Journal Entry 1 by AmberLee17 from Stockton, California USA on Wednesday, January 04, 2006

A fascinating and intriguing history.

I'm not sure whether this is going as a ring book, a loan to a friend, or to the Palo Alto veteran's hospital... 

Journal Entry 2 by WhiteRaven13 from Quartzsite, Arizona USA on Tuesday, April 11, 2006

"Inherited" from AL17 and going into Mt. TBR 

Journal Entry 3 by WhiteRaven13 from Quartzsite, Arizona USA on Friday, December 19, 2008

I found this book as one of the few I'd kept after my 'delightful' Sunnyvale move, hoping I would read it. And I did! I found the story fascinating, though as you noted, the author sometimes seemed like he wanted to use *all* the words in the OED. ;)

I am going to review this book on the Markeroni blog, and then offer it to other members. :) 

Journal Entry 4 by WhiteRaven13 from Quartzsite, Arizona USA on Monday, January 12, 2009

Passing this along now. :) 

Journal Entry 5 by WhiteRaven13 at a friend, A friend -- Controlled Releases on Monday, January 12, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (1/12/2009 UTC) at a friend, A friend -- Controlled Releases

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Passing this along to WanderingRaleighite for the Markeroni book ray. 

Journal Entry 6 by WandRaleighite from Raleigh, North Carolina USA on Friday, January 23, 2009

Recieved as a Markeroni ring book.

CAUGHT IN RALEIGH NC USA 

Journal Entry 7 by beautyredefined from Washington, District of Columbia USA on Thursday, February 05, 2009

I got this book from WanderingRaleighite at the Markeroni Unconvention in Sacramento. Brought it back with me to Michigan, and I'm already about halfway through. Quite good so far, and it's definitely an interesting history. We take dictionaries for granted these days, but the first edition of the OED was 70 years in the making. Oof. 

Journal Entry 8 by LittleWhiteBird at Arlington, Virginia USA on Saturday, January 28, 2012

I saw this book at the BC in DC Bookcrossing meeting today. Someone else had brought it and I think it's now going to be a local bookring because several people want to read it.

I listened to an unabridged audiobook version of this journaled at: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5098786/. Here is what I had to say:

It was fascinating to read about the making of the Oxford English dictionary and the involvement of W.C. Minor in it. The appropriate dictionary entries put into the chapters were fun, too.  

Journal Entry 9 by melydia at Centreville, Virginia USA on Sunday, January 29, 2012

Picked this up at yesterday's BCinDC meetup at Ballston Common Mall in Arlington, Virginia. It looks fascinating. In fact, several of us wanted to read it but all were reluctant to take it given our tremendous TBR piles. So I grabbed it and will start a local bookring when I'm finished. Here are the participants, but there's no special order - just pass it along to whomever on the list hasn't had it yet whenever you see them next.

* tiatia
* firegirl
* FURBALL
* ixion
* ResQgeek
* authorauthor
* KateKintail

And when the ring is all finished, the book goes to SqueakyChu.

Looks like this book is pretty well-travelled already. And I didn't know WanderingRaleighite was a BookCrosser too! 

Journal Entry 10 by melydia at Centreville, Virginia USA on Saturday, February 25, 2012

One might think that the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary would be a dry read, but it most certainly is not. This is mostly due to the fact that one of the most prolific contributors turned out to be an American inmate in an asylum for the criminally insane. Seriously. True, you should have at least a passing interest in linguistics - or at least vocabulary - to get a lot out of this book, but in a lot of ways this nonfiction book reads like a novel. This is the sort of history book I enjoy. Definitely recommended for lovers of words.

Now to pass it along to someone else on the list. 

Journal Entry 11 by Firegirl at Annandale, Virginia USA on Sunday, April 08, 2012

Yoikes! I wound up with this book first! Two other bookrays are here, but one should be a quick read. I'll get to this ASAP. Thanks!