Journal Entry 1 by esq228 from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Pre-numbered label used for registration. 

Journal Entry 2 by esq228 from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Wednesday, January 19, 2005

The New Yorker, John Burnham Schwartz writes...
"There is a particular pleasure to be found in reading a novel that is sui generis and yet is imbued with subtle shadings of its literary predecessors: this is a high-wire act. To protect himself against falling, the author has brought to his task a prodigious trove of research ... and an uncanny degree of empathy for ... a woman usually regarded in the West as either caricature or museum piece.... Rarely has a world so closed and foreign been evoked with such natural assurance." 

Journal Entry 3 by esq228 from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Starting US bookring...

And the order is (decided based on who contacted me first)...

gwennach (Kansas)
AmyMS88 (Texas)
barker-tx (Texas)
Bestaunt (North Carolina)
booklady331 (Florida)
Marilee (Pennsylvania)
and then back home to esq228 (NJ)

I will contact everyone on the list to let them know we've begun, and to get the first persons address. I hope you all enjoy the book, and am excited to get this started as this will be the very first bookring I've started! 

Journal Entry 4 by esq228 from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Sending to gwennach first thing tomorrow! 

Journal Entry 5 by gwennach from Anchorage, Alaska USA on Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Receieved book from Esq228 as a bookring, am looking forward to reading it this weekend! 

Journal Entry 6 by gwennach from Anchorage, Alaska USA on Wednesday, March 02, 2005

I really enjoyed this book. It was very well-written; at times I forgot it was not about a real person. The historical detail was well-researched, especially her training.

I am mailing this book to AmyMS88 today. 

Journal Entry 7 by AmyMS88 from Dallas, Texas USA on Monday, March 07, 2005

Got this today and will read it ASAP. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 8 by AmyMS88 from Dallas, Texas USA on Monday, March 14, 2005

I thought this was a very well researched book. I enjoyed it. I have a couple of comments, and I will write them in white so someone won't accidentally see them. Just highlight the area below if you're interested!

I thought it was sad that Sayuri threw away Nobu's affection and friendship for just the dream of the Chairman. Yes, it did end up working out okay for her, but I was hoping that she would realize that she did care about Nobu, despite his deformity. Considering that she thought the Chairman wasn't even interested in her. Nobu obviously cared. That was the one disappointment I had with the book; I thought it would have been much more powerful if she hadn't got what she thought she always wanted but found that Nobu was better than she could have imagined. I thought at one point during the war that she was going to figure it out. I was happy that it worked out for them, but still a little sad at what she lost. Oh well, it didn't ruin the book or make it any less enjoyable for me...

Thanks for sharing this, I will be sending it to Barker-tx tomorrow! 

Journal Entry 9 by barker-tx from Katy, Texas USA on Saturday, March 26, 2005

arrived in the mail earlier this week - will be starting this next week

I enjoyed this book - being a geisha was hard work. 

Journal Entry 10 by Bestaunt from Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA on Friday, May 13, 2005

Ready to be sent on. 

Journal Entry 11 by booklady331 from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Friday, June 17, 2005

Received today as part of a book ray. I will read it as soon as possible and pass it on. 

Journal Entry 12 by booklady331 from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Sunday, July 03, 2005

Beautifully written. The language is beautiful. I had to remind myself that this was a novel and not real.

It is off to Marilee on Tuesday, July 5th. Enjoy. 

Journal Entry 13 by booklady331 at By Mail in Controlled Release, Given to a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, July 03, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (7/5/2005 UTC) at By Mail in Controlled Release, Given to a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases

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Off to Marilee as she is next in this bookring. 

Journal Entry 14 by esq228 from Phoenix, Arizona USA on Monday, January 30, 2006

THis made it home to me a couple of weeks ago. THanks to everyone for participating.