1/26/2014 9:31:02 AM |
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molark
Chicago, IL
95, joined Oct. 2012
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Freedom - ?
What do you think about the book, his writing?
I've started it several times and still no go; may try again this week on my portable
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1/26/2014 7:30:44 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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... but if you are saying you have tried to make a start several times ad it is a "no-go" are you implying that there is a low boredom threshold?
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1/27/2014 6:54:21 AM |
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molark
Chicago, IL
95, joined Oct. 2012
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Or is it something I am missing about the boredom of suburban living? I don't know CC.
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1/27/2014 10:06:44 AM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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Morlock ~~ I have never lived in a Suburban but I can see how trying to read a boring novel may drain one's battery.
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1/28/2014 5:43:38 AM |
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molark
Chicago, IL
95, joined Oct. 2012
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but the novel can't be boring! it was on ophra's list. in fact, she done made the man famous as she usually do for those people. i will read two chapters this week and get back to you. please, you do same you lovely gorgeous lady you
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1/28/2014 6:46:30 PM |
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cupocheer
Assumption, IL
68, joined May. 2010
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aw ... You sweet talkin' chock-a-mocha man ..... I have a special issue on the front burner which I must attend to before I can begin a lengthy read ... keep me updated and I'll try to catch up ....
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1/29/2014 9:31:40 AM |
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brushyourteeth2
Phoenix, AZ
47, joined Apr. 2012
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2/6/2014 2:17:17 AM |
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molark
Chicago, IL
95, joined Oct. 2012
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okay, my take -
I have read nearly 200 pages CC and have enjoyed it very much. It is the tale of a woman and her two male friends, one becoming her husband, the other the husband's best friend and object of the woman's unresolved sexual fantasies. Franzen presents an excellent story with great human insights of suppressed college basketball star Patty and how she met Walter, later marrying him, and his best friend, a punk guitar band leader Richard. Walter is very nice, Patty is hidden and forward at the same time, Richard is the wounded artist who does not want to hurt his best friend Walter but who under Patty's libido, must. It's about Patty's thing with her two kids. She is the suburban stay-at-home mom who doted on the son who later rebels in real and nasty ways from her. And she was never able to get consistently close to her daughter. So Patty is left out in the fog. I don't know if I am finally bored with the book. I would like to finish it as Franzen offers lots of human insights. But the lives portrayed differ from the hunger pains of familiar reality. Like have you had a homeless family sleep on the floor of your tech center because they were newly evicted again, hungry and none of you had money? The family would then have a different appreciation of a college degree. Nothing is taken for granted. And their miracles are for real and out of this world. I will try to finish the book.
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