The Dyke and the Dybbuk
14 journalers for this copy...
Novel about Rainbow Rosenbloom, lesbian London taxi-driver who meets a dybbuk, the well-known demon of ancient Jewish lore. The book is witty and profound at the same time, though sometimes a bit chaotic.
Here's the first paragraph:
If planet Earth slips off its axis tomorrow, put the blame on Rainbow Rosenbloom.
If we are smacked by a rogue asteroid, ingested by a black hole, or poisoned by something dripping through our tattered ozone canopy, feel free to lay it at her door.
For the melting of the polar caps, the disappearance of the snow leopard and the souring of the seas, Rainbow must take the rap.
Not fair? Well, life isn't.
Note the ground rules: there are 613 commandments that must be obeyed by every Jew alive in the world at any time. To breach even one of these disturbs the universe, and sends the whole of Creation out of kilter. Step on a crack, and break your mother's back.
After being the solution to a "guess the title" puzzle on the Dutch bookcrossing forum (see http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/15/3449712), this book will be a ring, starting with the winner, Blue-Ink.
Ring list:
-Blue-Ink
-AnnevO
-EmEli
-malagan
-janna2
-wandering
-Fifna
-powerhouse
-Maupi
-E-Mile
-Gyralanivos
-Stromend-Water
-Stitchgrrl <--now here
-and back to violoncellix
Here's the first paragraph:
If planet Earth slips off its axis tomorrow, put the blame on Rainbow Rosenbloom.
If we are smacked by a rogue asteroid, ingested by a black hole, or poisoned by something dripping through our tattered ozone canopy, feel free to lay it at her door.
For the melting of the polar caps, the disappearance of the snow leopard and the souring of the seas, Rainbow must take the rap.
Not fair? Well, life isn't.
Note the ground rules: there are 613 commandments that must be obeyed by every Jew alive in the world at any time. To breach even one of these disturbs the universe, and sends the whole of Creation out of kilter. Step on a crack, and break your mother's back.
After being the solution to a "guess the title" puzzle on the Dutch bookcrossing forum (see http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/15/3449712), this book will be a ring, starting with the winner, Blue-Ink.
Ring list:
-Blue-Ink
-AnnevO
-EmEli
-malagan
-janna2
-wandering
-Fifna
-powerhouse
-Maupi
-E-Mile
-Gyralanivos
-Stromend-Water
-Stitchgrrl <--now here
-and back to violoncellix
Goed ontvangen!
The book certainly lived up to its first paragraph. I really enjoyed reading it; it's very funny, but it's also interesting to read about the Jewish customs that are mentioned.
I laughed out loud a couple of times, and that doesn't happen very often.
I'm sending it off to AnnevO.
Thanks so much for sharing this book, violoncellix. This is typically one of those books that I wouldn't have come across if it hadn't been for Bookcrossing! (I'd never heard of the author or the title before this)
I laughed out loud a couple of times, and that doesn't happen very often.
I'm sending it off to AnnevO.
Thanks so much for sharing this book, violoncellix. This is typically one of those books that I wouldn't have come across if it hadn't been for Bookcrossing! (I'd never heard of the author or the title before this)
I totally forgot I wanted to read this, so it came as a surprise today. thanks!
I like the combination of amusement and education this book offers. I had some giggles, some frowns and enjoyed reading it. And I'm in love with the title; either the author or an editor came up with something brilliant.
Violoncellix, do you know if anyone else wants to read this book, or should I sent it to you directly? Thanks for sharing this gem!
16/07: I mailed this book to EmEli today.
Violoncellix, do you know if anyone else wants to read this book, or should I sent it to you directly? Thanks for sharing this gem!
16/07: I mailed this book to EmEli today.
I received it today, thank you!
Funny read! I don't think I would have picked up this book without Bookcrossing. Nice!
As soon as I get malagans adress I'll mail it to her.
As soon as I get malagans adress I'll mail it to her.
The book arrived today, thanks for sending it this way EmEli. I am planning to read it after I have been reading some other ringbooks, but it won't take too long.
Very funny book! I am going to send it on its way to janna2!
Journal Entry 10 by 
malagan
at De Waag, Markt 11 in Delft, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, September 30, 2006
malagan at De Waag, Markt 11 in Delft, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, September 30, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (10/1/2006 UTC) at De Waag, Markt 11 in Delft, Zuid-Holland Netherlands
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I will take this book to the bookcrossing meeting to give to janna2!
I will take this book to the bookcrossing meeting to give to janna2!
Gisteren tijdens de meeting in Delft van malagan gekregen.
Het durt dit keer helaas wat langer met de ringboeken .... Deze maand komt het boek aan de beurt.
Helaas, weer zo'n boek wat in mijn nek gaat hijgen (ik heb het al vrééééselijk lang), waardoor ik er een aversie tegen krijg. Ik ga de volgende op de lijst mailen. Dan maar een keer een boek ongelezen doorgestuurd.........
Vandaag, 23 februari, naar het postkantoor gebracht.
Vandaag, 23 februari, naar het postkantoor gebracht.
In the mailbox today. Thanks for sharing and sending, violoncellix and Janna2!
Funny read indeed! Great characters in the book and also a nice peek into the Jewish culture.
I did have trouble imagining the dybbuk as a woman. Each time this was mentioned I had a 'oh, that's right again' moment. Maybe some very persistent stereotype of 'poltergeists' in my own mind?
The book is now on its way to Fifna. Enjoy!
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p.2: Not your typical NJG occupation either, but perhaps it satisfies some inborn nomadic yearning for this daughter of a wandering tribe.
p.42: We're barely into the second reel and her mind is already wandering.
p.78: Twice more, we approach the street, and veer back at the last minute, wandering in ever decreasing circles.
p.106: Admittedly, 200 years of wandering the earth in search of vengeance does little for anyone's hairstyle or personal charm, but what on earth did that first Gittel see in her?
p.149: Because the innocent bystander wandering into frame is, predictably, the delicious Riva herself.
I did have trouble imagining the dybbuk as a woman. Each time this was mentioned I had a 'oh, that's right again' moment. Maybe some very persistent stereotype of 'poltergeists' in my own mind?
The book is now on its way to Fifna. Enjoy!
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p.2: Not your typical NJG occupation either, but perhaps it satisfies some inborn nomadic yearning for this daughter of a wandering tribe.
p.42: We're barely into the second reel and her mind is already wandering.
p.78: Twice more, we approach the street, and veer back at the last minute, wandering in ever decreasing circles.
p.106: Admittedly, 200 years of wandering the earth in search of vengeance does little for anyone's hairstyle or personal charm, but what on earth did that first Gittel see in her?
p.149: Because the innocent bystander wandering into frame is, predictably, the delicious Riva herself.
Arrived today, thanks wandering!
A great read, really enjoyed it! I thought it was both very funny and very interesting, thanks for sharing, violoncellix! I'll PM powerhouse for her address.
edit 31/05: sent to powerhouse today.
edit 31/05: sent to powerhouse today.
Sorry, book arrived last week while I was making keçe (felt) in Turkey. Just read the entries: promising! Thanks y'all.
Oww, just found another 'lost' ringbook. Ever so sorry. Will PM nomorecorsa for her address. I read it, it was fun. I do have a slight dislike to books with too much words in it, or too much wisecracking words. This book has a teeny tiny bit too much of that. But the main character is a dear so it was fun, it was.
Nomorecorsa reageert niet, het boek gaat nu dus naar maup.
edit: en nu dan echt, na 7 maanden goede voornemens
edit: en nu dan echt, na 7 maanden goede voornemens
hebbes, dank. was net toe aan een nieuw boek, haha (en ik heb hier nóg een boek van waarde violoncellix liggen, 't is een en al schuld en boete in huize maup, wij moeten, wij willen, wij zullen ons leven beteren, ooit was BX puur lol, wanneer werd het molensteen?)
Read it more or less in one go, so yes, I liked it, obviously. The Mephistico Industries stuff was not my favourite, too fantasy for my taste. But on the whole a good read, witty, okidoki.
I'll give E-mile the book tonight. He'll moan (oh no, another ring, oh no) and I'll tell him 'relax, it's a violoncellix ring, she's one cool ring manager'.
I'll give E-mile the book tonight. He'll moan (oh no, another ring, oh no) and I'll tell him 'relax, it's a violoncellix ring, she's one cool ring manager'.
During a very nice dinner at yvonnep's the book was given to me and maupi was right: I moaned ;-)
but the 'relax, it's from Violoncellix' made me both smile (who can't smile while thinking of V.???) and curious about the book. Reading the first journal, I also remember why I joint this ring.
Will put it on top of Mount To Be Read and looking forward to reading it in the near future...
but the 'relax, it's from Violoncellix' made me both smile (who can't smile while thinking of V.???) and curious about the book. Reading the first journal, I also remember why I joint this ring.
Will put it on top of Mount To Be Read and looking forward to reading it in the near future...
...surely maupi's and E-mile's remarks made the ring manager smile (and blush, she does that easily) ;-)
And indeed, E-mile, there's no need to hurry: I know the book is in safe hands. When you do get to reading it: enjoy!
And indeed, E-mile, there's no need to hurry: I know the book is in safe hands. When you do get to reading it: enjoy!
finished the book and loved reading it! Smiled a lot while reading it; loved the Jewish aunts and all the Jewish words (of which a lot are also integrated in "Amsterdam-Dutch"....
Will ask Stitchgrrl for her address.....
Thanks for the book, Violoncellix (and thanks for your patience....)
Will ask Stitchgrrl for her address.....
Thanks for the book, Violoncellix (and thanks for your patience....)
Stitchgrrl is not in the Netherlands at this moment and she asked me to send the book to the next in line: Gyralanivos. I will ask him/her for an address......
Released 15 yrs ago (3/25/2009 UTC) at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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The book will be send by mail tomorrow (march 25)......
The book will be send by mail tomorrow (march 25)......
Today I got a new book in my house.
Thanks E-mile for sending the book and Violoncellix for ringing these "demon".
I'll enjoy it!
Thanks E-mile for sending the book and Violoncellix for ringing these "demon".
I'll enjoy it!
This is a special book. I have enjoyed it greatly.
A nice combination of old and modern times, mixing belief in ghosts and demons with belief in corporatism!
I'll give the book to Stromend-water, before it'll go to Stitchgrrl.
A nice combination of old and modern times, mixing belief in ghosts and demons with belief in corporatism!
I'll give the book to Stromend-water, before it'll go to Stitchgrrl.
Journal Entry 30 by Stromend-Water from Wageningen, Gelderland Netherlands on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Thanks violoncellix for ringing this book. I enjoyed it, I read it in small parts, every time something came in between, but I enjoyed it till the end. I have to look if I go this weekend to Utrecht and then I bring it to Stitchgrrl myself, when not I send it by mail. I will make a journal entry here, if it's on its way.
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This book goes by tnt-mail further on it's journey to Stitchgirl.
I hope you will enjoy it.
This book goes by tnt-mail further on it's journey to Stitchgirl.
I hope you will enjoy it.
Thanks StromendWater, book arrived in good order last week. Has been hiding in my car since then but I found it this morning and brought it into the house to let the ring know it had arrived safely. (Also found my water bill hiding in the book envelope where I'd put it... hmmm, in a parcel from StromendWater...) As soon as I finish my current book (next week by the look of things, I'm about half way now) I'll read this one. Am I the last on the ring now? Do I send it back to the start when I've finished?
Great to see that this book has been traveling slowly but steadily for more than three years. And yes, after a stay at Stitchgrrl's, it may come home.
Here's the bit I wrote for my Dutch online reading group (www.boekgrrls.nl)
Violincellix - if you send me a PM with your address I'll post the book back to you asap. (Unless someone else maybe wants to join still? Or is it really time for this book to go home now?)
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Een boekcrossing ring (http://www.bookcrossing.com/343-4073232) van wanneer ik een tijdje meer aktief meedeed aan de forum daar. Ik was helemaal vergeten dat ik me ooit hiervoor had ingeschreven. Leuk verassing om dit boek zo in handen te krijgen. Een erg lekker tussendoortje was het. Style deed me soms erg aan Even Cowgirls Get the Blues denken. (Van Tom Robbins - jarenlang was dit een van mijn lees-of-ik-schiet aanbevelingen.) Een Joodse lesbische taxi-chaffeuse krijgt een dybbuk (een soort kruising tussen een beschermengel en een bemoeiallige pestkop) in haar leven. Veel grappige stukken over hoe Corporate Thinking ook in de wereld van de spirits zijn sporen heeft achtergelaten. Plus veel over het leven van Rainbow Rosenbloom en haar tantes en vriendinnen. (Mannen spelen zowat geen rol in dit boek...)
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turned-down corners (what an outrage for the People of the Book) mark the location of interesting ideas and quotes she plans to steal or borrow.
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The aunts have brought more baggage than the passengers Rainbow takes to long-haul flights at Heathrow. Most of it contains the lunch.
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a kimono made of silk and moonlight, with sleeves of butterfly wings.
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Violincellix - if you send me a PM with your address I'll post the book back to you asap. (Unless someone else maybe wants to join still? Or is it really time for this book to go home now?)
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Een boekcrossing ring (http://www.bookcrossing.com/343-4073232) van wanneer ik een tijdje meer aktief meedeed aan de forum daar. Ik was helemaal vergeten dat ik me ooit hiervoor had ingeschreven. Leuk verassing om dit boek zo in handen te krijgen. Een erg lekker tussendoortje was het. Style deed me soms erg aan Even Cowgirls Get the Blues denken. (Van Tom Robbins - jarenlang was dit een van mijn lees-of-ik-schiet aanbevelingen.) Een Joodse lesbische taxi-chaffeuse krijgt een dybbuk (een soort kruising tussen een beschermengel en een bemoeiallige pestkop) in haar leven. Veel grappige stukken over hoe Corporate Thinking ook in de wereld van de spirits zijn sporen heeft achtergelaten. Plus veel over het leven van Rainbow Rosenbloom en haar tantes en vriendinnen. (Mannen spelen zowat geen rol in dit boek...)
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turned-down corners (what an outrage for the People of the Book) mark the location of interesting ideas and quotes she plans to steal or borrow.
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The aunts have brought more baggage than the passengers Rainbow takes to long-haul flights at Heathrow. Most of it contains the lunch.
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a kimono made of silk and moonlight, with sleeves of butterfly wings.
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Journal Entry 35 by 
violoncellix
from Groningen, Groningen Netherlands on Thursday, September 3, 2009
violoncellix from Groningen, Groningen Netherlands on Thursday, September 3, 2009
Gisteren stond daar opeens een taxi voor de deur, met Dyke & Dybbuk terug, veel meegemaakt maar ongeschonden.
Stitchgrrl, veel dank voor je extra verrassing!
Stitchgrrl, veel dank voor je extra verrassing!
