Journal Entry 1 by Geegal on Monday, November 22, 2004

Journal Entry 2 by Geegal on Wednesday, January 18, 2006

BOOKRAY

Rules of this bookray:
1. Please journal the book when you receive it, and again when you mail it out -- this way, everyone will know the book's approximate location.
2. If you don't think you'll be able to read this book within a reasonable time of receipt, please let me know before it's sent to you by the previous reader, and I'll be happy to move your name down the list.


Regeln für diesen Bookray:
1. Bitte mach einen Journaleintrag, sobald Du das Buch bekommen hast und noch einen, wenn Du es weiterverschickst, so dass alle anderen Teilnehmer wissen, wo sich das Buch gerade befindet.
2. Wenn Du absehen kannst, dass Du dieses Buch nicht innerhalb einer vernünftigen Zeit lesen werden kannst, schreib mir bitte, bevor es Dir geschickt wird und ich werde Dich gerne weiter nach Hinten auf der Teilnehmer Liste setzen.


List:


1.Orudal
2.Morgaine77
3.linguistkris
4.Tiikeri
5.Schneefee

This RAY is closed now. 

Journal Entry 3 by Geegal at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, January 20, 2006

Released 6 yrs ago (1/20/2006 UTC) at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

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Dies ist kein Bookring sondern ein Bookray.
Viel Spaß! 

Journal Entry 4 by Orudal from Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Saturday, January 21, 2006

Das Buch ist gut bei mir angekommen...


Mir hat das Buch gefallen und ans englische hab ich mich auch recht schnell gewöhnt. Brauche nur noch die Adresse, dann schick ich es weiter. 

Journal Entry 5 by Orudal at by mail in to the next participant, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, January 26, 2006

Released 6 yrs ago (1/26/2006 UTC) at by mail in to the next participant, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases

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Ich war heute bei der Post und nun ist es unterwegs... 

Journal Entry 6 by Morgaine77 from Allschwil, Baselland Switzerland on Saturday, January 28, 2006

The book arrived safely with me. I think I've never read any of Enid Blytons books in English! That'll be an experience! ;-) I think the names are all different from the German version... That'll be fun to figure out who's who!
Looking forward to read this! 

Journal Entry 7 by Morgaine77 from Allschwil, Baselland Switzerland on Thursday, February 02, 2006

What a very cute book! Childhood memories welling up... :-) I absolutely ADORED the oldfashioned British English! And also the whole ambiance of the book... It's like tea and freshly baked cake: Comforting and reminds you of great times with your grandma... :-)
Thanks for sharing this Geegal! I already got Kris's adress, but I'm not sure when I'll make it to the post office... 

Journal Entry 8 by Morgaine77 at Bookray in Bookray, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Released 6 yrs ago (2/7/2006 UTC) at Bookray in Bookray, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases

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On its way to linguiskris. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 9 by linguistkris from Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Heute morgen auf dem Weg zur Uni aus dem Briefkasten gefischt. 

Journal Entry 10 by linguistkris from Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Sunday, February 19, 2006

I'm not sure if I actually knew this Mystery (I used to have quite a few tapes with radio plays, also of the Adventure and Seven series, but curiously hardly any of the books), but did I ever enjoy it!!! I think I "solved" the mystery just two or three chapters before the young sleuths did, so I guess I can be quite pleased with myself and still enjoy the clever crafting of the story!
I agree with Morgaine77 though: the names are all different! I guess Fatty was Dickie in the German version, and Pip was Flip, and Betty actually Betty (?), but the others seem to elude me. What was the dog again? And Goon (when he wasn't Weg-da)?

Aw, such good fun! (Didn't find this much dated at all, btw. Perfectly fine, really.) 

Journal Entry 11 by linguistkris at BookRay in -- Per Post geschickt / Persönlich weitergegeben --, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Thursday, March 02, 2006

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Ab die Post! 

Journal Entry 12 by Tiikeri from Friedrichstadt, Schleswig-Holstein Germany on Monday, March 13, 2006

Arrived here on Friday and will be read as soon as I'm through with the one I'm reading at the moment. 

Journal Entry 13 by Tiikeri from Friedrichstadt, Schleswig-Holstein Germany on Thursday, March 16, 2006

A really pleasant book! The mystery was pretty easy to solve but I enjoyed the story very much. I think it was the first time that I read an original version by Enid Blyton.

Thanks for sharing! Will be sent to Schneefee tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 14 by Schneefee from Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Saturday, March 25, 2006

I just got it out of my Packstation!

Since I'm the last one so far, I don't think anyone would mind me giving the book to elli-pirelli first, since she has a lack of nice and easy literature at the moment. 

Journal Entry 15 by Schneefee from Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Monday, May 15, 2006

Since Sat, the book is back in Germany.
I already started reading this morning while eating my Cornflakes :-)

Ha, and I remember: Little Schneefee in grades 3 and 4 (when we were allowed to go to the school-library)... I think, I read EVERY Mystery-book we had in the lib.

Well, the different names (German - English) are a bit confusing at first (yep, Kris I'm also thinking about that dog's name!! grmpf), but... you get used to it ;-) 

Journal Entry 16 by linguistkris from Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Friday, June 30, 2006

Just had a brainwave -- wasn't it "Purzel"? 

Journal Entry 17 by Schneefee from Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Sunday, July 30, 2006

You're right, that's Purzel!

Well, the book took my time really long since I was only reading when having my breakfast (uhm, when having TIME for breakfast... ;-))

I really enjoyed it a lot!
The 5 Find-Outers should go travelling along with Qantaqa's bookbox. 

Journal Entry 18 by jirika from Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Friday, September 01, 2006

Out of Qantagas English Bookbox. Read a lot of Blyton when I was a child. 

Journal Entry 19 by jirika from Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Friday, October 05, 2007

Actually I have read the book quite a while ago. I just forgot to make an entry. I found it very funny to read the very same book I had read in German when I was a child, now in the English original. It is a bit confusing with the names, but I loved the book all the same and remebered the dull policeman with glee. Thanks for this read! 

Journal Entry 20 by linguistkris from Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Friday, October 05, 2007

I thought I'd just butt in with an update on the German names; I just reread a few "Geheimnisse um" (adorable! wonderful! brilliant!), so I hope they should all be more or less acurate.

-Fatty (Frederick Algernon Trotteville): Dicki, Dietrich Ingbert Kronstein
-Larry (Lawrence Daykin): Rolf Tagert
-Daisy (Margaret Daykin): Gina Tagert
-Pip (Philip Hilton): Flip Hillmann
-Bets (Elizabeth Hilton): Betty Hillmann
-Buster: Purzel
-Mr Goon: Herr Grimm, Wegda

(The book is still with jirika, I just felt the need to urge this bit of trivia on you :))