Chocolat with wine. And a different story. But sensual in the same way as Chocolat.

I want to read it again, so I'm creating a ring rather than releasing it.

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Edit 13/6/06: I got a free copy with a magazine, so this ring is now a ray. Last person can do what they want with it. Within reason - please don't pulp it! :-)
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Posted to redjanet yesterday.

I received this in the post today. Thanks, nut! I have a couple of books to get through so it might take a little while to get to this one, but I'm looking forward to it.

This is my third and least favourite novel I've read by Joanne Harris so far. The plot felt tired and cliched, she doesn't write male characters very well and there were a lot of, what I thought were pretty major plot points, left unresolved. Harris is always very readable but although I stayed with this one until the end, I felt like I wasted my time when I could have been reading something better.

I've contacted rainbow3 who is next on the list for the ring. Once I have her address I will post the book to her.

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I posted this book today to rainbow3. Enjoy!

This was waiting for me on my return today. I have four other books to finsh first but am looking forward to this. Thanks redjanet & nut.

Update: 20 Jan 06 finished, great book, am about to PM LisaGriffith for her address. Thanks nut!

I liked the ‘magic’ here, I liked Harris’s writing as ever but I didnt like Jay’s utterly self centred introspection, I wanted too like him more. Though why should I require to like the central character so much. Or in fact maybe I did like the central character if I consider Joe in that position. I think there are twin themes here of neglect and its repercussions then nurture and growth. Jay’s neglect by his mother, his mother’s neglect by his father, Jays neglect of Kerry, Marise’s deliberate neglect of her relationship with her neighbours then Joe’s nurturing of his garden and also of Jay, and Jays subsequent restoration of the chateau garden and the inadvertent effect on Marise and her daughter’s life. The biggest bit of magic I thought was Jay’s discovery of the six bottles of ‘special’! What extraordinary luck. Equally curious, oops no, time to stop before I give away too many spoilers.

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off into the post to for LisaGriffith in the US. Enjoy.

I received this a few weeks back from rainbow3 but didn't journal it. I'm about finished now and am going to PM luintaurien for a mailing address. Soon to be journaled!

3/27/06: PMed luintaurien for mailing address and finished the book. Waiting to mail.

I liked the creative approach to the book...a story told by a bottle of wine...but I think I agree with one of the previous readers that Harris didn't do an extremely convincing job of writing a man's story. The setting for the story is fabulous and I appreciated the tension portrayed in the story regarding development of small towns.

Book was mailed to lurintaurien today. Thanks for sharing your book, nut.

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Got it today. Thank you. Will read and pass on ASAP.

Sending on.

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Sent to Aramena for help with shipping.

Abs asked to be skipped, so this is going to Satnam today.

This arrived a couple days ago. I'm looking forward to reading it. Thank you nut for sharing. It's a relief to see there is no one waiting after me.