Fight Club

by Chuck Palahniuk | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0099283336 Global Overview for this book
Registered by marko167 of Sitges, Barcelona Spain on 11/28/2005
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11 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by marko167 from Sitges, Barcelona Spain on Monday, November 28, 2005
OK, first off, I absolutely loved the film. It is up there amongst my favourite films ever.
Now the book, I enjoyed it, but feel I should have read the book first, maybe I would have enjoyed it more. It seemed a little disjointed and I read it with Edward Norton going around in my head all the time.

Journal Entry 2 by marko167 from Sitges, Barcelona Spain on Thursday, July 20, 2006
The first rule of this BOOKRING is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS BOOKRING

The second rule of this BOOKRING is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS BOOKRING

The third rule of this BOOKRING is YOU WILL ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THE BOOK WHEN IT ARRIVES

The fourth rule of this BOOKRING is YOU WILL READ THIS BOOK IN A TIMELY MANNER, POST YOUR REVIEW AND SEND IT TO THE NEXT PERSON ON THE RING

If you stall this ring we will contact the local chapter of Project Mayhem who will will do unspeakable things involving sandwich bags and rubber bands.

The final rule of this BOOKRING is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS BOOKRING

Journal Entry 3 by marko167 from Sitges, Barcelona Spain on Monday, July 24, 2006
Well here's the itinary:

1. Bookwormess - Finland
2. Samulli - Germany
3. Booberst - Germany
4. AJsmom - Canada
5. Emmagoldmanzine - US
6. Colebear - US
7. mandajo - US
8. Laurarn - US
9. Hawkette - UK
10. Bandaids - UK
11. AliceF - UK
12. Kera - UK
13. KLL - UK

Journal Entry 4 by marko167 at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, July 24, 2006

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Off to a worthless Finland based Space Monkey.

Journal Entry 5 by bookwormess from Kotka, Kymenlaakso / Kymmenedalen Finland on Monday, July 31, 2006
Yippee, the book finally arrived today. I'll start reading as soon as I've finished the last pages of that other book.

Journal Entry 6 by bookwormess from Kotka, Kymenlaakso / Kymmenedalen Finland on Monday, August 21, 2006
Ok, I didn't read the whole book. Started and read for a while, but it was so weird I couldn't go through it all. I did love the movie though.. Well, this ones off to Samulli to Germany, mailed it today.

Journal Entry 7 by samulli from Weimar, Thüringen Germany on Friday, August 25, 2006
The unspeakable book is safely in my hands now. Or rather, it's sitting on the bookshelf waiting its turn as I am being swamped with bookrings at the moment. But I guess, as soon as I am finished with the current one, I should be able to start this one. I'll try not to hold it up too long.

Journal Entry 8 by samulli from Weimar, Thüringen Germany on Thursday, August 31, 2006
Hm.
As apparently everybody else I quite liked the movie, but I think the book is just not my cup of tea. I had it lying around here for days now, unwilling to pick it up and even reading another bookring before so as just not having to start on this one. Yesterday I did start reading, but I didn't get very far. I mean, it is just a wee little book. It should take me all of one evening to plough through it, but it seems to drag forever and I find my mind wandering off to completely unrelated things.
The funny thing is, about 5 years ago I probably would have loved the book and would have jumped on the chance to read it. And maybe in 5 years time it will be just like this again. But for now I just don't care about these sick people anymore. Not enough to go on reading in any case. There are so many other books I still want to read that it seems like a waste of time to keep trying to read this one, when evidently I'm just not in the right mood.
Well, there is one good thing at least: this book showed me that for the moment I don't need to bother reading anything by Chuck Palahniuk, if this one was any indication. ;-)
Thank you, Marko, for making this insight possible by including me in this bookring.
I'll contact Booberst and will send off the book as soon as I get the address.

Journal Entry 9 by samulli from Weimar, Thüringen Germany on Friday, September 1, 2006
The book is on the way to booberst. I put it in the mailbox this afternoon.

Journal Entry 10 by nachdenker from Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany on Thursday, September 7, 2006
The book arrived today. I look foward reading it, perhaps I'll start this evening, because it's a rainy, rainy day.

Journal Entry 11 by nachdenker from Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany on Thursday, September 28, 2006
Okay. I thought it would be different. Sometimes it chewed my ear off. Sometimes my thoughts were runaways (thinking "was that in the movie???"). In general I enjoyed reading it. Easy to read. Nice story. Really. But not what I exspected. Not for daily use, as my brother mentioned. I guess Palahniuk has a certain style of writing that I like.

The book will be send to ajsmom tomorrow.

Journal Entry 12 by ajsmom from Quesnel, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Received today, thanks!

Journal Entry 13 by ajsmom from Quesnel, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, December 26, 2006
This Canadian space monkey really enjoyed this worthless book. I am about to break all the rules and talk about the book (I will be okay if Tyler leaves me).

I saw the movie when it came out, several years ago now, so I don't have super clear recollections of it - I don't, for example, remember how they resolved Tyler and Tyler being the same person. The question of the Id kept rolling about in my mind of course - the office monkey wanting to be a super-cool, powerful man, instead of a cog in a machine who witnessed a lot of accidental, pointless violence (the car wrecks). Project Mayhem was a cool way of rebelling - until someone actually died - but even then, the "revolution" refused to die. Something about the idea of letting go of all society's expectations (fighting for fun, harvesting liposuction fat from a dumpster) seemed kind of romantic in the literary sense of the word. Who hasn't longed to bust out of the box, even for a few minutes? (The answer to "Do I look fat in these pants?" is "Yes, actually.")

Knowing that they were the same person from having seen the movie made the read a bit less of a trip than it would have been otherwise. I like that Palahniuk lets you in on the secret half way through the book and not just at the end - which is where I was expecting it.

Thanks marko167 for a fun read; I will now go back to obeying the rules and no longer talk about this book.

I will PM Emmagoldmanzine for an address and have this book on its way asap.

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Journal Entry 15 by emmagoldmanzine from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, January 8, 2007
"Fight Club" has arrived today, and I just watched an episode of "Cold Case" last night with a bunch of prep school kids involved in a fight club of their own, so I think it only appropriate that I now have the book. I'm presently reading another book, but I'll put it aside to read this one and get it to the next person. I can't wait and it looks like a quick read.

Journal Entry 16 by emmagoldmanzine from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Saturday, January 13, 2007
I finished the book. I found it quite interesting. The writing style kept reminding me of "American Psycho" (which I couldn't finish and drove me crazy because it would describe clothing for 15 pages at a time), but I liked this better than AP. I also noticed Bret Easton Ellis gave it rave reviews and it makes sense as to why. It wasn't bad. I felt the end (which I can't talk about) was a cop out. I know I enjoyed the film, but I saw it like 10 years ago when it first came out here in the US, so now I want to see the film again and compare. All in all not a bad little read. I like his take on mental illness and it's interesting to compare it to "Girl, Interrupted" which I recently finished.

Thanks for letting me read. I'll send it out to Colebear on Tuesday after the MLK Holiday.

Journal Entry 17 by colebear from Jacksonville, Florida USA on Thursday, January 25, 2007
I received this one on Tuesday. I've got 2 books ahead of it, but I hope to keep it moving within a month.

Journal Entry 18 by colebear from Jacksonville, Florida USA on Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Wow. I really enjoyed this book. I agree with Marko167, in that I wish I'd read it before seeing the movie, but as I saw the movie years ago some of it had faded. Now I want to see the movie again, so I may have to go rent the DVD.

Just a bit of bookgeek trivia: Fight Club is Princess Mia's (from the Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot) favorite book of all time.

Well, according to mandajo's bookshelf, she's asking to be skipped on all rings and rays, so I'll be mailing Fight Club off to Laurarn this afternoon.

Journal Entry 19 by amoenus from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USA on Saturday, March 10, 2007
I just got in from out of town and this book was waiting for me, I'm so excited. I want to find out how it is different then the movie. I will finish Dracula tonight and start this tomorrow.

Journal Entry 20 by amoenus from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USA on Friday, March 16, 2007
I'm enjoying this book. It is a strange read and matches my mood lately. I'm almost done with it so I am PM'ing next in line.

Journal Entry 21 by amoenus from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USA on Sunday, March 18, 2007
I liked the book better then the movie. Maybe because I saw the movie so long ago I barely remembered it. But, it is an interesting read. The whole idea of maleness so out of touch with his own primitive nature that he has to recreate it. And what happens when your creation takes it's 1st independent breath.

I am still waiting to hear from Hawkette to send this book on.

Journal Entry 22 by amoenus from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma USA on Monday, March 19, 2007
Recieved hawkette's address, mailed today. Hope you enjoy it.

Journal Entry 23 by Hawkette from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, April 7, 2007
Has arrived in Australia with me. I cannot believe that I have not yet seen the movie - that's a little strange. But looking forward to reading it to see what the fuss is about!!

Journal Entry 24 by Hawkette from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, May 24, 2007
Ahhhh, going into the book knowing nothing had me hooked, and reeling at the revelation! I was really drawn into the notion of the need to toughen up the group of people (boys) raised by women, and the need to experience some toughness and to know that you could handle yourself. That drew me in totally.

The need to break out of the furniture and material driven world we live in now, and the quest to live on the edge - something that at least in theory made total sense to me as I was enthralled.

But now, having finished, I am wondering if I too am mad!!

This book is on it's way to the UK next.

Journal Entry 25 by Hawkette from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Monday, May 28, 2007
Have put this one in the mail, to the UK.

Journal Entry 26 by ARTurner from Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom on Saturday, June 2, 2007
Gratefully received by post today from Hawkette... thanks!

Journal Entry 27 by ARTurner from Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Fab, truly fab!

(Might have given it a 10 if I'd been playing Where is my mind? by the Pixies when I reached the last chapter...)

Journal Entry 28 by ARTurner from Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Kera asked to be skipped, so I'm sending this on to KLL - now in Australia!

Journal Entry 29 by KLL from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, July 12, 2007
Received today. Thanks *very* much to AliceF for posting all the way (back!) to Australia - it looks like I only just missed getting it in the UK. Am looking forward to reading it

Journal Entry 30 by KLL from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Monday, July 23, 2007
Read this in (almost!) one sitting yesterday! I'm very glad to have read the book, but am slightly sad that I had seen the movie already as the big *revelation* was a bit anticlimactic for me. However, because I *had* read it, I could see all the little 'hints' along the way, which was kinda cool. I also felt a little distanced from the book as basically the movie was playing out in my head as I read. Having now read the book, I think I can say that the movie was a really good adaptation :-) Still I loved the narrator's voice and Palahniuk's style. I'll def be seeking out more of his work.

Looks like I'm the last person on the list so I'll PM marko167 now to send the book home!

Journal Entry 31 by KLL from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Friday, August 10, 2007
On it''s way back to Marko. Thanks again!! :-)

Journal Entry 32 by marko167 from Sitges, Barcelona Spain on Monday, September 17, 2007
Well done space monkeys.

The book has had a near life experience and travelled the world and made it safe back to its' home.

Time for it to rest now. many thanks all.

M.

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