The Secret Life of Bees (Bookring)
14 journalers for this copy...
BOOKRING TIME! :) I will send it around before I read it--ENJOY!
**TRAVEL ITINERARY FOR SECRET LIFE OF BEES BOOKRING**
Updated on June 18th, 2003
1stof8 (WA, US)
Constant-Reader (GA, US)
Geologygirl (NC, US)
Amusedbythis (IL, US)
aaratnayake (MN, US)
squirrel818 (MN, US)
sweetsangria (OR, US)
wolfbutterfly (OR, US)
babyimran (Malaysia)
goldloeckchen (Germany)
nikel27 (Germany)**Current Reader**
allbookedup (Austria)
katayoun (Iran)
lijebook (Portugal)
Lelley (UK)
Leanne345 (UK)
Hey-Miki (UK)
Kernow8 (UK)
cyber-pixie (ON, CA)
digitaltempest (AL, US)
JpandJo (MA, US)
JDT (CA, US)
sweetiepeetie (TX, US)
Mom of SP (AL, US)
Seferim (MD, US)
WickedWordz (FL, US)
Updated on June 18th, 2003
1stof8 (WA, US)
Constant-Reader (GA, US)
Geologygirl (NC, US)
Amusedbythis (IL, US)
aaratnayake (MN, US)
squirrel818 (MN, US)
sweetsangria (OR, US)
wolfbutterfly (OR, US)
babyimran (Malaysia)
goldloeckchen (Germany)
nikel27 (Germany)**Current Reader**
allbookedup (Austria)
katayoun (Iran)
lijebook (Portugal)
Lelley (UK)
Leanne345 (UK)
Hey-Miki (UK)
Kernow8 (UK)
cyber-pixie (ON, CA)
digitaltempest (AL, US)
JpandJo (MA, US)
JDT (CA, US)
sweetiepeetie (TX, US)
Mom of SP (AL, US)
Seferim (MD, US)
WickedWordz (FL, US)
I rec'd this book last week (sorry for the late notice). I'm already 2/3 of the way through it and enjoying it immensely!! This is the best book I've read for quite some time.
I'll do another journal entry when I've finished and ready to send it on to the next person on the list.
Thanks so much, Seferim, for sending this to me!!
I'll do another journal entry when I've finished and ready to send it on to the next person on the list.
Thanks so much, Seferim, for sending this to me!!
This is an excellent book ~ best I've read in quite some time. I literally did not want it to end. It's beautifully written, sad yet so very heartwarming. It's about growing up, finding love, learning to trust, the power of women and includes some very interesting facts on bees at the beginning of each chapter. After finishing this book, I found myself wanting to spend a month (or two) at the pink house with the Boatwright sisters and also wanting to know what happened to Lily as she grew up.
This is a book I will definitely recommend to others and I intend to buy myself a copy to read again and again.
This is a book I will definitely recommend to others and I intend to buy myself a copy to read again and again.
Thank you for your great journal entry 1stof8! I hope that you are able to fully discuss the book in your next bookclub meeting! **PLEASE NOTE--the list order has been changed! I am sorry to do this, but some people have dropped out and others were added, so it needed to be done. Please consult the online list rather than the list in the book for the next person on the ring. Thanks!
Received today as part of a bookring. I will get this back out as soon as possible. Thanks!
I enjoyed this book very much. It's the story of a young girl's search to get to know her long deceased mother and that journey takes her to the home of the Boatwright sisters, one of him is a beekeeper. Three sisters, named May, June & August will steal your heart away as they do Lily's. And then there's Rosaleen who has more courage than a black woman probably should have had at that particular time without getting killed. A good read.
I'm back, and the book was waiting with my mail. I will read it this week and get it off in the mail to the next on the list by Aug 1.
Finally getting a chance to journal this - it has already been mailed to AmusedbyThis.
Well, it was a sweet story about coming of age, and the context of the time (1964) was interesting. I really liked the bee analogy, and had read the one discussion question ahead of time - asking who was the queen in this hive - so that kept me thinking throughout the book, not only about who was the queen, but what were the hive roles of the other characters too.
There were several characters that I would have wanted to know more about/thought their characters could have been more fleshed out to further the story. Several people had raved about it at work, and the reading group questions at the end were very reflective - but I guess I was waiting for more, so I only gave this a 7.
Thanks for share this book.
Well, it was a sweet story about coming of age, and the context of the time (1964) was interesting. I really liked the bee analogy, and had read the one discussion question ahead of time - asking who was the queen in this hive - so that kept me thinking throughout the book, not only about who was the queen, but what were the hive roles of the other characters too.
There were several characters that I would have wanted to know more about/thought their characters could have been more fleshed out to further the story. Several people had raved about it at work, and the reading group questions at the end were very reflective - but I guess I was waiting for more, so I only gave this a 7.
Thanks for share this book.
Received this book today. Am very excited about reading it. Thanks!
This is truly a wonderful book...one of the best that I have read amidst a number of great books that I have been exposed to because of bookcrossing. It is a story of a lonely girl growing up in the South during the beginning of the end of Jim Crow. It is a story of how love conquers all bounderies and how one girl found herself. Thank you Seferim!
Journal Entry 12 by Amusedbythis at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, Meet-Up, RABCK in Chicago, Illinois USA on Sunday, August 31, 2003
Released on Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Controlled Release in Chicago, Illinois USA.
This wonderful book will be on its way today to its next reader...aaratnayake. Enjoy!
This wonderful book will be on its way today to its next reader...aaratnayake. Enjoy!
next on my to be read. after Neuromance.
I loved this book. Heart warming. I was feeling kinda down these days but this book totally lifted me up. i'm so happy i had the opportunity to read this book. Thanks to Seferim for sending this book out.
Released on Sunday, October 05, 2003 at to fellow bookcrosser in postal release, postal release USA.
as part of bookring/ray. mailed to Squirrel818
as part of bookring/ray. mailed to Squirrel818
I signed up for the ring and will read this book asap.
THIS BOOK WAS WONDERFULLY INSPIRATIONAL. A LOVELY TALE ABOUT OVERCOMING YOUR PAST AND MOVING ON. THANKS FOR SHARING!
Journal Entry 18 by squirrel818 at Fellow Bookcrosser in -- Mail, by hand, rings, RABCks etc, Oregon USA on Friday, January 2, 2004
Released on Friday, January 02, 2004 at to another bookcrosser in Forest Grove, Oregon USA.
This showed up today and I'm very excited to read it.
I really enjoyed this book. I went through the pages feeling Lily's pain, and wanting her to get all the answers that she was searching for. After only a few pages, I knew this would be a great book.....and the author used such beautiful words to tell it."The way those bees flew, not even looking for a flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down its seam."
Journal Entry 21 by sweetsangria at USPS in ~~~ ♥ ~~~ A Friend ~~~ ♥ ~~~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Thursday, February 5, 2004
Released on Thursday, February 05, 2004 at post office in fellow bookcrosser, postal release USA.
sent to wolfbutterfly.
sent to wolfbutterfly.
got it in the mail today, will begin immediately! :-) Thanks Sweetsangria!
I enjoyed this book immensely. It was better than I thought and I was expecting alot! There were some very profound moments, great characters, and memorable quotes. I am waiting to send this one on so the next in the book ring can enjoy as well.
Released on Thursday, March 04, 2004 at Post office - sent to a friend in Portland Metro Area, Oregon USA.
sent to babyimran for the bookring...
sent to babyimran for the bookring...
Journal Entry 25 by babyimran from Kajang, Sultanate of Selangor (Shah Alam) Malaysia on Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Friends, I got the book. What a pleasant surprise because I completely forgot about it and just about to start a new book. I shall read this first since its a bookring. More later.
March 18 - forgot to add that it came together with a wonderful bookmark.
March 21 - this book went to the F1 Malaysian grandprix today. If you put your ears to the book, you can hear the music of the engines.
March 22 - this book is wonderful. It shows the love between a mother and daughter is strong even though it is not your birth mother. Lily has wonderful mothers in August, Rosaleen and all the Daughters of Mary. Beautifully crafted and the ending was so heartstopping but just right. Thanks for having me in the bookring.
March 18 - forgot to add that it came together with a wonderful bookmark.
March 21 - this book went to the F1 Malaysian grandprix today. If you put your ears to the book, you can hear the music of the engines.
March 22 - this book is wonderful. It shows the love between a mother and daughter is strong even though it is not your birth mother. Lily has wonderful mothers in August, Rosaleen and all the Daughters of Mary. Beautifully crafted and the ending was so heartstopping but just right. Thanks for having me in the bookring.
Journal Entry 26 by babyimran from Kajang, Sultanate of Selangor (Shah Alam) Malaysia on Monday, March 22, 2004
Sending this book off to the next person in line tomorrow, march 23 : goldloeckchen in Germany.
Journal Entry 27 by goldloeckchen from Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Found it in the mail today. Will get to it as soon as I can.
Thank you babyimran!
Thank you babyimran!
Journal Entry 28 by goldloeckchen from Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Monday, June 7, 2004
Really loved this book. Found it touching. Growing up in a just desegregated South, wonderful!
It's going to nickel27, today.
It's going to nickel27, today.
Journal Entry 29 by nikel27 from -- Irgendwo / Somewhere --, Hessen Germany on Monday, June 14, 2004
arrived during my vacation, has to go first to my TBR-List
update:
I am really sorry that it took me so long to read this book, I can say finally I am near the end, so far I loved this book.
Asked for address:
allbookedup (Austria) want to be skiped
katayoun (Iran) want to be skiped
lijebook (Portugal) Asked: July 29th for Address
update:
I am really sorry that it took me so long to read this book, I can say finally I am near the end, so far I loved this book.
Asked for address:
allbookedup (Austria) want to be skiped
katayoun (Iran) want to be skiped
lijebook (Portugal) Asked: July 29th for Address
This bookring is taking a little side trip - thanks nikel27! I'll send it back soon - seferim has not been available for a while and did not answer any PMs. Hope it's all right I'm pressing in to this list... Anyway, thanks to seferim too!
Update 6 October 2004:
Sorry that I've kept this book that long - I was overloaded with work so I couldn't read as much as I'd have liked to.
But I just had to complete reading it - I liked it really much! This is the sort of southern novel I appreciate, with characters you love or hate or despise! Good women's fiction, too!
And the bee string of the story reminded me much of my youth, when I used to help my grandfather a lot with his beehives - he became a real passionate bee keeper when he retired.
Tomorrow I'll send the book back to Nikel27 who was so kind as to allow me participating in this wonderful bookring.
Update 6 October 2004:
Sorry that I've kept this book that long - I was overloaded with work so I couldn't read as much as I'd have liked to.
But I just had to complete reading it - I liked it really much! This is the sort of southern novel I appreciate, with characters you love or hate or despise! Good women's fiction, too!
And the bee string of the story reminded me much of my youth, when I used to help my grandfather a lot with his beehives - he became a real passionate bee keeper when he retired.
Tomorrow I'll send the book back to Nikel27 who was so kind as to allow me participating in this wonderful bookring.
Journal Entry 31 by MrBennet at By Mail in Mail, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, October 7, 2004
Released 19 yrs ago (10/7/2004 UTC) at By Mail in Mail, Bookring -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
I'm sending this book back to Nikel27 - it has taken a little diversion before travelling on as planned.
I'm sending this book back to Nikel27 - it has taken a little diversion before travelling on as planned.
Journal Entry 32 by nikel27 from -- Irgendwo / Somewhere --, Hessen Germany on Wednesday, October 13, 2004
And the book is back, will now travel to the next member in the original row
lijebook/Portugal as I now have here address!!!!!
lijebook/Portugal as I now have here address!!!!!
Journal Entry 33 by nikel27 at Post Office in Book Ring, Ginsheim -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Released 19 yrs ago (10/18/2004 UTC) at Post Office in Book Ring, Ginsheim -- Controlled Releases
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES: EnJoy the book!!
Hello.Received the book "some" week ago.
I just started to reading it.
More news when I finish reading it.
Thanks, nikel27 !
