Case Histories
Registered by Moondreamer of Sandhurst, Berkshire United Kingdom on 8/22/2005
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
9 journalers for this copy...
A very belated Not So Secret Summer Solstice book - the first one I sent had been crossed off the wishlist, but that hadn't shown up on my print-out, so I'm hoping for better luck this time! (I haven't been asked for a replacement, but it does only seem fair.)
Hope you enjoy it - sounds intriguing from the blurb!
Hope you enjoy it - sounds intriguing from the blurb!
Journal Entry 2 by Winterson from Peacehaven , East Sussex United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Now, how lovely are you?! There was absolutely no need for you to go to all this trouble and expense! But, as you did... THANK YOU! I have wanted to read this book since I saw the previews, I LOVE Kate Atkinson, especially 'Behind the Scenes...' and started this one as soon as it arrived. A wonderful book, very possibly as good, if not better, than 'BtS...'. Really wonderfully written and such well created characters that drag you in and dont let go. Some expected twists and turns, but then some very unexpected ones too. I loved it!
Thanks so much for thinking of me and sending this. You made me a very happy bunny :)
Have just noticed that this is on a lot of wishlists so am going to send it off to a friend.
Journal update:
This is going out on a ring as follows:
Wormyone
Wyldetwo
Chelseagirl
Anglersrest
LindyB28
Coolboxuk
Beebarf
Back to me :)
Enjoy!
Thanks so much for thinking of me and sending this. You made me a very happy bunny :)
Have just noticed that this is on a lot of wishlists so am going to send it off to a friend.
Journal update:
This is going out on a ring as follows:
Wormyone
Wyldetwo
Chelseagirl
Anglersrest
LindyB28
Coolboxuk
Beebarf
Back to me :)
Enjoy!
Journal Entry 3 by WormyOne from Brighton & Hove, East Sussex United Kingdom on Saturday, October 8, 2005
Thanks for putting this on a ring Winterson. This was on my wish list. I loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum. I recently read Emotionally Weird though and wasn't impressed so I'm interested to see what I make of this one.
Journal Entry 4 by WormyOne from Brighton & Hove, East Sussex United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 19, 2005
This is great. OK, so it requires a certain suspension of disbelief but its light-hearted, engaging style helps with that. Getting through the first three chapters is grim and the book is full of sad stories (of lost girls - raped, murdered and/or disappeared) yet overall the book is uplifting. Don't treat it as a whodunnit - it's not set up so you can work much out long before it's made obvious - just roll with it. This is Kate Atkinson at her best - creating a cast of loveable eccentrics and a storyline full of switchbacks.
Journal Entry 5 by wyldetwo from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Friday, October 21, 2005
This arrived in the post this morning, it's now 4th on my urgent TBR pile. I think someone did warn me once that bookrings were like buses .........
Journal Entry 6 by wyldetwo from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Monday, November 14, 2005
I found this book totally engrossing. It was a nice light romping read after the book I last read (Les Liaisons Dangereuses), in spite of the dark nature of some of the subject matter - rape, murder etc etc!
You can see a few twists of the plot coming, but that does not detract, and some strands of the plot are left hanging slightly for you to draw your own conclusions anyway .....
Will be sending on to Chelseagirl very soon, I have her address already because of organising the NSSFC draw!
You can see a few twists of the plot coming, but that does not detract, and some strands of the plot are left hanging slightly for you to draw your own conclusions anyway .....
Will be sending on to Chelseagirl very soon, I have her address already because of organising the NSSFC draw!
Journal Entry 7 by chelseagirl from Faringdon, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Saturday, November 19, 2005
Very sneaky ..... I'd entirely forgotten about signing up for this book! Arrived safely this morning. I'm getting horribly behind on my ring books right know because I seem to be reading a page and a half in bed and then falling asleep - means it takes forever to get through them. But I'll get to this as soon as possible. thank you :)
Journal Entry 8 by chelseagirl from Faringdon, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 8, 2006
Well I eventually got round to reading this over Christmas, but it was well worth the wait! As someone else said, the first three chapters are a bit grim and it's hard to see how it's all going to fit together for a long time, but there are some twists that will take your breath away, the three intertwining stories are well written and fast paced and the characters are all strong and reasonably believable. My only complaint is that the ending left me wanting more!
Thanks for letting me read this. I'll definitely be looking out for more by Kate Atkinson.
I'll pass this on to anglersrest as soon as I can find her address!
Thanks for letting me read this. I'll definitely be looking out for more by Kate Atkinson.
I'll pass this on to anglersrest as soon as I can find her address!
Arrrived yesterday. Adding to mount ring - this is the third here, so will try and get to asap.
Started this yesterday and finished this afternoon. It took me a while to get into this one; and I almost gave up, but something compelled me to keep reading and I am glad I did. As others have mentioned there were some grim chapters, but there were unexpected twists to the story and I am glad I persevered.
Both LindyB28 & Coolboxuk have asked to be skipped, so I have emailed Beebarf for an address.
Both LindyB28 & Coolboxuk have asked to be skipped, so I have emailed Beebarf for an address.
Journal Entry 11 by AnglersRest from Teignmouth, Devon United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Just received address from Beebarf, so will be in the post 2nd Feb.
Edited: 12th Feb, sorry forgot to remove from the top of the printer and post. Will be on its way on 13th Feb(promise!).
Edited: 12th Feb, sorry forgot to remove from the top of the printer and post. Will be on its way on 13th Feb(promise!).
Journal Entry 12 by beeofgoodcheer from Stowmarket, Suffolk United Kingdom on Thursday, February 16, 2006
The only Kate Atkinson I haven't got/read! Looking forward to this!
Journal Entry 13 by beeofgoodcheer from Stowmarket, Suffolk United Kingdom on Sunday, February 25, 2007
I enjoyed this so much I got my own copy! Which isn't really an excuse for keeping it so long, but my general crapness has reached new heights/depths recently :o(
Have Pm'ed you Winterson for your addy!
Have Pm'ed you Winterson for your addy!
Journal Entry 14 by beeofgoodcheer at Sheffield Meet @ The Showroom in Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, March 8, 2008
RELEASE NOTES:
Sheffield Bookcrossers meet at the Showroom from 12 noon onwards, come and join us!
Sheffield Bookcrossers meet at the Showroom from 12 noon onwards, come and join us!
Released 16 yrs ago (3/15/2008 UTC) at
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RELEASE NOTES:
This book may be released elsewhere in Nottingham on the Bookcrossing Release Walk - so keep your eyes open for it!
This book may be released elsewhere in Nottingham on the Bookcrossing Release Walk - so keep your eyes open for it!
Journal Entry 16 by Katisha50 from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Grovelling apologies! I took this book from the Nottingham meetup and obviously forgot to do a JE.
Having a cull of Mount TBR, which is so vast that I have discovered multiple copies of several books therein including this one. So this copy is off to someone who has it on her wishlist.
Having a cull of Mount TBR, which is so vast that I have discovered multiple copies of several books therein including this one. So this copy is off to someone who has it on her wishlist.
Journal Entry 17 by Katisha50 at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (1/7/2009 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Sending as a RABCK to a mysterious someone.
This book is released for the Never Judge A Book By Its Cover 2009 challenge - Week 1 (numbers - the word "two" appears in the blurb on the back cover).
Sending as a RABCK to a mysterious someone.
This book is released for the Never Judge A Book By Its Cover 2009 challenge - Week 1 (numbers - the word "two" appears in the blurb on the back cover).
An unexpected package landed on my doormat this morning with a thud. It contained a bar of Divine white chocolate and this book, which is indeed an eagerly anticipated item from my wishlist!
Thank you katisha50!
Thank you katisha50!
Journal Entry 19 by SwanOfKennet from Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
I've been a bit off reading lately, confining myself to a few pages before going to sleep each night. But this is the first one in a while I've really had the appetite to lose myself in while curled up on the sofa for long stretches of time.
And a very enjoyable book it is too. The case histories of the title don't mesh neatly in the way you might expect from a crime mystery, but this is no more than superficially a crime mystery and it deals with subtle strands of loss and alienation which echo and intertwine and resonate with the protagonist's own tormented life.
My only gripe is that it employs a cheap cheat which a real crime writer couldn't get away with - deliberately misleading the reader by withholding important information without which the reader can't either make a stab at working it out or look back and see how they were duped.
And a very enjoyable book it is too. The case histories of the title don't mesh neatly in the way you might expect from a crime mystery, but this is no more than superficially a crime mystery and it deals with subtle strands of loss and alienation which echo and intertwine and resonate with the protagonist's own tormented life.
My only gripe is that it employs a cheap cheat which a real crime writer couldn't get away with - deliberately misleading the reader by withholding important information without which the reader can't either make a stab at working it out or look back and see how they were duped.
Released 15 yrs ago (5/17/2008 UTC) at
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WILD RELEASE NOTES:
On its way to a freecycler who is an avid reader and who may well enjoy being a bookcrosser!
On its way to a freecycler who is an avid reader and who may well enjoy being a bookcrosser!
