Journal Entry 1 by enitsirhc72 from Bickenbach, Hessen Germany on Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Amazon.com's Best of 2001
They were just a soft, ordinary pair of thrift-shop jeans until the four girls took turns trying them on--four girls, that is, who are close friends, about to be parted for the summer, with very different sizes and builds, not to mention backgrounds and personalities. Yet the pants settle on each girl's hips perfectly, making her look sexy and long-legged and feel confident as a teenager can feel. "These are magical Pants!" they realize, and so they make a pact to share them equally, to mail them back and forth over the summer from wherever they are. Beautiful, distant Lena is going to Greece to be with her grandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to soccer camp in Baja, California; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced father all to herself in South Carolina; and Tibby the rebel will be left at home to slave for minimum wage at Wallman's.

Over the summer the Pants come to represent the support of the sisterhood, but they also lead each girl into bruising and ultimately healing confrontations with love and courage, dying and forgiveness. Lena finds her identity in Greece and the courage not to reject love; Bridget gets in over her head with an older camp coach; Carmen finds her father ensconced with a new fiancée and family; and Tibby unwillingly takes on a filmmaking apprentice who is dying of leukemia. Each girl's story is distinct and engrossing, told in a brightly contemporary style. Like the Pants, the reader bounces back and forth among the four unfolding adventures, and the melange is spiced with letters and witty quotes. Ann Brashares has here created four captivating characters and seamlessly interwoven their stories for a young adult novel that is fresh and absorbing. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell 

Journal Entry 2 by enitsirhc72 from Bickenbach, Hessen Germany on Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Mir hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen. Die vier Mädchen sind mir richtig ans Herz gewachsen und ich habe richtig mitgefiebert, was sie erlebt haben, wie sie sich in diesem Sommer verändert haben und wie die Jeans rundgeschickt wurde. Ein Jeans-Ring sozusagen *gg*.
Ich habe mich Lena am nächsten gefühlt, aber auch in der trotzigen Art von Carmen habe ich mich ein bißchen wiedergefunden. Nur mit Bridget habe ich, glaube ich, gar nichts gemeinsam.
Auf jeden Fall bin ich gespannt, wie es nächsten Sommer weitergeht.


I really liked this book. The four girls grew close to my heart and was eager to know, what happened to them, how they changed during the summer and how they sent the pants on to the next one. A Pants-Ring *gg*
For me Lena was the closest to my character, but I also found myself a little bit in the sullen Carmen. But I think, I have nothing in common with Bridget.
Now I want to know, what happens in the next summer... 

Journal Entry 3 by enitsirhc72 from Bickenbach, Hessen Germany on Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Hieraus wird ein Buchring. Die Teilnehmer sind

1. KatColorado, Zürich, CH
2. Sunneschii, Zürich, CH
3. toefte, Köln, D
4. Julia--Koelpin, Meerbusch, D
5. Coco7, Sprendlingen, D
6. Lilo37Fee, Kelheim, D
7. pumpernickelsch, Dieburg, D
8. eimer42, Rostock, D
9. -Baghira-, Jena, D
10. mimi4711, Köln, D
 

Journal Entry 4 by KatColorado from Zürich, Zürich Switzerland on Sunday, May 22, 2005

Wow, das ging ja schnell, so schnell, dass ich gar nicht da war, als der Bookring ankam, ich war nämlich in Italien... Ich hoffe, es ist in Ordnung, dass ich zuerst noch ein anderes Buch lesen möchte, einen Bookring, den ich schon begonnen habe... Ich werde TSOTTP aber spätestens beim nächsten Meetup am 9. Juni an Sunneschii weitergeben.

Vielen Dank enitsirhc72 für diesen Spontiring, dafür ich liebe ich den WAS LEST IHR GERADE thread ;-)) 

Journal Entry 5 by KatColorado from Zürich, Zürich Switzerland on Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Ups, what did I do. I started reading it this afternoon and I just couldn't stop anymore. It's almost midnight now but I had to finish it right away. It's not that the story is particularly deep but it kind of sucked me in ;-))

I liked Tibby best. She started out with the boring summer, a stupid job, all her friends gone. Then she met Bailey and she started to look behind the obvious of people's faces, saw that there were a lot of interesting stories hidden behind the normal. Even though her summer was very sad in the end I think she learned most from it.

I also liked Bridget. In the beginning she got on my nerves, with all her activity, with her overlarge selfesteem. Then she lost it and I could understand her reasons much better.

Carmen and Lena were okay but I found them not as interesting as the other two (which shows that everybody likes different things, because I think it was just the other way round with you, enitsirhc72...)

In the beginning I thought I would just like to have a similar pair of jeans, a pair that just makes you look better. Then I changed my mind, now I think the friendship thing is much more important.

I will pass the book to Sunneschii at the next meetup in Zürich, which will be on the 9th of June. 

Journal Entry 6 by KatColorado at Café Gloria (OBCZ) in Zürich, Zürich Switzerland on Wednesday, June 08, 2005

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The pants will come to the meetUp tomorrow and will then go on to Sunneschii. 

Journal Entry 7 by Sunneschii from Zürich, Zürich Switzerland on Thursday, June 09, 2005

I got this book today at the meetup!
Now I know what I have to do in train.... I have to pass this book to toefte tomorrow evening!:-)


EDIT after reading:

I liked the book.. it was definitely the right lecture for a train travel. But I had to be careful: Only 50 pages an hour...;-)

Well... I liked Carmen best. Or Tibby.
I think I'm most like Carmen... caring for others, but emotional and a bit lost herself.


But they are all nice... and their friendship is great!:-) 

Journal Entry 8 by Sunneschii at Beuel, "Bahnhöfchen" in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Thursday, June 09, 2005

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I'll give this book to toefte tomorrow... I hope I've read it until then.... and I hope toefte will come to the meetup!:-)

EDIT: I gave it to Arcon... so he will be to blame if the book is lost...;-) 

Journal Entry 9 by toefte from Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Sunday, June 12, 2005

Well, unfortunately I couldn't make it to the MeetUp. But I picked the book up at Arcon's today. Thanks for giving it to him, Sunneschii! And thank you very much for the swiss chocolate! :) Ich werde sie mir gut einteilen. :)

Tomorrow morning I'm taking off to a seminar, which will last until friday. I know from experience that I will have very much freetime at this seminar, and I hope that I can use this to read the book.
 

Journal Entry 10 by toefte from Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Saturday, June 18, 2005

Yesterday I got back from the seminar. And yesterday I finished reading the book. I wanted to use the book as a pastime in the numerous breaks, not knowing that once I've got into it, I would ever be looking forward to the next break. :) I really liked the book. It was funny, sad and thought-provoking at the same time. I liked all of the characters Ann Brashares created and can't really decide to whom I felt connected the most. Maybe Lena, because I like the way she reacts to different things and how she cares about things that are important to her. Or Tibby, because I know this process of opening up to other persons and how hard it is.
But what I like most about this book is, that it shows a real friendship. A friendship that is so deep, that being away from each other only lets it grow deeper.

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Thank you very much, enitsirhc72, for starting this bookring! 

Journal Entry 11 by Julia--Koelpin from Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Kam heute mit der Post. 

Journal Entry 12 by coco7 from Sprendlingen, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on Thursday, November 03, 2005

Surprise, surprise! The book arrived yesterday. 

Journal Entry 13 by coco7 from Sprendlingen, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on Friday, November 11, 2005

A touching story of a deep and enviable friendship.
I felt closest to Lena, could feel with Carmen and cry with Tibby, and found it hard to understand Bridget.
Now I'd like to read the sequels, too. 

Journal Entry 14 by Lilo37fee on Sunday, November 20, 2005

Thank you very much for sending the book! I have already started reading. 

Journal Entry 15 by Lilo37fee on Monday, November 21, 2005

This is really a beautiful book! I like these girls and will surely read the second book. I like them all! The different characteres and their way to live are very well described.
I hope I will get the next adress soon so the book can travel on! 

Journal Entry 16 by pumpernickelsch from Dresden, Sachsen Germany on Thursday, December 01, 2005

thx for sending ... I wanna read it so fast as I can 

Journal Entry 17 by pumpernickelsch from Dresden, Sachsen Germany on Wednesday, December 14, 2005

a wonderful book ... I could imagine myself into everyone, not everytime but ... *s* have somebody the second book?

i send it, if i get they address from eimer42 ... enjoy it!!! 

Journal Entry 18 by eimer42 from Germering, Bayern Germany on Thursday, December 22, 2005

The book just arrived. Thank you! I hope it´s some good entertainment for the Christmas days.

Update 30.12.2005:
This was good entertainment on my train ride when I went home for Christmas. I really liked this book. But I am not really excited about it, which is probably because I expected a lot due to the many very excited comments I have read before I decided to participate in this bookring. Although there is nothing I disliked about this book. I think I am just too old for it because the main topic it is dealing with is growing up and the struggels of adolescence. I am sure I would have loved it some years ago and really recommend it for twelve to sixteen-year-old girls. I think I have never had more difficulties to decide how many stars I should give a book (because it is is really good but I didn´t like it enough to give a lot of stars). Okay..hm..let's say...hmm... I decide for seven stars! 

Journal Entry 19 by -Baghira- from Enskede, Stockholm Sweden on Thursday, January 12, 2006

Thanks for sending!The book arrived some days ago, but I just returned from my holidays yesterday evening.

Update (22.1.06):
Finished reading, and already wrote to mimi 4711 to ask for her adress.

As for the valuation of the book- it seems I have the same problem as eimer42..I'm just too old! I mean, I really liked the book, it was nicely written and lovely story, but I didn't get excited about it as I would have expected from the other comments before! so it's also only seven stars from me, but that's not the book's fault... 

Journal Entry 20 by mimi4711 from Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Friday, February 10, 2006

it arrived today - as usual together with another bookring (why do these rings always arrive flocks?!?) 

Journal Entry 21 by mimi4711 from Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Friday, June 30, 2006

I've finished the book!! First i thought that i might not make it, but i did.
I did like the book, although i think i'm too old for it (as some others have said before). It would have been a really excellent read being 20 or younger. I liked the four different characters and the style of writing - but the book did make me feel old. The four girls experienced a lot of things - i reckon - you can only experience when you're young.
I liked Baily and Tibby best.

edit 3.7.2006:
im Auftrag von enitsirhc72 eröffne ich eine erweiterte RING-Liste:

11. Sternschnuppe28
12. lady-liberty
13. favouritecat
14. Kiki66
DU?

edit 6.7.06: heute geht der Ring weiter. Leider sind in der Mitte ein paar Seiten lose (kamen schon so bei mir an.) Da ich, was Bastelarbeiten angeht, mindestens 2 linke Hände habe (fragt meine Tochter...), habe ich sie nicht geklebt. Vielleicht kann das ja einer der Nachleser machen.
Viel Spaß mit dem Buch. 

Journal Entry 22 by mimi4711 at Per Post geschickt in -- Per Post geschickt / Persönlich weitergegeben --, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Thursday, July 06, 2006

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geht heute in die Post! 

Journal Entry 23 by Sternschnuppe28 from Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on Monday, July 10, 2006

After having reducing my MTBR slightly during the last weekend, it´s piling up again today. Thanks for this bookcring! 

Journal Entry 24 by Sternschnuppe28 from Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on Tuesday, July 18, 2006

what a sweet book for the summer! I really loved and enjoyed reading about Tibby´s, Lena´s, Bridget´s and Carmen´s first summer apart. All four girls are special. The story is told in a way, that you can hardly put the book aside and just want to keep on reading about their second summer ... I already looked for the book in the German forum, but have been not quite successful till now and did a second search in the book wish one, where I eventually found book No. 3 this morning. So maybe anyone from this ring´s participants has book 2 and is wiling to borrow it? Or more are interested in reading the other books? - in that case, just let me know. Either way I find the book, I will start a ring, even if I have to buy it with amazon.

I mailed the book off to lady-liberty two days ago. 

Journal Entry 25 by Sternschnuppe28 from Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on Tuesday, July 18, 2006

good news: Amberkatze will RABACK me part 2, so I will offer a ring with it. PM me, if you want to join. 

Journal Entry 26 by Shopgirl-NY152 from Coburg, Bayern Germany on Thursday, July 27, 2006

Nur ganz schnell ein Eintrag, dass ich The Sisterhood von lady-liberty übernommen, gelesen und schon an favouritecat weitergeschickt habe. Ausführlicheres folgt noch.

Die losen Seiten in der Mitte sind wieder eingeklebt und halten hoffentlich für eine Weile!

DANKE für den Ring! 

Journal Entry 27 by favouritecat on Monday, July 31, 2006

Ich hab das Buch heute mittag aus dem Briefkasten gefischt! Im Moment stapeln sich die Ringe hier gerade, daher kann's ein bisschen dauern. Ich geb mir Muehe!
Vielen Dank schon mal fuer's Schicken! :) 

Journal Entry 28 by favouritecat on Thursday, August 17, 2006

Nachdem ich ein paar Kommentare hier gelesen hab dachte ich mir 'Oh je, ich bin wahrscheinlich mindestent 15 Jahre zu alt fuer das Buch!' Aber sobald ich angefangen hatte zu lesen konnte ich's nicht mehr weglegen. Sehr unterhaltsam geschrieben, und man faengt an zu schauen, wem man am aehnlichsten ist (ich tippe bei mir auf eine Mischung aus Carmen und Tibby, falls es jemanden interessiert! *g*), so wie das ja z.B. auch bei Sex and the City und dergleichen ist. Naja, war aber auf jeden Fall unterhaltsam und das Buch hat sich heute auf den Weg zu Kiki66 gemacht! 

Journal Entry 29 by Kiki66 from Gauting, Bayern Germany on Monday, August 21, 2006

Die Hosen sind heute gut angekommen! Danke erstmal fuer's Schicken - ich denke, ich kann es bald lesen..
The pants arrived today! thanks for sending them - I'm going to read it as soon as poosible... 

Journal Entry 30 by Kiki66 from Gauting, Bayern Germany on Thursday, August 24, 2006

I finished the book yesterday - it was a good fast read and I enjoyed it a lot...
Even though I couldn't relate to the girls (I AM too old :-)) I liked their different ways and experiences (I was a bit annoyed with Lena who couldn't open her mouth to set things right...)

So what happens to the book now? 

Journal Entry 31 by Kiki66 at BookRing in -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Bayern Germany on Tuesday, August 29, 2006

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Since no one else wanted to read this book it is on its way back to enitsirhc72 ! 

Journal Entry 32 by enitsirhc72 from Bickenbach, Hessen Germany on Thursday, August 31, 2006

This book has arrived home safely. Iwant to thank everybody, who has joined this bookring. 

Journal Entry 33 by enitsirhc72 from Bickenbach, Hessen Germany on Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Das Buch macht sich auf den Weg zu Qantaqa. Viel Spaß damit. 

Journal Entry 34 by Qantaqa from Dachau, Bayern Germany on Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Thanks a lot for lending me this book - I've heard so many good things about it that I now cannot wait to get started. 

Journal Entry 35 by Qantaqa from Dachau, Bayern Germany on Saturday, October 17, 2009

It took me quite some time to start reading the book (lots of bookrings piling up), but once I got started, I finished in less than two days. I loved the book a lot - so much that I went ahead and ordered the second volume in the series right after finishing this book. Now I know for sure that I am still sixteen at heart :)! I think I liked Tibby's story best, with Carmen's a close second, and Bridget's story the least (though I really liked the ending to that story as well).
Thanks a lot for sharing! The book is now ready to travel back home. 

Journal Entry 36 by enitsirhc72 from Bickenbach, Hessen Germany on Monday, October 26, 2009

The book arived safely at home. Thank you.