I've haven't been active for several years (thanks to two young and active boys, plus building a home-based business. I don't know what made me think of bookcrossing recently, but I thought I'd pop in and see how it's all doing. Still alive and thriving, so I will get back to releasing some books soon :) Thanks!


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My mom introduced me to this site when she found a 'wild' book, and I think it is a great idea. I keep bugging friends and family to join up and be more active, and hope that someday soon they will listen!!

Books I Read in 2008??
january (2)1. PRODIGAL SUMMER - Barbara Kingsolver (library) 2. CHILDREN OF MY HEART - Gabrielle Roy (library) february (5)3. ASTONISHING SPLASHES OF COLOUR - Clare Morrall 4. WEDNESDAY'S CHILD - Peter Robinson5. SILENT WITNESS - Rebecca Forster 6. INFERNAL - F. Paul Wilson7. EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE - Judith McNaught march (4)8. VENGEANCE - Brian Pinkerton 9. JURY OF ONE - David Ellis10. BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWN-UPS - Anne Tyler 11. PRAYING FOR SLEEP - Jeffery Deaverapril (5) 12. EYES OF A CHILD - Richard North Patterson13. THE BEAN TREES - Barbara Kingsolver (library) 14. CRIME BEAT - Michael Connelly (library)15. DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR - Dean Koontz (library) 16. CRUEL & UNUSUAL - Patricia Cornwellmay (7) 17. ECHO PARK - Michael Connelly (library)18. SILENT WITNESS - Richard North Patterson 19. FALLEN ANGEL - Jerry Langton (library)20. THE FINAL JUDGMENT - Richard North Patterson (library) 21. SULLIVAN'S LAW - Nancy Taylor Rosenberg22. DAY OF THE DEAD - J.A. Jance 23. LAST DANCE, LAST CHANCE - Ann Rulejune (2) 24. IN PURSUIT OF THE PROPER SINNER - Elizabeth George 25. I AM AMERICA (AND SO CAN YOU) - Stephen Colbert (library)july (1) 26. MOMENT OF TRUTH - Lisa Scottolineaugust (2) 27. THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS - Sophie Kinsella28. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - Andre Dubus III (bookray) september (1)29. MY NAME IS RED - Orhan Pamuk (library) october (1)30. OUTLANDER - Diane Gabaldon (library) december31. GIRL FROM SASKATOON - Sharon Butala (library)


My Completed Bookrings & Bookrays
The Red Tent -- Anita Diamant
Mindhunter -- John Douglas / Mark Olshaker
Light on Snow -- Anita Shreve
Mystic River -- Dennis Lehanne
Bel Canto -- Ann Patchett
The Handmaid's Tale -- Margaret Atwood
The Concubine's Children. -- Denise Chong
Airframe. -- Michael Crichton
Airport. -- Arthur Hailey
River, Cross My Heart. -- Breena Clarke
She's Come Undone -- Wally Lamb
Running with Scissors -- Augusten Burroughs
Enemy Women. -- Paulette Jiles

My Dead :-( Bookrings & Bookrays
The Cat and the Curmudgeon -- Cleveland Amory (lost in transit?)
The Best Cat Ever -- Cleveland Amory (lost in transit?)
The Da Vinci Code -- Dan Brown
Beautiful Losers -- Leonard Cohen -- currently stalled with Fio-dagua.I Am afraid this is dead, and am disappointed that I gave the benefit of the doubt to fio-dagua despite earlier situations so similar to this :-(


My Favourite Reads of Years Past...
2004 -- The Secret Life of Bees , The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time , She's Come Undone
2005 -- The Red Tent , Airport , Animal Farm (as scary as it is!)
2006 -- Bel Canto , To Kill a Mockingbird
2007 -- In Cold Blood , Music for Chameleons The Glass Castle
2008 -- Outlander


2008 journal ratio: 10 released in the wild, 2 journalled = 20% journal rate.
2007 journal ratio: 30 released in the wild, 1 journalled = 3% journal rate.
2005 journal ratio: 5 released in the wild, 1 journalled = 20% journal rate.
2004 journal ratio: 50 released in the wild, 16 journalled = 32% journal rate.

Books I Read in 2007 (n = 53)
january (2)1. FUGITIVE PIECES --> Anne Michaels 2. IN COLD BLOOD --> Truman Capotefebruary (10) 3. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COLOURGUIDE4. ATLANTIC CANADA GUIDE 5. FROMMER'S NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK AND PEI 6. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE --> Jane Austen7. THE WEATHERMAKERS --> Tim Flannery 8. CLOSE RANGE --> Annie Proulx9. UNDERSTANDING YOUR ONE-YEAR-OLD --> Sarah Gustavus Jones (library) 10. YOUR TODDLER FROM 1 TO 2 YEARS --> Johnson's (library) 11. PIGS IN HEAVEN --> Barbara Kingsolver (library)12. THE STEPFORD WIVES --> Ira Levin (bookray) march (5)13. THE ENGLISHMAN'S BOY --> Guy Vanderhaeghe (library) 14. TRUTHSEEKER --> Dee Hendersen (library)15. GREEN CLEAN --> (library) 16. CANOE LAKE --> Roy MacGregor(library)17. THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE --> Audrey Niffenegger (bookring) april (3)18. CELL --> Stephen King (library) 19. THE LONG EMERGENCY --> James Howard Kunstler (library)20. LISEY'S STORY --> Stephen King (library) may (5)21. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT --> Erich Maria Remarque (bookring) 22. KILLER DREAMS --> Iris Johansen (library)23. KILLER SMILE --> Lisa Scottoline 24. LIGHT ON SNOW --> Anita Shreve (bookray)25. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN --> John Perkins (library) june (4)26. A MILLION LITTLE PIECES --> James Frey 27. THE VENDETTA DEFENSE --> Lisa Scottoline28. MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS --> Truman Capote 29. CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATHIC SOCIAL CLIMBER --> july (3)30. CIDER HOUSE RULES --> John Irving (bookring) 31. DRY - A MEMOIR --> Augusten Burroughs (bookray)32. VELOCITY - Dean Koontz august (4)33. SMALL SACRIFICES - Ann Rule 34. LOLITA - Vladmir Nabokov (library)35. YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US - Laura Penny (library) 36. FREAKONOMICS - Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubnar (library) september (3)37. FIRE-DWELLERS - Margaret Laurence (bookring) 38. PAPER BRIDGES - Jann Jansen39. BARNEY'S VERSION - Mordecai Richler october (6)40. LORD OF THE RINGS; FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - JRR Tolkein 41. THE UNADULTERATED CAT - Terry Pratchett (bookring) 42. LORD OF THE RINGS; THE TWO TOWERS - JRR Tolkein43. THE DEAD STONE - Vicki Stiefel 44. LORD OF THE RINGS; THE RETURN OF THE KING - JRR Tolkein 45. THE MOTHER OF ALL TODDLER BOOKS - Ann Douglasnovember (4) 46. READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN - Azar Nafisi47. TIMELINE - Michael Crichton 48. THE GLASS CASTLE - Jeannette Walls (bookring) 49. MYSTERY - Peter Straubdecember (4)50. WINTER MOON - Dean Koontz 51. RAGE - Jonathon Kellerman52. DARK DEBTS - Karen Hall 53. EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES - Lynne Truss (library)

Books I Read in 2006 (n = 26)
january (3)1. NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR --> George Orwell 2. THE DARK TOWER --> Stephen King3. FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW --> Giles Blunt february (4) 4. BEL CANTO --> Ann Patchett 5. CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE EXPECTANT MOTHER'S SOUL6. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING 7. THE MOTHER OF ALL PREGNANCY BOOKS --> Ann Douglas march (1)8. THE WOMANLY ART OF BREASTFEEDING --> LLLI april (1)9. THE BABY SLEEP BOOK --> Sears Baby Library 10. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE --> C.S. Lewis may to august (7)11. THE HAPPIEST BABY ON THE BLOCK --> Harvey Karp 12. HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS, HAPPY BABY --> Marc Weissbluth 13. SLEEP SOLUTIONS FOR BABY, TODDLER AND PRESCHOOLER --> Ann Douglas 14. THE FACE OF DECEPTION --> Iris Johansen15. AIRFRAME --> Michael Crichton 16. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD --> Harper Lee17. THE PELICAN BRIEF --> John Grisham September (4)18. BEAUTIFUL LOSERS --> Leonard Cohan 19. I COULDN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF --> Wally Lamb 20. IT WAS ON FIRE WHEN I LAY DOWN ON IT --> Robert Fulghum21. SOLVE YOUR CHILD'S SLEEP PROBLEMS --> Richard Ferber october (1)22. GEISHA --> Liza Dalby (bookring) november (1)23. THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS --> Arundhati Roy december (3)24. ALL YOU CAN EAT --> Linda McQuaig 25. BETRAYAL --> Herbert Schulz26. THE RESTRAINT OF BEASTS --> Magnus Mills

Books I Read in 2005 (n = 33)
january (4)1. THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE --> Isabelle Holland 2. IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS --> Tim O'Brien (bookring) 3. WITHOUT A TRACE --> Marion Collins4. CALL OF THE WILD and WHITE FANG --> Jack London february (2)5. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY --> John Irving 6. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE --> Mitch Albom (bookring) march (3)7. I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE --> Wally Lamb (bookring) 8. THE HORSE WHISPERER --> Nicholas Evans9. ANIMAL FARM --> George Orwell (bookring) april (4)10. AND THEN YOU DIE --> Iris Johansen 11. WHITE OLEANDER --> Janet Fitch12. AIRPORT --> Arthur Hailey 13. JUDAS CHILD --> Carol O'Connell (bookring)may (2) 14. THE PIANO TUNER --> Daniel Mason (bookring) 15. NO CRYSTAL STAIR --> Eva Rutland (bookring)june (3) 16. THE RESCUE --> Nicholas Sparks (bookring)17. CHOCOLAT --> Joann Harris (bookring) 18. DA VINCI CODE --> Dan Brown (bookring)july (2) 19. STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS --> Mary Roach (bookring) 20. ANGELS AND DEMONS --> Dan Brown (bookring)august (2) 21. COLD MOUNTAIN --> Charles Frazier (bookring) 22. ORYX AND CRAKE --> Margaret Atwood (bookring)september (1) 23. THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER --> Amy Tan (bookring)october (4) 24. IT'S THE CRUDE, DUDE! --> Linda McQuaig25. UNUSUALLY STUPID AMERICANS 26. RISING SUN --> Michael Crichton27. EATING WELL WHEN EXPECTING november (2)28. THE HANDMAID'S TALE --> Margaret Atwood (bookray) 29. LUCKY --> Alice Sebold (bookring)december (4) 30. THE RED TENT --> Anita Diamant (bookring)31. SONG OF SUSANNAH (DARK TOWER VI) --> Stephen King 32. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP --> John Irving (bookring) 33. THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW --> C.S. Lewis

Books I read in 2004 (n=51)
january (6)1. THE GUNSLINGER; DARK TOWER SERIES I --> Stephen King 2. THE DRAWING OF THE THREE; DARK TOWER SERIES II --> Stephen King 3. THE WASTELANDS; DARK TOWER SERIES III --> Stephen King 4. THE LOVELY BONES --> Alice Sebold5. THE CLINIC --> Jonathon Kellerman 6. A COLD HEART --> Jonathon Kellermanfebruary (3) 7. WIZARD AND GLASS; DARK TOWER SERIES IV --> Stephen King 8. VIOLETS ARE BLUE --> James Patterson9. THE SHIPPING NEWS --> Annie Proulx march (5)10. THE LAST CROSSING --> Guy Vanderhaeghe 11. BIG STONE GAP --> Adriana Trigiani(bookring) 12. FROM A BUICK 8 --> Stephen King13. THE SUMMER WIND --> George Anastasia 14. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA --> Arthur Golden(May release challenge) april (4)15. GUILT --> John Lescroart (May release challenge) 16. GIRL, INTERRUPTED --> Susanna Kaysen (bookring) 17. SENSE & SENSIBILITY --> Jane Austen (bookring)18. CONGO --> Michael Crichton (May release challenge) may (9)19. ZELDA --> Nancy Milford (May release challenge) 20. ACID ROW --> Minette Walters (May Release Challenge) 21. BRONFMAN DYNASTY --> Peter C Newman (May Release Challenge)22. WHEN THE STORM BREAKS --> Heather Lowell(bookring) 23. SELF-DEFENSE --> Jonathan Kellerman (May Release Challenge) 24. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES --> Sue Monk Kidd (bookring)25. SHE'S COME UNDONE -- Wally Lamb 26. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME --> Mark Haddon 27. SEA GLASS --> Anita Shreve (bookring)june (4) 28. THE CONCUBINE'S CHILDREN --> Denise Chong (bookring) 29. DEAD AIM --> Iris Johansen (bookray)30. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE --> Gabriel Garcia Marquez 31. ANGELA'S ASHES --> Frank McCourt (bookring) july (6)32. THE HOURS --> Michael Cunningham (bookray) 33. THE KING OF TORTS --> John Grisham (bookray)34. THE THREE LITTLE PIGS BUY THE WHITEHOUSE --> Dan Piraro (bookring) 35. THE ALCHEMIST --> Paulo Coelho (bookring)36. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? --> Sophie Kinsella (bookring) 37. A TIME TO KILL --> John Grishamaugust (3) 38. THE CAT WHO CAME FOR CHRISTMAS --> Cleveland Amory39. 'TIS --> Frank McCourt (bookring) 40. PAY IT FORWARD --> Catherine Ryan Hyde (bookring) september (3)41. A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR --> John Irving (bookring) 42. THREE JUNES --> Julia Glass (bookring)43. INSIDE OUT --> Evelyn Lau (bookray) october (2)44. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN --> Betty Smith (bookring) 45. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS --> Augusten Burroughs november (1)46. THE HOUSE OF STAIRS --> Barbara Vine(bookring) december (5)47. WOLVES OF THE CALLA ; DARK TOWER SERIES V --> Stephen King (bookring) 48. DARK RIVERS OF THE HEART --> Dean Koontz49. SONG OF SUSANNAH: THE DARK TOWER VI --> Stephen King 50. THE UGLY DUCKLING --> Iris Johansen51. RIVER, CROSS MY HEART --> Breena Clark
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Bookrings/rays I Completed in 2007
1. THE STEPFORD WIVES - Ira Levin2. THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE - Audrey Niffenegger 3. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Erich Maria Remarque 4. LIGHT ON SNOW - Anita Shreve5. THE CIDER HOUSE RULES - John Irving 6. DRY - A MEMOIR - Augusten Burroughs7. THE FIRE DWELLERS - Margaret Laurence 8. THE UNADULTERATED CAT - Terry Pratchett9. THE GLASS CASTLE - Jeannette Walls

Bookrings & Bookrays I Completed in 2005 (n = 19)
BOOK TITLE --> originator of ring/ray (Dates Rec'd and Sent)
1. IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS --> goatgrrl (Dec 29/04 - Jan 10/05) 2. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE --> eucalia (Feb 11 - Mar 2) 3. I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE --> jarrett622 (Feb 17 - Mar 21)4. ANIMAL FARM --> katalirob (Feb 11 - March 29) 5. JUDAS CHILD --> wizardsheart (Mar 29 - Apr 29) 6. THE PIANO TUNER --> squeakychu (April 12 - May 18)7. NO CRYSTAL STAIR --> senorag (April 12 - May 19) 8. THE RESCUE --> bcosta (April 18 - June 6)9. CHOCOLAT --> dododumpling (April 19 - June 20) 10. DA VINCI CODE --> jennysbkpgs (April 20 - to be bookcrossed) 11. STIFF: THE CURIOUS LIVES OF HUMAN CADAVERS --> yvi-1 (April 29 - July 17) 12. ANGELS AND DEMONS --> Helly77 (May 25 - Aug 26) 13. COLD MOUNTAIN --> silverstarry (June 3 - Aug 15)14. ORYX AND CRAKE --> wistroll (July 15 - Aug 26) a 15. THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER --> ASKmama (Aug 12 - Oct 12) 16. THE HANDMAID'S TALE --> karendawn (May 6 - ?? (to be bookcrossed)) 17. LUCKY --> loopy1 (Nov 7 - Dec 10)18. THE RED TENT --> DSM (Oct 20 - ??) 19. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP --> DoveiLibri (Dec 9 - Jan 9)

Bookrings & Bookrays I Completed in 2004 (n=21)
BOOK TITLE --> (originator of ring/ray) Dates Rec'd and Sent
1. BIG STONE GAP --> (PenelopePitstop) Mar 4 - 14 2. GIRL, INTERRUPTED --> (MarciNYC) April 3 - 14 3. SENSE & SENSIBILITY --> (RoryG) April 3 -20 4. WHEN THE STORM BREAKS --> (nikel27) May 10 - 12 5. SECRET LIFE OF BEES --> (Scrawler) May 17 - 206. SEA GLASS --> (wandering) May 28 - June 1 7. DEAD AIM --> (bookgal23) End of Ray -- rec'd June 2. Book-X'd June 9 8. ANGELA'S ASHES --> (ann-718my) June 11 - 28 9. THE HOURS --> (BeachGlass) June 30 - July 1210. KING OF TORTS --> (Cyber-librarian) July 5 - 16 11. THE 3 LITTLE PIGS BUY THE WHITEHOUSE --> (mysteryfan03) July 14-19 12. THE ALCHEMIST --> (gwendy) July 5 - 2013. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? --> (doris) July 19 - 20 14. 'TIS --> (ann-718my) Aug 6 - 2515. PAY IT FORWARD --> (tantan) Aug 15 - 31 16. A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR --> (jenvince) Aug 15 - Sept 9 17. THREE JUNES --> (SmilingSun) Aug 15 - Sept 2118. INSIDE OUT --> (Kellyonhiatus) Aug 18 - Oct 6 19. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN --> (vivdripper) Aug 26 - Oct 7 20. THE HOUSE OF STAIRS --> (redhouse) Oct 8 - Nov 1321. WOLVES OF THE CALLA --> (gill846) Nov 8 - Dec 13


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