I took this picture at St Kilda in Melbourne a couple of years ago. I hope she's a good luck fairy! (For the people who have asked - no it's not me!!)


BOOK FORUMS THAT I REGULARLY ACCESS

Australian BookCrossers Yahoo Group Forum

Brisbane BookCrossers Yahoo Group Forum

Gold Coast BookCrossers Yahoo Group Forum

Brisbane BookWorms book group Yahoo Forum

BookCrossing Labels

Oz Mystery Readers Yahoo Group Forum


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I love becoming absorbed in the world of books and have so many that it's time I set a few free ...

My wish : I'd love to release some Australian, and particularly local Queensland and Brisbane authors' books to other countries and to fulfil other people's wishes.

What sort of books do I like reading?
My favourite genres are murder/mystery/crime; biographies; general fiction and comedy; and books about travel, other countries and cultures. I also love animals - particularly cats, so they quite often feature in the books that I read. I quite often enjoy reading books which relate to movies/documentaries that I've seen - another dangerous obssession of mine!

My favourite authors:

MURDER/MYSTER/CRIME
Australia authors: Kerry Greenwood (Phrynne Fisher and Corinna Chapman series), Barry Maitland , Marele Day : UK authors: Ian Rankin , Magdalen Nabb , MC Beaton (Hamish MacBeth and Agatha Raisin series), Agatha Christie, Simon Brett (Mrs Pargeter series), Reginal Hill (Dalziel and Pascoe series), John Le Carre, Ruth Rendell; American authors: Carole Nelson Douglas (Midnight Louie & Irene series), Kathy Reichs. Have recently discovered and enjoyed Paul Auster adn Jasper Fforder.

GENERAL/COMEDY
UK authors: Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, Roddy Doyle, Sue Townsend, Douglas Adams; Australian authors: Bryce Courtenay; American authors: Oliver Sachs, Armistead Maupin.

Bookrings and Bookrays (send me a PM if you're interested)

Bookrings I'm hosting
Bookrays I'm hosting
Bookrings & rays that I have now
Bookrings that I’m currently waiting on
Bookrings that I’ve read and passed on

Australian Post costs

Wild Releases
These consist of Release Challenges and Themed Releases)

September 2005 - You're such an animal release challenge - 40 released, 17 caught
December 2005 - Christmas Release Challenge - 40 released, 11 caught
January 2005 - Australian Day releases
February 2006 - Valentine's Day challenge & Woosang's Wedding - 20 released, 7 caught
February 2006 - Creative Wild Release challenge
June to September 2006 - The Title Sentence Release challenge
July to Augsut 2006 - The Noun Release Challenge
Throughout 2006 The History Challenge
December 2006 2006 Christmas Challenge

Reading Challenges
March-September 2006 - 2006 Australian Readers' Challenge - Books I've read from the reading list
2006 Number of Pages Read Challenge - List of books read

OTHER CHALLENGES

* The Birthday RABCK experiment - thanks to chich from France for the fantastic idea.

My new Birthday Buddy is pennydainty from Scotland
My Birthday Buddy for 2005/06 was KarenBC from British Coumbia in Canada
Read her article about her BookCrossing Mystery
Thanks so much to KarenBC for my first wings - ever!!!





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People love you for who you are, not what you
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