Watt's Up Musings of an original geek

Based upon Justin’s friend Jean I bought “A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving on April 25, 2004. It was on her top five list so I thought I’d give it a try. For some reason it didn’t catch me and I’ve struggled through it. Each morning I would read about two pages. It was very slow going for me. The novel’s timeframe was similar to my youth and college experiences, and many of the Vietnam references brought that time back to me. Some of that turmoil resurfaced that I had forgotten. The prose took me time to digest. Nevertheless this week with 150 pages to go I began to push to finish it, and today I did. That was only 3 1/2 months – whew! Normally I get so involved in a book I can’t sleep and I read for hours at a time, but not this one. Now on to something lighter, more summer-ish, something I’ll enjoy. I’ve heard that The Da Vinci Code is a good read. Maybe that one.