Journal Entry 1 by lytteltonwitch from Harwell, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 10, 2005

Wrote a lovely long entry and then the system glitched on me.
Joe has lived in NZ for 15 years and is a local author.One day he decided to pack his bag and hitchhike around NZ.A very enjoyable,funny book,I related more to the South Island as I had visited most of the places there.Joe even stayed in the same hotel I had stayed in last year.Worked out that he did his hitchhiking in 2003 as it mentions Te Anau earthquake.
Some of the Christchurch bookcrossers had a chance to meet Joe when I invited him to a mini convention we had in 2004.He is extremely funny and very quick to pick on what people say much to my embarrassment.
I will be offering this book up as a bookring 

Journal Entry 2 by lytteltonwitch from Harwell, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Friday, January 14, 2005

Will be dropped off sometime today to bizzielizzie as the start of the bookring.List so far for the ring is bizzielizzie-CHCH;sherlockfan-WN;Sally906-Darwin;Catsalive-Sydney;Amjoco-Brisbane then back to lytteltonwitch 

Journal Entry 3 by AnonymousFinder on Thursday, April 14, 2005

Both Gary and I read this book - Sorry it took so long. Gary thought it was absolutely hilarious and kept interrupting my reading with quotes. I didn't find it quite so hilarious as it is quite "boy" oriented. I enjoyed the scurry around lots of familiar places. Have never heard of the in-ground lift in Wanganui
though.
Cheers

CAUGHT IN CHRISTCHURCH NZ 

Journal Entry 4 by BizzieLizzie from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Thursday, April 14, 2005

I accidentally wrote the log as anonymousfinder... so it will look like there is an extra log.
Cheers
Will now send to SherlockFan-Wn.
Thanks Leslie for letting us read your book.

Sent book today to SherlockFan.
cheers 

Journal Entry 5 by Sherlockfan from Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand on Thursday, April 28, 2005

Don't quite know why it has taken so long to get from Chch to Wellington. Arrived yesterday 28 April.

Have dipped quickly into it - looks like a good read. I'm ready for something a bit lighter having just finished "Children of God" Mary Doria Russell's sequel to "The Sparrow".
So much to read; so little time. 

Journal Entry 6 by Sherlockfan from Upper Hutt, Wellington Province New Zealand on Monday, May 30, 2005

Humble apologies for taking so long with this book. I have thorougly enjoyed it and will be purchasing a copy to take with me when I go to Ireland where I hope to meet with bookcrossers there shortly. It seems like a really good book to introduce the idiosyncracies of NZers to others.
I also preferred the South Island parts even though I've travelled very little there so most of the places were unfamiliar. The smaller places were very similar to small places in the N.I. and I thought the writer was really good at capturing the Kiwi character. Thanks for putting this out as a bookring, Lyttletonwitch, Great idea.
 

Journal Entry 7 by sally906 from Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Arrived today - have a HUGE 500 pg book ahead of it :) 

Journal Entry 8 by sally906 from Darwin, Northern Territory Australia on Friday, June 24, 2005

Well finished this today and have PM'd Catsalive for a snail mail address.

I enjoyed this book - have added a few more items to my ever increasing 'would like to see' list. Trip to NZ will be next year now rather than this - so all the more time to what I love best - research :) 

Journal Entry 9 by catsalive from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Friday, July 15, 2005

I've got it, thanks. 

Journal Entry 10 by catsalive from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, July 19, 2005

An interesting enough read, although I found it all a bit bland. It sounded like a fun thing to do though. Thanks everyone involved. I'll send this off to Amjoco tomorrow.

Posted 20/7/5. 

Journal Entry 11 by Amjoco from Guildford, Surrey United Kingdom on Friday, July 22, 2005

Received this from catsalive - I confess I thought it was a RABCK on her part - kind of wondered why she asked for my address, but was thrilled to find a New Zealand book in my letterbox.

So I come here to journal it, and find I'm in a bookring! I must have said yes, a long time ago, and then forgotten all about it. :-) Ah, well, this book will jump the queue and I'll read it quite soon. 

Journal Entry 12 by lytteltonwitch from Harwell, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 27, 2005

Joe Bennett has returned home,I hope everyone enjoyed reading about his journey around New Zealand. 

Journal Entry 13 by lytteltonwitch at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Thursday, August 20, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (8/20/2009 UTC) at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand

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Given to a fellow bookcrosser
The Christchurch bookcrossers meet up on a regular basis,the information is on BCNZ Yahoo NZ The main organizers are FutureCat and myself and we welcome new members to our very friendly group.




 

Journal Entry 14 by futurecat from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Friday, August 21, 2009

Lytteltonwitch dropped off a "few" more books that she hasn't had time to release.

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Journal Entry 15 by futurecat from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Saturday, February 27, 2010

I enjoyed this book much more than the collections of Bennett's columns I've previously read. And of course it's always interesting to see your own country through "foreign" eyes (even if those eyes have lived here a long time!)

I'll take it along to the meetup today and see if I can tempt anyone.

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Journal Entry 16 by rarsberry from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Sunday, February 28, 2010

Picked this up at the lunch meetup today.
I have liked his short stories so hope this book is ok. 

Journal Entry 17 by rarsberry at DressSmart Mall, Hornby in Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Thursday, March 10, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (3/9/2011 UTC) at DressSmart Mall, Hornby in Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Left on a seat inside. 

Journal Entry 18 by AnonymousFinder at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Friday, June 10, 2011

I loved reading this book... I usually read while I was at work... Country Road @ Dress Smart. I would often laugh out loud while reading much to the surprise of the customers. The book was handed in to us the day after it was left on the seat outside our shop. This was a week before we had our 6.3 earthquake that demolished the city centre. I wonder if Joe has been back to ChCh to see our beloved city ?

I intend to drop this book off at the airport and hope someone finds it to continue the journey.

Lesley from Halswell, Christchurch