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Geek Love ~ BOOKRING!
by Katherine Dunn | Literature & Fiction
Registered by BarkLessWagMore of Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, June 21, 2003
Average 7 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by MollyGrue): travelling


This book is in the wild! This Book is Currently in the Wild!

12 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by BarkLessWagMore from Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, June 21, 2003

10 out of 10

RING CLOSED, MY COPY IS OLD & I DON'T THINK IT'LL HOLD UP FOR ANY MORE READERS ~ THANKS FOR JOINING EVERYONE!

This is one of my favorite "weirder than weird" books ~ it's bizarre but also very moving. I've just finished rereading it and it was just as horrifying, shocking and touching as it was when I first read it 13 years ago. Jealousy, obsession, twisted love, childhood nightmares & frightening going-ons beyond all comprehension. It's all here and won't soon be forgotten. I'm ready to pass it along to interested Perpetually Bizarre Bookring members and to the general bc community.

The Members:
1. Mom-of-one (Butler, PA)
2. WritinReader (KY, US)
3. First-Noel TX (US)
4. amaradevinmom (APO/Y)
5. meshe (US/Y)
6. Sherria (CT/Y)
7. mlbish (Illinois/Y)
8. salinger007 (US/Y) Currently has book, please journal!
9. LeapingLizzards (FL/Y)
10. MollyGrue (WA)
11. Stensler (Wisconsin/N)
12. jamesmum (CA/Y)
13. EarthAngel (Canada)
14. Tuulip (Canada)
15. IceAgent (Canada/can ship international)
16. Tessla Sweden (can ship international)
17. emitchell1017 Peterborough, NH
and back to me!
LaurieS (Merrimack, NH)

A little about the book from Amazon.com:
A wild, often horrifying, novel about freaks, geeks and other aberrancies of the human condition who travel together (a whole family of them) as a circus. It's a solipsistic funhouse world that makes "normal" people seem bland and pitiful. Arturo the Aqua-Boy, who has flippers and an enormous need to be loved. A museum of sacred monsters that didn't make it. An endearing "little beetle" of a heroine. Sort of like Tod Browning's Freaks crossed with David Lynch and John Irving and perhaps George Eliot -- the latter for the power of the emotions evoked. 

Journal Entry 2 by BarkLessWagMore at on Monday, October 06, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Released on Monday, October 06, 2003 at Bookcrosser's home in postal release, postal release USA.

Sending off to fanclub for a read before the official ring gets kicked off. 

Journal Entry 3 by fanclub from Baltimore, Maryland USA on Thursday, November 06, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Got this in today's mail from LaurieS...thank you! This is my next to read and then it will be back in the mail to you for the bookring! 

Journal Entry 4 by fanclub from Baltimore, Maryland USA on Tuesday, November 11, 2003

10 out of 10

This book was really wonderful. I could feel, taste, and smell the atmosphere. I could picture the characters so vividly in my mind. The author truly brought this world to life. Thank you so much, LaurieS, for sharing this with me! 

Journal Entry 5 by fanclub at SENT TO FELLOW BOOKCROSSER in RABCK, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Tuesday, November 11, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Released on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at SENT TO FELLOW BOOKCROSSER in RABCK, postal release USA.

Mailing back to LaurieS. 

Journal Entry 6 by BarkLessWagMore from Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, November 15, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Thanks for getting this read and back to me so quickly Fanclub! Now it's off to my sister for a read. 

Journal Entry 7 by wingAnonymousFinderwing on Wednesday, December 24, 2003

7 out of 10

strange. worth the read.

CAUGHT IN LOWELL MA USA 

Journal Entry 8 by BarkLessWagMore from Merrimack, New Hampshire USA on Thursday, December 25, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Ah ha! My sister checked in ~ she's currently borrowing the book. Now, if only I could convince her to become a registered bookcrossing member! I will continue to sway her over to our side . . .  

Journal Entry 9 by BarkLessWagMore at Bookring in n/a, Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, March 19, 2004

This book has not been rated.

Released on Friday, March 19, 2004 at Bookring in n/a, Bookring Controlled Releases.

The bookring has been offically kicked off. Please see journal entry #1 for the mailing list.

Sending off to Mom-of-one
 

Journal Entry 10 by Mom-of-one from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, March 29, 2004

This book has not been rated.

I'm already on the fourth chapter and absolutely love it! Bizarre, Bizzarre, Bizarre!!!!! 

Journal Entry 11 by Mom-of-one from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, March 31, 2004

10 out of 10

Wonderfully creepy and bizarre! I couldnt put this story down! These characters! The Bag Man has to be the most revolting literary character I've encountered in some time! I want to write so much more, but I don't want to spoile this spendidly twisted novel for any future readers!
Thanks for givimg me the oppurtunity to read this book. I'm definately going out and buying my own copy. 

Journal Entry 12 by Mom-of-one from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA on Thursday, April 01, 2004

This book has not been rated.

Taking to the post office in about ten minutes to send to WritinReader! 

Journal Entry 13 by WritinReader on Tuesday, April 06, 2004

This book has not been rated.

I got this in the mail today and will begin reading later.....thanks for sharing this, it looks very interesting! 

Journal Entry 14 by WritinReader on Wednesday, April 21, 2004

6 out of 10

At first I was drawn into this book and didn't want to put it down, then I got bored with it and thought I wouldn't finish it. I kept reading, sometimes in enjoyment and other times skimming in boredom. I did finish and although this is definitely not one of the best books I have ever read, it is very interesting to say the least. This is going out in the mail today to "First-Noel". 

Journal Entry 15 by First-Noel from San Antonio, Texas USA on Sunday, May 02, 2004

This book has not been rated.

Actually got this on Friday and I've already started reading. Lets see how it goes. 

Journal Entry 16 by amaradevinmom on Friday, May 28, 2004

8 out of 10

Finished the book. It was very interesting to say the least. Twisted and odd. I enjoyed reading it. Am waiting for the address of next person to send this one on.  

Journal Entry 17 by meshe from Bonaire, Georgia USA on Sunday, June 20, 2004

This book has not been rated.

received on Saturday. Will read and send on as soon as possible. ( with a stack of bookrings, it may be 2 or 3 weeks.) 

Journal Entry 18 by meshe from Bonaire, Georgia USA on Sunday, August 08, 2004

5 out of 10

I just finished this book and would have to agree with most that it is "weirder than weird". I found the book and it's story bizarre to say the least. The idea of Al "engineering" his family of "freaks" is at the very least grotesque. Arty's eventual following and the subsequent Miss Lick is disturbing. In the beginning I enjoyed reading this book, but by the end it was just too much for me. Thanks though for organizing this bookring. This is definitely a book I would never have read were it not for BX. 

Journal Entry 19 by meshe from Bonaire, Georgia USA on Thursday, August 19, 2004

This book has not been rated.

mailed today to Sherria in Wesport CT. bookring 

Journal Entry 20 by Sherria from Stamford, Connecticut USA on Tuesday, August 31, 2004

This book has not been rated.

What a nice surprise to come home to! This book was waiting for me when I got home from vacation. I plan to start it tonite.

Thanks for sharing it! 

Journal Entry 21 by Sherria from Stamford, Connecticut USA on Thursday, September 02, 2004

7 out of 10

I'm not sure what I think of this book. I'm definitely glad to have had a chance to read it, as it's something I wouldn't have picked up if not for bookcrossing.

I don't know if I really liked any of the characters, though I did feel sorry for them (even though I got the sense that this wasn't the author's intent). The book took these "freaks" and used them to amplify all the worst in people, it seems - intense jealousy, intense need for control, intense anger and hurt, almost to the level of charicature. It was difficult to see the good in the characters, as they all seemed overshadowed by their faults.

I got sucked into it, couldn't put it down, but it left me feeling a bit wrung out when I was finished with it. It was an emotionally exhausting read.

I'll send this on to mlbish as soon as I get an address. Thanks for sharing this LaurieS! 

Journal Entry 22 by mlbish from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA on Saturday, October 02, 2004

This book has not been rated.

Caught. Thanks! I will read and pass along ASAP! 

Journal Entry 23 by mlbish from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA on Tuesday, November 02, 2004

This book has not been rated.

Well, I gave this one the old college try. I did read a significant portion of it (122 pages, I think), but I just found myself feeling very tired whenever I thought about how much I had left. That's how I knew it was time to give it up.

I don't think I have ever ever ever picked up a book like this one. It is totally bizarre. Once I got over being appalled that someone would take drugs during her pregnancy in the hopes of getting deformed children (let alone try and abandon their 'normal' child), their lives were actually a bit interesting to me. Unfortunately, though, I just couldn't connect with the characters enough to continue.

I think Sherria is right when she described the book as an emotionally exhausting read. And right now, I am totally wrung out in my real life, trying to finish my PhD, so I just can't devote the emotional energy to a book like this. I thank you, LaurieS, for introducing me to this book. Perhaps I will come back to it some day. Hmmm...I may have to now that I have seen mention of the Bag Man (I did not get to his part!)

Happy travels, weird little book!

I have Salinger007's address, so I will let this serve as my release note and mail it right away. 

Journal Entry 24 by mlbish from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, December 01, 2004

This book has not been rated.

I have heard from Salinger007 and although she wasn't able to journal, Geek Love is safely in her hands and will be passed along shortly to LeapingLizzards. 

Journal Entry 25 by LeapingLizzards from Fort Myers, Florida USA on Sunday, March 06, 2005

7 out of 10

Completely different from anything I have ever read. What an imagination.
Will send along as soon as I get the next addy.

Thanks for sharing! 

Journal Entry 26 by MollyGrue from Tacoma, Washington USA on Saturday, March 19, 2005

This book has not been rated.

I do have some bookrings ahead of this one, but hopefully I should get to this soon. Thanks! 

Journal Entry 27 by MollyGrue from Tacoma, Washington USA on Thursday, April 28, 2005

7 out of 10

What can I say? Weird, weird, weird weird!! Although I found some of the characterizations a bit too pat at times, it was so fascinating to find out what they would do next. Arturo and what he was willing to do to his family scared me on many levels.

The end felt a bit rushed, though. Thanks for letting me read this book!

Reserved for the next reader. :) 

Journal Entry 28 by MollyGrue at in the mail in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, May 13, 2005

This book has not been rated.

Released 7 yrs ago (5/13/2005 UTC) at in the mail in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Sent this off to Earthangel surface mail. Happy reading! 



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