The Archivist

by Martha Cooley | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0316158720 Global Overview for this book
Registered by JDT of Pleasanton, California USA on 11/2/2003
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6 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by JDT from Pleasanton, California USA on Sunday, November 2, 2003
Happy to find this nice quality, autographed copy of this book!
I remember really enjoying this creative, intelligent novel several years ago after hearing the author speak at an elegant book luncheon at a winery in Livermore!

Journal Entry 2 by JDT from Pleasanton, California USA on Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Released to BC friend freeway dog at our Pleasanton Meet-up this evening1

Journal Entry 3 by freewaydog from Pleasanton, California USA on Tuesday, November 11, 2003
just picked this up at BookCrossing Meetup...hope to read it soon!

Journal Entry 4 by JDT from Pleasanton, California USA on Sunday, November 21, 2004
Sending to BC friend debnance - part of a RABCK Reverse Book Relay!

Journal Entry 5 by debnance from Alvin, Texas USA on Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Am I the only one who does this? I love to read in themes. Last week I read The Giant's House about a librarian; how wonderful it is to now have a copy of The Archivist also about a librarian! I'm putting it into the lineup as my very next read!

Journal Entry 6 by debnance from Alvin, Texas USA on Saturday, June 28, 2008
And here I am, three and a half years later, finally finishing this book!

I'm participating in a twenty-four hour read-a-thon. I chose this as my first read (or half-read, as I was already up to page 175 when I started the read-a-thon).

Thoughts about the book: This book reminds me in many ways of one of my all-time favorite reads, Possession. The novel has several storylines: Matt and Judith, Roberta and her boyfriend, Roberta's parents, Judith's parents, and Eliot and his wife and Emily Hale.

As a librarian, I was intrigued with the idea of saving or not saving written work. In some fashion, Matt blamed Judith's fall into insanity on his destruction of her survivor files and her poems. Judith had relied on Matt to keep these, but he felt their presence was exacerbating her illness. The saving of Eliot's letters to Emily went against Eliot's wishes, and the novel concludes with Matt's thoughtful destruction of the letters.

The other theme of the book was Judaism vs. Christianity. All the characters of the novel wrestled with religion. Several converted from Judaism to Christianity. Judith felt closely allied with her Judaism while Matt grew in his Christianity.

A thoughtful book. I'm glad to have finished it. At last.

Journal Entry 7 by debnance at United States Post Office - 455 E. House St. in Alvin, Texas USA on Saturday, October 4, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (10/4/2008 UTC) at United States Post Office - 455 E. House St. in Alvin, Texas USA

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Off in MaryZee's Bookish Bookbox!

Journal Entry 8 by wingmaryzeewing from Taneytown, Maryland USA on Saturday, April 4, 2009
This came home yesterday in my (very heavy) Bookish Bookbox. This book will be vacationing in Maryland, until the box goes out again in the fall. I already have a copy of this one on Mt. TBR.

Thanks everyone!

Journal Entry 9 by wingmaryzeewing at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, October 3, 2009

Released 14 yrs ago (10/5/2009 UTC) at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

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Releasing this in my Bookish bookbox. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 10 by katiesmama from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Wow....what a find!! First of all, the subject is one of my favorites. But then I noticed the bookplate, a BC #1. I've never seen this one before. And then reading the JE's below, it's an autographed copy. Boy, am I glad I chose this book:) Thank you, all!!!

Journal Entry 11 by katiesmama from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Saturday, January 9, 2010
The book started out slow for me, I had a hard time getting into Part 1 and making sense of it all. I thought that maybe since I don't enjoy Poetry, I was missing something. But with Part 2 and Judith's journal, the story came to life and I wound up being very glad I finished it. It was definitely worth sticking with.

Journal Entry 12 by katiesmama at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Saturday, August 14, 2010
This book will be on its way to PrettyPoodle for a train station bookshelf:)

Journal Entry 13 by wingNTCRRS-OBCZwing at Norristown, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
THANK YOU!!! These will be a fabulous addition to the NTCRRS - OBCZ shelves!

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