Journal Entry 1 by UnwrittenLibra from Houston, Texas USA on Thursday, June 12, 2008

Picked this one up sometime last year at the Montgomery County Friends Store in Rockville, Maryland.

Definitely not as good the movie, but an interesting modernist take on a bizarre pre-Holocaust society. Am glad to share with others. 

Journal Entry 2 by UnwrittenLibra from Houston, Texas USA on Sunday, June 22, 2008

BOOKRING!

Rules:
1. Journal the book 3 times: once upon receipt, once with a review, and once confirming that you sent it.
2. Send to the next person in line (PM them for their address).
3. Add a postcard to the book and a "diary entry" describing this book's travels with you.
4. Have fun and enjoy!

BOOKRING ORDER:

pashmack – Lake Worth, Florida, USA - BOOK ARRIVED: 6/25/08, BOOK SENT: 7/14/08
ealasaidmae – Saint Albans, West Virginia, USA - BOOK ARRIVED: 7/16/08, BOOK SENT: 7/28/08
rebeccaljames – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - BOOK ARRIVED: 8/1/08, BOOK SENT: 9/05/08
Zosime – Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA - BOOK ARRIVED: 9/14/08, BOOK SENT:
Bibliocrates - Trinity, Alabama, USA - BOOK ARRIVED: BOOK SENT:
Ayntastic – Davis, California, USA - Next stop, get ready!
Supertalya - Seoul, South Korea (US Address)
Harlequinade – Epping, New South Wales, Australia
gillg - South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Niksu – Helsinki, Finland
Griete – Bern, Switzerland
Ythan - Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
fushmush - London, England, United Kingdom
Madnad – Adeje, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
House-elf – Brookfield, Nova Scotia, Canada
Back to me, UnwrittenLibra - Baltimore, Maryland, USA
 

Journal Entry 3 by UnwrittenLibra from Houston, Texas USA on Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Off from Laurel-Montpelier, Maryland to pashmack in Lake Worth, Florida for leg one of the journey. GO BOOK GO!

DC#: 0308 0070 0000 9342 7492 

Journal Entry 4 by pashmack from Lake Worth, Florida USA on Friday, June 27, 2008

Arrived in today's mail. I love your original label, UnwrittenLibra, as well as the postcard/diary idea. I am so looking forward to reading this, and will get started tonight. Thanks :-) 

Journal Entry 5 by pashmack from Lake Worth, Florida USA on Sunday, July 13, 2008

Reading this book was a bit of a strange experience. I've seen the movie many times, and consider it one of my favorites. It was very hard to just read and enjoy the book without constantly comparing and contrasting book and movie. Finally telling myself "They are different - get over it!", I was able to appreciate the book more and more. There are some really lovely bits of writing within the stories, like this:

"She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum." p. 78

Thank you for sharing the book, UnwrittenLibra. I have the next reader's address and will be mailing it off tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 6 by pashmack from Lake Worth, Florida USA on Monday, July 14, 2008

Off to West Virginia!
Thanks again! 

Journal Entry 7 by ealasaidmae from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Wednesday, July 16, 2008

It's here... 

Journal Entry 8 by ealasaidmae from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Saturday, July 26, 2008

That was quite a trip. Usually, I try not to watch the movie of a book before I read the book, so as not to taint my own vision of the characters. But this time, I'm glad I saw the movie first! I think I would have had a difficult time understanding this without the movie's guidance. (By the way, I'm really impressed with the movie now. I liked it before but now I understand more of the background, what the director chose to put in or leave out, and I think he did it very well.) Reading the book was a totally different experience. I loved all of the "history" of the shtetl and Jonathan's family. They made a whole new story for me to discover, that was barely touched on in the movie - they couldn't possibly have put all of that in there. It would've been been longer than LOTR. And weirder. 

Journal Entry 9 by ealasaidmae from New Orleans, Louisiana USA on Monday, July 28, 2008

on its way to rebeccaljames 

Journal Entry 10 by rebeccaljames from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Friday, August 01, 2008

I just got this book today. I will read it as soon as possible. Thank you for sharing. 

Journal Entry 11 by rebeccaljames from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Thursday, September 04, 2008

I never got around to reading this and I'm not sure when I will be able to so I am passing it along. I will do this as soon as I get the next person in lines address. Thank you for sharing. 

Journal Entry 12 by rebeccaljames from Cincinnati, Ohio USA on Friday, September 05, 2008

I will be mailing this out tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 13 by zosime from Marshfield, Wisconsin USA on Sunday, September 14, 2008

Arrived safe and sound. I've been wanting to read this book for quite a while. Thanks for sharing! 

Journal Entry 14 by zosime from Marshfield, Wisconsin USA on Saturday, October 04, 2008

I'm so glad I was finally able to read this! What an unusual and beautiful and utterly heartbreaking book. I had also seen the movie first, and I did enjoy the contrast. I struggled at first because I kept picturing Jonathan as Elijah Wood and somehow couldn't reconcile the Jonathan from the book with Wood's film interpretation. Once I gave up on that, the book was brilliant and kept me up past my bedtime more than once. 

Journal Entry 15 by zosime from Marshfield, Wisconsin USA on Saturday, October 25, 2008

In the mail and on its way to Bibliocrates. =) 

Journal Entry 16 by Bibliocrates on Wednesday, November 05, 2008

This book arrived safely in my mailbox here in Trinity, Alabama about a week ago, sorry for not leaving a journal entry right away. Thank you very much for posting it to me Zosime, will get to it as soon as I can! 

Journal Entry 17 by Bibliocrates on Tuesday, April 14, 2009

I have finally read this book, so sorry it took me so long to get to it! I agree with ealasaidmae. I started to read it, then, not far in, I decided to watch the movie. I don't usually like to do this, but it was much easier to read after having seen the movie. I think the reason, for me, was the dialogue.

I really enjoyed this book. It was both hilarious and sad and not one I will soon forget.

Thank you very much for sharng UnwrittenLibra! I have misplaced rhythmbiscuit's address and will have to send another PM for it, but I will post the book as soon as I have it. 

Journal Entry 18 by Bibliocrates on Saturday, April 25, 2009

I got a reply from rhythmbiscit:

"Please skip me for the Everything is Illuminated bookring. I have too much
going on right now."

I have sent a PM to Princess-peapod...