Of Marriageable Age
10 journalers for this copy...
Set in Tamil Nadu, Georgetown (in what is now Belize)& Madras the stories of Nat, Sarjoi & Savitri are told over the decades, dramas & legacies that intertwine them.
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
Journal Entry 2 by scotsbookie from Peebles, Scotland United Kingdom on Saturday, September 17, 2005
Postal release as good luck/hope your enjoying your new job RABCK to LyzzyBee. Saw it was on your wish list.
Journal Entry 3 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Awww - thank you scotsbookie! I help to introduce you to BookCrossing, and you share a book with me!
I will read this soon (ish!) and either pass it to someone I know will like it or put it in the Hudsons OBCZ
Thankyou again!
[edit] and thanks for the choc bars too - G&B, my favourites! very naughty but thank you so much!
I will read this soon (ish!) and either pass it to someone I know will like it or put it in the Hudsons OBCZ
Thankyou again!
[edit] and thanks for the choc bars too - G&B, my favourites! very naughty but thank you so much!
Journal Entry 4 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 28, 2005
A wonderful, fat, satisfying novel, following the fortunes of three main characters on 2 continents (Asia and South America), allowing their intertwining stories to reveal their connections subtly. The last 100 page section was such a page-turner, raced through in my eagerness to see how the stories were resolved!
(note to scotsbookie, can you please change the author name to Maas not Haas, only the originating registerer is allowed to change these details - cheers!)
Offering this excellent book on a ring...
(note to scotsbookie, can you please change the author name to Maas not Haas, only the originating registerer is allowed to change these details - cheers!)
Offering this excellent book on a ring...
Journal Entry 5 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 28, 2005
BOOKRING!Usual rules apply...
Make a journal entry when you receive the book
Contact the next reader for their address when you are almost done
Post a review when you've read the book - please try to send it on within a month of receipt if you can
Make a journal entry or controlled release notes when you send the book on
PARTICIPANTS
Katisha50 UK (UK)
stacyinthecity US New York (US preferred)
pammykn US Florida (Anywhere)
JuneBug31 Canada (Anywhere) ===== asked to be skipped
AmberC Australia (prefers Australia)
CaterinaAnna UK (anywhere)
Angellica UK (anywhere)
AnglersRest UK (UK)
it's on its way...
... back to me!
Released 18 yrs ago (1/28/2006 UTC) at
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Giving to Katisha50 today to start the ring!
Giving to Katisha50 today to start the ring!
Journal Entry 7 by Katisha50 from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, January 29, 2006
Thanks, LyzzyBee! Should start it sometime next week, and finish on the plane to JFK.
Journal Entry 8 by Katisha50 from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Thursday, February 9, 2006
Actually finished it a few days ago - so good I couldn't put it down. Had to keep concentrating to be sure which person I was reading about, and the parentage of some of the characters really kept me guessing. There is a glossary at the back of the book, which I didn't find until some way through the book.
Taking it to New York next week to pass to the next in the ring, stacyinthecity.
Taking it to New York next week to pass to the next in the ring, stacyinthecity.
I received this book today from Katisha50 in Grand Central terminal in NYC! How exciting that this book has come so far! I just finished my previous book yesterday, I'll be able to start this one immediately! I'm looking forward to it!
This was a wonderful, beautiful book. The descriptions were so rich, and the characters fully developed, flaws and all. It is a love story fueled by tragedy and spanning generations. This book has inspired me and it has taught me much about that period of India's history.
I highly recommend this book.
It is on its way to the next person on the list. Unfortunately, while I was recently in that part of the country for a trip, I was not able to pass it on in person as our time constraints were tighter than I thought and I did not have enough internet access to even contact the next person to see if she was available for an in person transfer.
I highly recommend this book.
It is on its way to the next person on the list. Unfortunately, while I was recently in that part of the country for a trip, I was not able to pass it on in person as our time constraints were tighter than I thought and I did not have enough internet access to even contact the next person to see if she was available for an in person transfer.
The book is here, am just starting. Thanks!
Took me a bit to get into the momentum of this one. The alternating chapters of the 3 main characters were too many quick starts & stops. BUT at around the 300 page mark -- the pages flew. Once the characters finally linked & their stories were heavily enmeshed I was engrossed in the story. Thanks so much for sharing. Have contacted Junebug31 & will mail out as soon as I get the addy.
sending to AmberC, junebug30 asked to be skipped.
Received today in the midst of moving madness. It is on top of Mt TBR.
I enjoyed the different characters experiences and attitudes, the way the seperate threads gradually came together nad kept me guessing all the way about just how these peoples stories would come together. The twists at the end just as I thought I had it worked out added to the story.
Thanks for sharing LYzzyBee.
To be posted to CaterinaAnna on Monday.
Thanks for sharing LYzzyBee.
To be posted to CaterinaAnna on Monday.
Journal Entry 16 by Caterinaanna from Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom on Friday, October 6, 2006
Arrived on Wednesday, but not journalled because I had just about time to rip it open before heading out to the Birmingham Literary festival launch & quiz. Then I had a migrane the next day, so no books or computers. Today was therefore recovery day (yes, it was one of those ones - no food, fake sleep)so I thought I'd sneak a peek while I had a drink before starting on some sitting down type work at home ...
errr... I've finished it and can add little to the comments already made, mostly because I now really need to get the sleep I should have been getting during today!
Off to angellica as soon as ...
errr... I've finished it and can add little to the comments already made, mostly because I now really need to get the sleep I should have been getting during today!
Off to angellica as soon as ...
Journal Entry 17 by Caterinaanna at book ring in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, October 15, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (10/13/2006 UTC) at book ring in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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Courtesy of online postage & the collection from work ...
Courtesy of online postage & the collection from work ...
Journal Entry 18 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, October 16, 2006
Arrived safely today. I am in bookring hell atm. Please give me a push if I'm holding the ring up too much
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing
Journal Entry 19 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Sorry Lyzzybee - I haven't had much time to read recently due to a string of catastrophies so I have posted this on to Anglersrest unread.
Thanks for letting me share in this book.
Sorry for the delay :(
Thanks for letting me share in this book.
Sorry for the delay :(
This arrived today, along with another bookring, so my ring pile totals 8. Will be a few weeks before this is moving again.
I spotted this book loitering at the bottom of my work bag, surprised as was sure that I had posted this.
A gentle novel, where the main three characters are bought to live across the decades.
In the post back to LyzzyBee in the next day or so.
A gentle novel, where the main three characters are bought to live across the decades.
In the post back to LyzzyBee in the next day or so.
Journal Entry 22 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Thursday, February 22, 2007
Hooray! it's made it home again! Thanks to all the ring participants, and to Julie/Anglersrest for the postcard of Hay-on-Wye, and someone mysterious for the teabags!
Oh - it came to me as a RABCK for starting my new Library job, and arrived back home from its ring on the first day of my secondment to Stratford!
It's going into the Permanent Collection, pending getting a non BC copy, but always available for loan or ring.
Oh - it came to me as a RABCK for starting my new Library job, and arrived back home from its ring on the first day of my secondment to Stratford!
It's going into the Permanent Collection, pending getting a non BC copy, but always available for loan or ring.
Journal Entry 23 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Friday, August 31, 2007
Managed to score a copy for my Permanent Collection in one of the many charity shops of Kings Heath, so this is now going to be made available again. I will put it in an OBCZ or pass it to someone who requests it, though, as it's been round so many people!
Journal Entry 24 by LyzzyBee at Hudson's, 122-124 Colmore Row in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Friday, September 21, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (9/22/2007 UTC) at Hudson's, 122-124 Colmore Row in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
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At the Birmingham BookCrossing meetup. If it's not picked up by a fellow BookCrosser at the event, it will go into the Official BookCrossing Zone.
At the Birmingham BookCrossing meetup. If it's not picked up by a fellow BookCrosser at the event, it will go into the Official BookCrossing Zone.
Journal Entry 25 by Nicki1980 from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, September 22, 2007
Caught at today's meetup in Hudsons, Colmore Row, Birmingham
