A dear friend gave me this book to accompany me in a long trip. A wonderfull surprise!
Thanks fflloor!

Wonderfull, wonderfull book! Probably one of the best reads I did in 2004. Thank you fflloorr!
The world and relations seen by the eyes of an autistic teenager. Very funny, very witty and very sad at times.

This book is going on a ring.

1- Mysteryfan03 (Missouri, USA)
2- Tenneh (Nebraska, USA)
3- Ebumu (New York, USA)
4- ThanksMom (Pennsylvania, USA)
5- Sublevel4 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
6- Navig8r (London, England)--> It's here
7- Pheelya (Maryland, USA)
8- Danesnboxers (Missouri,USA)
9- Gategypsy (Toyama,Japan)
10- alexLindote (Coimbra, Portugal)
11- Balzak26 (V.N.de Gaia, Portugal)

Back to me

If you could, please make a journal entry as soon as you get the book, and another when you read it.

Wow! This arrived fast! Thanks!

This was a wonderful story! I am glad that I finally got to read this much talked about book! I really enjoyed the characters and storyline. Thanks for sharing this book!

Received today - will get to it soon. Thanks.

I really enjoyed this book! It is different and has a very thought-provoking perspective. I couldn't put it down!

Headed off to Ebumu

On the walk to the mailbox today I was briefly the center of a storm of robins. I guess Spring is upon us, despite the snow lingering in my woods. It's always such a pleasure to find a bookcrossing book in my mailbox! I'm looking forward to reading this as the aconites open in the sun.

What a delightful book. I loved it and stayed up late to finish it all in one night. I can't remember the last time I've done that (I can safely say that no aconites opened while I was reading this book). I thought the author did very well showing us his narrator's unusual view of the world. The writing is accordingly simple and straightforward and almost effortless to read, except for the equations. Speaking of which, I pretty much skipped the appendix, not being up for any deciphering in the late hours of the evening. I'd love to hear from someone who can comment on the joke it seemed to embody.

The book is set in a spare sans serif font. I don't often notice typography in books unless it's distracting. I must say this unusual choice of font seemed just perfect for the narrator's orderly little world. There are also little pictures and maps tucked in, which I think is charming. As you can see from the photo, my dog Ebumu didn't much like the cover art.

I will be recommending this book to friends. I've got Thanksmom's address, the book is all packed up already, and I will mail it out tomorrow. Thank you for sharing it, Moimeme! (edited to add that it was indeed mailed April 1, media mail)

I just got the book today and went right to reading it.

I found it to be especially interesting thanks to the style it is written in. The story had several 'lessons learned' involved and the way the story is told is a special lesson in itself. I don't know and don't care to know arguments about how accurate Haddon is in the portrayal of this handicap. I do think that this job of showing a difference in thinking and how others perceive it is worthwhile.

I would also recommend those who like this book to see about reading Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

The book is heading to sublevel4 today.

Just arrived today. Thanks to ThanksMom for sending it to me and thanks to Moimeme for starting the bookring. TBR as soon as I am finished with the one I am reading now.

This was definitely a good read. Told in the "I"-form, but by a character with his own slightly different parameters (in this regard it proved somewhat illuminating to me).

My favourite moment in the book was when one of the characters put something brown into something red and Christopher's reaction to that (he really likes the colour red, but not the colour brown).

Anyway, it will be sent on its way today or tomorrow.

Received this morning - thank you for sending it! I will be finishing my current bookring book this week and this one is next on the list.

what an amazing book - a really unusual read but I loved it. It was so sad, because as an adult you can see things the protagonist just can't. A fascinating perspective. Well-deserved winner of awards. It was quite a fast read, and I found myself not wanting it to end.

Sending it on today.

This book seems to have disappeared while crossing the ocean:(( I'm gonna try to get a replacement and continue the ring...