The History of Love
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
A WORLD BOOK NIGHT APRIL 2012 EDITION
This is a special book, not only is it a bookcrossing book where you can type in the number and track its travels, but it is a book printed and given away free by a collective of book publishers for World Book Night. A list of 30 highly influential books has been picked for give away this year, and you've found one.
These books are being being given away by volunteers all over the country (with Portland, ME in the top ten for volunteers) in an effort to get non-readers to give it a try, readers stuck in a rut to try something new, and book lovers to pass on what they love the most.
Read, enjoy, and then please pass the book on to someone new.
This is a special book, not only is it a bookcrossing book where you can type in the number and track its travels, but it is a book printed and given away free by a collective of book publishers for World Book Night. A list of 30 highly influential books has been picked for give away this year, and you've found one.
These books are being being given away by volunteers all over the country (with Portland, ME in the top ten for volunteers) in an effort to get non-readers to give it a try, readers stuck in a rut to try something new, and book lovers to pass on what they love the most.
Read, enjoy, and then please pass the book on to someone new.
Journal Entry 2 by therubycanary at Flatbread Company - 72 Commercial St in Portland, Maine USA on Monday, April 23, 2012
Released 12 yrs ago (4/23/2012 UTC) at Flatbread Company - 72 Commercial St in Portland, Maine USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on the bookcrossing shelf for World Book Night.
Caught "The History of Love" at Flatbread on Commercial St.
Planning to read during a trip to VT this week.
Hope it's not fatal!
Planning to read during a trip to VT this week.
Hope it's not fatal!
Journal Entry 4 by Recreader at Clippers Barber Shop - 16 Vannah St in Portland, Maine USA on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Released 12 yrs ago (5/15/2012 UTC) at Clippers Barber Shop - 16 Vannah St in Portland, Maine USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Released "The History of Love" where it will hopefully get clipped by a new reader.
Many reviewers have found Kraus' rendition of love to be delightfully post modern. I found the novel of dysfunctional characters acting out in odd ways to be not at all symbolic of love in the traditional sense, although some emotion is present that could be mistaken for love, if one chooses to call it that. I was also somewhat put off by the author's condescending superiority over the reported thoughts and actions of this odd assortment of characters, and by the depiction of the characters themselves as extremely eccentric in a decidedly negative way, even for NYC. The book manuscript within the novel, ie the red thread, seems to be the only "character" behaving as one would actually expect in real life.
Many reviewers have found Kraus' rendition of love to be delightfully post modern. I found the novel of dysfunctional characters acting out in odd ways to be not at all symbolic of love in the traditional sense, although some emotion is present that could be mistaken for love, if one chooses to call it that. I was also somewhat put off by the author's condescending superiority over the reported thoughts and actions of this odd assortment of characters, and by the depiction of the characters themselves as extremely eccentric in a decidedly negative way, even for NYC. The book manuscript within the novel, ie the red thread, seems to be the only "character" behaving as one would actually expect in real life.
