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author: Nancy E. Loe
name: Jenny
average rating: 0.00
book published: 0
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/20/08
shelves: non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:
A great introduction to Hearst and his kingdom. Great selection of photos. I've really GOT to go to San Simeon one of these days....
]]> 27232647 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:40:45 -0700
author: Emily Giffin
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/15/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:
Booring. Pointless.
]]> 30035268 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:26:33 -0700
author: Janet Leigh
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.67
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at: 10/95
date added: 08/13/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:
I had the privilege of meeting Miss Leigh on a number of occasions and she was one of the sweetest people I ever knew. This book is a fascinating look at the golden age of Hollywood from an insider's perspective. The story of Leigh's discovery and start in the movie business was truly a fairy-tale and she appreciated and enjoyed every minute of her career.
]]> 26676924 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:06:10 -0700 P.S. --- Listening to it again August 08.]]>
author: Olive Ann Burns
name: Jenny
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/13/08
shelves: audiobook, favorites, novels
review:
This was the one that got me hooked on audiobooks. I've listened to it at least three times and bought copies for friends. It's one of the great American novels and on the top of my Favorites list. Many others have written excellent reviews of this book on Goodreads so I won't try to top them I'll just add an emphatic "Read it!"
P.S. --- Listening to it again August 08.
]]> 29439919 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:28:54 -0700
author: Oswald Wynd
name: Jenny
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 07/95
date added: 08/06/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 29365542 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:39:34 -0700
author: F. Wray
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1990
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 08/05/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:
There's lots more to Fay Wray than KING KONG or a song lyric in ROCKY HORROR. Her memoir is fun and fascinating.
]]> 28502743 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:34:06 -0700
author: Nancy Moser
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2006
rating: 2
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/05/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:
What a whiner! Mozart's sister complained about everything. Her father was a domineering jerk. Too little about Mozart. Still, it had a few interesting details about the lives of the Mozart family and I thought the epiloge was kind of sweet.
]]> 28784946 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:07:46 -0700
author: Evelyn Keyes
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1977
rating: 4
read at: 11/04
date added: 07/30/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 28784831 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:06:12 -0700
author: Marilyn Ann Moss
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 05/05
date added: 07/30/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 28784567 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:04:48 -0700
author: Delbert Mann
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at: 08/05
date added: 07/30/08
shelves: non-fiction--film
review:
Fascinating stories of director Delbert Mann's films and television career.
]]> 28784270 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:02:11 -0700
author: Brian Kellow
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 08/06
date added: 07/30/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:
Excellent biography of Joan and Constance Bennett and their father.
]]> 25944999 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:31:01 -0700
author: Marisa de los Santos
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/28/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:
I listened to and enjoyed de los Santos' previous book, "Love Walked In" last month. This one, which follows the life of lead character Cornelia Brown, is even better. I'm a film buff, so I get a big kick out of the many old movie references. The many interwoven stories of believable people are involving and she adds some humor and a surprise or two.
]]> 23240691 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:26:42 -0700
author: Leonard Maltin
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/22/08
shelves: non-fiction--film
review:
This is a compilation of articles Maltin published in his "Movie Crazy" newsletter, plus some extras. The chapters are fascinating interviews with older movies stars (Jimmy Lydon, Joan Leslie, Mary Brian, etc..) about their careers as well as essays on a variety of movie subjects like music in the movies from sheet music through the history of soundtrack recordings. Lots of pictures form Maltin's personal collection. A really fun book.
]]> 27941800 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:21:40 -0700
author: Leonard Maltin
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 10/01
date added: 07/22/08
shelves: non-fiction--film
review:

]]> 27941734 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:20:41 -0700
author: Leonard Maltin
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.71
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/22/08
shelves: movie-reference-book, non-fiction--film
review:

]]> 27941631 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:20:03 -0700
author: Leonard Maltin
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/22/08
shelves: movie-reference-book, non-fiction--film
review:

]]> 27842201 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:19:26 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1999
rating: 2
read at: 04/06
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 27842132 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:18:36 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 02/03
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: humor, novels
review:

]]> 27842088 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:17:49 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at: 02/04
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: humor, novels
review:

]]> 27842043 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:17:15 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at: 02/03
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 27841990 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:16:34 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 09/01
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 27841899 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:15:54 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 10/01
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:
My favorite Crusie. Very funny & involving.
]]> 27841781 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:14:33 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 04/04
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26117496 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:12:58 -0700
author: Jennifer Crusie
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/21/08
shelves: audiobook, humor
review:
The narrator Renee Raudman gets 4 stars. The book is a pleasant romantic comedy with likable characters. This is the 8th Crusie book I've read & "Welcome to Temptation" remains my favorite.
]]> 26529811 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:16:18 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2003
rating: 2
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/18/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:
Narrated by George Wilson. The first novel I read by Carl Hiaasen was "Native Tongue" which I found to be one of the funniest books I'd ever read. Either his style of humor doesn't appeal to me any more, or this one just wasn't as good. There were episodes of animal cruelty that were supposed to be funny, but I found them disturbing. I give high points to George Wilson as the narrator though. He does different character voices and excellent dialog readings.
]]> 26967682 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:19:18 -0700
author: Anne Edwards
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1980
rating: 4
read at: 01/80
date added: 07/11/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26671201 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:13:04 -0700
author: David Chierichetti
name: Jenny
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 01/00
date added: 07/08/08
shelves: favorites, non-fiction--film
review:
Mitchell Leisen began working in the movies in the silent era as an art director and costume designer working with the likes of Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. His directing career spanned 40 decades including such wonderful films as MIDNIGHT, EASY LIVING, DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY and my own favorite, REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray. This book is a "films of" with interviews with the director and some biographical content. There are loads of production stills from the films. I enjoyed reading it from cover-to-cover, watching as many of the movies as I could as I went along. I've used it as a reference many times since.
]]> 26566307 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:24:40 -0700
author: Debbie Reynolds
name: Jenny
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1988
rating: 5
read at: 03/95
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26565327 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:14:08 -0700
author: Katharine Hepburn
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1991
rating: 3
read at: 07/95
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26565252 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:13:11 -0700
author: Harpo Marx
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 11/01
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26564401 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:04:02 -0700
author: Gloria Swanson
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.73
book published: 1980
rating: 5
read at: 08/01
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26563928 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:59:32 -0700
author: Roland Flamini
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at: 10/98
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26563589 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:56:25 -0700
author: Lauren Bacall
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1985
rating: 4
read at: 02/95
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26563495 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:55:00 -0700
author: Richard B. Jewell
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: movie-reference-book, non-fiction--film
review:

]]> 26563357 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:53:52 -0700
author: Katharine Hepburn
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1987
rating: 3
read at: 01/89
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26563001 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:49:58 -0700
author: Ed Sikov
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 08/00
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:

]]> 26562131 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:41:55 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.13
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 08/01
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: non-fiction--film
review:

]]> 26562030 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:40:36 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.09
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at: 07/01
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561957 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:39:46 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.19
book published: 1972
rating: 5
read at: 01/95
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561864 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:39:05 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.40
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 01/94
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561778 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:12 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.09
book published: 1982
rating: 4
read at: 01/94
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561667 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:37:13 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.02
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 10/93
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561340 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:35:42 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1982
rating: 4
read at: 01/90
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561243 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:33:18 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at: 01/90
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561198 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:32:30 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1978
rating: 5
read at: 06/93
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561086 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:31:56 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at: 03/93
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26561012 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:30:46 -0700
author: John Irving
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at: 08/98
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26531859 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:17:36 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 01/07
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 26531796 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:17:00 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2006
rating: 2
read at: 05/06
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 26531693 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:16:22 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 01/05
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 26531602 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:15:28 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 12/04
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 26531518 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:14:47 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 11/04
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 26531393 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:13:57 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 11/04
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 26531276 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:13:01 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1993
rating: 3
read at: 11/04
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 26531141 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:12:01 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 10/04
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:

]]> 26530434 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:10:05 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 10/04
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, humor, novels
review:
One of the funniest books I've ever read. (Narrated by George Wilson.)
]]> 25930175 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:58:32 -0700
author: Donald Spoto
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.00
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/07/08
shelves: audiobook, non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography
review:
Narrated by Kim Farris. There was a nice balance of biography and information about Hepburn's films. It was a flattering portrayal but not overly so, telling of Hepburn's affairs and chain-smoking. I'd already seen most of her movies, but not THE NUN'S STORY which Spoto praised and devoted a great deal of time to. I watched it and got much more out of the film after having read about it. I'm now reading Barry Paris's Hepburn biography, written 10 years earlier, to compare.
]]> 26207763 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:56:02 -0700
author: Anne Tyler
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1988
rating: 5
read at: 11/02
date added: 07/03/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:
Narrator: Ruth Stokesberry. I've read all of Anne Tyler's books, most of them more than once. I love her slightly quirky characters, her humor, her way of looking at things. Breathing Lessons is one of her best.
]]> 25945527 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:26:04 -0700
author: Alice Sebold
name: Jenny
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 06/03
date added: 06/30/08
shelves: audiobook, novels
review:

]]> 25945343 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:24:53 -0700