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Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado
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May 12, 2012 10:15AM
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Read this years ago. I liked it enough.
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Just starting it tonight.
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Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Haven't started yet :-) It'll be some time in June before I get with THE PROGRAM"hahaha.....I will be reading it later in the month too. I want to read Line of Fire first.
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I'm enjoying this book. It's keeping me guessing.
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some favorite parts later in the book:
Immediately my introverted daughter asked Carl, "He's a boy, right? Why doesn't he have any balls?"
Carl looked at Landon with a critical eye. The he said, "Oh, Anvil has balls, my little friend. He just doesn't have any nuts."
-The Program, Chapter 9
And the memorable pick-up stick story:
Lauren raised her cell phone. "Don't worry, it's not a big deal. She's always late. This time she got called to the hospital to remove a pickup stick from an eleven-year old boy's penis." She held up a hand as though she were about to be sworn in as a witness. "I kid you not. How's your daughter feeling?"
I could hear Landon all the way from the backseat of the car as she said, "Oh, that's gross."
I couldn't help wincing at the pickup-stick story myself. I answered Lauren. "Landon's uncomfortable, but she'll feel better as soon as she gets some antibiotics. I'm sure she's feeling better than the little boy with the pick up stick in his...penis. Thanks for asking."
-The Program, Chapter 10
I finished The Program today! I gave it 5 stars!. I thought this was really interesting because it was told not from the point of view of Alan Gregory but from that of Kirsten/Peyton. Nice change of pace for a series. My favorite character was Carl. Sometimes a knight in shining armor comes a little bit tarnished.
