The Character of Rain: A Novel
11 journalers for this copy...
Received in a trade from Pendleton Book Company in Pendleton, Oregon, USA.
Journal Entry 2 by 
elizardbreath
at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
elizardbreath at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/22/2008 UTC) at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Sending to lukutuoli as a wishlist surprise. Enjoy!
To the finder of this book:
This book is gift, no strings attached, from me to you. You may keep it forever, pass it along to a friend, or release it into the wild to be found by someone else.
If you are new to BookCrossing, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join us...it's free! If you do, please consider using me, elizardbreath, as your referring member. You can even remain anonymous if you wish!
If you are in the Pendleton, Oregon area, I'd love for you to check out my Official BookCrossing Zone at Whitey's Carmel Corn on the corner of Main and Court streets. Upstairs, you'll find a whole shelf full of books that you can choose from for free---and even leave some of your own!
I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey.
Thanks, and Happy BookCrossing! :)
Sending to lukutuoli as a wishlist surprise. Enjoy!
To the finder of this book:
This book is gift, no strings attached, from me to you. You may keep it forever, pass it along to a friend, or release it into the wild to be found by someone else.
If you are new to BookCrossing, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join us...it's free! If you do, please consider using me, elizardbreath, as your referring member. You can even remain anonymous if you wish!
If you are in the Pendleton, Oregon area, I'd love for you to check out my Official BookCrossing Zone at Whitey's Carmel Corn on the corner of Main and Court streets. Upstairs, you'll find a whole shelf full of books that you can choose from for free---and even leave some of your own!
I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey.
Thanks, and Happy BookCrossing! :)
Journal Entry 3 by 
lukutuoli
from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Friday, November 7, 2008
lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Friday, November 7, 2008
What a great surprise, thank you so much, elizardbreath!!! Nothomb has been my very favourite writer during the last years and you couldn't have chosen any other book, I'd be so happy to receive ! I'm happy :)) This book won't be in TBR-shelf for a long time...
Happy Holidays to you, elizardbreath, too!
Happy Holidays to you, elizardbreath, too!
Journal Entry 4 by lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Friday, December 12, 2008
lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Friday, December 12, 2008
This was an exciting novel, I thoroughly enjoyed it! The novel offered an interesting wiew to Japanese culture as well as to childhood. It wasn't as absurd and surrealistic as 'The Stranger Next Door' by the same writer, which still remains my favourite of Nothomb's books, but I liked the way Nothomb uses humor in this novel, too.
I'll offer this book as a bookring in Finland, because I know, that there are many other friends of Nothomb among bookcrossers!
Finnish bookring (edit 13.01.2009):
-AgdaAgulina (Helsinki/Praha)
-Chania (Kokkola)
-Tarna (Tampere)
-
-
-->takaisin lukutuolille (Tampere)
I'll offer this book as a bookring in Finland, because I know, that there are many other friends of Nothomb among bookcrossers!
Finnish bookring (edit 13.01.2009):
-AgdaAgulina (Helsinki/Praha)
-Chania (Kokkola)
-Tarna (Tampere)
-
-
-->takaisin lukutuolille (Tampere)
Journal Entry 5 by lukutuoli at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, December 19, 2008
lukutuoli at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, December 19, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (12/19/2008 UTC) at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
AgdaAgulina stays in Finland in December, so I'll post the book to Helsinki. Enjoy!
AgdaAgulina stays in Finland in December, so I'll post the book to Helsinki. Enjoy!
Journal Entry 6 by AgdaAgulina from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Oh what a perfect timing! The book arrived today, on my first whole day in Finland again - just before Christmas and all those days of reading ahead! Thank you lukutuoli!
What lovely book, already from the cover! This author was unknown to me before, but something tempted me on The Character of Rain and I really enjoyed it. It was an interesting read, at first I felt distant to her way of writing, even bit annoyed, but got on with it more and more - and then it ended already, much too soon!
It was also very inspiring book. Sentences caught me here and there, layers in different ways. A box of memories from my own childhood also opened while reading this - I was same time spending time in my childhood home with my parents. And how far have I actually got?
Thank you very much lukutuoli for sharing this experience! Something about even thinking of this book now makes me smile and feel sweet, but bit bittersweet as well.
It was also very inspiring book. Sentences caught me here and there, layers in different ways. A box of memories from my own childhood also opened while reading this - I was same time spending time in my childhood home with my parents. And how far have I actually got?
Thank you very much lukutuoli for sharing this experience! Something about even thinking of this book now makes me smile and feel sweet, but bit bittersweet as well.
Released 15 yrs ago (1/13/2009 UTC) at
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
The book was sent to Chania today! Enjoy!
The book was sent to Chania today! Enjoy!
Journal Entry 9 by Chania from Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa / Mellersta Österbotten Finland on Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Thank you AgdaAgulina and Lukutuoli for making all sorts of book-sending-arrangemetns for me! And thank you for this book! I will read it soonish and add it to one of the challenges (6 continents, 6 countries, 6 books)I'm joining. I will then send the book to Tarna.
Journal Entry 10 by Chania from Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa / Mellersta Österbotten Finland on Thursday, January 22, 2009
Lovely book! I enjoyed it a lot; beautiful language and brilliant way of telling the readers about writer's childhood. The writer described the omnipotence most small children have at some stage of their developement (but not at this extent, I suppose)very in a very clever way.
I'll send the book to Tarna next. Enjoy!
I'll send the book to Tarna next. Enjoy!
Went home today to pick up the mail — and there it was, lying on the floor and waiting... Thanks, Chania! Also for the summery postcard. Beautiful flowers and a butterfly... So lovely! :)
Oh dear, am I really going to be the contrarian, once again? I’m afraid so. But first things first.I like the language and the beautiful sentences Amélie Nothomb writes. Plus the humour, I really enjoyed it.
But...somehow she overdid it. The narrator reminded me of Peter Urd in Yksinäinen vuori by Maarit Verronen. They are both so outstanding, übermensch-like protagonists. It’s a bit too much for me. I must confess I agree with Caroline McGinn; Nothomb’s “deadpan expression becomes iredeemably po-faced” here and there.
To sum it up, I’d say that The Character of Rain is easy read and pretty enjoyable but sometimes a bit boring and, hopefully, not one of Nothomb’s best works. Reading experience was mostly fun, however.
Thanks for sharing, lukutuoli! You’ll get the book back in our next meet-up, I think.
***
2009 KTMC #10
Journal Entry 13 by lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nothomb has returned to me in our local BC-meeting tonight, thanks! This book will stay with me for a while...
Journal Entry 14 by lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Thursday, March 26, 2009
lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Thursday, March 26, 2009
Chrisim has asked to read this book, reserved for her. I'll take the book with me to our next BC-meeting.
Journal Entry 15 by lukutuoli at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Friday, June 12, 2009
lukutuoli at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Friday, June 12, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (6/12/2009 UTC) at A BookCrosser, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Finally I had a chance to meet chrisim, gave this book to her in a meeting. I would like to have this book back later, because I have a special plan for it in the future.
Finally I had a chance to meet chrisim, gave this book to her in a meeting. I would like to have this book back later, because I have a special plan for it in the future.
I met lukutuoli today in a meeting and she had reserved this book for me. Thank you! I love Nothomb's books too.
Edit 10/2009 This was an interesting an enjoyable reading experience. At first I didn't get in but then the brilliance of the plot opened to me. Glimpses of Japanese culture and history were fascinating and they had perfect connection to this story. I loved most the part where the Child "learned" to speak and when dropping her first, second, third and so on words. Opinion about the carrot pure was also funny and being of course true! My own daughter will soon turn two years and it has yet been and will be interesting to follow her development. What is also interesting to learn from her is what excactly will be her earliest memory.
Edit 10/2009 This was an interesting an enjoyable reading experience. At first I didn't get in but then the brilliance of the plot opened to me. Glimpses of Japanese culture and history were fascinating and they had perfect connection to this story. I loved most the part where the Child "learned" to speak and when dropping her first, second, third and so on words. Opinion about the carrot pure was also funny and being of course true! My own daughter will soon turn two years and it has yet been and will be interesting to follow her development. What is also interesting to learn from her is what excactly will be her earliest memory.
Journal Entry 17 by lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, October 6, 2009
lukutuoli from Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, October 6, 2009
We met with Chrisim in our local BC-meeting tonight and the book returned back to me.
Journal Entry 18 by lukutuoli at Book Relay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, October 8, 2009
lukutuoli at Book Relay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, October 8, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (10/9/2009 UTC) at Book Relay, A Book Relay -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
VeganMedusa had this book on the wishlist, so Nothomb will next travel to New Zealand!
VeganMedusa had this book on the wishlist, so Nothomb will next travel to New Zealand!
Journal Entry 19 by VeganMedusa from Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Thanks, lukutuoli!
Journal Entry 20 by VeganMedusa from Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Thursday, February 11, 2010
Another great (and funny) read by Nothomb. I look forward to reading more. I enjoyed this as much as Fear and Trembling, possibly even more.
Going to azuki next.
Going to azuki next.
Journal Entry 21 by VeganMedusa from Invercargill, Southland New Zealand on Sunday, February 14, 2010
Travelling to azuki.
Thanks for this generous RABCK, vegan.
I discovered Amélie Nothomb a few years back in a bookring, but somehow my local library doesn't seem to like her, for while we havea good collection we don't have her books. I am therefore very glad to receive this.
I discovered Amélie Nothomb a few years back in a bookring, but somehow my local library doesn't seem to like her, for while we havea good collection we don't have her books. I am therefore very glad to receive this.
What an interesting read!! At first I didn't quite get into the story, but once the protagonist starts to become more a child, it gets very interesting. I wonder if young child really thinks like that. I have to confess I don't quite remember. A really original tale not like any other I've read.
Journal Entry 24 by Azuki at Brunch Club & Supper (OBCZ) in Causeway Bay, Central & Western Hong Kong on Monday, March 2, 2015
Azuki at Brunch Club & Supper (OBCZ) in Causeway Bay, Central & Western Hong Kong on Monday, March 2, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (3/2/2015 UTC) at Brunch Club & Supper (OBCZ) in Causeway Bay, Central & Western Hong Kong
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on bookshelf.
Hi! How wonderful you've found one of my books! Thank you so much for checking out the journal. I would really appreciate if you can take a moment to let me know you have it now. Trust me, it'll totally make my day to hear from one of my "wild" books.
Bookcrossing is a wonderful online community of book lovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. We are also curious to see how far and wide our books can travel. I would appreciate if you can make a journal entry on this book so we know where the book has been. You don't have to set up an account.
Feel free to keep this book, return it to where you found it, or pass it on to the next reader. If you sign up as a member, you will hear from the book as it travels and gets journaled. Feel free to explore the BookCrossing site, and visit our forum to meet other booklovers. Membership is confidential, free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
Hi! How wonderful you've found one of my books! Thank you so much for checking out the journal. I would really appreciate if you can take a moment to let me know you have it now. Trust me, it'll totally make my day to hear from one of my "wild" books.
Bookcrossing is a wonderful online community of book lovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. We are also curious to see how far and wide our books can travel. I would appreciate if you can make a journal entry on this book so we know where the book has been. You don't have to set up an account.
Feel free to keep this book, return it to where you found it, or pass it on to the next reader. If you sign up as a member, you will hear from the book as it travels and gets journaled. Feel free to explore the BookCrossing site, and visit our forum to meet other booklovers. Membership is confidential, free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
Picked this up from the OBCZ, couldn't resist as I have been wanting to read something by Amélie Nothomb for a while. I have started reading a bit of it on the way back in the metro/train, so far I think it is strange but interesting. Looking forward to read the rest.
Love that this is such a well traveled book!
Love that this is such a well traveled book!
I finished this some time ago and quite enjoyed it. An interesting idea.. how as a child you believe you are god/omnipotent. Don't think I have read it anywhere else before, so it amused me to find this concept mentioned in another book I recently finished (The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman).
It was interesting to read about the author's childhood in Japan, though I am amazed she could remember that much from such a young age. I also liked the (dryly humorous) writing style.
It was interesting to read about the author's childhood in Japan, though I am amazed she could remember that much from such a young age. I also liked the (dryly humorous) writing style.
Released 8 yrs ago (5/19/2015 UTC) at Assendelft, Noord-Holland Netherlands
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Now on its way to chawoso (for the Women in Fiction VBB).
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
... just arrived!
Thanks for the accompaning "cupcake" and the postcard. I will do my very best to finish it ;-)
An intriguing read!
Thanks for the accompaning "cupcake" and the postcard. I will do my very best to finish it ;-)
An intriguing read!
Journal Entry 29 by 
chawoso
at Haus der Jugend - BC Convention 2019 in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on Wednesday, April 24, 2019
chawoso at Haus der Jugend - BC Convention 2019 in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany on Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (4/26/2019 UTC) at Haus der Jugend - BC Convention 2019 in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
... will befounf at the book buffet
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
Sounds interesting!
Wow! This book already traveled the world :-)
Wow! This book already traveled the world :-)
