tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post4175633165061860257..comments2023-10-07T07:26:20.469-07:00Comments on Flux Capacitor: I've Got a Crush On: John IrvingMaggie Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-3165377687956966992010-03-28T16:36:17.789-07:002010-03-28T16:36:17.789-07:00Thanks for stopping by my humble blog. I adore Jo...Thanks for stopping by my humble blog. I adore John Irving. We read A Prayer for Owen Meany in high school, and that was it. I was in love. The World According to Garp is probably my favorite, though. I have a strange level of comfort when reading his books that I think derives from reading someone who is clearly so comfortable in this language, and tells stories with this modest and immense skill.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350861069153040567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-29576113531353181192010-03-25T19:07:14.571-07:002010-03-25T19:07:14.571-07:00Me too! Once years ago my son and I drove to the O...Me too! Once years ago my son and I drove to the Oregon coast and listened to <i>The World According To Garp</i> on tape and when we got home there was still have the last tape left so we drove around and around and around the block until it was finished. I had read it many times. It was his first. We were both spellbound. We both cried and laughed and even now 15 years later he'll say out of the blue GARP BIT BONKIE!<br /><br />Congratulations on your baby bump:))))Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-77674123285955764092010-03-25T15:34:00.186-07:002010-03-25T15:34:00.186-07:00john irving is one of my favorites (and i love you...john irving is one of my favorites (and i love your owls!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522737346381837048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-32026769556791710962010-03-25T10:06:51.158-07:002010-03-25T10:06:51.158-07:00I've read A Prayer for Owen Meaney...brilliant...I've read A Prayer for Owen Meaney...brilliant work!!Booksinista!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13126560699355410558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-31486461521056566182010-03-25T08:26:23.828-07:002010-03-25T08:26:23.828-07:00john irving is the first author I look for in a us...john irving is the first author I look for in a used book store, thrift shop, garage and estate sales, and sale tables. I have collected more than I have read and when I feel in the mood, I read his wonderful descriptions of true life and feel what his characters feel and I am transformed. I have reread a few, after years of living my own life, with great surprise at how much I recognize and how much I see for the first time. Recently I had trouble enveloping myself in 'the water method man'(my first time) so it sits on my bedside table, awaiting an acceptable welcome. JI never disappoints.<br /><br />peace be with you and your family,<br />~L~Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727569323801251376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-65784376380527724142010-03-25T07:43:02.703-07:002010-03-25T07:43:02.703-07:00i love the owl paperweights :)
i haven't read ...i love the owl paperweights :)<br />i haven't read any john irving .. i know - blasphemy! will make time for it soon :DAngie | Pandaphilia.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376869039628742626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-82052501187357642712010-03-24T23:07:56.346-07:002010-03-24T23:07:56.346-07:00can't wait to get reading, he sounds wonderful...can't wait to get reading, he sounds wonderful! love your owls too, HxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383431873157388871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-85659382712977398472010-03-24T18:39:33.775-07:002010-03-24T18:39:33.775-07:00Yes yes! I feel the same way about Cider House Ru...Yes yes! I feel the same way about Cider House Rules...complete magic. I can even remember all the places where I read that book.Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400714208531412682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-49790909172116140472010-03-24T18:38:06.940-07:002010-03-24T18:38:06.940-07:00Absolutely - Hands down favorite!Absolutely - Hands down favorite!Zip n Tizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760606219381683552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-44405338040034246442010-03-24T17:39:11.478-07:002010-03-24T17:39:11.478-07:00oh man I used to visit you and lost your addy... n...oh man I used to visit you and lost your addy... now you are blog of note. I remember when :)Just Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842126422147340390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-57265724614209943612010-03-24T17:33:39.692-07:002010-03-24T17:33:39.692-07:00your post made me feel like reading John Irving ri...your post made me feel like reading John Irving right now! but also made me fall in love with Bernard and Irving...thaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411412253104991014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-16373935249320430702010-03-24T14:39:45.409-07:002010-03-24T14:39:45.409-07:00John Irving is great. Congratulations on being the...John Irving is great. Congratulations on being the Blog of Note!*mary*https://www.blogger.com/profile/18441748358984280917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-59697839781029276092010-03-24T13:33:36.764-07:002010-03-24T13:33:36.764-07:00Hey, congrats! You made blog of note! Well deserve...Hey, congrats! You made blog of note! Well deserved...and John Irving is a legend - love the Cider House Rules the most I think.Toniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15740360046558563158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-33975019539311757642010-03-24T11:29:55.777-07:002010-03-24T11:29:55.777-07:00Congratulations Maggie Mae, Flux Capacitor was jus...Congratulations Maggie Mae, Flux Capacitor was just picked as Blog of Note for todayLorenzo — Alchemist's Pillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07522265816460154722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-36104832746895340142010-03-23T23:06:10.695-07:002010-03-23T23:06:10.695-07:00I'll never forget blindly opening "The wo...I'll never forget blindly opening "The world according to Garp" -- a paperback edition, my uncle's book, years ago, I was still quite young. The description was of a kitchen sink, comparing it to a vagina. That striking image has never left me. <br /><br />Quirky, brilliant, Irving.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-46392664220173445622010-03-23T22:58:40.515-07:002010-03-23T22:58:40.515-07:00I loved A Prayer for Owen Meanie. I'll have t...I loved A Prayer for Owen Meanie. I'll have to get The World According to Garp - haven't read it and now I have to do it!anymommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870033179328734404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-8009354120518734992010-03-23T21:18:42.025-07:002010-03-23T21:18:42.025-07:00Love John Irving! A Widow for One Year, I've ...Love John Irving! A Widow for One Year, I've read so many times.Angie Muresanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830360358541367259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-19727183038330395672010-03-23T12:49:29.509-07:002010-03-23T12:49:29.509-07:00Yay Rachael! That makes my day, that I clued you i...Yay Rachael! That makes my day, that I clued you into an author I adore :)Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-39041655691869418752010-03-23T11:34:18.607-07:002010-03-23T11:34:18.607-07:00I'm so glad you posted this! I have never rea...I'm so glad you posted this! I have never read John Irving, but I have a copy of "A Prayer for Owen Meany" on my bedside to-read pile. Will move it up in the stack now!<br /><br />P.S. I checked out Robert B. Parker's first Spenser novel from the library and read it last week while on vacation. I had never read him either until you wrote about it and piqued my interest. I was delighted to see the entire shelf full of his books at the library. I love a good series! This should keep me busy for awhile! =)Rachaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992203896914180674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-73044162748932161292010-03-23T11:20:52.842-07:002010-03-23T11:20:52.842-07:00I'm reading Widow for One Year right now for m...I'm reading Widow for One Year right now for my book club. I'm just at the beginning, but I can tell that this book is special. I kind of wish I had bought it instead of borrowing it from the library. I might just buy it anyway.Jen O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02636156633045923469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-14816967054242092452010-03-23T10:33:31.493-07:002010-03-23T10:33:31.493-07:00I have a love hate relationship with John...I have...I have a love hate relationship with John...I have read almost all of his books and really loved all of them but, then, somehow underneath that love they always leave me feeling a little...well, disturbed.<br />A Widow from One Year is my favorite, I think, but also The Water-Method Man. Regardless of my issues, he is definitely a great writer.mrs mediocrityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021079985184737831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-8001793221026773992010-03-23T10:16:59.949-07:002010-03-23T10:16:59.949-07:00I named my oldest after Owen Meany. That gives you...I named my oldest after Owen Meany. That gives you just a taste of how much a adore this writer.Nancy Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313721217543578257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-87073369671110792132010-03-23T10:12:24.270-07:002010-03-23T10:12:24.270-07:00new to your blog - but i love john irving - i read...new to your blog - but i love john irving - i read his books in my early 20's often reading them at stop lights (ok sometinmes while driving)on my way home from work - couldn't get enough!<br /><br />my 13 year old book club is about to read (will be a re-read for me) a prayer for owen meany.<br /><br />who else do you love? (i imagine i will too and always need a good recommendation)<br /><br />have you ever read the river why by david james duncan? do!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164862624715534594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-74175644977116033082010-03-23T09:36:10.778-07:002010-03-23T09:36:10.778-07:00I love John Irving, too!I love John Irving, too!Life As I Know Ithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492465378321819342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972647577919000054.post-15462211317613765112010-03-23T08:20:39.852-07:002010-03-23T08:20:39.852-07:00I love him too! And I can relate to not wanting t...I love him too! And I can relate to not wanting to read a book a second time because the first time was such an incredible experience you wouldn't want to change the memory. That is so true. Sometimes a book strikes the right cord because of where I am in life and later in life... well.... it might not be the same.Still Life With Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618084652041659692noreply@blogger.com