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Uponastar

Uponastar

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My favorite book ever is John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany.
I am not a John Irving fan otherwise, but oh that book!
It deals with faith and fate and is a wonderful story!
 
dandaman

dandaman

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Pongo said:
Well we've got American Idol :p

Take THAT Mr. Canada.
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So? We've got Canadian Idol... hosted by the son of a former Canadian PM... and I personally know one of last season's finalists. :lookaroun AND we always "steal" the American shows and broadcast it as our own!

"American Idol... ONLY on CTV." :rolleyes:

TTFN :wave:
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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Pongo said:
Two very interesting subjects.
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Indeed.
Irving can be annoying, but he tells this story well.
I loved Owen from the first page.
The movie Simon Birch which was out a few years back, was loosely based on the book. I didn't see the movie because I thought it would probably take away from the story for me. I want to remember it as I read it.
 
Pongo

Pongo

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dandaman said:
So? We've got Canadian Idol... hosted by the son of a former Canadian PM... and I personally know one of last season's finalists. :lookaroun AND we always "steal" the American shows and broadcast it as our own!

"American Idol... ONLY on CTV." :rolleyes:

TTFN :wave:
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Yeah... Well...

Simon trumps your people any day :lookaroun
 
Pongo

Pongo

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Uponastar said:
Indeed.
Irving can be annoying, but he tells this story well.
I loved Owen from the first page.
The movie Simon Burch which was out a few years back, was loosely based on the book. I didn't see the movie because I thought it would probably take away from the story for me. I want to remember it as I read it.
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I haven't heard of the book or the movie :lookaroun :lol:
 
Pongo

Pongo

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Uponastar said:
Right.
I didn't. :p
But I remember reading reviews that stated it wasn't true enough to the book. That would ruin it for me. I think it would be a hard book to make into a movie. Maybe they shouldn't have tried.
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Ooooohkay. I see what you mean.

After reading Flowers for Algernon, I really want to see the movie Charly.
 

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