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Meghan
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Dec 05, 2007 07:14PM
no i'm just that talented.
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so are we going to discuss or no?
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Well, if it's just the three of us, it would be easier on myspace IM or MSN. I'm logged into both, and also yahoo.
Hey I am here!
sorry, totally forgot i made plans with a friend, tried to get back earlier!anyone still chatting??
OK, now we have 4! So... what can we say about the book that hasn't already been said? What do you think about Clare's obsession with birds and flight?
I'm here Erica.
So just to get things rolling...what was your favorite part?
It's hard to say. There were a lot of parts I liked, some because they were funny, some because they were poignant.
I loved the settings. I felt like it was another character. I wonder if it would have worked as well if she set it New Mexico and Henry met Clare in a cactus farm?
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Oh wait. Sorry, wrong obsession!
I honestly can't say that I have one favorite part. It took me a while to get into the rhythm of the book but all of a sudden it clicked.
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Personally, I am not familiar with any of the areas he was in, but it certainly did give it a 'flavor'.
Part of the reason you loved the settings, I think, is because it was familiar to you. I've never been to Chicago and have only been to Michigan a few times, so for me, it might as well have been in New Mexico.But that's also part of the reason I enjoy Steinbeck and Hammet and even fluff writers like Kyra Davis and Karen Joy Fowler. I get a kick out of the familiar setting.
No hockey references!! :p
Aw, lucky girl. Or guy, either way, lucky parents.
That's exciting, Michele!
I think I identified the best with Clare's struggle to have a baby, it hit me personally quite hard.
So, question, do you guys all know each other outside of the cyber world?
And if y'all want to go to a messenger and set up a group chat, that is cool with me.
Yeah. It's like the movie Lakehouse. I loved that I knew the area.I just loved that she made a Bronner's reference. SO Michigan!
So who was your favorite character? Least fave?
Erica, that also hit me close to home.Meghan and I have known each other for about 6 years. We're best friends, but we did meet on the web.
Michele and I met here and have yet to meet in person, but we live so close to each other that we're trying to arrange it!
I don't know about favorite character. I liked both Henry and Clare but there were aspects of them I did not like. I did not care for Gomez, Ingrid, or Gomez's wife (blanking on the name). I really liked the doctor.
Sarah and I are friends. She is the reason behind all my cyber addictions!Met you and Michele here.
I think an IM chat would be a lot easier. And I could post the transcript afterword for those who couldn't join us.
Meghan, you had cyber addictions before you met me!! Alias online game, anyone?
which one so I can log on?
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Anyway, for me the whole baby struggle drug. Not because I didn't understand the desire, but because I think when it becomes an obsession and destroys the joys you do have in life, something is very off. We can do that with anything in life and I just find that wrong. Plus I have known and loved too many adoptees to not think that that is a wonderful option.
Nope...just a casual and late starter...then I met you and it all went downhill...heh
Ah ok. Well I liked Alba the best really, I keep saying that I think she should have her own book, dare I say a sequel. I hated Gomez, from the beginning he felt slick and oily to me. Never did like him, even when he was being a nice guy.
I think when you go through it (infertility or any trouble conceiving), it gives a new perspective. It's not just the fact that it becomes an obsession like anything else can become. It's hormonal and physical and deeply emotional. It didn't drag at all for me because I could completely understand that desire to have a child. Of course, if the biological way does not work out, I would definitely consider adoption. But it's not just having a child. Part of the desire is wanting to be pregnant.
IM chat, yes!
I hear you on the adoption thing Michele, as I'm a beneficiary of it. But I unfortunately know way too many friends who struggle with this. None of them are to Clare's point but their pain is palatable. I thought the author made it very realistic.
Yeah...how did Gomez and Henry be best friends?
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And I'm fortunate. I have never had a miscarriage. I can't imagine what that must be like, the kind of grief it would cause. But I can understand that it makes the desire even stronger.
I agree with you Sarah, I will totally adopt if I cannot have my own, actually I would be happy just having one, going through it all once, etc, and then adopting. But I completely see how women can lose it when they can't have kids. I am not at that point, and hope not to be, but I can see it being something to keep a close watch on!
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It is also why I really understood Children of Men, I totally wouldn't have gotten it 5 years ago!
ok off topic but what is wrong with people? Did you hear about the mall shooting today? 8 dead.also online with yahoo and msn
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i have yahoo and msn
I hadn't heard. That is scary.
Honestly before my daughter I never got the miscarriage thing. Now I can't even fathom that pain. Can you imagine for Clare knowing it was her body that was attacking it?
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How did you both post twice?
Yup, clive owen.
Honestly before my daughter I never got the miscarriage thing. Now I can't even fathom that pain. Can you imagine for Clare knowing it was her body that was attacking it?
