Luann's comments (member since Feb 01, 2008)

Luann's comments from the LOST Book Club group.

Wow, you are both very thorough with your comparisons! Thanks for sharing. You've both brought up points I never even considered when I was reading it.

Patrick and Amy - Have fun with The Stand! It's LONG! I read it last December, and it isn't a book I plan to ever reread. You're welcome to read my review if you like, although I do discuss the ending a bit so beware of spoilers. Also, you might be interested in our discussion of The Stand at the Flight 815-ers group:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/66877-the-stand

Which version are you going to read? The first version printed wasn't quite as long as the "complete and uncut" version that was printed later. Personally, I think I would have been happier with the slightly shorter version - since some of my least favorite parts were the ones King added to his "complete and uncut" version. My library only had one copy, though, so I didn't have a choice.

Wow, great job!! Thanks for sharing.

Echo, I got it from the public library. The exact same version is available for download at Audible and also on iTunes.

Edit: I see from the reviews on Audible that some people don't think Madeleine L'Engle made a good narrator. I still think it's cool to listen to it read by the actual author - although I might think differently once I've listened to the whole book.

Sounds like everyone is good with A Wrinkle in Time. One of my all-time favorites! It will be especially fun looking at it through Lost glasses. Instead of reading it, though, I'm going to listen to it. And it's narrated by Madeleine L'Engle herself!

Nice, Echo! You've made some great comparisons.

Not necessarily! Let's revive it.

I reread this last month and thoroughly enjoyed it. You can read my review here if you are interested. I got so caught up in the story, I forgot to think about Lost and how it might be related. I'm glad the Lostpedia people keep track of these things so I don't have to think of them all myself. :)

Wow, Patrick. You really thought deeply about how the book relates. I just thought it related because Sawyer was seen reading it. And then they had the bunny with a number on it, and I was like "Hey, a bunny!" and thinking how funny it was that they had shown Sawyer reading Watership Down. Of course there IS more to it than that. At Lostpedia, they have a nice list of similarities and shared themes:
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Watershi...

Looks like you do need to create an account before you can edit there.

Philip wrote: "I thought of another one that wasn't on the Wiki site: The ruptured appendix scene."

Cool! And since it's a Wiki site, you can be the one to add it. :) I'm glad you liked the links.

The Stand is another book I read last year just because of its Lost connection. And it seems to connect even more with the events we saw in season five - especially with the big explosion! Lostpedia usually has nice lists of Lost connections with the books. Their list for The Stand is quite extensive:
http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Stan...

Also, if you are interested, there was some discussion about whether or not Ben was the Randall Flagg character over at the Flight 815-ers Unite group:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/6687...

I read Slaughterhouse-Five last year because of its Lost connection. I found the Tralfamadorian's way of seeing time very interesting, and it seems to apply even more to Lost with what we've just seen in the fifth season. Here's a quote from the book about how the Tralfamadorians see time: "All moments, past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist. The Tralfamadorians can look at all the different moments just the way we can look at a stretch of the Rocky Mountains, for instance. They can see how permanent all the moments are, and they can look at any moment that interests them. It is just an illusion we have here on Earth that one moment follows another one, like beads on a string, and that once a moment is gone it is gone forever."

I read Watership Down many years ago, but I'm excited about an excuse to reread it. I even bought a copy of it awhile ago and look forward to discussing it.

Sounds interesting! I hope it turns out to be as interesting as Lost. We will definitely need something to watch once Lost ends.

Is there a significance to the 2 minutes, 17 seconds? Now I'm curious. I'm going to have to see if my library has that book. :)

Vote for your favorite Lost-related books at the Lost Book Club on Listopia:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/230.L...

I recently read Catch-22, Lord of the Flies, and Carrie because of their connection to Lost. Catch-22 was about the weirdest book I think I've ever read, although I didn't hate it. I think I liked Lord of the Flies more than I would have normally because of all the similarities I could see to Lost.

Quick question - I added Carrie to the group's "read" bookshelf, but then noticed that it was already on the "to-read" shelf. Is there a group policy on which books should be on which shelf?