What Are We Reading? 9 Nov 2020

[Reen]

Lljones wrote: "Bill wrote: I've never seen any of Opie's Richie's ..."

;-)
Where else did Close kill a rabbit - 'Fatal Attraction'?"

That's the one. I watched the clip again just now. Don't watch it before bed if you do at all.

[Hushpuppy]

Bill wrote: "I've never seen any of Opie's Richie's Ron Howard's movies, and don't plan to break that run"

Ah, there are actually some pretty decent ones in there Swelter. I was a kid when I saw Willow, so cannot assess it really, but Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon and Rush were all quite riveting in their own ways. (I was vaguely traumatised by Backdraft and kept looking at the bottom of doors for a tell-tale sign for months afterwards - although these days, when I think of firefighters in the US, I think of New York 11th congressional district, not good!)

[Reen]

Shelflife_wasBooklooker wrote: "Ever heard of “potato witchcraft”? I suspect inter’s magic touch works better (having witnessed it on TL&S on occasion), but I will have to see. This evening, I have picked up Salman Rushdie's The ..."

She's very special but I can take little of the credit except as an object of endless amusement to her. We see the madness in each other I think.

I've finished watching The Queen's Gambit on Netflix, which is worth a watch for anyone wanting something unchallenging but engaging ... and the clothes in the later episodes are to die for.

My only other suggestion is to seek out the recipe for Nigella's marzipan cake, which she made on Saturday Kitchen last week and, to the producer's and presenter's alarm, actually licked the mix off her fingers before carrying on with the task in hand.

I can't believe the weekend is over ... at least I don't have to find a pair of tights for the morning although it'd be a novelty to be gusseted up for a day again in one's finest opaques (Wolford if anyone's looking for a tip in that department ... they're expensive but practically indestructible).

[Tam]

Gladarvor wrote: "Shelflife_wasBooklooker wrote: "I have not followed up on your Barabara reference yet, but I am very grateful. Thank you.
For now, I still have not sussed out the different functions/ meanings of v..."

oh I feel for you... I identify with that, and as yet... touch wood... I am not actually suffering from any physical illness at all. take good care of yourself... best wishes are coming down along the line, from me... however they manage to get to you...

[AB76]

I adjusted my new classic choice AGAIN,

now i've picked on the short Richard Hughes novel (about the 1932 Cuban Hurricane )called IN HAZARD(1938)

IN HAZARD covers the progress of a ship through this unprecedented late season hurricane that it Cuba