A book my wife bought and started reading but just could not get into.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great: they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they're great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they're fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye. And then the journey of the pants — and the most memorable summer of their lives — begins.

Will be offering as an international bookray, will list participants here. Trade Paperback Edition.

Participants:

1. Brookler(Powell River, British Columbia)
   
2. macdonv (Windsor, Ontario - Prefers North America shipping only)
   
3. heartsong2 (Kearney, Nebraska - Prefers North America shipping only)
   
4. T02S03B11D20 (Springport, Michigan - Ship USA only)
   
5. Brendalc57 (National City, California - Ship USA only)
   
6. tiffany7 (San Francisco, CA - Ship USA only)<---- In the Mail To
   
7. TexasWren (Hillsboro, Texas - Prefers US shipping only)
   
8. esq228 (Bloomfield, New Jersey - Ship USA only)
   
9. HopKnot (Scottsdale, Arizona - Prefers ship within USA)
   
10. BoosterJ28 (Coral Springs, Florida - Ship USA Only)
    
11. PanikAttack (Richland, Missouri - Ship International)
    
12. criminologeek(city of lights, Malaysia - Ship International)
    
13. ababaigalit(Modi'in, Israel - Ship International)
    
14. hshah(Mumbai, Maharashtra India - Ship within Asia)
    
15. gussy916(Mumbai, India - Ship Int.)
    
16. erinf31 (Surrey, British Columbia,Canada - Ship Int.)
    
17. Nelle (Thornton, Ontario - Ship Anywhere)
    
18. Hellie (South Shields, UK - Prefer ship within UK but will ship Int.)
    
19. Dinkie (Sunderland, UK - Prefer ship within UK but will ship Int.)
    
20. Sternschnuppe28 (Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany - Ship Anywhere)
    
21. Maristy (Mora, Sweden)

Bookring instructions ( Copied from catsalive):
1. SIGN UP for this bookring by sending me a Private Message. Order of participants will be juggled between geography, date of request and shipping limitations. Late additions may be added to the end of the list.
2. When the person before you on the list finishes reading the book, they will send you a Private Message for your postal address. If you no longer wish to read it or want your place in the list moved, let them (and me!) know and I will move you down/off the list.
3. WHEN YOU RECEIVE THE BOOK please make a journal entry so everyone knows it has safely arrived. Bookrays should not be stressful, take your time and enjoy the book. Just make sure it gets mailed on to the next person.
4. WHEN YOU FINISH THE BOOK, make another journal entry telling us what you thought - did you like it? Did you think it was well-written?
5. CONTINUE THE BOOKRING by sending a Private Message to the person after you on the bookring list and request their postal address. Please check back here for the latest distribution list. If the person doesn't respond within 7-10 days (use your judgement), please PM the next person, and then me, so I can update the bookray list.
6. END OF THE RING, Back to me, efs300

A note about shipping:

Please use the most inexpensive shipping method available to you, ESPECIALLY when shipping this book internationally.

Shipped to Brookler at lunch today to start off the bookring. US Customs label # LC580662928US in case it gets lost....

Just received this. Thanks so much.

I loved this book! I could not put it down. After reading the prologue, I just had to go out to the thrift store and buy myself a neat pair of jeans. I found the best pair I've had in many, many years and am wearing them now as I type. Can you tell I could relate to this book and the characters in it?

Reading "Sisterhood" made me feel like a young teenager again. I guess this book is a bit humourous, but I cried 'way more than I laughed. I feel like I actually lived this story. It touched me profoundly. Some of it is predictable, but that didn't lessen its impact.

This book is now on its way to macdonv. Hope you like it!

Received this today - thanks! I'm between books right now, so I'm starting this tonight.

What a great story. I just zipped through it, and like Brookler, I laughed, I cried.

I could totally relate to these girls - like Tibby, I've had that summer job that feels like it will never end; like Lena, I can remember feeling outside of everything, and thinking that's the way I wanted it. The author seems to well remember what it was like to be a teenager, and conveys it convincingly and perceptively in this book.

Now I must search out "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood".

Thanks, efs300, for sharing this with us!

Have PM'd heartsong2 for the next address, and will have this book travelling again in no time.

Sorry for the delay on mailing this - I got whacked with a nasty virus, and haven't done much of anything for the past week or so. This is for sure going to the post office on Friday!

Mailed today to heartsong2.

Arrived in post today! Will be able to get started on it right away. A perfect book to read over the holidays. Thank you!

What a great story.

My favorite line: "Noiseless drops of guilt colored Carmen's pleasure. She was almost five- seven, but her mother wasn't even five feet tall. Her dad called her bun and said she was beautiful, but he didn't care about her mom anymore." p.53

My favorite chapter name: "What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. --Ralph Waldo Emerson" p.242

My favorite scene: The description of the interview with Brian McBrian. begins on page 150.

I also loved Bailey's philosophy, and Mimi, the guinea pig.

I am most like Lena.

I don't mean to be giving away anything from the story. It was a great one! Thank you for sharing. Posted to T02S03B11D20 12/23/05!

Received this book today. I have 1/2 a book to finish before I can start it, probably will be the first read of the New Year!

Clearly this is a YA book, and not what I usually read, but with all the hype, I was curious. I found it to be a not-so-bad book. Whether or not I will eventually read the sequels, however, I don't know at this point. Have PM'd the next person in line, so far no answer.

This book is on its way, hope you enjoy it!

Just received it...finishing another bookray and will get to it. Hope having seen the movie doesn't spoil reading the book.

Gee, I wish I hadn't seen the movie first. I still enjoyed the book which is of course more detailed but it still took away from the book. It will be on it's way to tiffany7 as soon as I have an address. Thanks for being patient with me. I ended up in hospital with pneumonia and without this book. So it set me back a bit.

This bookray appears to be stalled. I posted an ISO on the wish list forum and sweetybeans offered her copy to continue this as a bookring, the new bookring journal entry can be found here. Thanks to all you participated.