers to Distraction, Edward M. Hallowell
    
24. Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood, Edward M. Hallowell
    
25. ADD and Romance: Finding Fulfillment in Love, Sex, & Relationships, Jonathan Scott Halverstadt
    
26. You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: A Self-help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder, Kate Kelly
    
27. Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates And What You Can Do About It, Gabor Mate
    
28. A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain, John J. Ratey
    
29. Journeys Through ADDulthood, Sari Solden
    
30. Women With Attention Deficit Disorder: Embracing Disorganization at Home and in the Workplace, Sari Solden
    
31. Thom Hartmann's Complete Guide to ADHD: Help for Your Family at Home, School and Work, Thom Hartmann
    
32. Death in the Andes, Mario Vargas Llosa
    
33. The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, Mario Vargas Llosa
    
34. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
    
35. Embers, Sandor Marai
    
36. The Lovely Bones: A Novel, Alice Sebold
    
37. Mirror Mirror: A Novel, Gregory Maguire
    
38. The Dream of Scipio, Iain Pears
    
39. Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
    
40. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, Susan Orlean
    
41. The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda, Paul David Wellstone
    
42. Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, Al Franken
    
43. The Anatomist, Federico Andahazi
    
44. Big Trouble, Dave Barry
    
45. The Beach House, James Patterson & Peter De Jonge
    
46. History of the Conquest of Peru, William H. Prescott
    
47. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest, Matthew Restall
    
48. What Does Everybody Else Know That I Don't?, Michele Novotni, Ph.D.
    
49. ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life, Judith Kolberg & Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D.
    

and just in case it counts for the 50, here are the audiobooks i've listened to in 2004. all are unabridged versions:

1. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
   
2. Linked, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
   
3. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
   
4. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
   
5. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
   
6. A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
   
7. Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams
   
8. Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
   
9. Stiff, Mary Roach
   
10. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
    
11. Coraline, Neil Gaiman
    
12. Krakatoa, Simon Winchester
    
13. The Map that Changed the World, Simon Winchester
    
14. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester
    

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