Books! How do you read and what do you read?

moviequeen1 said:
This afternoon, I finished 'The Paris Wife' by Patricia McLain,though its fiction its based on true facts
Its set in the 20's, 28 yr old Hadley Richardson meets Ernest Hemmingway at Hadley's college friend, Kate Smith's apt in Chicago. She becomes his 1st wife after a whirlwind romance,they move to Paris
I enjoyed the book found it fascinating, not knowing anything about Hadley& her life with him
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I second this - have read this is really good book.
 
spectratg said:
"Runs in the Family " by Sarah Spain and Deland McCullough

The true story of an adopted black man on a journey to find his biological parents and discover where and to whom he truly belongs. Deland is a football coach and father of four whose life was changed forever by the unsealing of his adoption records. His hidden past harbored an astonishing secret. It offers a heartfelt testament to the profound impact of family and the kind of love and mentorship that can forge enduring bonds that transcend biology. This is a most enjoyable book, not just for sports fans! The results of four Super Bowls are anecdotally involved,
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Sounds promising.
 
I have Type 2 diabetes.
I grow frustrated by the uselessness of an Endocrinologist, the numbers doctors.

I go to see one every 6 months because I need insulin prescriptions.

Diabetes care requires a great deal of understanding by the patient of the disease.

The patient needs to know exactly what physical symptoms indicate in terms of what's happening in the body.

The Endo doctor simply watches numbers and offers some superficial advice like eat less carbs.

Oh and he has pharmaceutical medicines to prescribe when cutting out carbs isn't enough.

If I ask questions as to how the medicines will help, the only answer is that they help lower your A1C.

So I figured there has to be a good book about diabetes.

So I found, "Think Like A Pancreas".

The guy who wrote the book has had Type 1 D since a teenager.

Just reading his overview in the opening chapter told me more than an Endocrinologist told me in 5 years.

I know from being tired all the time and not sleeping through the night that there's something I'm not doing right and the Endo doctor has nothing to add that really helps.

So I look forward to gaining insight from a doctor who actually has diabetes.
 
I'm reading a paranormal romance about a curvy wolf shape-shifter and her pack-alpha mate. I tried it on a whim (not that into shape-shifter stories anymore, really) and it's grabbed me.

I'm listening to the second in a Star Trek trilogy. It's okay; the first book in this series was really engaging, but I'm having a bit of trouble getting into the second.
 
I'm reading Normandie: Her Life and Times by Harvey Ardman, and it's absolutely riveting. I'm about halfway through it already. Ardman provides a step-by-step description not only of her construction but also of Cunard's creation of the Queen Mary. Even better, he sets it against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the events leading up to WWII, so I get a nice refresher in history as well. I haven't been able to put it down.

I'm dreading the end, though, even though I know what's coming: her tragic demise New York Harbor.
 
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I saw a video that explained how the movie, Breakfast At Tiffany's, was completely rewritten to clean up the character, Holly Golightly.


Audrey Hepburn refused to play the character as written in the book because she had a reputation for playing likeable characters.

So I was curious to read the novella written by Truman Capote.


The book is well written. Holly Golightly is someone all men fall in love with but who frustrates them all. She's too phony.

I'm a few pages from the ending. The whole book just rambles through her many thoughts so sometimes I'm not completely sure who or what she is talking about.

Capote was using Marylin Monroe as a reference for the character.
 
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