A Man Called Ove: A Novel

by Fredrik Backman | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1476738025 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingNancyNovawing of Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on 6/1/2016
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7 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by wingNancyNovawing from Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, June 1, 2016
from the Jacob's Woods bookshelf

Journal Entry 2 by wingNancyNovawing at ~ RABCK ~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Thursday, June 2, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (6/2/2016 UTC) at ~ RABCK ~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

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a rabck. Enjoy!

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Journal Entry 3 by wingwaterfallingwing at Rockledge, Florida USA on Monday, June 6, 2016
Arrived with today's mail. Thanks so much for thinking of me and sending this on!

Journal Entry 4 by wingwaterfallingwing at Rockledge, Florida USA on Saturday, July 23, 2016
This has got to be the best thing I've read in quite some time. Engaging characters, funny, sad, and oh so true.

Journal Entry 5 by wingwaterfallingwing at Rockledge, Florida USA on Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (8/2/2016 UTC) at Rockledge, Florida USA

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Sent on to someone who had this on her wish list.

Journal Entry 6 by spoiledrotten at Waldwick, New Jersey USA on Sunday, August 7, 2016
This book has arrived safely in NJ. Thanks for granting a wish. Have heard lots of good things about this book.
08/26/16 lent to my daughter - in - law.
04/04/17 a wonderful story that is very well written. It has it all and will make you laugh, cry and think about the important things in life.
Lending out.
06/09/17 Has been returned and is now on reserve for BookandMusic for the wishlist tag game.

Journal Entry 7 by spoiledrotten at Seattle, Washington USA on Friday, June 9, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (6/9/2017 UTC) at Seattle, Washington USA

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Sending to BooksandMusic as part of the US wishlist tag game. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 8 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Wednesday, June 21, 2017
A RABCK! Thank you very much.

Journal Entry 9 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Monday, November 6, 2017

A very sweet book about a man of principle who comes across as an inflexible old curmudgeon. His beloved wife has passed away and his loneliness is terrible. He plans suicide and acts to carry it out but every time he is interrupted, often by his new neighbor. In a ballet of delightful circumstance the neighbors save Ove and Ove saves his neighbors. A fairy tale, an "I wish it was really this way" sort of story. I wish that older people were not isolated, made redundant, ignored. I wish that neighbors cared and made families to include the lonely who lived in their neighborhood. There is too much fear. What family invites an unknown lonely older man into their lives? We are conditioned to "stranger danger".

Also gives a firm push in the direction of self-sufficiency; learning skills, being capable of fixing things rather than just throwing them out and buying new as we are encouraged to do by our increasingly disposable society. Do you know how to drive a stick shift? back up a trailer? stabilize a ladder? make home repairs? We make sure our children get a college education so they can make a good salary but do we teach them to make plumbing repairs, change a tire, repair appliances?

Journal Entry 10 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Monday, November 6, 2017
Slated to fulfill a wishlist request

Journal Entry 11 by BooksandMusic at Seattle, Washington USA on Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (11/7/2017 UTC) at Seattle, Washington USA

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Mailed to a fellow bookcrosser to fulfill a wishlist request

Journal Entry 12 by Moody-Blue at Meers, Oklahoma USA on Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Thank you, all -- looking forward to it!

Journal Entry 13 by Moody-Blue at Meers, Oklahoma USA on Friday, April 6, 2018
Different, intricate, charming, believable, satisfying. No mystery why this book got the buzz it did. I'll be seeking out more by this author.

Journal Entry 14 by Moody-Blue at -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Texas USA on Sunday, April 29, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (4/29/2018 UTC) at -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Texas USA

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I've recommended this book to a few people and now I'm passing it to my sister when I see her in Wichita Falls today for the re-release of Labyrinth. :)

Journal Entry 15 by BethanieKay at Fort Worth, Texas USA on Sunday, April 29, 2018
Handed off from my sister. I've heard of this, but haven't picked it up yet. Adding to my TBR pile :)

Journal Entry 16 by BethanieKay at Fort Worth, Texas USA on Saturday, July 13, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (7/13/2019 UTC) at Fort Worth, Texas USA

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@nojokeva is just getting started again with BC after a hiatus, and she needs some books on her shelf. I really had good intentions to read this one, but it's been sitting on my TBR shelf for a while, so I'm passing it along to read and/or release.

Happy travels, little book!

Journal Entry 17 by nojokeva at Virginia Beach, Virginia USA on Saturday, August 31, 2019
I received this book in a controlled release from bethaniekay. I intend to reading it soon.

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