Journal Entry 1 by Jinglefish from Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Blurb on inside cover says...

"The literary geniuses of the Dante Club - poets and Harvard professors Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell and publisher J T Fields - are finishing America's first translation of The Divine Comedy. The powerful old guard of Harvard College wants to keep Dante in obscurity and the members of the Dante Club must fight to keep their sacred literary cause alive. But their plans fall apart when a series of murders erupts through Boston and Cambridge. Only this small group of scholars realises that the gruesome killings are modelled on the descriptions of Hell's punishments from Dante's Inferno. With the police baffled, lives endangered and Dante's literary future at stake, the Dante Club must shed its sheltered literary existence and find a way to stop the killer."

I'm in two minds about this book. I was eager to read it as the subject matter interested me but it was slow going in the beginning before picking up pace and becoming more interesting, if a little predictable. I kept thinking that perhaps Arturo Perez-Reverte may have done a better job as the context was similar to that of the Club Dumas! That said, I found myself eager to pick the book up and finish it so I couldn't have been too bad. 

Journal Entry 2 by Jinglefish from Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Offered as an international bookring in the forums. The order of participants is as follows:

Bookworm-lady - Madrid, Spain
iliotropio - Brussels, Belgium
JerrilynnL - Denver, USA
Back to me (Jinglefish, UK) ***COMPLETED - BOOK HOME***

Please journal book upon receipt so I can update progress report. Should anyone have a problem with this bookring at anytime, please let me know (via PM in the first instance or in the event of a PM not reaching me, via the Bookring forum)so I can co-ordinate matters and keep fellow participants informed.

Hope you all enjoy.

Will be posting in next few days.

 

Journal Entry 3 by Jinglefish from Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Saturday, May 12, 2007

Posted today to Bookworm-lady. 

Journal Entry 4 by Bookworm-lady from Madrid, Madrid Spain on Thursday, May 17, 2007

I received it yesterday by mail.
Thanks for sharing, Jinglefish! I loved the Froggy Card!
Looking forward to reading it... 

Journal Entry 5 by Jinglefish from Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Sunday, July 29, 2007

Sent PM to Bookworm-lady asking for an update on progress - await a response. 

Journal Entry 6 by Jinglefish from Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Have again PM'd Bookworm-lady to ask why the delay. Have offered to put her last on the list if she would prefer to move the book along unread at this stage. Response awaited.

 

Journal Entry 7 by Bookworm-lady from Madrid, Madrid Spain on Friday, September 14, 2007

Just for the record: I have been answering all Jinglefish's PMs, but never get an answer back. I don't know if she receives my messages.
So: I am currently reading the book, and will send it to my friend Iliotropio as soon as I finish.
Sorry for the delay; I just don't want anyone to think I am not answering PMs, I always do. 

Journal Entry 8 by Jinglefish from Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Friday, September 14, 2007

I received Bookworm-lady's most recent PM yesterday and have noted her comments. I would appear that some PM's may have disappeared into the ether so if I have given the impression that she doesn't respond, I now openly apologise - I think it was a case of non-receipt my end.

Anyway, as Bookworm-lady says, the book has been started and I sincerely hope she enjoys the story.

Thanks for keeping us all updated. 

Journal Entry 9 by Bookworm-lady from Madrid, Madrid Spain on Sunday, September 23, 2007

After being "gently nudged along" by Jinglefish :), I have finally finished reading this book.
Not the easiest read, I took a while to get into it, and differentiate between the various characters.
Having said that,once you get past the first "hard to grasp" pages, it keeps getting better and better, and its ending is completely unexpected.
Really good, I can't wait to read "The Poe Shadow".
Thanks for sharing, Jinglefish, and for being patient with me...
Soon to be sent to my friend Iliotropio,in Belgium. 

Journal Entry 10 by Bookworm-lady from Madrid, Madrid Spain on Thursday, September 27, 2007

Sent yesterday to my friend Iliotropio, of Belgium!
Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 11 by iliotropio from Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Friday, October 05, 2007

Received this morning. I can't wait to finish work and start reading it!
My friend Bookworm-lady also sent me a lovely postcard from Madrid. 

Journal Entry 12 by iliotropio from Bruxelles / Brussel, Bruxelles / Brussel Belgium on Saturday, November 24, 2007

Intelligent, extraordinary, a treat for my tired brain cells!
Thank you Jinglefish for offering such a special book!
On its way to JerrilynnL. Happy reading! 

Journal Entry 13 by JerrilynnL from Denver, Colorado USA on Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Arrived in today's mail. On my TBR list and will try to get it done soon. :-) Thanks for sharing! 

Journal Entry 14 by JerrilynnL from Denver, Colorado USA on Monday, March 31, 2008

I've tried a couple of times and haven't been able to get into this one. I've PM'd biffin44 and will send it on when I get an address ... 

Journal Entry 15 by JerrilynnL at USPS in Postal Mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, June 06, 2008

Released 3 yrs ago (6/4/2008 UTC) at USPS in Postal Mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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sent back to jinglefish in UK 

Journal Entry 16 by Jinglefish from Woking, Surrey United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Many thanks Jerrilynn - this book has made it safely back home again. Thank you all so much for taking part - my husband will be the next reader. After that, who knows? Watch this space.