ANA Book Club?

[sgerrard]

I've only seen SITC a few times, and not the movie, which is probably more R. It seemed like an ordinary soap opera to me, with a little more sauce thrown in here and there.

I guess my comment was meant to say that the plot so far seems along the same lines. I'm not finding the story all that engaging, though I like the knitting part.

Steve

[yardtick]

The movie is fantastic!!!!  I loved Dante hubba, hubba  

Hey ladies what about the shoe closet Mr Big built for Carrie.....I can only wish! 

Anne Marie

[leapyrtwins]

I'm not finding the story all that engaging, though I like the knitting part.

Steve -

I don't want to dissuade anyone from reading the book since I know there are those who have just started, and it's a good book in it's own right, but as I said earlier, I found The Thirteenth Tale to be much more to my liking.  Sounds like maybe we're both on the same path    I'll elaborate more once discussion starts.

Jan

[lori67]

I have to say I had a hard time getting into the Knitting one.  But once I did, I couldn't put it down.  So for those of you struggling to get through the beginning, keep going - it'll be worth it!  I stilll can't knit though.   

Jan, I think the last movie I saw in a theater....hmmmmm...let's see.....without cartoon characters.......Maybe Pirates of the Caribbean?  I REALLY don't get out much - but if getting out involves Johhny Depp - then I can make a real effort!   

Lori

[Kaybo]

I just passed the Knitting book on to my friend with the instructions, "It is a little hard to get into but stick with it because it gets a LOT better!"  I totally agree with you Lori...

K

[leapyrtwins]

Lori -

last movie I saw in the theater was Blades of Glory with Will Ferrell.  The one before that was Talladega Nights (Will Ferrell also).

But I'm with you, Johnny is definitely worth watching 

Glad I wasn't the only one who found The Knitting book hard to get into.  I found the story picked up as I went along, but I also found it a little too much like other books I've read in the past.

Jan

[cindyj]

I also have found Knitting hard to get into, but will stick w/ it since some of you say it gets better...

Haven't seen Sex in City...HAVE seen Johnny Depp...love Captain Jack - I have been very, very tempted to get a poster of him to put in my basement

I'm off to read...

[leapyrtwins]

My niece has a few posters of Johnny in her bedroom - VERY nice 

I'm also told that he was here in Chicago very recently filming a gangster movie - maybe about Dillinger? - and he was spotted at a local bar 

Someone I work with ran into him there and said he's an incredibly nice guy.   Wish I would have run into him 

Jan

[Soundy]

Knitting was hard to get into but was good once I did

We went to see Kung Foo Panda a couple weeks ago... I leaned on my husband and went to sleep... but
the kids said it was good ...

I watched all the Pirate movies about a month ago during a sleepless week and not in a mood for a book...
Christmas is suppose to bring a big TV in the living room ... I plan on watching them again on the bigger
screen... bigger can be better  and the 20 inch little TV in the living room doesn't do the movies any justice ...
swiped it from the girls when our old 30 inch console went to TV heaven

My 27 year old sister has Johny posters galore and a pirates skull ring with ruby eyes ....she had my girls
convinced that she was engaged to a pirate and was going to live on a ship robbing people ... she had them
saying they were plundering for ill gotten booty til I made her knock it off...just didn't sound right coming
from then 6 and 8 year olds

[sgerrard]

Better bump this up. Discussion starts tomorrow, with the first topic coming from Jan.

Steve

[MaryBKAriz]

I will skip most of the discussion since I only got 100 pages into it so far.

Mary

[leapyrtwins]

Gee, Steve, didn't realize I was starting the discussion.  Just tuned in after a few days off.  Still in NJ - wasn't able to connect with Lori unfortunately - headed to NYC tomorrow.  Haven't had computer access until about an hour ago and might not again until tomorrow night or so.  Therefore, I'll start discussion a few hours early.

Did anyone "see" the end of the book coming?  I guess what I mean is, I was reading along and at some point I figured I knew exactly where the author was going with Georgia's life, but I was wrong.

Did anyone else think Georgia's life would turn out the way it did?

Jan

[shygirl]

I didn't "see" it coming, either. But when it did, I actually hollered out "NOoooooo".  I did know something would be "wrong" with her because of the conversation with the Dr's office when Georgia was making an appt for Anita. I just didn't think it would be that bad. A very REAL novel. From chapter 10 on, couldn't put it down!!

[Kaybo]

I, too, knew something would be "wrong" when she made Anita's appointment- I really thought that she would turn out to be pregnant!!  Even when it turned out she was so sick, I thought that she would kick it because she had been so tough through out the whole book.  I couldn't believe the ending - I think I groaned out loud too!  I was just bawling!!  Jan, when you said you had 3 chepters left-wasn't that it?  Did you know??

K

[cindyj]

Finally finished the book a few minutes ago!  I knew something bad was going to happen because of the comparison on the cover to Steel Magnolias, but I kept thinking it would be Dakota, not Georgia.