Journal Entry 1 by EllyMae58 from San Diego, California USA on Sunday, June 08, 2003

I read this as part of a bookray. I found this copy at a used book store for 35 cents, so I picked it up. Maybe I can fulfill someone's wish for it.

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
 

Journal Entry 2 by Sissyrun from Modesto, California USA on Saturday, June 14, 2003

Received this book in the mail today from fellow bookcrosser EllyMae58, who saw this book on my wishlist. Thank you so much for fulfilling a wish. 

Journal Entry 3 by Sissyrun from Modesto, California USA on Sunday, June 29, 2003

Journal Entry 4 by Sissyrun at Postal Release in USPS, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Thursday, July 03, 2003

Released on Thursday, July 03, 2003 at Postal Release in USPS, postal release USA.

Sent via airmail to snootchy in Queensland, Australia. My bookray has begun! 

Journal Entry 5 by snootchy from Mackay, Queensland Australia on Monday, July 14, 2003

Arrived in the post this afternoon :) Will get reading and then get back to you all! 

Journal Entry 6 by snootchy from Mackay, Queensland Australia on Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Great book, thoroughly enjoyed it! Will send it on to Tramgirl hopefully tomorrow. Book is now on it's way to Tramgirl. :)  

Journal Entry 7 by TramGirl from Ballarat, Victoria Australia on Sunday, July 27, 2003

Just received this book in the post...what good timing b/c I finished a book over the weekend and hadn't decided what to read next! 

Journal Entry 8 by TramGirl from Ballarat, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, July 29, 2003

This was an extremely easy read, received it and read it on Monday...so much for study!! Very enjoyable and certainly keeps you guessing. 

Journal Entry 9 by TramGirl from Ballarat, Victoria Australia on Friday, August 01, 2003

Sent on to AmberLee17 on Friday 1st August, hope she has time to read it before she gets swamped by other rays/rings! 

Journal Entry 10 by AmberLee17 from Stockton, California USA on Wednesday, August 06, 2003

The good news is: "It's here, it's here, it's here!" The bad news is that I'm about to disappear for a little over a week on a business trip/class/vacation. I'm busy debating whether to bring it with me on the trip (had promised to only take release-able books) or to wait and leap upon it when I get back.

Decisions, decisions, decisions... (It's a nice problem, and a good start for the mystery of the Westing Game, right?)

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Did not take on trip, but did enjoy it very well. A few of the clues eluded me... I liked the way that people were more, and less, than they appeared at first. Some of the plot twists were very intriguing. Thank you for the opportunity to enjoy this book. 

Journal Entry 11 by CurtAngel from Warr Acres, Oklahoma USA on Thursday, September 18, 2003

I've got it! It's funny, when Sissyrun announced this bookray, I had been trying to think of the name of this book. I had read it both in elementary school and as a teenager and I can never completely remember the ending. I read a great deal as a child and teenager and for this book to stick so strongly in my memory is a sign (to me at least) that it is something special.
I look foward to reading it again.
 

Journal Entry 12 by CurtAngel from Warr Acres, Oklahoma USA on Sunday, September 21, 2003

I was worried that I'd read it and this book and be disappointed, but thankfully I found it as entertaining as I did when I first read it. The clues jumped out at me (I do remember the solution, just not the ending), and it was nice to read a mystery that the reader could really solve on her own. Many mysteries (it seems to me, at least) end up involving elements that the reader couldn't possibly have known. But you get all the clues, and the determined reader could probably put down the book and figure it all out if desired. I guess part of the reason I enjoyed this so much is that the characters reactions to the extreme circumstances seem understandable and reasonably realistic (though the final ending with what happened to the characters reminded me that this was a childrens book). There are some darker elements to the story that surprised me, and I think they went a bit over my head when I was younger, or maybe I just forgot.
I'll have to get a copy for my daughter when she's old enough, at least now I'll have the name of the book on my bookshelf where I'll never forget it.
I'll be shipping tomorrow, hopefully. 

Journal Entry 13 by SenoraG from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, New Jersey USA on Saturday, September 27, 2003

received this in the mail yesterday. I have started it and will get it moving as quickly as I can. Thanks for sharing. 

Journal Entry 14 by SenoraG from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, New Jersey USA on Monday, September 29, 2003

This book just didnt grab me. It was a cute read, but Im funny with books. Either they grab me from page one or they dont and if they dont, I have a hard time getting thru them. Course I HAVE to finish to see what happens..lol. Thanks for the opportunity to read something that normally I woudnt. Moving on to mysteryfan03. 

Journal Entry 15 by SenoraG at on Monday, September 29, 2003

Released on Monday, September 29, 2003 at to fellow bookcrosser in postal release, postal release USA.

Moving on to mysteryfan03 in MO. Happy reading. 

Journal Entry 16 by mysteryfan03 from Moberly, Missouri USA on Thursday, October 02, 2003

Got this in the mail today!! Thanks I have 3 books in front of it, but will journal when I finish it and send it on it's journey! Thanks  

Journal Entry 17 by mysteryfan03 from Moberly, Missouri USA on Tuesday, October 21, 2003

I guess that I didnt realize that this was a childrens book until my daughter told me that they sell it a lot in the third and fourth grade level catalog!! I thought that it was a little simplistic, but an interesting and quick read anyway. It was a little hard to follow in places, a little boring in others. Thanks for passing this around!! 

Journal Entry 18 by bkwrm23 from Haskell, New Jersey USA on Friday, November 21, 2003

Received this on Monday the 17th. Was a quick read, very cute. The ending wasn't much of a surprise, but the twists and turns were fun! Will send on early next week. 

Journal Entry 19 by talkland from Eastbourne, East Sussex United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 03, 2003

Arrive yesterday with two other bookrays! Which I am pleased about as my back is playing up and I'm not got anywhere at the moment. 

Journal Entry 20 by talkland from Eastbourne, East Sussex United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 09, 2003

It took me a while to picture who everyone was in this book because the descriptions of the characters were very vague which meant I missed a lot of the nuances and clues early on in the story. About half way through I was making some of the deductions but not knowing the words to the verses as I not an American was a bit of a hinderance. However, I am obvious not as bright as Turtle because there was much I did fail to pick up. An entertaining read. 

Journal Entry 21 by talkland at on Tuesday, December 09, 2003

Released on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 at the post office in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, in Controlled Releases.

Gone up north! 

Journal Entry 22 by Robbiesmum from Thirsk, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 17, 2003

This arrived at the weekend, and I'm sorry I didn't journal sooner but I've had a bad cold and been doped up on paracetamol. This looks a fun easy read with a mystery as well.

It's my next book to read. 

Journal Entry 23 by loopy1 from Herne Bay, Kent United Kingdom on Wednesday, December 31, 2003

New Year's Eve, and a book small enough to fit through the letterbox. I'm looking forward to this one, and should get to it in the next couple of days. Thanks :-)
 

Journal Entry 24 by loopy1 from Herne Bay, Kent United Kingdom on Tuesday, January 13, 2004

I must say I was a little disappointed with this book. But then I have a problem with too many characters in any book - I find it hard to keep track of the different people, and get easily confused :-(
Still, quite enjoyable. I part-guessed some of it, but then I wasn't deliberately trying to work out the solution.
Thanks for sharing this book :-)
 

Journal Entry 25 by tho on Thursday, January 15, 2004

Arrived today at my mailbox - I have 3 or 4 other rings/rays before this one, but I promise to be quick :-) 

Journal Entry 26 by tho on Sunday, January 25, 2004

Couldn't really get into this book at all ... I'm afraid I sort of read it in bits and pieces, sort of a page here and another page there, and only because I can't leave a book unfinished. Also I got confused with all the characters and different clues, I guess it was just too much information for me at this time :-)
Thanks Sissyrun for the opportunity to read this !
The book will be mailed to starbytes this week.
 

Journal Entry 27 by starbytes from Calgary, Alberta Canada on Friday, February 20, 2004

Thanks, tho!! Received this book safe and sound!! Will journal again as soon as I finish it!

Update 28th February 2004: Oh, this was such a fun read!! The book was really quite interesting, and the whole mystery thing was intriguing. I love the way it ended!! I didn't really get the clues though, as I didn't know the song that it related to, but oh, seriously, what fun I had reading this!! LOL!! Especially since I read it during my exam week!! It was great having this book take my mind of the exams when I needed it!

Will pass it on to the next person on the ring soon!! 

Journal Entry 28 by starbytes at on Sunday, February 29, 2004

Release planned for Monday, March 01, 2004 at To a fellow bookcrosser in Rudersberg, Rudersberg Controlled Releases.

Mailed to Dani75 via surface mail! I hope she enjoys it as much as I did!! 

Journal Entry 29 by Dani75 from Rudersberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Received this in the mail today, thank you starbytes! I´m looking forward to reading it. 

Journal Entry 30 by Dani75 from Rudersberg, Baden-Württemberg Germany on Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Clever mystery with an ending I didn´t expect at all! It was so much fun to read and of course I didn´t get any of the clues. I don´t really know what else to write without giving away too much of the story so do read it yourself and enjoy!

The book is already on its way to nikel27 - viel Spaß beim Lesen :-)
 

Journal Entry 31 by nikel27 from Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hessen Germany on Monday, April 19, 2004

arrived safe at my house, will read very soon

Just finished this book during my lunch break, good story but I had my time to get into it.

Now I will ask for the next members address

16. Tamster - California no answer
17. Spark - California ask for address 13th of May; got address today (14th of June) book will go out this weekend

 

Journal Entry 32 by nikel27 at Post Office in BookRay, Ginsheim -- Controlled Releases on Monday, June 14, 2004

Journal Entry 33 by nikel27 from Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hessen Germany on Thursday, October 14, 2004

Spark/California answered my message to her, the book has arrived at here house, but she haven't made any journal entry yet.
Maybe later, I asked her to do this. (Oct.,13th 2004) 

Journal Entry 34 by spark from San Francisco, California USA on Thursday, October 14, 2004

Been on the road interminably of late and not had computer access as frequently as I would have liked. This book was waiting for me a few weeks ago and I was unable to journal it. I am taking it with me today when I hit the road again and will read it between my journies... Looks like it will be a fun fast read. 

Journal Entry 35 by Sissyrun from Modesto, California USA on Thursday, October 14, 2004

Woo-hoo!! Looks like my bookray has come to a successful completion. Spark, the last participant on the list, now has the book.
Thank you everyone for taking part, moving the book along smoothly, and for the interesting journal entries.