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[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.

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

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

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

I am currently reading Patti LuPone: A Memoir

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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, 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!!

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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Just started "The Red Queen" by Philippa Gregory.

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