Journal Entry 1 by jamieh2003 from Wiley Ford, West Virginia USA on Wednesday, September 10, 2003

This is book one in Gedge's incredible Lord of the Two Lands series. I'm considering offering this series as a bookring. 

Journal Entry 2 by jamieh2003 from Wiley Ford, West Virginia USA on Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Sign ups...this is not the final mailing order. Just notes to myself to keep organized.

monast(Malaysia)
starbytes (Malaysia)
witchie (Portugal)
Pink-Panther(Ger)
Tuz (Brazil)
Nitro (Brazil)
tiggsybabes (UK)
MaryZee (MD)
shaunesay (KS)
cattail (MI)
caligula03(CA)
littlebooklover (CA)
kymberlie (TX)
First-Noel (TX)
ysabol (OH)


 

Journal Entry 3 by jamieh2003 from Wiley Ford, West Virginia USA on Monday, October 27, 2003

Final Shipping Order is:

monast(Aus) Finished
starbytes(Malaysia) Finished
witchie(Portugal) Finished
Pink-Panther(Ger)) Finished
Nitro(Brazil) Not answering PMs
tiggsybabes(UK)Finished
MaryZee(MD) Finished
shaunesay(KS) Now Reading
cattail(MI)
caligula03(CA)
littlebooklover(CA)
kymberlie(TX) Please Skip
First-Noel(TX)

 

Journal Entry 4 by monast on Tuesday, November 04, 2003

Received it from Jamie as a book ray/ring. My very first book caught. I'm almost finished and will end it on to starbytes in a few days.
It's been an exciting read to see how one small provincial governer with noble ancestors can prevail against the might of the Pharoah.  

Journal Entry 5 by monast on Thursday, November 06, 2003

I like stories of dynastic struggles set in ancient times. This book has it all and leaves you longing for the next book at the last page. Character development could be better, though.

Sent the book to Starbytes today .Enjoy!! 

Journal Entry 6 by starbytes from Calgary, Alberta Canada on Saturday, November 08, 2003

Received the book today! Thanks, monast! Will read and journal soon!

Update 24th December 2003: I had the hardest time reading this book. It was really slow moving for me and I had to force myself to plod along each page. Ironically, I finally decided to give it up after having only a few more pages to finish. I really don't know why I didn't like it so much. The storyline itself was fine, I think it was more the way the author wrote the scenes. I don't feel pulled into the story, and I don't feel as if the story was urgent or immediate. I just couldn't get into it. I'll be skipping the next two books, so I'll let both monast and witchie know.

Will mail this book to witchie soon. 

Journal Entry 7 by starbytes at on Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Release planned for Wednesday, February 04, 2004 at To a fellow bookcrosser in Espinho, Portugal Controlled Releases.

Mailed surface mail to witchie today! Hope she enjoys the book better than I did! 

Journal Entry 8 by Witchie from Espinho, Aveiro Portugal on Tuesday, February 24, 2004

I got this book last week! Sorry for this late entry... It's in my TBR pile, but close to the top. I'll say some more when I read it!
Thanks, starbytes, for sending it! And for the lovely postcard! I really loved it! 

Journal Entry 9 by Witchie from Espinho, Aveiro Portugal on Tuesday, June 22, 2004

I finished at last (sorry for taking so long...)!! It was a great book, about one of my favourite subjects: Ancient Egypt. It is full of life and mistery, and love and war... Every key ingredient for a good novel! Can't wait to read the other two! Got to know how the story ends!!
Thanks, jamieh2003, for the chance to read it! And sorry for keeping it for such a long time! 

Journal Entry 10 by Witchie from Espinho, Aveiro Portugal on Tuesday, June 22, 2004

And the book is back on the road! It is on its way to meet Pink-Panther, in Berlim! Hope it gets there safe and fast! 

Journal Entry 11 by Pink-Panther from Berlin, Berlin Germany on Thursday, June 24, 2004

The book arrived safely in Berlin and I will start reading it right away. 

Journal Entry 12 by Pink-Panther from Berlin, Berlin Germany on Monday, July 05, 2004

I really enjoyed reading the book. At the beginning it was hard to remember all those difficult names, but after I got used to them the story gripped me and kept me reading.

I am looking forward to the next part of the story.

As soon as I get the adress from Nitro the book is on it's way.

Thanks for the bookring Jamieh2003. 

Journal Entry 13 by tiggsybabes from Pontefract, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Received in mail yesterday, thanks :) Am reading an 801 paged ringed book atm, so will read this next. Bear with me! 

Journal Entry 14 by tiggsybabes from Pontefract, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 14, 2004

Embarrassingly, I've had this book for ages & haven't started it & am now starting to nest for my 2nd baby due in a few weeks.

Many apologies. I've PMed the next person for their address & will post it on ASAP. 

Journal Entry 15 by tiggsybabes at by mail in Mailed to another BC member, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Released on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at about 11:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at by mail in Mailed to another BC member, a fellow bookcrosser Controlled Releases.

RELEASE NOTES:

Will be posted to MaryZee tomorrow. 

Journal Entry 16 by MaryZee from Taneytown, Maryland USA on Friday, November 05, 2004

This came today in the mail. Will start on it as soon as I finish my current bookring.

11/10/04 - Starting on this today. 

Journal Entry 17 by MaryZee from Taneytown, Maryland USA on Wednesday, November 17, 2004

I've always enjoyed Egyptology, but have never read many novels about it before BC. I'm so glad I discovered this series. I'm really enjoying this book, but it seems to be taking longer to read than I expected. I am about half finished, and should be sending this on to Shaunesay around Thanksgiving, if not before. I'll update here later.

11/19/04 - Last half of book seemed to go much quicker. Don't know if it was cause I finally got into the story, or because I finally knew who all the characters were - listing in front of book definitely helps. Book ending is a good build-up to next book. Looking forward to it.
This will be sent out to Shaunesay tomorrow, Saturday 11/20. 

Journal Entry 18 by shaunesay from Olathe, Kansas USA on Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Just received! Will journal again when I've finished and pass along to cattail! It's funny that all three of the bookrings that I have currently are Egyptian themed, and I joined all of them at different times!

Thanks for the ring jamieh2003! 

Journal Entry 19 by shaunesay from Olathe, Kansas USA on Monday, January 10, 2005

I finished this one last night. Really liked it! But then, I am an Egyptian fan, so are we really surprised! I felt so bad for Seqenenra, and really wanted to slap Si-Amun around. I'm interested to see how things turn out for Kamose, it seems like he's up against such incredible odds. the fact that he's even still going to try just boggles the imagination, I can't imagine facing that situation for real and going through with it.

Thanks so much for this ring jamieh2003! Looks like the second book is taking the scenic route, so I may have to find the rest of these on my own, as i'm definitely interested in finishing the story!

Will be moving along to cattail in a few days. Thanks again! 

Journal Entry 20 by cattail from Clinton Township, Michigan USA on Saturday, February 26, 2005

I really enjoyed this book, and look forward to reading the sequel!
Thanks, jamieh2003, for starting this bookring, and thanks, shaunesay,
for sending it. I'll mail it to caligula03 next week!
cattail 

Journal Entry 21 by cattail from Clinton Township, Michigan USA on Saturday, February 26, 2005

Oops! Just noticed that I never journaled the book when I first
received it! I guess I must have PM'd shaunesay directly to let her know,
which says volumes about my inexperience with bookrings/rays! :(