The Stone Diaries
7 journalers for this copy...
BOOK RING: This ring is now closed. Members were as follows:
How it works:
Amazon Synopsis
Shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize, this book is the story of a woman's "ordinary" life, from her birth to her death.
- itch2stitch (Selby, North Yorkshire, UK)
- lucyc58 (Harlow, Essex, UK)
- pennydainty (Dunecht, Scotland, UK)
- arturogrande (Coalville, Leicestershire, UK)
- followdream (Riederalp, Valais/Wallis, Switzerland)
- Wandering-B (Tai Po, Hong Kong)
How it works:
- If you wish to be added to the list, please PM me with your details.
- We will kick off once we have 5 members.
- You will be sending the book to the person who appears after you in the list, so you need to PM them to get their address!
- It's not a race, but please read and send the book on as speedily as you can, other people are dying to read it too.
- Please journal the book once you have received it (so we all know where it currently is) and again when you have read it (so we know what you thought of it!)
- If you're the last person on the list (i.e. we run out of members) the book comes back to me until there are more interested parties...
Amazon Synopsis
Shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize, this book is the story of a woman's "ordinary" life, from her birth to her death.
Posted today to itch2stitch, along with the other two Carol Shields books... send them on separately or together; it's up to you :-)
Just received from aliceF along with 2 other Carol Shields books Ready to start reading asap.
This was a fascinating read. I oprobably wouldn't have bought the book, it isn't my usual read, but I found it gripping. Sent off to lucy58. Hope you enjoy it Lucy
Received this in the post earlier in the week from itch2stitch. I have started reading it and am enjoying it so far.
I enjoyed this story of one womens life from birth to death. Fantastic insight into the way peoples lives pan out. Will send this on to the next person in the ring when i have finished the other 2 Carol Shields books.
Travelling to PennyDainty today.
arrived in the post but as I have already read this great book I will contact the next person and keep it moving forward.
Journal Entry 9 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Sunday, April 29, 2007
Thanks very much. I've got a couple of ring books ahead of this one, but I'll get to it as soon as I can.
Journal Entry 10 by arturogrande from Coalville, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Sunday, August 19, 2007
This is so beautifully written that I didn''t want to gt to the end of it. Even though there were parts of the book where not a lot seemed to hppen, the beauty and poetry of the language was enough to keep me gripped.
Carol Shields has a fine ear for the way real people use language and how their way of speaking changes over the years - the conversations throughout the book seem very real.
Daisy Goodwill is an interesting character and hr journey through life was moving and enjoyable.
The book is now on its way to followdream.
Thanks for sharing.
Carol Shields has a fine ear for the way real people use language and how their way of speaking changes over the years - the conversations throughout the book seem very real.
Daisy Goodwill is an interesting character and hr journey through life was moving and enjoyable.
The book is now on its way to followdream.
Thanks for sharing.
It was waiting in my mailbox today. Thanks arturogrande for sending it. I'm looking forward to read this higly praised story.
I agree with Arturogrande. The poetic of Carol Shield's language is wonderful. I found myself surprisingly hooked to these diaries although there was not much action. I loved the way different persons, viewpoints, styles of thinking and times are interwoven.
brought it to the post office today. Have a safe journey dear book to Wandering B!
Sorry, forgot to jounal as received. Finished reading and I can say it was an interesting book. It was interesting to see how things changed for Daisy, but at the same time her basic situation remained the same. Rather sad, actually, and I felt a great deal of compassion for her. Will PM anthings and see if there is a response. If not, I'll contact AliceF for instructions.
Thanks, AliceF for passing this one around!
Thanks, AliceF for passing this one around!
Sending back to Alice F. Thanks for sharing.
Journal Entry 16 by ARTurner from Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom on Friday, November 30, 2007
Came back home to me a couple of weeks ago (sorry I didn't manage to acknowledge until now)... looking forward to reading it myself, now!
Journal Entry 17 by ARTurner from Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Reserved for my "1000 books registered RABCK" recipient.
