! I Capture The Castle (BOOKRING)
Registered by rem_DYI-991976 on 9/11/2004
21 journalers for this copy...
Duplicate copy bought for bookcrossing. I read it on a bookring where everyone (including me) raved about it.
See:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1076901/?title=captur&author=&category=&isbn=&bcid=&status=0&screenname=&limit=1/book_I-capture-the-castle---BOOKRING!-Dodie-Smith
See:
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/1076901/?title=captur&author=&category=&isbn=&bcid=&status=0&screenname=&limit=1/book_I-capture-the-castle---BOOKRING!-Dodie-Smith
Book Ring Rules (Adapted from psychjo and kleptokitty)
1) Everybody should leave a journal entry when receiving the book and after the read! Please let us all know what you think about it...
2) Also PM the next person on the list for a mailing address and when that person doesn't answer within 7 days MAX! please PM the one after...
3) Everybody should also try to read the book soon (max - one month?)- but in a joyful speed. It's not about how many books someone can read within a certain amount of time - it's about enjoying it...
4) You can send the book via surface mail or airmail - that is completely up to you.
5) If you find you don't have the time to read it when it's your turn please PM and I'll move you to a later slot.
6) Enjoy :-)
Participants
indielibrarian (UK)
sandyundead (UK)
Molyneux (UK)
Anfield (UK)
Squirk (UK)
Amanida (UK)
Suh (Portugal)
Ftarazu (Portugal)
Wandering (Netherlands)
Olifant (Netherlands)
MaaikeB (Netherlands)
Concertina8 (Austria)
Sherria (US)
airehead (Canada)
titihood (Canada)
Firegirl (US)
Celestewa (Australia)
froggirlwendy (Australia)
sweetpeeps (UK)
Koalabare (UK)
riverwillow (UK)
cheeky42 (Italy)
AmaniS (Germany)
Semming (Finland)
vexter (Finland)
RoryG (Finland)
chich (France)
ldpaulson (US)
esq228 (US)
cowgirl-up (US)
deadsteen (US)
jherusalem (US)
MandaJo (US)
ajsmom (US)
charlenemartel (Canada)
lbis3 (Canada)
...
back to me (UK).
If you want to join this ring, PM me.
1) Everybody should leave a journal entry when receiving the book and after the read! Please let us all know what you think about it...
2) Also PM the next person on the list for a mailing address and when that person doesn't answer within 7 days MAX! please PM the one after...
3) Everybody should also try to read the book soon (max - one month?)- but in a joyful speed. It's not about how many books someone can read within a certain amount of time - it's about enjoying it...
4) You can send the book via surface mail or airmail - that is completely up to you.
5) If you find you don't have the time to read it when it's your turn please PM and I'll move you to a later slot.
6) Enjoy :-)
Participants
sandyundead (UK)
Molyneux (UK)
Anfield (UK)
Squirk (UK)
Amanida (UK)
Suh (Portugal)
Ftarazu (Portugal)
Wandering (Netherlands)
Olifant (Netherlands)
MaaikeB (Netherlands)
Concertina8 (Austria)
Sherria (US)
airehead (Canada)
titihood (Canada)
Firegirl (US)
Celestewa (Australia)
froggirlwendy (Australia)
sweetpeeps (UK)
Koalabare (UK)
cheeky42 (Italy)
AmaniS (Germany)
Semming (Finland)
vexter (Finland)
RoryG (Finland)
chich (France)
ldpaulson (US)
esq228 (US)
cowgirl-up (US)
deadsteen (US)
jherusalem (US)
MandaJo (US)
ajsmom (US)
charlenemartel (Canada)
lbis3 (Canada)
...
back to me (UK).
If you want to join this ring, PM me.
Journal Entry 3 by rem_DYI-991976 at book ring in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Monday, September 20, 2004
Released 19 yrs ago (9/20/2004 UTC) at book ring in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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On its way.
On its way.
received in the post today - thank you!
Oh, what a lovely book. Incredibly evocative and wonderfully written.
It's just like the Midsummer Eve perfume Cassandra adores - sweet and heady, but with deep undertones.
I was really sorry to finish reading this. In spirit, it's like one of my favourite warm and fuzzy books - Miss Pettigrew. I may end up getting my own copy - a perfect rainy afternoon indoors comfort book.
Onto Sandyundead when I get an address
It's just like the Midsummer Eve perfume Cassandra adores - sweet and heady, but with deep undertones.
I was really sorry to finish reading this. In spirit, it's like one of my favourite warm and fuzzy books - Miss Pettigrew. I may end up getting my own copy - a perfect rainy afternoon indoors comfort book.
Onto Sandyundead when I get an address
Journal Entry 6 by sandyundead from Reading, Berkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Thanks daemonwolf and indielibrarian. I just have to finish a German ring book, and then I will be on to this.
Journal Entry 7 by sandyundead from Reading, Berkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Thanks for this daemonwolf and indielibrarian. This book was a lot more grown-up than I was expecting, but no less fascinating for all that. It was lovely to see inside Cassandras mind and understand why she was doing what she was doing. This will be going on to Molyneux as soon as I have an address and time to get to the Post Office!
This is off to Molyneux this weekend - enjoy!
This book was waiting for me on my return from holiday this week. I'm going to start reading it tonight!
Thank you Daemonwolf - and Sandyundead who posted it to me! :)
Thank you Daemonwolf - and Sandyundead who posted it to me! :)
This book just didn't 'grab' me as much as I'd expected, I'm not sure why - maybe I'm just not in the right mood to read a book like this at the moment! I won't hold it up & will be posting it on to Anfield tomorrow.
OOPS! Just found I still have this book - sorry! Will definitely post it off today...just off to put it in the car!
OOPS! Just found I still have this book - sorry! Will definitely post it off today...just off to put it in the car!
Arrived safely today,thank you Molyneux (and Daemonwolf). I should get to it in the next 10-15 days.
Hi, just an update. I'm not posting any books out between now and January 5th for fear of losing them in the Yule deluge of post and would ask that this book is held back till then too. Happy holidays, all. :)
I finished this last night. It was slow to get going I have to say, but when it did, it did! The writing all the way through was superb, it was never a chore to read and I loved the narrator's honesty about her situation. This is most definitely a book I would not have read without BC, thank you Daemonwolf.
I will hold it back as per instructions and post to squirk on the 5th January.
I will hold it back as per instructions and post to squirk on the 5th January.
Off in the post to Squirk today.
Received safe and well today - many thanks!
Journal Entry 16 by squirk from Lambeth, Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 9, 2005
An excellent read, all the more so for being gentle. I like books written as journals as I've always kept a diary and it's great to be able to read someone else's (even if it is fictional). The characters really kept me interested throughout and there was a dog and cat involved, which always helps. I think Stephen was hard done-by and the best catch of the lot.I must rent the film now to see how it was done, though I'm always a little disappointed by films and the scenes and characters probably won't match those in my head.
Off to Amanida soon. Thank you Daemonwolf for a great read.
Received from Squirk - thanks! Goes in at 2nd from top of mt tbr.
A pleasant easy read, that made me look forward to summer.
I'm now off to the post office to send it to Ftarazu in Portugal (Suh has dropped out).
I'm now off to the post office to send it to Ftarazu in Portugal (Suh has dropped out).
Just got the book.
It will be read ASAP. Looking forward to start...
Thanks Amanida
It will be read ASAP. Looking forward to start...
Thanks Amanida
Just finished it. I must say I expected a whole lot more from the book. I really liked the way we could live their lives throught Cassandra's fellings but I thought the story was a bit boring...
It will be of to Wandering when I have her address
It will be of to Wandering when I have her address
Received yesterday, and currently to be found on top of mount TBR (steadily growing, again). Very artsy bookmark, nice!
This book truly got me captured! Good writing, nice characters. I just kept on reading, though I usually am not very fond of books written in the 'I-perspective'. This sure is a pleasant exception.
Thanks for sharing this book, daemonwolf! I will get it to Olifant soon...
[edit] To save the postage, this book will be handed over on the next meeting, June 26th, in Castricum.
Thanks for sharing this book, daemonwolf! I will get it to Olifant soon...
[edit] To save the postage, this book will be handed over on the next meeting, June 26th, in Castricum.
Via MaaikeB in Utrecht now.
"Blast Neil!" she (= Rose) cried furiously. I would rather see her furious than desperate - it made me think of the day she turned on a bull that was chasing us. (It turned out to be a rather oddly shaped cow.)
A quick and easy read. A real holiday (Neil would say vacation) book too, you feel good afterwards and the writing is light-hearted and funny. I laughed out loud when Rose and Cassandra came back from London with their aunt’s animal furs (I won’t tell more for I‘ll spoil it for readers to come). I also like the setting: English countryside, with an old castle and tower versus modern London. And likeable characters, the slightly eccentric English Mortmain family, the talkative Americans. What surprised me most is that the book is written in 1949. It has such a modern tone to it.
Thanks for sharing daemonwolf. Book will travel to MaaikeB next week.
She (=Heloïse, the dog) behaved beautifully on the journey, except that after we changed into the London train she took a little boy's cake away from him. I quickly thanked him for giving it to her and he took my word for it that he had meant to.
A quick and easy read. A real holiday (Neil would say vacation) book too, you feel good afterwards and the writing is light-hearted and funny. I laughed out loud when Rose and Cassandra came back from London with their aunt’s animal furs (I won’t tell more for I‘ll spoil it for readers to come). I also like the setting: English countryside, with an old castle and tower versus modern London. And likeable characters, the slightly eccentric English Mortmain family, the talkative Americans. What surprised me most is that the book is written in 1949. It has such a modern tone to it.
Thanks for sharing daemonwolf. Book will travel to MaaikeB next week.
She (=Heloïse, the dog) behaved beautifully on the journey, except that after we changed into the London train she took a little boy's cake away from him. I quickly thanked him for giving it to her and he took my word for it that he had meant to.
O, yummy, this was one long and glorious (as Cassandra would say) read. Finished it in two days time - okay, I was ill and bedridden and had nothing else to do, but I really loved it. I have no idea how I ended up being on this ring, can't remember I signed up for it, but I'm grateful I was. I will definitely keep an eye out for the DVD, but it can't be anything but a disappointment, I suppose (or 'I guess', as Neil would say). Thanks for ringing Dodie, daemonwolf.
i actually picked this up from the post office friday night. instead of writing a journal right away (it just seemed too much work to turn on my computer after a week in front of one at work...) i sat down and started reading it. since it was raining most of the weekend i finished it last night.
a very pleasant read. usually, i'm not one for diaries. my own attempts to keep one always ended very quickly... but this i really liked. i don't think i would have enjoyed the story as much if it hadn't been written as a diary. weird, really. if this were a novel in the traditional sense, i don't think i would have liked it. the (central) story was too romantic, but somehow cassandra telling it made it seem less cheesy.
i didn't care much for the character rose. to me she seemed to be an absolutely boring person. also, thomas wasn't given much of a profile until the very end. he could have been a very interesting person to read about but (sadly) was neglected.
have to get sherrias address now to send this on...
a very pleasant read. usually, i'm not one for diaries. my own attempts to keep one always ended very quickly... but this i really liked. i don't think i would have enjoyed the story as much if it hadn't been written as a diary. weird, really. if this were a novel in the traditional sense, i don't think i would have liked it. the (central) story was too romantic, but somehow cassandra telling it made it seem less cheesy.
i didn't care much for the character rose. to me she seemed to be an absolutely boring person. also, thomas wasn't given much of a profile until the very end. he could have been a very interesting person to read about but (sadly) was neglected.
have to get sherrias address now to send this on...
Journal Entry 27 by concertina8 at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, August 25, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (8/25/2005 UTC) at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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sending this off today to the US
sending this off today to the US
Arrived (along with two others today and one yesterday...it's raining bookrings)! I'll get to this one ASAP.
This was a lovely book! The language was so pretty, the characters eccentric and interesting, and the story very sweet.
I enjoyed the brief peek inside the lives of Cassandra's family; the contrast with the Cottons made their lifestyle even more vivid. I found myself envying them, despite their situation as they all seemed happy (except Rose) rather than pitiful.
I loved the descriptions of the castle, the clothes, the villagers, the countryside - everything was wonderfully drawn. I was completely sucked in, and read in about a day and a half!
Thanks for sharing this daemonwolf. I'll send it on to the next participant early next week.
I enjoyed the brief peek inside the lives of Cassandra's family; the contrast with the Cottons made their lifestyle even more vivid. I found myself envying them, despite their situation as they all seemed happy (except Rose) rather than pitiful.
I loved the descriptions of the castle, the clothes, the villagers, the countryside - everything was wonderfully drawn. I was completely sucked in, and read in about a day and a half!
Thanks for sharing this daemonwolf. I'll send it on to the next participant early next week.
Recived this book and had just finished one so thought I'd start it right away. Not my type of book, rather insipid and not much storyline, but a quick read.
Wow, I got this today, such a nice thing to find in the post :) I will have a lot of reading over Christmas :D Yay!!
21/02/06: Sorry I have had this book for so long, had a few rings before it. I Capture the Castle was at first annoyingly simple and naive, then I got into it a bit more and couldn't put it down. It is a bit predictable and the characters don't really jump out at you, but as I couldn't stop reading it I think it must have its merits! Sending to Firegirl today.
21/02/06: Sorry I have had this book for so long, had a few rings before it. I Capture the Castle was at first annoyingly simple and naive, then I got into it a bit more and couldn't put it down. It is a bit predictable and the characters don't really jump out at you, but as I couldn't stop reading it I think it must have its merits! Sending to Firegirl today.
Arrived today with one other bookring (they always come in groups, don't they?). More after I've read it.
I couldn't get into this book, though I did give it try. It just wasn't keeping my interest; I found myself putting it down for other books. Rather than wait to be in the mood/mindset for it, I'm passing it on to the next in line. It will be Australia-bound tomorrow, via media mail. Thanks for the chance to try it out!
Arrived in Perth Australia today.... Thanks for sending it on Firegirl. Will get to it ASAP, study for exam/read book ... hard choice ;-)
Journal Entry 35 by celestewa from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, August 26, 2006
I really enjoyed this book and saw how it would make a good movie. I felt the end was a bit contrived but I enjoyed the rites on the mound.
This book has been posted to Froggirlwendy
This book has been posted to Froggirlwendy
Journal Entry 36 by froggirlwendy from Bracken Ridge, Queensland Australia on Monday, October 2, 2006
Arrived 28 Sept. I have a few other bookrings but will read ASAP - if I can't get to it soon I will PM the next reader so as not to hold it up too long. Great bookmark squirk has made to accompany the book :o)
20/11 lobodyke asked to be skipped - have PM'd sweetpeeps and will send book travelling soon
20/11 lobodyke asked to be skipped - have PM'd sweetpeeps and will send book travelling soon
Journal Entry 37 by froggirlwendy from Bracken Ridge, Queensland Australia on Saturday, December 16, 2006
Unfortunately I didn't end up finishing this one. It started out slow and close to boring but it did start to pick up and was an ok read. I had trouble getting absorbed in it so ended up stopping. Maybe some other day.
Thank you daemonwolf for including me in this ring and to celestewa for sending it my way. Off to sweetpeeps with Squirk's cute bookmark and a few little travelling companions. Enjoy :o)
Thank you daemonwolf for including me in this ring and to celestewa for sending it my way. Off to sweetpeeps with Squirk's cute bookmark and a few little travelling companions. Enjoy :o)
Yaay - received safely in the mail this morning all the way from Australia! Thanks froggirlwendy for the little extras!!One more bookring book to read first before I get to this one. It´s been a long wait!!!
I was very disappointed with this book, especially as I had waited so long for it to arrive. I gave up on it three or four times, but then picked it up again, determined to finish the book. I see from previous journal entries the reviews have been very mixed. It seems the sort of book you either really like .... or don´t!! Thanks for including me in the Bookring
Journal Entry 40 by sweetpeeps at Controlled release - By mail for Bookring/Bookray in Cómpeta, Málaga Spain on Saturday, February 17, 2007
Released 17 yrs ago (2/17/2007 UTC) at Controlled release - By mail for Bookring/Bookray in Cómpeta, Málaga Spain
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Off to Koalabare in the UK. I hope you enjoy the book much more than I did!
Off to Koalabare in the UK. I hope you enjoy the book much more than I did!
Received a couple of days ago but only just got to journalling - thanks sweetpeeps!
Will be starting this at once
Will be starting this at once
My mother saw I was reading this and commented that it was one of her favourite reads. I've heard other people raving about it, and having read it I can now understand why.
Cassandra is a great narrator and I enjoyed her dysfunctional family. Have to confess that my romantic radar didn't pick up on Rose and Neil, but I really liked the fact that there wasn't a rosy (forgive the pun) ending for Cassandra, Simon or Stephen.
Thanks Daemonwolf for organising and on to the next person.
Cassandra is a great narrator and I enjoyed her dysfunctional family. Have to confess that my romantic radar didn't pick up on Rose and Neil, but I really liked the fact that there wasn't a rosy (forgive the pun) ending for Cassandra, Simon or Stephen.
Thanks Daemonwolf for organising and on to the next person.
Journal Entry 43 by riverwillow from Beckenham, Greater London United Kingdom on Sunday, March 18, 2007
Thank you very much, this is a book I have long wanted to read and I am really looking forward to reading it, which I shall be doing really really soon, although I have a book to read and finish for an essay due at the end of the month, but somehow I don't think I am going to be able to resist this one.
