Journal Entry 1 by Diane-Fraser from Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Saturday, June 18, 2011

Reading on my jollies

ETA Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2005.

When art historian Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma.

Released for the 2011 Travel Challenge - couldn't resist when I found out the town in this novel was Ballymore and the village Ballyless :)

I had difficulty getting my bearings with this one but I found it all fell into place and was worth the journey - enjoy
 

Journal Entry 2 by Diane-Fraser at apartment Jardines del Puerto in Alcossebre, Castelló/Castellón Spain on Sunday, June 26, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (6/24/2011 UTC) at apartment Jardines del Puerto in Alcossebre, Castelló/Castellón Spain

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left on the bookshelf for future guests

ETA - still there at end of September so brought home for mum in law :) 

Journal Entry 3 by Diane-Fraser at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (10/2/2011 UTC) at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom

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with mum in law.

ETA 28.10.11 - not her cup of tea. Likes stories that have soppy endings - think I i'll start getting her Romance !! 

Journal Entry 4 by Diane-Fraser at Baltic Cafe in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (11/5/2011 UTC) at Baltic Cafe in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom

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Releasing for Rockdg9's The THE challenge

Off to my first meet up - hope another bookcrosser picks up this one - if not will leave in the cafe

Please make a journal entry to say you have found this book :) 

Journal Entry 5 by Lukerik at Gateshead, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Sunday, November 06, 2011

Journal my books will you Diane? Well two can play at that game!

I got this from the shelf in the Baltic and also picked up a couple of others, but this was the one I came for. Booker winners are a good bet in my experience and Banville was interviewed on Radio 4 recently and sounded interesting. I mentally added him to the list of authors I intend to read but probably won't get round to, so when I saw this was travelling, thought I'd go for it.

Thanks :) 

Journal Entry 6 by Lukerik at Heaton, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Saturday, May 12, 2012

This was my holiday book while in Edinburgh but I didn't finish it before coming home. I really enjoyed it. Not quite sure how it managed to win the Booker - it must have been a spare year - but it is beautifully written in a sort of gentle prose with very few errors. The dick sucking reviews printed all over it are a little over blown but it's very funny in places and very clever in it's study of a normal guy grieving. The things he pays attention to are well chosen. He held my interest over so many pages where nothing happens & I liked the revelations at the end. 

Journal Entry 7 by Lukerik at Camel & Artichoke - OBCZ in Waterloo, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, September 13, 2012

Released 8 mos ago (9/13/2012 UTC) at Camel & Artichoke - OBCZ in Waterloo, Greater London United Kingdom

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I left this in the bookcase. 

Journal Entry 8 by cuteface at Waterloo, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, November 01, 2012

Took book off the obcz shelf in camel and artichoke pub yesterday book to descriptive for me could of given it a chance but if I can't read first page properly then stop reading lifes to short and so many books to read seems like a good story though. 

Journal Entry 9 by cuteface at Commercial Road Precinct in Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom on Friday, November 09, 2012

Released 6 mos ago (11/9/2012 UTC) at Commercial Road Precinct in Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom

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On bench near boots