Journal Entry 1 by debnance from Alvin, Texas USA on Thursday, June 16, 2005

TBR 

Journal Entry 2 by debnance from Alvin, Texas USA on Saturday, June 25, 2005

It's got to be tough to have written a wonderful, best-selling book. Think of the anxiety you feel. How will you ever do that again?

Kidd seems to have tried. Hard. But she's not very good at hiding it; the book feels like a quilt she's stitched together of little pieces of everything that worked in Secret Life: mythology and friendships and the outdoors. But I kept seeing all her little pencil marks where she planned to sew everything together and she wasn't that good at erasing them and lots of places the little pieces of fabric didn't really fit together very well.

But she tried. Hard.
 

Journal Entry 3 by debnance at please use CONTROLLED RELEASES country -- thanks! in Alvin, Texas USA on Monday, August 01, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (8/1/2005 UTC) at please use CONTROLLED RELEASES country -- thanks! in Alvin, Texas USA

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Off to another reader! 

Journal Entry 4 by Passonmybooks from Des Moines, Iowa USA on Friday, August 05, 2005

Caught via US mail in a trade with fellow bookcrosser debnance. Thanks! I've already jumped right in to this one. 

Journal Entry 5 by Passonmybooks from Des Moines, Iowa USA on Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Maybe it's just me (I have been unusually weepy lately) but this book was very good, and I was weeping, no, sobbing, at the end. Caveat: this may just be a function of the state of my life in general lately.

I liked this book very much. 

Journal Entry 6 by lisabb2 from Grimes, Iowa USA on Saturday, September 09, 2006

Got this one from passonmybooks at the meetup today. Will read soon. 

Journal Entry 7 by lisabb2 from Grimes, Iowa USA on Saturday, December 23, 2006

Pretty good but I liked Kidd's other book Secret Life of Bees better. I got a good cry out of this one and liked the storyline...although the mermaid chair theme was sort of far fetched to me!!! 

Journal Entry 8 by lisabb2 from Grimes, Iowa USA on Sunday, January 07, 2007

Gave to iagal to read...enjoy!!! 

Journal Entry 9 by iagal from Urbandale, Iowa USA on Saturday, July 14, 2007

I can't believe I didn't log this book - I'm sorry, Lisa.

I enjoyed the writing but agree - not as good as bees. Saw the made for TV movie and didn't like that version at all. Still, glad I picked this one up to read. Will pass this one along... 

Journal Entry 10 by lisabb2 from Grimes, Iowa USA on Sunday, July 15, 2007

Got this one back...will release it somewhere... 

Journal Entry 11 by iagal at Panera Bread - 2839 86th Street in Urbandale, Iowa USA on Sunday, July 15, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (7/15/2007 UTC) at Panera Bread - 2839 86th Street in Urbandale, Iowa USA

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Released back to Lisa... 

Journal Entry 12 by lisabb2 from Grimes, Iowa USA on Friday, August 03, 2007

Sending this off to Infantrywife101 as a RABCK!!! 

Journal Entry 13 by Infantrywife101 from Jackson, New Jersey USA on Friday, August 10, 2007

Thank you so much! I got this in the mail today & plan to read it soon! 

Journal Entry 14 by Infantrywife101 from Jackson, New Jersey USA on Sunday, August 12, 2007

I got this book as a RABCK from someone, as it was on my wishlist from a really long time ago. To be honest, I don''t even remember why it was that I originally wanted to read it.
I found myself getting completely lost in this book-in the good way! When I was not reading it, I felt as though I was missing a good part in a movie, and I wanted to get back to it as fast as I could.
The story was easy to follow, and for women who have been married for more than 10 years, (I have only been married 7), I imagine that they might have felt a lot of what the main character in this book was feeling.
My mother died last year, and I had a lot of inner demons that I have been dealing with due to her loss, and this book brought out some of that as well, being that the main character, too, suffers a loss.
I loved picturing the island on which this story takes place...that was probably my most favorite part. You could almost smell the sea as Jessie walks along the beach.
Truly a good read, and for whatever reason that I originally had it on my wishlist-I am glad I put it there! 

Journal Entry 15 by Infantrywife101 at A Fellow BX'er in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, New Jersey USA on Saturday, September 22, 2007

Released 4 yrs ago (9/24/2007 UTC) at A Fellow BX'er in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, New Jersey USA

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Off to buffy in Canada! Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 16 by buffy25 from Moncton, New Brunswick Canada on Thursday, October 18, 2007

Recieved from infantrywife101.Thanks so much.