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I love the idea of bookcrossing. I've been an avid reader all my life, I love to be surrounded by books. At the moment I'm trying to register all my books, PC and all, on here but it's going to take quite a while to get done!



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I'm happy to trade books (avl books), my wishlist is on www.bcwish.cliff1976.net/sunflowergirl



I used to see books reviewed that really appealed to me but then when I went shopping I could never remember what they were. Now I add all the books that catch my eye to my wishlist above; it's so nice to have this list. I do enjoy trading books with other bookcrossers. Note to my NSS partner please don't be put off by how long my wishlist is, as I've just said above it's as much a note to myself as anything else. I do keep my wishlist completely up to date.

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Books I've read in 2009 = 82

JANUARY 2009

1. The Almost Moon - Alice Seabold
www.bookcrossing.com/---/5864797 >2. The Safe House - Nicci French

FEBRUARY 2009

3. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
5. Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

MARCH 2009

6. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
7. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane
8. The Phoenix and the Carpet by E Nesbit
9. Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (re-read as I'm researching it for a presentation I have to give next week)
10. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
11. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy
12. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
13. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
14. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
15. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (re-read as I'm currently writing an essay on it)
16. Winnie-the-Pooh by a.a. milne
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7070004 >17. Q and A by Vikas Swarup
www.bookcrossing.com/---/5245789 >18. A Lifetime Burning by Linda Gillard
19. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (re-read as I'm currently writing an essay on it)
www.bookcrossing.com/---/5656213 >20. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
21. Deviant Love by Sigmund Freud

APRIL 2009

www.bookcrossing.com/---/7010822 >22. Testimony by Anita Shreve
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7067391 >23. No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7085637 >24. Little Face by Sophie Hannah
www.bookcrossing.com/---/5656831 >25. This Book Will Save Your Life by AM Homes
www.bookcrossing.com/---/2620766 >26. Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell
27. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
28. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
29. Building Domestic Liberty: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Architectural Freedom by Polly Wynn Allen
30. Dear Fatty by Dawn French (audiobook)

MAY 2009

31. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (audiobook)
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7178729 >32. If I Am Missing or Dead by Janine Latus
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7190631 >33. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
34. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
35. A Grief Observed by CS Lewis
36. Girl with a One Track Mind by Abby Lee
37. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis

JUNE 2009

JULY 2009

AUGUST 2009

38. He's Just Not That Into You by
39. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F Scott Fitzgerald
40. My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
41.Me and the Fat Man by Julie Myerson
42. Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble
43. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

SEPTEMBER 2009

44. Muriel's Wedding by P.J. Hogan
45. The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
46. Final Demand by Deborah Moggach
47. The Point of Rescue by Sophie Hannah
48. Ooh! What A Lovely Pair by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly

OCTOBER 2009

49. Operation Sunshine by Jenny Colgan
50. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
51. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
52. All Steamed Up by Kathy Lette

NOVEMBER 2009

53. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
54. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
55. Wrapped and Ready by Julie Kenner
56. The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
57. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
58. Stroke of Midnight by Julie Kistler
59. More That You Know: My Autobiography by Matt Goss
60. The Other Hand by Chris Cleave
61. Unbreakable by Lindsey Hunter
62. Safe Passage by Molly Fumia
63. Before I Say Goodbye by Ruth Picardie
64. Snowbound by Janice Kay Johnson
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66. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by MC Beaton

DECEMBER 2009

67. To Be Someone by Louise Voss
68. It's Not The End Of The World by Judy Blume
69. The Facts Speak For Themselves by Brock Cole
70. The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi
71. The Poison Principle by Gail Bell
72. Past Caring by Audrey Jenkinson
73. Speed Dating by Nancy Warren
74. The Mistress's Secret by Julia James
75. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
76. Chasing Windmills by Catherine Ryan Hyde
77. Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahern
78. Dancing in my Nuddy-Pants by Louise Rennison
79. A Christmas Crisis by Fiona J Mackenzie
80. The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky
81. The Secret World of Polly Flint by Helen Cresswell
82. Quotable Dogs by Milly Browne

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At the end of the year I can never quite remember which books had been my favourites so this year I am compiling the list from the very beginning of the year. They are in a random order but are the books I've enjoyed the most.

Top 10 books of 2009

1. They Shoot Horses, Don't They by Horace McCoy
2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7070004 >4. Q and A by Vikas Swarup
www.bookcrossing.com/---/5245789 >5. A Lifetime Burning by Linda Gillard
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7085637 >6. Little Face by Sophie Hannah
7. Dear Fatty by Dawn French (audiobook)
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7178729 >8. If I Am Missing or Dead by Janine Latus
www.bookcrossing.com/---/7190631 >9. Twilight by Stepenie Meyer
10. Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble

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Books I read in 2008 = 100

JANUARY 20081. Touching From A Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division - Deborah Curtis 2. Brand New Friend - Mike Gayle3. An Awfully Big Adventure - Beryl Bainbridge 4. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan5. How to be Lost - Amanda Eyre Ward 6. No Turning Back - Joanne Lees7. The Little White Bird - JM Barrie 8. Peter and Wendy - JM Barrie9. Skallagrigg - William Horwood 10. North - Seamus HeaneyFEBRUARY 2008 11. The Story of an African Farm - Olive Shreiner 12. Utopia - Sir Thomas More13. Dr Faustus - Christopher Marlowe 14. Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence15. The Tempest - William Shakespeare 16. A Little Love Song - Michelle Magorian17. A Passage to India - E.M. Forster MARCH 200818. Eleven - David Llewellyn 19. Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence (Re-read as I'm now writing an essay on it) 20. Bad Boy - Olivia Goldsmith21. Bee Season - Myla Goldberg 22. After You'd Gone - Maggie O'Farrell23. The second Summer of the Sisterhood - Ann Brashares 24. Keeping Faith - Jodi Picoult25. Voyage in the Dark - Jean Rhys 26. Visions of Sugar Plums - Janet Evanovich27. The Story of You - Julie Myerson 28. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad APRIL 200829. Dr Faustus (performance) - William Tydeman 30. Modern Critical Interpretations: Dr Faustus - Harold Bloom31. Dr Faustus (play) - Christopher Marlowe 32. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman 33. Orlando - Virginia Woolf34. Smile Please - Jean Rhys 35. Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown - Virginia Woolf36. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard 37. Dr Faustus (play) - Christopher Marlowe (re-read as I'm in the middle of writing an essay on this play) MAY 200838. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf 39. The Master - Colm Toibin40. Voyage in the Dark - Jean Rhys (re-read as I'm revising it for an exam) 41. Orlando - Virginia Woolf (re-read as I'm revising it for an exam) 42. Critical works of A Passage to India43. Shakespeare - Bill Bryson 44. The Tempest - William Shakespeare (re-read as I'm revising it for an exam) 45. Turn of the Screw - Henry James (re-read as I'm revising it for an exam) 46. The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman 47. Utopia - Sir Thomas More (re-read as I'm revising it for an exam) 48. The Turn of the Screw - Henry James (last minute re-read before exam this morning) 49. The Tempest - William Shakespeare (re-read as I'm revising it for an exam that's on Thursday) JUNE 200850. Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult 51. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 52. My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike GayleJULY 2008 53. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella AUGUST 200854. Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman 55. Between the Lines: My Story Uncut by Jason Donovan 56. Full Blast by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes57. The Law of Similars by Chris Bohjalian 58. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen59. Knocked Out by my Nunga Nungas by Louise Rennison SEPTEMBER 200860. Emma - Jane Austen 61. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott62. Green Angel by Alice Hoffman 63. Pig Island by Mo Hayder64. Pruned and Prejudiced by Margaret ? 65. Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney66. Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall smith OCTOBER 200867. The North Ship by Philip Larkin 68. Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe69. Philip Larkin by Alan Brownjohn 70. Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe (re-read as I'm preparing a presentation and an essay on this poem) 71. Hero and Leander by Christopher Marlowe (read for the 3rd time this month as I'm giving a presentation on the poem on Tuesday!) 72. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte73. Venus and Adonis - William Shakespeare 74. Good Wives - Louisa May Alcott NOVEMBER 200875. Hero and Leander - Christopher Marlowe (re-read as I'm writing an essay on the poem) 76. Into The Mainstream: How Feminism has Changed Women's Writing - Nicci Gerrard 77. Two Gentlemen of Verona - William Shakespeare 78. Snail Mail No More - Paula Danziger & Ann Martin79. Midnight in Death - J.D. Robb 80. The Shakespeare Secret - J.L. Carrell81. Philip Larkin - Alan Brownjohn (re-read as I'm now writing an essay on Larkin) 82. The Spanish Tragedy - Thomas Kyd83. Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton 84. The Less Deceived - Philip Larkin DECEMBER 200885. The Whitsun Weddings - Philip Larkin 86. Tamburlaine the Great (Part 1) - Christopher Marlowe87. High Windows - Philip Larkin 88. Philip Larkin - Laurence Lerner89. Tamburlaine Must Die - Louise welsh 90. An Offer You can't Refuse - Jill MansellV91. Washington Square - Henry James 92. Carol Ann Duffy - Deryn Rees-Jones93. The Cupid Effect - Dorothy Koomson 94. The World's Wife - Carol Ann Duffy95. The ... Seduction - Isobel ? 96. Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult97. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Or The Murder at Road Hill House - Kate Summerscale (A Christmas present from my boyfriend) 98. Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli99. The Birthday Party - Harold Pinter 100. Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis - Wendy Cope

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Books I've read in 2007 (Total: 90 - I read so much in 2007 but a lot of what I read was essays and journal articles for university and so hasn't counted towards my total. This is why I'm now counting pages as well as books as then my totals will better reflect how much I actually read!)

JANUARY 20071. At Swim, Two Boys - Jamie O'Neill 2. Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters3. Eve Was Framed - Helena Kennedy February 20074.N is for Noose - Sue Grafton 5.The Wedding Day - Catherine Alliott6.The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger 7.The Story of You - Julie Myerson8.Always and Forever - Cathy Kelly 9.Tulips, Chips and Mayonnaise - Dawn Cairns10.Hotel World - Ali Smith 11.Looking Back - Josephine Cox12.Call Me Elizabeth - Dawn Annandale 13.A Home at the End of the World - Michael Cunningham 14.The Sexual Life of Catherine M. - Catherine Millet15.If You Could See Me Now - Cecelia Ahern 16.Hide and Seek - Clare Sambrook17.A Million Little Pieces - James Frey 18.The River King - Alice Hoffman19.The Nature of the Beast - Frances Fyfield 20.The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella 21.The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger22. John Peel: A Life in Music - Michael Heatley March 200723.O is for Outlaw - Sue Grafton 24.Local Girls - Alice Hoffman25.I'm Not Scared - Niccolo Ammaniti 26.Does My Bum Look Big In This? - Arabella Weir 27.Hard Eight - Janet Evanovich28.The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks 29. The Secret Purposes - David Baddiel30.Angels - Marian Keyes 31.To The Nines - Janet Evanovich32.My Best Friend's Girl - Dorothy Koomson 33. Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella April 200734.Dipped Into Oblivion - Sacha Bonsor 35.The Night Watch - Sarah Waters36.The Sound of Laughter - Peter Kay (borrowed from my Mum) 37.Marley and Me - John Grogan (borrowed from my Mum) 38.Home Truths - Freya NorthMay 2007 39. Forget You Had a Daughter - Sandra Gregory40. I Know my First Name is Steven - Mike Echols 41. Ten Big Ones - Janet Evanovich June 200742. The Vagina Monologues - Eve Ensler 43. The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson 44. Chart Throb - Ben Elton 45. The Swimming-Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst 46. Do You Remember the First Time? - Jenny Colgan 47. The Tenth Circle - Jodi Picoult JULY 200748. Queen Mum - Kate Long 49. Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella 50. The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman 51. Double Fault - Lionel Shriver 52. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares 53. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell54. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling 55. Our Betty: Scenes From My Life - Liz Smith (borrowed from my Mum) 56. Anybody Out There - Marian Keyes57. Forever - Judy Blume 58. Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty August 200759. Are You My Mother? - Louise Voss 60. The World According to Clarkson - Jeremy Clarkson61. P is for Peril - Sue Grafton 62. That Girl-Boy Thing - Tyne O'Connell63. Hidden - Paul Jaskunas 64. Special - Bella Bathurst65. For One More Day - Mitch Albom 66. The Girls - Lori Lansens67. Shopaholic and Sister - Sophie Kinsella 68. Perfect - Susan Oudot69. Spellbound - Jane Green SEPTEMBER 200770. Blue Diary - Alice Hoffman 71. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe72. The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Baulby OCTOBER 200773. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte (The Linda Peterson edition with the essays in the back) 74. Foe - J.M. Coetzee75. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte NOVEMBER 200776. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys 77. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens78. Ladies' Man - John Ramster 79. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James80. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison 81. Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie 82. My Heart in Company: The Work of J. M. Barrie & the Birth of Peter Pan - Timothy Young DECEMBER 200783. The Case of Peter Pan or The Impossibility of Children's Fiction - Jacqueline Rose (for uni) 84. On the Bright Side I'm now the Girlfriend of a Sex-God - Louise Rennison 85. Marshmallows for Breakfast - Dorothy Koomson 86. Me and Emma - Elizabeth Flock87. Blood of the Innocents - Chris Collett 88. The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett (one of the Xmas pressies I got from my boyfriend) 89. My Take - Gary Barlow (one of the Xmas pressies I got from my brother) 90. Charlotte's Web - E.B. White


Books I've read in 2006 (Total: 89)

JANUARY 20061. Husbands – Adele Parks 2. Plain Truth – Jodi Picoult3. Night of Rain and Stars – Maeve Binchy 4. A is for Alibi – Sue Grafton5. His And Hers – Mike Gayle 6. The Bitch-Goddess Notebook – Martha O’Connor 7. One For My Baby – Tony Parsons8. The List – Steve Martini 9. Brokeback Mountain – Annie ProulxFEBRUARY 2006 10. French Lieutenant’s Woman – John Fowles11. Saturday – Ian McEwan 12. Negative Space – Zoe Strachan13. D is for Deadbeat – Sue Grafton 14. The Hole – Guy Burt15. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro 16. Gathering Lies – Meg 0’Brien17. In Her Shoes – Jennifer Weiner 18. The Touch – Julie Myerson19. Working Wonders – Jenny Colgan 20. Unique – Alison Allen-Gray MARCH 200621. Mirror, Mirror – Patricia Scanlan 22. Degree of Guilt – Richard North Patterson23. Astonishing Splashes of Colour - 24. Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare APRIL 200625. The Bad Mothers Handbook – Kate Long 26. Dead Run – PJ Tracy27. Lots Of Love – Fiona Walker 28. One for the Money – Janet Evanovich29. So Many Books, So Little Time – Sara Nelson 30. This Much I Know Is True – Wally Lamb31. The History of Tractors in the Ukranian – Marina Lewycka MAY 200632. Two For The Dough – Janet Evanovich 33. People Who Don’t Know They’re Dead – Gary Leon Hill 34. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things – Jon McGregor35. No Love Is This – Tracey Sinclair 36. One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed – Melissa P 37. Vanishing Acts – Jodi Picoult38. Cold Ghost - Clive Wright 39. The Hungry Years – William Leith40. I Choose To Live – Sabine Dardenne 41. Light On Snow – Anita Shreve42. Life Swap – Jane Green 43. Can You Keep A Secret? – Sophie Kinsella44. B is for Burglar – Sue Grafton 45. C is for Corpse – Sue Grafton46. Belle Du Jour: An Intimate Account of a London Call Girl 47. Three To Get Deadly – Janet Evanovich JUNE 200648. E is for Evidence – Sue Grafton49. F is for Fugitive – Sue Grafton 50. G is for Gumshoe – Sue Grafton51. Birdman - Mo Hayder 52. The Ninth Life of Louis Drax - Liz Jensen53. Join Me - Danny Wallace 54. The Miracle Strain - Michael Cordy JULY 200655. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn56. Kathy's Story - Kathy O'Beirne 57. S is for Silence - Sue Grafton58. Ice Bound - Jerri Neilson 59. No Dress Rehearsal - Marian Keyes60. About Grace - Anthony Doerr 61. The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton AUGUST 200662. Tokyo - Mo Hayder63. 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff 64. Spin Cycle - Zoe Strachan65. Four To Score - Janet Evanovich 66. Eve Green - Susan Fletcher67. Perfect Match - Jodi Picoult 68. But Inside I'm Screaming - Elizabeth Flock SEPTEMBER 200669. High Five - Janet Evanovich70. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran-Foer 71. H is for Homicide - Sue Grafton72. I is for Innocent - Sue Grafton 73. Amsterdam - Ian McEwan74. The Treatment - Mo Hayder 75. Mally: The Boy who flew through Windows - Mally Welburn OCTOBER 200676. Hot Six - Janet Evanovich 77. J is for Judgment - Sue Grafton78. A Wedding in December - Anita Shreve 79. Small Change - J. Belinda Yandell80. The Abortionist's Daughter - Elisabeth Hyde NOVEMBER 200681. Soham: A Story of Our Times - Nicci Gerrard 82. Seven Up - Janet Evanovich83. L is for Lawless - Sue Grafton 84. The Sea - John Banville85. Save Karyn - Karyn Bosnak 86. The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst87. Sickened - Julie Gregory 88. If Only it were True - Marc Levy DECEMBER 200689. Dinner For Two - Mike Gayle

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