Currently Reading (Take 2)- Page 14

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 2:30pm

[tos], is that the book about the couple with snapshots of their relationship revealed on July 15th of each year? If so, it looks good and I just put it on hold at the library. I am number 118 in line for the book! Must be pretty popular.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 7:55pm

I'm not [tos], but yes unc that is the book. I might have to break down and buy it instead of waiting for it at the library.

[[tos]fan999]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 9:53pm

I would highly recommend it. The writing's similar in style to Nick Hornby, one of my favorite authors.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/15/10 at 10:02pm

Maybe I'll run over to Barnes and Noble tomorrow while my son is at karate.

[Plum]

Posted: 9/16/10 at 2:34pm

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide - Henry Jenkins

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 9/23/10 at 5:58pm

Plum, I had to read Convergence Culture for a class that I'm taking! Interesting stuff.

I finally got the time yesterday to start This Is Where I Leave You and I'm already halfway through - liking it lots.

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/24/10 at 9:49am

Stockard, I was actually directing my question to [tos]. Sorry if I was confusing.

I am currently reading Patti LuPone: A Memoir

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 9/24/10 at 1:23pm

Question re: what to read?

Any book similar to those of 'The Help' or 'The Secret Life Of Bee's? I also like dark, comic but sometimes creepy books (as if writen by Tim Burton). . any suggestions?

[strummergirl]

Posted: 9/24/10 at 1:31pm

Technically this is for a class but Legacy of Ashes: The History of The CIA by Tim Weiner is a really interesting read albeit pretty overall negative tone (mostly deserved) about the organization. It's a little scary how many Presidents were in the dark about the agency. Truman when he assumed office had no idea the OSS, the precursor, even existed.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 9/24/10 at 2:30pm

Down to the last 70 odd pages of Jonathan Franzen's FREEDOM, and enjoying it a good deal.

[danmag]

Posted: 9/24/10 at 3:15pm

Roscoe, I just saw him do a reading last night at the Free Library in Philadelphia...he is just sooooo brilliant (and too cute for words). I just adored Freedom!!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/24/10 at 3:44pm

Just started "Rat Girl" by Kristin Hersch last night.
There's a Betty Hutton connection!

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/25/10 at 12:49am

Finished the LuPone book this evening. A bit repetitive at times but a fun read. Some good one liners, some things I didn't know that happened in her life and some good backstage stories. While reading the last quarter of the book it came to mind that with this book and others I have read, a lot of really cool moments and things have happened inside and around the theaters on Broadway, and off, and in places that we can actually stand in and say, "such and such happened right here". I really want to make a list of them to carry with me to NYC to visit them.

Waiting for my next book to come in. Not sure what it will be.

[Plum]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 4:42am

Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age, by Clay Shirky

[gustof777]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 5:03am

Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliot Perlman and i love it so far.

[Plum]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:20pm

Plum, I had to read Convergence Culture for a class that I'm taking! Interesting stuff.

Cool! What class was it?

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 2:42pm

Picking up Jimmy Carter's "White House Diaries" today.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 6:32pm

My library has Freedom on order. I just put my name on the list for Corrections. Well, there really wasn't a list. I'm the next person. I'm reading Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer. Then I have to quick read The Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory. they are both 7 day check outs.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 8:36pm

I just finished listening to the audiobook of The Lost Dogs. Found it compelling...painful in the beginning...but was unable to stop listening. This is basically a "where are they now" story about the fifty-some dogs who were part of Michael Vick's dogfighting enterprise. Pit bulls. When they were found, it was unlikely that any future other than euthanasia lay ahead for them, but that's not what happened. Dogfighting is something I was only vaguely aware of until Vick's operation was busted (I didn't know who HE was, either...) and it's kind of odd that I would subject myself to reading this. Blame Terry Gross's interview with the author, Jim Gorant, on Fresh Air, I guess. I thought it was well worth the time and ultimately not depressing.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 9:24pm

I heard that interview too. Very compelling. Hard to believe he's still playing football.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 9/26/10 at 9:38pm

Yeah. I don't think his life should have gone on quite so smoothly after a minor stint in the slammer.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/27/10 at 8:04am

Unc, I knew you were directing your question to [tos], but I was just answering for him/her.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 9/28/10 at 8:13pm

Just started "The Red Queen" by Philippa Gregory.

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/28/10 at 8:21pm

Gotcha!

[noahrp3]

Posted: 9/28/10 at 9:04pm

About to finish up The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall. LOVE it.