Sleeping Arrangements - BOOKRING

by Madeleine Wickham | Women's Fiction |
ISBN: 0552998354 Global Overview for this book
Registered by angellica of Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on 4/16/2005
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20 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, April 16, 2005
Synopsis: Chloe's fed up of making wedding dresses and Philip has got problems at work. Hugh is not a happy man. His wife Amanda is more interested in the new kitchen than in him. They all need a holiday. Mutual friend Gerard loans each couple his villa in Spain, unfortunately it's in the same week.


Journal Entry 2 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 7, 2005
BOOKRING:

I have decided to start a bookring for this book and the participants are:

gillie63 (UK)
michelle1977 (UK)
Katybean
PinkManager
LindyLouMac
Amberkatze
blaisezabini12
MystikNat
janiemac75
WelshHelen
silverstarry
bokwormy
Pepita-di-Corfu
SueFitz
aramena
toxickittikiss
collectorkerri
momofap
kimsbooks03

AuburnCaMom
spiritinflight
honey1982 Can
bookwormess
chocdrop

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You?
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then back to me

Rules:
1) Please can you journal when you receive the book and again when you send it on
2) There are no time limits - just read and forward :)

Journal Entry 3 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 7, 2005
Sending this book to the first person in the bookring :)

Enjoy :)

Journal Entry 4 by gillie63 from Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Monday, May 9, 2005
Just arrived this morning from angellica, thank you.

Journal Entry 5 by gillie63 from Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Friday, September 16, 2005
A good light summer read. I read it in an evening (well I did stay up quite late to finish it!) A couple of unexpected twists but otherwise a comfy chick lit. Sending off to Michelle next.

Journal Entry 6 by michelle1977 from Haren, Groningen Netherlands on Saturday, October 8, 2005
I almost forgot about this bookring :) but was pleasantly surprised to received this book though! I'll read it after the book I'm currently reading and pass it along shortly!

Journal Entry 7 by michelle1977 from Haren, Groningen Netherlands on Thursday, October 13, 2005
This was certainly a nice and light read, I really enjoyed it and finished it in a day or so as well. The end was not quite what I had expected, but a good end nevertheless :) I love her other books as well under her other name (Sophie Kinsella). I'll send this out to Katybean as soon as I have her address.

Journal Entry 8 by michelle1977 at on Thursday, October 13, 2005

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Sending this to Katybean today by mail. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 9 by katybean from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 15, 2005
Blimey - what a lot of stickers on the envelope - made me smile, thanks :o)

Book arrived safely this morning, have one book to read before I start this, but shouldn't take long.

Thanks!!!

Journal Entry 10 by katybean from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, October 24, 2005
I really enjoyed this book (also found it a quick read, took less than 24 hours LOL).

I have read all the Sophie Kinsella books, and this is the first Madeleine Wickham one I have read. I found the style completely different (S.K. are based on young women, and M.W. on married 30 somethings), but still easy to read.

I would have liked a bit more confrontation at the end with Gerard, I think he got off lightly LOL!!

Part of me wanted more of a romance to develop, but was satisfied with the ending - hard saying what I want to say without spoiling it for others LOL.

I have just pm'd Pink Manager for their address (are you really only 15??)

Thanks for sharing!
Katybean

PS. Have been to Puerto Banus a few times now and love it!!

Journal Entry 11 by katybean from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, October 31, 2005
Book is now on its way to Athens to visit PinkManager!!

Journal Entry 12 by PinkManager from Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on Thursday, November 24, 2005
I received the book today.MAybe I'll start it next week after finishing the book I'm reading now.Thanks!

Journal Entry 13 by PinkManager from Athens - Αθήνα, Attica Greece on Wednesday, January 4, 2006
I started the book on Monday 2/1.When I first saw it I thought it was going to be a comedy,maybe boring and nothin' special.But when I started it I found out it was not a comedy,but a very interesting "adventure".I found also that it was very easy-reading and it was a very nice surprise,so I finished it today,4/1!!

As soon as I get her addy I'll send the book to LindyLouMac!

Journal Entry 14 by LindyLouMac from Tywyn, Wales United Kingdom on Friday, January 20, 2006
This arrived safely just a couple of days ago and I have read and enjoyed already! Thanks to angellica for starting the ring and to PinkManager for sending on to me. I have now read all of Madeleine Wickham's novels up to and including Sleeping Arrangements. Personally I think she is another of the better chick lit writers but I do not like the titles she writes as Sophie Kinsella anything like as much. Maybe it is an age thing, as the latter novels are about younger heroines!! Ha, Ha. Will now be on its way to my bookcrossing friend Amberkatze as soon as I can get to the Post Office.

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Will be mailed to Amberkatze

Journal Entry 16 by Amberkatze from Wien Bezirk 10 - Favoriten, Wien Austria on Saturday, January 28, 2006
Wow!! Not only was this book quicker getting to me than me sending something to LindyLouMac (thank you for sending it!) but I got 2 Madeleine Wickham books though the post in one day!!!

I am reading another book right now but this one will be next! I hope that I will be able to send it on to the next person asap. I already have blaisezabini12 address somewhere so I am sure the book will be on it's way again really quickly!

Journal Entry 17 by Amberkatze from Wien Bezirk 10 - Favoriten, Wien Austria on Monday, January 30, 2006
I really liked this Madeleine Wickham book. It had a nice story, was quick to read and kept me interested. I really can't accept that this is the same woman who writes as Sophie Kinsella. Her writing style and the stories are so completely different!

I will look forward to reading more of her books in the future either as Madeleine or Sophie! However this one is going off to Blaisezabini12 as soon as I have a chance to go to the post office!

Journal Entry 18 by rem_DUV-129661 on Monday, February 6, 2006
Received today! Thank you Angellica for organising this ring and thank you Amberkatze for sending another book to me:)

8 February 06: I didn't expect to finish this so soon! But yesterday evening I was fed up of learning for the Friday exam so I decided to go to bed early and read some chapters...well, I didn't go to sleep until I finished the book:)
Like people already mentioned it's different from what this author writes under the name of Sophie Kinsella, but different in a good way. I can't say I've become attached to any character, but I liked the way in which the plot was solved.
I have pmed the next reader on the list for the address.

13 February 06: mailed today!

Journal Entry 19 by MystikNat from Stockton-On-Tees, County Durham United Kingdom on Thursday, February 23, 2006
Thanks blaisezabini12 for sending this through. :o)

On my TBR pile until I finish a my current read or 2.

Really looking forward to another Maddy W.

Oh and a wave to Gillie and AmberK! ;oD

Journal Entry 20 by MystikNat from Stockton-On-Tees, County Durham United Kingdom on Sunday, April 2, 2006
This is the 2nd Maddie W. book I've read - Cocktails for 3 being the other, and although I love her writing as Sophie Kinsella I have a lot of time for her more "serious" stories.

Like Katybean I think the ending was a bit abrupt and it could have done with a few more pages, just to see Gerard get his just desserts! LOL But still a good light read. :o)

Will post to Janiemac75 as soon as I get her address.

Journal Entry 21 by MystikNat at on Sunday, April 2, 2006

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Off on it's way to janiemac75. :o)

Journal Entry 22 by janiemac75 on Monday, April 10, 2006
Arrived this morning.
Thank you to Angellica for starting the ring ,
and a special thank you MystikNat for sending it to me and for including a another book from my wishlist!
:o)

Journal Entry 23 by janiemac75 on Friday, April 28, 2006
I've just finished the book. I really enjoyed it. :o)

I'm just about to PM WelshHelen for address.

Journal Entry 24 by WelshHelen from Ponthenri, Wales United Kingdom on Friday, May 5, 2006
Arrived safely today. Thank you to angellica and janiemac75. I have a couple of ring books ahead of it but should get to it very soon.

Journal Entry 25 by WelshHelen from Ponthenri, Wales United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 30, 2006
I enjoyed this book and as I've only read two of her "Sophie Kinsella" books I had no real preconceptions. Although I didn't particularly care for any of the characters (Phillip was my favourite) they were well-written and I particularly liked the fact that the horrid Gerard was 'off screen' throughout the book. Mind you, he did deserve a come-uppance which I'd liked to have seen :-) I was hoping that there'd be a story behind the obvious dislike of the local lad to those staying at the villa but nothing developed, unfortunately.

A light, easy read but not one that's going to stay with me for any length of time. I'll be reading more of her books, though.

Posted to silverstarry 31/05/06

Journal Entry 26 by silverstarry from Berkeley, California USA on Saturday, June 3, 2006
Just received this in the mail today - fastest trip from the UK I've ever seen! Can't wait to read it.

Journal Entry 27 by silverstarry from Berkeley, California USA on Monday, June 5, 2006
This is the third Madeleine Wickham book I've read, and I must admit that I prefer Sophie Kinsella's writing style (although not always the repetitive plots). Madeleine Wickham books remind me of the more old fashioned chick lit books (back before they were called chick lit) - not the bodice rippers with Fabio on the cover, but the women's novels my mom used to read.

While Sophie Kinsella's protagonists tend to be younger, less sure of themselves, and more unsettled with their careers and relationships, Madeleine Wickham's heroines are a bit older and more established in their lives. Sophie Kinsella's main characters are still trying to find themselves, while Madeleine Wickham's characters are taking stock of their situations to decide if they've made a wrong turn somewhere.

There's nothing wrong with either of these styles/books, but I prefer books like Can You Keep a Secret? Although I like the issues that the Madeleine Wickham characters explore in theory, in practice I find the light frothy Sophie Kinsella books more enjoyable, perhaps because the Madeleine Wickham books remind me of reading my mom's old books when I was 12.

Sleeping Arrangements is similar to the two previous Madeleine Wickham novels I have read (The Gatecrasher and Cocktails for Three) in that it has a more serious tone and focuses on adult issues. Two families end up sharing the same villa in Spain due to their mutual friend promising it to both of them during the same week. Instead of wacky hijinks ensuing, the two couple's relationships with each other as well as the other individuals bring up questions about happiness, fidelity, and family. Although some of the plot was predictable, I was pleasantly surprised by the ending. In short, this was a quick read that was a nice way to pass a few hours but I won't be seeking out my own copy.

Thanks to angellica for sharing this book with us!

Journal Entry 28 by silverstarry from Berkeley, California USA on Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Mailed to BOKWORMY today!

Journal Entry 29 by BOKWORMY on Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Just received it in the post thanks to silverstarry and I´m really looking forward to reading this book. Hope to be quick *-)

Thanks angellica for sharing this book with me!

Hug from Lisbon X

Journal Entry 30 by BOKWORMY at on Monday, June 26, 2006

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On the way to Pepita-di-Corfu in Greece hope you enjoy it (",)

This was my first Madeleine Wickham really had a great laugh. It was a page turner.

Thanks for sharing it!

Journal Entry 31 by pepita-di-Corfu from Thessaloniki - Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloniki Greece on Friday, June 30, 2006
this is what everyone calls "so many books so little time"... i have another Madeleine Wickham bookring here with me that i need to finish and then i'm getting on this one. Funny thing is this other bookring is going to BOKWORMY after me! So thanks for sending this now, and also thanks so much for the wonderful wishes. I hope i'll enjoy this one as much as you did!

Journal Entry 32 by pepita-di-Corfu from Thessaloniki - Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloniki Greece on Friday, July 7, 2006
among the other Madeleine Wickham books i think this is the best i've read so far. I guess that's because it reminds me a bit of the way she writes as Sophie Kinsella. A bit funny, a bit loving but overall easy read. I'll be pming SueFitz to ask for an address now.

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mailed today to the next participant. Thanks angellica for the bookring!

Journal Entry 34 by Suefitz from Saratoga, California USA on Friday, July 28, 2006
Looks like a fun read - will try to move through quickly.

What a great book - fun and entertaining.

Journal Entry 35 by Suefitz at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, October 16, 2006

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Released to aramena in OK. Enjoy the book it was a great one.

Journal Entry 36 by wingAramenawing from Noble, Oklahoma USA on Monday, October 23, 2006
Arrived over the weekend!

Journal Entry 37 by wingAramenawing from Noble, Oklahoma USA on Sunday, November 19, 2006
I liked this book even better than the first M. Wickham I read (The Gatecrasher). While I agreed with everyone else who felt Gerard deserved a comepuppance, it didn't really bother me that he didn't get one. In my mind I can imagine his reaction to...well, those of you who have read so far know what I mean! I really felt for Chloe having to deal with her son and Jenna. I have a 16 year old, although mine is a daughter, but I can still emphathize with Chloe! I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of the Wickham books!

ETA Mailed to next person 11/20/06.

Journal Entry 38 by TemekuGirl from Temecula, California USA on Thursday, January 18, 2007
Just received and started reading it. Will read and send off to it's next stop as soon as possible. Thanks!

Journal Entry 39 by TemekuGirl from Temecula, California USA on Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Finished a couple days ago. Was very similar to the 2 other books that I read from this author. Very similar themes. The whole secrets, affairs, and the things the kids do behind the parent's backs ... are in all 3 of the books, that I can see. Good book though. Will send off as soon as possible.

Journal Entry 40 by collectorkerri from Springfield, Illinois USA on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
I thought this book was lost. Toxickittikiss PMed me about it in January, but apparently didn't mail it until about 3 weeks ago. I'm glad to finally receive it, and will read ASAP.

Journal Entry 41 by collectorkerri from Springfield, Illinois USA on Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Wow, what a well-traveled book! I enjoyed it as a good, light read. I do, like some others, wish Gerard had gotten in more trouble at the end for his meddling, but such as it is with some people--they never get what they deserve.

Sent on to momofap today.

Journal Entry 42 by momofap from Sheldon, Iowa USA on Monday, June 4, 2007
This book arrived in the mail today! I am sitting down to start reading it tonight. I hope to have the book finished by June 12th. Is there a reason that I am listed twice on this ring? I really only want to read the book once:)

Journal Entry 43 by momofap from Sheldon, Iowa USA on Saturday, June 9, 2007
This was a fast pace book that had some interesting twists and turns. I really enjoyed the character of Jenna. She was a nanny and did her job well, she knew when to let a secret slip and when to hold her tongue. Even though Phillip tried to relax, he failed to and that fact made him unlikable to me. I might in the future try another book by this author. I will send this book to the next person as soon as I have an address.

Journal Entry 44 by momofap from Sheldon, Iowa USA on Sunday, June 17, 2007
This book is on its way to AuburnCaMom in the mail tomorrow (06/18/2007). I never could get an address for kimsbooks03. Hope everyone enjoys reading this book.

Journal Entry 45 by AuburnCaMom from Auburn, California USA on Saturday, June 30, 2007
Arrived safely. Lots on my plate....promise to try to get to it soon.

Journal Entry 46 by AuburnCaMom from Auburn, California USA on Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Going to try and start tonight. I have read alot of 'chick lit' lately, hope I am not burnt out. If I cant get into it fairly quickly I will forward it on.

Journal Entry 47 by AuburnCaMom from Auburn, California USA on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Couldnt get into it. Sent 2nd pm to next in line. Hope to get out soon.

Journal Entry 48 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Any news on this book?

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