Comments on: October Preview

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:19:56 +0000

In reply to Susan Wright. Correction: Janet Gaynor was in the 1937 movie version of A Star Is Born; then Judy Garland was in the 1954 version; and then Barbra Streisand was in the 1976 version. So it seems the latest one is the 4th time it's been made. I stand corrected.

By: Laila

Laila — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:41:00 +0000

That’s a lovely fall picture and I hope by now the snow is gone. I am excited for A Star is Born – and you reminded me that I did very much like that movie Crazy Heart. Hopefully this will be just as good. So many good books this fall – I’ve got the new Kate Atkinson on my nightstand waiting for me to catch up to it. I’m also interested in the Fuller novel and I’ve never read her before either. I’ve heard a lot of good things about her. Happy reading and watching!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 21:15:43 +0000

In reply to JaneGS. Hi Jane, Hope you are getting pretty colors on the trees in Colorado. Yeah I'm quite behind on my Goodreads challenge too; I seem to have gotten consumed with a few historical fiction books that took much longer. The book cover of Bitter Orange is very alluring. We are seeing A Star Is Born today so will see about that one. Enjoy your month!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 21:11:55 +0000

In reply to Naomi. Hi Naomi, I think it depends which novel I get first from the library. They seem to be on order now and I'm on the wait list. If I had a choice, I might start with Bitter Orange but I'm likely a sucker for all of them. Hmm.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 21:09:56 +0000

In reply to Catherine.

Yeah I know what you mean – 700 pages is (way) too much right now. I’ll be interested to hear what you think of the Vanderbilt story. Today we’re going to go see A Star is Born — so I’m hoping it’s good. I also want to see The Hate You Give …

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 19:10:02 +0000

Bitter Orange sounds good, but it may be that I just fell in love with the cover! Thanks for the heads up on Private Life–again, sounds good, and I am a Paul Giamatti fan (I could watch him as John Adams over and over and over…).

It’s cold and rainy in CO today, but hopefully the snow will hold off for awhile yet.

I’m way off pace for my GoodReads challenge–I guess it is because I have been reading more super long books this year, as I feel like I am reading as much as ever.

Happy reading.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:19:06 +0000

I’m glad you included Little on your list – it’s the first I’ve heard of it and it sounds intriguing…
I’m also a sucker for the inner lives of dead writers, so Becoming Mrs. Lewis also sounds good.
Any idea which one(s) you’re going to start with?

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 01:56:52 +0000

I have the Murakami, but simply don’t feel like I can muster the energy for 700 pages right now. Actually, after this week I can’t muster the energy for much of anything. Kind of numb with rage. I’m playing it safe and reading historical fiction- Therese Fowler’s A Well-Behaved Woman.

I really want to see The Hate You Give and I saw another book blogger raved about A Star is Born so those are my top movie picks for the month.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:07:06 +0000

In reply to Rachel. Yeah Rachel, Bradley is not hard to watch ha! I think the movie looks good and it's been getting great reviews -- so I hope to see it soon. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 02:27:29 +0000

I can’t wait to see A Star Is Born. It looks so good! I’ve never seen the other two versions but Bradley Cooper singing makes me weak in the knees. His eyes…