Diane’s Comments (group member since Dec 31, 2013)

Diane’s comments from the CPL's Book a Week Challenge group.

Julie
That is so very exciting! I remember when Augusten Burroughs replied via email to a compliment I gave him!!! I felt so honored. Plus realized authors are real people too.
Great for you!

Just finished Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Looking forward to the movie in December. Listening to Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander. He will be speaking at Virginia Beach Forum at Sandler Center October 29. Should be fascinating!
Look forward to starting Can Talk About Something More Pleasant by Chast.

Chapter One. The Clark Family Reunion at the Corcoran.

"Located just two blocks from the White House, the Corcoran Gallery of Art feels as if it is off the beaten path in Washington, drawing just a fraction of the city's tourist throngs."

I don't think of this as representative of how great this biography is. Better is the caption of the photo adjacent to the table of contents: "William Andrews Clark spent $7 million building his 121-room mansion, the largest private home in Manhattan. It was torn down in 1926, eleven years after it was completed."

i just finished reading Dark Places by Gillian Flynn.
Can't stop thinking about it. Highly recommend if you like crime scene/dysfunctional family type reading.

On my good reads account, i just add the books "to read" under MY BOOKS section.
I do get distracted by all kinds of titles too. and am guilty of checking out too many books from library. Trying to get better about it, since library is open all days of the week except for holidays

Ingrid wrote: "I saw this list. Books to read that will be movies in 2014.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalder..."
Thanks for that wonderful list! So many good choices, now making some changes to order of my personal list

So great, since i recently checked out Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
I have really wanted to read it since I was there so many years ago.