44 Scotland Street
Registered by andthings on 12/24/2005
10 journalers for this copy...
Bought this after reading The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom and have just loved Alexander McCall Smith books since. This book makes you really think about the lives of other people who live around you and what their lives entail. I hope there will be a second part to this eventually
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Here is the order for the bookring: red = finished, green = yet to read, blue = reading.
katayoun - iran - will ship international -
hengameh - iran - will ship international
Sirah - finland - int
pammykn - us - surface
tiatia - us - us only
Lobodyke - us - us only
LyekkaMarengo - us - ship anywhere
here!!! very happy to see this :)(and it made it in a very good time, it seems that the books are getting here faster and faster, which makes me wonder if i should start worrying about the others....would not even go there) it also seems that my mailman is trying to keep contact with me to the minimum, as today i received 4 parcels and one mbag!!! (will not go there either :))
thanks alot andthings and this book would probably be here for a month, as i have 3 books before this (it's all my postman's fault. so till later
thanks alot andthings and this book would probably be here for a month, as i have 3 books before this (it's all my postman's fault. so till later
ready to be handed over to hengameh on thursday, will be back tomorrow for the rest of the journal entry
handed over to hengameh... and you should see her play pantomime!! :)
got it from katayoun. i'm so gald that i pushed myself into this ring!!!!
thanks
thanks
gone to next fellow BXer.thanks for sharing.
Received the book from Hengameh, thanks.
I found the book well written. Somehow I really like Alexander McCall Smith´s way of writing: simple characters, down to earth, cosy.
Thank you, Andthings for sharing the book. It is on its way to Pammykn.
Thank you, Andthings for sharing the book. It is on its way to Pammykn.
rec'd today -- have a few rings ahead of this but will get to soon. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoyed the amusing bunch of tenants residing at 44 Scotland Street. Not as good as other McCall books but still a nice pleasant read worth the time. Sending off to tiatia today. Thanks for sharing this book.
Just received as part of a bookring. It followed the arrival of the Kalahari Typing School for Men so I am in McCall Smith heaven.
Oops ~ I had forgotten about signing up for this ring, but that's the fun of BookCrossing. I never know WHAT might arrive in the mail on any given day. I do have one ring ahead of this, but should still get to this fairly soon. Thanks for organizing it, andthings.
I wasn't sure whether I would enjoy this book or not, but decided to give it a try because other BookCrossers had enjoyed it. It was definitely a pleasant surprise, and I like Smith's casual, yet precise, writing style. I'll definitely look to read more of his books now. For future readers, I recommend you read the preface to understand how Smith developed the novel. It's very understanding, and increased my enjoyment of the book. I added a wonderful bookmark made by Kbgoffe for other ray participants to enjoy.
Journal Entry 16 by Lobodyke at Fellow Bookcrosser in bookray/bookring, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (11/22/2006 UTC) at Fellow Bookcrosser in bookray/bookring, A Bookray -- Controlled Releases
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Arrived safe and sound in Central PA, USA. I have one other ring in front.
I finished this one last night. Although some of the characters were a little stereotyped I found this book very enjoyable. Knowing that it started as a newspaper serial made it a very interesting read. It also made for short little chapters and more than once sucked me into the "just one more chapter before I go to bed" syndrome. Smith's writing is wonderfully precise and the device of using the residents of a house as the jumping off point for the story works very well. There is a very diverse cast of characters that keep you interested and allow you to get to know them. From the intro it sounds like he was doing a continuation of the story and I would definately read that one too.
I haven't been able to get hold of andthings to get an address to send this book back to so I'll try to extend the ring.
I haven't been able to get hold of andthings to get an address to send this book back to so I'll try to extend the ring.
Extending the ring to:
KateKintail - US
PaulsBooks - US
(If you can't afford to ship the book to Australia sned it back to LyekkaMarengo)
franqipani08 - Australia
KateKintail - US
PaulsBooks - US
(If you can't afford to ship the book to Australia sned it back to LyekkaMarengo)
franqipani08 - Australia
Mailed yesterday to KateKintail in Burke, VA. Enjoy
I received this in the mail today! I will start on it tomorrow. Thank you for including me in the bookring! :-)
I enjoyed reading this book; didn't love it, but I definitely liked it a lot and am glad I got the change to read it!
I adore all things Scottish so this look at part of Edinburgh was very interesting. And I love character-driven novels, so this certainly pulled me in on that level. The short segments made it easy to put down and come back to each day. However, there were some characters I liked to read about more than others, and at the end, I found myself wanting just a little more as far as some storylines went. It was a fascinating way to write and present a story, and both dramatic and funny.
Thank you for extending the bookring! I PMed the next person for an address already and will send it out as soon as I get that :-)
I adore all things Scottish so this look at part of Edinburgh was very interesting. And I love character-driven novels, so this certainly pulled me in on that level. The short segments made it easy to put down and come back to each day. However, there were some characters I liked to read about more than others, and at the end, I found myself wanting just a little more as far as some storylines went. It was a fascinating way to write and present a story, and both dramatic and funny.
Thank you for extending the bookring! I PMed the next person for an address already and will send it out as soon as I get that :-)
Thanks LyekkaMarengo and KateKintail!
I enjoyed reading the vignettes...I was sad when the book ended! It was the perfect book to pick up, read a chapter or two, chuckle, and then go on!
Thanks for sharing this book with me.
I will be sending it on as soon as I have an address!
Thanks for sharing this book with me.
I will be sending it on as soon as I have an address!
According to my "notebook that tells me when to breath" I sent this book out sometime between April and May of this to pbjjwall. PM'd her to see if she ever received it.
