The Rule of Four: A Novel
by Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0385337124 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0385337124 Global Overview for this book
Registered by SqueakyChu of Rockville, Maryland USA on 1/31/2015
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
A visitor to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland, USA, donated two books to share with other readers on 1/30/15. This is one of those books.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
Journal Entry 2 by SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (2/5/2015 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
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Happy reading!
Caught!
Thank you, neighbors on Vandegrift Court, for returning this book to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). I'll be saving it to go out for Round #2.
Thank you, neighbors on Vandegrift Court, for returning this book to the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). I'll be saving it to go out for Round #2.
Journal Entry 4 by SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, November 17, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (11/17/2016 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
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Going out for Round #2...
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I'm releasing this book for the following BookCrossing challenge:
*** The The Release Challenge November 2016 hosted by RockDg9. This book has the word THE in the title.
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Happy reading!
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I'm releasing this book for the following BookCrossing challenge:
*** The The Release Challenge November 2016 hosted by RockDg9. This book has the word THE in the title.
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Happy reading!
I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...
Journal Entry 6 by SqueakyChu at Toosso Pakistani Kitchen in Rockville, Maryland USA on Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (1/29/2017 UTC) at Toosso Pakistani Kitchen in Rockville, Maryland USA
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I'm releasing this book at a BC_in_DC meet-up for the following BookCrossing challenge:
*** The It's All About Soap Challenge January 2017 hosted by BOOKWORMINUSALL. This book has the word ELL in the author's name.
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*** The It's All About Soap Challenge January 2017 hosted by BOOKWORMINUSALL. This book has the word ELL in the author's name.
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Please make a journal entry so we know this book was found. You may now join BookCrossing (free!) to follow this book's travels. It's so much fun. Your information will not be shared or sold. As you join, consider listing SqueakyChu (or any other journaler) as your referring person.
This book is now yours to keep or share with someone else. Take your time to read this book. Afterward, make a journal entry to record your thoughts about it. If you release it, kindly make a release note to let me know where it is traveling. Thank you so much.
Happy reading!
Picked up at yesterday's BCinDC meetup in Rockville, Maryland. I read another copy of this a while back and this is what I had to say then:
I think I expected too much from this book. I wanted it to be about the secrets hidden within an ancient book. And it was, to a certain extent, but it was also largely about what it's like to finish college and leave that social microcosm behind. I had trouble keeping the characters straight for much of the book, and completely missed the cause of Gil and Charlie's argument. (It was referred to many times but never with a reminder of what it was about in the first place, so the deterioration of their friendship meant nothing to me.) The drunken rampage, while reasonable for the plot, seemed to rely on a character I swear I'd never even seen before. A lot of it made me feel like the characters were based on real people, and thus shoehorned in despite not quite fitting in the world of the story. Attempting to cram most of the story into a couple days interspersed with flashbacks instead of telling it chronologically didn't work very well either. I kept losing track of what happened when. I think, in the end, it tried to be too many stories at once, and thus told all of them poorly.
I think I expected too much from this book. I wanted it to be about the secrets hidden within an ancient book. And it was, to a certain extent, but it was also largely about what it's like to finish college and leave that social microcosm behind. I had trouble keeping the characters straight for much of the book, and completely missed the cause of Gil and Charlie's argument. (It was referred to many times but never with a reminder of what it was about in the first place, so the deterioration of their friendship meant nothing to me.) The drunken rampage, while reasonable for the plot, seemed to rely on a character I swear I'd never even seen before. A lot of it made me feel like the characters were based on real people, and thus shoehorned in despite not quite fitting in the world of the story. Attempting to cram most of the story into a couple days interspersed with flashbacks instead of telling it chronologically didn't work very well either. I kept losing track of what happened when. I think, in the end, it tried to be too many stories at once, and thus told all of them poorly.
Journal Entry 8 by Melydia at Little Free Library #48112 - 1315 Franklin St. in Fredericksburg, Virginia USA on Monday, March 13, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (3/11/2017 UTC) at Little Free Library #48112 - 1315 Franklin St. in Fredericksburg, Virginia USA
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Left inside this lovely LFL.
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Thank you so much for picking up this book. Please make a journal entry here on this page if you haven’t already done so to let me know that this book has found a good home. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (it is entirely free). If you choose to join, please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me, melydia, as the member who referred you.
I really hope you enjoy the book you found! When you’re done reading it, you can make another journal entry with your comments here to let me know what you thought of it. You can keep the book forever and ever or pass it on to someone else. If you’re giving it to someone directly, make another journal entry saying so. If you choose to leave it somewhere “in the wild” for anyone to catch, make release notes that indicate where you left it. If you register, you will be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Then you can track this book as it goes on its journey!