Journal Entry 1 by florafloraflora on Saturday, September 06, 2003

I have just started reading this book, but it is pretty wonderful. I'm almost positive I'll want to buy the hardcover Everyman's Library version when I finish. If/when that happens I'll send this book out, maybe on a bookray. 

Journal Entry 2 by florafloraflora on Friday, September 26, 2003

I'm sending this out on a bookray, in the following order (subject to change if we get more readers):

jmg49 (Ontario, Canada)
Kernow8 (Virginia, USA)
MaryZee (Maryland, USA) sent on December 26th
Geologygirl (North Carolina, USA) could not be reached
Amostrinha (Portugal) declined
misfitgrrl (APO, USA) next in line
kymberlie (Texas, USA)
AuntK (California, USA)
PokPok (California, USA)
hathyia (Malaysia) please skip
Izzati (Malaysia)
starbytes (Malaysia)

If you'd like to join the bookray and are willing to ship internationally, please let me know and I will add your name to the list.

Just a few rules:

- When you receive the book, please post a journal entry that it has arrived and PM the next person on the list for his/her address.
- When you finish reading, make another journal entry (or else edit the first one) with your comments.
- This book could take a while to read and that's OK. Just don't keep it on the TBR pile for longer than a week, please.
- No need to post a release note when mailing a book - please just note the next recipient in your journal entr(ies).
- Photos of the book in the place where you are reading it, either tucked into the book or posted with your journal entry, are always welcome.

Happy reading!
 

Journal Entry 3 by florafloraflora on Wednesday, October 01, 2003

Mailed off to jmg49 today. 

Journal Entry 4 by jmg49 from Woodstock, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Thank you, sugarkane. I'll start reading this tomorrow and send it on as quickly as I can to the next reader. 

Journal Entry 5 by jmg49 from Woodstock, Ontario Canada on Monday, October 20, 2003

I'm about halfway through Arabian Nights and it is a fun read; a lot different than the watered down tales I read in my youth. 

Journal Entry 6 by jmg49 from Woodstock, Ontario Canada on Friday, October 24, 2003

This was a very entertaining book.
I will mail it to Kernow8 on Monday.
 

Journal Entry 7 by Kernow8 from Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Friday, November 07, 2003

I've just returned from vacation to find this in my mailbox (with two other books - not too alarming...). I will start this right away - reading a couple of tales each day alongside my current novel. I'm looking forward to it - thanks! 

Journal Entry 8 by Kernow8 from Southampton, Hampshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 19, 2003

These tales were a lot more entertaining and readable than I had imagined - and quite easy to dip in and out of. I liked the way tales were nested inside one another - storytelling must have been a very important part of the Arabian culture of those days! It was also interesting to read of the Baghdad of the past...

Mailing to MaryZee shortly. Thanks for the opportunity to read this! 

Journal Entry 9 by MaryZee from Taneytown, Maryland USA on Tuesday, November 25, 2003

Received this bookring in the mail today, along w/ one other bookring (after not having hardly any for over a month), and 2 packages of books for the OBCZ.
My husband says our mailbox is too small.
I say it's raining books :-)

12/8/03 - Ready to start on this now. Shouldn't take much over a week or so. Will journal again when I'm finished. 

Journal Entry 10 by MaryZee from Taneytown, Maryland USA on Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Okay, this is taking longer to read than I thought (and being sick earlier this week didn't help). I'm nearly half finished - don't know if I'll finish it before Christmas or not, but I'll try my best.

Really enjoying this, although after a while some of the stories seem to be alot alike. A few years ago, I decided I wanted to read some version of The 1001 Nights. But I never seemed to find a copy anywhere when I thought to look for it. After reading the introduction, and learning about the history of translation difficulties, I'm really appreciative of this one. The prose is easily readable, and understandable, and the poetry is wonderfully lyrical. I love this translation, even though the going is a bit slow.

Thanks for sharing SugarKane! I might have to add a copy of this to my collection. Eager to see what the rest of the stories bring.
I'll post again when I finish it up. No replies w/ an address yet from GeologyGirl, so this may go straight on to Portugal. (I'll try some more before Christmas.)

12/23/03 - Finished this up early this morning. Will be going in the mail, Friday 12/26. Unless I hear from GeologyGirl in the next couple of days, it will be on its way to MisfitGrrl (I do have an address for her).

12/26/03 - Sent on to MisfitGrrl.