Journal Entry 1 by CheriePie from Campbell, California USA on Thursday, July 07, 2005

This is the fifth book in Janet Evanovich's Full series.

From back cover:
The temperature's on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Annie Fortenberry, who has inherited her grandmother's B&B (and its eccentric handyman Erdle Thorney). According to a local psychic she also inherited a spirit from its glory days as a brothel--not the kind of publicity the Peach Tree Bed & Breakfast needs if it's hosting millionare Max Holt's upcoming wedding! If rumors of a naughty, prank-playing ghost aren't stressful enough, a mysterious man has arrived with an eye on Annie and her master suite. Wes Bridges is all leather and denim, sporting a two-day beard, straddling a Harley, and sending the B&B's testosterone level through the roof. Annie's cool demeanor may be dropping as fast as Wes's jeans, but leave it to her missing ex-husband to dampen the passion! Turns out someone has done him in, and all evidence points to Annie! Wrapped up in a murder plot, Annie must find the killer, save her own neck, and get back to where she was--wrapped up in Wes's strong loving arms...

We guarantee that you're going to have as much fun reading Full Bloom as we had writing it! (Even if we were surprised by the ending!) And you won't want to miss the hair-raising shenanigans when Fleas, the hound dog, meets the most cantankerous, snooty, bad-tempered, twenty-two-pound orange cat... 

Journal Entry 2 by CheriePie from Campbell, California USA on Sunday, July 31, 2005

I liked this book, though perhaps not quite as much as Full Blast, the 4th book right before this one. Still, a few laugh-out-loud moments and scenes that stay with me for a while and make me chuckle even then is how I determine the mark of a good book, and in that regard, this book certainly did not disappoint. I went through the entire book thinking I knew who the murderer was only to be surprised by a twist ending so I appreciated that.

This book will be starting it's journey as a bookring very shortly... 

Journal Entry 3 by CheriePie from Campbell, California USA on Sunday, July 31, 2005

• The above list order may be modified at any time to accomodate new participants or those who wish to leave the ring. So you should always refer to the list included in this journal entry before mailing the book out after you've finished with it.
  
• After messaging the next person in the list for their address, allow at least a week for a reply (to allow for vacations). You may want to send more than one PM if they don't reply to the first one since I've experienced firsthand issues of BookCrossing PM's not being delivered. In Search Of (ISO) posts in the Bookring Forum also work well. If they haven't replied after 1 to 1-1/2 weeks, skip them and move on to the next person in the list.
  
• Please post a journal entry here (1) when you first receive the book so we all know it has arrived safely, and (2) after you've finished reading it and are ready to send it along. Of course, please include your thoughts and opinions on the book itself too. :)
  
• For courtesy sake, please try not to hang on to this book for more than 4-6 weeks as others are also waiting to read it. If you don't think you can get to the book in that timeframe, you can request to be skipped over and added to the end of the ring instead. Just use your best judgement so as not to hold up the book.
  
• I will continue to accept participants to this bookring even after it has begun it's journey. Newcomers will be either added to the end or else inserted in the most efficient place to keep shipping costs and times most efficient. I can't guarantee that shipping preferences can be honored after the book has started it's journey, so if you're joining the ray after it's started, you should be prepared to ship Internationally if required.

Journal Entry 4 by CheriePie at on Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (8/10/2005 UTC) at

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The ring is being kicked off with the book being sent to the first participant on the list, sunshinedreamr in CT, via Media Mail with Delivery Confirmation # 9102010521297517683612. 

Journal Entry 5 by sunshinedreamr on Friday, August 12, 2005

Book recieved safe and sound. Hopefully I will be able to get to it within the next week or so :) 

Journal Entry 6 by sunshinedreamr on Monday, August 22, 2005

Finished reading it last night and it was great! It was so funny and had a great plot. I was very surprised in the end to find out who the murderer was. Thanks for making this a bookring CheriePie :) I'll be giving it to the next reader RainDrop162004 the next time I see her which will most likely be sometime this week. 

Journal Entry 7 by sunshinedreamr at Bookring in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, September 05, 2005

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I'll be giving this book to RainDrop162004 today. I hope you like the book Juanet! :) 

Journal Entry 8 by bookchick88 from Ravenna, Ohio USA on Tuesday, September 06, 2005

:)

Thanks for passing it on to me Jess!
I will read this after the current book I am divulged in! 

Journal Entry 9 by bookchick88 from Ravenna, Ohio USA on Thursday, September 15, 2005

I love Janet Evanovich! She never fails me when it comes to her books! The "Full" series is one of my faves of hers, other than the Stephanie Plum novels.
I was stuck between two people for the killer, and in the end was wrong on one of them, but got the other right. LoL.
Thanks for including me in this bookring, it was an awesome book!!!

Will be sending out to the next person within a few days... 

Journal Entry 10 by bookchick88 at please use CONTROLLED RELEASE country in New Britain, Connecticut USA on Monday, September 19, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (9/20/2005 UTC) at please use CONTROLLED RELEASE country in New Britain, Connecticut USA

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Sending off to the next participant!

Enjoy!

:))))))) 

Journal Entry 11 by timollie5502 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Thursday, September 22, 2005

Just got this one in the mail today! I've got one in front of it, but I'm really looking forward to it! 

Journal Entry 12 by timollie5502 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Sunday, October 09, 2005

This was a cute story. I had gotten attached to Jamie and Max as main characters in this series, though, and was suprised to see them playing such a small role. But I also enjoyed Annie and Wes! Hope to see more of them all in other 'Full' books!

Mailed on to the next person on 10/10/05. 

Journal Entry 13 by yllus on Monday, October 17, 2005

Received in the mail and ready to read! 

Journal Entry 14 by yllus on Tuesday, November 01, 2005

With school and life getting in the way, I just don't have time to read this right now and hate to hold the ring up. Send PM to next person on the list and will move this along.

I very much appreciate the opportunity though! Thank you for sharing! 

Journal Entry 15 by yllus on Friday, November 04, 2005

Faithful-Reader not able to participate right now. Sent PM to next person and will forward on to them once I receive her address. 

Journal Entry 16 by yllus at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases on Friday, November 11, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (11/11/2005 UTC) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases

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Sending on to Cyber-Librarian! 

Journal Entry 17 by cyber-librarian from Cary, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, November 22, 2005

I received this yesterday from yllus in VA ... as part of this bookring.

c. 2005 -- 344 pages -- Paperback -- #5 in Full series (Full House / Full Tilt / Full Speed / Full Blast / Full Bloom) -- 1 week on the USA Today top-10 Bestseller list (#9 on 4/10/05) 

Journal Entry 18 by cyber-librarian from Cary, North Carolina USA on Tuesday, November 29, 2005

I finished reading this today. As with the other books in the Full series, this is quite a comical, fun book. Sometimes unbelievably funny. I missed Max and Jamie as main characters ... but the reunion with Nick and Billie made up for it. And of course, there's never a dull moment around Dee Dee and Frankie. Now Wes and Annie have joined this fun group.

I have lisabb2 address, so will be mailing this soon. 

Journal Entry 19 by cyber-librarian at book ring in Mailed to fellow bookcrosser, Postal Release -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, December 01, 2005

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I'm mailing this to lisabb2 in IA tomorrow ... as part of this bookring. Delivery Confirmation #0305-0830-0003-5122-8424 used. 

Journal Entry 20 by lisabb2 from Grimes, Iowa USA on Monday, December 05, 2005

Just got in the mail today and will read soon...got another book ahead of this one!!! 

Journal Entry 21 by HallieK from Austin, Texas USA on Saturday, January 07, 2006

Got this in the mail today and can't wait to read it! 

Journal Entry 22 by HallieK from Austin, Texas USA on Friday, January 20, 2006

I had a fun time reading this one! I like this series, although I wasn't crazy about it at first. I was happy that this one involved all the same characters, but centered around Annie instead of Max & Jamie. This was pure hilarity with all the mishaps and outbursts! And, as always, a good mix of romance and mystery!

Mailed to Tanya04 on 2/28/06. 

Journal Entry 23 by dodau from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 13, 2007

Arrived this morning. Next to be read. 

Journal Entry 24 by dodau from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 15, 2007

Another great book in the series. This time set before, during and after Max and Jamies wedding. Great new and old characters and a funny story. 

Journal Entry 25 by dodau at Sent by mail in Bristol, UK, A friend -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, February 22, 2007

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15th May 07
This looks like it may have gotten lost in the postal system so CheriePie has asked me to post here who I mailed it to. As far as I can remember it was to VodkaFairy who was next in line for it. Ususally if I skip a person I try to journal that. If it was travelling abroad it would have been sent surface so it may still be en-route.