The Diary of A Manhattan Call Girl

by Tracy Quan | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0007774508 Global Overview for this book
Registered by angellica of Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on 8/10/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Thursday, August 10, 2006
Book Description
A fun, witty, sexy, page-turning novel written by a real-life, high-priced Manhattan call girl.

Synopsis
A fun, witty, sexy, page-turning novel written by a real-life, high-priced Manhattan call girl. This is the diary of Nancy Chan, busy career girl, in her thirties, newly engaged and trying to balance job and romance. But Nancy is a high-class call girl, a fact her banker fiance, Matt does not know (he thinks she's a copy editor) and Nancy wants to keep it that way. With one foot in the bedrooms of her rich and demanding clients and one in the world of her fiance and his family, Nancy demonstrates, in her inimitable fashion, that if you know the dance, you can keep those two worlds from colliding. At least for a while. This wonderfully intelligent, sexually frank, rollicking novel gives us fresh insight into the machinations and politics of being an expensive call girl in the modern world. Quan pulls no punches, gives no apologies, and has written one of the best and most honest books yet on the topic.

Journal Entry 2 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Thursday, August 10, 2006
This is starting out on a journey into the big wide world!

Participants:
RDWirral
bookwormess (Europe Only)
BOKWORMY (Europe Only)
menalima (Europe Only)
book-man-8 (Europe Only)

oisec
penelopewanders
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Rules:
1) Please can you journal when you receive the book and again when you send it on
2) There are no time limits - just read and forward :)
3) If you can, can you place a postcard of your town in with the book please. I'd love to know where the book has been!

Journal Entry 3 by RDWirral from New Ferry, Merseyside United Kingdom on Monday, August 14, 2006
Hey, recieved this Bookring over the weekend, have already jilted the book I was reading for it so should be done with it fairly quickly.

RD x

Journal Entry 4 by RDWirral from New Ferry, Merseyside United Kingdom on Friday, August 18, 2006
Hi, I finished this today, I found it really patchy to be honest. It was an insight into a world i know nothing about, so I was interested to see what it was like. I really liked the main character Nancy, but I found her friend Allie extremely irritating and the NYCOT sub plot unnecessary. I also thought some of the characters like Matt and Elspeth were very two dimensional. In some ways I think Quan has glamourised the work of the call girls in Manhattan and made it very Sex and The City, whereas this probably isn't the experience of the average Manhattan hooker. That said it is very readable and I would probably read the next one if there was a bookring or ray out there, but I wouldn't be so desparate to know that I would buy it.

This will go to the next one in the ring once I get their address.

PS I havent been able to get a postcard, but I'll send you one once I do!

Journal Entry 5 by RDWirral at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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Sent to bookwormess in Finland

Journal Entry 6 by bookwormess from Kotka, Kymenlaakso / Kymmenedalen Finland on Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The book arrived today. I got two rings at the same time but I'll read this one first. Can't wait.

Journal Entry 7 by bookwormess from Kotka, Kymenlaakso / Kymmenedalen Finland on Saturday, October 14, 2006
Ok, I've read the book. Finally... Sorry BOKWORMY that you had to wait a bit. I sort of enjoyed it, but it was quite easy to also forget. Meaning it wasn't one of those books you just can't put away. It was much more, um, should I say intime that I expected. Because my reading time is quite limited at the moment I was reading it at work during lunch, at busses and trains and when queuing at health care center. I always took it with me so I could read if I just had that few minutes, so this travelling book has certainly travelled through Helsinki. :)

On Monday it'll start it's next journey as I'll drop it off to post center for BOKWORMY. I like your name.. :D
Thanks Angellica for sharing!

Journal Entry 8 by BOKWORMY on Friday, October 27, 2006
Just arrived in the post!

Thanks bookwormess for posting it over and of course a big thank-YOU to angellica for sharing all these great bookrings with me.

Wishing you all a good wkend!

X

An ok read, didnt enjoy it that much but managed to get to the end!

7/01 - PMed next person the list!
11/01 - PMed once again!
19/01 - PMed once more, last time! (If I don´t get a reply by monday 22/01, I shall PM next person on the list!

menalima asked to be skipped!

Journal Entry 9 by BOKWORMY at on Monday, January 22, 2007

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On the way to book-man-8!

Journal Entry 10 by book-man-8 from Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
I got the book today. Thanks "Angellica" for the ring and "Bokwormy" for sending it!

Journal Entry 11 by book-man-8 from Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Saturday, January 27, 2007
Well - n fact: no. This one just didn't do it.

Journal Entry 12 by book-man-8 at on Sunday, January 28, 2007

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It's off to "oisec".

Journal Entry 13 by rem_BPO-303097 on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
The book arrived this weekend. I can't wait to read it, but I have two more books before this one. I should get to it by March at the latest, I think.

Journal Entry 14 by rem_BPO-303097 on Tuesday, April 10, 2007
I've tried for almost a month to get into DOAMCG, but it just didn't work for me. For some reason, the writing didn't appeal to me at all, so I decided to send it on to the next person on the list as soon as I have the address (I already PM'd a few minutes ago!).

Journal Entry 15 by rem_BPO-303097 at on Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Released 16 yrs ago (5/15/2007 UTC) at

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Time isn't right, but I'd completely forgotten to make the release note. Should be with the next person rather soon. Sorry about being so forgetful lately! :(

Journal Entry 16 by angellica from Worksop, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Looks like this book never reached its destination. Thanks for participating.

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