Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB ’s Comments (group member since Oct 06, 2009)

Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB ’s comments from the THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB group.

KOMET wrote: "Here are some books that came out this year that I'd like to recommend to other Goodreads members ---

1) [book:The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F..."

A magnificent list. Every book you listed looks like a must read. I saw Jeff Greenfield on cspan reading from his book. It was filmed at Politics and Prose. Seems like a really interesting speculative what if.. Seems very well researched.

Peter wrote: "I'm a retired physician and switched from giving speeches in Toastmaster's International to writing thrillers and crime dramas. I joined amazon.com and create space this year and have published 8 o..."

Super to welcome you Peter. Terrific intro!

New one for me!! Thanks Erich. I will definitely check them out

There is a new film with Bruce Dern. Forgot the title but it really seems like a winner. He plays an old man who wrongly believes he won a sweepstakes because he received one of those countless "you may have won ..." And he decided to go the the sweepstakes headquarters to collect his money. Read a review and it really seems like a nice film. Not widely released. So hard to find I do not see it playing in any of my local theatres

Barbara wrote: "Rick wrote: "I actually DVR'd 3 episodes of Dr Who last night..I think they are from 2006..I have yet to see a single episode of that show and am curious..although I must assume the earlier episode..."

I am so so happy you said that Barbara!! I have watched a few of the older episodes recently as well. I am in total confusion as to why this show is so iconic! I love British humor. The more eccentric the better. I just don't get Dr Who. I know it had been on for a thousand years. It must have something to it. This something. .. completely eludes me. Love to hear from DW fans

Teresa wrote: "I love the Elizabethan theater/Nicholas Bracewell series by Edward Marston. Great characters and plots!"

Love the time period and theatre..so I must check those out..thanks Teresa!!


Great covers!!

Russell wrote: "Rick wrote: "as usual..I have gotten so many great new books to read from these amazing posts!! So SO SO SO important that we SUPPORT OUR MEMBER WRITERS!!" I wish I could be in this room more often..."

well it's wonderful to have you here when you can be, Russell!!

Beth wrote: "I finally finished reading Anna Karenina, a classic by Leo Tolstoy. I want to watch the movie with Kyra Knightly, and I thought I should read the book first. It was a long, slow slo..."

an excellent review Beth..I agree that the book was somewhat emotionally distant and quite slow at times

as usual..I have gotten so many great new books to read from these amazing posts!! So SO SO SO important that we SUPPORT OUR MEMBER WRITERS!!

Savannah wrote: "From a work in progress I like my own Johnny Savage"

absolutely!!! By all means keep us all posted on Johnny's progress!!

Miss Marple is an interesting case..I love anything Christie wrote..yet I was less excited about Miss Marple..I like Poirot and the.. (no-lead detective) character books far more..strangly..I was not fond of the Joan Hickson TV series..yet LOVED the Margaret Rutherford films of the 1960's..because they were more about the wonderful Margaret Rutherford than the actual character she was playing

KOMET wrote: "Two days ago (which also happened to be my birthday), I began reading My Venice and Other Essays by Donna Leon, famous for her Commisario Guido Brunetti novels set in..."

Jennifer wrote: "Just finished "Cocaine Blues" by Kerry Greenwood. I started watching the TV series adaptation on Netflix and liked it enough that I went looking for the books. The first one is free on Kindle right..."

Ken wrote: "I've started and set down White Jazzand American Tabloid by James Ellroy. I liked LA Confidential and I liked The Black Dahlia but these two are too off the rails for my..."

Barbara wrote: "I finished Lucky Bastard by Deborah Coonts. This mystery starts off with Lucky O’Toole, customer relations honcho for the Babylon..."

KOMET wrote: "I'm well into reading Last Train Over Rostov Bridge by Marion Aten, DFC. It's about his experiences as an RAF fighter pilot in 1919 in Russia as part of the White ..."

Julie wrote: "I am reading Envious Casca This is a locked room mystery with a Christmas theme. So far it is really good!"

Look at the amazing variety of books being read! From just a few recent posts..This is one of the best things about the Group..so diverse and always a person to ask if I have a question as to a particular book..love it!

Barbara wrote: "Rick wrote: "Barbara wrote: "I finished Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. Dellarobia, a farm wife in Appalachia, is about to embark on an extramarital affair when..."

Yes! I know that is her most famous book..I have not yet read that one..I wanted to read Pigs in Heaven because it dealt with an important and facinating subject..cross cultural adoption and the joys and travails that can occur..in this case the lead character is a 6 year old Native American who was adopted by a non-Native American lady and what happens when members of her Cherokee Nation contest the adoption years later..a very interesting subject..yet I just felt it was very slow moving and mechanical in how the writer approached the subject and plot.

I actually DVR'd 3 episodes of Dr Who last night..I think they are from 2006..I have yet to see a single episode of that show and am curious..although I must assume the earlier episodes with other actors playing the Doctor must have been quite different.

Ken wrote: "Rick wrote: "Hehe!! I begin this weekend. I liked the lead actor when he played the dentist on Seinfeld. "

Not quite a month since you posted this. Whatcha think?"

Ken, I watched the first two seasons so far..and wow!! what an amazing show! Cranston is superb..I found it very very irrelevant and entertaining..and shockingly original..not too many shows today that can be called original. I still have a bunch of shows to watch, but I absolutely understand and agree with all the acclaim now.

Barbara wrote: "I finished Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. Dellarobia, a farm wife in Appalachia, is about to embark on an extramarital affair when the sight of a blazing orang..."

I never read that book of hers but did read ..aside from loving the title, I found it so very didactic and transitory..nothing to grab hold of

Chris wrote: "I'm finally reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. I've heard so many people say they either love it or hate it that I figured I would see for myself."

I loved it..a quick read..witty and clever..also you must watch the 1945 film..Hurd Hatfield was a perfect Dorian Gray..not to mention Angela Landsbury and George Sanders!

Malina wrote: "I liked
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Night
Survival in Auschwitz
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity"

Loved
A terrific read!!

I must say I am quite fond of the new season of GRIMM..a terrific show and one that should have higher ratings!!

One of the best film star biographies I have read in quite a while..SPENCER TRACEY A BIOGRAPHY..so comprehensive and incredibly well researched. I loved that the book detailed Tracey's actual wife as well..not just Hepburn who is featured in all of his bios.