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What Are You Reading?


John Waters Role Models

Really good book and such a genius concept:  John Waters writes about his role models, from Johnny Mathis to Baltimore strippers to a former Manson family member. 
It might sound a little crazy but by the end of each chapter I found myself with a new role model too.  I love looking at the world through John Waters'  eyes!
What are you reading?

What Are You Reading?


I got a bunch of great books at the thrifts lately and in a fit of crazy, started reading all of them at the same time.  I go from Kansas in the 60's in "In Cold Blood" to Detroit in the 70's in "The Virgin Suicides", then jump around to M.F.K. Fisher and Joan Didion.  If I'm feeling girly I dip into Bergdorf Blondes for my fix of the gossipy New York fashion world.
On another note, remember how important libraries were when you were a kid?  It was my only source of entertainment and I loved going there.  I hardly ever go as an adult.  My friend Polly recently participated in a live reading in an attempt to stop the city of Oakland from shutting down 10 of their 14 library branches.  It got me thinking about things, read more about it here.

What Are You Reading?

The other day my friend Lauren and I were chatting on gmail and she wrote to me "What are you reading right now?"  I thought it was such a lovely thing to say.  You just don't hear that much anymore, and I like the idea that all of us out there are reading a book or two in our overstuffed electronic lives, most likely a page or two before we drift off to sleep. 
This is what I'm reading right now:


The Duchess by Amanda Foreman
This is the book that the movie starring Keira Knightley was based on.  The film is really good by the way if you haven't seen it.  I had seen the book while shopping a few times but didn't feel the desire to buy it until I read this incredible piece by the author in Vogue.  I was so taken by what she wrote and the idea that you can't really understand someone else's pain until you have gone through the same thing yourself (something that I seem to keep discovering in my own life) that I decided to get the book immediately.  Well, it took me a few years but I'm finally reading it and it's amazing. 
Good for:  women, mothers, and people who like historical dramas.


{PS- This is what Lauren is reading, it sounds so cute!}