The Lovely Bones
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
6 journalers for this copy...
was a little disappointed with this one. i think that the hype led me to excpect more. it was worth the read though. sad yet happy at the same time.
RABCK on its way to BigBird2002 in AZ. I hope that you enjoy this!!!
Thank you! I have been looking forward to reading this one. I tried it a few years ago and never got to finish it because my life was hectic. Thank you!
This was a really good book. I did, however, see how writing it must have been a way of healing for the author. I have read "Lucky", the memoir of the author. In this book there are just little ways of control that I could see the author putting into the book that related to her true life story. I thought the ending came a little quickly, too. Overall, though, it was a good read. I am sending this to sp4home to revive her lost bookring.
This book was generously sent to me by BigBird2002 to revive my stalled Lovely Bones bookring. THANKS SO MUCH BigBird2002!
Here is the order of the ring! When the book arrives, please PM the next person to get their mailing address so that you will be ready to ship the book as soon as you are finished reading it. Please keep the book moving along. This is a fast moving bookring, 2-3 weeks, 21 days. I will keep the order of the bookring on this journal entry (in case there are any changes or additions). Please journal when the book arrives, and when you send it so that everyone can follow the book along (if they want to). Thanks!
6. ProfWendi - ON, Canada (ship anywhere) Rec'd 28Feb05 - sent 02Mar05 3 days
7. dodau - United Kingdom (ship anywhere) Rec'd 08Mar05 - sent 01Apr05 24 days
8. PCSAF - Portugal (ship anywhere) Rec'd 23Apr05 - sent 23Aug05 122 days
9. sp4home - Iowa Rec'd 01Sep05 Bookring completed!
Here is the order of the ring! When the book arrives, please PM the next person to get their mailing address so that you will be ready to ship the book as soon as you are finished reading it. Please keep the book moving along. This is a fast moving bookring, 2-3 weeks, 21 days. I will keep the order of the bookring on this journal entry (in case there are any changes or additions). Please journal when the book arrives, and when you send it so that everyone can follow the book along (if they want to). Thanks!
6. ProfWendi - ON, Canada (ship anywhere) Rec'd 28Feb05 - sent 02Mar05 3 days
7. dodau - United Kingdom (ship anywhere) Rec'd 08Mar05 - sent 01Apr05 24 days
8. PCSAF - Portugal (ship anywhere) Rec'd 23Apr05 - sent 23Aug05 122 days
9. sp4home - Iowa Rec'd 01Sep05 Bookring completed!
Journal Entry 6 by sp4home at In The Mail in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, January 28, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (1/28/2005 UTC) at In The Mail in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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This is on its way to ProfWendi in Canada.
This is on its way to ProfWendi in Canada.
Woohoo, I just found this my office mail box! Sorry for the delay - it probably arrived last week but I was working off-campus as it was a non-teaching week here. Anyway, I will start it after work today, and I'll be sure to read it as quickly as possible so that this ring can get a move-on!
What a lovely book... very touching, evocative, and extraordinary storytelling.
The market seems to have been saturated with books on this particular theme, but I found that the writer's approach in this case (the narrator telling the story from such an unusual perspective) made for a unique reading experience. I also enjoyed the way parts of the story were fragmented: a paragraph or piece of the novel would seem to stand on its own until later fragments joined the piece with the rest of the story. I wondered if this was symbolic of the narrator's physical fragmentation of body and metaphorical process of becoming whole?
Definitely worth reading.
Off it goes to the UK to visit with dodau...
The market seems to have been saturated with books on this particular theme, but I found that the writer's approach in this case (the narrator telling the story from such an unusual perspective) made for a unique reading experience. I also enjoyed the way parts of the story were fragmented: a paragraph or piece of the novel would seem to stand on its own until later fragments joined the piece with the rest of the story. I wondered if this was symbolic of the narrator's physical fragmentation of body and metaphorical process of becoming whole?
Definitely worth reading.
Off it goes to the UK to visit with dodau...
Arrived safely this afternoon. I have a few in front of it but I plan some serrious reading this week and weekend.
I don't quite know what I was expecting from this. For a start when the blurb said child I didn'e expect a 14 year old. And I didn't expect it to take place over such a long period. As others as mentioned it seems to end very suddenly and I didn't think the part about her murderer tied it up very neatly. Worth reading though.
Journal Entry 11 by dodau at To the next participant in Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Friday, April 1, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (4/1/2005 UTC) at To the next participant in Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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I got it. Thanks dodau for sending it.
I got it! I have it with for a while now and only today did I notice that I didn't do a JE. I am really sorry...
I didn't like very much though. I read Liars and Saints and enjoyed it. But this one no: it was a bit strange to read things about heaven...
Well, Sp4home I'm PMing you to get your address and send it back home.
Thanks for sharing.
I didn't like very much though. I read Liars and Saints and enjoyed it. But this one no: it was a bit strange to read things about heaven...
Well, Sp4home I'm PMing you to get your address and send it back home.
Thanks for sharing.
The book has arrived back in Iowa. It is now on my to be read shelf. Thank you to all that participated in this bookring. Thank you to Bigbird2002 for saving the bookring. Thank you to wizardsheart for releasing the book originally. :o)
Journal Entry 15 by sp4home at Wichita State University (See Release Notes For Details) in Wichita, Kansas USA on Thursday, February 1, 2007
Released 17 yrs ago (2/1/2007 UTC) at Wichita State University (See Release Notes For Details) in Wichita, Kansas USA
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This will be released in the Psychology Department.
I never did get around to reading this book, so I have decided to set it free.
Happy Hunting!!
Hint: 4th floor, in a waiting area.
This will be released in the Psychology Department.
I never did get around to reading this book, so I have decided to set it free.
Happy Hunting!!
Hint: 4th floor, in a waiting area.
