It is not the atoms that count, it is the content. Once a book has been read, it is part of you, you may after many years not remember much about that particular book, but it can not be unread, it is part of your personality. So why act sentimental about the physical appearance of the book? Collecting things seems to be as basic to humans as it is to squirrels, but it sure saves space, to collect digitally here on my bookcrossing bookshelf.

I would really like to swap some books. Look at my bookshelf for what I have to offer. All that are in my possession are available. Some first have to be read. These can also be requested, but it may take a while.

This is my Wish List, but am open to other suggestions! (thanx, cliff1976!)

I am currently reading:
De Kleine Vriend by Donna Tart
Mijn Verhaal by Hillary Clinton Rodham

I just finished reading:
Meisje van dertig by Mary Gordon
Het verdwenen paradijs by James Hilton
Rainbow six by Tom Clancy
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Sister of my heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
If morning ever comes by Ann Tyler
Gloria by Keith Maillard
The Handmaid's Tale by Margareth Atwood
The adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
The True History of the Kelly Gang
Red earth and pouring rain by Vikram Chandra
Inge en Mira, een vriendschap tussen twee vrouwen by Marianne Frederiksson
A woman of Cairo by Noel Barber
De afgewende stad by Helene Nolthenius
The Pillow Boy of the Lady Onogoro by Alison Fell
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Tis by Frank McCourt
The ship who searched by Anne McCaffrey
Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
The Vine of Desire by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, Book 1) by Robert Jordan
Gala by Ronald Giphart
Sleuteloog by Hella Haasse
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Equal Affections by David Leavitt
All over Creation by Ruth L. Ozeki
The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Did you know: that research has shown that when looking at the effects of cooperative strategies versus combative strategies, 15 out of 16 times, the cooperative strategie wins?? (from: The Babel Effect, Daniel Hecht)