WELCOME TO MY BOOKSHELF

I didn't learn to read until I was in my teens (because I'm dyslexic) but since then I've been hooked! I worked my way through most of the English classics in my teens and I love tales of dragons, vampires and other mythical creatures. I also love to travel and therefore enjoy reading about other people's travels around the world and storie set in countries I have visited.



create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

I think it's great that my books can travel all round the world and see people and places that I haven't and be enjoyed by many people. I have travelled a bit myself, visiting 18 countries in 5 continents so far(see map above)! I'm very excited that my books might travel too and have adventures of their own, maybe even go round the world!

I would love to meet Boockcrossers all over the world and swap books with them so please PM me and put a pin in the map below.





Aside from travel and reading I'm crazy about crafting, I scrapbook, make cards and ATC's (Artists Trading cards)and altered art. My homepage has examples of my work take a look at www.kathieskrafts.co.uk. I have just discovered a couple of great sites, swap-bot where people organise swaps of all sorts of things including books and ATC's and Found Art which encourages people to leave small works of are in the wild for others to find, a bit like BC but with art!

A bit more about me! I live and work at a boarding school for young people with epilepsy and learning disabilities. I absolutely love my life there as about 400 students and staff live on site and it's like our own little world. The class I work with are teenagers with severe learning disabilities and they are absolutely fantastic individuals. I got married to my wonderful husband (bigiraffe)at the start of August and he works at the school too, now all we need are some little giraffe/dragons and life will be perfect!

I am very happy to swap books with anyone anywhere, so take a look at my wish list and my list of available books for ones you want, if anything matches send me a PM! I would also be happy to loan books form my to be read shelf and permenant collection, as long as I get them back!

my wish list



With very many thanks to the great man himself, Cliff.



I am currently doing a challenge I set myself which is to read my way around Africa. I would love it if other people would join me in this challenge and we could trade books and suggestions etc. If you want to join Pm me, the rules are simple;
1. Read a book (or short story) which is set in each country in Africa.
2. Each book (or short story) can be used only once but different books by the same author can be used.
ALGIER:A Fighter in Green:A tale of Algieria by Herbert Haynes
ANGOLA:Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba by patricia MnKissal
BENIN:Instraments of Darkness by Robert Wilson
BOTSWANNA:No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
BURKINA FASO:
BURUNDI:
CAMEROON:
CAPE VERDE:The Slave dancer by Paula Fox
C.A.R.:
CHAD:
COMOROS:
CONGO:The Book of the Heathen by Robert Edridc
CONGO P.D.R.:The Curve of the World by marcus Stevens
COTE D'IVOIRE:
DJIBOUTI:
EGYPT:The Mummy by Anne Rice
EQUATORIAL GUINEA:
ERITREA:Two Weeks in the Trenches by Alemsegal Tesfai
ETHIOPIA:Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
GABON:African Popular Fiction by Stephanie Newell
THE GAMBIA:Water Music by Boyle
GHANA:The Prophet of Zongo Street by Mohammed Naseem Ali
GUINEA-BISSOU:
KENYA:I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann
LESOTHO:She Plays with darkness by Zales Maka
LIBERIA:Accident of Birth by Heather Neff
LIBYA:
MADAGASCA:
MALAWI:Living on the Edge: Fiction by Peace Corps Writters
MALI:Beyond Mali by Rafael Scott
MAURITANIA:
MARITIUS:Darmin's Wink by Alison Anderson
MOROCCO:The Alchemist by Paulo Celho
MOZAMBIQUE:The Wooden Ox by LeAnne Hardy
NAMIBIA:The Other Side of Silence by Andre Brink
NIGER:Geni of the River Niger by jen-Mona Gibbon
NIGERIA:Waiting for an Angel by Helon Habilon
RWANDA:Speak Rwanda by Julia Pierce
SAO TOME AND P:
SENEGAL:He Sleeps by Reginald McKnight
SEYCHELLES:
SIERRA LEONE:rebel Diamonds by Elizabeth Anne
SOUTH AFRICA:No Turning back by Beverly naidoo
SUDAN:Emma's war:Love, Betrayal and Death in Sudan by Debrah Scroggins
SWAZILAND:
TANZANIA:The Volunteer by carter Coleman
TOGO:Exchange is not Robbery by JM Chernoff
TUNISIA:The Pillar of salt by Albert Memmi
UGANDA:The Gravity of Sunlight by Rosa Shand
ZAMBIA:A Cowrie of Hope by Binwell Sinyangwe
ZIMBABWE:The Girl who Married a Lion by Alexander mcCall smith


Here are some other random things I have collected, some are oddly true and others are not! You might like to do the quizes yourself.

I liked this one as thailand is one of the countries I have visited!

You're Thailand!

Calmer and more staunchly independent than almost all those around you,
you have a long history of rising above adversity.  Recent adversity has led to
questions about your sexual promiscuity and the threat of disease, but you still manage
to attract a number of tourists and admirers.  And despite any setbacks, you can
really cook a good meal whenever it's called for.  Good enough to make people
cry.


Take the Country Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid

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You're a Hyena!

You have quite a sense of humor, though many others find it derisive
rather than appealing. You are perceived as being a coward, but actually have moments
of great bravery and have even stood up to those much larger than yourself. You like
hanging out in groups and are always making a lot of noise. Disney thinks you are an
idiot.


Take the Animal Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.