Sue Grafton Alphabet Mysteries - Books Read

Sue Grafton Books read:
(a fun list to keep, but also to help me keep track since I've been reading out of order)

A is for Alibi - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
B is for Burglar - Sue Grafton (Oct 2008)
E is for Evidence - Sue Grafton (Sept 2008)
H is for Homicide - Sue Grafton (June 2008)
L Is for Lawless - Sue Grafton (July 2008)
M is for Malice - Sue Grafton (January 2007)
P Is For Peril - Sue Grafton (Aug 2008)

Bookrings completed 2007-2008

Bookrays/Bookrings I've patricipated in (2007-2008):
The Accidental Office Lady - received 9/7/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
Accordian Crimes - received 8/4/07 sent 11/16/07
The Adultery Club - received 7/5/07 sent 9/1/07
A Morbid Taste for Bones - received 7/12/07 sent 11/16/07
Apocalipstick - received 5/11/07 sent 6/29/07
Autobiography of a Fat Bride - received 7/15/07, sent 9/24/07
A Yellow Raft in Blue Water - received 8/13/07 sent 11/16/07
The Bad Twin - received 6/21/07, sent 9/1/07
The Book Thief - received 8/21/08, sent 9/9/08
Bloodsucking Fiends - went to lost book island Feb 2008
Bright Lights, Big Ass - received 4/8/08, sent 5/5/08
Cider With Rosie - received 4/25/07, Sent 5/12/2007
City of Beasts - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 5/23/07 Sent 7/7/07
The Clock Winder - received 11/6/2008, sent 11/24/08
Come Together - received 10/6/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
The Dante Club - received 12/18/07, sent 6/4/08
The Dirty Girls Social Club - received 7/11/07, sent 9/24/07
Dive From Claussen's Pier - received 5/15/08, sent 6/27/08
Eden Close - received 10/13/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
Everyone Worth Knowing - Received 3/19/2007 Sent 3/26/2007
Fashionistas - Received 5/7/07 Sent 5/29/07
Forest of Pygmies - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 6/25/07, sent 8/6/07
Fortune's Rocks - received 9/8/07 Sent 1/30/08
Hard Eight - skipped
The History of Love - received 5/2/07 Sent 5/18/07
The Impressionist - skipped due to my own backlog
Island of the Sequined Love Nun - received 3/24/08, sent 3/29/08
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende bookspiral - received 6/25/07, sent 8/6/07
Lunar Park - received 5/11/07, sent 8/6/07
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove - received 4/17/08, sent 5/7/08
The Main Corpse - received 5/9/07 Sent 5/29/07
Missing - received 8/28/07 ent 1/30/08
My Antonia - received 7/31/07 Sent 10/5/07
New Moon - received 12/6/08, sent 1/2/09
Nora Roberts Circle Trilogy Ring (3 books) - Received 4/4/07 Sent 5/2/07
The Pact - Received 5/30/07, sent 8/9/07
Running for the Hills - received 8/28/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
She Went All the Way - received 6/28/07, sent 9/24/07
Shopaholic Abroad - Received 4/26/07 sent 9/1/07
Shopaholic & Baby - Received 5/30/07 sent 9/1/07
Small Island - received 10/4/07, sent 1/3/08 (unread)
So Many Books, So Little Time - received 9/15/07, sent 1/3/08
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer - received 8/13/08, sent 8/29/08
Turtle Moon - received 11/1/07, sent 1/10/08
Twilight - received 10/6/08, sent 10/16/08
Two Little Girls in Blue - received 5/2/08, sent 6/23/08
The Undomestic Goddess - received 6/15/07, sent 9/1/07
Veil of Roses - received 6/9/08, sent 6/28/08


Bookrays/Bookrings I've started (PM me to join):
Singletini - Amanda Trimble – May 2007

Bookboxes (2007):
Sunshinedreem's Spring Cleaning Book Box - Received 7/11/07 Sent out 7/18/07

My 2007 A-Z challenge

Well, I almost made it. If I hadn't gotten so involved in bookrings, I would have all the letters (actually have books in my TBR pile for the missing letters here).

2007 A-Z Challenge (read one book during the year that starts with each letter of the alphabet)
A Alphabet Weekends - Elizabeth Noble (Mar)
B Breakwater - Carla Neggers (Feb)
C Coastliners - Joanne Harris(Jan)
D Double Shot - Diane Mott Davidson(Mar)
E Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger (Mar)
F Fashionistas - Lynn Messina (May)
G Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
H The History of Love - Nicole Krauss (May)
I The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman (May)
J
K Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende (July)
L Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis (July)
M Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
N Nature Girl - Carl Hiaasen (Mar)
O One Thousand White Women - Jim Fergus (July)
P The Pact -Jodi Picoult (Aug)
Q
R The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble (Apr)
S Singletini - Amanda Trimble (Feb)
T
U The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella (Aug)
V Valley of Silence - Nora Roberts (Apr)
W
X The Xenophobe's Guide to the English - Antony Miall (Dec)
Y
Z

Books read in 2007

Books read in 2007 (originally started this list in May but moved the journal entry to the end of the year)

1. Coastliners - Joanne Harris (Jan)
2. Murder at the Brown Palace: A True Story of Seduction & Betrayal - Dick Kreck (Jan)
3. Breakwater - Carla Neggers (Feb)
4. Singletini - Amanda Trimble (Feb)
5. Alphabet Weekends - Elizabeth Noble (Mar)
6. Double Shot - Diane Mott Davidson(Mar)
7. Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger (Mar)
8. Nature Girl - Carl Hiaasen (Mar)
9. Metro Girl - Janet Evanovich (Apr)
10. The Reading Group - Elizabeth Noble (Apr)
11. Morrigan's Cross - Nora Roberts (Apr)
12. Dance of the Gods - Nora Roberts (Apr)
13. Valley of Silence - Nora Roberts (Apr)
14. Cider With Rosie - Laurie Lee (May)
15. The History of Love - Nicole Krauss (May)
16. Fashionistas - Lynn Messina (May)
17. The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman (May)
18. The Main Corpse - Diane Mott Davidson (May)
19. Son of A Witch - Gregory Maguire (June)
20. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (June)
21. Apocalipstick - Sue Margolis (June)
22. City of Beasts - Isabel Allende (July)
23. One Thousand White Women - Jim Fergus (July)
24. Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis (July)
25. Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende (July)
26. Forest of Pygmies - Isabel Allende bookspiral - Isabel Allende (July)
27. The Pact -Jodi Picoult (Aug)
28. Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella (Aug)
29. Shopaholic & Baby - Sophie Kinsella (Aug)
30. Love Walked In - Marisa de los Santos (Aug)
31. The Bad Twin - Gary Troup (Aug)
32. The Adultery Club - Tess Stimson (Aug)
33. She Went All the Way - Meggin Cabot (Aug)
34. The Dirty Girls Social Club - Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez (Sept)
35. Vanishing Acts - Jodi Picoult (Sept)
36. Baby Proof - Emily Griffin (Sept)
37. My Antonia - Willa Cather (Sept)
38. Walking in Circles Before Lying Down - Merrill Markoe (Oct)
39. Accordian Crimes - Annie Proulx (Oct)
40. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water - Michael Dorris (Nov)
41. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (Nov)
42. The Autobiography of Santa Claus - Jeff Guinn (Dec)
43. So Many Books, So Little Time - Sara Nelson (Dec)
44. The Xenophobe's Guide to the English - Antony Miall (Dec)

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz...

Argh! My reading time has seriously decreased. Of course there is the usual work/holidays/projects/chores that get in the way. But the new thing is the ability to nod off in less than 10 pages. It makes it difficult for me to get through a book in my usual amount of time. In fact, I am way behind in my bookring books and was late finishing my November and December bookclub selections.

So my goal for 2008 is to read one book a month (likely my bookclub book). With the new addition pending in my life, I will have even less reading time (and the ability to stay awake). I also have a huge TBR (to be read) pile that I would love to read and pass on.

I plan to send on my current pile of bookring books shortly (mostly unread). I've had the oldest since July. Yikes! I am not that bad bookcrosser, am I??

Follow up on the smelly book

After several weeks in a bin of cedar chips and cat litter, I hung it under the porch with the pages fluffed out for another couple of weeks. That seems to have done the trick!

Now I have to read it...

Smelly books

I am on a lot of bookrings (through Bookcrossing). Occasionally I get a book that smells musty but recently got my first that was permeated with cigarette smoke. My sense of smell is heightened these days (along with nausea) so I'm desperately seeking out methods of ridding the book of the odor so I can read it.

I found a list of items here:
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf000592.tip.html

I'm trying the cat litter method -- sealed in a plastic box with clay litter. If that doesn't work, I'll move on to newspaper. My dryer sheets are moist so I would probably need to get a different kind. Although the cedar method sounds interesting... I have some old cedar shavings from when I used to have gerbils a couple of years ago....

Anyway, I ramble. Will keep posted on how this works.