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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 6, 2012 19:38:35 GMT -5
Here is where we can each make two suggestions per person for our next read !
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 6, 2012 19:42:18 GMT -5
I would like to have everyones suggestions by the 18th.And then we will have our vote for the next book based on everyones suggestions
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 6, 2012 19:58:47 GMT -5
My first suggestion is
thirteen reasons why by jay asher
This book is fiction and classified as young adult. It was a new york times best seller in 2007
Its about a girl that commits suicide and sends out a set of tapes to 13 people that influenced her to end her life
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Nov 7, 2012 21:40:44 GMT -5
I would like to suggest for our next book, one that affected me greatly. Months after I'd finished I could not stop thinking about it. It affected me emotionally for that long. I started reading the second half of the book by rationing myself, because I didn't want it to end. It's by one of my favorite authors, John Irving. The book is titled "A Prayer for Owen Meany." I was not the same after reading this book, and I don't mean that in a bad way. Once you read it you will never forget it. There was a movie made from the novel which is great, but not nearly as good, called Simon Birch. I've never read it a second time, but I'd love to with you guys, and to see what you think. It would be a much richer experience reading it with other people. Anyway, that one gets my vote. It's the novel that has affected me most as a reader, and a writer as well. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 9, 2012 19:26:44 GMT -5
For my second suggestion
The last time they met by Anita shreve.
This is more than a love story it is perhaps more real life than that as moon says this is a novel that stays with you. This is a story that keeps resurfacing in my mind urging me to read it over again and id like to. Its a tale of disappointed lovers who never really let go of eachother a tale of the people that live in their future after they part.ultimately it is a
Story of the twists and turns life holds for everyone
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 9, 2012 20:03:36 GMT -5
I gotta say moon I'm very interested in your suggestion its gonna be so hard to pick this time there are all these wonderful suggestions i just want to read them all and to think its only just been two peoples suggestions so far this will def be hard
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Nov 10, 2012 0:11:47 GMT -5
I would like to suggest for our next book, one that affected me greatly. Months after I'd finished I could not stop thinking about it. It affected me emotionally for that long. I started reading the second half of the book by rationing myself, because I didn't want it to end. It's by one of my favorite authors, John Irving. The book is titled "A Prayer for Owen Meany." I was not the same after reading this book, and I don't mean that in a bad way. Once you read it you will never forget it. There was a movie made from the novel which is great, but not nearly as good, called Simon Birch. I've never read it a second time, but I'd love to with you guys, and to see what you think. It would be a much richer experience reading it with other people. Anyway, that one gets my vote. It's the novel that has affected me most as a reader, and a writer as well. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prayer_for_Owen_MeanyAfter I tediously typed the following message, I looked it up on Nook Tablet and I can afford the Nook price.  It is showing picture of a truck near a barn. I am sending this anyway because I would like to see the original book if I can get it. When I checked availability at the library, three different editions are listed. Does it matter?A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel 2002 Modern Library ed. Close-up of a man's face on the coverAuthor Irving, John, 1942- Publishing Date 2002 In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel 1st trade ed. Author Irving, John, 1942- Publishing Date 1997 A dress form against beige backgroundJohn Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany is the inspiring modern classic that introduced two of the author's most unforgettable characters, boys bonded forever in childhood: the stunted Owen Meany, whose life is touched by God, and t ... Title A prayer for Owen Meany : a novel Author Irving, John, 1942- Publishing Date 1989 Title prominantly displayed against blue backgroundIn the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ... |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Nov 11, 2012 17:54:42 GMT -5
No, does not matter. They are all the same, with the exception of one that has a newer preface. The novel is the same in all.
Here is the description of the novel:
"I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice—not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany."
In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys—best friends—are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen, after that 1953 foul ball, is extraordinary.
As you probably know, I am not religious at all, even though I love this novel and Elvis's gospel music. It's a story about transcendence and redemption, and all I can say is that it affected me like no other novel.
I wasn't the same after reading it. And I think it has that capacity for all readers who are open to the capacity to feel, to love, and to be inspired by even the most unlikely hero.
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Nov 11, 2012 18:12:19 GMT -5
Thank you. I am reading this book even if it is not chosen for the synchro-read. I can't resist reading a book that altered you.  |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 12, 2012 3:40:24 GMT -5
Anti I was thinking the same thing I feel compelled to read this book. I'm so torn between the suggestions
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Nov 12, 2012 13:08:04 GMT -5
Anti I was thinking the same thing I feel compelled to read this book. I'm so torn between the suggestions "Compelled" is exactly how I feel about reading "A Prayer for Owen Meany."  Also, I want to read books that are recommended by others so that I will be exposed to ideas and plots I would not ordinarily choose. |
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Nov 12, 2012 20:20:56 GMT -5
If you are feeling compelled, Owen Meany would say that there is probably something to that.
Here are a couple of trailers from the movie that was made--only the first half of the book was used, so John Irving requested it be given a different name.
But the kid that played Simon Birch in this movie will always be my vision of Owen Meany. The movie's good. The book, ten times better.
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 13, 2012 16:57:49 GMT -5
Anti that its true indeed some of the best books I've read have been suggestions or when i convince myself to try something new
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 17, 2012 11:50:53 GMT -5
Ok hopefully everyone is getting their suggestions in as tomorrow is the last day
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Post by Mistermoonlight on Nov 17, 2012 23:14:43 GMT -5
Thank you. I am reading this book even if it is not chosen for the synchro-read. I can't resist reading a book that altered you. ![]() Well, that and the surgery. |
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Post by gilmorefanalways on Nov 18, 2012 16:21:57 GMT -5
Just double checking before I make the poll are there any other suggestions?
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