Glass Soup
3 journalers for this copy...
off to fulfill a holiday rabck. Enjoy!
Trick or Treat :)
I read White Apples recently and am glad to have the sequel. Thanks very much!
Approximately a year ago, I read White Apples. I thought the book had a lot of promise, but ultimately didn't work. This book, the sequel to White Apples was an excellent follow up and brought the pieces together. The "rules" of the surreal universe seemed more logical and moreover more fixed in Carroll's ingenious hands. Where White Apples seemed to flounder around and the rules seemed to be changed for the convenience of the plot but not based on any internal consistency, here the surreal turns felt cohesive and preplanned.
I love the idea of a death world created by the memories of the person who died. I enjoyed that premise in The Brief History of the Dead and found it more fully realized and interesting here.
Recommended for all fans of wacky and surrealist fiction. This was an excellent contemporary follow up to my reading of The Third Policeman.
I've now mailed it to someone in the JOE Exchange on Book Obsessed.
I just realied that I got this one from oi-reader, who recently passed away. I guess this is one of the many books she leaves behind.
I love the idea of a death world created by the memories of the person who died. I enjoyed that premise in The Brief History of the Dead and found it more fully realized and interesting here.
Recommended for all fans of wacky and surrealist fiction. This was an excellent contemporary follow up to my reading of The Third Policeman.
I've now mailed it to someone in the JOE Exchange on Book Obsessed.
I just realied that I got this one from oi-reader, who recently passed away. I guess this is one of the many books she leaves behind.
Thrilled to have this wishlist book from you msjoanna - and even more touched that I have one from oi-reader now too. Thanks so much
Finally got to this one - after more than 10 years on Mount Toberead/ how embarrassing!
I am usually a fan of Carroll’s writing but sadly this didn’t grab me so much as previous works I’ve read.
There’s definitely some good parts but there were also times when I felt that Carroll became a bit too impressed by his own cleverness- to the detriment of the novel overall.
I’ll make sure this continues its journey in hopes that it’ll find a more appreciative reader
I am usually a fan of Carroll’s writing but sadly this didn’t grab me so much as previous works I’ve read.
There’s definitely some good parts but there were also times when I felt that Carroll became a bit too impressed by his own cleverness- to the detriment of the novel overall.
I’ll make sure this continues its journey in hopes that it’ll find a more appreciative reader
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Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free!) And if you do choose to join, I hope you'll consider using me, lmn60, as your referring member. Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!