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Bookcrossing Wild Releases Caught – 21/285 (7.37%)

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Title Released Caught Days in Wild Release Location
21. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Nov 11, 2014 Nov 13, 2014 3 Angus Glen Community Center, Markham, ON, Canada
20. You Suck by Christopher Moore Nov 11, 2014 Nov 12, 2014 2 Angus Glen Community Center, Markham, ON, Canada
19. Ilium by Dan Simmons Nov 8, 2014 Nov 9, 2014 2 Angus Glen Community Center, Markham, ON, Canada
18. Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov Oct 21, 2014 Oct 22, 2014 2 Alcatel-Lucent Building – Markham, Markham, ON, Canada
17. God by Jacob Neusner Sep 5, 2012 Jun 2, 2013 271 The Olive Branch Community Church, Markham, ON, Canada
16. Run for Your Life by James Patterson Nov 8, 2012 Dec 31, 2012 58 Angus Glen Community Center, Markham, ON, Canada
15. Double Cross by James Patterson Nov 8, 2012 Nov 19, 2012 12 Angus Glen Community Center, Markham, ON, Canada
14. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer Aug 29, 2012 Oct 27, 2012 60 Frederick Bagg Park, Markham, ON, Canada
13. All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve Nov 8, 2006 Oct 20, 2012 2174 Array Building, North York, ON, Canada
12. A Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall Aug 29, 2012 Sep 18, 2012 21 Frederick Bagg Park, Markham, ON, Canada
11. Picture Bride by Yoshiko Uchisa Oct 30, 2007 Sep 8, 2012 1778 Scotiabank, Bay & King, Toronto, ON, Canada
10. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Sep 2, 2012 Sep 2, 2012 1 Springhill Suites, Robinson Township, PA, USA
9. Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer Aug 29, 2012 Aug 30, 2012 2 Frederick Bagg Park, Markham, ON, Canada
8. The Rotter’s Club by Johnathan Coe Oct 6, 2011 Oct 6, 2011 1 Alcatel-Lucent Building – Markham, Markham, ON, Canada
7. On Beauty by Zadie Smith Mar 31, 2009 Mar 3, 2010 338 Scotiabank, Bay & King, Toronto, ON, Canada
6. Rising Sun by Michael Crichton Mar 14, 2008 Mar 17, 2008 5 Scotiabank, Bay & King, Toronto, ON, Canada
5. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Jan 14, 2008 Jan 16, 2008 3 Scotiabank, Bay & King, Toronto, ON, Canada
4. The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler Feb 2, 2007 Feb 11, 2007 10 Array Building, North York, ON, Canada
3. Dragonsdawn by Anne McCaffrey May 5, 2004 Oct 1, 2004 150 TD Canada Trust #1277, Markham, ON, Canada
2. Wicks by Ben Wicks Dec 5, 2003 Dec 5, 2003 1 DataMirror Building, Markham, ON, Canada
1. Into the Storm: A Study in Command by Tom Clancy Oct 11, 2003 Oct 15, 2003 5 Fairfield Inn by the Old Navy Plaza, Erie, PA, USA

 

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Books read in 2012 – 39

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  1. The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy
  2. The Innocent Man by John Grisham
  3. The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe
  4. Whirlwind by James Clavell
  5. The Zen of Fish by Trevor Corson
  6. Dangerous Waters by John Burnett
  7. For One More Day by Mitch Albom
  8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  9. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
  10. The Fruit Hunters by Adam Leith Gollner
  11. Neuromancer by William Gibson
  12. The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
  13. Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
  14. Booked to Die by John Dunning
  15. The Bookman’s Wake by John Dunning
  16. The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning
  17. The Sign of the Book by John Dunning
  18. The Bookwoman’s Last Fling by John Dunning
  19. A Plague of Frogs by William Souder
  20. In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore
  21. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  22. The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
  23. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
  24. The Tale of Despereaux: Junior Novelization by Jamie Michalak
  25. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  26. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  27. Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee
  28. Mortal Fear by Robin Cook
  29. Run For Your Life by James Patterson
  30. My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs
  31. The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
  32. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  33. Honeymoon by James Patterson, Howard Roughan
  34. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
  35. The Minotaur by Stephen Coonts
  36. Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir
  37. Song of Kali by Dan Simmons
  38. Traci Lords: Underneath it All by Traci Lords
  39. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamin
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Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer

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Well since the library is in the same building as where the kids have swimming lessons, I thought I would take the time to check this one out from the library. It was convenient since I am only allowed to browse in the kid/teen section when I have one of the kids in tow :)

I have long enjoyed the Artemis Fowl series and this book was more of the same with a little bit of time paradox brain twisters thrown into the mix. As always the writing and story was engaging and never felt slow.

I do find the storyline becoming a bit less compelling with Artemis becoming a goody goody, but still an entertaining series.

A solid 7/10 stars.

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Books read in 2009 – 21

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  1. Carolyn 101 by Carolyn Kepcher
  2. The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
  3. Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
  4. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
  5. Up Country by Nelson DeMille
  6. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
  7. Trump: Think Like a Billionaire by Donald J. Trump
  8. The Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler
  9. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
  10. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  11. The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
  12. The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
  13. The Van by Roddy Doyle
  14. Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean
  15. Forgiving the Dead Man Walking by Debbie Morris
  16. Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump
  17. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
  18. Chooser of the Slain by James Cobb
  19. The Wal-Mart Effect by Charles Fishman
  20. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
  21. Water by Marq de Villiers
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Books read in 2008 – 63

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  1. The Bastard King by Dan Chernenko
  2. At Home on the Stroll by Alexandra Highcrest
  3. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
  4. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
  5. Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar
  6. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
  7. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
  8. Blindness by Jose Saramago
  9. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
  10. Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Alexa Albert
  11. The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
  12. RRSPs by Preet Banerjee
  13. No Hype by Gail Bebee
  14. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
  15. The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
  16. When the Rivers Run Dry by Fred Pearce
  17. Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi
  18. Bleachers by John Grisham
  19. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
  20. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
  21. 1st To Die by James Patterson
  22. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  23. Business @ the Speed of Thought by Bill Gates
  24. The Magic Cup by Andrew M. Greeley
  25. Diary by Chuck Palahniuk
  26. The Company: Portrait of a Murderer by Arabella Edge
  27. The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
  28. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
  29. The Cider House Rules by John Irving
  30. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  31. The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
  32. The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
  33. The Dark Tower 3: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
  34. The Dark Tower 4: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
  35. The Dark Tower 5: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
  36. The Dark Tower 6: Song of Susannah by Stephen King
  37. The Dark Tower 7: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
  38. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
  39. Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser
  40. God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens
  41. Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez
  42. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
  43. Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
  44. The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
  45. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  46. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  47. Get Smarter by Seymour Schulich
  48. The Simple Truth by David Baldacci
  49. An Accidental Canadian by Margaret Wente
  50. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
  51. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
  52. Geisha of Gion by Mineko Iwasaki
  53. Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem
  54. How to be a Canadian by Will Ferguson, Ian Ferguson
  55. The Trouble with Islam by Irshad Manji
  56. Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
  57. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
  58. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
  59. Stop Working by Derek Foster
  60. Brick Lane by Monica Ali
  61. Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox
  62. The Lazy Investor by Derek Foster
  63. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs