This is just to keep track of the books I have read since joining BookCrossing.

Since August '06 I have read:
Masai Dreaming: Justin Cartwright
The Secret Garden: Monty and Sarah Don
The Rhinemann Exchange: Robert Ludlum
Maroc: Daniel Easterman
Gentlemen and Players: Joanne Harris
The Last Jew: Noah Gordon
The Afterglow: Anthony Cartwright
Still Waters: Tami Hoag
A Question of Power: Bessie Head
Soldiers of Salamis: Javier Cercas
The Fifth Mountain: Paul Coelho
Author, author: David Lodge
An Instance of the Fingerpost: Ian Pears
Nelson Mandela: Mary Benson
Changing Places: David Lodge.
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard: Kiran Desai
The Backpacker: John Harris.
Running in the Family: Michael Ondaatje
Triple: Ken Follett
The Falls: Ian Rankin
The Namesake: Jhumpa Lahiri
The Dream of Scipio: Ian Pears
The Alchemist: Paulo Coelho
The American Boy: Andrew Taylor


I had 26 wild releases and 2 wild catches in 2006.
Books were released in Birmingham, Worcs., Warwicks., Herefords., London, Southern Spain, Nevada USA, Stockholm Sweden.
Books were posted to UK, Connecticut USA, Indonesia, Malaysia.

Books Read in 2007 (Total 77)

December1. The Secret Life of Bees: Sue Monk Kidd 2. The Pale Horseman: Bernard Cornwell 3. The Blind Assassin: Margaret Attwood 4. In Xanadu - A Quest: William Dalrymple 5. Q's Legacy: Helene Hanff November1. The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini 2. The Line of Beauty: Alan Hollinghurst 3. Samuel Pepys: Claire Tomalin 4. The Bone People: Keri Hulme 5. The House at Riverton: Kate Morton October 1. Suite Francaise: Irene Nemirovsky 2. The Savage Garden: Mark Mills 3. Assyrian Sculpture: Julian Reade 4. Grievous Sin: Faye Kellerman September 1. Babycakes: Armistead Maupin 2. Never Let Me Go: Kazuo Ishiguro 3. Bee Season: Myla Goldberg 4. Seize the Day: Saul Bellow August 1. Bel Canto: Ann Patchett 2. V.I. for Short: Sara Paretsky 3. Sour Sweet: Timothy Mo 4. Leading the Cheers: Justin Cartwright 5. The Company of Strangers: Robert Wilson July1. Music and Silence: Rose Tremain 2. The Portrait: Iain Pears 3. The Other Side of the Bridge: Mary Lawson 4. Mindhunter: John Douglas and Mark Olshaker 5. The Inheritance of Loss: Kiran Desai June 1. Brazzaville Beach: William Boyd 2. Privileged Information: Stephen White 3. Crow Lake: Mary Lawson 4. The Matisse Stories: A.S. Byatt 5. The Tale of Murasaki: Liza Dalby 6. A Trap for Fools: Amanda Cross 7. Border Music: Robert James Waller 8. The Fat Man in History: Peter Carey May 1. The Last Kingdom: Bernard Cornwell 2. The Interpretation of Murder: Jed Rubenfeld 3. The Poe Shadow: Matthew Pearl 4. The Colour of Heaven: James Runcie 5. Purple Hibiscus: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 6. The Last Song of Dusk: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi 7. A Time to Dance: Melvyn Bragg 8. Half of a Yellow Sun: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Apr 1. A Good Man in Africa: William Boyd 2. The Holcroft Covenant: Robert Ludlum 3. Case Histories: Kate Atkinson 4. Jakarta Shadows: Alan Brayne 5. The Castle of Otranto: Horace Walpole (non-BC) 6. The Master by Colm Toibin 7. Bliss: Peter Carey Mar1. Leaving Home: Garrison Keillor 2. The King's Commissar: Duncan Kyle 3. The Bookseller of Kabul: Asne Seierstad 4. The Bonesetter's Daughter: Amy Tan 5. The Map of Love: Ahdaf Soueif 6. Sharpe's Fortress: Bernard Cornwell 7. The Story of the Night: Colm Toibin 8. The Colour of Blood: Brian Moore Feb 1. The Titian Committee: Iain Pears 2. Armadillos and Old Lace: Kinky Friedman 3. A Villa in France: J.I.M. Stewart 4. The Ritual Bath: Faye Kellerman 5. A Kind of Courage: John Harris6. The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje 7. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: Marina Lewicka 8. My Son's Story: Nadine Gordimer Jan 1. In the Skin of a Lion: Michael Ondaatje2. The Fourth Hand: John Irving 3. Gigi and The Cat: Colette4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Hunter Thompson 5. The Dante Club: Matthew Pearl6. Hawksmoor: Peter Ackroyd 7. In Every Face I Meet: Justin Cartwright8. The Consul's File: Paul Theroux 9. Blacklist: Sara Paretsky10. Arthur and George: Julian Barnes

Wild releases in 2007: 57 (Southwell, Redditch (3), Kings Heath (5), Moseley (2), Central Birmingham (4), Bromsgrove, Stratford, Sousse Tunisia (3), Edgbaston (6), Solihull (4), Isle of Wight ferry (2), Hanbury, Diss (2), Coughton Court, Heathrow (3), Wisley (2), Matlock, Cheltenham, Torremolinos (3), Birmingham Airport, Banbury (2), Hockley (2), Abbey Dore, Selly Oak, Dunston, Lourmarin France, Cheltenham, Compton Verney)
My wild releases caught in 2007: 16 (Studley, Witley, Southwell, Sousse, Edgbaston/QE, Edgbaston/MAC, Coughton, Las Vegas, Matlock, Banbury, Kings Heath, Edgbaston/MAC, Edgbaston/Botanical, Hockley, Birmingham Centre, Compton Verney)

Books Read in 2008

38. A Florentine Death by Michele Giuttari.
37. Absolute Friends by John Le Carre.

36. The Road Home by Rose Tremain.
35. The Fifth Woman by Henning Mankell.
34. The Natural by Bernard Malamud.

33. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale.
32. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.
31. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. (borrowed book.)
30. Instruments of Darkness by Robert Wilson.

29. No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay.
28. The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee.
27. The Resurrectionist by James Bradley.
26. The White Lioness by Henning Mankell.

25. The House Gun by Nadine Gordimer.
24. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones.

23. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan.
22. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan.
21. Wives of Fame by Edna Healey.
20. Restoration by Rose Tremain.
19. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.

18. The Rose of Sebastopol by Katharine McMahon.
17. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

16. Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale
15. The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
14. A Darkening Stain by Robert Wilson

13. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
12. Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
11. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

10. Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy.
9. One Deadly Summer by Sebastien Japrisot.

8. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier.
7. Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell.
6. Mrs Jordan's Profession by Claire Tomalin.

5. Red Azalea by Anchee Min.
4. Spies by Michael Frayn.
3. The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith.
2. The Sea by John Banville.
1. Jupiter's Bones by Faye Kellerman.

Books Read in 2009

December
37. Secrets of the Setters by Hugh Stephenson.
36. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse.
November
35. Borkmann's Point by Hakan Nesser.
34. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
33. The Scent of the Night by Andrea Camilleri (Library copy).
32. Redbreast by Jo Nesbo.
31. Somewhere More Simple by Marion Molteno (library copy).
October
30. Engleby by Sebastian Faulks.
29. One Step Behind by Henning Mankell (library copy).
28. The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry.
27. Kennedy's Brain by Henning Mankell (library copy).
September
26. The Return by Victoria Hislop.
25. Cold Case by Faye Kellerman.
24. The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies.
August
23. The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson.
22. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.
21. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff.
July
20. Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian (library copy).
19. Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason.
June
18. Voices by Arnaldur Indridason (library copy).
17. Half in Love by Justin Cartwright.
16. The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin.
May
15. The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri.
14. Greek Walls by John Waller (library copy)
13. The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian
12. The Mission Song by John LeCarre.
April
11. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.
10. The Gathering by Anne Enright.
Mar:
9. Thomas Hardy: The Time-torn Man by Claire Tomalin.
Feb:
8. Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre.
7. The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri.
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
5. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway.
Jan:
4. Moon Music by Faye Kellerman.
3. The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell.
2. The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellerman.
1. The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin.

Books Read in 2010

Urbain Grandier by Alexandre Dumas
Winter in Madrid by Christopher J. Sansom

Karl Ludwig Sand by Alexandre Dumas
Mary Stuart by Alexandre Dumas
She by H. Rider Haggard
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
Massacres of the South by Alexandre Dumas
Vaninka by Alexandre Dumas
The Borgias by Alexandre Dumas
Roast Beef, Medium by Edna Ferber
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
Death and Resurrection by Iain Pears

Wilful Behaviour by Donna Leon
Sunstroke by Jesse Kellerman

Ravens by George Dawes Green
Calling Out For You by Karin Fossum.

The Immaculate Deception by Iain Pears.
Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman! by Richard Feynman and Ralph Leighton.

The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears.
The Return by Hakan Nesser.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Collected Short Stories, Vol. 1. by W. Somerset Maugham.
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier.
Black Seconds by Karin Fossum.

The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson.
Don't look back by Karin Fossum

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre.
Sidetracked by Henning Mankell.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.
Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin.
The Blind Man of Seville by Robert Wilson.

The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl.
The Mind's Eye by Hakan Nesser.
Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell.