Odori
Registered by megami-no-ushi of Calgary, Alberta Canada on 5/15/2011
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Puchased at fair's fair for the Canada Day Release Challenge. I like to read Japanese-Canadian authors.
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Welcome to bookcrossing! You have "caught" what we call a "travelling book." It is now your book to keep or to read and pass on to another reader and follow where the book goes. This is done by journal entries, so I really hope you'll journal it, if only to tell me you found it. You can do this anonymously, or sign up (free and private, no spam) and also be able to follow the book as it travels! If you do, please consider listing me, megami-no-ushi as your referring member.
I really enjoyed this book and the imaginative premise for the exploration of the narrator's family history. Also really interesting to me was the way this book drove home for me the differences between Japanese and Okinawan culture, language and history. I'd had an academic idea of it after a discussion of the politics of refering to Okinawan as a language (Okinawa-go) or a dialect (Okinawa-ben) but I'm inspired to do more research into pre-colonization Ryuukan kingdom. I also thought the exploration of Okinawa during WWII was well done.
I also really enjoyed the discussions of how the family adapted to life in Rainmaker Hills in southern Alberta. I thought the drawing of parallels between earth-sense on an island and earth-sense on the praries was worth further consideration.
I also really enjoyed the discussions of how the family adapted to life in Rainmaker Hills in southern Alberta. I thought the drawing of parallels between earth-sense on an island and earth-sense on the praries was worth further consideration.
I had coffee with Fracula to pass on this book for the Canadian Lit sweepstakes seeing as we both missed the Saturday meetup.
To the finder:
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To the finder:
Calgary has an active group of BookCrossers that meet to swap books and discuss book crossing every second Saturday of the month at 11am at the Joshua Tree Cafe on Edmonton Trail. We always love to meet new crossers, so please join us any time you like!
I'm delighted to have won the Canadian Literature Sweepstakes! This is one of two books given to me by megami-no-ushi. How generous!
I will enjoy reading this book, after the thoughtful review by megami-no-ushi and then bring it to cirulate withing the Calgary BookCrossing circle.
Oh, lucky me!
I will enjoy reading this book, after the thoughtful review by megami-no-ushi and then bring it to cirulate withing the Calgary BookCrossing circle.
Oh, lucky me!
Journal Entry 5 by fracula at -- Wild Released Somewhere In Calgary in Calgary, Alberta Canada on Saturday, June 25, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (6/25/2016 UTC) at -- Wild Released Somewhere In Calgary in Calgary, Alberta Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Released for the 2016 Canada Release Challenge
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Hello and congratulations!
You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of book lovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large.
If you have not already done so, please make a journal entry so we know this book has found a new home. You don't need to join BookCrossing and you can remain completely anonymous. However, we encourage you to join so that you can follow this book's future travels. It's fun and free, and your personal information will never be shared or sold. If you decide to join, consider listing Fracula as referring you.
If it's not your cup of tea, pass it on and consider this as your invitation to the wonderful world of BookCrossing!
Enjoy. Good Book Karma to You!
