The Lovely Bones: A Novel

by Alice Sebold | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0316666343 Global Overview for this book
Registered by lawprof of Sacramento, California USA on 1/7/2003
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4 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by lawprof from Sacramento, California USA on Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Pre-numbered label used for registration.

Journal Entry 2 by lawprof at Lincoln Law School in Sacramento, California USA on Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Release planned for Wednesday, January 08, 2003 at Lincoln Law School lobby in Sacramento, California USA.

Journal Entry 3 by lawprof at Lincoln Law School in Sacramento, California USA on Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Release planned for Wednesday, January 08, 2003 at Lincoln Law School lobby in Sacramento, California USA.

Journal Entry 4 by lawprof from Sacramento, California USA on Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Writteng from an intriguing point of view!

Journal Entry 5 by moogytee from Sacramento, California USA on Thursday, January 9, 2003
Picked up this nice hardcover in the Lincoln Law School lobby after seeing it released ... Thanks lawprof!

Everyone seems to be reading this one; glad to have found it. I plan to read and release.

Journal Entry 6 by moogytee from Sacramento, California USA on Friday, January 10, 2003
I am going to lend this out to my mom; asking for it back, though. Maybe she'll register with BC ...

Journal Entry 7 by moogytee from Sacramento, California USA on Thursday, January 16, 2003
Will be sending this one to natasha17 when I am done reading it.

Journal Entry 8 by moogytee from Sacramento, California USA on Saturday, February 1, 2003
Received back from my mom, who, alas, did not register with BC. She reports that she didn't really like it and felt that "a better writer" could have done a better job with the unique material. She only finished it because she wanted to know what happened, but was irritated by the task "about one-third of the time."

Well, despite this less than stellar review, I plan to read this ASAP and send it along to natasha17.

Journal Entry 9 by moogytee from Sacramento, California USA on Wednesday, February 26, 2003
I thought this book was pretty darned good, and it definitely gets an "A" for originality.

I was very engaged in the book, despite having a "yuck, yuck" reaction to the subject matter. My only problem was a few dull chapters in the last third of the book, but the end worked for me.

My only real beef is some confusion over what Susie Salmon's (the main character) full name was. She refers to herself as Suzanne near the beginning of the book. And at the end she is again called Suzanne. But on page 98, her grandmother calls her Susan. Am I just dense? Or is there an inconsistency here?

Well, this one is now off to Natasha17 -- thanks for being so patient!

Released on Friday, February 28, 2003 at Postal Release in Sacramento, California USA.

Sent to fellow BCer in San Francisco. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 11 by natasha17 from San Jose, California USA on Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Wow the post office was fast on this one! Thanks for sending Lovely Bones to me, moogytee!

I've been looking forward to reading this one, especially after reading about it in the forums. So I'll probably give it a little more advanced a place in the TBR stack, then find other readers to pass it on to.

Thanks again!

Journal Entry 12 by natasha17 from San Jose, California USA on Friday, May 2, 2003
I just can't seem to stay interested in this one. The story idea is interesting, but I'm not really fond of watching people's lives fall apart after a tragic death.

I'm sending this on to KatrinaKennedy, and back to Sacramento it seems too! Maybe the book really liked it there?

Journal Entry 13 by KatrinaKennedy from Sacramento, California USA on Friday, June 20, 2003
Traded by mail! Thanks : >

Journal Entry 14 by KatrinaKennedy from Sacramento, California USA on Monday, November 3, 2003
Great book! Releasing to my sister in Exeter, CA

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