The Island

by Victoria Hislop | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780755309511 Global Overview for this book
Registered by potok-fan of Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on 12/30/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Sunday, December 30, 2007
My mother-in-law gave me this for Christmas. In fact, she had forgotten that she'd bought me a copy last summer as well, so obviously she really loved this title! :)

This was the perfect time to give it to me, though. Now I had time to start it on Boxing Day, and to get through most of the rest of it on the plane home. She knows about my bookcrossing hobby, and so I think she'd be happy for me to pass both copies along to other readers now that I have finished.

I liked the background plot very much, and agree with the Observer reviewer (quoted in a blurb) that the book was well researched. However, in many places I was frustrated that the author didn't seem to SHOW so much as to TELL. I tried to explain this to Mr P and he immediately asked, "Is it a first novel?" and I see that yes, it is.

I hope this author will go on to even better things!

I do have one other gripe, and that was the conclusion of the novel. Too much, I thought, got wrapped up in a mere nine pages! But ignoring the "envelope" of Alexis's (and Sofia's) story/ies, I found the inner story, of Eleni and Maria, of Spinalonga and Crete more widely, enjoyable and truly interesting.

Journal Entry 2 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Friday, January 25, 2008
Mr Potok has taken this book to Italy for wild-release in Milan. I will make release notes as soon as I know where he's left it.

Benvenuti nel mondo del BookCrossing! Come segnalare il ritrovamento di questo libro: Vai sul sito www.bookcrossing-italy.com o sul sito www.bookcrossing-italia.com. Guarda un po' i siti, per capire meglio cos'è il bookcrossing.
-Nella pagina principale c'`il posto dove inserire il BCID (il numero che sicuramente avrai trovato nel libro), inseriscilo.
-Il sito ti chiede dove hai trovato il libro: City=Città, State=Regione, Country=Stato (Italy). [Il sito ti chiede quanto ti piace il libro da 1 a 10, se non l'hai ancora letto segna "not applicable" o "non saprei".]
-Scrivi un commento, magari dicendo dove l'hai trovato di preciso o se l'iniziativa del bookcrossing ti piace... Ovviamente puoi scrivere il tuo commento in italiano.
-Un ritrovatore anonimo sul sito inglese deve superare il controllo antispam, inserendo delle lettere nella casella apposita. Attenzione a maiuscole e minuscole!
-Clicca il bottone in basso "Submit Journal Entry" o "Invia la Journal Entry" e aspetta.

Journal Entry 3 by potok-fan at Aeroporto Malpensa in Milano, Lombardia Italy on Sunday, January 27, 2008

Released 16 yrs ago (1/27/2008 UTC) at Aeroporto Malpensa in Milano, Lombardia Italy

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Mr P says he left this in check-in area 1. Happy hunting.

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