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One of the things I noticed in Garp & Meany was the single mother with son, even in the Cider House Rules the mothers were talked about much more than the fathers, until Homer and Garp became fathers and then were active parents there is not much male parenting going on. I also noticed there...

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I think all people are judgmental whether they think so or want to admit it. Of course some are more so than others but you can't help forming an opinion on what someone's reading. I also have found myself not taking a book in public because I'm not sure what others will think, sometimes due...

I have it but probably will wait a book or two before I start it, I like to space out my books by an author just a bit :) I didn't know that one had a movie too.

I just finished The Cider House Rules and of the three I've read so far I liked it best. All three have had some recurring themes, but I liked the characters best in Cider House and found it the most believable/easy to picture. I think the characters (while still a little different) acted more...

I watched the movies for the two books I've read and felt the same, while they had good actors and were Ok movies they did not come close to the books. I think that there is too much detail that must be cut out and in the case of Owen Meany/Simon Birch changed(some changes I understood and...

I just finished a Prayer For Owen Meany and started the Cider House Rules, I read Garp about a year ago and I did notice something similar in Owen & Garp so I'm interested to see how the Cider House Rules goes.

I've always enjoyed board games too, since I was little and my Grandma started playing Scrabble with me to improve my spelling word games have been a favorite pass time. I love Scrabble, Upwards and Boggle. My husband prefers Risk and Axis & Allies, my son likes Life, Battleship, Sorry and...

Yes, I have added it to my wanted list, thank you :)

You might like The Crimson Petal Ant The White by Michael Faber, it sounds like Slammerkin is very similar to it. I really liked it, it is one of my favorite historical fiction books so far. Amazon.com: The Crimson Petal and the White: Books: Michel Faber Michel Faber: The Crimson Petal and the...

The only BOTM that's really caught my interest lately has been the author of the month and I've already got my John Irving books out and ready, but I've not seen any other books mentioned that drew my interest as much. I think that you could let the top/most currently active members choose a...

Hmm, maybe I'll have to dig it out, I've had it sitting on my shelf for quite a few years now, somehow it always is on the bottom of the stack. I'm not sure why I've put it off for so long.

I have A Prayer For Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules on my TBR shelf so I'll read each of those as I've been meaning to ever since I finished The World According to Garp about a year ago (I really liked it). Has anyone read Son Of The Circus?

After the voting for the author, will there be additional voting for the books we'll read by the selected author or will we just read a few of our own choice?

That's true but that's also what I thought would make the discussion interesting, comparing a first, latest and middle or maybe most popular work would produce more conversation about the author instead of just an individual book and I'd think that would be the point of picking an author of the...

Maybe we could even pick a first & latest book by a long established writer, I'd like to read some books by Joyce Carol Oates and there's quite a few to choose from. John Irving, maybe?

Whistles The Wind - Flogging Molly

Maybe we could pick three books by the chosen author, since they all must have at least three, to compare? After the author is chosen we could vote for the 3 books to have. Members could decide whether they'd like to read all three or just one.

A little late but Happy Birthday!!! :)

I read this awhile back and enjoyed it too. I recently let my neighbor borrow it she's an EMT and mentioned she wanted to read it. If you liked Stiff you may possibly like Death's Acre by Bill Bass as well...