I read this one for a group read and thought it might interest a fellow bookcrosser, so I'm sending it along. =0)

Released on Monday, November 24, 2003 at fellow BookCrosser in trade, postal release USA.

I'm running this up to the post office today!

Received in the mail from DiamondLight. Thanks! Looks interesting, can't wait!

This is a tough book to read. I've been reading this pretty much since I got it, with only a few breaks to read ray/ring books (which only take a day or two) and I'm still only 2/3 of the way through. I will be starting a book ray with this book, and I think it will be very slow going.
It's not slow because of the content or lack of interest. It's just that this book is not fluffy. It includes a lot of intense thoughts and topics, as well as a lot of vocabulary that I am not familiar with since the book deals primarily with Asian cultures.
I have found an excellent review of the book which has highlighted some of the finer points of the book that I may have otherwise missed. Careful though, it is comprehensive and may have spoilers.
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue253/excess.html

Whooo! Have now finished! This is the sort of book where I feel there is a lot hidden within the text. I'm sure I could reread this book and learn MANY new things. This book was split into 10 books, each being an incarnation of a jati. I was well into the 8th book before I realized that the characters being reincarnated always had names beginning with the same letter. B, K, I. About this time I also noticed that each book was written in a different style. They denoted new chapters differently, some used verse, some had notations of definitions, and the first (which I have heard much complaints over) ended each chapter with a "you'll have to read the next chapter to find out what happens next!" I think this is probably because of the early timeframe in the world, perhaps this is supposed to remind readers that the story at that time probably would have been told orally around a fire or hearth, and the "tune in next time" would have been the cliffhanger until the next evening of storytelling.
I don't mind telling these things because I haven't given away story, but maybe these insights will help the next reader understand. Unfortunately I don't have time to reread now, I am sending it off on a bookray.
Hope others enjoy!

Here is the order, please PM if you would like to join.
jag624
mlbish
jessebc
Eskielover
cindi-lou-who
kalie
Lorelei03
ciaracat
AnnaLibrarian - WA - US
Zugenia - RI - anywhere
GABAGirl - Ohio - US
vicki9170 - FL - anywhere
genevalove - China/FPO - anywhere
tantan - Australia - Aus preferred or Asia/Europe/UK
Dei - Singapore - Malaysia

Release planned for Monday, February 23, 2004 at To another Bookcrossing member in By Post, By Post Controlled Releases.

Off to jag624 on it's bookray journey!

Received this yesterday and started to read today.

I finally finished this book! Some parts were better than others, some parts too philosophical for me. My favorite section was The Alchemist. Towards the end of the book, I got a little bored and didn't read some sections. I wanted to find out more about the changed world than was in the book. I liked reading about the jati and their incarnations.

Received in the mail--thank you!

I have started this book, but I think I'm going to read the review tabby90 referred to before I go much further. And, I'm going to have to look up what a jati is. No laughing.

Well, I'm really having a hard time getting into this book. I will give it the weekend, but after that I may just have to pass it on to the next person. I really thought it would be more historical. I am having trouble getting into all the Eastern religion stuff. That is just not my favorite topic...

I'll be sending this on as soon as I have JesseBC's addy. It just wasn't for me. Thanks for sharing it, tabby90. Hope everyone else enjoys it!

Mailed 05/05/04. Enjoy, jesseBC!

Thanks!

RELEASE NOTES:

Apologies for having this so long and thank you for your patience with me. (This is why I can't do bookrings anymore - I just can't get them moving again in anything resembling a reasonable amount of time.) Anyway, this is *finally* going out the door now that I'm *finally* (horrid story -- don't ask) settled into my new home.

I received this book in the mail yesterday. I'm looking forward to reading it! Thanks for sending it my way!

After a PM from tabby90, I found this book today, hiding on my bookshelf. I sure did think that I had passed it on. Mea culpa. Anyway, as soon as I get mailing info for next person on the list, I'll get it in the mail. From what I remember of the book, I thought it was an interesting premise, but I found it tedious at times and it seemed repetitive. It was a bit difficult for me to read, and it's probably not something that I would decide to read myself.

rcvd in the mail today - thanks eskielover! Will start when I finish my current

Yay! Thanks! I'll read this next! :D