Journal Entry 1 by pgsahm from Disputanta, Virginia USA on Saturday, June 14, 2003

Pre-numbered label used for registration. 

Journal Entry 2 by pgsahm from Disputanta, Virginia USA on Saturday, July 12, 2003

While this is a very short book at only 150 pages, the message is very strong and very deep. The book deals with a teenage girls fight with anorexia. She starts starving herself to find happiness and then learns that no matter how thin she is happiness doesn't seem to overtake her. This is a very emotionally disturbing book if you really stop to think about how many teenage girls (and even older women) go through this and why they do. The book's message made me realize that you don't have to starve yourself to hurt yourself. You can be an overeater fighting against the same troubles that any anorexic faces. We all have our bad habits, just some of us have healthier bad habits than others. But if you look inside and find out what it is that you need to feel safe, comfortable and happy about, you can overcome whatever problems you face.

Now if only I could take that advice... 

Journal Entry 3 by pgsahm from Disputanta, Virginia USA on Saturday, July 12, 2003

What’s a bookray and how does it work?

A bookray is when a book passes from person to person based on the list of members involved. Preferably a bookray book is never released into the wild.

To join this bookray (or any other bookray of mine) please private message me. I will be glad to add you to the list. New members are added all of the time so be sure to check the list of participants before you mail the book to the next in line just in case!

Once you are a bookray member you will receive the book from the person listed before you. When you receive the book please make a journal entry stating that you’ve received it. Then read it as soon as you can (no absolute hurry, just be reasonable please :o), and journal again with your thoughts. You’ll then need to private message the person on the list after you for their address. Mail the book by media mail (it’s cheaper!), and make release notes on the book only if you’d like to. Then sit back and watch the continuing journey!

The members are as follows:

ellymae58 (California) (no int'l)
stephc (California)
boutish (Canada)
mfa (Portugal)
ruf (Portugal)
Zyana (Portugal)
tho (Portugal)
Sossap (Portugal) 

Journal Entry 4 by pgsahm at on Friday, July 18, 2003

Released on Friday, July 18, 2003 at Bookcrosser's home in postal release, postal release USA.

Mailed out today to start the bookray! I hope everyone enjoys! 

Journal Entry 5 by EllyMae58 from San Diego, California USA on Saturday, July 26, 2003

Received today...the 3rd bookray title to arrive in 2 days! (4th, if you want to count an audiobook.) I will read as soon as I possibly can and move it on its way. The cover brings back memories of having this book as a teenager! 

Journal Entry 6 by EllyMae58 from San Diego, California USA on Monday, July 28, 2003

Hmm...I remember liking this book when I was younger. I guess an adult mind just looks at it differently. Leslie's thoughts after she was deep into her illness were really irritating me. And the last chapter - ugh! I really would have liked to have had more closure, know what happened to Leslie and the other girls in the hospital.
Thank you for sharing it, pgsahm. Even though I had absolutely no recollection of the story, and can't understand why I liked it as a teenager, I'm glad I had the opportunity to re-read it.
I have the strangest urge to watch Peter Pan now, though.... 

Journal Entry 7 by stephc from Gilroy, California USA on Sunday, August 03, 2003

I received this yesterday from ellymae58, and read it over the day so I could get it moving along quickly. I can't say I was very impressed by it. I was interested in reading this because I suffered from anorexia/bulimia for years and years, and still struggle with it on a day to day basis. I think this book really simplified it, and I thought that Leslie, the main character was really irritating at times. That being said, for a young adult first exploring issues of eating disorders, it would probably be a good place to start, but there are many other books on the subject that I think are much better. 

Journal Entry 8 by boutish on Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Just got the book today. It looks like a "fast read" so I'm gonna read it this week and try to send it back Sunday along with a few other rings and rays and RABCK... Can't you tell I'm addicted ?

Thanks for organizing this Ray!! 

Journal Entry 9 by boutish on Friday, August 15, 2003

I finished it yesterday. It was a good book. Good in a way that it was a fast read, interesting I wanted to know what would happen next... But I was disapointed when I got to the end, I don't know what I was expecting but I kind of stayed on my apetite. Also, is it just me but I felt like I really hated the main caracter ! Sometimes she saif thing or thought about things that made me upset, but then I thought about it and tried to understand *her* way of thinking...
Anyway.
I'll mail it this week end to mfa in Portugal 

Journal Entry 10 by boutish on Friday, August 15, 2003

Ha! I just read to other comments (I never read them before reading the book) and found out I'm not the only one who didn't like the main caracter... Phew, I felt like I should have. I don't know why though. 

Journal Entry 11 by boutish at on Saturday, August 16, 2003

Released on Saturday, August 16, 2003 at mailed to another bookcrosser in Lisboa, lisboa Portugal.

Sent to mfa. Enjoy! 

Journal Entry 12 by mfa from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Friday, August 22, 2003

just got it - thanks boutish! 

Journal Entry 13 by mfa from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Saturday, October 04, 2003

Journal Entry 14 by Ruf from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Monday, November 03, 2003

sorry, i'm late... 

Journal Entry 15 by Ruf at on Sunday, November 09, 2003

Released on Sunday, November 09, 2003 at fica no quarto do polegar in Lisboa, lisboa Portugal. 

Journal Entry 16 by tho on Thursday, November 13, 2003

Received today from mfa - it's a tiny book so I hope to read it very, very soon :-)
 

Journal Entry 17 by tho on Saturday, November 15, 2003

I tried, but couldn't really enjoy this book .. I have to agree with some of the previous readers that the main character - Leslie - just comes off as a really irritating person most of the times .. I can relate to a few of the feelings and thoughts she was having about the relatioship with her mother (after all, we've all been fourteen once, right ?) but not much more...

The book will be passed on to Zyana or Sossap (whoever I'll meet first ..) as soon as possible... 

Journal Entry 18 by Zyana from Porto - City, Porto Portugal on Tuesday, December 02, 2003

Arrived today in the mail. I have a couple bookrings in front of it but I'll try to read it asap. 

Journal Entry 19 by Zyana from Porto - City, Porto Portugal on Monday, December 29, 2003

Easily read in one seating this is an honest, albeit simplistic, attempt at addressing the tragic illness of Anorexia. Written in the early 80's it tries to evoke the physical and psychological trials of anorexia and does in fact accomplish a great bit, shedding light on such an obscure, by then virtually unknown, psychiatric illness. By today's standards it rates very poorly since we now have a better, greater understanding of anorexia and newer (effective?) methods of therapy and rehabilitation for all eating disorders. Despite the book's flaws and often irritating monologues of the main character it portrays the psychological erosion quite well and touches many key elements on the source/fueling of one's struggle with anorexia. What never fails to shock me about individuals suffering from anorexia isn't the inevitable physical deterioration but the emotional/psychological devastation that occurs as the disease progresses. What starts off as one's victory over food by sheer willpower turns into a one-dimension lifestyle of slavery. The euphoria of the first stages leads to depression and isolation ... and more often than one would like to think death.
I'm sure that this little book was an eye-opener back in the 80's and a significant step forward in general public awareness of the condition. What it lacks in substance and factual accuracy it makes up for in groundbreaking courage for broaching a subject few would consider relevant.

Passed it on to Sossap on December 30th. 

Journal Entry 20 by Sossap on Friday, January 30, 2004

Tnks Zyana. Now is the time to read. All be the last, so... All be back...;) 

Journal Entry 21 by Sossap on Thursday, July 15, 2004

Ending the book, ending the ray, return home to The Second Star to the Right . Thank you all. 

Journal Entry 22 by Sossap at on Saturday, September 18, 2004

Released 7 yrs ago (9/17/2004 UTC) at

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Passeio no Parque 

Journal Entry 23 by Maria-Nunes from Lisboa - City, Lisboa (cidade) Portugal on Sunday, September 19, 2004

I brought this book from the "Porto-Lisbon meeting" in Parque das Nações, in order to release it in Prague next month :) 

Journal Entry 24 by Maria-Nunes at on Saturday, October 02, 2004

Released 7 yrs ago (10/5/2004 UTC) at

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Journal Entry 25 by bellychains on Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Found it at the Globe- they were selling it, so I had to pay 30 crowns for it. I will release it once I'm done. Silly bookstore employees.