Journal Entry 1 by sarajenni from Burlington, Vermont USA on Thursday, December 18, 2003

I picked this up at the library sale about a month ago and have only gotten to it now that my semester is over.

It is a collection of short novels by Stephen King, Robert Silverberg, Orson Scott Card, and Raymond E. Feist.

I've only completed the first story, by Stephen King. It is a Dark Tower story called "The Little Sisters of Eluria." I enjoyed it though I hadn't read any Dark Tower before.

I'm going to release this as a bookray when I finish. I probably get it in the mail right before or right after Christmas if I have a taker by then. 

Journal Entry 2 by sarajenni from Burlington, Vermont USA on Thursday, December 18, 2003

Tenative bookray order

tabby90, North Carolina (prefer US)
appaloosatb, Minnesota (US or Canada)
weeblet, Virginia
curtis721 (prefer US)
caligula03, CA (anywhere)
chivers, Brasil (prefer Brasil, but will ship internationally)
rmg, UK (prefer Europe)
mylene, Netherlands (anywhere)
katayoun, Iran (anywhere)
Olysmom, Washington (state) US 

Journal Entry 3 by sarajenni from Burlington, Vermont USA on Tuesday, January 06, 2004

Release via mail to tabby90 today! 

Journal Entry 4 by tabby90 from High Point, North Carolina USA on Saturday, January 10, 2004

Got in the mail today, thanks! This is my first bookray book, so I'll try to read it as quick as possible. 

Journal Entry 5 by tabby90 from High Point, North Carolina USA on Monday, January 12, 2004

I really enjoyed this book. Obviously it took no time to fly through it. Two evenings of reading and I'm done.
It feels like a sampler platter. You get to taste a little bit of these worlds that exist in other book series. You don't have to have read the series to enjoy the stories. But if you do enjoy the stories, the editor conveniently lists the other books and order of the series so you can check them out later. The only series involved that I had read was Stephen King's Dark Tower series. And although I do recall him alluding to some dark sisters that appeared to be nuns, it was nice to hear more about "The Little Sisters of Eluria."
And as a result of this book, I will definitely be looking into the "Tales of Alvin Maker" by Orson Scott Card, as well as Robert Silverberg's stories of Majipoor.

Journal Entry 6 by appaloosatb from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Thursday, January 15, 2004

This arrived today and is next up on my TBR pile. I'll keep you updated of my progress with it! (: 

Journal Entry 7 by appaloosatb from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Friday, February 20, 2004

My favorite story was The Little Sisters of Eluria. The others were good as I was reading them, but they quickly passed out of my mind so weren't really anything too special. Still, a nice book!

I'll be passing this on as soon as I get the address. 

Journal Entry 8 by appaloosatb from Rochester, Minnesota USA on Tuesday, April 20, 2004

This was returned today as undeliverable. Checking the envelope I believe I had the address right, so I will be PM'ing weeblet for their address once again before trying to resend it. Sorry for the delay, I'm not really sure what happened! :| 

Journal Entry 9 by weeblet from Jacksonville, Florida USA on Thursday, May 13, 2004

got it- thanks! 

Journal Entry 10 by weeblet from Jacksonville, Florida USA on Friday, May 21, 2004

whoops! not really my cup o' tea... mailing today :) 

Journal Entry 11 by curtis721 from Torrance, California USA on Friday, May 28, 2004

This just arrived in the mail. Very cool! I love the picture of the Dark Tower inside the front cover. I also like the bookcrossing bookplate. I'd never seen one live & up close. Maybe I need to put some of those on my birthday wish list.

I'm really looking forward to reading this, at least the Dark Tower story. 

Journal Entry 12 by curtis721 from Torrance, California USA on Friday, June 11, 2004

I finished this and am ready to pass it along to the next person in the ring. I really enjoyed the Stephen King (Dark Tower) story. Of course I'm a big fan of his Dark Tower series. The other story that I liked was the Orson Scott Card story (Grinning Man).

This will be on its way as soon as I get the address for the next in line. 

Journal Entry 13 by curtis721 from Torrance, California USA on Monday, June 14, 2004

This one is going in the mail today to the next person in line for the book ring. 

Journal Entry 14 by caligula03 from Hayward, California USA on Thursday, June 17, 2004

The book has arrived safe and sound. I will read it as soon as I can. 

Journal Entry 15 by caligula03 from Hayward, California USA on Wednesday, September 01, 2004

My review is only for the Seventh Shrine as it was the only story I was interested in reading. While it was wonderful to follow along with Valentine again, this abbreviated novel didn't leave Silverberg much room to weave his usually complex and rich tapestry. It helped to come to this story having read the other books in the Marjipoor series to fill in the gaps. Without that prior knowledge it would have been a decent "who-done-it" but not much more. 

Journal Entry 16 by caligula03 at on Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Released 7 yrs ago (9/3/2004 UTC) at

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Mailing on Saturday to Chivers in Brazil. 

Journal Entry 17 by chivers from Recife, Pernambuco Brazil on Thursday, November 25, 2004

got this a while ago but had problems with my computer and an eye surgery, for that second reason i'm a little late on my bookrings but will try to read it asap!!! 

Journal Entry 18 by chivers from Recife, Pernambuco Brazil on Saturday, January 15, 2005

i'm really sorry that i kept this book for sooo long, but i was really busy this last months (had eye surgery, college tests and my sister's new baby), but now i'm on vacation and could finally read all the bookrings that i had with me (just one to go!!!! :) ).

i really enjoyed the book. didn't read any of the other books (tried to read the 1st in the dark tower series but didn't like at the time, and have 2 and 3 majipoor books but didn't have time to read them), but i think it was a good way to be introduced to stories (i'm going to give another chance to the dark tower book... even bought it translated to portuguese!!!).
thanks for charing!!! 

Journal Entry 19 by rmg from Exeter, Devon United Kingdom on Monday, April 18, 2005

I had completely forgotten I'd signed up for this ring, so receiving the book was a pleasant surprise.

Don't worry - I'll read it and get it moving again as soon as possible. 

Journal Entry 20 by rmg from Exeter, Devon United Kingdom on Wednesday, April 27, 2005

My favourite story was "The Seventh Shrine", but then I'm quite keen on Robert Silverberg's work, generally and I've read some of the other Majipoor books. I think I agree with previous comments that this might have worked better as a full time novel. The Stephen King story didn't have any dramatic twists to it, but was good entertainment. King always delivers competent story-telling with relatively few cringes.

I didn't really like the other 2 stories at all, especially the one by Raymond Feist. It was typical, cliched, map-at-the-front, tolkien-lite wankery. Still, at least now I won't buy any of the Riftwar Saga, cos I know they'll annoy me, so something positive has come out of it!

This book is now ready to be posted to Mylene. 

Journal Entry 21 by rmg from Exeter, Devon United Kingdom on Monday, May 16, 2005

Posted on 14.05.05

Now on its way to the Netherlands. 

Journal Entry 22 by mylene from Nederweert, Limburg Netherlands on Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Thanks, found this book in the post today.
Will read it asap... 

Journal Entry 23 by mylene from Nederweert, Limburg Netherlands on Saturday, July 02, 2005

Liked the book, especially as an introduction to some series I didn't know.

Posted it today to the USA. 

Journal Entry 24 by OlysMom from Mountlake Terrace, Washington USA on Saturday, July 16, 2005

This came in the mail yesterday all the way from the Netherlands. Wow! Looks like I might be the last one on this Ray, so please let me know if there's someone else who crops up wanting it. Always glad to send.

Thanks and Happy Bookcrossing. 

Journal Entry 25 by OlysMom from Mountlake Terrace, Washington USA on Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Good thing I was the last one on this book ray. It took me this long to get around to reading it.

I loved 'The Little Sisters of Eluria'. But I'm not going to read the rest, so I'll now mark this book as Available.