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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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This Book is Currently in the Wild!
17 journalers for this copy...
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This is such a wonderful book! I'm already wanting to read it again. Griet, a maid at Vermeer's home, takes the 1st person narrative and makes you feel as if you are right beside her at every turn she makes. Tracy Chevalier gives us the most beautifully detailed descriptions of colors, light, and place that the entire story is like a painting. It is another story of women's limited choices but also, how all women have survived in spite of it. I truly loved this book. I'm hoping to turn it into a bookray.
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Girl with a Pearl Earring - Bookray Members Wandeca Ontario, Canada How Does a Bookray work? A book passes from BCer to BCer based on the list of members who've signed up. To join this bookray please send a PM (private message) to me and I will add you to the list. New members will be added to the end of the list in the order in which I receive the messages. Please be aware that this is an international bookray and you may have to ship overseas. The list of members will be listed here at the book's home page. As a 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. Please read it as soon as you can (don't rush, just be reasonable about the length of time). After you read the book, please journal again with your comments. You will then need to PM (private message) the next person on the list for their mailing address. Mailing the book by media mail is the least expensive way in the US. Check to see if air mail is cheaper to send overseas, sometimes it is! If you are unable to reach the person after you on the list, in a reasonable amount of time, then PM the next person on the list. If any questions come up, please send me a PM. Thank you all for participating in this bookray. ~ Happy Reading ~ |
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I adored this book, and am looking forward to reading more Chevalier (this was my first) and also to reading "Girl in the Hyacinth Blue" by Vreeland. It was one of the hardest books to put down that I have read recently - I think that is due to the suspense created by the atmosphere of repressed desire in the house, and also because almost throughout the book I was kept wondering which of the two options presented for her life (to go with her desire and become a fallen woman, or to do the sensible thing and ignore her heart) I would prefer for her to choose. The book was a nice length (I don't think the story could have supported a longer book) and the language was economical - Chevalier used enough description to conjure up vibrant images of 17th century Delft and Vermeer's paintings, but the vocabulary and style were simple enough to give a nice flow to the book.I enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about Vermeer's paintings and think that this kind of dramatisation of a painting is a great way to get people to linger more over works of art. I couldn't resist Googling for Vermeer (I had the same impulse when I read "The Da Vinci Code"!) and found this great website on Vermeer where I could easily find each piece the book describes. The book certainly has helped me appreciate the layering of colour Vermeer used, and it is interesting to see on this at-a-glance look at his work that so many of them were seemingly set in the same corner of the room by the window. The picture I've added to this journal entry is Woman With a Pearl Necklace, the first painting for which Griet cleans the studio. Unfortunately I have read the book with the knowledge of which actors star in the movie version, so my imagination has been curtailed - I can only imagine Vermeer in the form of Colin Firth (it could be worse). I think the best time to read a book is not only before you've seen the movie adaptation, but before anyone even starts talking about movie rights and casting!! I am looking forward to seeing this film though. Thanks very much for sharing this Cafemundo and all. I'll be sending it to sejent today. |
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Released 5 yrs ago (7/10/2006 UTC) at through mail in Give to the followed bookcrosser on the bookring, Bookring -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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Released 5 yrs ago (11/9/2006 UTC) at Ross' in Pearl City, Hawaii USA WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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