Just read "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez....WOW!

Freethought and Gregory - I have Tropic of Capricorn as well as many of Marquez's books and haven't gotten to them yet.  Shame on me!!  (I also have Tropic of Cancer, I think, and two works by Anais Nin, close to Miller)

There exists a book of letters sent to and from Nin and Miller that is a fascinating read.  You know, Anais Nin admitted to having an affair with her father.     

I just finished a great new book called "Shadow of The Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. It was a huge hit in the author's native Spain, and just released in the US. It is set in Barcelona, and has everything a book should have: great characters, a little suspense, a little mystery, a little love story, tragedy, comedy, etc. I adored it! When I finished, I picked up this week's Entertainment Weekly, and Stephen King's back page column is praising this same book (along with another good one- "The Stones of Summer" by Dow Mossman.

Was that (The Book of Ruth) made into a TV movie very recently?  About a girl always being put down and controlled by her mother - ends up married?  I don't want to say much here in case it's the same one.

OK, I just did a search - it's the same...

LOL Cindi! My favorite bumper sticker says "Don't judge a book by its movie"!

Oh yeah, I made that mistake only once.  I read Firestarter and then went to the movie within a couple of weeks of reading it.  Hated the movie.  But here's the funny part, I have seen the movie since and it's actually a very good movie without the book being so fresh in my mind.

The Lovely Bones will keep you at attention,,and make you stay up late to finish it!!,,After reading the Lovely Bones,,try another one by her,,,Lucky,,,,,,it is also a great one,,,another good author to keep you on the edge of your seat is Wally Lamb,,,She's come undone is a GREAT one,,,and I can't remember the title of the last one I read by him,, but it was good also..so if you find a book by Wally Lamb,,get it!!!