lucky me 2 free copies arrived in the post from Random House publishers. I will let this one go on it's travels very soon.

This book is my first bookray. Thanks for joining in and hope you enjoy the read. I would love to know what you think so if you could write a wee review (only a few words is fine)before you send it on, that would be fantastic.
Normal thing - journal when it arrives, try to keep it moving and pm the next person on the list for their details. Happy travels little book.
1. katrinat - europe
2. lindyloumac - europe
3. sobergirl - anywhere
4. aava - anywhere
5. sejent - usa - on route October 2008
6. lisabb2 - usa
7. spoiledrotten - usa
8. weenieheadgnome - anywhere
9. AgdaAgulina - anywhere
10. leishacamden - anywhere

Just arrived. I'm looking forward to reading it but have a few bookrings to read first so may take a few weeks to get to :(

I loved this book, there was one part where I was going to give up (the end of part one) because I thought what had happened would spoil the rest of the book but I'm really glad that I kept on reading.
I have the next persons address and will post this out at the weekend when I can get to the post office

RELEASE NOTES:

on its way to italy

With thanks to pennydainty, katrinat and the postal services this Bookray arrived this am. I will make a start as soon as I have finished my current title.

The heroine of this novel is Peony a teenage girl living in C17 China under the cultural restrictions of the era.
Using the plot of the ancient Chinese opera ‘The Peony Pavilion’ as the framework for the story Lisa See has weaved historical fact with fiction to write of the emotional and ghostly bonds between three sister wives. Chen Tong (Peony), Tan Ze and Qian Yi were all real women and although it is known for a fact that Chen Tong’s name was changed because it was the same as her future mother in laws, it is not know what name was chosen. Lisa See has kept to historical fact as far as possible and although it is thought that Peony never actually met Wu Ren it is true that he wanted his wives to be acknowledged and approved the publication of their work.
A tragic romance, Peony is actually only alive for the first part of the novel (95 pages) after which she is a ‘ghost’ living in the afterlife. She died at sixteen, an innocent young girl, from love-sickness, by starving herself to death. As before her arranged wedding day she meets a young man and falls in love She learns far more about life and love after her death than she could have known after such a short life.

It was fascinating to read about the beliefs of the Chinese in the after life, very complicated!

This novel did not have the same impact on me as Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, but is nonetheless worth reading, especially if you are interested in learning more about the role of women in Chinese culture.

This will be in the post to sobergirl as soon as I have confirmed her address has not changed recently.

RELEASE NOTES:

En-route to Finland

The book arrived a few minutes ago!
I will start reading it asap!

I have now started reading this book, shouldn't take too long, I'm like totally hooked already!
I have given a small gift to the book, a Terracotta Warrior-bookmark (I bought it at the First Emperor-exhibition in London in October 2008).
Totally diffrent era in Chinese history but still Chinese.
Terracotta warriors. At the British Museum I got up close and personal with 12 of these guys, they were at the same level as us visitors, and we got as close as a couple of meters away. It was an amazing experience!

One thing that always makes my stomach go into a knot is foot binding.
I can't even begin to imagine what it was like.
Foot binding.

I've always liked good ghost stories. This was one of them!
Kept me up at night at work when I should have been sleeping.
I fond this book fascinating.
Thanks so much for arranging the bookray!!!!

I have contacted aava for her address, her profile says she's on vacation. The book will stay with me until I hear from her.

I now have the address for aava. She's on holiday for the moment, I will mail the book later this month.

Picture of bookmark I added to the bookray

Aava is now home from her holiday and I will mail the book today!

This book was waiting for e when I finally got back home after a rather long holiday. I'm really sorry for taking all this time, but I promise I will start reading the book right away.

Thanks pennydainty for the ring and for Sobergirl sending it.

I had difficult times getting into this book but after Peony died it suddenly started to make sense, maybe the whole 16 and love for the very first time weren't as interesting theme as Peony starting to come to terms as being a ghost. Fascinating book. I love historical fiction but sometimes it can be a little stiff, luckily this was not the case with Peony in Love.

And I agree with Sobergirl, the foot binding scenes made me feel sick too.

I'm waiting to hear from sejent but once I do I'll mail the book asap.

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edit 19.9: Just so that people won't get worried. I haven't sent the book yet although I have sejent's address. I'm sorry about the delay but I have had so much going in my life at the moment, you know how it is sometimes... Again, I'm sorry and what's most important I will mail the book next week.