Why are you reading this book?
I’d never read it, and always love a classic.

What is the first line?
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.

Describe the book in haiku form:
something new for that
list of irrational fears:
loved one gets rabies!

What will you do with it now?
keep for reference
x keep and loan out to friends x
keep to read again & again & again
post to paperbackswap.com
throw it away

Anything else you’d like to say?
Though I’d never read this book, I realized quite early on that I had seen a TV-movie based on the book, with Halle Berry. Which means I knew what was going to happen to the main characters, unfortunately.