Journal Entry 1 by dospescados on Saturday, August 06, 2005

received via frugalreader.com from Jeanne Moses, Nashville, TN

from the dust jacket:

A tour-de-force of history and imagination, The Lady and the Unicorn is Tracy Chevalier's answer to the mystery behind one of the art world's great masterpieces.

A set of bewildering medieval tapestries hangs today in a protected chamber in Paris. They appear to portray a woman's seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown -- until now.

Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house -- mother and daughter, servant and lady-in-waiting -- before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven.

There, master-weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has on finishing the tapestries -- his finest, most intricate work -- on time for his exacting French client. Ill-prepared for the temptation and seduction, he and his family are consumed by the project and their dealings with the full-blooded painter from Paris.

The results change all their lives -- lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.

In The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier weaves fact and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry -- an extraordinary story exquisitely told.

published 2004, 250 pages, hardcover 

Journal Entry 2 by dospescados on Sunday, March 19, 2006

Since I won't get the chance to read this before I move in June or anytime soon after that, I'll ring this to get it out of the way.

Shipping order (subject to change):
stacyinthecity (New York, NY, USA -- US pref.)
atnaturesmercy (Cherry Hill, NJ, US -- US/Can. pref.) -- asked to be skipped
dg7500 (Lancaster, PA, USA -- US pref.)
hulamonkey (Newark, OH, USA -- US only)
GABAGirl (Toledo, OH, USA -- US pref.) <----------en route to
ToXiCKiTTiKiSS (Temecula, CA, USA -- US only)
Sissyrun (Modesto, CA, USA -- US/Can. pref.) -- asked to be skipped
princess1984 (Kanata, ON, Canada -- US/Can. only)
summerbreeze (Surrey, BC, Canada -- int'l)
vainilla79 (Pinto, Madrid, Spain -- Eur. pref.)
pam99 (Glasgow, Scotland -- int'l)
Annelis (Kervala, Finland -- int'l)
home to dospescados in Bloomington, IN, USA

I have no set time period that I ask you to read this in -- I understand there is life beyond Bookcrossing! -- but just be considerate to your fellow ringmates waiting ever so patiently for their turn and keep it moving in a timely fashion. Surface/media mail is fine. Don't hesitate to PM me if you need to be moved farther down the list or removed altogether. 

Journal Entry 3 by stacyinthecity on Monday, April 10, 2006

Recieved this book in the mail today. I've got some books out from the library that I need to read first, but I'll get to this one shortly. It looks like it will be a great book! 

Journal Entry 4 by stacyinthecity on Sunday, June 18, 2006

I finished this book on Thursday. It took some time to get into, but by about 2/3 of the way through, I was reading very quickly! I loved the history in it, and learning about how weaving was done. It was interesting to think that something like this could have happened. It caught me a little off gaurd, the way that different voices were used throughout the book, but I think that only helped tell the story of the tapestry. The epilog was my favorite part, as what I had been hoping throughout the book seems to have come true. 

Journal Entry 5 by stacyinthecity on Tuesday, June 27, 2006

I am ready to ship this book, and I'm getting in touch with the next person. The book will be moving along shortly! 

Journal Entry 6 by dg7500 from Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA on Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Arrived safely in today's mail. I'm finishing another book, but hope to have this one started by the weekend. Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the ring...I'm looking forward to reading it!

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I enjoyed this one SO much more than Girl with One Pearl Earring. The characters were well written, and the storyline was interwoven nicely w/ the historical aspects of the book. 

Journal Entry 7 by dg7500 at Bookring in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, July 20, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (7/20/2006 UTC) at Bookring in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Mailed out this morning to hulamonkey. 

Journal Entry 8 by hulamonkey from Newark, Ohio USA on Thursday, September 07, 2006

The book is here & I've already finished it. Took me a little longer to read than I had planned, it seems like everytime I picked this book up I was interrupted by someone or something. I posted when it originally arrived but I don't see the journal entry and I'm not sure what happened to it.

Excellent book! So far I have enjoyed everything I've read by Tracy Chevalier.

Next up...GABAGirl. 

Journal Entry 9 by GABAGirl from Indianapolis, Indiana USA on Friday, December 08, 2006

Received 12-6-06. 

Journal Entry 10 by GABAGirl from Indianapolis, Indiana USA on Saturday, December 16, 2006

I read through the first part of this book and realized that I had somehow made it onto two book rings for this book and had read it already. However: I like it so much that I finished it. I picked up several things that I didn't realize the first time. I really like this story, especially the not-so-side story of the weaver and his family. I do wish the epilogue was nonexistent, though.

In the mail today to ToXiCKiTTiKiSS. Thanks to dospescados for including me in this ring!! 

Journal Entry 11 by ToXiCKiTTiKiSS from Temecula, California USA on Thursday, January 18, 2007

Received and will read so soon as possible. Have couple other books to read too. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 12 by ToXiCKiTTiKiSS from Temecula, California USA on Friday, May 23, 2008

I sent this to Canada quite a while ago, and now all of sudden it came back to me. They attempted to deliver it a couple times unsuccessfully. I sent it to princess1984, and it cost quite a bit too. So I'm not sure who to send it to next. So dospescados, if you want to pm me your preference of what you want me to do ... that would be great. 

Journal Entry 13 by ToXiCKiTTiKiSS at Temecula, California USA on Saturday, February 20, 2010

Released 2 yrs ago (2/20/2010 UTC) at Temecula, California USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

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I was never contacted about who to ship the book to, so I am sending this as a RABCK to someone. I hope they enjoy it! 

Journal Entry 14 by valpete from Walnut Creek, California USA on Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Thanks for sending this along. I look forward to reading it!