The Blessing Stone
5 journalers for this copy...
** wie die meisten Barbara Wood Buecher - sehr mitreissend. Diesmal geht es sogar durch mehrere Epochen! **
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Millions of years ago, a meteor fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain - and it formed her destiny as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to imperial Rome, medieval England, 15th-century Germany, the 18th-century Caribbean, and the 19th-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In The Blessing Stone, Barbara Wood has told both the intimate details of her characters' lives and created a sens of the epic sweep of human history.
Klappentext:
Millions of years ago, a meteor fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain - and it formed her destiny as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to imperial Rome, medieval England, 15th-century Germany, the 18th-century Caribbean, and the 19th-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In The Blessing Stone, Barbara Wood has told both the intimate details of her characters' lives and created a sens of the epic sweep of human history.
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Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
Not absolutely sure, but I think this was a Lifetime Release Challenge book... Thanks, Simi80!
Several short stories, loosely connected by the wanderings of the Blessing Stone through the ages. That seems to be her thing. Sacred Ground, another of her books I read, used the same idea in a different setting. I liked the earlier stories, but the further on we got in history, the more boring I found the stories. Towards the end I was skimming quite a bit. I did finish, but I was pretty under-whelmed.
The best bit about it: I got the book whilst living in Egypt, it now has travelled back to Germany with me, where it originally came from. Talk about coming full circle!
The best bit about it: I got the book whilst living in Egypt, it now has travelled back to Germany with me, where it originally came from. Talk about coming full circle!
Bookray, shipping order so far:
tenneh, Nebraska, USA
dg7500, Pennsylvania, USA
(last one on the list -- it's yours to do with it whatever you wish!)
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tenneh, Nebraska, USA
dg7500, Pennsylvania, USA
(last one on the list -- it's yours to do with it whatever you wish!)
Please journal when you get the book, so we know it's safe. Check with the next one if they still want the book, before sending it on. Let us know, when you sent it on and a little comment how you liked it would be great! Please try not to keep the book longer than 4 to 6 weeks. And if life gets in the way and it does take longer, let us know. Snail mail is fine. And most of all - enjoy the book!
Released 14 yrs ago (6/22/2009 UTC) at BOOKRAY, Bookray -- Controlled Releases
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And finally accross the big pond with it, enjoy!
Received today! Will get to it asap!
I really enjoyed this book! Enjoyed the travel through history!
I really enjoyed this book! Enjoyed the travel through history!
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heading off to dg7500
heading off to dg7500
Arrived safely in todays mail. Thanks so much for including me in the bookray...I'm looking forward to reading it, and will find an appropriate way to pass it along once I'm finished.
Update: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and will be sharing it with another BC member very soon. Thanks again for including me in the bookray.
Update: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and will be sharing it with another BC member very soon. Thanks again for including me in the bookray.
Released 14 yrs ago (4/16/2010 UTC) at RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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A little something extra added to a surprise wishlist rabck for valpete. I know this wasn't actually on your list, but thought you might enjoy it. Please feel free to read it or pass it along however you see fit.
*2010 RABCK Release Challenge*
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To the finder of this book:
What you have in your hands is an honest-to-goodness gift, no strings attached. You may keep it forever and ever, pass it on to a friend, or release it back "into the wild" for someone else to find. I know it may seem a little odd to find this lying around--it's my way of touching the lives of others in a positive way, with the hope that it made your day. :)
If you are new to BookCrossing, and find this book and this site, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book ... or me, dg7500 ... as the member who referred you. Or you may remain anonymous!
If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing! :)
"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens ..."
Carlos Ruiz Zafon (The Shadow of the Wind)
A little something extra added to a surprise wishlist rabck for valpete. I know this wasn't actually on your list, but thought you might enjoy it. Please feel free to read it or pass it along however you see fit.
*2010 RABCK Release Challenge*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To the finder of this book:
What you have in your hands is an honest-to-goodness gift, no strings attached. You may keep it forever and ever, pass it on to a friend, or release it back "into the wild" for someone else to find. I know it may seem a little odd to find this lying around--it's my way of touching the lives of others in a positive way, with the hope that it made your day. :)
If you are new to BookCrossing, and find this book and this site, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please consider using any previous reader of this book ... or me, dg7500 ... as the member who referred you. Or you may remain anonymous!
If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thanks for picking up the book! Either way, I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thanks, and Happy Crossing! :)
"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens ..."
Carlos Ruiz Zafon (The Shadow of the Wind)
Wow! Thanks, Joy...I'd better get reading!
