My book club is meeting at my house tonight to watch a movie. We have a handful of DVDs and tapes to choose from including Gosford Park, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and one of the recent Jane Austen adaptations. Karla is bringing sangria and I'm providing grapes. I can't wait.
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What I'm Reading
Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey (Modern Library)
Taylor Branch: Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 (America in the King Years)
The first in the trilogy of the history of Civil Rights Era. I'm re-reading this book on my Kindle. (*****)
What I've Read Recently
Ethan Brown: Shake the Devil Off: A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans
Shoddy, bone-picking, and poorly written. Don't waste your time. (*)Mark Fuhrman: Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death
Elizabeth Jane Howard: Casting Off (Howard, Elizabeth Jane. Cazalet Chronicle, V. 4.)
Kevin Starr: California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
Bruce Bawer: Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom
Nina Auerbach: Daphne du Maurier, Haunted Heiress (Personal Takes)
Susan Hill: The Risk of Darkness (Simon Serrailler Crime Novels)
Vincent Bugliosi: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
C. S. Lewis: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (paper-over-board) (Narnia)
Morris Dickstein: Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
Did not finish. Excellent but dense and academic.William Machester: The Death of a President November 20- November 25 1963
E. J. Hobsbawm: Industry and Empire: From 1750 to the Present Day (Economic Hist of Britain)
Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca
(****)
What Wilhelm Is Reading
What Wilhelm Has Read Recently
Craig Johnson: Kindness Goes Unpunished: A Walt Longmire Mystery
- Paul Levine: To Speak for the Dead
(***) Paul Levine: The Deep Blue Alibi: A Solomon vs. Lord Novel
(***)Donna Leon: Death at La Fenice: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Tim Dorsey: The Big Bamboo: A Novel
Another weird romp with Dorsey's anti-hero Serge Storms. (***)H.W. Brands: Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
One of the best biographies I've ever read. (*****)Carl Hiaasen: Basket Case
An amusing newsroom mystery. (***)Bob Morris: Bahamarama
A nice little bit of fratirical literature. (***)Steve Coll: Ghost Wars
Very interesting book. Ghost Wars is vital reading for anyone wishing to know more about the background to the current situation in Afghanistan. (****)Donald Westlake: Watch Your Back!
Amusing but not up to the high quality of Westlake's best work. (**)John F. Wasik: The Merchant of Power: Sam Insull, Thomas Edison, And the Creation of the Modern Metropolis
Good book but workmanlike prose. Solid biography of a largely forgotten figure who did much to make modern cities what they are. (***)Michael Kazin: A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan
A scholarly look at Bryan that dispels popular misconceptions. (****)Candice Millard: River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
(****)
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