Fight Club
11 journalers for this copy...
The book behind the movie with Brad Pitt and Edward Norton.
I've decided to let this book go as a bookring. That means anyone who is interested can be added to the list below. Whenever someone finishes the book they send it to the next person on the list - send them a PM to receive their address.
Rules:
- You must post here when you receive the book, when you've read it (and we'd love to know what you thought of it!) and when you send it to the next person on the list.
- You should be fairly quick. Please don't keep the book more than a month. Or at least not much. :)
- You should be willing to send the book internationally (I'll assume you are if you don't say anything about it). FYI it's not very heavy, just under 160 g which this conversion calculator tells me is 5.62 ounces.
- Let me know if there are any problems!
To join:
Please PM me and I'll add you to the list!
List of participants ([name] in [country] ([will ship to])):
helfena in Sweden (Intl) <-- starts here
esq228 in USA (USA)
kaila-ann in USA (prefers USA)
rebeccaljames in USA (prefers USA)
labmomnm in USA (Intl)
Fluffy-Owl in UK (UK or Europe)
OnlyLiana in UK (Intl)
afraberg in Netherlands (Intl)
Jare in USA (Intl)
tootshelling in Germany (Intl)
kasandria in Sweden (Intl)
thobe in Sweden (Intl)
starflash in UK (prefers UK or EU)
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...you here...?
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helfena in Sweden <- ends here
Note that the order of the list may change for shipping reasons.
It's an extremely cool book, very witty in a way that sometimes gets almost tiresome but still works. I haven't read anything else by Palahniuk, but I've heard that this is how he always writes, that his characters are always cool in the same way. That seems tiresome, but judging this book on its own, which is all I can do, I have to love it.
It is violent, gory and unpleasant in many ways, but it's also a lot more than that. It's intelligent and the twist is beautifully hinted. This book is definitely worth reading!
Released 15 yrs ago (8/7/2008 UTC) at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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And the book is off to USA! I'm excited to see how this ring will work out.
It's not too late to join, PM me if you're interested!
In any case, will be sending it off to the next person as soon as I have an addy.
Anyway, I will be mailing this out on Friday when I make my weekly trip to the post office. Thanks for letting me participate!
Sending on to labmomnm, enjoy!
8 November 2008 - Well, I didn't like this. I haven't seen the movie but I don't think that made it less accessible (as suggested by an earlier journaler). My main problem with it was that reminded me so much of another book - Irvine Welsh's "Marabou Stork Nightmares" - that same fractured writing (dead giveaway for the narrator's mental status), similar kind of trajectory....but "Stork" was a much more interesting read for me. It was also published first, which makes me wonder if CP had read it & subconsciously went in a similar direction? Anyway, I'd have probably given this more stars if it hadn't lost out in the comparisons to Welsh's book.
Thanks for sharing!
Released 15 yrs ago (11/8/2008 UTC) at USPS, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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Mailed to Fluffy-Owl
Will send it on once my housemate has finished reading it.
Released 15 yrs ago (11/28/2008 UTC) at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom
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Will post off to OnlyLiana either this weekend or early next week.
Released 15 yrs ago (2/3/2009 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Sorry it's taken me so long to post this on, I finally trudged through the snow today to the post office!
Hope you enjoy it!!!
Thanks for sending OnlyLiana!
Today the book starts its journey to Germany, to tootshelling (Jare wanted to be skipped).
Released 15 yrs ago (2/23/2009 UTC) at Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany
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On its way to Tootshelling...
Sorry this has taken so long but I finally got to it while on holiday & I LOVED it! I can't wait to read Choke & Diary.
Waiting for address of next in line.
Released 14 yrs ago (6/9/2009 UTC) at Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany
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Off to Kasandria - enjoy!
I liked the book, but I am not used to reading in English so it was not an easy read. I had already seen the movie, that helped.