Hungry Hill
Registered by Secretariat of Carlsbad, California USA on 9/18/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
Purchased for wild release.
Journal Entry 2 by Secretariat at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA on Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (9/21/2005 UTC) at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA
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In the OBCZ. Released for the Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Release Challenge, Week 40, Food.
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In the OBCZ. Released for the Never Judge a Book By Its Cover Release Challenge, Week 40, Food.
Welcome to BookCrossing!
Thank you for picking up this book. Please make a journal entry on the BookCrossing site (www.bookcrossing.com) to let me know that this book has found a good home with you. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free). If you join, please consider indicating that you were referred by Secretariat. I hope you enjoy the book. You can make another journal entry with your comments when you’ve finished reading. Whenever you’re ready to send it on its way, make a journal entry if you are giving or sending this book to a known person, or release notes if you are leaving it “in the wild” again for anyone to catch. Then watch its journey. You’ll be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.
I loved Rebecca, and have wanted to try more by du Maurier, so I picked this one up from the OBCZ.
I originally picked this up because I liked Rebecca so much, and descriptions of other DuMaurier books appeal to me. However, this one appears to be a straight romance, both from the book's description, and a casual flip through a few pages. While I suspect DuMaurier can write romances better than most, it's not what I'm intersted in at this time.
I'll mark is as available.
I'll mark is as available.
Journal Entry 5 by PokPok at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA on Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (12/6/2006 UTC) at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA
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Releasing unread at the OBCZ at Panera Bread.
Releasing unread at the OBCZ at Panera Bread.
Grabbed it off the shelf at Panera Bread...
I've read Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca several times; hope I'll enjoy this title as well!
I've read Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca several times; hope I'll enjoy this title as well!
Although this title is not a page-turner in the same way that Rebecca and Jamaica Inn are, I still found the story compelling. I think it's interesting that Copper John, a highly intelligent, hard-working man, would be the progenitor of generations of weaklings who live in luxury due to his efforts with the Hungry Hill mine. I consider it sad that depression, alcoholism, and self-loathing plagued these weaklings, and wonder if it was because they never felt it necessary to achieve anything. The author implies their lack of desire for material improvement is an Irish trait. Perhaps it is a universal trait of people who have had too much given to them and nothing much required of them.
Journal Entry 8 by babzilla-c at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA on Saturday, April 28, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (4/28/2007 UTC) at Panera Bread, 401 Vista Village Dr. in Vista, California USA
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Left it on the Bookcrossing shelf.
Left it on the Bookcrossing shelf.