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wingshnedwardswing

From Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
Joined Thursday, August 18, 2005
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controlled releases 1 512
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controlled releases caught 1 413
books found 1 694
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Extended Profile
Here's a list of stuff I like (for Secret Santas, exchanges and whatnot):
Books:
wishlist books, popular science, whodunnits with a sense of humour. I read in English, German, Swedish and (occasionally and very very slowly) French.
Snacks:
chocolate with nuts in (NOT white chocolate, Cadburys or American-style chocolate) or just nuts (I love nuts)
Tea:
spiced or unspiced black tea; mint, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and/or fruit infusions
Other:
gloves in bright colours (size small), scarves, soap, stripy socks (UK size 6), wildflower seeds (if you're sending from the UK)

Here's a list of stuff I DON'T like:
alcohol, coconut, coffee, green tea, liquorice, romance novels, sport, true crime, any book described as "harrowing".

Reading now:
Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics by William Donaldson
Poor Cow by Nell Dunn (library book)

Books read in 2024:

1. Die Geschwister / Siblings by Brigitte Reimann (DE e-book / EN AVAILABLE)
2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (AVAILABLE)
3. The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames (library book)
4. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen (library book)
5. Emotional Ignorance: Lost and Found in the Science of Emotion by Dean Burnett (library book)
6. Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (AVAILABLE)
7. Free: Adventures on the Margins of a Wasteful Society by Katherine Hibbert (sent to daffodil-2)
8. Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan (library book)
9. The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean (library book)
10. Reconstruction by Mick Herron (PC for now)
11. Bournville by Jonathan Coe (library book)
12. James Acaster’s Guide to Quitting Social Media by James Acaster (library book)
13. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout (library book)
14. Funny Ha Ha: 80 of the Funniest Stories Ever Written, Selected and Introduced by Paul Merton (taken to charity shop)
15. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong (library book)
16. Reasons to be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe (library book)

Books read in 2023:

1. Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero (taken to meetup)
2. Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World by Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche (given to LyzzyBee)
3. Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith by Mark E. Smith and Austin Collings (taken to meetup)
4. The Secret Life of Fungi by Aliya Whiteley (given to wyldetwo)
5. Black Hearts by Doug Johnstone (library book)
6. Animal Vegetable Criminal by Mary Roach (taken to meetup)
7. The Lonely Century: A Call to Reconnect by Noreena Hertz (library book)
8. Morden på Österlen: döden går på visning by Anders de la Motte and Måns Nilsson [SV] (AVAILABLE)
9. Star Island by Carl Hiaasen (given to my mum)
10. What Just Happened?! Dispatches from Turbulent Times by Marina Hyde (library book)
11. Amongst Our Weapons By Ben Aaronovitch (sent to russbaum)
12. Hello World: How To Be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry (library book)
13. Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet (taken to meetup)
14. Ödelagda städer by Merethe Lindström [SV] (AVAILABLE)
15. Tepper Isn't Going Out by Calvin Trillin (taken to meetup)
16. O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker (AVAILABLE)
17. Uncle Fred in the Springtime by PG Wodehouse (PC)
18. Little Gods by Anna Richards (taken to meetup)
19. Fruit by Brian Francis (given to my daughter)
20. The Book of Phobias and Manias by Kate Summerscale (library book)
21. The Vinyl Detective: Written in Dead Wax by Andrew Cartmell (taken to meetup)
22. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong (library book)
23. Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope, Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper (taken to meetup)
24. Overloaded: How Every Aspect of your Life is Influenced by your Brain Chemicals by Ginny Smith (library book)
25. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell (taken to meetup)
26. The Best Things by Mel Giedroyc (library book)
27. Why the Germans Do It Better: Notes from a Grown-up Country by John Kampfner (wild-released)
28. House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild (wild-released)
29. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (borrowed from my mum)
30. Quirkology by Richard Wiseman (wild-released)
31. Curious by Rebecca Front (library book)
32. The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment by AJ Jacobs (taken to charity shop)
33. I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke (library book)
34. Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer (AVAILABLE)
35. The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson (library book)
36. The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks (taken to meetup)
37. Brouhaha by Ardal O'Hanlon (library book)
38. How We Know What Isn’t So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich (AVAILABLE)
39. The Rabbit Factor by Antti Tuomainen (library book)
40. This Is Your Mind On Plants by Michael Pollan (taken to meetup)
41. The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett (library book)
42. The Opposite of Lonely by Doug Johnstone (library book)
43. My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life by Georgia Pritchett (library book)
44. How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee (taken to meetup)
45. Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson (library book)
46. Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch (library book)
47. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen (given to my mum)
48. This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes (taken to meetup)
49. The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen (library book)
50. A Man Named Doll by Jonathan Ames (taken to meetup)
51. The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay (AVAILABLE)
52. Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (both AVAILABLE)
53. Perfect Sound Whatever by James Acaster (PC until I’ve finished listening to all the music mentioned in it)
54. How to Make an Apple Pie from Scratch: In Search of the Recipe for Our Universe by Harry Cliff (taken to meetup)
55. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris (PC)
56. Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen (given to my mum)
57. The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge (given to Heaven-Ali)
58. Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade (given to daughter)
59. Big Sky by Kate Atkinson (borrowed from my mum)
60. Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes (AVAILABLE)
61. The Catch by Mick Herron (e-book)
62. Sunset Park by Paul Auster (AVAILABLE)

Books read in 2022: 83

Books read in 2021: 66

Books read in 2020: 68

Books read in 2019: 103

Books read in 2018: 53

Books read in 2017: 72 (no target)

Books read in 2016: 61 (out of a target of 65)

Books read in 2015: 65 (no target)

Books read in 2014: 73 (no target)

Books read in 2013: 60 (no target)

Books read in 2012: 100 (out of a target of 89)

Books read in 2011: 88 (no target)

Books read in 2010: 83 (out of a target of 100)

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