Choke
13 journalers for this copy...
Victor Mancini has devised a scam to pay for his mother's medical care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who "saves" you will feel responsible for the rest of their lives. Multiply that by a couple of hundred times and you generate a healthy income.
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Nehme ich aus Mimis Buchbox, freu mich schon auf's Lesen! Vielen Dank!
Ich weiss nicht, was ich von dem Buch halten soll. Ich habe laut gelacht, ich habe den Kopf geschüttelt, fand's eklig (oder war das Werbung für den Zahnarzt?) und auch teilweise sehr fremd. Trotzdem musste ich es einfach zu Ende lesen. Ich glaube so ein Buch kann man nur unter Einfluss von Drogen verfassen und kann mir gut vorstellen, dass es in bestimmten Kreisen ein Kultbuch ist oder wird ..., so à la P. Djian oder R. Brautigan ...
Ohne zu wissen, was mich erwartet, hatte ich es eingepackt um im Urlaub nach dem Lesen freizulassen, aber das kann ich mit diesem Buch nicht machen, vor allem nicht in einem Hotel, wo der Alterdurchschnitt bei 70 Jahren liegt :-) Vielleicht in eine Buchbox, mal sehen ...
Auf jeden Fall: Danke für dieses Buch!
Ohne zu wissen, was mich erwartet, hatte ich es eingepackt um im Urlaub nach dem Lesen freizulassen, aber das kann ich mit diesem Buch nicht machen, vor allem nicht in einem Hotel, wo der Alterdurchschnitt bei 70 Jahren liegt :-) Vielleicht in eine Buchbox, mal sehen ...
Auf jeden Fall: Danke für dieses Buch!
Journal Entry 5 by Agrippine314 at An einen Bookcrosser in -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Niedersachsen Germany on Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (2/7/2006 UTC) at An einen Bookcrosser in -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Niedersachsen Germany
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On its way as a RABCK to a fellow bookcrosser in Poland. Have fun!
On its way as a RABCK to a fellow bookcrosser in Poland. Have fun!
Journal Entry 6 by kiyoitsukikage from Brixton, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Received today as a RABCK (thank you!) and it now joins the pile of TBR books.
Journal Entry 7 by kiyoitsukikage from Brixton, Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Well, I started the book but unfortunately found no pleasure in it. :/ I just couldnt stand Palahniuk's style and couldnt bring myself to read further.
I hope the next person will enjoy it more. :)
I hope the next person will enjoy it more. :)
Journal Entry 8 by kiyoitsukikage from Brixton, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Yay! This book is now an international bookray!
The bookray is still open. Please PM with location and shipping preference to join!
Participants:
1. stephen-1702 (BEL -- Intl)
2. whitehorsy (BEL -- Intl)
3. verenka (AUT -- EUR)
4. bean-frog (UK -- Intl)
5. GateGypsy (CAN -- Intl)
X. Martyup (US -- US/Intl) asked to be skipped
6. marko167 (SUI -- Intl)
X. synical (Malaysia -- Intl) asked to be skipped
7. FutureCat (NZ -- pref. NZ/AUS)
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Please bear in mind that the shipping order is subject to change at any time.
The bookray is still open. Please PM with location and shipping preference to join!
Participants:
1. stephen-1702 (BEL -- Intl)
2. whitehorsy (BEL -- Intl)
3. verenka (AUT -- EUR)
4. bean-frog (UK -- Intl)
5. GateGypsy (CAN -- Intl)
6. marko167 (SUI -- Intl)
7. FutureCat (NZ -- pref. NZ/AUS)
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Please bear in mind that the shipping order is subject to change at any time.
Journal Entry 9 by kiyoitsukikage at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, March 20, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (3/20/2006 UTC) at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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Let the ray begin!!
Let the ray begin!!
Journal Entry 10 by stephen-1702 from Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Flamant Belgium on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Arrived yesterday. read the first 60 pages, looks good, reads well ... .
Journal Entry 11 by stephen-1702 from Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant / Brabant Flamant Belgium on Thursday, March 30, 2006
I liked this book even better than "fight club". Handles all contemporary themes with authenticity, flair, cynism, humor and some hope.
I've found "Choke" in my mailbox when I arrived home this evening... together with a surprise book and some funny cards. Thanks stephen-1702!
I've just started reading a rather big book but I'm going to squeeze this one in first. :-)
I've just started reading a rather big book but I'm going to squeeze this one in first. :-)
Just finished the book tonight and I don't really know what to say. I found it funny and sad at the same time. I cannot say I enjoyed it immensely but it was an enjoyable read... something different from the usual things I read. :-)
Thanks for sharing kiyoitsukikage! I've PM'ed verenka today and the book will be on its way as soon as I receive an address.
Tuesday April 25: sorry for the small delay... the book is on its way to Austria since today
Thanks for sharing kiyoitsukikage! I've PM'ed verenka today and the book will be on its way as soon as I receive an address.
Tuesday April 25: sorry for the small delay... the book is on its way to Austria since today
Journal Entry 14 by verenka from Wien - irgendwo / Vienna - somewhere, Wien Austria on Monday, May 8, 2006
The package arrived this morning! I'm looking forward to reading it :-) I have to be strong and not take a peek at the other readers' opinions..
thanks whitehorsy!
thanks whitehorsy!
Journal Entry 15 by verenka from Wien - irgendwo / Vienna - somewhere, Wien Austria on Monday, May 15, 2006
I like books that are "different" and Chuck Palahniuk certainly manages to surprise me. He also disgusts and disturbs me but unlike for example Bret Easton Ellis it's in a different way in every one of his books I've read. To be honest, I occasionally like to be disturbed :-)
I preferred "Diary" though, because the ending of "Choke" somehow disappointed me. I'd have expected and hoped for something darker and more twisted than that.
I have received bean-frog's address today and will send the book on its way as soon as possible!
I preferred "Diary" though, because the ending of "Choke" somehow disappointed me. I'd have expected and hoped for something darker and more twisted than that.
I have received bean-frog's address today and will send the book on its way as soon as possible!
Journal Entry 16 by bean-frog from Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 20, 2006
I actually caught this book a week or so ago, I just didn't realise I'd forgotten to journal it until now! Ooops, really sorry! I've almost finished it, and will be sending it on as soon as I have.
Journal Entry 17 by bean-frog at -- Controlled Release in Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (7/11/2006 UTC) at -- Controlled Release in Sheffield, South Yorkshire United Kingdom
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On it's way to GateGypsy.
On it's way to GateGypsy.
It's here! I have one other ring book ahead of it to read, but I'll get on this pretty quick. I should manage it speedily, as I do have 1hr-plus commutes to and from work **laughs**
Thanks so much for sharing!
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It took me a little while to get into how the characters spoke, but once I wrapped my head around it, I hardly put the book down. I kept trying to guess what the big twist at the end would be, the reversal that utterly surprised yet perfectly explained everything that's trademark to Chuck's books, and I didn't manage it **laughs** It was a surprise, anyways. I quite enjoyed this book. I think I liked this one better than Diary, mostly because Diary was a little too "out there" for my taste at the time that I read it (I actually listened to it on CD audiobook in bits and pieces with my father. I was *really* surprised he finished it! He's kindof old-fashioned.)
I really liked the theme of creating one's own symbols, of re-creating the world in a different language because the current paradigm is very screwed up **laughs** I wonder if Mrs. Mancini ever read Starhawk's "Dreaming the Dark" -- because I recently did, and her women's lib rants echoed Starhawk's sentiments in that book pretty faithfully!
I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on more of his work. Thank you kiyoitsukikage so much for sharing this! I've pm'ed Martyup for an address and will get it along shortly.
Thanks so much for sharing!
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It took me a little while to get into how the characters spoke, but once I wrapped my head around it, I hardly put the book down. I kept trying to guess what the big twist at the end would be, the reversal that utterly surprised yet perfectly explained everything that's trademark to Chuck's books, and I didn't manage it **laughs** It was a surprise, anyways. I quite enjoyed this book. I think I liked this one better than Diary, mostly because Diary was a little too "out there" for my taste at the time that I read it (I actually listened to it on CD audiobook in bits and pieces with my father. I was *really* surprised he finished it! He's kindof old-fashioned.)
I really liked the theme of creating one's own symbols, of re-creating the world in a different language because the current paradigm is very screwed up **laughs** I wonder if Mrs. Mancini ever read Starhawk's "Dreaming the Dark" -- because I recently did, and her women's lib rants echoed Starhawk's sentiments in that book pretty faithfully!
I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on more of his work. Thank you kiyoitsukikage so much for sharing this! I've pm'ed Martyup for an address and will get it along shortly.
Received the book yesterday. i have a couple in front of it but should be on its' way soon.
The more I read Palahniuk the more I like him. He is certainly the nihilist of the modern day and he writes with the wit, venom and spitefulness of a wasp with a headache.
When you read the words you wonder why this person is not being held in a secure wing for his own and our safety. Then if you read about his upbringing you wonder at his ability to have remained such a sane and stable person.
This book is another wonderful rail against the follies of modern existence, what there is of it. The medical and social hypochondria of society, what there is of it. And the means people go to escape or survive and the wish to be something in a world that has dulled us into servile submission. An excruciatingly funny book. Funny ha ha or funny peculiar is for you to decide.
When you read the words you wonder why this person is not being held in a secure wing for his own and our safety. Then if you read about his upbringing you wonder at his ability to have remained such a sane and stable person.
This book is another wonderful rail against the follies of modern existence, what there is of it. The medical and social hypochondria of society, what there is of it. And the means people go to escape or survive and the wish to be something in a world that has dulled us into servile submission. An excruciatingly funny book. Funny ha ha or funny peculiar is for you to decide.
Journal Entry 21 by marko167 at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Friday, November 24, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (11/24/2006 UTC) at BookRing in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases
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synical asked to be skipped so off the book flies to NZ.
synical asked to be skipped so off the book flies to NZ.
Arrived safely in New Zealand today. It seems like every bookring I've signed up for this year has chosen this week to arrive on my doorstep, so it might be a week or two before I get to read it.
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Journal Entry 23 by futurecat from Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand on Monday, December 18, 2006
Every time I read a Chuck Palahniuk book I think it can't possibly get any more weird and disturbing than the last one, yet each book manages to surprise me yet again. Palahniuk has an amazing imagination, and an even more amazing turn of phrase - he manages somehow to make the most mundane situations feel intensely disturbing, while at the same time making the most disturbing situations seem like the only natural response to the world.
[Kiyoitsukikage, what do you want done with this book now? According to your list, I'm the last in the ray - do you want to try and extend the ray further, or should I release it? The NZ bookcrossing convention is coming up in a couple of months, so if you want I could hang on to it until then, and take it to the convention?]
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[Kiyoitsukikage, what do you want done with this book now? According to your list, I'm the last in the ray - do you want to try and extend the ray further, or should I release it? The NZ bookcrossing convention is coming up in a couple of months, so if you want I could hang on to it until then, and take it to the convention?]
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Picked up at the Wellington convention and added to Mount TBR. The previous journals are intriguing, and I expect they would be even more intriguing if I could read German. Palahniuk's work generated some controversy and discussion at the convention. All I know about him is that...um...I enjoyed the "Fight Club" movie...
How is it that Chuck Palahniuk can write about such sick, sick puppies, yet somehow make me feel as if there is something wrong with ME for living a conservative middle-class "white picket fence" existence? A tribute to his immense talent, I suppose. Going to release this somewhere where children are unlikely to be able to pick it up...
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I have three books that are on romney's wishlist. This is book one. Aiming to package and post these tomorrow.
I have three books that are on romney's wishlist. This is book one. Aiming to package and post these tomorrow.
Thanks for the RABCK Littlevoice! This will go on my TBR for now.
Journal Entry 28 by 
romney
at Cafe Amore in Adelaide, South Australia Australia on Tuesday, June 9, 2009
romney at Cafe Amore in Adelaide, South Australia Australia on Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (6/9/2009 UTC) at Cafe Amore in Adelaide, South Australia Australia
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I hope this book makes someone's day. If it's not your kind of read, journal it, pass it on and join in the fun of watching books you have touched travel the world!
I hope this book makes someone's day. If it's not your kind of read, journal it, pass it on and join in the fun of watching books you have touched travel the world!
a very well travelled book that I picked up at meet up last night. Thanks to all who have gone before.
On the pile it goes
On the pile it goes
I still have it...I'll get there eventually
