[Utah Girl]

I rarely watch Oprah, but I did belong to an online Oprah bookclub for several years. I unsubscribed when she ended her book club on her show "because there were no more good books out there that I can recommend." Yikes. And now she starts up her book club again, and selects 'East of Eden'!!! Another yikes, heavy reading for those used to wallowing in dysfunctional fiction. After about the first year of her picks, I rarely read the books. There is only so much dysfunction that I can stand to read about.

[cyborg]

The Oprah demographic has a very curious mindset. I never read any of the first BC picks. They were just too... dysfunctional and too overloaded with preachy social commentary (like Cane River and Toni Morrison books). Well, maybe I can enjoy Deep End of the Ocean. It drove me crazy when she said that thing about there are no more good books! I knew it was not going to last long though... not having the book club. I'm just relieved that she picked a book I would actually read.