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Posted by kiddo on April 26, 2002, at 20:29:29
I just picked up my copy of the book today, they had lots of 'em at Barnes & Noble here. They said if they ordered it, it usually takes a couple of days.
Should we give it a month, 3 weeks and see where we are? I'm kind of anxious to get back into this again because of all the other issues going on, I just need a distraction or something I guess.
Please lemme know your thoughts on it :-)
Kiddo
Posted by Ritch on April 27, 2002, at 23:22:00
In reply to Prayer for Owen Meany, posted by kiddo on April 26, 2002, at 20:29:29
> I just picked up my copy of the book today, they had lots of 'em at Barnes & Noble here. They said if they ordered it, it usually takes a couple of days.
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> Should we give it a month, 3 weeks and see where we are? I'm kind of anxious to get back into this again because of all the other issues going on, I just need a distraction or something I guess.
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> Please lemme know your thoughts on it :-)
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> KiddoI just checked out the beginning of the book and well... I can tell it is probably going to be a neat little Lobster Pot in my memory...
Mitch
Posted by kiddo on April 28, 2002, at 1:05:29
In reply to Re: Prayer for Owen Meany » kiddo, posted by Ritch on April 27, 2002, at 23:22:00
You've definitely grabbed my attention with that statement. It may take me a week to even understand it!
Kiddo
Posted by Ritch on April 28, 2002, at 15:01:43
In reply to Re: Prayer for Owen Meany, posted by kiddo on April 28, 2002, at 1:05:29
> You've definitely grabbed my attention with that statement. It may take me a week to even understand it!
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> Kiddo
Oh, I was thinking about some of his other stuff that I have read a long time ago. I think it was Cider House Rules. There is some narrative about the lobster fishermen in Maine. Anyhow, he was describing lobster pots or at least talking about them. I honestly didn't know what lobster "pots" were until I read that book! I went to a restaurant in Kansas City once called "The Lobster Pot" and I thought it just meant a literal pot of cooked lobster, not traps!Mitch
Posted by susan C on May 4, 2002, at 18:47:38
In reply to Prayer for Owen Meany, posted by kiddo on April 26, 2002, at 20:29:29
thank heavens i had this book, while i rest away the days. There is something about exceptional language that always gives me the SHIVERS. I am not near done, but look forward to discussing it with you all in a month or so.
Do we all start talking about it on a certain date?
a turn paging mouse
Posted by Ritch on May 5, 2002, at 11:22:06
In reply to Re: Prayer for Owen Meany, posted by susan C on May 4, 2002, at 18:47:38
> thank heavens i had this book, while i rest away the days. There is something about exceptional language that always gives me the SHIVERS. I am not near done, but look forward to discussing it with you all in a month or so.
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> Do we all start talking about it on a certain date?
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> a turn paging mouse
Hi Susan,I got my copy yesterday. I haven't started reading it yet. I am a little confused-I thought we were all going to *start* reading it at the same time! I guess I need to get busy, huh?
Mitch
Posted by Dr. Bob on May 8, 2002, at 0:28:36
In reply to Re: Prayer for Owen Meany, posted by susan C on May 4, 2002, at 18:47:38
Posted by Alii on May 8, 2002, at 0:46:18
In reply to Re: start date? » kiddo (nm), posted by Dr. Bob on May 8, 2002, at 0:28:36
...and I'm already falling behind.
--a.
Posted by kiddo on May 8, 2002, at 0:55:50
In reply to Re: start date? » kiddo (nm), posted by Dr. Bob on May 8, 2002, at 0:28:36
How about we make it 1 month from today? I think that would give everyone plenty of time to catch up and get it finished.....including me :-)
I have the first few pages finished and that's all.
Feel free to toss in your yea's and nay's...no where close to being set in stone...the cool thing about being here instead of school
Kiddo
Posted by Ritch on May 8, 2002, at 11:23:22
In reply to Re: start date, posted by kiddo on May 8, 2002, at 0:55:50
> How about we make it 1 month from today? I think that would give everyone plenty of time to catch up and get it finished.....including me :-)
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> I have the first few pages finished and that's all.
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> Feel free to toss in your yea's and nay's...no where close to being set in stone...the cool thing about being here instead of school
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> Kiddo
It looks like we are both on the same page! I have just got through the preliminary setting/background at the beginning of the book, as well. The time sounds OK to me. I can pace myself that way-if it gets set.Mitch
Posted by kiddo on May 9, 2002, at 1:17:56
In reply to Re: start date » kiddo, posted by Ritch on May 8, 2002, at 11:23:22
Hopefully I'll be able to get it started after Sunday....
I'm really crunched for time but Ii'll be back soon.
How has it gone so far? The part I read reminded me of a movie with Ashley Judd as the mom of a boy, with a friend that killed her by hitting her in the head with a baseball at a game....does this sound familiar?
I've never read this author before, have you? I must say, the books I tend to read are Jonathan Kellerman, Stephen White, Tami Hoag, on that line....the first two are psychologist turned detective and Tami Hoag is a mystery/suspense on the legal side of it....
Cya Soon!Kiddo
Posted by Ritch on May 9, 2002, at 10:18:44
In reply to Owen Meany and other stuff » Ritch, posted by kiddo on May 9, 2002, at 1:17:56
> Hopefully I'll be able to get it started after Sunday....
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> I'm really crunched for time but Ii'll be back soon.
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> How has it gone so far? The part I read reminded me of a movie with Ashley Judd as the mom of a boy, with a friend that killed her by hitting her in the head with a baseball at a game....does this sound familiar?
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> I've never read this author before, have you? I must say, the books I tend to read are Jonathan Kellerman, Stephen White, Tami Hoag, on that line....the first two are psychologist turned detective and Tami Hoag is a mystery/suspense on the legal side of it....
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> Cya Soon!
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> Kiddo
Hi Kiddo,I read Garp and Cider House many years ago when I was unemployed. I could tell right away that I was reading an Irving novel. You evidently have gotten further into it. I read prob. a dozen pages and that's it! However, I picked up some weird stuff already. He (Irving) always has people getting killed or bizarrely maimed in his novels-usually in the context of some kind of hilarious circumstance. The character of Owen Meaney is small, frail, waifish. Everybdoy is picking him up and carrying him around and then setting him on a coat/hat tree and letting him dangle there until they took him down... Uh oh, is Owen going to represent an unwilling Jesus? That's what it kinda looks like. "Ok, elevate me and hand me about, crucify me take me down, I am playing a part I can't get out of, but I don't really want to play it".... Weird. I hope this doesn't end leaving me too depressed. The other two of his had this riotuous (righteous?) humor in the beginning and then it fades into despairing weirdness.
oh well,
Mitch
Posted by Alii on May 9, 2002, at 15:10:53
In reply to Re: Owen Meany and other stuff » kiddo, posted by Ritch on May 9, 2002, at 10:18:44
I'm up to this challenge of plowing through a good book again. Looking forward to getting meaty with this one. --Alii
Posted by Ritch on May 9, 2002, at 23:55:07
In reply to date good kiddo...thanks , posted by Alii on May 9, 2002, at 15:10:53
> I'm up to this challenge of plowing through a good book again. Looking forward to getting meaty with this one. --Alii
Hi,
I want to use my brain for something besides hellish work-related activities in any way possible! I am going to have lots of trouble with some detaily things. I have a week of vacation from work scheduled week after next-if it is approved. If so, then I will try to mosey through the whole thing and make some notes. Otherwise-I am concerned about forgetting the whole thing!
Mitch
Posted by Alii on May 10, 2002, at 0:32:56
In reply to Re: date good kiddo...thanks » Alii, posted by Ritch on May 9, 2002, at 23:55:07
>>...and make some notes. Otherwise-I am concerned about forgetting the whole thing!<<<
I take this book on only because I've read it a few times before (long ago) and because I need the challenge.
I hope to make it to the discussion round but for me the journey is the goal. I've started on this path and for now that is good enough for me!
An Alii with a spinning brain knowing that at some point it will calm and I will have the power to follow the written word for more than a page......
Posted by NikkiT2 on May 13, 2002, at 7:57:40
In reply to Expectations, posted by Alii on May 10, 2002, at 0:32:56
I'm up to page 75 (only bought it yesterday!!) and I'm really enjoying it.. I didn;t think I would..
Bit big though - it doesn't fit in my handbag... maybe this is a good excuse to buy a new bag!!! ;)
Nikki
Posted by Ritch on May 13, 2002, at 13:52:24
In reply to YAY!! Got my copy..., posted by NikkiT2 on May 13, 2002, at 7:57:40
> I'm up to page 75 (only bought it yesterday!!) and I'm really enjoying it.. I didn;t think I would..
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> Bit big though - it doesn't fit in my handbag... maybe this is a good excuse to buy a new bag!!! ;)
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> NikkiHi Nikki,
Mine has 543 pages and I just stopped at the beginning of "The Angel" which is page 92. Let's see that is about 17%.. So far I am really getting into it until where it jumps to "Today blahblah 1987", and it was kind of a bucket of water on my head I wasn't looking forward to!
Mitch
Posted by Dr. Bob on May 14, 2002, at 18:07:18
In reply to Re: start date, posted by kiddo on May 8, 2002, at 0:55:50
Posted by Dr. Bob on June 8, 2002, at 11:50:54
In reply to Re: so that means start date = june 8 (nm), posted by Dr. Bob on May 14, 2002, at 18:07:18
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