Old School Ties
Registered by AnglersRest of Teignmouth, Devon United Kingdom on 2/9/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
11 journalers for this copy...
Synopsis
Friends - and enemies - reunited! They say your school days are the best days of your life and Tracey Mortimer would agree. Sixteen years ago she ruled! She was the most popular girl in school, had her own gang and was dating the cutest guy in her year. Now she's 32, stuck in a dull marriage that's only tolerable because her philandering builder husband is rarely at home. And though Tracey loves her two kids, a daily diet of alphabetti spaghetti and the Tweenies, isn't exactly thrilling...Then Tracey spots an ad from a TV company wanting to make a reality-style show on a perfect school reunion. She jumps at the chance to relive the 'good old days'. Only some of Tracey's classmates don't remember their schooldays as fondly...Suzanne Sharp is more interested in revenge than a reunion. Tracey made her teenage years a misery and what better way to lay the past to rest than to get payback on national television. Especially as there are a few old school secrets that Tracey probably wouldn't want broadcast on national TV, not least of which is Tracey's affair with her old form tutor...
Friends - and enemies - reunited! They say your school days are the best days of your life and Tracey Mortimer would agree. Sixteen years ago she ruled! She was the most popular girl in school, had her own gang and was dating the cutest guy in her year. Now she's 32, stuck in a dull marriage that's only tolerable because her philandering builder husband is rarely at home. And though Tracey loves her two kids, a daily diet of alphabetti spaghetti and the Tweenies, isn't exactly thrilling...Then Tracey spots an ad from a TV company wanting to make a reality-style show on a perfect school reunion. She jumps at the chance to relive the 'good old days'. Only some of Tracey's classmates don't remember their schooldays as fondly...Suzanne Sharp is more interested in revenge than a reunion. Tracey made her teenage years a misery and what better way to lay the past to rest than to get payback on national television. Especially as there are a few old school secrets that Tracey probably wouldn't want broadcast on national TV, not least of which is Tracey's affair with her old form tutor...
Sending off to DrusillaMac whose ringed copy has been lost in the post.
Many thanks to AnglersRest for this book. I shall transfer the details of the ray from the other journal entry. Thanks again :-)
This copy is replacing my previous ray for this book. Details of that book's journey can be found here.
Ray rules:
1) Journal the book when you receive it.
2) Take around 1 month to read it. Let us know if it's taking you a bit longer.
3) Journal the book once you've read it so we know what you think.
4) PM the next person on the list for their address. Pop the book in the post and off it goes!
List of participants for this leg:
Cloggy - UK - posting intl'l
BOKWORMY - Portugal - posting int'l
Lauraloo29 - Canada - US/Canada shipping only
sweetpea0678 - US
well-chilled - US
arturogrande - UK
allbookedup - Austria
Inver - Scotland
Finished!
I tend to keep rays open so this order may change according to shipping preferences. Any problems PM me :-)
Ray rules:
1) Journal the book when you receive it.
2) Take around 1 month to read it. Let us know if it's taking you a bit longer.
3) Journal the book once you've read it so we know what you think.
4) PM the next person on the list for their address. Pop the book in the post and off it goes!
List of participants for this leg:
BOKWORMY - Portugal - posting int'l
Lauraloo29 - Canada - US/Canada shipping only
sweetpea0678 - US
well-chilled - US
arturogrande - UK
allbookedup - Austria
Inver - Scotland
Finished!
I tend to keep rays open so this order may change according to shipping preferences. Any problems PM me :-)
Kinedi has asked to be skipped on this one so I have posted the book off to Cloggy today. And so starts the second leg of this bookray!
Journal Entry 6 by cloggy from -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, June 2, 2006
Arrived this morning. Looks a perfect read for the weekend.
Thanks Drusillamac
Thanks Drusillamac
Journal Entry 7 by cloggy from -- Somewhere in London 🤷♀️ , Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, June 4, 2006
I enjoyed this book. Especially the idea that other people remember things completely differently from you and that actions have a certain impact on your life. I got to like Tracy as you get further in the book and realise that things have not been all roses for her either. Thanks for sharing.
I've got Bokwormy's addy and will post it on Monday
I've got Bokwormy's addy and will post it on Monday
Gosh that was quick Cloggy thanks, just received it on the post.
Looks like a quick read. Just have to finish another bookring but promise to be quick!
Thanks Drusillamac for sharing "Old School Ties" with US *-)
Looks like a quick read. Just have to finish another bookring but promise to be quick!
Thanks Drusillamac for sharing "Old School Ties" with US *-)
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A nice quick read thanks once again!
On the way to Lauraloo29 since Doris isnt answering!
BOKWORMY X
A nice quick read thanks once again!
On the way to Lauraloo29 since Doris isnt answering!
BOKWORMY X
Arrived safe and sound. I have 4 bookrings before this one! Yikes! Not to worry. I'll keep it moving. Thank you!
I just can't get into this book. I like the idea, but the way its jumping around is frustrating me. I can't keep track of the characters and from whose point of view I'm listening to. Sigh. :( I'll be sending this on to its next stop in sunny Florida next week. Thank you for the opportunity to read it.
book is here, and will be read as soon as I finish the two in front of it. Thanks.
I've tried to get into this book and I just cannot. I have PMed well-chilled for an address, as soon as I get it I will get the book on its way.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Journal Entry 14 by sweetpea0678 at Book Ring in book ring/ray, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, September 21, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (9/21/2006 UTC) at Book Ring in book ring/ray, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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OFF TO WELL-CHILLED
OFF TO WELL-CHILLED
Got it. Will send for the next addresss as it was a fairly quick read. Had a hard time getting into it, never the less wanted to see how it turned out. Didn't like Tracey. Felt bad for her in places, but still didn't like her. The jumping from one character to the next was a bit harsh, no warning b/c it wasn't a steady every break was a new character, no heads up that it had switched. Glad she came around with out a fairy tale ending. Will send it on when I get the next address. ~well-chilled
Journal Entry 16 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Thanks - I've got a couple ahead of it, but I'm planning to get to it shortly.
Journal Entry 17 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Monday, May 28, 2007
I thought the idea of the book was good, but I don't think it was particularly well written, and I couldn't really get into it. I agree that the change of point of view was confusing - if an author is going to jump around like that, then they have to be good at it, and Kate Harrison wasn't.
I didn't like Tracey and I was waiting for her to get her comeuppance throughout the book, so I couldn't really sympathise with her.
It's now on its way to allbookedup.
I didn't like Tracey and I was waiting for her to get her comeuppance throughout the book, so I couldn't really sympathise with her.
It's now on its way to allbookedup.
Journal Entry 18 by allbookedup from Wien Bezirk 21 - Floridsdorf, Wien Austria on Friday, June 1, 2007
received the book today, thanks! looking forward to reading it
Journal Entry 19 by allbookedup from Wien Bezirk 21 - Floridsdorf, Wien Austria on Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Well I finished the book last night and I think it was OK, but nothing special. I did not like Tracey very much and I think she really wasn't a good mother. The story around this TV programme about the reunion was a bit unrealistic. Not a bad idea, but it could have been written funnier. I've read better and funnier "chick lit" books...
Sending the book on to inver tomorrow. Thanks for sharing!
Sending the book on to inver tomorrow. Thanks for sharing!
Arrived. Bit of mixed reactions to this book. See how I get on with it. Will be the next to read after present bookring read.
19/7/07 Can't say I am enjoying this book. Could be one I give up on I think.
19/7/07 Can't say I am enjoying this book. Could be one I give up on I think.
Nope sorry....tried to get into this book but just didn''t like the way it was written and the characters were annoying me. Have given up with it I''m afraid.
Journal Entry 22 by Inver at Belmont Cinema Cafe in Aberdeen, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (8/16/2007 UTC) at Belmont Cinema Cafe in Aberdeen, Scotland United Kingdom
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Was at the end of a bookray. Taking along to the meetup. If not taken will be left on the OBCZ shelf.
Was at the end of a bookray. Taking along to the meetup. If not taken will be left on the OBCZ shelf.
Left on shelf by Inver (via bookray by Drusillmac).....thank you.
Journal Entry 24 by 
belmontcafe
from Aberdeen, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, September 20, 2007
belmontcafe from Aberdeen, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, September 20, 2007
20.9.07 obcz
18.10.07 obcz
Back with me to release elsewhere....may take to Pitlochry with me this weekend.
Journal Entry 27 by Inver at The Joinery, Coffee Shop in Meigle, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, December 6, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (12/6/2007 UTC) at The Joinery, Coffee Shop in Meigle, Scotland United Kingdom
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Will leave on a shelf/chair in the coffee shop.
Will leave on a shelf/chair in the coffee shop.
