Wednesday, October 02, 2013

WWW Wednesday

To play along, just answer the following three questions ...

• What are you currently reading? Lennon Revealed by Larry Kane. It's a serious but still entertaining study of John's life, with a special emphasis on his last decade. Larry Kane is able to put the John's story in a context beyond music because he's not an entertainment writer. He's a journalist who covered political conventions and the crime beat as well as, by sheer luck, the Beatles' invasion of America in 1964. I recommend this one.

• What did you recently finish reading? My Week with Marilyn by Colin Clark. You know that old saw that the book is always better than the movie? I always counter that with The Godfather, a masterpiece of a movie based on a rather lurid book. Now I have another example. For the movie, starring Michelle Williams, is charming and far more lively and believable than these snarky, self-important memoirs.

• What do you think you’ll read next? Five Days at Memorial about the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans and how they coped during the crisis of Katrina.

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:09 PM

    I've been trying to decide whether or not to read "Memorial" . . . not sure if I'm up to reading about such hardship right now. Sometimes I'm just not in the right emotional place for a particular book. I'll be interested to hear (read?) your thoughts.

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  2. You choose such interesting books!

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  3. Anonymous12:27 PM

    Another great selection of books
    :-)

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  4. Great selection.

    I LOVE your photo...looks like Jackie Kennedy. Is it?

    Nice blog too..going to follow if I can.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My W...W...W...

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