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I had no knowledge of Julia Child, really, beyond the SNL skit and the line "Fiiiiiirst you take the biiiiiird..."
Then that blog came out, upon which the Julia and Julie (or Julie and Julia, I don't know the order) book was "written." I couldn't get beyond page 25 or so, but I got interested in Julia, so I bought My Life in France. What a fabulous book. It made me fall in love with Julia Child. She's really a very funny and warm lady.
I might have to read that book, too! But I think I'll wait until I'm not nauseous all the time - reading about food will probably just make me sick right now!!!
Well, a few weeks ago I started "False Memory" by Dean R. Koontz and am only a quarter into it. Having trouble with this one ~ definitely not one of my favorites from this author. It's also about 750 pages, and I don't like books that long. But I'm determined to keep reading into it, as slowly as it's going. I'll give up at some point if it doesn't pique my interest. Happens.
Just started Nature's End by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka. Pretty riveting and frightening so far.
Imagine a world where overpopulation threatens the very existence of the planet itself - total environmental collapse and the "solution" proposed is the forced "voluntary" death of 1 in 3 of it's inhabitants.
I'm still working on Oliver Twist. I know it's awful but I'm struggling. I force myself to read 2 chapters a day. It's not that it's uninteresting; it's just that there are other books (even other Dickens' books) that are more interesting.
I'm listening to Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and reading The Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code by Bart Ehrman also. Those are going better. I'm focusing on banned books this month.
All I can say is WOW! The ending just blew me away. That's all I'll say about that.
It's a wonderful book and had me laughing in so may places. I consider this book to be a fine piece of literature. It's beautifully written, informative, funny, sad and just a total delight.
I'd like to thank everyone who mentioned it in this thread. I never would have read it if not for you.
Half way through "The Winter of our DISCONNECT" by Susan Maushart.
Great book that I reccomend to any teenage parent. It is the journal of a single mother of three teenagers who decides to remove every electronic and technological gadget (TV, computer, ipod, wii, playstation, etc.) from the house for 6 months and the effects this decision has on the family and on each individual.
I've noted that publishers today are re-printing long out of print books that were big sellers in the 1940's and 1950's such as "Forever Amber" by Kathleen Windsor. I read "Forever Amber" when I was in high school in the 50's and loved it. Wonderful historical novel. It was very racy for its time. My mother had read the book and she would not let me see the movie (with Linda Darnell and Cornell Wilde) until she had seen it first. She approved the movie for my viewing and later on I read the book. The movie was, of course, very tame compared to the book (it was the 50's, ya know) and by today's standards, the book is pretty tame, too.
I see that Daphne du Maurier book are also being reissued. I read "Rebecca" mid-50's and saw the movie. Think it was Orson Wells and Joan Fontaine in the movie.
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