This is a not-so-hot photo of yours truly. But that's what I actually look like, more or less, in case the suspense was KILLING you.

I apologize if it takes me longer to get to the post office these days. New town, new schedule, etc.

ALSO: I may decline to participate in bookrings for which I signed up when I was a 9-to-5er. Now that I've got two part-time jobs and an overloaded courseload I'm balking a little. I will participate in some and will do my best to turn them over in a reasonable amount of time.

Thanks to my BX friends who have been supportive and thoughtful through the recent move and my relative absence from the fora, especially to BlueAmazon, FSR44, deenbat, weeblet and beteljooz.

Below is my bookshelf, which is not necessarily representative of my tastes, merely of books I own and with which I am willing to part, either temporarily (those marked "Permanent Collection") or permanently. I am always glad to share but, as I am beginning graduate school and tightening my purse, I do not anticipate being able to ship internationally.

NEW BOOKRING IDEA (Please PM if interested): in response to lucybrown's "Who's Afraid of Russian Literature?" rings, I propose a twentieth-century Japanese literature ring, including, perhaps, Kobo Abe, Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe and Haruki Murakami. I'm not sure how this will work, but I think I would prefer that participants read all selections (let's say three or four) in order to compare and comment. I will post a thread on the ring in the forum if I can find all the titles I would like to include. (note to self: interested parties include MartiP, bookczuk and quinnsmom)


Rays, rings I have initiated:

"WIND, SAND AND STARS" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (still open) THIS IS NOW A bookRAY

1. lucybrown NC
2. FSR44 RI
3. deenbat NH
4. EKat TX
5. florafloraflora DC
6. tantan OZ
7. tqd OZ
8. lakelady2282 OZ
9. quizgirl UK
10. WritinReader KY
11. caligula03 CA
12. titihood CANADA


Giroux "Mouse that Roared"
(still open)
1. FSR44 RI
2. sgscarcliff CA
3. vraciousrdr CA
4. PokPok CA
5. Erbie Netherlands*
6. mrsordonez MO
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...back to me, in WI

Hiaasen "Team Rodent"

1. sparky-redhead VA
2. livelywriter VA
3. weeblet VA
4. MollyGrue WA
5. FSR44 RI
6. PokPok CA
7. mrsordonez MO
8. mysteryfan03 MO*
9. MargeryK UK
10. Readinator OZ
11. gill846 BC
12. grover3d WV

... back to me, in WI

"EX LIBRIS" by Anne Fadiman (still open)
1. quizgirl UK
2. rainbowandrain UK
3. fuji AU
4. AngDS CO USA
5. caligula03 CA USA
6. JennyO TX USA
7. cait017 OH USA
8. mssaver IL USA
9. tuff517 TX USA
10. MartiP SC USA
11. mlbish IL USA
12. bookczuk SC USA


"FLUKE" by Christopher Moore
1. Weeblet - VA USA
2. Roadrunner- TX USA
3. eriko1908 - MN USA
4. PokPok - CA USA
5. Mytilusgirl - UK
6. katayoun - Teheran, Iran
7. cytronella - TX USA
8. Puppetlady - MO USA
9. Lucinda - CA USA
10. daidy - MI USA
11. yourotherleft - PA USA*
12. jendudley - TX USA
13. arugh48187 - MN USA
15. BlossomU - Portugal!

Rays/rings in which I am participating:

An Omelette & a Glass/Wine - silentmiaoux (currently reading)
Who's Afraid of Russian Literature? - lucybrown

Rays/Rings in which I have participated:

Villa Incognito - Zmrzlina
The Blind Owl - weeblet
Terrorism and War - weeblet
Redneck Heaven - weeblet
Working - Rampallion
Stark - JonAzrael
The Dress Lodger - eponine454
A Walk in the Woods - Maurean
Short Stories of John Cheever - florafloraflora
Sophie's Choice - florafloraflora
Pattern Recognition - midwinter

Currently Reading:

"Omelette and a Glass of Wine" by Elizabeth David -
bookring from silentmiaoux

"Woman on the Dunes" by Kobo Abe

"States of Imagination" - school assignment

"Total Confinement-Madness and Reason in a Maximum Security Prison" - Lorna Rhodes (school assignment)