I am reading THE OTHER BOLEYN  GIRL  by Phillippa  Gregory.   It's the original one,  not the one with Natalie and Scarlett on the cover.  Most enjoyable.  The character William Carey  is  more prominent (sp)  here; whenever I read   about him in this book, I thought of our own Benedict   (who played him in the movie).  First it was Mary who had the king's love, then it was Anne...it  just  keeps going back and forth.  That king was quite a man,  hmmm?  the man and his six wives....

I have finished The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson, now I have to find the third part of this series: The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. I love those books, Covenant is one of my favorite character and a wonderfully written anti-hero : ).

I've just got  two of the william Golding books that were the basis for the movie TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. they are Fire Down Below,  and Close Quarters.   I also got the book HAMLET  by Shakespeare.   This book has both the written text  AND  the translations,  side by side.   Cool,  huh?   I'll let you know my reviews after I've read them.

I'm an avid reader myself. I love Kurt Vonnegut, particularly Mother Night. The Lord Of The Rings and Narnia are classics. JD Robb's In Death books and Sherrilyn Kenyon's numerous series. Christine Feehan's Dark books. Recently read The Hunger Games trilogy, which I really liked. Some Stephen King, my fav being The Stand. My two important, life changing book were The Feminine Mystique by Betty Freidan and The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir. I also love biographies and autobiographies.

I just finished a gripping auto biography written by Mikal Gilmore called Shot In The Heart, chronicling his family history, which included his infamous brother Gary Gilmore, who murdered two young Mormon men in Utah in the late 70's. Gary himself was the subject of both a Pulitzer prize winning novel by Norman mailer called The Executioner's Song and a tv movie. Gary was the first man executed in Utah in over a decade and he lobbied adamantly for that execution. Mikal's book was beautifully written, very powerful and really informed my view of the age old question of nature vs nurture. Not to mention capital punishment. It's one of those books that's never pleasant from beginning to end, but it will say with me for a very long time.

harleyq wrote:

I'm an avid reader myself. I love Kurt Vonnegut, particularly Mother Night. The Lord Of The Rings and Narnia are classics. JD Robb's In Death books and Sherrilyn Kenyon's numerous series. Christine Feehan's Dark books. Recently read The Hunger Games trilogy, which I really liked. Some Stephen King, my fav being The Stand. My two important, life changing book were The Feminine Mystique by Betty Freidan and The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvoir. I also love biographies and autobiographies.

I just finished a gripping auto biography written by Mikal Gilmore called Shot In The Heart, chronicling his family history, which included his infamous brother Gary Gilmore, who murdered two young Mormon men in Utah in the late 70's. Gary himself was the subject of both a Pulitzer prize winning novel by Norman mailer called The Executioner's Song and a tv movie. Gary was the first man executed in Utah in over a decade and he lobbied adamantly for that execution. Mikal's book was beautifully written, very powerful and really informed my view of the age old question of nature vs nurture. Not to mention capital punishment. It's one of those books that's never pleasant from beginning to end, but it will say with me for a very long time.

I could only get a little way into The Excecutioner's Song. It was too grim for me, although it was well written.

I have heard of the song, I think Mikal mentioned it in the book, but don't think I've ever actually heard the song itself. I haven't read Capote's book, but have always been meaning too. So many books, so little time. 

Love it and sing it often!

My favorite novels all time:

1. Peace like a river - Leif Enger
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles - ACD
3. Lord of the Flies - William Golding


Everyone should read this 3 novels, (I reckon, almost everyone here has read 2 )