Journal Entry 1 by vedranaster from Zagreb, Zagreb City Croatia on Wednesday, March 02, 2011

"When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.

But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.

Coraline will have to fight with all her wits and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life."

Source: http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Coraline/

Bought used from Better World Books.
Registered with a pre-numbered label on March 2, 2011.

Journal Entry 2 by vedranaster at Zagreb: Donji grad (city centre), Zagreb City Croatia on Thursday, March 03, 2011

Opening an international book ring ray for this book.   :)

Sign up in the forum, PM me if I miss your post:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/forum/20/453160

162 pages Mass Market Paperback bought at Better World Books, which state:
Dimensions: 5.14 x 7.60 x 0.41 inches (13 x 19.3 x 1 cm) I confirm! ;)
Shipping Weight: 0.26 lbs (118 g) - without packaging. Cannot confirm this one
as I haven't got a scale sensitive enough, but it does sound about right.

Ring rules:
1) Journal the book when you receive it.
2) Place the book at the top of your TBRs
    (under the rings and rays received before this one).
3) Try to read it within a month or two, it's an easy and speedy read once you start.
4) Let us know if for any reason you get backlogged (work, private life, Mt. TBR...)
    PM me or make a new journal entry to let us know of the delay.
    We know life sometimes happens.
5) PM the next person on the list for their address when you receive the book so you're ready to ship by the time you finish reading.
6) Make a controlled release note when sending the book on, preferably using your country and city so that the book can some day maybe be tracked on a map.
7) Have fun and enjoy the book!

Thanks for participating! :)

Participant order may change as people sign up, depending on shipping preferences, which I will try to accommodate but can't guarantee anything - the ring is international so please be prepared to ship international if you sign up.

Participants:
• Sfogs (NZ - can post international) ... READ
• cherryj (Canada - anywhere, pref. North America) ... READ
• arugh48187 (USA - USA) ... READ
• Joanthro (USA - anywhere) ... READ
• abigailann (UK - UK only) ... READ
• pingucb (UK - UK, possibly outside of UK) ... ASKED TO BE SKIPPED
• disneyfreaksam (UK - anywhere) ... READ
• Weeltje (Netherlands - anywhere) ... WITHDREW
• LilyKlip (Germany - anywhere) ... READ
• Then back to me, vedranaster (Croatia) ... CHANGED MY MIND :)
I decided not to have the ring return home, but instead to set the book free.
It'll soon be on its way to pingucb who was too swamped to read it a while back.
Pingucb, once you've finished you're free to do with the book as you see fit. :)

Thank you, everyone for participating
and making the ring a success!   :D

The book made 9 stops and travelled roughly 43071 km / 26764 miles.

Journal Entry 3 by vedranaster at Zagreb, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Croatia on Saturday, March 12, 2011

Released 2 yrs ago (3/12/2011 UTC) at Zagreb, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Croatia

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

The book is now in the care of the Post Office,
on its way to Sfogs in New Zealand.
Might take a while to get to you as it is not going airmail.

Enjoy! :)

Journal Entry 4 by Sfogs at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Thursday, April 07, 2011

It did take awhile to get here but it's safely arrived!! ;3
Thank you~!!!!!
 

Journal Entry 5 by Sfogs at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Thursday, April 07, 2011

A good story! and a very fast read!
Though I shouldn't have read it just before bed ;3
that was a bit too scary! 

Journal Entry 6 by Sfogs at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Friday, April 08, 2011

Released 2 yrs ago (4/8/2011 UTC) at Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

In the post and on it's way to Canada! 

Journal Entry 7 by cherryj at Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, April 30, 2011

The book arrived this afternoon! Thanks so much, Sfogs, for sending it all the way to Canada! I was thrilled to find it in my mailbox when I came back home after a lovely walk in the sun. Putting my current book aside for the moment to start this one right away! 

Journal Entry 8 by cherryj at Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Sunday, May 01, 2011

This was such an awesome story. Coraline is a great character, smart and adorable. And the neighbours were delightful! Definitely a bit of an eerie read; I was at home alone and I kept thinking I heard strange noises in the apartment while reading!
PM'd next on the list when I received the book; will get it going to the US soon!  

Journal Entry 9 by cherryj at Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Released 2 yrs ago (5/3/2011 UTC) at Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Journal Entry 10 by arugh48187 at Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Thursday, June 09, 2011

Good heavens! Has it really been a month since I visited my PO Box? Sorry for the delayed reciept jounal, but it is here and will be read soon. 

Journal Entry 11 by arugh48187 at Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I enjoyed this young adult book. It was a nice break from the heavy tomes I have been reading lately. I wanted to read the book before I saw the movie and now Netflix here I come. 

Journal Entry 12 by arugh48187 at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, Minnesota USA on Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (10/18/2011 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, Minnesota USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed off to Joanthro who is next on the list. Happy reading! 

Journal Entry 13 by Joanthro at Denver, Colorado USA on Friday, October 21, 2011

The book has arrived safely in Denver. Thanks vedranaster for organizing this!  

Journal Entry 14 by Joanthro at Denver, Colorado USA on Saturday, November 26, 2011

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Great characters and good fun all around.

Mailed to abigailann 11/22/11 

Journal Entry 15 by abigailann at Abingdon, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 05, 2011

Just arrived in the post. I have one ray book and a bookclub book to read first then, providing no review books arrive in the meantime, I will get round to this one.  

Journal Entry 16 by abigailann at Abingdon, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Friday, December 30, 2011

An enoyable and intriguing read. Younger readers might enjoy the gruesome aspects more than I did, bt there was plenty else to keep me reading. Coraline's character came across extremly well, reminding me of many a child her age. The other world was mysterious and creepy, it kept your attention very well.  

Journal Entry 17 by disneyfreaksam at Warminster, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Thursday, January 05, 2012

Excellent. Thank you for sending this to me. I will read it and pass it on. 

Journal Entry 18 by disneyfreaksam at Warminster, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Friday, January 06, 2012

Great story and brilliantly addictive. Had to finish it in one sitting. Weird, original and fun.

I will get the next address and get it moving again. 

Journal Entry 19 by disneyfreaksam at Warminster, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Friday, January 06, 2012

Released 1 yr ago (1/6/2012 UTC) at Warminster, Wiltshire United Kingdom

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On the way to the next reader. Enjoy 

Journal Entry 20 by LilyKlip at Leipzig, Sachsen Germany on Tuesday, January 10, 2012

I squeezed this in between two quite big books and loved it. Coraline is a wonderful character and so are her odd neighbours and of course the cat. Neil Gaiman created just another great story.

Thank you for sharing this.

Will travel to pingucb soon. Just have to make it to the post office sometime. Just working ridiculous hours at the moment... ;-) 

Journal Entry 21 by LilyKlip at Leipzig, Sachsen Germany on Saturday, February 18, 2012

Released 1 yr ago (2/17/2012 UTC) at Leipzig, Sachsen Germany

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Book is on the road again. Safe travels! 

Journal Entry 22 by pingucb at Lower Kingswood, Surrey United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Huge apologies to LilyKlip - this arrived last week and I had completely forgotten to journal it. It is however, very much appreciated and I am looking forward to reading it.
Thankyou for letting me add on to this ring again at the end :-)