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hope4tomorrow ( member #21673) posted at 3:57 AM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
I'm going to have to sit this one out. It's not available for awhile at the library (lots of holds) and I found out today that my dad does indeed have cancer. So I'm not in a good place to read and retain anything.
Me BW
Him WH-SA
Married 12 years
3 Beautiful girls 8 and under
punky ( member #12233) posted at 4:33 AM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
I'm so sorry to hear this, h4t...big hugs to you.
How big a book is this?
13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
Whalers11 ( member #27544) posted at 2:17 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Hi - can anyone participate, or is this a club for the cool kids only? 
mellowmood ( member #2097) posted at 3:08 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Whalers - Anyone can participate. The only requirement is that you read the book.
Oops, I still haven't finished the last one.
howcouldhe1 ( member #13210) posted at 7:25 PM on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Me BS 54 FWH (BT) 52 M 22 years D Day 4/11/06 Over a year of trickle truths. March 08. D Day 2. Online porn and SA. Just when I thought we'd be ok, July 19 08. BT had accident. Severe brain damage, in persistent vegetative state. I lost him anyway.
punky ( member #12233) posted at 4:00 PM on Saturday, September 25th, 2010
When will discussion start on this?
ETA: I have the book.
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13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
waiting2see (original poster member #13767) posted at 7:34 PM on Saturday, September 25th, 2010
How about everyone lets us know when they have the book and give an estimate of how long it will take you to get through it
I have the book.
I can get throught it in a couple of weeks.
me: BS
him: XWS
Someone I love once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. --Mary Oliver
Whalers11 ( member #27544) posted at 11:51 PM on Saturday, September 25th, 2010
I ordered it online so I should have it in a couple days. I only have time to read in the evenings, so it will probably take me a couple weeks.
NewAttitude ( member #1030) posted at 12:12 AM on Sunday, September 26th, 2010
I just have to go upstairs in the bookstore and grab it off the shelf and I'm good to go.
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
ladyvorkosigan ( member #8283) posted at 12:51 AM on Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Yeah, I have it on my ebook reader, ready to go!
It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.
howcouldhe1 ( member #13210) posted at 3:33 PM on Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Me BS 54 FWH (BT) 52 M 22 years D Day 4/11/06 Over a year of trickle truths. March 08. D Day 2. Online porn and SA. Just when I thought we'd be ok, July 19 08. BT had accident. Severe brain damage, in persistent vegetative state. I lost him anyway.
wantmore ( member #5939) posted at 5:52 PM on Sunday, September 26th, 2010
ANOTHER book not available on Kindle.
LadyV, where did you find this one?
Oh wait 
maybe you can't tell.
[I'll slink away now.]
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Of course it helps to know you *have* enemies.
icbtih8 ( member #23797) posted at 6:41 PM on Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Some time this week I'll pass by the library to pick it up
D-day #1 - April 29, 2009
Beauty is a calling...a call "to transfigure what has harden or was wounded within you"
-- John O'Donohue
wantmore ( member #5939) posted at 2:08 PM on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Ok, I have my copy now. I prefer to read on my ereader and I had to say I was a reviewer to get it. Normal channels do not apply.
Oh, and my library where I work has 2 copies checked out by the same person. Sounds like another local book club might be doing this one, too.
Any idea when the fun will start?
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Of course it helps to know you *have* enemies.
wantmore ( member #5939) posted at 2:14 PM on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
I followed an online book club discussion on another board, months after they did the discussion. They divided the book up into natural sections and discussed the sections as they went along. Spoilers were "blacked out", a feature I don't think I've seen on SI.
So, we could start discussing it before everyone has read the whole thing? Some of us read slower/faster than others!
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Of course it helps to know you *have* enemies.
waiting2see (original poster member #13767) posted at 8:32 PM on Monday, October 4th, 2010
Have we all started reading? If so, should we begin a new thread for Owen Meany?
Estimates to start discussing?
me: BS
him: XWS
Someone I love once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. --Mary Oliver
punky ( member #12233) posted at 9:26 PM on Monday, October 4th, 2010
13 years later...finally healed. Definitely survived and thrived and you can, too.
Hope24 ( member #9344) posted at 1:06 AM on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of my favorite books of all time.
My sister says it changed her life.
She packed up her potential and all she had learned and headed out to change a few things.
howcouldhe1 ( member #13210) posted at 9:19 PM on Friday, October 29th, 2010
Have we decided on a new book after Owen Meany?
Me BS 54 FWH (BT) 52 M 22 years D Day 4/11/06 Over a year of trickle truths. March 08. D Day 2. Online porn and SA. Just when I thought we'd be ok, July 19 08. BT had accident. Severe brain damage, in persistent vegetative state. I lost him anyway.
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