Journal Entry 1 by Crestfallen from Barreiro, Setúbal Portugal on Saturday, July 12, 2003

Another mystery from Sue Grafton. I'll give more details as soon as I read the book. 

Journal Entry 2 by Crestfallen at on Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Released on Wednesday, October 15, 2003 at mailed to another Bookcrosser in Lisbon, Lisbon Portugal.

To fushmush with love, from Portugal! 

Journal Entry 3 by fushmush from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Monday, October 27, 2003

Arrived downunder today. Thanks Crestfallen! 

Journal Entry 4 by fushmush from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, August 08, 2004

Almost a year later and I finally get round to reading this one. I really enjoyed C is for Corpse. It was much better than A and B. Good character development and a tight murder mystery (I didn't manage to figure it out this time until the end).

Kinsey has managed to almost get herself killed at the end of each book. I wonder if that will be a continuing trend through the series. Being almost killed 26 times may get a little bit tired.

I especially liked this line:
"I had a glass of white wine that made my lips pull together like a drawstring purse."

This book is off on the great Grafton Alphabet bookray. To Bookfrog next. 

Journal Entry 5 by BookFrog from Albion Park, New South Wales Australia on Monday, August 30, 2004

Received from fushmush on Saturday along with some good laughs and some fun singing.

Am currently reading and enjoying. About half way through.. 

Journal Entry 6 by BookFrog from Albion Park, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, September 05, 2004

FushMush said she liked this better than A and B, while I think A is still my favourite of the 3... though this one I had an idea who the "villain" was but hadn't really fixed on it or had a firm reason why or how or what. So maybe it is a better one?

I did enjoy it... now to work out whom is next?


 

Journal Entry 7 by BookFrog from Albion Park, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, September 18, 2004

on its way to TanTan 

Journal Entry 8 by tantan from Gympie, Queensland Australia on Monday, September 20, 2004

Received in the mail today. A couple down on the TBR pile, but I will get to it soon. 

Journal Entry 9 by tantan from Gympie, Queensland Australia on Saturday, October 09, 2004

This is my third Kinsey Millhone mystery, having read P and M before. I'd have to say that this is my favourite so far. Really enjoyed the story, as well as the little sub-story with Kinsey's neighbour. This will be on to guinevere69 next. 

Journal Entry 10 by guinevere69 from St James, Western Australia Australia on Monday, October 18, 2004

got in mail yesterday halfway through already, love these books! 

Journal Entry 11 by guinevere69 from St James, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Only trouble with these books is that I can't put them down, especially that final chapter when Kinsey figures it all out as she is being chased by the bad guy!Off to Goldengirl 

Journal Entry 12 by goldengirl58 from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, October 28, 2004

received from guinevere69......will get to it asap lol 

Journal Entry 13 by goldengirl58 from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, November 28, 2004

Another good read, i'm enjoying this bookring......Another one coming for murmurrr 

Journal Entry 14 by curdsandwhey from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Monday, December 06, 2004

Have been looking forward to reading this!!!
Thanks goldengirl58 :^) 

Journal Entry 15 by curdsandwhey at on Thursday, December 23, 2004

Released on Thursday, December 23, 2004 at about 12:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Australia Post in Kalamunda, Western Australia Controlled Releases.

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Another enjoyable Grafton now wending its way to charmedwitch23! 

Journal Entry 16 by curdsandwhey from Perth, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, January 06, 2005

Have just had a call from the post office letting me know there has been a problem with the delivery address for this package. Have pm'd Charmedwitch23 re correct address and will post again when this is sorted out. Apologies to all! 

Journal Entry 17 by charmedwitch23 from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Recieved safe and sound, finally! Who knows what happened to this parcel, it had my corect address on it. I had to go pick it up from the parcel centre near here today, and then when I went there they didnt know what I was talking about, despite having spoken to a great guy there 15 mins prior.
Well I got it now, thanks Murmurrr, sorry about that.

Looking forward to reading it, got 4 ahead of it so it will be a while, sorry. 

Journal Entry 18 by charmedwitch23 from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, May 29, 2005

Update 30/5/05 - Halfway through this book and enjoying it a lot. 

Journal Entry 19 by charmedwitch23 from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Monday, June 06, 2005

Finished this one. Great story. Love this series, so easy to read. I really like Kinsey.
Thanks all. Shall pass on asap. 

Journal Entry 20 by crystalclear from Shellharbour, New South Wales Australia on Monday, July 11, 2005

Received in the post on Friday, thanks 

Journal Entry 21 by tqd from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Monday, October 10, 2005

Turned up in the mail today, thanks crystalclear! I've got a few before it (and, truth be told, I completely forgot this one was coming). But I'll read it asap. 

Journal Entry 22 by tqd from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Friday, October 28, 2005

Ah, a good whodunnit! Although it wasn't really a whodunnit for a while, as it took a bit of time for the corpse to actually appear.

I did guess where the evidence was hidden before Kinsey, but had no idea who the baddie was (I must have sleep read that section).

And I did love Lila Sams. Especially when Kinsey steps on her foot and gives it a good hard grind. I never want to cross Kinsey, I don't think I could stand the pain.

Like the others I've read in this series, a damned good read, and hard to put down!

According to this list, this goes to puppymummy next. I'll see if she's still interested and pass it along asap.

UPDATE 1-DEC-2005: Popped in the mail to puppymummy yesterday. Sorry for the delay! 

Journal Entry 23 by puppymummy from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Saturday, December 03, 2005

Arrived safely in Melbourne, as always I have a few already here but I am looking forward to reading Kinsey's third adventure. 

Journal Entry 24 by puppymummy from Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Definitely one of my favourites in the series - found it impossible to put down, I really needed to be going to sleep but I would finish a chapter and simply go straight to the next without even considering a break. I'm a little sad about Kinsey's neighbour's situation in this book, particularly as he is such a great guy. This one also made me realise just how small Kinsey's apartment is, I don't think that had quite clicked for me in the other books I'd read.
On to luckaye in the morning. 

Journal Entry 25 by luckaye from Logan City, Queensland Australia on Thursday, January 05, 2006

Mr Luckaye thanks you as he has become hooked on this series! 

Journal Entry 26 by luckaye at Kingston PO in Kingston, Queensland Australia on Monday, June 05, 2006

Released 5 yrs ago (6/5/2006 UTC) at Kingston PO in Kingston, Queensland Australia

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sent to the next person on the list. 

Journal Entry 27 by astro2480 from Lismore, New South Wales Australia on Monday, June 19, 2006

Arrived today ... travelled with a bunch of others - thanks heaps! 

Journal Entry 28 by astro2480 from Lismore, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, July 02, 2006

Definitely a good old fashioned who-dun-it!! Once again, poor ol' Kinsey can't stay out of harms way ...

Now for "D" 

Journal Entry 29 by astro2480 from Lismore, New South Wales Australia on Monday, July 24, 2006

Travelling again on a Random RABCK mission!! 

Journal Entry 30 by froggirlwendy from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Monday, July 31, 2006

Arrived in a HUGE bag of seven books from astro2480, along with some of her own beautiful bookmarks, and a travel guide/brochure. The bookmark artworks are wonderful. A HUGE "Thank You" for the Random RABCK - I did not expect so many books. And a huge THANK YOU to charbono for organising the RABCK.

I think I have only read one Sue Grafton book a few years back - and I can't even remember which one!?! On my TBR list for now :) Thank you. 

Journal Entry 31 by froggirlwendy at Controlled release in Boondall, Queensland Australia on Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Released 5 yrs ago (4/10/2007 UTC) at Controlled release in Boondall, Queensland Australia

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Part of my cleaning out the AVL bookshelf RABCK. On it's way to another BCer to (hopefully) enjoy :o) 

Journal Entry 32 by livrecache from Hobart, Tasmania Australia on Monday, April 16, 2007

Arrived safely today.

It's so nice to get a RABCK. Thanks froggirlwendy. (And it started out in Portugal too -- love the distances these books travel!) 

Journal Entry 33 by livrecache from Hobart, Tasmania Australia on Saturday, March 22, 2008

Enjoyable if formulaic. I'm over Kinsey now and am offering the series -- as much as I have of it -- which I'd been collecting, to BCers who want them.

(Besides this book has travelled so far, it deserves to go further.) 

Journal Entry 34 by livrecache from Hobart, Tasmania Australia on Monday, April 07, 2008

Continuing its journey. Now it's off to Scarlet Rubies in the Northern Territory. 

Journal Entry 35 by ScarletRubies from Palmerston, Northern Territory Australia on Thursday, April 24, 2008

A RABCK from Livrecache! Thanks you so much!

I received a 3kg bag full of Sue Grafton's Alphabet series, and they came at a VERY good time... I am enjoying/enduring a pregnancy with 2 toddlers in tow, and find I am lacking so much energy and don't even have the inclination to be on the computer. Found out this week that we're expecting twins, so that (a) explains a lot and (b) gives me a great reason to camp up every day with a book! Come August, I guess I won't have time to read at all!

I hadn't read any of the Kinsey Millhone books, but have enjoyed them from the first now! "A is for Alibi" is already visiting a friend - so I haven't registered that one yet - and I reckon all the others will meet the same fate.

I have had the benefit of reading the 8 I have in chronological order - speaking of which, it's funny how Kinsey remains 32 for the first 3 books (if my memory serves)... she had a busy year! It's also amusing to notice the lack of "techno toys" - no mobile phone, which let's face it, would have seen her out of a lot of sticky situations; and no computers etc.

I enjoyed A and B quite well, and would have given them a 7/10 had I not read the successive books - so I guess they're a 6.5! C was even better, but I reckoned the real character development occurred somewhere between C and F (I haven't read D or E). The books aren't taxing, they are simply nice easy reads - and sometimes I got to the conclusion before Grafton, other times I didn't.

Thanks so much for the VERY enjoyable books! 

Journal Entry 36 by ScarletRubies at -- Controlled Releases --, Queensland Australia on Thursday, June 18, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (6/18/2009 UTC) at -- Controlled Releases --, Queensland Australia

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This book was read and enjoyed by myself and a few local friends, and now it's moving on again! 

Journal Entry 37 by kidwrangler from Gold Coast, Queensland Australia on Thursday, July 02, 2009

Received with many thanks as part of a double bookbag RABCK from the wonderfully generous ScarletRubies :)

Not sure if this will join my current collection of Sue Grafton's to be read and then possibly released as a book spiral as I have a paperback edition buried in the spare room somewhere. It may continue on it's journey a little sooner. Thanks to all who have shared it so far. 

Journal Entry 38 by kidwrangler at O'Malley's Irish Pub, Queen Street Mall in Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Saturday, September 18, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (9/18/2010 UTC) at O'Malley's Irish Pub, Queen Street Mall in Brisbane, Queensland Australia

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Taking this for release at a Bris meet-up. If not taken it will be wild released there or nearby.

This was one of a bag of Sue Grafton's I've been generously sent (thank you! and sorry they're stuck on my shelf atm), but it is also the only hardcover and a double-up on a paperback copy I've also collected along the way, so is going up for release.

This is a great series to read (even if a little dated technology-wise) and I welcome any finder to contact me if they'd like to read more, as I plan to share them as I read :) 

Journal Entry 39 by natasha420 at Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Sunday, September 19, 2010

I work in queen st mall & found this treat in my sitting spot after long day at work!even better is this site,I have lots of books i would like to share :) I have heard of the series, but I dont normally go for mystery-however i cant seem to put it down. . will update once finished :)