FROM THE BACK:
"Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, more enticing than the present, and to which he longs to return. A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide both the key to an old mystery and a doorway into another world. As the unusual properties of the strange brew takes effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village of Lansquenet, where a ghost from the past waits to confront him, and the reclusive Marise - haunted, lovely and dangerous - hides a terrible secret behind her closed shutters. Between them, a mysterious chemistry. Or could it be magic?"

BOOKRINGING THIS ONE

No hard and fast rules. Just journal an entry when you receive it and also when sending it on to the next reader. Read it within a reasonable time but no pressure, we all have busy lives. If you get stuck with too many books and need to keep it for a while, just keep me up to date with books movements so I can let the other readers know. Enjoy (hopefully) :o)

Participants so far:

MooMoo1977 - NSW
BellaMack - TAS
cat207 - NSW
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back to froggirlwendy - QLD

RELEASE NOTES:

Starting it's bookring journey - on it's way to MooMoo1977. Enjoy :o)

Received today (30/04/07). Thanks heaps for your generosity froggirlwendy. How did you know I had run out of good books tor ead?? hehehe. Will pass onto BellaMack as soon as I've finished.

Maybe there was something in the water. Perhaps there was something in the sea. Or maybe this wee little book just wasn't meant for me...

..I tried and tried and tried, but I found I kept skipping pages here and there. The original idea was quite captivating - imagine, a bottle of wine conversing with the reader. I was quite excited about this prospect, but somehow, the narration changed and the moo just lost interest in the book. I have a feeling you have to set aside some time and just sit and read this book through and through to really enjoy it. I have a whole lot of books coming through and as I don't want to hold this ring up, I am going to send to BellaMack once I find out her addy...again. :P

Many thanks to froggirlwendy again for her gorgeous generosity. We wuv u! xxx :)

posted to BellaMack 07/05/07

Received today, looking forward to reading it altho Mt TBR is threatening to topple like a giant paper avalanche ... yikes!! ... Thanks for sharing :)

Joanne Harris is an absolute delight to read! I loved this book and from page 1 could not put it down and in fact read it in a single day, sitting up into the night to finish it! Another essential book for my personal collection. Thank you so much fgw for sharing it with me :) Will post on to the next reader as soon as I have an address.

Arrived in today's mail. Thank you BellaMack and froggirlwendy for sharing.

The sort of story that makes you want to escape the rat race and live the simple life...

Back to froggirlwendy in tomorrow's mail. Thank you. X

Arrived home today - with a hitch hiker :o) Thanks cat207 for the extra book that found it's way to my place :o) Thanks to everyone who read and journalled this book - for now it's back onto my TBR mountain for a while.

Clearing out some books that have sat too long. Posted to another Bookcrosser for OBCZ.

In a bag of books donated for my street library - thank you!

Going along to CraftAlive and dropping on the table in the front foyer