Journal Entry 1 by busybooklover on Monday, October 27, 2003

PB 

Journal Entry 2 by busybooklover at on Sunday, December 14, 2003

Journal Entry 3 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Thursday, December 18, 2003

Book arrived today. Thank you! 

Journal Entry 4 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Monday, May 24, 2004

Before reading this one myself, I sent it out on a bookring. It successfully came back to me.

Participants:
minx2012 - UK
billhookbabe - UK
Zarylia - Poland
Stellarv - Brazil
Back to me - karendawn - Indiana

UPDATE Jan 15, 2005: My TBR pile is so overwhelming that I feel the need to cut back on it. This is a book that I have chosen to pass on unread. I hope someone else will enjoy it. 

Journal Entry 5 by karendawn at on Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Released on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 at Mailed to a fellow Bookcrosser in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.

traveling to minx2012 in the UK. 

Journal Entry 6 by minx2012 on Sunday, June 20, 2004

The first of many bookrings and rays by karendawn that'll be coming my way in the next few months.

Will journal more when I've read it. 

Journal Entry 7 by minx2012 on Saturday, June 26, 2004

A very powerful book.

I'm not usually keen on books in epistolic format (that is, in the form of letters or diary entries), but this worked well for me.
You're aware that time is passing, especially when Nettie's letters to Celie are finally discovered, but it comes as a surprise to read that at least thirty years have elapsed since the outset.

I'll be posting this to billhookbabe in the next few days. 

Journal Entry 8 by billhookbabe on Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Received inthe post today. Will send it on by the end of July. Thanks busybooklover. 

Journal Entry 9 by billhookbabe on Monday, July 26, 2004

I was looking forward to reading this classic, but also wary of it. I hate reading about people hurting and the and I had only seen a small bit of the film, which involved some violence of some sort. I turned over straight away.
Having said all that I was happily surprised about the way the book is written, which I found easier as I read before sleep. It was very gentle and Celie, the main character who writes to God in her diary, comes across as a lovely and uncomplicated soul who has been dealt some very hard blows eary on in life. I was really angry for her at times, with the treatment received from her father and then her husband. I wanted to shout for her. I am glad she could do that for her self in the end.
The letters from Nettie, her sister are also fascinating. There is so much to this book that I think I might have to buy my own copy to re read it.
I like the ending too, won't talk about it here so as not to spoil it for everyone else. 

Journal Entry 10 by billhookbabe on Monday, July 26, 2004

Sending on to Zarylia today. Hope you enjoy this and that your move goes well. 

Journal Entry 11 by Zarylia from Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Monday, August 02, 2004

Just got this in the mail from billhookbabe with a great postcard of historic Derbyshire. I want to visit now! :-D I'll be reading this one soon! 

Journal Entry 12 by Zarylia from Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Thursday, August 12, 2004

What an amazing book. Like minx2012 said, it is incredibly powerful and the characters are so wonderfully created, even the awful ones. I loved the stories from Africa and the unlikely friendship Celie developed at the end. This book deserves every bit of the praise it has gotten.

I am currently in Montreal, Canada so I'm going to wait until I get back to the States to mail it. This will be on Sunday so the book should be mailed out Monday. Thanks everyone!

Update - the book was sent off Monday, August 16 to stellarv in Brazil. 

Journal Entry 13 by Stellarv from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil on Friday, September 03, 2004

I just got the book from the mais. As soon as I finish it, I'll post a journal entry. 

Journal Entry 14 by Stellarv from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil on Monday, October 25, 2004

It is not the first time I read this book, and I love it more every time I read it. It is envolving and very touching. A must read!

It is going back home next week. 

Journal Entry 15 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Monday, November 15, 2004

Yea! The book came back home today. Thank you so much to each of you for making this a successful bookring. Now I just need to read the book myself. :) 

Journal Entry 16 by karendawn at on Monday, October 17, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (10/17/2005 UTC) at

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on its way to Serinlea who picked this us as part of the "Books recieved from another BCer" Relay 

Journal Entry 17 by Serinlea from St. Louis, Missouri USA on Thursday, October 20, 2005

received in today's mail - thanks! I've wanted to read this book for a while, and now I have the chance. I'll post an entry when I've finished. 

Journal Entry 18 by dittybopper from Hammond, Louisiana USA on Monday, March 06, 2006

Thanks for passing this one along Serinlea!