BookObsessed

I'm going to skip for now. I have my eye on a book, but I need to get some books read before I can take any more books.

Sending AmberC an email/pm

oh my gosh, so sorry I totally dropped the ball on this.

i've pm'ed AmberC again, and dancing-dog as well, so whoever come first can take her turn. I myself is out of town, so I can't make my replacement, so I am asking DD to go ahead of me.

Ok - be right back with a replacement book, err ... entree

A new year! Let's celebrate with a good feast!

Dinner Guest List:

tsjara
therubycanary
Loriped
dancing-dog
azuki
AmberC
VeganMedusa (bumped)
nimrodiel (asked to be bumped)


Leaving the table:
Famfatale: inactive, no show 3 rounds, two overdue books from Round 13 & 14.
ramson: inactive, no show 3 rounds, two overdue books from Round 16 & 17.
sailorarby: inactive, no show 3 rounds, one overdue book from Round 20.
#blackadder75: 6 mth list, two overdue books from Round 19
Ri: : inactive, no show 3 rounds, one overdue book from Round 30
GateGypsy: sitting out for awhile, owes one book from Round 37

#: No soup for you! Ketchup on your reading first! However, you are required to take your leftovers home and replace them with a new dish!


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The Latest Moves

Tsjara replaces:
The Tea Planter's Wife by Dinah Jefferies (tsjara)
Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop (tsjara)
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan (tsjara)

Tsjara starts the year with:
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (not registered yet) (tsjara)
Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs
Miss Chopsticks by Xinran

The health inspector came, so Ruby disposed of:
Yogi at Cockroach Court by Frank Waters (rubycanary)

and brings in:
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte (rubycanary)

LoriPed skips:

dancing-dog takes away:
Gypsy Masala by Preethi Nair (dancing-dog)

and adds to the table:
If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar (dancing-dog)

azuki takes out:
The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy (azuki)
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais (azuki)
The Devil's Larder by Jim Crace (azuki)
The Story of Sushi by Trevor Corson (azuki)
Stories From The Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean (azuki)
Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen by Marilyn Chin (tsjara)

azuki puts in:
The 100-Mile Diet by Stuart McLean (azuki)
Three Views of Crystal Water by Katherine Govier (azuki)
How Starbucks Saved My Life by Stuart McLean (azuki)
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin (azuki)
Love Bites by Lynsay Sands (azuki)
The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris (azuki)

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Books Currently In the Box

New this Round:

The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (not registered yet) (tsjara)
Eternal Craving by Nina Bangs (tsjara)
Miss Chopsticks by Xinran (tsjara)
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte (rubycanary)
If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar (dancing-dog)
The 100-Mile Diet by Stuart McLean (azuki)
Three Views of Crystal Water by Katherine Govier (azuki)
How Starbucks Saved My Life by Stuart McLean (azuki)
Dumpling Days by Grace Lin (azuki)
Love Bites by Lynsay Sands (azuki)
The Girl With No Shadow by Joanne Harris (azuki)

From Round 51:

Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham (VeganMedusa)
The Wild Cherry Tree by H.E. Bates (tsjara)
Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya (therubycanary)
Culture Jam by Kalle Lasn (therubycanary)
Delicious by Ruth Reichl (therubycanary)
Lemonade Mouth by Mark Petr Hughes (nimrodiel)
Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan (nimrodiel)
The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E. Reichert's (nimrodiel)
A Vintage Murder by Michele Scott (amberC)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (azuki)
Embracing Fry Bread by Roger L. Welsch (azuki)
Playing Chopsticks: Travels Through China by Sally Hammond (azuki)
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (dancing-dog)


From Round 50 (Due for Replacement):


That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx (VeganMedusa)
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichel (nimrodiel) (TBR)
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (nimrodiel) (TBR)
Sugar and Iced by Jenn McKinlay (nimrodiel) (TBR
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith (AmberC)
The Taste of Salt by Martha Southgate (AmberC)



Any one left, what do you fancy for the new year?


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Books Owed Database: http://creator.zoho.com/cheriepie/booko ... owed-books

Books Out Of Play This Round:
Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen by Marilyn Chin (tsjara --> azuki)

Sorry it's taken me a while to get to this.

I will replace my 2 books with:

Dry Water by Eric S Nylund
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss

I will replace my three books in the next few days.