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Journal Entry 1 by marsala from - Ergens in de provincie, Noord-Brabant Netherlands on Monday, September 2, 2013
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Either way, I hope you'll make a journal entry so all previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Happy reading and Happy BookCrossing!
If you found this book and are not familiar with BookCrossing, thanks for checking the site out. Welcome! Enjoy both the book and the site.
People all over the world are tracking their books through BookCrossing.
I really hope you'll journal this book! You can stay anonymous if you like. You can journal the book right now! You don’t have to read it first. Ideally, you will post a journal now saying that you’ve found this particular book, then read (and hopefully enjoy) the book. When you’re done reading, come back here and let us know when and where you will pass the book on to another reader. Give a review if you’d like. If you journal it, you can come back anytime to track its journey.
If you decide to join – and it’s FREE - please consider using me, Marsala, as the member who referred you. If you are already familiar with BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book.
Either way, I hope you'll make a journal entry so all previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Happy reading and Happy BookCrossing!
Journal Entry 2 by marsala at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, January 11, 2014
Released 10 yrs ago (1/11/2014 UTC) at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Passing this on to bookguide today, who has this book on her wishlist.
Thank you for this wishlist book, Marsala. Even if I was confused between J.G. Farrell and J.G. Ballard, I've been looking forward to getting my hands on this book as the first in a trilogy. And on the journey home on the train, iiwi spotted it and asked if he could have it next, so I'll try not to keep it for too many years before reading.
This was fantastic! It reminded me of Evelyn Waugh, P.G. Wodehouse and Cold Comfort Farm, all rolled into one, with a smattering of Irish independence history and the world events of 1919-1921 thrown in (including race riots in Chicago!). 1919 was quite the year: massacre at Amritsar, Bolsheviks in Russia and in Ireland, Sinn Fein wants to get rid of those colonist British. Meanwhile the Majestic hotel is falling down around the permanent residents' ears (rather like Fawlty Towers), inhabited by little old ladies and ever-increasing numbers of cats and rats. I absolutely loved this book! I think it may be added to my Personal Collection (though iiwi is welcome to borrow it as I see I made a note he was interested). I already had The Singapore Grip to read, but I’ve now bought The Siege of Krishnapur to complete the trilogy, all in the same edition; that makes me ridiculously happy.
