What Are You Reading? Or just finished?

Well, I just finished a biography by Barry Paris entitled Louise Brooks. I was curious about this silent cinema actress who was briefly a bright star who faded away into obscurity until a revival of her influential European films, specifically Pandora's Box (directed by G.W. Pabst), occurred in the lates 50s/early 60s. Not sure that this book would be everyone's cup of tea, but if you have ever been interested in Louise Brooks, this a good starting point.

I also recently finished Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter. Okay, so I really loved the photograph of Dewey on the cover of this book. The story, which I thought would be all about Dewey, but it was often and perhaps more so the story of the people themselves. It captures the effects of the economy on the midwest during the late 80s and into the 90s. I smiled, laughed, and cried too as I read this book.

What am I reading right now? I just started European Silent Films on Video by William B. Parrill in which the author details silent films available on video at the time of writing (1999-2000). Parrill provides a synopsis of the movie as well as when it premiered and the quality of the video. It is a great reference tool and interesting to just pick out a movie at random to read.

Getting Started

Welcome!

Since it will be a few weeks before we can getting our first meeting going and the interest in a book club has been enthusiastic, I thought that a forum in which we can chat with each other about books might be of interest to some of you.

Please feel free to post your choices for books and/or relate any books you have read that you would like to share with the group. And, this can be a forum in which to continue dialogues long after our meetings.

Thanks!

Michele