Journal Entry 1 by vibrant-art on Tuesday, March 30, 2004

An incredible read.

From the back cover:

"When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover. She enthralls him with her passion, but puzzles him with her odd silences. Then she inexplicably disappears.

When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student and Hanna is on trial for a hideous crime. . ."

THIS BOOK was PART OF MY FIRST BOOKRING:

A few guidelines:
Please journal often--when you receive the book and after you have read it. When you are just about done the book, please PM the next person on the list so they can send you their address. If they do not respond to the email, try again--if you don't hear from them in a week, let me know.



Here is the list:


1. citrus--Austria (pref. Europe)
2. DianeO--England (Int'l)
3. gwendy--USA (pref. USA)
4. WritinReader--USA (pref. USA/Can)
5. vicki9170--USA (Int'l)
6. AceofHearts--Ontario (int'l

Now being sent on as an RABCK (I guess this makes it more of a ray than a ring!)


Anyone else who happens to find or receive this book...feel free to do with it as you wish, i.e. keep, release, or send on as another RABCK!!!!





 

Journal Entry 2 by citrus from not specified, not specified not specified on Friday, May 07, 2004

just received it today, i'll write more after i read it...
thanks for organizing this! :) 

Journal Entry 3 by citrus from not specified, not specified not specified on Sunday, May 09, 2004

i was really suprised that this is a german book and it felt a bit weird because it was the first time i read the english version of a german book...


going to DianeO asap... 

Journal Entry 4 by DianeO from Chesterfield, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Received today - thanks! Will be starting it immediately - have read several reviews which say how disturbing it is, and I want to form my own opinion. 

Journal Entry 5 by DianeO from Chesterfield, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 20, 2004

This is an excellent book with great descriptions and I really enjoyed it. While it begins as a rites of passage novel, it takes very interesting turns into the behaviour of seemingly ordinary people and what motivates them.
PM on it's way to gwendy for her address. 

Journal Entry 6 by DianeO at on Monday, May 24, 2004

Released on Monday, May 24, 2004 at Postal Release in Chesterfield, England United Kingdom.

On it's way to the next on the list. 

Journal Entry 7 by gwendy from Rochester, New York USA on Tuesday, June 01, 2004

upon starting the book i didn't realize what it was really about. wasn't my cup of tea. the writing was decent, it just didn't really get through to me. the narrator talks about a numbness he feels, and that's sort of how the whole thing came across to me.

posting to WritinReader 6/12-- 

Journal Entry 8 by WritinReader on Thursday, June 17, 2004

Just got this in the mail. I have a book to finish and then will begin reading this one. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 9 by WritinReader on Thursday, July 01, 2004

I can't quite decide exactly what it was about this book that I enjoyed, but I did enjoy it. Perhaps it is the insight into the very personal feelings of people and what motivates them to do certain things. At times the book seems to drag, but then it gets interesting again. Thanks for sharing this! It's going out in the mail to the next one on the list in the morning. 

Journal Entry 10 by vicki9170 from Saint Petersburg, Florida USA on Monday, July 12, 2004

received today 

Journal Entry 11 by vibrant-art on Saturday, December 04, 2004

Just an update and a reminder....I would love to have some information on where this book is at now so that I can either open the bookring to new members (or just receive it back again) or declare it stalled! This was the first ring I started and I would appreciate an email or a journal entry to know where it is at. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 12 by vicki9170 from Saint Petersburg, Florida USA on Saturday, April 30, 2005

sorry thought i had posted before, anyhow i just PM'd the next person in line, got my own copy and will be sending this one on it's way as soon as i get their address! 

Journal Entry 13 by vicki9170 from Saint Petersburg, Florida USA on Sunday, May 01, 2005

mailing out to AceofHearts on Saturday (5/7) 

Journal Entry 14 by vibrant-art on Thursday, October 06, 2005

Journal Entry 15 by AceofHearts from Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Thursday, December 08, 2005

received this book in the mail today 

Journal Entry 16 by AceofHearts from Mississauga, Ontario Canada on Sunday, January 08, 2006

Sent on the MmeClinton. Enjoy!! 

Journal Entry 17 by MmeClinton from South Berwick, Maine USA on Monday, January 16, 2006

AceofHearts found this on my wish list and offered it to me.... am thrilled that it has arrived. I'll place it fairly close to the top of my TBR pile; a few to get to first that others are waiting for. So Vibrant-Art, what travels it has had!! Do you want it back, or shall I search for a new RABCK when I finish? 

Journal Entry 18 by vibrant-art on Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Feel free to keep this going as a bookray/RABCK or wild release...

:) 

Journal Entry 19 by MmeClinton from South Berwick, Maine USA on Saturday, January 17, 2009

I read this book in one day over the holiday break. It is a very intriguing set up and very realistic, both in the teenage fascination with an older woman and the affair that develops, and then as the exploration of a life gone awry in Nazi Germany, where otherwise plain people could let themselves be drawn into horrors without really confronting their own behavior. On a different level, of course, it is about the power of being literate and the huge handicap of being illiterate and how that might push someone into a life they might have avoided otherwise. Hannah's biggest worry is being discovered at her weakest. But that is quite simple for such a complex life, and book. I have yet to see the movie but feel sure I will find it scary and sad, too. This is a book one reads for literary enjoyment but not for a story line. One could spend a long time discussing it. I am sending it now as an RABCK to Australia where I hope it will find a lot of readers who like it. 

Journal Entry 20 by MmeClinton at South Berwick, Maine USA on Saturday, January 17, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (1/16/2009 UTC) at South Berwick, Maine USA

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On its way to Tinina67 in Australia! 

Journal Entry 21 by Tinina67 from Seissan, Midi-Pyrénées France on Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Arrived today - what a joy! Thank you so much MmeClinton - I will keep it going. 

Journal Entry 22 by Tinina67 at Gold Coast, Queensland Australia on Monday, November 15, 2010

Finally I got around to journal this book. (I read it some weeks a go.) Interesting, intriguing characters, but sometimes a bit slow. 

Journal Entry 23 by Tinina67 at Gold Coast, Queensland Australia on Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (11/24/2010 UTC) at Gold Coast, Queensland Australia

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RABCK winner! Enjoy the book!
 

Journal Entry 24 by pauojeda54 at Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico on Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Just recieved it! Thank you Tinina67 :) you now have a credit in my profile for your contribution to the collection ;)