Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore
Registered by AngelChild of Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on 2/9/2015
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
5 journalers for this copy...
From the first pages to the last, this refreshing, original, imaginative, thoughtful - and often humorous - debut novel kept me glued to the chair, completely charmed by the novel's style, an unusual mix of ephemera and cutting edge computer science. I was totally captivated - not just for the excitement of the story itself, but for the ideas it presents and the hints it gives of the future of writing itself. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore may be every serious reader's fantasy, a novel in which an innocent and unsuspecting person takes a night job at a bookstore where he inhabits the world of ancient manuscripts and ancient typefaces.
Journal Entry 2 by AngelChild at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (2/11/2015 UTC) at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Going to a fellow BookCrosser :o)
Safely arrived in Hinckley. Looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely wonderful. A sort of Lord of the Rings set in a bookshop with Corvina as the dark mage and Clay Jannon as the hobbit though he's searching for a font rather than a ring. Penumbra is the good mage. Kat the elf queen, Neel a rich and clever human who has always helped Clay. Mat is practical like a dwarf and all the other characters are so well drawn and the entire original mix of ancient tomes and the wonders of computer science is brilliant. You would not expect it to work but it absolutely does. Thank you so much AngelChild for inviting me to sample this world.
Released 8 yrs ago (6/3/2015 UTC) at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Mailed to another bookcrosser via the UK Wishlist Tag Game.
Journal Entry 6 by 
Plum-crazy
at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, June 20, 2015
Plum-crazy at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, June 20, 2015
....thank you! Looking forward to this :o)
Now I've read the book, I've been looking at some reviews at Goodreads & it seems to be a book people either love or hate....well I'm in the love group! How could anyone possibly hate it? It was one of those books that had me hooked from the start & I thoroughly enjoyed it :o)
Journal Entry 8 by Plum-crazy at Wishlist RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, December 1, 2016
Plum-crazy at Wishlist RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, December 1, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (12/3/2016 UTC) at Wishlist RABCK, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Santa strikes again ;o)
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS!
Thank you I'm looking forward to reading this, will I be in the love or hate group, love I hope.
Thank you too for the wonderful Christmas box you sent, lots of chocolate
(yumm),lemon shortbread and the very cute photo clip :-)
Hope your Christmas was happy and that 2017 will be a wonderful year for you!!
Thank you too for the wonderful Christmas box you sent, lots of chocolate
(yumm),lemon shortbread and the very cute photo clip :-)
Hope your Christmas was happy and that 2017 will be a wonderful year for you!!
I'm in the LOVE group!!!!!
I loved every second of reading this, it was so unusual and different from my normal type of novel. I will have to check if the author has any more goddies for me to read :-)
I loved every second of reading this, it was so unusual and different from my normal type of novel. I will have to check if the author has any more goddies for me to read :-)
Taking to the Falkirk Convention to fulfil a wish. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did :-)
Thank you so much for fulfilling my wish! Looking forward to reading it.
What a wonderful book, I really loved it and am actually a little sad that I've finished it already. Loved the quest and the way things all come together in the end. Brilliant book.
Thanks again for bringing it to the convention for me, Yorkshire-lass, I've really enjoyed reading this book!
Thanks again for bringing it to the convention for me, Yorkshire-lass, I've really enjoyed reading this book!
Journal Entry 14 by 
Enitnaj
at MS Rotterdam in - Schepen en veerboten, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Thursday, June 29, 2023
Enitnaj at MS Rotterdam in - Schepen en veerboten, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Thursday, June 29, 2023
Released 10 mos ago (6/29/2023 UTC) at MS Rotterdam in - Schepen en veerboten, Noord-Holland Netherlands
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left this book on the bookexchange shelves in the library., deck 2.
