Books & Movies of the Month - August 2007

Many of us are avid readers and movie lovers. What are you currently reading or about to read? Also, What movies did you see recently or are planning to see? Reviews are encouraged.

 

The Golden Compass

I just started reading Phillip Pullman's "The Golden Compass" Coming to a theater near you this year. This one is going to take a while. My father-in-law is coming for two weeks and I'm not going to get much reading done while he is here. Actually, I'm not going to get much of anything done while he is here.

 

I finally started reading the last Harry Potter.. Its kinda exiting..

 

My daughter is reading it. I don't get to touch it until she's done. By that time, the paperback will be out.

 

I've been reading a lot lately.

Started and finished: (last week)
On the Road - Jack Kerouac (It really made me want to go on a road trip)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling (I was really happy with the entire book)
Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad (Not bad, but I didn't like it as much as some of his other books)

Just started:
Nostromo - Joseph Conrad
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe
Man is Not Alone - Abraham Joshua Heschel

Movie wise I saw The Simpsons Movie, and Chuck and Larry last weekend. Both were really funny. The Simpsons was as good as I had hoped and Chuck and Larry was much more serious that I had guessed before seeing it.

 

Thanks!

 

Ten Tortured Words: How the Founding Fathers Tried to Protect Religion in America . . . and What's Happened Since by Stephen Mansfield.

 

I've just started on Nostromo too. Read Lord Jim a year or two ago - I couldn't really get into it - must try again.

I collect old books and recently came across a collection of "classics" with things like Quentin Durward, Westward Ho!, Robinson Crusoe, The Last Days of Pompeii, and Dombey and Son.

If you like Dickens (and even if you don't) try Dombey and Son. I saw another side to Dickens in that book, although I probably should have guessed at it from his others. He writes with an enormous amount of empathy.

James.

 

I just finished Harry Potter.....got through it in about 10 hrs...i liked it

 

Sharp Practice "The real man's guide to shaving" - Anders Larsen

Bout half done, good read.

 

Recently saw Pirates of the Carribean III; and the Transformers - they were both pretty good. I have 2 sons and they loved them.

 

La vie en Rose

Just saw La vie en Rose, the biography of Edith Piaf, the little sparrow.
Simply amazing! If you want to learn about this famous singer I guess you can read a book, having said that the acting is superb and I am sure she will garner many awards for this role. Sorry too lazy to look up her name.
but her transformations are incredible and her life story as well. Ok her name is Marion Cotillard!

 

A lady at work just recommended this movie to me....they are playing it pretty much all the time i think in the Tribeca area.

 

I started " Doc Holliday" , one of the "life and times of" type of book. Also, I resumed reading Texas Rangers (not the baseball team). This is a complete history of the Rangers from their inception and creation. Great read and full of action stories.

Raf

 

Finished, It was a fun read.

 

Books & Movies

Anyone out there heard of a book THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS?
I hear that it was big hit in the UK and is now available in the states.
Sounds very interesting.

 

Yeah......I almost picked it up for the read alone at Borders. I heard an interview with the author. Its one of those books...that has every activity in it. I would get it...if i had kids......heck.....i may still just buy it.

 

Sounds like the script to a "Jackass" movie.

 

The Dangerous book for Boys 2

For those interested in this title. I found this on you tube, and it preety much sums it up, kinda neat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5PSdBWvx8s