What Are You Reading Now?

[il Padrino Ute]

Capote is great. ICB is a great book.

For a lighter side of Capote, rent "Murder by Death"...an all-star mystery/comedy that is based on a caricature of Capote as a mystery writer.

You should also read Breakfast at Tiffany's. The movie is a lightweight version of the book, which is more raw and doesn't necessarily romanticize the lifestyles of Holly (and Paul). While the movie is great, the book is better.

TCM had a Peter Sellers marathon on last week. I was able to DVR Murder By Death, The Party, Dr. Strangelove and The Mouse That Roared.

Awesome.

I forced my 14 year old boy to watch Murder By Death and while he started off complaining about it, he was hooked after watching Mr. Wang and his adopted Japanese son figure out how to cross the bridge.

As for Capote, "Use your (bleep) prepositions!"

[TripletDaddy]

TCM had a Peter Sellers marathon on last week. I was able to DVR Murder By Death, The Party, Dr. Strangelove and The Mouse That Roared.

Awesome.

I forced my 14 year old boy to watch Murder By Death and while he started off complaining about it, he was hooked after watching Mr. Wang and his adopted Japanese son figure out how to cross the bridge.

As for Capote, "Use your (bleep) prepositions!"

His son was wearing a USC t shirt to bed!

Had you seen The Party before? It is one of my favorite all-time funny movies. It is basically one long Peter Sellers improv. Amazingly funny off-beat humor.

[il Padrino Ute]

His son was wearing a USC t shirt to bed!

Had you seen The Party before? It is one of my favorite all-time funny movies. It is basically one long Peter Sellers improv. Amazingly funny off-beat humor.

Yes, I've seen The Party many times. In high school my friends and I wore out the video tape my family had.

Birdy num-num is funny, but not as funny as the chicken.

[Gidget]

I read it many years ago - long enough that I could read it again and enjoy it as much as I did the first time.

And 1776 is terrific, isn't it?

1776 was great. I was pleasantly surprised, I didn't know if I would appreciate it, but I really did.

[Tick's wife]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. I read it a couple of years ago and decided to read it again.

Awesome book! I loved it but then again, I'm partial to those kind of books....the 'special' ones.

[Tick's wife]

I recently read Wicked and it was interesting...not exactly what I thought it would be, had to muddle through it....took a long time to get through. Don't think I'll read the other two.

[Parrot Head]

I'm working on Washington Burning by Les Standiford. It's a history of how DC became the nation's capital and how the British attack on in during the War of 1812 was the first thing that united the country around its federal city. It's not McCullough or Ambrose, but it's interesting.

[happyone]

Just started Master of War. It is a biography of George Thomas. He was one of the few Virginian senior officers ( he was a LTC at the start of the war ) that stayed with the Union during the Civil War. THe authors contention is that he was the best Union general of the war and Sherman and Grant conspired against him to build up there own reputations. Also he says since he died in 1870, he didn't have the chance to write his own memiors and refute their "slanders".

I'm only about 75 pages into it, but it has been a good read.

[happyone]

Finished Master of War - thought it was interesting look at the politics that went on between the Union Generals. Bobrick tries to make the case that Thomas was a better general that either Sherman or Grant and he was denied recognition because they were jelous of him. I think he overstates just a bit. Although there is alot of evidence that Grant really didn't like him at all. Bobrick doesn't think much of Grant's generalship, tactically or stategically.

I thought it was a good read and anyone interested in Civil War history should probably pick it up.

I found a copy of Procopius' The Secret History in a used book store and I am now reading that.

[OhioBlue]

Finished The Long Walk by Slawomir Rawicz and enjoyed it, a testament to the will of the human spirit.

[wuapinmon]

I finally read Miguel de Unamuno's San Manuel Bueno, mártir, yesterday. It was really good. Normally, I have not cared for the Unamuno stuff I've read, so this was a welcome treat.

[bluegoose]

Right now I've got three books going to suit my various moods.

At the recommendation of HFNW, I just started "Ultramarathon Man" the other day and just about have it dusted off. Its a very good read and very inspirational. Makes me actually want to run another marathon sometime soon.

I'm also reading Dan Brown's "Lost Symbol". If you like his other books you'll love this one as well. If you hated the other ones, same story.

Finally, I usually like to have some churchy book going, so the book of the month right now is "Rough Stone Rolling", although its going to take me much longer than a month at the rate I'm going. I don't mind the format and style as others here have mentioned in the past. Its actually been a fairly fast read so far.

[LiveCoug]

Just finished The Lost Symbol. It was, well, just like his other Langdon books. Not my favorite, but entertaining enough.

I am currently reading Children of the Mind, the 4th book in the Ender series by Orson Scott Card.

[OhioBlue]

Just finished 'The Hunger Games.' Yeah, yeah it's young adult fiction, who cares. It was entertaining.

Now halfway into 'Outliers.'

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'm reading Blood Meridian, as I was so impressed by McCarthy's The Road. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. On the one hand, I am in awe of McCarthy's ability to write and describe a scene. On the other hand, the scenes he describes are really not all that interesting to me--atrocities in the 19th Century American West just don't hold that much appeal. But I'll soldier on for now, if only to enjoy a writer who has truly mastered his craft.