I finished Marion Davies by Fred Laurence Guiles, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Marion was an incredibly interesting woman, and I found it interesting to compare her experience with that of Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe- all three being women who… Read more ›
I’m still reading the Marion Davies biography and really enjoying it. I find that it takes me longer to read non-fiction than fiction, and even longer to read biographies than non-biography non-fiction, so it feels like it’s taking me a… Read more ›
Over the last two days I’ve zoomed through three short books. Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn is the third in her Daisy Dalrymple series ( I don’t have the second one), and it’s just as good as the… Read more ›
I finished Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, which is exactly what you’ld think, a bio of Marilyn. Man, did she have one messed up life. There was so much miscommunication, so many missed signals and misunderstandings, it made me want… Read more ›
I’ve never really been one for reading two books at the same time, I generally lose interest in one or the other of them, but I seem to be managing it quite well at the moment. I read a little… Read more ›
I’m still reading Successful Large Account Management, but took a little break today to read My Story by Marilyn Monroe. It’s a short read, and ends in the midst of Marilyn’s marriage to Joe DiMaggio. I knew that Marilyn was… Read more ›
I finished The Everlasting days and days ago. I haven’t written about it yet because I’m in the dual strange position of knowing the author and the book not being out yet. Now, I loved the book, so it’s not… Read more ›
Hurrah Hurrah, the first book of the new year. I got a number of gorgeous photo books about Jackie O this Christmas from my darling husband, and that, combined with the memory of The Secret Letters book inspired me to… Read more ›
Well, I achieved the goal of 100 books, both in reading and writing about them. Hurrah! The final total was 114 read- you can find the final list below. I looked over the list and did some analyzing, and here,… Read more ›
Just poking my head in here before I fly off to visit family elsewhere to say that while flying is fun, airplane trips across country are long, and books are wonderful. On this last flight there and back again, I… Read more ›
