One City
by Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1904598749 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1904598749 Global Overview for this book
19 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by 
kinedi
from Rushyford, County Durham United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 13, 2005
kinedi from Rushyford, County Durham United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh offer radically different takes on Edinburgh life : a homesick biologist from Delhi comes to a startling conclusion; two Homeless World Cup players become entangled in a magical world of illusion; and a tiger related mayhem breaks out in Murrayfield.
JK Rowling introduces these intriguing perspectives with a thoughtful account of her move to Edinburgh and her life there.
All proceeds from the book will go to the ONE CITY TRUST which campaigns for social justice in Edinburgh.
JK Rowling introduces these intriguing perspectives with a thoughtful account of her move to Edinburgh and her life there.
All proceeds from the book will go to the ONE CITY TRUST which campaigns for social justice in Edinburgh.
Journal Entry 2 by kinedi from Rushyford, County Durham United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 14, 2005
kinedi from Rushyford, County Durham United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 14, 2005
I would now like to offer this book as an international bookring. It's a pretty thin book so please try to send it along to the next person on the list within 4 weeks. Thanks and enjoy some of the best authors Scotland has to offer :o)List of participants
1. smurphie, UK (ship UK, ship Intl )
2. molekilby, UK (ship UK, ship Intl)
3. vibrant-art, Canada (ship Canada/US)
4. lorelei03, US (ship US)
5. ldpaulson, US (ship US)
6. affinity4books, US (ship US)
7. TheBowieFollies, US (ship US)
8. Queensnob, US (ship US)
9. pammykn, US (ship US, ship Europe)
10. Amberkatze, Austria (ship Europe)
11. allbookedup, Austria (ship Europe)
---> back to Edinburgh
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Ready to travel up north after Xmas..Happy reading and thanks for joining this ring
Ready to travel up north after Xmas..Happy reading and thanks for joining this ring
Arrived today safe and sound. Nearly a quarter of the way through it already so I'm away to Pm the next person on the list this is a really good little book of short stories. Thanks for running this bookring.
CAUGHT IN BANCHORY KINCARDINESHIRE SCOTLAND
CAUGHT IN BANCHORY KINCARDINESHIRE SCOTLAND
Well I don't know what happened the first time but I came up as an anoymous finder!!!!! Just to let you know the book is safe in the hands of the person you sent it too. :)
Brilliant little book. Liked Alexander McCall Smith. Loved Ian Rankin but then I knew I would and was a bit disturbed by Irvine Welsh. Noticed a recurring theme through these stories wonder if anybody else can.
Journal Entry 7 by smurphie at -- By Post or by Hand/ in Person RABCK , bookring/ray in --By Post or by Hand ✋ , Scotland United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 3, 2006
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Setting off tommorrow on it's next part of it's travels. Just hope the post office is finally open!
Nabbed the bookmark. Sorry but I have replaced it.
Setting off tommorrow on it's next part of it's travels. Just hope the post office is finally open!
Nabbed the bookmark. Sorry but I have replaced it.
Arrived home from Edinburgh (work not pleasure) today and this book about Edinburgh was waiting for me. Thanks smurphie for sending and kinedi for sharing will read quick and keep it going.
A very short book. I think I enjoyed the Alexander McCall Smith story best, but I may just be biased towards recent reading.
Posting to vibrant-art this week.
Posting to vibrant-art this week.
Received this a few days ago and am already finished reading and ready to send this on...I also enjoyed the McCall Smith. I found the intro. by JK Rowling interesting and the ending to the Ian Rankin story a little ambiguous/confusing....
I wouldn't say this gives a really well-rounded view of Edinburgh life, but at least each of the stories is set there, and it's been put together for a good cause! I will contact the next person on the list and send this on its way soon.....
Thanks for including me in this bookring!
I wouldn't say this gives a really well-rounded view of Edinburgh life, but at least each of the stories is set there, and it's been put together for a good cause! I will contact the next person on the list and send this on its way soon.....
Thanks for including me in this bookring!
This will be in the mail to Lorelei03 in the next few days....
Sorry for not journalling sooner - I recved this one (two?) week(s) ago and have just started today - expect to finish this week (I have a really long commute!) and mail out over the weekend.
3/2 update. I have finished this book quickly (sorry to ldpaulson who I know has a high tbr pile!) and thought it was a good read. Very interesting to see these view sof a city I never visited but always had a very art-y image of. This portrayed quite a different city.
3/2 update. I have finished this book quickly (sorry to ldpaulson who I know has a high tbr pile!) and thought it was a good read. Very interesting to see these view sof a city I never visited but always had a very art-y image of. This portrayed quite a different city.
As soon as this book was retrieved from the confines of its envelope, I decided to read it while having breakfast. On that impulse, I finished these three stories rather quickly.
Although Irvine Welsh's story was imaginative and ideally about how we know nothing of the world immediately around us, it was exceedingly odd. I did enjoy the others quite a bit more. I should like to read some more of Ian Rankin.
Thanks for the book ring!
Although Irvine Welsh's story was imaginative and ideally about how we know nothing of the world immediately around us, it was exceedingly odd. I did enjoy the others quite a bit more. I should like to read some more of Ian Rankin.
Thanks for the book ring!
One City arrived safely in Texas yesterday. I received two bookrings yesterday, but I'm sure I can finish this one quickly and send it on its journey... I've read the intro and the One City cause seems like a wonderful idea. I'm glad they're getting publicity, maybe they will inspire other cities to do similar projects.
Ack, I thought I had journalled this a few weeks ago when I read it... Apparently not! Sorry about that. I enjoyed each of the stories and the intro as well. I'm a McCall Smith and Rowling fan already, so I loved hearing more from them. The story about magic was intriguingly mysterious and left me wanting more. The last story was entertaining but I didn't get into it as much as the others. I have never been to Scotland so it was interesting to get glimpses of life there from some very different viewpoints. Thanks for sharing this one. I have The BowieFollies address and should be sending it on this week.
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sent First Class today
sent First Class today
wayay! I came back after a dirty weekend ( oi not that, I was visiting mae cornish aunties pig farm like) wots in your pasties den? and here it is - och aye the ...oh aye an scotsman named Welsh just so happens to be like mae favourite scribe in the universe yae ken wee radge, well this scouse has some wee scottish blood, oh i bet you a saturday night fiver this is a tidy read, this mad mad mad lass will be back in a tick to deconstruct right now Im off to kip its well late and I am about all the use of christy browns right foot
kisses kinedi come to New York you dromo drama phile !! the men here have little dirks though (forgive my incessant madness)
affinity cheers for getting this to me all first class like, I feel dead spesh!!!!
okay edit for content veronica!!!!
youve been SCOUSED!!!!!!
kisses kinedi come to New York you dromo drama phile !! the men here have little dirks though (forgive my incessant madness)
affinity cheers for getting this to me all first class like, I feel dead spesh!!!!
okay edit for content veronica!!!!
youve been SCOUSED!!!!!!
PURE DIED BRILL!!!!!!I must say Welsh is on form here, its as surreal as it gets yae ken! Good things come in small packages indeed :) I was gagging to read this and chuffed that I did. Truly inimitable is our Mister Welsh. I have always been partial to Scottish humour in all of its incarnations. There is not such thing as an unfunny jock.
Waiting to hear from queensknob, ironic name is it not!
truth in jest and will post if off during the week
cheers kinedi you diamond droog for letting me have a bianca butcha's
kirkby kisses
Miss Veronica.
Waiting to hear from queensknob, ironic name is it not!
truth in jest and will post if off during the week
cheers kinedi you diamond droog for letting me have a bianca butcha's
kirkby kisses
Miss Veronica.
eh up! updating that I posted this morning, sorry for delay, veronica was in the country for the bank holiday, this is on the way to Virginia for lovers, well thats what it says on all those badges, is it really now is it really for lovers because I thought that was Belaruse, I spent all that dosh for nowt!
Alreet well enjoy it knobby queen
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!
Alreet well enjoy it knobby queen
COME ON ENGLAND!!!!
Received the book today, and I will start in a few days.
June 14, 2006...on it's way to pammykn
June 14, 2006...on it's way to pammykn
Rec'd today. Looking forward to it...will be away 06/26-07/03 so more than likely won't be mailing off until after then. Of course, I do need to read it first.
Very quick read ... 3 diverse entries. Enjoyed The McCall Smith story the best. Will mail off to Amberkatze this Saturday.
Journal Entry 23 by Amberkatze from Wien Bezirk 10 - Favoriten, Wien Austria on Friday, August 11, 2006
Thank you pammykn for sending me this book and also the other books for the OBCZ! I will hopefully get to release them there next week!
Thank you kinedi for letting me take part in this ring! I was in Edinburgh in May and was really tempted to buy this book but I resisted and now I can finally read it!!
I will read this sometime during this week and I will pass the book on to Allbookedup next Friday at the Ladies Bookcrossing night here in Vienna!
Thank you kinedi for letting me take part in this ring! I was in Edinburgh in May and was really tempted to buy this book but I resisted and now I can finally read it!!
I will read this sometime during this week and I will pass the book on to Allbookedup next Friday at the Ladies Bookcrossing night here in Vienna!
Journal Entry 24 by Amberkatze from Wien Bezirk 10 - Favoriten, Wien Austria on Sunday, August 13, 2006
This was a nice quick read. I enjoyed the stories that were set in a city that I now know well and it is so nice to know most of the places that are mentioned when reading books written by Scottish authors.
The Alexandra McCall Smith story was quite good and I really liked the ending. The Ian Rankin story was a bit of a let down for me but it was still good in it's own way. The mention of Scotland playing Austria put a smile on my face.
My favourite story was the one by Irvine Welsh. I haven't ever read a book by him (tried one and didn't like it) but this story was highly amusing and I found myself laughing out loud while reading the telephone conversation to the zoo! Very good and very Scottish!
I will hopefully see Allbookedup on Friday and can pass the book on to her! Thanks again for letting me take part in this ring!
The Alexandra McCall Smith story was quite good and I really liked the ending. The Ian Rankin story was a bit of a let down for me but it was still good in it's own way. The mention of Scotland playing Austria put a smile on my face.
My favourite story was the one by Irvine Welsh. I haven't ever read a book by him (tried one and didn't like it) but this story was highly amusing and I found myself laughing out loud while reading the telephone conversation to the zoo! Very good and very Scottish!
I will hopefully see Allbookedup on Friday and can pass the book on to her! Thanks again for letting me take part in this ring!
Journal Entry 25 by Amberkatze at Cafe Stein in Wien Bezirk 09 - Alsergrund, Wien Austria on Thursday, August 17, 2006
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Taking to Ladies Night and will pass this bookring on to Allbookedup!
Taking to Ladies Night and will pass this bookring on to Allbookedup!
Journal Entry 26 by allbookedup from Wien Bezirk 21 - Floridsdorf, Wien Austria on Friday, August 18, 2006
Got it today from Amberkatze, thanks a lot!
Journal Entry 27 by allbookedup from Wien Bezirk 21 - Floridsdorf, Wien Austria on Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Sent back home to Kinedi today, thanks a lot for sharing it with us all!
Journal Entry 28 by kinedi from Rushyford, County Durham United Kingdom on Friday, December 22, 2006
kinedi from Rushyford, County Durham United Kingdom on Friday, December 22, 2006
The book has arrived safely back in Edinburgh. Thank you very much to you all, glad you liked the different stories about my elected hometown.If you're ever in the neighbourhood, let me know and I'll show you around :o)
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas time and may Santa bring you lots and lots of books !
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas time and may Santa bring you lots and lots of books !
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Passed on to BLu177
Passed on to BLu177
Yep, the book is with me now and I already have started reading, in the mornings on my way to work and back of course....
So, I finish the book this morning in the tram on my way to work and to be honest, I am not quite sure about the different stories, if I like them or not.
I think I liked Alexander McCall Smith's story best and would like to know how it would develop, I am absolutely not sure about Ian Rankin's story and was immensly confused with the people's reaction regarding that tiger in Irvine Welsh's story. I mean, I would die on the spot seeing a tiger in my back garden or just down the street.. and those figures in the story were just so relaxed and far away from any kind of panic, unbelievable...
Anyway, it will be release at todays meetup in Frankfurt and will see where it will travel next.
Cheers
BLu177
I think I liked Alexander McCall Smith's story best and would like to know how it would develop, I am absolutely not sure about Ian Rankin's story and was immensly confused with the people's reaction regarding that tiger in Irvine Welsh's story. I mean, I would die on the spot seeing a tiger in my back garden or just down the street.. and those figures in the story were just so relaxed and far away from any kind of panic, unbelievable...
Anyway, it will be release at todays meetup in Frankfurt and will see where it will travel next.
Cheers
BLu177
Couldn't resist because of kind (and old) memories of Edinbraa.
28.06.07: Nice stories, all about tigers.
Will travel to elham.
28.06.07: Nice stories, all about tigers.
Will travel to elham.
This is certainly one well travelled book!
I got it at the meetup in Mainz today, thanks a lot, d-vineland!
I got it at the meetup in Mainz today, thanks a lot, d-vineland!
The three authors had each a different kind of short story but they all had a tiger in them.
It was interesting to see how each author included this common denominator. While Alexander McCall Smith just used the tiger as an afterthought which was, nevertheless, in a way essential to the developement to the outcome of the story, the other two authors used the tiger (or,in Ian Rankin's case, the person called Tiger) as the main item of their stories.
I liked the writing style of Alexander McCall Smith, although I wasn't particularly interested in the story itself.
Ian Rankin's story I didn't like at all. Neither the style nor the story were such as to grab my attention. I caught myself several times trying to just skim read parts of it. It júst wasn't intersting to me.
Irvine Welsh's story was good, though. I liked both the style and the content of it.
I have never read anything else by these three authors. In a way it was a good introduction though I must admit that I don't like short stories very much. In my experience, though, those who write good short stories have not a good hand in novel writing and vice versa.
I guess I should try to read at least one of their novels to have a proper opinion on this. ;-)
It was interesting to see how each author included this common denominator. While Alexander McCall Smith just used the tiger as an afterthought which was, nevertheless, in a way essential to the developement to the outcome of the story, the other two authors used the tiger (or,in Ian Rankin's case, the person called Tiger) as the main item of their stories.
I liked the writing style of Alexander McCall Smith, although I wasn't particularly interested in the story itself.
Ian Rankin's story I didn't like at all. Neither the style nor the story were such as to grab my attention. I caught myself several times trying to just skim read parts of it. It júst wasn't intersting to me.
Irvine Welsh's story was good, though. I liked both the style and the content of it.
I have never read anything else by these three authors. In a way it was a good introduction though I must admit that I don't like short stories very much. In my experience, though, those who write good short stories have not a good hand in novel writing and vice versa.
I guess I should try to read at least one of their novels to have a proper opinion on this. ;-)
I received this today from Elhamisabel.
The entries have already whetted my appetite, so I''d better get reading...
The entries have already whetted my appetite, so I''d better get reading...
Journal Entry 36 by gingergeoff at Controlled Release in -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Thursday, August 23, 2007
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Posted to IoJima.
Posted to IoJima.
A great collection of stories from 3 celebrated authors..
I am not sure why, but I kind of expected the writing to be similar, but I'm glad they weren't. I can see parralells between these stories and previous things each of them has written. I particularly enjoyed the story by Irvine Welsh, but then I'm a sucker for poetic justice and hapy endings!
I will now post on to IoJima.
I am not sure why, but I kind of expected the writing to be similar, but I'm glad they weren't. I can see parralells between these stories and previous things each of them has written. I particularly enjoyed the story by Irvine Welsh, but then I'm a sucker for poetic justice and hapy endings!
I will now post on to IoJima.
Received very quickly, thank you. I have a friend from Edinburgh who is line for this one when I've read it.
Although of the three, I only like Smith's novels, I enjoyed all three stories. And the introduction by Rowling. I also like the whole idea behind the project. Thanks Gingergeoff! Now here goes the closest I get to wild releasing -- a RABCK to a denizen of Edinburgh -- and France.
I found the stories quirky. I am not crazy about short stories so that affected my assessment. A friend gave it to me while I was in France, and I will pass it on to a friend in Malta.
