Invisible Monsters
11 journalers for this copy...
I'm a big Palahniuk fan so I picked this up. I'm reading it right now.
Palahniuk at its best. A quick read and as messed up a yarn as he can spin. One of my favs for sure.
Welcome to the Invisible Monsters Bookring!
Members are as follows - member in bold currently has possession of the book: (If you wish to join, please PM me and I will add you!)
tbeckross / Washington DC
funsour / Ontario, Canada
Lpree / Nebraska
Ellegantly / California
Piper79 / Indiana
dospescados / New York
rebeccaljames / Ohio
saidenuj / Iowa
NoUse / Chicago, IL
I've started the Bookring. I shipped the book to tbeckross today.
Received it today. Can't wait to get started on it...
Not my favorite Palahniuk, but the story unfolded in an interesting way. Good beach read.
Controlled release 9 Aug 2005 to Canada to Funsour as part of bookring.
Controlled release 9 Aug 2005 to Canada to Funsour as part of bookring.
crap my dad and i returnred wes from a 3wekk blitz to my old place to pack iup and get going since i got a ne wgig up north abd he bouthgt some scotch glennifiggith and i think he won at least he's as;;ep mpw and anyway io';; tread this forst(o got 4 books in the box)and sne d onm pff soon on the ring///
not strtuinbg it off tonight-i've hjad too much
thanls agaonm
not strtuinbg it off tonight-i've hjad too much
thanls agaonm
Finished it already-so I can send it off on the ring... Wanted to get it away before my move is finalized(one week) as I'm not sure we get mail service up there...wow I just read the previous (anonfinder) entry I made late the night/morning we packed up...eeek- too much scotch
Anyway I enjoyed(if that is the right word for this author)this book
Thanks again for including me on the ring!
Sending tomorrow
Anyway I enjoyed(if that is the right word for this author)this book
Thanks again for including me on the ring!
Sending tomorrow
Journal Entry 9 by funsour at Controlled releases in Exchange/Trade, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, August 25, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (8/24/2005 UTC) at Controlled releases in Exchange/Trade, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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sent out to Lpree in a plain brown paper package
sent out to Lpree in a plain brown paper package
I just returned from vacation and this book was waiting for me, along with two other bookrings. I will read it as soon as I can and get it moving again. I've enjoyed the other Palahniuk books I've read, so I'm really looking forward to reading this.
I finished this several days ago, but am only just getting a chance to post. Anyway, I've read a couple of other Palahniuk books. Throughout this book, I kept thinking it wasn't as good as the others I'd read, but the ending totally made the book. I had ideas on how it would turn out, and was completely wrong. Anyway, I'm glad I read this - thanks for starting this ring!
I hope to mail this out over the weekend!
I hope to mail this out over the weekend!
i got this in the mail last week, forgive me for not being able to journal it sooner. i started reading it the other night and so far it's very palahniuk.
This book arrived yesterday in the mail.
I look forward to reading it!
I look forward to reading it!
Agreed, not the best one I've read yet, but not his worst. My favorite so far is Diary and least favorite is Lullaby.
This book was utterly bizarre (as usual) and not boring. However, I found myself not too invested in this story or the characters as I am in some of his books.
I will probably mail this one out this weekend.
This book was utterly bizarre (as usual) and not boring. However, I found myself not too invested in this story or the characters as I am in some of his books.
I will probably mail this one out this weekend.
Journal Entry 15 by Piper79 at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, February 25, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (2/25/2006 UTC) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Sent to dospescados this morning.
Sent to dospescados this morning.
Sorry it's taken me so long to get to this. I just read my first Margaret Atwood novel before this and it took me a *lot* longer than I expected -- but it was worth it.
I wish I could say that about Palahniuk. I've already read Choke and Lullaby and I'm just now realising that I rather don't like him. I started reading this yesterday and am already past chapter 12 -- thankfully he's a quick read -- and I've come to the decision that all his main characters sound exactly the same, just like Chuck Palahniuk. Which really makes the main character here, a woman, sound completely unbelievable. They've all got the same Palahniuk jaded wit and soundbytes. And oh, man, does this dude have more soundbytes than Fox News.
Give me soundbytes.
Flash.
Give me wit.
Flash.
Give me jadedness.
Flash.
Just call me Chuck Who Writes Badly.
His books are like car crashes and I can't take myself away once I start reading. So I'll finish it and have it in the mail to the next reader by Monday.
I wish I could say that about Palahniuk. I've already read Choke and Lullaby and I'm just now realising that I rather don't like him. I started reading this yesterday and am already past chapter 12 -- thankfully he's a quick read -- and I've come to the decision that all his main characters sound exactly the same, just like Chuck Palahniuk. Which really makes the main character here, a woman, sound completely unbelievable. They've all got the same Palahniuk jaded wit and soundbytes. And oh, man, does this dude have more soundbytes than Fox News.
Give me soundbytes.
Flash.
Give me wit.
Flash.
Give me jadedness.
Flash.
Just call me Chuck Who Writes Badly.
His books are like car crashes and I can't take myself away once I start reading. So I'll finish it and have it in the mail to the next reader by Monday.
I just received this book today. I am half way through another book. I will start this book within the next week.
I just finished reading this book today. It was very interesting. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for sharing. I will be sending this to saidenuj as soon as I receive the address.
I shipped this book out to saidenuj on
tuesday at 1 pm.
tuesday at 1 pm.
Arrived today. Thanks! Will start reading soon.
I finished this last night. This is the first Palahniuk I've ever read, so I don't have any insights on comparing this other works. I'm also having kind of a hard time deciding if I like this or not... I guess I can put it this way - I like the storyline, I like the plot, I really liked the twist, I didn't like the characters, and I didn't like the writing style. To be fair, the author did warn me very early on that this is not a story that follows a time-line with "and then, and then, and then." I didn't realize at that point just how convoluted things could get.
Thanks for including me in this ring! I can honestly say that without BCing, this is one book I would have never picked up on my own. I'll be PMing you, NoUse, to get your address so this book can complete its journey.
Thanks for including me in this ring! I can honestly say that without BCing, this is one book I would have never picked up on my own. I'll be PMing you, NoUse, to get your address so this book can complete its journey.
Journal Entry 23 by juniebug at USPS in to a fellow bookcrosser, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, June 25, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (6/26/2006 UTC) at USPS in to a fellow bookcrosser, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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Returning the book to NoUse, the host of the ring.
Thanks again!
Returning the book to NoUse, the host of the ring.
Thanks again!
The book arrived back in my hands today. Just a month shy of a whole year in the wild!
Thanks to everyone that participated. I have a couple other Palahniuk books on my bookshelf I'd be happy to bookcross to you if you are interested.
Thanks again!
Thanks to everyone that participated. I have a couple other Palahniuk books on my bookshelf I'd be happy to bookcross to you if you are interested.
Thanks again!
Journal Entry 25 by NoUse at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, Meet-Up, RABCK in Chicago, Illinois USA on Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (7/26/2006 UTC) at -- By Hand Or Post, Ray/Ring, Meet-Up, RABCK in Chicago, Illinois USA
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Sent to another member of paperbackswap.com
Sent to another member of paperbackswap.com
Received in response to a trade request posted on PaperBackSwap.com.
