Going into a book box. I am not much of a sci-fi fan, but hubby got his hands on a big ol' box of sci-fi, so I am creating a book box and putting a lot of those books in it!

Released on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at Kayters' Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Box #1 in KAYTERS, postal release USA.

I actually liked it, in a way. It is a lot like "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, but for a bit older, more mature readers. Worthwhile reading!..

Release planned for Tuesday, July 01, 2003 at Kayters' Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Box #1 in KAYTERS, postal release USA.

Back into the bookbox it goes...

What an interesting BCID.

I took this out of the Sci-fi & Fantasy bookbox, and it's now safe and cozy on Mount TBR!

I agree that this book reminded me a good deal of The Giver. The naivety of the main character was frustrating at times, and I had a hard time connecting with both Daiya and Reiho. It was however a worthwhile read, and I'll admit I had a hard time putting it down!

Released on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at Through the mail in Byron, Minnesota USA.

onto Texas!

Got the book today. Thank you!

Finished the book tonight.

Did I like this book? Yes. No. Maybe. Parts of it were annoying. I do not like hard SF and don't want really detailed technical explanations, but those provided in this book were somewhat dissatisfying at times. (Yes, they had to rest sometimes, but the people on Earth seemed to have way too easy of a time using their mind powers)

Did I like the characters? Mostly. Why only mostly? Nothing I can really put my finger on.

Did I like the ending? Not quite satisfying enough. Yes, it left hope (don't want to give any spoilers), but it also left a lot of questions. Questions that I would have liked to see answered.

The book was, however, a very inventive story. I did enjoy that aspect of it very much.

I'm sending this book out as a bookray. It's already begun, but if you're interested, just PM me and I'll add you to the bottom of the list (so willingness to ship internationally is necessary).



Shipping Order:
1. christine-bpc - Texas <--not answering PMs
2. WickedWordz - Florida
3. VisuaLimitS - Canada
4. puppymummy - Australia

Released on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at Mailed to another BookCrosser in College Station, Texas USA.

When you receive the book please leave a journal entry noting that the book has arrived.

When you are ready to send the book on, PM the next person on the list and send by whatever shipping method you prefer. Also make a journal entry about your thoughts on the books and either include in that entry when you plan to send the book on or make a separate release note.

If you are the last person on the list, PM me to see whether this bookray will try to continue (which I would like it to do) or if you should release the book in your own way.

I received this in the mail last week and thought I journaled it at the time - either that, or my message didn't go through. Oops! I just started reading it today, and will journal again as soon as I am done with my thoughts on the book!

It took me awhile to get in to this book, but I didn't give up and noticed about half-way through that I really cared about the characters and wanted to know what happened to them. At the beginning it was hard to understand what was going on because they use "Mindspeak" to talk to one another and the punctuation takes a little while to get used to.

The book left me with a lot to think about, and it covers a lot of interesting topics. Like others have said here, I wished that there would have been more to the ending - it's almost like it is waiting for a sequel - but I was still satisfied with how it wrapped everything up.