Journal Entry 1 by kerbam1421 from Halethorpe, Maryland USA on Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Received this yesterday, 4/21/09, from a fellow BookMooch member from FL.

The story of a young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey portrays her desperate relationships with her bisexual boyfriend and her adopted confidante, Madam Pig--a corpulent recluse living on memories and red wine. 

Journal Entry 2 by kerbam1421 from Halethorpe, Maryland USA on Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sent out as a bookring, 7/23/09

Bookring rules:
~~ Journal the book when it arrives.
~~ Please try to read and pass along the book within 4-5 weeks. Let us
know if you need more time.
~~ Please journal your thoughts about the book, and then mail the book
ASAP to keep it moving.
~~ Check back here before you're ready to send the book out to insure that
the order hasn't changed.
~~ ENJOY! :)

1) mysticalzoe - Maine
2) raerae78 - New York
3) guinaveve - Ohio
4) sarkiegirl - California

Back to me! 

Journal Entry 3 by kerbam1421 at Landover, Maryland USA on Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (7/23/2009 UTC) at Landover, Maryland USA

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Off to its' first visitor in Maine!
DC#: 420043459102128882300784974366
ENJOY!

Journal Entry 4 by mysticalzoe from Gardiner, Maine USA on Saturday, July 25, 2009

Arrived safe and sound in Maine. It arrived with another book ring as luck would have it. Will get to this asap. Thanks for sharing!!

July 26th
This book was a very fast read, I started this morning and finished it, as it is now 10:30am. I don't have much to say about this book, except that it really depressed me and made me not want to go to California. Not for the prudent heart. Thanks for sharing with me and as soon as I get next the person's address I will mail out! 

Journal Entry 5 by mysticalzoe at Gardiner, Maine USA on Monday, July 27, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (7/27/2009 UTC) at Gardiner, Maine USA

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Sending this book off to raerae78!! Enjoy!! 

Journal Entry 6 by raerae78 from Watervliet, New York USA on Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Thank you for passing this book to me! I received in todays mail. I'll be starting it within the next few days. 

Journal Entry 7 by raerae78 from Watervliet, New York USA on Wednesday, August 05, 2009

So the book was a bit depressing, but it made me think of different relationships. I felt that Jesse was looking for some thing that was missing in her life, and at the same time trying to be someone she's not. She kept walking on the "wild" side (and putting herself in danger), but I think at the same time she was trying to create herself into a different person. Maybe she was doing it to save herself from being like her mom.

Thanks for sharing this book with me. I'll be sending it out tomorrow to the next person. 

Journal Entry 8 by raerae78 from Watervliet, New York USA on Saturday, August 08, 2009

Just a quick note to let everyone know the book is in the mail. Here is the confirmation # on the package:
0308 3390 0001 1633 2347 

Journal Entry 9 by guinaveve from Mason, Ohio USA on Monday, August 10, 2009

I received this in the mail today. I look forward to reading it. I should finish my current read up tonight or tomorrow and will start on this. Right now, I am going to PM the next participant to get an address for sending it off once I am done. It appears to be a quick read. 

Journal Entry 10 by guinaveve from Mason, Ohio USA on Wednesday, August 12, 2009

I usually try to take it easy when sharing my feelings about a bookring book, but I have to be honest, I hated this book. There may as well have been 2-3 characters instead of several. They were all so similar in a way that really annoys me. What I mean is that I like my characters to be real. All of the people that Jesse interacted with, except her mother, were constantly saying deeply personal and bizarre things meant to be profound. Her live-in boyfriend, Pig, people she just met that she came to know better, and perfect strangers all interacted with Jesse this way. Jesse was similar, but we see inside her head more. She was no better really though. I just can't take a character seriously who says, "He is too beautiful for this world" about a living person and thinks it is a meaningful and true phrase.
As for the ending, I saw it coming. There really could be no other ending, but again, the act committed by Bell in the end was meant to be so deep which just romanticizes something that isn't.
Hopefully other readers at me will enjoy it more than I did. I have the address of the next participant and will be sending this out in the next couple of days. 

Journal Entry 11 by guinaveve at by postal services in Sent by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Journal Entry 12 by sarkiegirl from La Quinta, California USA on Wednesday, August 26, 2009

got it today, and from reading the journal entries, who knows what I'm going to think?
I'm going to try it anyway, and let you know! 

Journal Entry 13 by sarkiegirl from La Quinta, California USA on Wednesday, October 21, 2009

There were parts I liked, and others I didn't. I was really annoyed by the main character. I felt like she didn't do much, except obsess about her boyfriend and try to be "dangerous." I love San Fran, so I was interested in the city and all of the sex of course, lol. But, as a whole, I just thought it was okay. Thanks for sharing the book with us! :) 

Journal Entry 14 by sarkiegirl at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, California USA on Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (10/20/2009 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, California USA

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it was sent back home to kerbam1421! thanks again! :) 

Journal Entry 15 by kerbam1421 from Halethorpe, Maryland USA on Thursday, October 29, 2009

Made it back home yesterday, 10/28/09. Thanks everyone for participating! :) 

Journal Entry 16 by kerbam1421 at Halethorpe, Maryland USA on Friday, July 30, 2010

Will begin reading this, this evening on the train home from work :)  

Journal Entry 17 by kerbam1421 at Halethorpe, Maryland USA on Friday, August 20, 2010

This book was pretty strange, and I like strange books! I felt sad for Jesse with her warped sense of a relationship.  

Journal Entry 18 by kerbam1421 at Halethorpe, Maryland USA on Monday, August 30, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (8/30/2010 UTC) at Halethorpe, Maryland USA

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Gave this to my friend Jen.