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I like to read. A LOT. I have a Mt TBR as tall as me, and I'm studying, so naturally I'm finding it necessary to reread all the Harry Potters.

My current bookcrossing project (after a long hiatus) is to release 100 books before I move house in 18 days!

I love:
* Indian literature and non-fiction (Vikram Seth, Arundhati Roy, Chitra Divakaruni)
* Cyberpunk and Gen-X literature (Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Douglas Coupland, Dave Eggers)
* Travel fiction and memoirs
* Anything on Buddhism or Buddhist meditation.

My Wish List(With thanks to cliff1976)

Books I am reading now!
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers

I have closed all my bookrings/rays for now:
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst - PM me to join!
The Art of Happiness - A Handbook for Living (HH The Dalai Lama & Howard C Cutler, MD)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)- Stalled??
The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
Sister of my Heart - Chitra Banerji Divakaruna
The Vine of Desire - Chitra Banerji Divakaruna BOOKRING LOST!
Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure - Sarah MacDonald
Lost in Transmission - Jonathan Harley PM me to join!

Books Read 2007:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (reread) - JK Rowling
The Bollywood Beauty - Shalini Akhil
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (reread) - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (reread) - JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (reread) - JK Rowling

Books Read 2006:
17. The Uncle's Story - Witi Ihimaera
16. Citizen Girl -
15. Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
14. Transmission - Hari Kunzru
13. The Sari Shop
12. The Lives of Strangers - Chitra Divakaruni
11. The Hungry Tide - Amitav Ghosh
10. Overtaken - Alexei Sayle
9. Such a long journey - Rohinton Mistry
8. The Blackboard Jungle -
7. Oh Singapore - Catherine Lim
6. The Calcutta Chromosome - Amitav Ghosh
5. Confessions of a Reformed Dieter - AJ Rochester
4. Lazy Girl's Guide to Losing Weight - AJ Rochester
3. The Dim Sum of All Things - Kim Wong Keltner
2. Mistress of Spices - Chitra Divakaruni
1. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie


Books Read 2005:
48. Broken Bangles - Hanifa Deen47. A Cook's Tour - Anthony Bourdain 46. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant45. Seasonal Adjustments - Adib Khan 44. Veronika decides to die - Paulo Coelho43. Song of the Exile - Kiana Devonport 42. Bad Dirt - Annie Proulx41. The Bride Stripped Bare - Anonymous 40. Shall we tell the president? - Jeffrey Archer 39. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde38. Walking Across Egypt - Clyde Edgerton 37. Writing Down the Bones - Natalie Goldberg36. The Meandering Stream 35. The Castlemaine Murders - Kerry Greenwood34. Dreams of Sleep - Josephine Humphreys 33. Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser32. A Pair of Silk Stockings - Kate Chopin (short stories) 31. The Black Monk/The Peasants - Anton Chekhov (Penguin 60) 30. The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst29. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger 28. Peter Sellers: The Mask Behind the Mask - Peter Evans 27. Life of Pi - Yann Martel26. The Color of Water - James McBride 25. Freakonomics24. On Foot Through Africa - Ffyona Campbell 23. For Matrimonial Purposes - Kavita Daswani22. The Supernanny - Jo Frost Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie Gave in as reading too slow 21. Girlfriend in a coma - Douglas Coupland20. Kaffir Boy in America - Mark Mathabane 19. So many books, so little time - Sara Nelson 18. Elegance - Kathleen Tessaro17. A Million Little Pieces - James Frey 16. Slammerkin - Emma Donoghue15. Swahili for the Broken-hearted - Peter Moore 14. One Year Off - David Elliott Cohen13. Word Freak - Stephen Fatsis 12. Bravemouth - Pamela Stephenson11. It's not about the bike: my journey back to life - Lance Armstrong 10. Heavenly Pleasures - Kerry Greenwood9. Everyday Zen: Love and Work Leadership - Rudolph Giuliani (library book - easy enough to read but didn't finish before due date!) 8. City of Joy - Dominique la Pierre (parents' copy) 7. Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World6. Eucalyptus - Murray Bail 5. India - Antonio Monroy4. The Master Butchers Singing Club - Louise Erdrich bookring 3. Serving Crazy with Curry - Amulya Malladi (Secret Santa gift from literali. Thanks mate!) 2. Re: Life: Find your balanace and master work, change, career, family, nutrition, exercise and sleep - Dr John Lang (library book) 1. Freedom at Midnight - Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre (parents' copy)


Books Read 2004:
52) Why men don't listen and woman can't read maps by Allen and Barbara Pease 51) Hello, missus by Lynne Minion50) The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown 49) Waiting by Ha Jin48) Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong bookring 47) A Breath of Fresh Air by Amulya Malladi46) Gap Creek parents' copy 45) Dead Air - Iain Banks parents' copy44) Maverick! - Riccardo Semler Winds of Sinhala - Colin da Silva Did not complete! 43) Arranged Marriage by Chitra Divakaruni42) Childhood by Andre Alexis 41) $1,000,000 in property in 1 year by Steve McKnight 40) God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy bookring39) Bill Bryson's African Diary bookring 38) 0 to 130 Properties in 3.5 Years by Steve McKnight (read twice!) 37) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig (sparklefaerie) 36) The Empire of Ignorance, Hypocrisy & Obedience: what's wrong with America.. and how we can fix it by Julian Niniobookring 35) Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Patton bookring 34) Nickel and Dimed - On not getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich bookring 33) Not Happy, John! by Margo Kingston bookring 32) Who is the Buddha? by Sangharakshita31) April Fool's Day by Bryce Courtenay bookbag 30) Lost in transmission by Jonathan Harley29) Awakening the Buddha Within by Surya Das bookring 28) Daffodil and Golden Eagle by Jonathan Yeatmanbookbag 27) Miss Garnet's Angel by Salley Vickers parents' copy26) My Invented Country by Isabel Allende parents' copy Thinks... - David Lodge parents' copy...Did not complete! 25) Sacred and Naked by Ruth Ostrow bookring24) Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings parents' copy 23) Sweet Sentence by Larry Buttrose22) I Don't Know How She Does It by Alison Pearson bookring 21) An Equal Music by Vikram Seth parents' copy 20) Stress-free living by Trevor Powell bookray19) Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier 18) The Cost of Living by Arundhati Roy bookring 17) Chandra by Frances Mary Hendry16) The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri bookring 15) The Second Mark bookring14) Kaffir Boy-True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane bookring 13) What the body remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin parents' copy 12) The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night time by Mark Hadden library book 11) Sharmila's Book Indian bookbox10) Sister of my Heart by Chitra Banerji Divakaruna Indian bookbox 9) The Vine of Desire by Chitra Banerji Divakaruna Indian bookbox 8) The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold bookring7) Interface by Neal Stephenson 6) Both Sides of the Moon by Alan Duff friend's copy 5) Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry4) Wild Animus by Rich Shapero (Chapters 1 thru 5 - to go no further) 3) Zodiac by Neal Stephenson2) Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi bookring 1) A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth bookring

18.3% wild release catch rate (11 out of 60)