Journal Entry 1 by cambridgelass from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Saturday, July 03, 2004

Journal Entry 2 by cambridgelass at on Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Released on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 at about 5 PM ( Central Time (UK) at via post in Cambridge, England United Kingdom.

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released to a fellow bookcrosser via post. 

Journal Entry 3 by MysteryMish from Santa Monica, California USA on Friday, January 14, 2005

Just received this in the mail from cambridgelass in a bookring. It looks great, can't wait to read it. 

Journal Entry 4 by MysteryMish from Santa Monica, California USA on Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Really interesting. This book takes place about 30 years ago, and it gave me perspective on how psychiatric treatment has changed. I work in mental health, and this book helped me to spot some areas where the mental health professionals working with the main character may not have handled situations very well. I've sent this book off to Syrinpt in Portugal who is next on the bookring. Thanks cambridgelass! 

Journal Entry 5 by syrin from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Monday, January 31, 2005

Journal Entry 6 by syrin from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Friday, February 11, 2005

Journal Entry 7 by rooshill from Foresthill, California USA on Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Got in the mail today. I'll start it within the next couple days, when I finish the prereq to my next ring. 

Journal Entry 8 by rooshill from Foresthill, California USA on Sunday, February 27, 2005

A very quick read, I finished it in 3 days. It was very interesting, a thinker and a what-if book. I will mail it to luvtink81 as soon as I can. 

Journal Entry 9 by luvtink81 from Wichita, Kansas USA on Wednesday, March 02, 2005

This book arrived safely in the mail today, and I will start reading it within the next few days. :) 

Journal Entry 10 by luvtink81 from Wichita, Kansas USA on Monday, March 07, 2005

Just finished the book (a very quick read), and I really liked it. I thought the whole psychiatric "methods" of the the late 60's were so interesting to read about.

Will be mailing to pheelya asap. :) 

Journal Entry 11 by pheelya from Columbia, Maryland USA on Monday, March 14, 2005

Just received in the mail today. I have 2 other bookring/ray books before I get to this one, but I can't wait :) Thanks! 

Journal Entry 12 by pheelya from Columbia, Maryland USA on Friday, April 01, 2005

Good Read! Thank you for sharing. PM'ed next person on list for addy. Just waiting to hear back :) 

Journal Entry 13 by pheelya at USPS in Media Mail to the next member on the list, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, April 04, 2005

Released 7 yrs ago (4/5/2005 UTC) at USPS in Media Mail to the next member on the list, Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Mailed to i-spy. Happy Reading! 

Journal Entry 14 by i-spy from Seattle, Washington USA on Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Ok, now I am disturbed. I read the book and have officially self-diagnosed myself.
I too am a borderline personality!!

Ok, seriously though - the book was great. I vaguely remember seeing the movie years ago & really can't compare the two, they are very different.

This was a good, quick read. I'm sure anyone can easily identify parts of themselves in this novel, I mean we are all a little "crazy" in one way or another, right?!?!

I've mailed this one out to the next reader on 4/18. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 15 by jellycat from Darmstadt, Hessen Germany on Friday, April 29, 2005

I received the book from martinburo today, right in time for the weekend :D 

Journal Entry 16 by jellycat from Darmstadt, Hessen Germany on Sunday, May 01, 2005

Just finished reading this book, it was a quick and interesting read. I liked for example how the author explained velocity (I forgot what the other one was called).
I'm going to send the book on as soon as I have the address of the next person on the list. 

Journal Entry 17 by martinburo from Norwich, Norfolk United Kingdom on Monday, May 09, 2005

I sent this book to jellycat as I was leaving for a week, so my journal entry got delayed.
I was a bit disappointed by the book. I liked it well enough, but compared to the other books I have read about being crazy (Meestal vergaat de wereld om 9 uur (~Most days armageddon is at 9am), Flowers for Algernon and I never promised you a rose garden) this one was fairly conventional. The book is very convincing when it argues that there is no clear division between being crazy and normal, but I didn't need to be convinced of that anyway. 

Journal Entry 18 by usedtobe on Sunday, May 22, 2005

It arrived on Friday but only now did I have a chance to journal it. I've seen the movie but have always been curious about the book. I promise not to take too long with it! :o) 

Journal Entry 19 by usedtobe on Thursday, June 02, 2005

Journal Entry 20 by Rakuna from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Monday, June 13, 2005

The book arrived whit the mail to day! I'll read it after I've finished the book I'm reading now. 

Journal Entry 21 by Rakuna from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Sunday, July 03, 2005

I read the book during yesterday and today. I found it quite irritating when it did jump between a somekind of memoir and a nonfiction book. I didn't either find it very logical.

Even tough I didn't really like the book it wasn't a total waste of time. It did have it's good moments even though they were few.

I did read the book as part of my Book from every country -reading challenge. The country was USA.

The book will be on it's way to Flaming-Ice as soon as I get the mailing address. 

Journal Entry 22 by Rakuna from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, July 05, 2005

The book started its long journey to Flaming-Ice today! Hopefuly it will get there safely and quickly. I tried to put it to air mail so it would get to Kuwait quicker, but the Finnish mailing system is sometimes bit comfusing to me (There is no posting status called Air mail, so I don't really know which one is it). 

Journal Entry 23 by Flaming-Ice on Friday, August 05, 2005

Recieved earlier today. I'll read ASAP and send it to the next person. I have six more rings/rays to read, for some reason beyond me, all rings and rays started to arrive at the same time! But this one looks like a short read. Thank you for adding me :-) 

Journal Entry 24 by Flaming-Ice on Sunday, August 14, 2005

I really enjoyed reading this book. I was actually planning to read other books before this, but I guess I needed to read something crazy and short. This was crazy and short enough. I agree with I-Spy, I think we're all crazy in a way or another. I think I am borderline personality too!

I liked the book more than the movie, unlike other fellow BCers. Maybe it is because the movie was different than the book, and since it's a realy story, the real real story is the book not the movie. In the movie, I hated Lisa's character because she was responsible for Daisy's death. In the book, Lisa has nothing to do with it. I also felt compassion for Lisa in the book more than I did in the movie. Actually I kind of liked her more in the book rather than the movie. I liked the part where the author mentioned seeing Lisa with a boy who happens to be her son. Ermmm, it's how the reader gets to know about the characters' life after the institution that I liked, in other words. I think there had to be some changes in the story to make a good movie out of it. The book also expalined the name of the book, a painting by Vermeer, while you cannot know this in the movie.

Thanks you, cambrigelass, for including me in the ring. I'll send the book to the next person on the list ASAP :-) 

Journal Entry 25 by BooksAndJava from Knoxville, Tennessee USA on Saturday, October 08, 2005

Book arrived in the US (or at least my part of it) yesterday!! I will start reading it as soon as I am done with another book ray.

Thanks for the postcard Flaming-Ice! 

Journal Entry 26 by BooksAndJava from Knoxville, Tennessee USA on Thursday, October 27, 2005

I agree with all above: this was a quick read.

I vaguely remember seeing the movie. From what I recall, the movie version seemed to provide more of a story, while the book seems to be more along the lines of journal entries that aren't necessarily in chronological order.

Still, it was easy to read. I really liked the Mind vs. Brain chapter.

I've PM'd the next bookcrosser for her address and will send Girl on it's way shortly. Thanks for the bookring cambridgelass! 

Journal Entry 27 by BooksAndJava at Bookring! in Jacksonville, Florida -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (11/1/2005 UTC) at Bookring! in Jacksonville, Florida -- Controlled Releases

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Book is on its way to titihood! Happy reading! 

Journal Entry 28 by titihood on Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Receieved this today and really looking forward to reading it as I enjoyed the film a lot. Have a few other rings to get through beforehand. 

Journal Entry 29 by titihood on Saturday, December 17, 2005

I really enjoyed this, although at times it was a bit slow and I got confused as to what was happening when. I never realised (although I've seen the film) that the story was true.. I find it highly disturbing that Kaysen was treated the way she was. As she says, their criteria for borderline personality includes nearly everyone I know.
Am sending this to BeaglesAngel today, sorry but the only time I get to go to the Post Office is at the weekend (especially when there's over 2 feet of snow outside) :) 

Journal Entry 30 by Beaglesangel from Barry, Wales United Kingdom on Friday, December 23, 2005

Arrived this morning - just in time for Christmas! woohoo! Can't wait to get started on it, thanks Cambridgelass & titihood!. 

Journal Entry 31 by Beaglesangel from Barry, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, January 01, 2006

Before I read this book, the film was one of my favourites. This didn't change after I had read the book, although I did enjoy the book. I think that although they have similarities, they do differ quite a bit. The book seems to concentrate on Susanna's inner thoughts and feelings and her personal experiences whereas the film included the other characters more and was more about the hospital and the story.

In previous journal entries, the character of Lisa has been brought up. Whilst I agree that the film makes the character more sinister and dark, I think that the film Lisa is a more interesting character to watch than the book Lisa.

Whilst I did enjoy the film more than the book, I think that the book was very enjoyable and would recommend it.

It's on it's way back to cambridgelass today! 

Journal Entry 32 by cambridgelass from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Journal Entry 33 by NC-Lit-Teacher from Southern Pines, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, January 10, 2006

This is one of the most-traveled books I've run across. Thanks so much for sharing it with my students. I have to admit I haven't read and have seen the movie. Backwards, I know!