Journal Entry 1 by short-rach from Hucknall, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Sunday, April 11, 2004

Journal Entry 2 by short-rach at Post Office in By Post, By Post -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Release planned for Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Post Office in By Post, By Post Controlled Releases.

Off as a completely surprise RABCK to one of my favourite BX'ers... ENJOY SWEETIE *g* 

Journal Entry 3 by lucycat from Hull, East Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 17, 2004

You old sweetheart! A completely out-of-the-blue and completely lovely start to the day! And of course I'll pass it back once I've read it (well, my mum might have to have a quick read too, as she adores Sue Townsend and trekked to meet her and get my copy of 'The Cappucino Years' signed when she was doing a book-shop tour a couple of years ago - in the mum scheme of things that means they're practically sisters...)

Thank you so much, you little RABCK'ing scamp, you! :O)

Update June 04

Absoluetely fab, and a very quick read - my mum loved it too. :O)

Favourite bit (and, I feel, an omen for the future) follows (possibly not verbatim as I've sent the book back now!):

'Children say the most embarrassing things before we teach them to lie.
Yesterday my two-year old granddaughter happily handed the milkman the cheque I'd just written and said 'Here you are, bald man.'

That actually made me choke on my coffee - future echoes indeed! ;O)

Thanks so much again, Rach! 

Journal Entry 4 by short-rach from Hucknall, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Sunday, June 06, 2004

And back to me! 

Journal Entry 5 by short-rach from Hucknall, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, July 02, 2004

How on earth could this NOT be a perfectly formed ten out of ten?!

Has to be one of my finds for the year - you see peeps, RABCK'ing is good for the soul ;-)

Favourite chapter? The last one - bloke on a train from London to Leicester talking to his mistress on his mobile, her hubs has 'discovered' her little fling...

"At one point he broke from speaking to his lover and phoned his wife. The line was engaged. Was his wife being inormed of her husband's deception? At Kettering, he said to his mobile: 'You know I love you, don't be a prat.' Infuriatingly it was impossible to tell whether he was speaking to his lover or his wife."

I spat my coffee clean across the room ;-) Never mind mobile phone bans coming in to force on trains and the like. I think as does Ms Townsend that they should be actively encouraged. You get to hear some FANTASTIC conversations lol

Bringing with me to Brum before I become too tempted to squirrel this away in my PC! 

Journal Entry 6 by short-rach at on Thursday, July 15, 2004

Journal Entry 7 by tiggsybabes from Pontefract, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, July 18, 2004

Passed on to me by Rachel at the Unconvention. I started reading it in my hotel room on the Saturday night & the Sunday morning & also on the train back home again :)

A very good read that I shall be finishing soon. 

Journal Entry 8 by tiggsybabes from Pontefract, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, July 19, 2004

Journal Entry 9 by tiggsybabes at Bookbox in N/A, Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Released on Wednesday, August 04, 2004 at Bookbox in N/A, Bookbox Controlled Releases.

Put in caffcaff's bookbox. Enjoy :) 

Journal Entry 10 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Monday, August 16, 2004

Taken from Caffcaff's bookbox number one.
I'm not a big Adrian Mole fan, but I am a huge fan of lovely Sue Townsend and I love this kind of book. Looking forward to reading it very much. 

Journal Entry 11 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Thursday, March 03, 2005

Brilliant little observations. I've had this in my bag at work and have been reading it during coffee/lunch breaks.Perfect for this as it's easy to pick up and put down.
Too many favourites to single out but I did love 'Prince charles for King?'. It echoes many of my own sentiments. 'War on Slugs' also struck a chord.
Thanks for putting it in the bookbox tiggsybabes. I may take it along to the Ipswich meet-up next week. 

Journal Entry 12 by lellie from Trimley St Mary, Suffolk United Kingdom on Monday, May 30, 2005

Didn't take this to the meet-up, instead it's going into Bookbox#5 "Holiday Reading" 

Journal Entry 13 by dodau from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Taken from redhouse's holiday reading box. 

Journal Entry 14 by dodau from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, July 13, 2005

A collection of her columns for Sainsburys magazine. Most are very amusing though are too short in my opinion. I'm a bit hit and miss with her work and although i enjoyed this I have no urge to keep it as some of the previous readers did. 

Journal Entry 15 by dodau at Surface Mail in Fellow Bookcrosser, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (7/19/2005 UTC) at Surface Mail in Fellow Bookcrosser, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases

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Journal Entry 16 by cougmax from Seattle, Washington USA on Thursday, August 04, 2005

Arrived safely. Thank You! Looks like a great read! 

Journal Entry 17 by cougmax from Seattle, Washington USA on Monday, March 06, 2006

I have never read the magazine, so Sue Townsend was new to me. I felt she spent most of her time complaining about how tiring it is too travel the world... so sad for her... ;( Then she spent the rest of her time promoting her play... not very impressive.
Some of her stories were lol! hilarious, but mostly it seemed to be a rant thread for her own therapy. We could all write one of those!
Sending to Flicki in Germany as a WishList RABCK! Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 18 by Flicki from Emden, Niedersachsen Germany on Monday, May 01, 2006

Received this today - yaaaaayyyy! :-) I'm really looking forward to this one, but I'm afraid it might take a little time as I have too many books around now... eeeeeek! 

Journal Entry 19 by Flicki at Emden, Niedersachsen Germany on Friday, October 22, 2010

The book started out quite amusing, but unfortunately didn't stay that way... too many jokes repeated, to little new input. Still made it to the end, but I'm not a fan either. Sorry, though, for keeping the book for so long!  

Journal Entry 20 by Flicki at Emden, Niedersachsen Germany on Saturday, February 18, 2012

It's high time to travel on for this book... off to Ireland you go! :-)  

Journal Entry 21 by rotewoelfin at Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Sunday, March 04, 2012

Got it with a bunch of others - going to take it with me to Dublin :) 

Journal Entry 22 by rotewoelfin at Camden Court Hotel in Dublin, Co. Dublin Ireland on Sunday, April 08, 2012

Released 1 mo ago (4/13/2012 UTC) at Camden Court Hotel in Dublin, Co. Dublin Ireland

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On a Convention table :)