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 SunnyK
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Bethel Township, PA | posted: 7/2/2004 at 9:49:26 PM ET
Well, since several of us are teachers and are off for the summer, I thought it would be a good idea to get some ideas for great summer reading. I recently finished reading Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold. It is about a 14 year old girl who is murdered and her views from heaven. (Don't worry, I didn't give anything away! They tell you this on the first page.). I highly recommend it. I usually do not read books relating to murder and mystery, but this was excellent.
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 Jarred1286
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3/14/2004 | posted: 7/2/2004 at 9:58:54 PM ET
Sunny K, i just finished that this past monday! I thought it was a great book! I'm still debating on Clinton's biography.....i never cared for him as a person, but i love reading biographies....in old books news....to anyone who hasn't read GYPSY do so!!!! Also, Lorna Luft's book; Me and My Shadows.....its a great one too....very descriptive
Some People....
"Would you like your pen back? "
-Bernadette Peters
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 Rose
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9/28/2003
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NY
Fav. BP Song: No One Is Alone and Some People
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Rose/The Witch
Fav. BP CD: Gypsy
| posted: 7/2/2004 at 10:29:17 PM ET
Jarred did you read June Havoc's bio's and Gypsy's son's book about his mother. June's books are really interesting.
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance."
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 Christine-NYC
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Fav. BP Song: With So Little to be Sure Of
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Marie (insert last name) lol There's a few
Fav. BP CD: Bernadette Peters Loves Rogers and Hammerstein
| posted: 7/2/2004 at 11:06:40 PM ET
I read Me and My Shadows a couple of years ago (before the movie was made), and I believe it is the ONLY book that has ever brought me to tears. It was so moving.
Right now I'm still in the midst of reading Wicked. I usually stick to biographies. Wicked is the first fiction book (apart from Shakespeare's works) that I have read in almost 2 years.
<3CMH<3
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Jarred1286
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3/14/2004 | posted: 7/2/2004 at 11:17:05 PM ET
Nope, I tried to find June's but everywhere i went said out of print.....but i did read erics book.
Christine, i know what ya mean......that was my first tear jerker book. I grew up watching WIZARD of OZ everyday when my siblings went to school so i kinda like to think that I grew up with Judy....and reading all the tragic and horrific things she went through and did....i couldnt help but cry some..especially during the chapter of her death......the way lorna describes it.........CHILLING.......
Some People....
"Would you like your pen back?"
-Bernadette Peters
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Rose
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Fav. BP Song: No One Is Alone and Some People
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Rose/The Witch
Fav. BP CD: Gypsy
| posted: 7/2/2004 at 11:23:25 PM ET
Try ordering them from the library. That's how I got them or used from amazon.com. They are really worth the effort and the different perspectives of June and Gypsy of the same events are really fascinating.
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance."
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Christine-NYC
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Fav. BP Song: With So Little to be Sure Of
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Marie (insert last name) lol There's a few
Fav. BP CD: Bernadette Peters Loves Rogers and Hammerstein
| posted: 7/2/2004 at 11:25:52 PM ET
YUP! That was the chapter that got me. I think there are actually tear stains on some of the pages in that chapter. And the one where she talks about When one of Judy's men was drunk and walking around naked beating Judy, while Lorna and Joey were in their rooms scared. It was horrifying to even imagine.
<3CMH<3
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Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 7/2/2004 at 11:33:38 PM ET
I too agree about Me and My Shadows; definitely one of the very best show business memoirs/bios ever. I was really impressed with how honest and balanced Lorna Luft managed to be. I would basically call it a must read for anyone interested in Judy Garland or performers in general or really for just anyone at all. And then, after that, they turned it into one of the best miniseries of all time! Amazing accomplishment.
By the way, this is a great idea for a thread. I'm going to have to give it some thought and post later. Looking forward to everyone's suggestions.
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 Jean
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6/7/2003 | posted: 7/3/2004 at 8:08:51 AM ET
My upstairs book: Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver; downstairs and carry-around book: Full Blast, Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes. The former is 3 stories about people living in Appalachia, the latter a comedy-mystery.
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 GraceAnne
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New York, NY | posted: 7/3/2004 at 1:00:53 PM ET
I highly recommend...
"A Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
"Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
"Reasons to Live" by Amy Hempel
"Blindness" by Jose Sarayamo
You won't be disappointed (especially for the Margaret Atwood virgins out there!)
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 Skibabi1
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Texas | posted: 7/3/2004 at 1:59:03 PM ET
Whats the book that Bernadette has talked about so much - It's about theatre but also about the authors life and his difficult childhood. My friend said it was spectacular. I want to read it!
My suggestions:
Killer Angels
100 years in Hollywood
Gypsy (of course)
Wicked
Casebook
"You either got it or you ain't. And boys, I got it!"
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Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 7/3/2004 at 2:35:00 PM ET
I think you're thinking of Ghost Light by Frank Rich. Excellent book.
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Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 7/3/2004 at 7:05:42 PM ET
The book I'm currently reading is "Sir John Gielgud: a life in letters," which is fabulous. I'm reading a library copy, but I'm realizing that I need to buy my own. It's just too good not to have around permanently.
There are so many books that I love, but here are a dozen random favorites. I'm limiting these recommendations to fiction; I'll list some non-fiction favorites another time.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
City of Glass by Paul Auster
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
The Ruined Map by Kobo Abe
Libra by Don DeLillo
The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Reader's Block by David Markson
A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch
Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles
The Last of Mr Norris by Christopher Isherwood
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Rose
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Fav. BP Song: No One Is Alone and Some People
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Rose/The Witch
Fav. BP CD: Gypsy
| posted: 7/3/2004 at 8:55:15 PM ET
I love Iris Murdoch. You should see the movie Iris if you like her work it is really an interesting look into her life.
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance."
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Karen
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5/3/2002 | posted: 7/3/2004 at 9:20:24 PM ET
I love Iris Murdoch too. All of her books are great, but another one that I would especially recommend is "The Sea, The Sea".
I purposely didn't see the film or read her husband's memoirs, which it was based upon, because of my personal misgivings about the possibly exploitative nature of the whole project. I really wish her husband, John Bayley, had not written those books. My preference would have been that his memories of their relationship and her battle with Alzeimer's had remained private.
Just my opinion.
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Rose
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Fav. BP Song: No One Is Alone and Some People
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Rose/The Witch
Fav. BP CD: Gypsy
| posted: 7/3/2004 at 11:09:18 PM ET
Your absolutely right it really is nobodys business except theirs I'm just a huge Kate Winslet fan.
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance."
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