Comments on mundane jane: I'm sorry. Could you repeat that?

I know there are a number of novels I have read ov...

2009-07-14T04:50:57.516-05:00

I know there are a number of novels I have read over the years that seem entirely different from one reading to the next... as my frame of reference changes over the years, something I read years ago I might now view it in a different light. a pair of my "re-readers" are "The Talisman" by Stephen King and "Assumption of Risk", Michael Stackpole. The latter of the two likely isn't your speed :)

I'll take you up on the suggestion to re-read ...

2009-07-13T13:50:24.602-05:00

I'll take you up on the suggestion to re-read Amy Tan. I believe I *was* 21 and single when I last read that book.

This book you speak of was our topic of conversation at dinner last night. Phil pretty much decided to take the 5 books he recommends and try to read them this year. That should keep him busy.

I'm not going to read his 5 favorite books. My head hurts already from taking care of a 2 year old. I don't need any extra challenges right now.

I love Owen Meaney, too. But I hate the rip off movie that should never have even been compared to the original book. Hate.

Mark and I often rent a movie we've already se...

2009-07-13T08:36:19.221-05:00

Mark and I often rent a movie we've already seen and don't realize it until fifteen minutes in! But then we turn it off.

I love Owen Meaney! After the first few pages, EVE...

2009-07-13T08:21:22.020-05:00

I love Owen Meaney! After the first few pages, EVERY TIME OWEN SPEAKS I just lose it.

I guess I didn't realize it until just this minute, but doesn't the publication of this book predate email and the interweb (as we know it?) Little Owen Meaney was shouting in all caps way before the rest of us.

I LOVE John Irving. Though the one I've read ...

2009-07-13T08:05:37.336-05:00

I LOVE John Irving. Though the one I've read over and over again is "A Prayer for Owen Meaney." My habit of reading the same books over and over again began as a kid. The ones I've read most often? "Little Women," "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl," "Contact," and "To Kill a Mockingbird." I need to get a cheap paperback of TKAM because my husband just started reading my copy, and it's a special edition that was a gift from my grandparents. I had to tell him he wasn't allowed to bring it to the beach yesterday.