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Fall Reading List

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Fall Reading List

For two weeks now, I’ve been checking out everyone’s reading lists and it’s been driving me crazy because I’ve not had the chance to come up with my own! This is by far my favorite time of year. I love everything about it, except this pesky heat. Tsk tsk.

To make things right in the world, here’s my list of what I hope/plan to read between now and say…December. No particular order because hey, I never know what mood I’ll be in until I am living in it.

  1. Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (re-read, read-along)
  2. Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving (Gah!! love Irving)
  3. All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani
  4. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (October read-along hosted by Bookfoolery)
  5. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (re-reading with a friend because it’s Murakami and that’s what you do)
  6. The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant (book club)
  7. The Quick by Lauren Owen (read-along)
  8. Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
  9. Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
  10. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
  11. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
  12. Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  13. Mobile Library by David Whitehouse
  14. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Considering at least three of these are chunksters, this is an ambitious list and may spill over into Christmas break.  So. Be. It. I am taking a lot of time off over the holidays and cannot wait!

Movie Talk

Movie Review: Young Frankenstein

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Young Frankenstein

I managed to sneak another movie in this weekend and it also counts for R.I.P X!

RIP X

Young Frankenstein came out in 1974 so it’s been out for awhile and includes such greats as Gene Wilder, Terri Garr, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn and Cloris Leachman.

Shot in B&W, it’s just gorgeous to watch. The lighting, the extreme close-ups and the subtle humor is what makes this film a fave. I’ve never seen it in its entirety so it was a pleasure to finally sit down to it this weekend.

Gene Wilder plays Dr. Frankenstein, the grandson of the famous doctor we all know. He inherits his grandfather’s castle and  repeats the experiments of the past with hilarious results. It’s a movie for the entire family, but it should be noted, that many of the jokes went over the nearly twelve-year-old’s head. As I said, the humor is quite subtle.

The film was directed by Mel Brooks and it’s a classic, must-see film. If you haven’t see it, you really should. It’s great that the entire family can watch it too. The Girl is at the age where she wants to be scared and watch all the Halloween movies we do, but I know her and this is definitely more her speed. Plus, classic movie buffs will eat this one up.