Journal Entry 1 by Zarylia from Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Saturday, April 24, 2004

I got this for 25 cents!!! They were having a used book sale at my school, everything for 1 zloty (that's 25 cents). Anyway, I've never read anything by Isabel Allede before so this is great!

The blurb from the back of the book says:
Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship., where Irene Beltran, and upper class journalist, and Francisco Leal, photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime. They also discover how far they dare to go in search of the truth in a nation of terror...and how very much they risk.

From Amazon:
"Allende skillfully evokes both the terrors of daily life under military rule and the subtler forms of resistance in the hidden corners . . . She can just as deftly depict loving tenderness as convey the high fire of eroticism. And when you've successfully mingled sex and politics with a noble cause, how can you go wrong?"--New York Time Book Review 

Journal Entry 2 by Zarylia from Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Sunday, August 29, 2004

Starting this as an international bookring. PM me with your location and shipping preferences if you're interested. Thanks! :-D

Tentative order:

FieryFairy - United Kingdom *finished*
QueenSissi - Portugal *finished*
SudoKris - Germany *finished*
kucingkiut - Malaysia<----------Current Reader didn't specify
raquelsita - California prefers US but will ship international
Eucalia - California prefers US but will ship international
Luintaurien - Nebraksa will ship international
Czersk - Minnesota prefers US but will ship international
NeedSun - Ontario will ship international
zugenia - Rhode Island will ship international
YowlYY - United Kingdom 

Journal Entry 3 by Zarylia from Saint Paul, Minnesota USA on Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Sent off to FieryFairy in the UK today. Hope you enjoy it! :-D 

Journal Entry 4 by FieryFairy from Capel Garmon, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, October 31, 2004

OMG, I am soooo sorry! My mother somehow managed to grab this and read it before I registered it. Hence the ridiculously lengthy period between me receiving the book and it being entered again. I'm really, really sorry, but this book is now on the top of my TBR stack, so hopefully should be sent off to the next person soon! 

Journal Entry 5 by QueenSissi from Gouveia, Guarda Portugal on Thursday, February 17, 2005

Arrived today and I hope to read it in one month. Thanks!!! 

Journal Entry 6 by QueenSissi from Gouveia, Guarda Portugal on Friday, April 01, 2005

I enjoyed it a lot. I like Isabel Allende's writing and this book actually makes us think about who governs us and about love... Thanks for the chance of reading it. It wiil be sent to the next one on Monday! 

Journal Entry 7 by SudoKris from Lathones, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, April 07, 2005

Got here today - thanks very much!

update 27.04.2005
Ok, tried to read this book several times during the last few weeks, but just didn't get into it... Not my kind of book, sorry, but thanks for sharing it!

Sent to kucingkiut 

Journal Entry 8 by kucingkiut on Friday, May 20, 2005

Received with thanks. Looking forward to read this book.