Recent Book Activity
The Deposition of Father McGreevy
Nameless Magery (Del Rey Discovery)
Mistletoe Man
Walking Money
Tourist Season
Double Whammy
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Easy Money
All that Remains
The Lake of Dead Languages: A Novel
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection
The Return Journey
Hiding in the Shadows
Shadow Men: A Max Freeman Novel
Ice Hunt
The Earthquake Bird
Old Contemptibles
The Five Bells and Bladebone
Wicked- The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Finding Hope in the Age of Melancholy
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Extended Profile
I'm a retired trapeze artist and breeder of exotic orchids who skydives and bungy jumps for pleasure in between trips to Nepal and Timbuktu. Actually I'm a single, childless, middle-aged woman who lives with two cats. I just have a vivid imagination.
My top 20 books, in no particular order:
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Goodbye to All That - Robert Graves
The Ambassadors - Henry James
The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin
A Mass for the Dead - William Gibson
100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy
Diary of a Country Priest - Georges Bernanos
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
The Golden Apples - Eudora Welty
An Interrupted Life - Etty Hillesum
The Starship and the Canoe - Kenneth Brower
Crossing to Avalon - Jean Shinoda Bolen
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Lark Rise to Candleford - Flora Thompson
Middlemarch - George Eliot
Book Rays/Rings I've joined:
Perelandra Trilogy - offered by surfenkitten - Received 3/30/05, mailed out 5/3/05
A Room of One's Own - offered by laurarn
Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman - offered by fizzfred
The Orchid Thief - offered by lightwavz - Received 8/30/04, mailed out 9/13/04
Girl With a Pearl Earring - offered by pjmom8025 - Received 11/27/04, mailed out 12/8/04
The Seal Wife - offered by Cartref - Received 10/4/04, mailed out 10/16/04
The Adrian Mole Diaries - offered by FortyToo - Received 9/27/04, mailed out 10/4/04
A New Science of Life - offered by Martinburo - Received 9/2/04, mailed out 9/14/04
A Handmaid's Tale - Offered by Calvarez4 - Received 11/8/04, mailed out 11/27/04
Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul - Offered by Lucinda - Received 10/12/04, mailed out 10/23/04
Piaf - Offered by Herschelian - Received 8/26/04, mailed out 9/10/04
Jasmine Nights - Offered by Pashmack
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Offered by jamesmum - Received 11/27/04, mailed out 12/4/04
Neverwhere - Offered by SqueakyChu
Affluenza - Offered by sfbookgirl - Received 12/24/04, mailed out 1/9/05
Sixpence House - Offered by Pashmack - Received 3/12/05, mailed out 3/26/05
By the Light of My Father's Smile - Offered by hotflash - Received 5/4/05, mailed out 5/12/05
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies - Offered by Tomatolady - Received 5/10/05, mailed out 5/14/05
Bookboxes coming my way:
Female Mystery Writers Bookbox - started by sunsign6
My Wish List (Thanks Cliff)
My top 20 books, in no particular order:
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Goodbye to All That - Robert Graves
The Ambassadors - Henry James
The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin
A Mass for the Dead - William Gibson
100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy
Diary of a Country Priest - Georges Bernanos
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
The Golden Apples - Eudora Welty
An Interrupted Life - Etty Hillesum
The Starship and the Canoe - Kenneth Brower
Crossing to Avalon - Jean Shinoda Bolen
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Lark Rise to Candleford - Flora Thompson
Middlemarch - George Eliot
Book Rays/Rings I've joined:
Perelandra Trilogy - offered by surfenkitten - Received 3/30/05, mailed out 5/3/05
A Room of One's Own - offered by laurarn
Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman - offered by fizzfred
The Orchid Thief - offered by lightwavz - Received 8/30/04, mailed out 9/13/04
Girl With a Pearl Earring - offered by pjmom8025 - Received 11/27/04, mailed out 12/8/04
The Seal Wife - offered by Cartref - Received 10/4/04, mailed out 10/16/04
The Adrian Mole Diaries - offered by FortyToo - Received 9/27/04, mailed out 10/4/04
A New Science of Life - offered by Martinburo - Received 9/2/04, mailed out 9/14/04
A Handmaid's Tale - Offered by Calvarez4 - Received 11/8/04, mailed out 11/27/04
Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul - Offered by Lucinda - Received 10/12/04, mailed out 10/23/04
Piaf - Offered by Herschelian - Received 8/26/04, mailed out 9/10/04
Jasmine Nights - Offered by Pashmack
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Offered by jamesmum - Received 11/27/04, mailed out 12/4/04
Neverwhere - Offered by SqueakyChu
Affluenza - Offered by sfbookgirl - Received 12/24/04, mailed out 1/9/05
Sixpence House - Offered by Pashmack - Received 3/12/05, mailed out 3/26/05
By the Light of My Father's Smile - Offered by hotflash - Received 5/4/05, mailed out 5/12/05
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies - Offered by Tomatolady - Received 5/10/05, mailed out 5/14/05
Bookboxes coming my way:
Female Mystery Writers Bookbox - started by sunsign6
My Wish List (Thanks Cliff)