The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox

by Barry Hughart | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0966543602 Global Overview for this book
Registered by BarkLessWagMore of Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on 11/7/2018
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by BarkLessWagMore from Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, November 7, 2018
"Omnibus edition including the three novels in the series."

Part of my tbr pile that I am no longer interested in reading. I'll be setting it free in a Little Free Library so it can find a better home :)

Journal Entry 2 by BarkLessWagMore at LFL - Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Sunday, November 11, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (11/11/2018 UTC) at LFL - Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua, New Hampshire USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I left this book inside the Little Free Library in front of Dick's Sporting Goods at the Pheasant Lane Mall. I hope the finder enjoys it!

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I hope you enjoy it and thanks for making a journal entry. When you are finished reading it please click "new journal entry" again and add any comments you'd like to share. If you decide to keep it that's fine by me, if you decide pass it along, please click "release book" so we can both follow its journey. You can leave it wherever you choose. I have decent luck leaving my books on top of drive-by mail boxes (with the flat tops), on benches, in lobbies and at gas pumps but I also pass many on to fellow readers. If you'd like to join bookcrossing I'd be thrilled if you'd use my BC name, BarkLessWagMore, as the referring member.

Journal Entry 3 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Monday, November 12, 2018
I saw this on the release-alert email and had to dash over to the mall to try and grab it! I loved Bridge of Birds, and enjoyed the second book, The Story of the Stone, but I hadn't found a copy of the third book, Eight Skilled Gentlemen, so I'm delighted to have the chance to read it at last.

Later: The third book was fun, though not quite as much of a surprise as the first; at this point I'm used to the antics of Master Li and Ox, and also to the author's love of mixing ancient myths and deities with the plots - to the point where I guessed who Envy and his children were fairly early on. But I enjoyed the journey, the quips and descriptions, plots and escapes and romances... I even loved the grisly method used to conceal the corpse of a dangerous foe whom our heroes had been lucky to kill in self defense. (Ox's response to the entire scene: "Gllgghh!")

[There's a TV Tropes page on the three books, with some very entertaining tidbits.]

Journal Entry 4 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Friday, December 28, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (12/28/2018 UTC) at Nashua, New Hampshire USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I'm sending this to BCer HI77 in Florida, as part of the US/Canada wishlist-tag game. Enjoy!

*** Released for the 2018 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***

Journal Entry 5 by HI77 at Fort Myers, Florida USA on Tuesday, January 8, 2019
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