A Man Called Ove

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by Fredrik Backman | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1476738017 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingdjf1968wing of San Ramon, California USA on 12/20/2023
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7 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by wingdjf1968wing from San Ramon, California USA on Wednesday, December 20, 2023
I read this in February (my thoughts are journaled on this copy). I picked up this issue to send on to my Secret Santa.

Journal Entry 2 by wingdjf1968wing at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Friday, December 22, 2023

Released 1 yr ago (12/23/2023 UTC) at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases

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Leaving it to the last minute, my Secret Santa gift is now in the hands of the US Postal Service... And because I left it until the last minute, this is your second copy of this one. Please find it a good home. :)
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Journal Entry 3 by Aberpeter at Renton, Washington USA on Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Thank you Secret Santa for the wishlist book! I am looking forward to reading this.

Journal Entry 4 by Aberpeter at Renton, Washington USA on Sunday, February 4, 2024
I laughed, I cried, and I now have a soft spot in my heart for a cantankerous old man named Ove.

Fredrik Backman does an excellent job of taking a curmudgeon and making him a misunderstood, grieving, old man with whom you cannot help but to feel some of his pain. When he gets new neighbors who are not shy about inserting themselves into his life, Ove has a reason to live and for the first time in his life, has an extended family who love and accept him.

Journal Entry 5 by Aberpeter at Renton, Washington USA on Friday, March 1, 2024

Released 11 mos ago (3/1/2024 UTC) at Renton, Washington USA

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Releasing in the Person, Place & Thing bookspiral (Round One - Person)

Journal Entry 6 by wingNancyNovawing at Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on Thursday, March 7, 2024
Notes from my copy: Delightful and different. Listened via audio, to better hear the pronunciations of the names. Ove is a loner curmudgeon, determined to do away with himself after his wife dies. But he keeps getting thwarted by the neighbors, who arrive at inopportune times, backing over his mailbox when the sign clearly says no driving by the houses, falling off the borrowed ladder, and then leaving Ove to drive the pregnant wife and kids to the hospital, and leaving him in charge of the stray, abandoned cat. Lovely how the neighbors got under his skin, without him really even knowing it, just like his late wife did.

Leaving in the bookring

Journal Entry 7 by wingQueen72wing at Hobbs, New Mexico USA on Saturday, March 23, 2024
I’ve read this before and here is my original review.

Ove is may favorite literary curmudgeon. This book is beautiful and the writing is somber and comical. A very enjoyable sentimental book and I absolutely recommend it.

I read this for PopSugar's 2017 reading challenge prompt: A book with a title that's a character's name.

Journal Entry 8 by wingQueen72wing at Hobbs, New Mexico USA on Saturday, March 23, 2024

Released 10 mos ago (3/29/2024 UTC) at Hobbs, New Mexico USA

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Releasing back into the Person, Place & Thing Bookspiral Round #3. (Person)

Journal Entry 9 by wingbooklady331wing at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Tuesday, April 2, 2024
I already read this book, so it will stay in the ring.

Releasing back into the Person, Place & Thing Bookspiral Round #3. (Person)

Journal Entry 10 by wingdjf1968wing at San Ramon, California USA on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
And Ove has come (briefly) home. I'm going to send this on to the next reader since this copy started here.

Journal Entry 11 by wingdjf1968wing at Person/Place/Thing Spiral, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Released 10 mos ago (4/17/2024 UTC) at Person/Place/Thing Spiral, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

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Sending Ove back out to find another reader in round 3 of the Person/Place/Thing book spiral.

Journal Entry 12 by wingLaveggioCoffeewing at Binghamton, New York USA on Wednesday, May 1, 2024
taking out of the Person, Place, Thing bookspiral.
I have a copy of this already to be read, so I'm hanging on to this copy to either release somewhere or use for a wishlist tag.

Thanks for sharing.

Journal Entry 13 by wingLaveggioCoffeewing at RABCK, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Released 1 mo ago (1/13/2025 UTC) at RABCK, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

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sending off to solittletime to release at one of her lucky release spots. Please feel free to read it first.

2025 Keep Them Moving Release Challenge
2025 RABCK Release Challenge

Journal Entry 14 by wingsolittletimewing at Portland, Maine USA on Friday, January 17, 2025
Thank you so much, LaveggioCoffee, for the box of books to release. I may read some of them first, but eventually they will all be released in my "lucky" release location, and hope that they too will be caught and journaled.

This book has had a nice journey with several BookCrossers already. I have read and enjoyed this book a while back. I'm not sure if I'll re-read this copy or just release it at an appropriate time.

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