The Law of Love
Registered by Flashgirl of Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on 4/12/2003
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
To be read.
Amazon.com review:
Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel leapt to international fame in 1993 with Like Water For Chocolate. Her new novel strives to replicate the impact of that work with multimedia innovation in style and structure. This translation by Margaret Sayers Peden comes with a CD of arias by Puccini and Mexican danzones, and 48 pages of striking color illustrations by Spanish artist Miguelano Prado. The text by Esquivel is part science fiction, part new age spiritual journey, as she chronicles the efforts of 23rd century "astroanalyst" Azucena to find her twin soul.
Amazon.com review:
Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel leapt to international fame in 1993 with Like Water For Chocolate. Her new novel strives to replicate the impact of that work with multimedia innovation in style and structure. This translation by Margaret Sayers Peden comes with a CD of arias by Puccini and Mexican danzones, and 48 pages of striking color illustrations by Spanish artist Miguelano Prado. The text by Esquivel is part science fiction, part new age spiritual journey, as she chronicles the efforts of 23rd century "astroanalyst" Azucena to find her twin soul.
While it's waiting its turn to be read (by me), I am sending this book on a little adventure of its own.
BookRing Guidelines If someone offers to mail you the book, but you are too busy to read it in a timely manner, that's OK. Just let me know and I will move you down on the list. If you are ready to mail but you get no response from the next person on the list, skip them and mail to the next person.
Please take care not to lose the enclosed audio CD, which is attached somewhat precariously. Feel free to add tape or whatever packaging seems necessary.
Participants:
1. kymberlie (TX, USA)
2. weeblet (VA, USA)
3. quorcester (MA, USA)
4. Flashgirl (MN, USA)
BookRing Guidelines If someone offers to mail you the book, but you are too busy to read it in a timely manner, that's OK. Just let me know and I will move you down on the list. If you are ready to mail but you get no response from the next person on the list, skip them and mail to the next person.
Please take care not to lose the enclosed audio CD, which is attached somewhat precariously. Feel free to add tape or whatever packaging seems necessary.
Participants:
1. kymberlie (TX, USA)
2. weeblet (VA, USA)
3. quorcester (MA, USA)
4. Flashgirl (MN, USA)
Received it today - thanks, Flashgirl! Will start this as soon as I can.
At first, going from ancient Mexico to futuristic Mexico threw me off. I also felt a bit lost since the book starts talking about Azucena being an astroanalyst, but I wasn't sure what that was. I quickly picked up on everything and enjoyed the story quite a bit. The occasional chapters from both a gaurdian angel and a demon always interrupted me from the story - they would always jolt me to reality.
There were several interesting concepts in this book that I found both interesting and enjoying. Whenever Azucena wanted to regress to a past life, she would listen to her CD player. A CD with the same tracks that she listened to was included so that the reader could hear what she was hearing. The past lives were also done in wonderful color illustrations by Spanish artist Miguelano Prado showing exactly what she was experiencing.
While the New Age talk may throw some people off, I found the book very entertaining and enjoyable. I would recommend this to anyone looking for something a little bit different to read.
There were several interesting concepts in this book that I found both interesting and enjoying. Whenever Azucena wanted to regress to a past life, she would listen to her CD player. A CD with the same tracks that she listened to was included so that the reader could hear what she was hearing. The past lives were also done in wonderful color illustrations by Spanish artist Miguelano Prado showing exactly what she was experiencing.
While the New Age talk may throw some people off, I found the book very entertaining and enjoyable. I would recommend this to anyone looking for something a little bit different to read.
Mailed to weeblet today. Hope you enjoy the book!
got it! i'll start tonight <:
i got about 1/2 way through this one, and i just can't finish it~ i just couldn't get into it. nothing like 'like water for chocolate'...
i'll send it on this week <:
i'll send it on this week <:
Release planned for Friday, November 07, 2003 at Bookcrosser's home in postal release, postal release USA.
I received this a while ago, during November. Nanowrimo stole my soul for that month, however, so I haven't had a chance to "find" this book, nor to read it. ('Tis sad when life gets so busy that you are unable to read books, isn't it?)
I'm sending this back to Flashgirl asap.
I'm sending this back to Flashgirl asap.
Journal Entry 10 by Flashgirl at Diamond's Coffee Shop at 1618 Central Avenue N.E. in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Sunday, February 21, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (2/21/2010 UTC) at Diamond's Coffee Shop at 1618 Central Avenue N.E. in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left on the bookshelf. They gave us free tea for leaving so many books.
: )
I have had this for years and never read it. Now I am making room for a new baby and I'm setting this book free!
Left on the bookshelf. They gave us free tea for leaving so many books.
: )
I have had this for years and never read it. Now I am making room for a new baby and I'm setting this book free!