Journal Entry 1 by molekilby from BRITHDIR, Wales United Kingdom on Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Ben Elton's early work was very much in his stand up style. His recent work however is absolutley excellent. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good detective story or to anyone who doesn't it is a must have! 

Journal Entry 2 by molekilby from BRITHDIR, Wales United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Putting up as a book ring. PM me if you wish to be included. 

Journal Entry 3 by molekilby from BRITHDIR, Wales United Kingdom on Sunday, November 06, 2005

I suppose there has to be some rules for this bookring. Try and get the book read and sent to the next person on the list within a month. If this will be a problem (due to life's pressures or too many book rings arriving at once) then let me know I'm sure we can find a solution. Let's try to keep this moving at a regular pace.

Book ring order

1. jedsmom - UK
2. Rillaith - UK
3. mellowdaisy - UK
4. cloggy - UK
5. cnfotp - UK
6. pookledo - UK skipped
7. PatchworkPerson - UK
8. cats-eye - UK
9. Amberkatze - Austria
10. Spitfirenerd - Holland
11. safrolistics - UK skipped
12. Fluffy-Owl - UK
13. Back to me - UK
14. melanie2474 - Australia <------ book is here (for good?)

Please journal when you receive the book and another to say what you thought of the book. 

Journal Entry 4 by jedsmom from Newport, Wales United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Brilliantly Ben. Just the right balance of humour and suspense.

On it's way! 

Journal Entry 5 by Rillaith from Wokingham, Berkshire United Kingdom on Friday, November 25, 2005

Arrived today - and thank you for the chocolate :D 

Journal Entry 6 by Rillaith from Wokingham, Berkshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 12, 2005

Another ironically satirical take on the fads of today, this time Friends Reunited rather than reality TV shows. I enjoyed this as much as Dead Famous, and despite originally not expecting to rate his books, I'm now adding him to my mental list of authors to watch. Excellent murder mystery, fast paced, action-packed, sometimes brutal, with tantalising little clues dropped along the way, and as full of scarlet ocean fish as you could wish.


On its way again! 

Journal Entry 7 by mellowdaisy on Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Arrived this morning, thank you Rillaith, and especially for the chocolate :-)

I will start reading it straight away, as I finished my last ring book last night! 

Journal Entry 8 by mellowdaisy on Friday, December 16, 2005

I thought this was good. I must admit by the time I'd got to the end I had already guessed 'whodunnit', but enjoyed it all the same and it was interesting to see how it all unfolded and how the Inspector went about catching him/her/them ;-)
I've never read any of Ben Elton's books before so it was a nice surprise, and even tempted me the other day to pick up a copy of 'Dead Famous' from a charity shop!
I will also be keeping an eye out for his books in the future.

I've PMed cloggy so as soon as I get an address this book will be on its way! 

Journal Entry 9 by mellowdaisy at Posted to the next participant in Royal Mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, December 19, 2005

Released 6 yrs ago (12/19/2005 UTC) at Posted to the next participant in Royal Mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Posted to cloggy who is next in the ring - enjoy! 

Journal Entry 10 by cloggy from London , Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Got it! Looks like a perfect read over Christmas. Thanks Mellowdaisy and molekilby for sharing. 

Journal Entry 11 by cloggy from London , Greater London United Kingdom on Friday, December 30, 2005

Similar to one of the previous journallers, I had guessed who'd done it before the end. In this book, however, I think Ben Elton raises some interesting questions about bullying and the effect this has on those children in later life. This kept the book fascinating until the end for me.

Will send the book on to the next this morning 05/01/06 

Journal Entry 12 by cnfotp on Saturday, January 07, 2006

Arrived in the post this morning - excellent! I have read lots of Ben Elton's books and they never fail to make me laugh out loud. Am looking forward to this :) 

Journal Entry 13 by cnfotp on Monday, January 16, 2006

I did enjoy this book, but not as much as others of his. It was a great story with likable characters, however I found the plot way too predictable and second guessed every plotline from the start.

Overall I really liked it and am very glad I have had a chance to read it. I have PM'd the next person on the list. 

Journal Entry 14 by cnfotp on Wednesday, January 18, 2006

In the post today to PatchworkPerson, as pookledo has asked to be skipped. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 15 by PatchworkPerson from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 21, 2006

Received yesterday (20 Jan). thanks. 

Journal Entry 16 by PatchworkPerson from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Saturday, January 28, 2006

My first Ben Elton & I thought it a good read. The plot was full of characters, any one of which could have dunnit. Some of the descriptions where brutal but murder & bullying are not pretty subjects. Glad I read this & Ben Elton is on my list of authors to take another look at. 

Journal Entry 17 by PatchworkPerson from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 30, 2006

On it's way to cats-eye. 

Journal Entry 18 by cats-eye from Bishop Auckland, County Durham United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Arrived safely today, and I'm looking forward to reading it. I will get started as soon as I finish up the ring I'm in the middle of! 

Journal Entry 19 by cats-eye from Bishop Auckland, County Durham United Kingdom on Friday, February 17, 2006

Oh, I really enjoyed this one! Great characters, fun and engaging plot...and as dumb as I feel about this, I have to admit that it kept me guessing until the end, LOL! This one is certainly Ben Elton in top form.
Thank you, molekilby for sharing this book!

I have PM'ed Amberkatze for her address, and will be posting this on as soon as I receive it. 

Journal Entry 20 by cats-eye from Bishop Auckland, County Durham United Kingdom on Thursday, February 23, 2006

posted to Amberkatze today - enjoy! 

Journal Entry 21 by Amberkatze from Wien Bezirk 10 - Favoriten, Wien Austria on Tuesday, February 28, 2006

It has arrived! Thank you cats-eye for sending it to me and thanks to fellow Welshie molekilby for starting this ring :)

I am looking forward to this one as I haven't read anything by Ben Elton for a few years. I just started a book this morning but as soon as I am done with it I will start on this one and hopefully have it sent to the next person within the week. 

Journal Entry 22 by Amberkatze from Wien Bezirk 10 - Favoriten, Wien Austria on Thursday, March 02, 2006

I thought the book was terrific! Ok I guessed who did it early on but the whole story and the little quirky and funny pieces throughout the book made it enjoyable. A few nice twists and turns as well and I was really annoyed that I didn't have the time to just keep reading.

I think the quote from the Daily Mail really hits it on the head 'A writer who provokes almost as much as he entertains'

Another great idea from Ben to base this on Friends Reunited! Also he did a great job with the bullying aspect. Making sure it was seen from both sides but making sure that people knew it was wrong. I will be interested to see what he comes up with next!

I am pming the next person on the list and if all goes well I will be able to put it in the post on Monday.

Thanks again for letting me take part in this!

 

Journal Entry 23 by Spitfirenerd from Schiedam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, March 19, 2006

I received this book last week. I will read it as soon as possible.
Thanks for sending it to me Amerkatze and thanks for the ring Molekilby!!! 

Journal Entry 24 by Spitfirenerd from Schiedam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Wow I really love this book.
You couls feel the tension, it was everywhere.
I liked the subject also, I mean I don't read a lot about Bullies etc.
I would really recommend this book. I did not know this writer, but now I will keep an eye out foor him.
Molekilby thank tou for ringing this book and Amberkatze thanks for sending it and the beautiful card off course. 

Journal Entry 25 by Spitfirenerd from Schiedam, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, April 09, 2006

Ok little announcement, Safrolistics will step out of this ring...I Pmed her-him for the adress and I git a reply dat he-she wants to step out of this ring. therefor I will send it to the next one in line and that is Fluffy-Owl.
 

Journal Entry 26 by Fluffy-Owl from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Went up to college yesterday and this was waiting for me! I can tell its been read a lot, there's quite a bit of sticky tape on it! But I will aim to love it and then send it on. Exams are coming up, and I'm only about 100 pages into my current book, but it's a big font this one so I'll try and get it out as soon as possible! 

Journal Entry 27 by Fluffy-Owl from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 03, 2006

One of the better Ben Elton books I've read. Took me a while to work out who did it, and I thought the way it came together at the end made a lot of satisfactory sense. It made me laugh in places (some of the dialogue between Newson and Natasha) but I doubt I'll ever see my bottle of olive oil in the same way again...

Will post back to Molekilby later today. 

Journal Entry 28 by molekilby from BRITHDIR, Wales United Kingdom on Saturday, May 06, 2006

This has now arrived back home. Thanks everyone for making my first bookring a success. This will now be sent to Australia to continue it's journey. (sent 20 May) 

Journal Entry 29 by Melanie2474 from Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Saturday, May 27, 2006

Journal Entry 30 by Melanie2474 at Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Friday, October 07, 2011

Released 7 mos ago (10/7/2011 UTC) at Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory Australia

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For Rick.  

Journal Entry 31 by Melanie2474 at Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Monday, January 09, 2012

Back home safe and sound :)