Journal Entry 1 by PHC from Richmond, Virginia USA on Monday, May 26, 2003

What’s a bookring and how does it work?
[thanks to pgsahm~ slightly altered, since this is a bookring]

A bookring is when a book passes from person to person based on the list of members involved. Then returned to the original owner.

To join this bookring (or any other bookring 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 bookring 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, and journal again with your thoughts. You’ll 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!

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* Please PM the next person in line when you receive the book. That way when you are finished reading it, hopefully you will have the info you need to send it on without waiting. If you have not heard from them in 10 days, please PM the next in line.
* Please do not hold onto the book longer than 30 days. [Of course, if you finish it in 3, by all means, send it on!! ]
* I recommend you use some sort of tracking [usa has 'Delivery Confirmation' for 55 cents~ I am not sure what other countries have available to them]
* If you are last on the list, please PM me, to make sure no one else has expressed interest.
* Enjoy!

PM me if you would like to be added to the list.
Be prepaired to ship internationally.

1 wildflower67 [nj,usa]
2 pchemphd [fla,usa]
3 hulamonkey [ohio,usa]
4 sweetiepeetie [tx,usa]
5 katharine [ca,usa]
6 robbiesmum [uk]
7 talkland [england]
8 laurieS [?,usa]
9 JPandJo [ma,usa]
10 mamikaem [mo,usa]
11 tamster33 [ca,usa]
12 Lorrell [fl,usa]
13 puppymummy [austrailia] *make sure still interested!
14 Theresa-A [uk]
15 silver-halcyon [Ontario, Canada]
16 macdonv [Ontario, Canada]
17 meshe [ga, usa]
18 digitaltempest [al,usa]
19 WarEagle78 [al,usa]
20 laurieS [NH,usa] *re-visit
?? wickedwordz [fla,usa] *requests to be last
PHC [va, usa] back home! 

Journal Entry 2 by PHC at PHC's rings in BOOKRING, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Friday, May 30, 2003

Released on Friday, May 30, 2003 at PHC's rings in BOOKRING, Controlled release - via mail USA.

going to wildflower67 

Journal Entry 3 by Wildflower67 on Monday, June 02, 2003

I couldn't put this book down! It was inspiring how strong and courageous she was.


 

Journal Entry 4 by Wildflower67 at Post Office on Tuckahoe Rd. in Marmora, New Jersey USA on Monday, June 16, 2003

Released on Monday, June 16, 2003 at Post Office on Tuckahoe Rd. in Marmora, New Jersey USA.

Controlled Release- Sent to bookcrosser pchemphd today. 

Journal Entry 5 by pchemphd from Deland, Florida USA on Wednesday, June 25, 2003

This came in the mail yesterday. Thanks Wildflower67!

Added later---This is a really great book. I think it should be required reading for all college freshmen! 

Journal Entry 6 by pchemphd at Bookring/ray in USPS, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Sunday, June 29, 2003

Released on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at Bookring/ray in USPS, postal release USA.

I'll be going to the post office tomorrow to start this book on it's way to hulamonkey! 

Journal Entry 7 by hulamonkey from Newark, Ohio USA on Sunday, July 06, 2003

Got Lucky today!
Ha-ha, I thought it sounded funny. : )

I have already made it to page 90 by reading bits of it during free monents today. It's definitely one of those obsessive books that is hard to put down.  

Journal Entry 8 by hulamonkey from Newark, Ohio USA on Tuesday, July 08, 2003

I finished the book this morning.

I might add more to this entry once my
head has had time to sort my thoughts out.

Will send out to sweetiepeetie tomorrow afternoon. 

Journal Entry 9 by sweetiepeetie from Carmel, Indiana USA on Saturday, July 12, 2003

jUST RECEIVED LUCKY IN THE MAIL TODAY! CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED! 

Journal Entry 10 by sweetiepeetie at on Friday, July 18, 2003

Release planned for Saturday, July 19, 2003 at Dropped in mail in postal release, postal release USA.

Finished this book last night. I thought it was well written.
will have this book in the mail as soon as i receive the next persons address. received info and mailed out on july 21 

Journal Entry 11 by sweetiepeetie from Carmel, Indiana USA on Sunday, September 14, 2003

i finally received an email from katherine, she said that she read this book and passed it to her neighbor to read too. then they mailed it out to the next person on the list! i asked her to please make a journal entry. 

Journal Entry 12 by Robbiesmum from Thirsk, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, September 20, 2003

What a lovely surprise this morning. This is a BookRing I have been waiting impatiently for since I read The Lovely Bones. 

Journal Entry 13 by Robbiesmum from Thirsk, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 24, 2003

This was such an inspiring read. I sat huddled in my dressing gown and read and read. I am glad I approached this after The Lovely Bones as I can now see where her hurt came from. This should be passed on to students starting university to show you you do need to be aware. It is also a courageous story which tells you that standing up and speaking out CAN get a conviction. And yet, that experience has always followed Alice. It seems terrible to think of her early twenties. But now she is finding success as a writer, and has learned to write from her traumas in life. It's an excellent lesson. It's a well written memoir, similar to Andrea Ashworth or Jennifer Lauck, and a readable style whicch keeps you turning the pages. I'm very glad I've taken part in this bookring.

On to talkland. 

Journal Entry 14 by talkland from Eastbourne, East Sussex United Kingdom on Sunday, September 28, 2003

Sorry I didn't journal I had received the book before now, I have been offline for a few days due to a family emergency. I will write again when I have finished the book. 

Journal Entry 15 by talkland from Eastbourne, East Sussex United Kingdom on Monday, October 06, 2003

Sexual violence is an awful experience and is far more common than supposed. Alice Sebold book is a powerful memoir about how an assault of this kind effected not only herself but those around her. Alice was lucky. She was lucky to not be killed. She was lucky to have people around her who helped her deal with the rape. She was lucky to secured a conviction. However, much of the aftermath to the rape was not just down to luck but her strength and resolve. It did f*** her up but her story shows that you can make it though and come out the other side. It also shows how different people deal with trauma.

Having been a victim sexual violence myself I did find this hard to read but I am glad I did.  

Journal Entry 16 by talkland at on Monday, October 06, 2003

Released on Monday, October 06, 2003 at fellow bookcrosser in Eastbourne, England United Kingdom.

Off to Laurie S in America somewhere. 

Journal Entry 17 by BarkLessWagMore from Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Journal Entry 18 by BarkLessWagMore at on Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Journal Entry 19 by GirlieGoalie from Dallas, Georgia USA on Wednesday, October 22, 2003

This just arrived. I'm going to try and dig through it as quick as I can. 

Journal Entry 20 by GirlieGoalie from Dallas, Georgia USA on Saturday, November 08, 2003

A very powerful book. I'm glad I had a chance to read it.

Mailed Nov. 5 to tamster33
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(mamikaem asked to be skipped, I think she wants to be moved to the end of the list) 

Journal Entry 21 by Tamster33 from San Francisco, California USA on Thursday, November 13, 2003

Received yesterday. Read the first few pages already. I have a few books ahead of this one, but will try to get to it as soon as I can and pass it on. Thanks :)