Plum Island
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Looking for a good home...
Journal Entry 2 by millerbug at Fellow Bookcrosser in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, Maryland USA on Saturday, August 16, 2003
Released on Saturday, August 16, 2003 at To Fellow BookCrosser in Gaithersburg, Maryland USA.
Sending to Kristamd in Maryland! Enjoy the book!
Sending to Kristamd in Maryland! Enjoy the book!
Received in the mail today. Thanks millerbug! This book was recommended to me long ago and I look forward to reading it.
I'm keeping track of quotations as I read, an idea I first spotted in tania-in-nc's profile. I glance over the page where I stop reading each day, searching for humor, insight, imagery, or just a catchy turn of phrase.
June 21, 2004
"I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know."
page 81
June 22, 2004
"And if you go so far as to picture the place as it looks, you get this Poe-like image of the ultimate dim Thule, a dark landscape of dead cattle and sheep, bloating and rotting on the fields, vultures feeding on their infected flesh."
page 108
June 23, 2004
"In truth, it wasn't claustrophobia that was troubling him. Like most men of courage and action, myself included, Max didn't like a danger he couldn't pull his gun on."
page 166
June 24, 2004
"There was a saying that in Manhattan the present was so strong, it obscured the past. But here, the past was so strong, it obscured the present."
page 216
June 25, 2004
"So, Fredric Tobin, cool and dandy viniculturist, a man who seemed in control, was a gambler. But if you thought about it, was there a bigger gamble than the grape crop every year? The fact was, grapes were still experimental here, and so far, so good. No blight, no diseases, no frosts or heat spells. But one day, Hurricane Anabelle or Zeke was going to blow a billion grapes into the Long Island Sound, like the biggest tub of Kool Aid ever."
page 286
June 26, 2004
"The wonderful thing about America is that there are more antiques in circulation than were originally made."
page 337
June 21, 2004
"I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know."
page 81
June 22, 2004
"And if you go so far as to picture the place as it looks, you get this Poe-like image of the ultimate dim Thule, a dark landscape of dead cattle and sheep, bloating and rotting on the fields, vultures feeding on their infected flesh."
page 108
June 23, 2004
"In truth, it wasn't claustrophobia that was troubling him. Like most men of courage and action, myself included, Max didn't like a danger he couldn't pull his gun on."
page 166
June 24, 2004
"There was a saying that in Manhattan the present was so strong, it obscured the past. But here, the past was so strong, it obscured the present."
page 216
June 25, 2004
"So, Fredric Tobin, cool and dandy viniculturist, a man who seemed in control, was a gambler. But if you thought about it, was there a bigger gamble than the grape crop every year? The fact was, grapes were still experimental here, and so far, so good. No blight, no diseases, no frosts or heat spells. But one day, Hurricane Anabelle or Zeke was going to blow a billion grapes into the Long Island Sound, like the biggest tub of Kool Aid ever."
page 286
June 26, 2004
"The wonderful thing about America is that there are more antiques in circulation than were originally made."
page 337
6/24: This book will be accompanying me on vacation to Colorado, where it first started its journey. I will finish reading it and then release it, possibly into one of siriradha's BookCrossing zones. I will update this journal entry to reflect my thoughts when I finish reading.
Update 6/26: I finished reading this competent mystery-thriller. The narrator is a bit of an arrogant maverick, but he's strangely likeable anyway. While the final scenes stretch credibility, that's perhaps to be expected with this genre. An enjoyable reading experience.
Update 6/26: I finished reading this competent mystery-thriller. The narrator is a bit of an arrogant maverick, but he's strangely likeable anyway. While the final scenes stretch credibility, that's perhaps to be expected with this genre. An enjoyable reading experience.
Journal Entry 6 by Mountainwren at Cherry Creek Mall (Details In Notes) in Denver, Colorado USA on Sunday, July 4, 2004
Released on Saturday, July 03, 2004 at Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colorado USA.
Released during the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. Something to go along with all those copies of Wild Animus!
Released during the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. Something to go along with all those copies of Wild Animus!
