Journal Entry 1 by SCRAM33 from Wilmington, North Carolina USA on Monday, September 06, 2004

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Journal Entry 2 by SCRAM33 from Wilmington, North Carolina USA on Sunday, September 12, 2004

I really wanted to like this more. I think if there were fewer main characters it would have been a little easier to like. It seemed just when I got invested in a character the author moved on to another character. The Austen themes were interesting, but I expected this to be a little less vulgar as well. Passing this on as a bookring. Hopefully, they will enjoy it more! 

Journal Entry 3 by SCRAM33 from Wilmington, North Carolina USA on Sunday, September 12, 2004

Off on a bookring! Here's the list:

starry-starry UK
loribee-UK
meliluc-FRANCE
sheepseeker-GERMANY
reissilvia-PORTUGAL
alsgal-US
luvsbooks-US
becca-mo-US
back to me Scram33 in US 

Journal Entry 4 by Starry-Starry from Llandrindod Wells, Wales United Kingdom on Saturday, October 23, 2004

It's arrived - yey!! As a dedicated Jane Austen fan how could I resist a title like this one. I also love talking books so I'm doubly delighted to have the chance to experience this. I have about four hours of the extremely compelling "Speaker for the Dead" to listen to and then I can begin! 

Journal Entry 5 by Starry-Starry from Llandrindod Wells, Wales United Kingdom on Saturday, October 30, 2004

I LOVED this book! The characters were wonderfully drawn, especially Jocelyn - I hope to be just like her (it's entirely possible that I already am). From the opening chapter, where Fowler says everyone has their own Jane Austen, I was enchanted. I enjoyed the way JA's books were subtley woven into the narrative and I am sure with further readings I will get even more from it because I will definitely be buying my own copy. I liked the narrator's voice too, she seemed to employ just the right amount of irony. My only complaint is that it did move on a little too quickly to the next character, particularly on Prudy's chapter, I would have liked to spend a little longer in her life.

Thank you SCRAM33! See it was worth sending out on a bookring :o) I'll send it onto Loribee as soon as I have an address.

6th November 2004
Sending it today - hope you enjoy it Loribee! 

Journal Entry 6 by loribee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Monday, November 08, 2004

Looking forward to hearing this audiobook, many thanks to Scram33 & starry-starry! It will go on the kitchen cd player and will be a pleasant change from sometimes depressing radio programmes! 

Journal Entry 7 by loribee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, November 21, 2004

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this while in the kitchen, a cd each day or two. Now I feel I must revisit Austen!
It will be off to Meliluc tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 8 by meliluc from Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées France on Monday, December 06, 2004

Got it in the mail today

thanks loribee and SCRAM33 

Journal Entry 9 by meliluc from Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées France on Monday, January 31, 2005

OK, I must admit it, I cheated ... I didn't have the patience to listen to it all the way through, so I bought the book ...

It's a nice story, but I must admit I wasn't as enthusiastic about it as some of you. But the good thing is, I just can't wait to get my Complete Novels of Jane Austen's back, I really need to read them all over again :-D

I'll send it to sheepseeker as soon as I get the adress ... 

Journal Entry 10 by Sheepseeker from Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Sunday, April 24, 2005

Here they are! The CDs were waiting for me after my holidays with a nice little suprise from meliluc... Thank's a lot!

I am not too sure about what to think about this audiobook. Whenever the author really got me interested, she moved on to another character. Nevertheless the Austen connections were entertaining enough to keep me going...

Thanks for sharing this with us, SCRAM33.
On May,6 the CDs will travel on to Portugal... 

Journal Entry 11 by QueenSissi from Gouveia, Guarda Portugal on Thursday, May 19, 2005

Arrived today and seems really interesting... Thanks Sheepseeker and SCRAM33. 

Journal Entry 12 by QueenSissi from Gouveia, Guarda Portugal on Wednesday, June 29, 2005

I liked the characters and I was able to connect to all of them. This was my first audiobook experience and I really loved it and want to repeat this more often!

Thanks for this opportunity! This Audiobook has left the building and it's now on its way to alsgal. 

Journal Entry 13 by alsgal from Lewes, Delaware USA on Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Received in the mail today. I will listen to this one as soon as I finish my current audiobook. 

Journal Entry 14 by alsgal from Lewes, Delaware USA on Sunday, July 17, 2005

I have to agree with some of the others that just when I started getting interested in one character the focus would move to one of the other characters. Overall, not a bad listen though.

Will mail off to luvsbooks as soon as I get their address. 

Journal Entry 15 by luvsbooks from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Saturday, July 23, 2005

Received this in the mail today. I have to finish up 2 audios and then will get right to this. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 16 by luvsbooks from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Wednesday, August 03, 2005

I've heard such mixed reviews on this one and I'll be so busy in the next month I'm going to pass this on to the next person. I'll contact becca-mo for her address and then send it off. Thanks for including me in this. Sorry I didn't add much to the journaling. :-) 

Journal Entry 17 by SCRAM33 from Wilmington, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, September 27, 2005

wow! this turned up in the mail today with a postmark almost two months old! Apparently it has taken a little sidetrip through the cracks and crevices of the postal system. All tht matters though is that it is safe and sound. :o) Will put back on the shelf to be shared with another interested listener.