A book about a book - beautifully written, a great read, highly recommended by myself ;-)!
A young australian book conservator sets out to restore a precious medieval Jewish prayer book in Sarajevo and uncovers not only the history of the book but also the history of her family and much more...

And the book I will send out to travel the world.

If you wish to be added to the list, please PM me with your details.

Note that you must be prepared to mail internationally.

You will be sending the book to the person who appears after you in the list, so you need to PM them to get their address! If you don't hear from them within a few days, PM them again. If after a few more days you still haven't heard anything, please let me know.

It's not a race, but please read and send the book on as speedily as you can, other people are dying to read it too. (6 weeks at the most, otherwise let the next person know about it.)

Please journal the book once you have received it (so we all know where it currently is) and again when you have read it and ready to post it.(so we know what you thought of it!)

If you're the last person on the list (i.e. we run out of members) the book comes back to me until there are more interested parties...
Anything forgotten? I hope not!

Here the final list - I tried to accommodate all your posting wishes:

perryfran, USA
Shroffland, USA ----------------------------------didn't supply address, was skipped
Maurean, USA
CynthiaA, Canada
lauraloo29, Canada
Natgirl101, Canada (aka jonaslover)---------------------------------book got lost on its way to solskinn
solskinn, Austria (prefers Europe)----------------------------------asked to be skipped
ETMadrid, UK (post UK only)
CITIBELLE, UK-----------------------------------------------------------book is here
j4neyo, UK
Elddau1, Australia (post Australia only)
bookseekerAT, Australia
amcamp1644, South Korea
elissamay, USA
cmaiers, USA
penelopewanders, Switzerland

and back to me - Tinina67, France - the replacement book arrived at home safe and sound after a long journey around the world. Thanks to veverybody who participated and enjoyed the book.

I just added Solskinn to the list - I hope nobody objects!? Otherwise I will try to find a solution.
Thank you.

Please note: This book seems to be lost on its way to solskinn. Fluffy-Owl generously offered a replacement copy: "People of the Book" .
Thank you so much for doing this, Fluffy-Owl!

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Just send it today to perryfran.

Happy reading!

Greetings from Australia

Tina

Received in today's mail. Thanks for including me in this bookring and for sending it all the way from Australia! I'm looking forward to reading - it will be next as soon as I finish my current read. Shouldn't be too long.

This has to be in the top 3 books I have read in 2008. Brooks beautifully told the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated Hebrew codex from 15th century Spain, by interweaving the story of Hanna Heath and her examination of the book with stories of the people it touched going back to its creation. Each of the separate stories from the Nazi occupation of Sarajevo and the underground freedom fighters to the story of how the paintings were created in Moorish Spain were totally fascinating. What was really interesting was the cooperation of both Muslims and Jews during different periods as well as the periods of hate during the Spanish Inquisition and World War II. Brooks based her story on some real-life happenings related to the very real Sarajevo Haggadah. High recommendation for this one!


I have PMed Shroffland a couple of times but am still awaiting an address. As soon as I receive it, I'll get the book in the mail. Thanks again Tinina67 for sharing this fascinating book.

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Shroffland has not provided an address so am sending to Maurean in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Hope you like this one as much as I did!

USPS DC# 0308 0070 0000 7659 2537

This book has arrived safely here in Florida. This one has been on my wishlist for a bit, and I'm anxious to read it - thanks for sharing it with us, Tinina; I will journal as soon as its read, and get it moving along as quickly as possible!

I can certainly see why Ms. Brooks prose might win her a Pulitzer or two. I would read other work by her, providing the subject matter was interesting enough, but I find that I oscillate between loving this tale, or merely liking it immensely (a 7 or 8 star rating), depending on which sections I conjure up in my memory. I thoroughly enjoyed the style in which the book was written; Alternating back and forth from the present restoration to the vignettes of the books history, and the "people" of the book, if you will. But, I think the whole storyline with Hannahs mother, the 'romance' she had with Ozren, the 'betrayal' of her loyalties - I wasn't as interested in the present story as I was in the back stories, I suppose. Having said that, however, I think this was a meticulously researched novel, for certain, wrapped in a very intriguing storyline about an interesting bit of history. Well worth the reading time, and one I would recommend to those who enjoy a little thoughtfulness with their escapism.

Thanks for sharing this one, Tina, and I hope to have it moving again soon.

edited 1/29 ~ Oops! Sorry, I should have mentioned that this book is now on its way to CynthiaA, as of 01/27

Travel Safely, little book...

Arrived today, safe and sound. I've another ring ahead of it, but I will be as quick as I can. :o)

This book comes highly recommended and, like other Brooks novels, doesn't let you down. It is quick-paced enough to be a fast read, but substantive enough to satisfy your desire to be provoked. The novel follows the journey of the Sarajevo Haggadah, switching between a modern time tale of the haggadah's restoration and various independent back-stories about the haggadah's origins and keepers and their respective histories. I must confess that I enjoyed the back-stories more than the modern tale of Hanna and her various personal struggles. When Hanna was focused on the haggadah -- brilliant. But the whole mother/daughter conflict was tiresome and not directly consequential to the novel's plot. Still, 80% of this book was thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating. I particularly enjoyed the exploration of how the three western religions have committed atrocities and acts of unity, in the name of their God (Yahweh, Allah). This novel will travel across Canada to the edge of our fair prairies starting tomorrow.

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I was delayed in sending this due to sick kids... my apologies. It went in the post this afternoon.

Oh goodness! Another bookring! :) Not to worry. I will keep it moving. Thank you!

A wonderful story. So glad I read it. This will be on its way this week. Thank you for sharing!

This was sent out April 25th to Toronto. Canada Post shipping confirmation # 0056510000543104

i will send it to the next person when im done.

sent out back in august