Schooling
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'Heather McGowan's story of Catrine Evans, an unsettled schoolgirl in an unfamiliar environment, attracted considerable acclaim on publication. In "Schooling" Catrine's memories of a life she left behind in the States assemble as a chorus rich in texture and breathtaking in linguistic ambition. The story that emerges is one of the most powerful, beautiful and disquieting first novels of recent years.'
This one is definitely 'novel' - unusual in style and brilliantly written. I loved it!
A '1001...' book going travelling.
lakelady2282 - AU
davemurray101 - AU
Miss-Owl - THAI - INT
EmgeeNL - Netherlands - EU
Tubereader - EU - EU/INT
Fluffy-Owl - UK - UK/EU
Caroley - UK - UK/INT
debnance - US - US only
mrsboknows - US - US/CAN
No rules - just manners!
lakelady2282 - AU
davemurray101 - AU
Miss-Owl - THAI - INT
EmgeeNL - Netherlands - EU
Tubereader - EU - EU/INT
Fluffy-Owl - UK - UK/EU
Caroley - UK - UK/INT
debnance - US - US only
mrsboknows - US - US/CAN
No rules - just manners!
Hand delivered to lakelady2282 this evening. Enjoy. X
Journal Entry 5 by lakelady2282 from Lake Macquarie, New South Wales Australia on Monday, January 4, 2010
Thank you for dropping the book in Cat. I'm sure things will start to move again soon.
Journal Entry 6 by lakelady2282 from Lake Macquarie, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Just had a quick look at this and although intriguing - it is beyond me at the moment. It's going to take a while, I think, before I get back to my usual reading material.
Journal Entry 7 by lakelady2282 from Lake Macquarie, New South Wales Australia on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Off to Dave
Journal Entry 8 by davemurray101 from Christiansted, US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands on Saturday, January 16, 2010
Picked up at the bookcrossing meeting this morning. thanks to lakelady2282 for passing it on and Cat207 for organising this bookring.
Journal Entry 9 by davemurray101 from Christiansted, US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands on Thursday, January 21, 2010
I finished this one last night. I kept wondering if Heather McGowan wrote this novel from the perspective of someone with ADD? anyway I'm not sure I took it all in, so this one is going on my list of re-reads in future. PMing Miss-Owl to confirm address.
Journal Entry 10 by davemurray101 at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Friday, January 29, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (1/29/2010 UTC) at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Posted to Miss-Owl of Thailand
Posted to Miss-Owl of Thailand
It's here! Thanks very much, Dave, for sending all this way.
I have a ring or so before it so I hope that's all right.
16th April: Apologies for the delay. I went on a holiday & forgot to take this book :( Next up on Mt TBR.
I have a ring or so before it so I hope that's all right.
16th April: Apologies for the delay. I went on a holiday & forgot to take this book :( Next up on Mt TBR.
I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed this read, mainly due to its 1920s-reminiscent James Joycean-Virginia-Woolf stream-of- consciousness style. (Which, incidentally, if you take as evidence the sentence I just wrote, appears to be contagious.) I loved how McGowan's prose skimmed all so fluidly, between characters, time frames, perspectives, and the vivid sense of visual impressionism throughout, as alternately clear and obscure as a painting. Confusing at times, certainly, but what else about life, at times, isn't? The liquidity of style matches the ambiguity of right and wrong, truth and lies, the borderlines at which the novel equivocates, beautifully.
This was a book that I wanted to pick up and read all over again as soon as it was over, but alas for me (or not), it's a bookring!
Many, many thanks to cat207 for sharing. I have the next reader's address & I'll send it off once Thai public holidays will cooperate.
This was a book that I wanted to pick up and read all over again as soon as it was over, but alas for me (or not), it's a bookring!
Many, many thanks to cat207 for sharing. I have the next reader's address & I'll send it off once Thai public holidays will cooperate.
Apologies for the delay, everyone. By the time the Thai public holidays were cooperating, we had a bit of curfews & warnings & shopping centre closures due to the anti-government riots.
Anyway, the book is now on its way to the Netherlands.
Anyway, the book is now on its way to the Netherlands.
The book arrived and is on MTBR for now
Journal Entry 15 by EmgeeNL at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada on Sunday, October 31, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (10/16/2010 UTC) at Bookring/Bookray, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- Canada
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Mailed the book on my way to the airport for a brief holiday. Which is also the reason the release note is so late. Hope the book arrives soon and that you enjoy the book.
Journal Entry 16 by Tubereader at Luxembourg / Lëtzebuerg, Kanton Luxemburg Luxembourg on Monday, January 3, 2011
I just realised I did not journal the book when I received it :-( really sorry for that.
In the meantime, I have just finished reading it. I must say that it took me forever to get into it and felt very confused by the changes in point of view, the way the sentences were written,... Many things.
Nevertheless, I am happy that I kept on reading cos in the end I liked the book!
Thanks cat207 for sharing!
I will PM the next in line in order to post the book very soon.
In the meantime, I have just finished reading it. I must say that it took me forever to get into it and felt very confused by the changes in point of view, the way the sentences were written,... Many things.
Nevertheless, I am happy that I kept on reading cos in the end I liked the book!
Thanks cat207 for sharing!
I will PM the next in line in order to post the book very soon.
Journal Entry 17 by Tubereader at Luxembourg / Lëtzebuerg, Kanton Luxemburg Luxembourg on Friday, February 4, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (2/3/2011 UTC) at Luxembourg / Lëtzebuerg, Kanton Luxemburg Luxembourg
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I posted the book yesterday. So sorry for the delay, I am in the middle of moving countries and things got more complicated than expected.
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
Received in the post today, thank you! Why do rings and rays always arrive at the same time?!
Journal Entry 19 by Fluffy-Owl at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Update - just to let you know I started this book this morning. I've had a lot of rings/rays to read recently, sorry for the delay!
Journal Entry 20 by Fluffy-Owl at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 14, 2011
Dreadful. Will get it moved on!
Released 13 yrs ago (3/14/2011 UTC) at Durham, County Durham United Kingdom
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Posting to the next in line today, hope it travels well and arrives safely.
Received today thanks. I've another bookring to read first, but will get onto this one straight after.
Journal Entry 23 by Caroley at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
I'm sorry for the delay in reading this but I've been putting it off after reading on the back that it was written in the style of stream of consciousness. The last one I read like that was The Waves by Virginia Woolf and I thought that was pretty dire. So, I wasn't keen to make a start on this one.
It was a bookring however, so a start had to be made and actually, once I'd got going on it, it wasn't as bad as I expected. I could at least tell what was going on and once I'd got used to it, I started to almost enjoy it. The bit in the middle was rather odd and I wasn't keen on that but then it settled down again. When it got to the end though, I was left with not much idea what was going on. It just got a bit too incoherent.
At least it was a lot more readable than The Waves, and it's another one ticked off the list.
Thanks for starting the ring Cat. I've PMd Debnance and received a reply so the book will carry on travelling in a couple of days.
It was a bookring however, so a start had to be made and actually, once I'd got going on it, it wasn't as bad as I expected. I could at least tell what was going on and once I'd got used to it, I started to almost enjoy it. The bit in the middle was rather odd and I wasn't keen on that but then it settled down again. When it got to the end though, I was left with not much idea what was going on. It just got a bit too incoherent.
At least it was a lot more readable than The Waves, and it's another one ticked off the list.
Thanks for starting the ring Cat. I've PMd Debnance and received a reply so the book will carry on travelling in a couple of days.
Released 12 yrs ago (4/26/2011 UTC) at Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
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On its way to Debnance via surface mail.
Schooling is here. I hope to start it this afternoon.
Journal Entry 26 by debnance at DAV Resale Shop, Bypass 35 in Alvin, Texas USA on Monday, January 16, 2012
Released 12 yrs ago (1/16/2012 UTC) at DAV Resale Shop, Bypass 35 in Alvin, Texas USA
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Off to a new reader!
