amambaw
From Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Age 43
Joined Thursday, September 16, 2004
Home page www.virtualtourist.com/m/797da/
Recent Book Activity
truth & bright water
Secret Life Of Bees A Novel
A Student of Weather
What the Body Remembers
Whitechapel Gods
The Flanders Panel
In Praise of Slow : How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed
Fledgling
My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
Kushiel's Scion
Iran Awakening: From Prison to Peace Prize: One Woman's Struggle at the Crossroads of History
The Serial Killers Club
The Club Dumas
The Chronicles of Krystonia
Maria Chapdelaine
Scars: Stories
Cell : A Novel
Évangéline: Une [i.e. un] conte d'Acadie
La Separation
Everyone Worth Knowing
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released in the wild | 0 | 51 |
controlled releases | 0 | 0 |
releases caught | 0 | 6 |
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books found | 0 | 7 |
tell-a-friend referrals | 0 | 91 |
new member referrals | 0 | 1 |
forum posts | 0 | 106 |
Extended Profile
Hey all, welcome to my bookshelf. Feel free to have a look around. Let me know if there is anything you would like from my limited collection.
BTW, send me some hugs, will ya?
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My first bookbox...(N.America only)
It's finished! Thanks to the following folks who participated.
dawnmomoffour, book-spy, philomom, fungirl503, Heaven150
My bookrings/rays
In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore Complete
The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm (RING/STALLED)
The DaVinci Code Complete
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What am I reading now?
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackery
Book rings/rays that I'm currently participating in:
Thank-yous
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Books read in 2006
1)Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson
2)Medicine River - Thomas King
3)Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
4)The Swallows of Kabul - Yasmina Khadra (bookray, thanks KarenBC)
5)Race Against Time - Stephen Lewis
6)The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
7)Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
8)Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose
9)Anil's Ghost - Michael Ondaatje
10)Girls in Pants - Ann Brashares
11)King Leopold's Ghost -
12)Red China Blues - Jan Wong
13)Lucky - Alice Sebold
14)The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte
15)On the Road - Jack Kerouac
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Of note from 2005: This year I participated in BreakEveryRule's 2005 Reading Challenge to read one new author for every letter of the alphabet. I didn't succeed in reading 26 new authors for to complete the alphabet, but I did read lots of new authors that I probably wouldn't have bothered with if I hadn't needed to fill a letter from my list! Below is a list of books I read in 2005.
1)Little Altars Everywhere - Rebecca Wells (bookray - thanks talon2claw)
2)Kiss of the Fur Queen - Tomson Highway (bookring - thanks goatgrrl)
3)Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier (thanks cratclif!)
4)Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Bashares (bookring - thanks chocolatefishy!)
5)Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
6)Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes
7)The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Bashares
8)The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
9)A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
10)Comrades and Strangers - Michael Harrold
11)Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett (bookring - thanks Earthdance)
12)Siddhartha - Hermen Hesse
13)The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
14)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
15)The Better World Handbook - Ellis Jones et. al.
16)The Lesser Evil - Michael Ignatieff
17)The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley (thanks karendawn!)
18)Life of Pi - Yann Martel (bookring - thanks outofreach)
19)Good Muslim, Bad Muslim - Mahmood Mamdani
20)The Wizard of Oz - L.Frank Baum
21)A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle
22)A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
23)In Praise of Slow - Carl Honore
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Of note from 2004 (bookrings/rays and Thank-Yous)
Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand (bookring - thanks pjmom8025)
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (thanks glitterfaerie80)
My Wish List
BTW, send me some hugs, will ya?
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*HUGS* TOTAL!
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Get hugs of your own
My first bookbox...(N.America only)
It's finished! Thanks to the following folks who participated.
dawnmomoffour, book-spy, philomom, fungirl503, Heaven150
My bookrings/rays
In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore Complete
The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm (RING/STALLED)
The DaVinci Code Complete
What am I reading now?
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackery
Book rings/rays that I'm currently participating in:
Thank-yous
Books read in 2006
1)Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson
2)Medicine River - Thomas King
3)Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
4)The Swallows of Kabul - Yasmina Khadra (bookray, thanks KarenBC)
5)Race Against Time - Stephen Lewis
6)The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
7)Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie
8)Band of Brothers - Stephen E. Ambrose
9)Anil's Ghost - Michael Ondaatje
10)Girls in Pants - Ann Brashares
11)King Leopold's Ghost -
12)Red China Blues - Jan Wong
13)Lucky - Alice Sebold
14)The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte
15)On the Road - Jack Kerouac
Of note from 2005: This year I participated in BreakEveryRule's 2005 Reading Challenge to read one new author for every letter of the alphabet. I didn't succeed in reading 26 new authors for to complete the alphabet, but I did read lots of new authors that I probably wouldn't have bothered with if I hadn't needed to fill a letter from my list! Below is a list of books I read in 2005.
1)Little Altars Everywhere - Rebecca Wells (bookray - thanks talon2claw)
2)Kiss of the Fur Queen - Tomson Highway (bookring - thanks goatgrrl)
3)Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier (thanks cratclif!)
4)Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Bashares (bookring - thanks chocolatefishy!)
5)Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
6)Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes
7)The Second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Bashares
8)The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
9)A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
10)Comrades and Strangers - Michael Harrold
11)Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett (bookring - thanks Earthdance)
12)Siddhartha - Hermen Hesse
13)The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
14)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
15)The Better World Handbook - Ellis Jones et. al.
16)The Lesser Evil - Michael Ignatieff
17)The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley (thanks karendawn!)
18)Life of Pi - Yann Martel (bookring - thanks outofreach)
19)Good Muslim, Bad Muslim - Mahmood Mamdani
20)The Wizard of Oz - L.Frank Baum
21)A Year in Provence - Peter Mayle
22)A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
23)In Praise of Slow - Carl Honore
Of note from 2004 (bookrings/rays and Thank-Yous)
Seabiscuit - Laura Hillenbrand (bookring - thanks pjmom8025)
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (thanks glitterfaerie80)
My Wish List