I bought this today for $9.62 at Borders in Gurnee, IL. It will continue the bookring that was stalled and I never received after 4 months and giving my address twice.

c. 2001 -- 401 pages -- Paperback -- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Human-animal relationships -- Pacific Ocean - Storytelling -- Teenage boys -- Ocean travel -- Zoo animals -- Orphans -- Tigers -- #15 on BookCrossing 2004 Favorites list -- #11 on BookCrossing 2006 Favorites list -- #12 on BookCrossing 2006 Favorites list -- HS AP Literature

Back Cover: When 16-year-old Pi Patel finds himself stranded in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific ocean with only a menacing 450-pound Bengal tiger for company, he quickly realizes that the only way he will survive is if he makes sure the tiger is more afraid of him than he is of it. Finding strength within himself, he draws upon all of his knowledge and cunning, battles for food and shelter, overcomes storms and disasters, and, in the end, makes a peace of sorts with both tiger and ocean. With more than one million copies in print, Life of Pi has become a modern classic, combining grand story-telling with a profound exploration of ageless themes; faith and truth, fact and fiction, man versus nature, and innocence and experience.

This book will continue the stalled bookring started by atnaturesmercy ... and apparently lost in the mail.

The order:
1. stardustedangel, NC, ships pref. US
2. lilmisstypo, CA, ships US & Canada *previous copy stalled*
3. cyber-librarian, IL, ships US & Canada --> received 4/4/05 --> mailed 5/10/05
greenfrog03, NV, ships US & Canada --> asked to be skipped
4. Nik-The-Stik, Canada, ships to Canada --> received 5/16/05
5. lilkandystar, Canada, ships anywhere
6. antsnax, TX, ships US & Canada
7. AdorableAmy, MO, ships to US
8. LabSpecimen, KY, ships to US & Canada
Aramena, OK, ships anywhere --> SKIP - has copy
9. adah-price, MO, ships anywhere
10. RoryG, Finland, ships to Europe
11. seaflower, Finland, pref. Europe
12. H0BB1T, Spain, ships anywhere
13. FortyToo, NJ, ships to US & Europe
14. and back to atnaturesmercy, NJ

I finished reading this on 4/22/05. It's a very interesting book and I found myself telling all my family and friends about it. I continue to ponder how much information is true and which story do I believe to be the correct one. There were so many parts I enjoying and others I had to turn away to prevent losing my stomach over.

(pages 239+242) "I survived 227 days ... over 7 months. July 2nd, 1977 - February 14th, 1978."

(pae 262) "My greatest wish -- other than salvation -- was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One I could read again and again, with new eyes and a fresh understanding each time."

Used for 2005 Alphabet Challenge - M author

RELEASE NOTES:

I hope to mail this today to Nik-The-Stik in Canada ... as part of the bookring. I received her address on 4/22, but have been ill for the last 2 weeks ... and just now recovering enough to go to the post office. Sorry for the delay.

Received this today! Thanks a lot, cyber-librarian for re-starting this ring; can't wait to delve into it!