Journal Entry 1 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Friday, August 15, 2003

This trilogy of books (this is number 1) is just amazing. Combining elements of Paradise Lost and poetry by William Blake, Pullman has created a world and a set of characters that are phenomenal.

From the back cover:
It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary particle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust--found only in the vast Arctic expanse of the North--was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it.

Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle. 

Journal Entry 2 by karendawn at Mailed to another BookCrosser in College Station, Texas USA on Monday, August 18, 2003

Released on Monday, August 18, 2003 at Mailed to another BookCrosser in College Station, Texas USA.

Part of a trade. Thank you! 

Journal Entry 3 by Greyflank from Brick, New Jersey USA on Friday, August 22, 2003

Just got this in the mail! Ummm... Karen did I send you the book yet or do I owe it to you? The very forgetful--Grey 

Journal Entry 4 by Greyflank from Brick, New Jersey USA on Thursday, June 26, 2008

About bloody time I got to this.

I'd already seen the movie and I'm just astounded how well they worked it out visually. The book is even darker than the movie. The most fascinating chapters for me involved the bears and how Lyra figured out how the bears could be tricked even though HER polar bear proved that it couldn't be done.

I also read and heard that the work's anti-religon and I just don't see that here. Maybe it's anti-organized religon, but anything that comes out and says that we have souls isn't about athiestism.

Putting aside for the Fantasy Box. 

Journal Entry 5 by Greyflank at Airport - Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA on Monday, September 01, 2008

Released 3 yrs ago (9/1/2008 UTC) at Airport - Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

My brother-in-laws are taking a flight out tonight and will be releasing this near their gates. Sorry, but I don't have the gate numbers...