The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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6 journalers for this copy...
Sending this to Russia. I hope it will have a nice journey.
Journal Entry 2 by LFL_CedarPark at -- Controlled Release in Austin, Texas USA on Sunday, September 28, 2003
Released on Sunday, September 28, 2003 at Austin Bookcrossers box o' books to Russia in Austin, Texas USA.
Many, many thanks to fellow BookCrossers from Austin for the book!! I'm really grateful for your M-bag!
TBR
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Not exactly my kind of book. I had to concentrate too hard to understand all the philosophy, which is very hard when you're live with your younger brother & sister :) .. Sending it to neverbelilith. Hope you'll like it :) !
Journal Entry 5 by KatjaFaith at Belgorod Post Office No. 1 in Belgorod, Belgorod Oblast Russia on Thursday, June 16, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (6/17/2005 UTC) at Belgorod Post Office No. 1 in Belgorod, Belgorod Oblast Russia
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Moving to the UK to find a new friend!!!
Moving to the UK to find a new friend!!!
Journal Entry 6 by perditaxknit from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, July 30, 2005
Many thanks for this, KatjaFaith!
I hope I do better with the philosophy, I'm not very clever though... :)
I hope I do better with the philosophy, I'm not very clever though... :)
Journal Entry 7 by perditaxknit from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Finally got round to reading this one!
A pleasant enough story, but not massively exciting. I think this may have been a book of its time.
A pleasant enough story, but not massively exciting. I think this may have been a book of its time.
Journal Entry 8 by perditaxknit from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, May 21, 2006
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter Bookray
OK, here's the list for the bookray :)
perditaxknit (UK)
Fire-Dragon (UK)
UrbanSpaceman (UK)
CarynPic (US) - US only <--- book is here
Dawgmycat (US) - US only
k00kaburra (US) - US preferred
Standard Bookcrossing book ray guidelines apply:
- Please journal the book when you receive it, so we know where it is!
- Please try and read the book within a month (but don't worry too much if it takes you longer, I know how rings/rays all seem to come along at once!)
- When you've finished it PM the next person on the list and find out their address to send it to. Surface mail is fine :)
- Have fun!
I look forward to reading your journal entries! Any new participants please feel free to PM me and I'll add you on to the list!
OK, here's the list for the bookray :)
perditaxknit (UK)
Fire-Dragon (UK)
UrbanSpaceman (UK)
CarynPic (US) - US only <--- book is here
Dawgmycat (US) - US only
k00kaburra (US) - US preferred
Standard Bookcrossing book ray guidelines apply:
- Please journal the book when you receive it, so we know where it is!
- Please try and read the book within a month (but don't worry too much if it takes you longer, I know how rings/rays all seem to come along at once!)
- When you've finished it PM the next person on the list and find out their address to send it to. Surface mail is fine :)
- Have fun!
I look forward to reading your journal entries! Any new participants please feel free to PM me and I'll add you on to the list!
Journal Entry 9 by perditaxknit from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, May 26, 2006
Sending to Fire-Dragon today :)
I have just returned from holiday in Italy and this was waiting for me. Thank you! As you've said, all rings seem to have arrived at once but I will try to read it soon. This is on my list of the top 100 books of the 20th century, which I am working my way through. See my blog www.bookcentury.blogspot.com.
This is a beautiful and moving book about loneliness and the quest for self fulfilment. It follows the intertwined lives of five main characters in a midsize town in the American South in the 1930s. It is not plot driven but rather the story is mostly about people's inner lives. I found it very moving and compelling.
I don't think there is any difficult philosophy to understand - it's a book with emotional resonance rather than requiring an intellectual or analytical approach. In essence the book is about several people who are all lonely in their own way and deal with their loneliness in different ways.
UrbanSpaceman is next and I have his address so will send it on this week.
I don't think there is any difficult philosophy to understand - it's a book with emotional resonance rather than requiring an intellectual or analytical approach. In essence the book is about several people who are all lonely in their own way and deal with their loneliness in different ways.
UrbanSpaceman is next and I have his address so will send it on this week.
This is a very well-travelled book, which makes it even more special.
Like Fire-Dragon, I have a some reading list projects, and this is part of two of them:
* Time 100 Best English-language Novels since 1923 [#56]
* Random House 100 Best English-language novels of the 20th Century [#17]
I have one ring book ahead of it in the queue, and then I'll be on to it. Thanks to Neverbelilith for the ring!
Like Fire-Dragon, I have a some reading list projects, and this is part of two of them:
* Time 100 Best English-language Novels since 1923 [#56]
* Random House 100 Best English-language novels of the 20th Century [#17]
I have one ring book ahead of it in the queue, and then I'll be on to it. Thanks to Neverbelilith for the ring!
I concur with Fire-Dragon, this is a book about the different forms of lonliness and also about the way people treat each other. It's about wanting the world to be a different place, but finding that making it so is not easy and about innocence and its loss. It's a sad, touching tale which is also a snapshot of the southern USA at a particular time. There is no tidy resolution, but then that's just like real life.
Thank to the perditaxknits (the BCer formerly known as neverbelilith) for ringing this. Sent on to CarynPic on 2 August.
Thank to the perditaxknits (the BCer formerly known as neverbelilith) for ringing this. Sent on to CarynPic on 2 August.
Received, have two bookrings in front of this one. Will hurry!
09.24.06 Never fear, have started reading!
Finally got through, wasn't the easiest read, but I promised myself I would finish it. PMing the next participant, Dawgmycat, for address.
Sending to Dawgmycat tomorrow!
Journal Entry 18 by CarynPic at Postal Release in Oak Hill, West Virginia USA on Monday, December 11, 2006
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Sent to Dawgmycat, next on the bookring.
Sent to Dawgmycat, next on the bookring.
Journal Entry 19 by CarynPic at Postal Release in Oak Hill, West Virginia USA on Monday, December 11, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (12/11/2006 UTC) at Postal Release in Oak Hill, West Virginia USA
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Sent to Dawgmycat, next reader in the bookring.
Sent to Dawgmycat, next reader in the bookring.
