The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Registered by BabyFlylady of Driffield, East Yorkshire United Kingdom on 9/30/2006
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
12 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by BabyFlylady from Driffield, East Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 30, 2006
A Charity Shop find. (They have a "better class" of second hand books in Durham!! And higher prices too!!) But this a highly sought after. Can't decide what I am going to do with this one but Suedo also has stated an interest.!!
I have decided to send this out on a Bookray. Where possible I want it to be hand delivered between people "that you will meet on earth". It will be fun to see how little is spent on postage of this book! If you are interested please PM me.
So far in a rough sort of order!;
(The order will change if people can hand deliver the book rather than post it)
Snaggy - Durham
Suedo(Durham Meet)
Holystone - North East (Newcastle meet)
PeaMartian - North East (Durham Meet)
Itch2Stitch -
catwhitehouse - London skipped
lmjsmum - shropshire skipped
chas04 - bishops stortford - international skipped
rudifun23 - hampshire - europe
microsquid - wherever (can post nationally in Netherlands)skipped
Fifna - Netherlands - europe
Joanazinha -netherlands
soleille - Germanyskipped
mallary - Franceskipped
veleta - spain - europe<------ Book is here March 2008
Ends
I have decided to send this out on a Bookray. Where possible I want it to be hand delivered between people "that you will meet on earth". It will be fun to see how little is spent on postage of this book! If you are interested please PM me.
So far in a rough sort of order!;
(The order will change if people can hand deliver the book rather than post it)
Snaggy - Durham
Suedo(Durham Meet)
Holystone - North East (Newcastle meet)
PeaMartian - North East (Durham Meet)
Itch2Stitch -
catwhitehouse - London skipped
lmjsmum - shropshire skipped
chas04 - bishops stortford - international skipped
rudifun23 - hampshire - europe
microsquid - wherever (can post nationally in Netherlands)skipped
Fifna - Netherlands - europe
Joanazinha -netherlands
soleille - Germanyskipped
mallary - Franceskipped
veleta - spain - europe<------ Book is here March 2008
Ends
Journal Entry 2 by BabyFlylady from Driffield, East Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, October 13, 2006
Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?"
A quick, pleasent read. Maybe I enjoyed this because I was in the right place, but I found it comforting to think of this concept on heaven; where you meet the 5 people who help you to make sense of your life!
Passing it on to another bookcrosser to read and pass on.
A quick, pleasent read. Maybe I enjoyed this because I was in the right place, but I found it comforting to think of this concept on heaven; where you meet the 5 people who help you to make sense of your life!
Passing it on to another bookcrosser to read and pass on.
Journal Entry 3 by BabyFlylady at -- Controlled Release in Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Monday, October 16, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (10/16/2006 UTC) at -- Controlled Release in Durham, County Durham United Kingdom
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Journal Entry 4 by BabyFlylady from Driffield, East Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, November 19, 2006
returned from Snaggy, who said she enjoyed it!
Journal Entry 5 by BabyFlylady at Undercroft Restaurant, Durham Cathedral in Durham, County Durham United Kingdom on Sunday, November 19, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (11/25/2006 UTC) at Undercroft Restaurant, Durham Cathedral in Durham, County Durham United Kingdom
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releasing to Suedo at the Durham meet
releasing to Suedo at the Durham meet
Journal Entry 6 by suedo from Redditch, Worcestershire United Kingdom on Thursday, December 14, 2006
Picked up tonight at the Newcastle meet up. Thanks :-)
Journal Entry 7 by suedo from Redditch, Worcestershire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 10, 2007
I know I journalled this, but it has gone :-(
this was a brilliant book, and I can't remember all the rest of what I said, but if you still have the email BFL please copy it to me and i'll update here.
Taking it to the Newcastle meet up for Holystone
this was a brilliant book, and I can't remember all the rest of what I said, but if you still have the email BFL please copy it to me and i'll update here.
Taking it to the Newcastle meet up for Holystone
Here's the original, the book went to Holystone in January
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Loved this. I gentle and thoughtful look at the world and our place in it.
Also a reminder of consequences, both obvious and obscure.
There is aline in this that reminds me of Bookcrossers, and life generally:
'strangers... are just family you have yet to come to know'
Like family not all of them suit you, and you don't always get along, but
it is usually a pleasure to get to know them, and there is always a lesson
in getting to know a person, if you are prepared to listen.
Bookcrossing is a great family, and I wish BabyFlylady all the best, since
she's left our 'home', and am glad to hear she's already planning to come
back and visit. (just like family, you think they've moved on, but they
keep coming back ;-)
Will contact holystone and see if she will be at the January meet.
By suedo from Spennymoor, County Durham United Kingdom
Book Rating: 9 out of 10
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Loved this. I gentle and thoughtful look at the world and our place in it.
Also a reminder of consequences, both obvious and obscure.
There is aline in this that reminds me of Bookcrossers, and life generally:
'strangers... are just family you have yet to come to know'
Like family not all of them suit you, and you don't always get along, but
it is usually a pleasure to get to know them, and there is always a lesson
in getting to know a person, if you are prepared to listen.
Bookcrossing is a great family, and I wish BabyFlylady all the best, since
she's left our 'home', and am glad to hear she's already planning to come
back and visit. (just like family, you think they've moved on, but they
keep coming back ;-)
Will contact holystone and see if she will be at the January meet.
By suedo from Spennymoor, County Durham United Kingdom
Book Rating: 9 out of 10
Journal Entry 9 by Holystone from Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Sunday, February 11, 2007
Probably should have read and passed this on a little quicker.
A nice read
A nice read
Received with thanks from Holystone, to be added to my TBR...
Well, today I am more awake than yesterday, and I realise that I picked up a copy of this book at the last Durham meet, thinking that it was the copy for this bookring that I''d signed up for... You can see the journal for the other copy at:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4866494
So, as I have already read a copy of this book, I''ve contacted Itch2Stich and will move this bookring copy on to them as soon as I can...
So, what did I think of the book? Well, I stand by my journal entry for the other copy:
I''ve seen other reviews of the book that say that reading it is a "life-changing experience", but I certainly didn''t find that myself. I enjoyed the book, and found it to be a nice easy read, but not a complete revelation.
However, I do also agree with Suedo. It''s good to reflect on cause and effect, actions and consequences. Bookcrossing does remind me of the way things are connected in sometimes unexpected ways and it is steadily turning strangers into friends and family...
Thanks for sharing BabyFlyLady!
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/4866494
So, as I have already read a copy of this book, I''ve contacted Itch2Stich and will move this bookring copy on to them as soon as I can...
So, what did I think of the book? Well, I stand by my journal entry for the other copy:
I''ve seen other reviews of the book that say that reading it is a "life-changing experience", but I certainly didn''t find that myself. I enjoyed the book, and found it to be a nice easy read, but not a complete revelation.
However, I do also agree with Suedo. It''s good to reflect on cause and effect, actions and consequences. Bookcrossing does remind me of the way things are connected in sometimes unexpected ways and it is steadily turning strangers into friends and family...
Thanks for sharing BabyFlyLady!
Posted off to Itch2Stitch today...
Just received from PeaMartian. Many thanks ;)
Stunning!
Finally mailed off today to rudifun23 - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did
Finally mailed off today to rudifun23 - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did
Journal Entry 15 by Rudifun23 from Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 4, 2007
Sorry this has taken so long, just finished it. Was ok, more entertaining than Tuesdays with Morrie but both remind me of those annoying syrupy emails you get to forward to 5 friends. But I'm a nice person really! :-)
On its way to Fifna, got no response from Microsquid.
On its way to Fifna, got no response from Microsquid.
Arrived today, thanks Rudifun23!
This was an enjoyable read, but by no means, as PeaMartian also said, a 'life-changing' experience. Just a nice, quiet, friendly kind of story. Many thanks for sharing, BabyFlylady! I will PM Joanazinha and get it moving on.
edit: Just wanted to add that it made me wonder who 'my' five people would be....
edit: Just wanted to add that it made me wonder who 'my' five people would be....
Sent the book to Joanazinha yesterday.
And today the book arrived at my place. The ringbooks are arriving all at one time at this moment, so this one will have to wait on mount TBR for a little while.
I liked this book very well, but breath-taking? Nope. Just a very nice, easy and quick read (read most of the book one lazy Sunday-afternoon). I love the idea however of five people, waiting for you after your death, to explain or highlight parts of your life.
I will contact the next in line for an address, so the book can travel again!
Edited to add: soleille incidently signed up twice for this book and she has received the other issue already. Therefore she wants to be skipped of this ringlist. I will PM mallary for her address.
Edited again to add: mallary has also received a copy of the book, so asks to be skipped. I'm going to PM the last person in line :-). (PM sent February 4th)
Update February 8: no reaction from veleta, PM'ed again with request for address.
I will contact the next in line for an address, so the book can travel again!
Edited to add: soleille incidently signed up twice for this book and she has received the other issue already. Therefore she wants to be skipped of this ringlist. I will PM mallary for her address.
Edited again to add: mallary has also received a copy of the book, so asks to be skipped. I'm going to PM the last person in line :-). (PM sent February 4th)
Update February 8: no reaction from veleta, PM'ed again with request for address.
Journal Entry 21 by 
Joanazinha
at by post in Tiara Sweepstakes Winner!, Tiara Sweepstakes Winner! -- Controlled Releases on Friday, February 22, 2008
Joanazinha at by post in Tiara Sweepstakes Winner!, Tiara Sweepstakes Winner! -- Controlled Releases on Friday, February 22, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (2/22/2008 UTC) at by post in Tiara Sweepstakes Winner!, Tiara Sweepstakes Winner! -- Controlled Releases
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Finally on its way to veleta. Sorry for the delay; real life became real busy the last 2 weeks. Happy reading!
Finally on its way to veleta. Sorry for the delay; real life became real busy the last 2 weeks. Happy reading!
Arrived today. Thanks a lot to everybody who has passed this book on.
Arrived today. Thanks a lot to everybody who has passed this book on.
I've really liked this book. The simple language, the twisted plotline, the straight-to-the-point attitude... The story is touching and Eddie, the main character, realises that he did live a complete and full life, despite of it all. He comes to understand the meaning of his life, and the reader with him.
I've loved the idea of people influencing each other, specially the little girl who will learn in the future why she was saved by Eddie "Maintenance" and why it was worthwhile.
I've loved the idea of people influencing each other, specially the little girl who will learn in the future why she was saved by Eddie "Maintenance" and why it was worthwhile.
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I read it in spanish. Now I am going to read it in its original version.
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I liked this book when I read it in Spanish. It is easy to read it in English too.
I liked this book when I read it in Spanish. It is easy to read it in English too.
Pillado dickens
Facil de ller, y me ha encantado.
Retirado del Pub Dickens en el segundo meetup de junio (Ourense 2011), para liberar en la ZOBC de la Oficina de Turismo.
Journal Entry 31 by jotage24 at Oficina Municipal de Turismo in Ourense, Ourense Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (6/29/2011 UTC) at Oficina Municipal de Turismo in Ourense, Ourense Spain
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En la caja de los libros.
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