The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

by Melissa Bank | Women's Fiction |
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
Registered by drutt of Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on 5/26/2005
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Journal Entry 1 by drutt from Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on Thursday, May 26, 2005
Amazon.co.uk Review
Every once in a while a novel sinks into your consciousness that bit deeper than the others. Weeks and years later, apart from recounting the plot, you're left with a feeling, a sense of its soul. It may yet be too early to tell if the The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing will be memorable, but it's soon enough to tell that it defines an epoch. Melissa Bank has written a definitive account of the journey into adulthood, a female perspective on mating and dating. Any woman born this half of the 20th century, who's enjoyed (endured?) more than one relationship with the other side will warm to this funny, frank and sensitive novel. Jane Rosenal's entrée to the world of significant relationships begins with her older brother's older woman. The bewildered teenager's naive understanding and disbelief as the relationship disintegrates before her eyes should have served as a mighty warning on the perils of the mating game. But, hey, what's a little knowledge without bitter experience? As Jane grows into, and out of, a career in publishing, so she melts into, and out of, a series of pointless affairs. Throw in a few life- shattering personal experiences along the way, a near- disastrous encounter with a self-help manual, How to Meet and Marry Mr Right, and finally, Jane learns the secret that has eluded her for so long. Elegantly written and searingly honest, Melissa Bank's debut novel is one to recommend to all your girlfriends - single or not.

Journal Entry 2 by drutt from Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, September 17, 2005
On its way, with The World's Stupidest Laws to hunnyb, in exchange for The Cat Who Went to Paris.

Journal Entry 3 by hunnyb from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, September 25, 2005
Thanks drutt! Received this today :) Looks great - it's tagged as the thinking woman's Helen Fielding (author of Bridget Jones' Diary)? Interesting!

Journal Entry 4 by hunnyb from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Friday, September 30, 2005
This was fantastic! Chicklit but with a darker, wittier side. Explores relationships really well, and I liked the changes in narrator (although it did seem a little confusing at times). Thanks so much drutt for sharing this - I think I'll offer it as a bookray to let it continue on its travels.

Journal Entry 5 by hunnyb from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, October 6, 2005
This is now a bookray with the following participants:

ocenass
airyaa
MMPA
anna1000
charlieboots76
boomda181
amambaw
bookreadera
vicki9170
kylieoz
purple-lilly

Please try to move the book on within 4 weeks :) Thanks!

Journal Entry 6 by oceanss on Friday, November 4, 2005
Got it in the mail today.
I'm gonna read it ASAP.

Journal Entry 7 by oceanss on Friday, November 11, 2005
I read it over the weekend. I should say that it didn't appeal to me very much, but it was worth a try.
I'm going to pass it to the 2nd person.

Released 18 yrs ago (11/19/2005 UTC) at -- By post or by hand/ in person, RABCK , bookring/ray in Tehran, Tehran Iran

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I mailed it to Paria today.
I think it'll take about 1 week to reach there.

Journal Entry 9 by airyaa on Thursday, November 24, 2005
It arrived just on time. I'd finished reading The Eyre Affair and was looking for another book to read.
Thanks hunnyb for the ray. :)
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(Nov 26)
Enjoyable read though I didn't understand why chapter "The Possible Light" and "You Could be Anyone" were included in the story... I saw no relation.
And I must confess that the cover is not interesting at all.
I pmed MMPA and am waiting for address.

Journal Entry 10 by airyaa at Controlled Release in Oeiras, Lisboa (distrito) Portugal on Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Released 18 yrs ago (11/29/2005 UTC) at Controlled Release in Oeiras, Lisboa (distrito) Portugal

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Journal Entry 11 by hunnyb from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Friday, February 17, 2006
This bookray seems to be lost in transit and has been kindly replaced by a new copy.

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