So, watcha' reading?

[ScaryCreature]

I'm about a quarter of the way through the Diary of Anne Frank... recommended reading for anyone...

[Fester]

I've been meaning to read that for close to 30 years and I never get around to it.

Take an evening and read it.  It is one of the best books you could read this time of the year.

[Sean]

Final Diagnosis

[Elisabeth]

ANOTHER wonderful book by Gregory Mank, entitled DWIGHT FRYE'S LAST LAUGH.  Sheer delight!  It's a wonderful thing to give these gifted, intelligent performers their due.  For the fans like us, who have always loved him, and those who are just discovering Classic Horror...it's great fun to discover the man behind Renfield's cackle!

Did you know that Mr. Frye was an artist as well as a classically trained pianist?  I didn't...  He also worked on the stage with Josephine Hutchinson in 1925.  How I would have enjoyed seeing that...

This one is well worth any price you might have to pay.  Frye fans will wear it out!

Elisabeth

[CreepysFan]

 Just started 'South Carolina Reader: a history of South Carolina' by Mary C. Oliphant.

[Scatter]

"Murder In Brentwood".

"Mae West:It Ain't No Sin".

[Elisabeth]

THE GREAT IMPERSONATION by Oppenheim.  The style is a blend of The Prisoner of Zenda and the playing fields of Eton.  Plenty of stiff upper lips, evil spies...and heroines that could only be played by Valerie Hobson.

In fact, Valerie DID play in THE GREAT IMPERSONATION at "Big U" in1935.  Unfortunately, it was a true horror...and NOT for the reason we would wish.  It's fun, though...even if it does have a Monogram look about it.

Elisabeth

[Wicked Lester]

The House by Bentley Little. Not what I expected but not bad even tho part of the plot is somewhat disturbing.

[Fester]

Illiad by Homer

Robert Fagles translation

[typhooforme]

VAUDEVILLE HUMOR, THE COLLECTED JOKES, ROUTINES, AN DSKITS OF ED LOWRY (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 2002).  Hilarious, if not p.c.!

[zombiehorror]

I hadn't been reading much as of late but recently had some time to finish a few books;

Last year (actually it may have been late 2008) my mom told my wife and I about the book she was reading, Under the Influence: The Unauthorized Story of the Anheuser-Busch Dynasty.  It sounded like a pretty interesting book so we borrowed it, it sat there for sometime while my wife read the Twilight series.  She eventually read it and it laid there again collecting dust for awhile.  I finally picked it up around Christmas and read it much to my wife's delight since now she had someone to discuss the book with.  Whether you're a drinker or not or whether you care for Anheuser-Busch's beverages the book is quite a good read.

Next up I received 3 books for Christmas: 

Midnight Marquee Actors Series Vincent Price: Just a straight forward book about Vincent's work, I prefer books like The Immortal Count or Gentleman's Life, but I still enjoyed it.

Ramones An American Band: A very short but informative read, again I would have liked some more behind the scenes info in this title.

Dracula The Un-Dead: I didn't even know about this title but my wife saw it and took a chance on it.  I finished it but would not recommend it to anyone, it was the worst piece of drivel ever concocted in my opinion.  Dracula isn't even the main character and is given very little to do.  Furthermore Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt contradict (with a little revisionist history) several things that happened in Dracula and to me it felt like a smear upon Bram's classic novel.

I'm currently reading The War of the Worlds; The Deluxe Illustrated Edition which my mom found at the dollar store for....you guessed it a dollar!!  The book is comprised of 3 parts:

Part I:  Orson Welles and The War of the Worlds
An overview of the events that happened that October night in 1938 and the aftermath.  The original radio play script is presented as well as a brief biography of Orson Welles.

Part II:  Mars in Popular Culture
Details the rise of outer space in popular culture from pulp mags to movie screens and UFO/martian sightings.

Part III:  H.G. Wells and The War of the Worlds
Includes a biography on H.G. Wells and his novel The War of the Worlds is presented as well.

The book also came with a 72 min cd featuring the original radio broadcast, Orson's October 31st press conference, H.G. Wells meeting Orson Welles, An Excerpt from "War of the Worlds" on WKBW Radio and Orson Welles recollections on the original broadcast.

All and all not a bad deal for a buck....

[I am the Female Dracula]

'The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre'

Very long, but great!

[Illoman]

'The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre'

Very long, but great!

I sorta read that one last year. I found myself skimming through it several times, but enjoyed learning more about Peter Lorre.

Mike

[typhooforme]

Re-reading ghost stories by M.R. James--they remain my favorite ghost stories.  Just the "right flavor" for me, I guess.

Also re-reading Shirley Jackson's RAISING DEMONS.  So many funny recollections!

[BaronLatos35]

"Company Commander"

Charles B. MacDonald

An excellent WWII memoir on the Western Front. This one is considered a classic in the sense it came out a few years after WWII and is still in print today, much like Alan Clark's "Barbarosa" (another excellent academic work on the Eastern Front). The version I have came with a packet of repro maps MacDonald used trekking across France and Germany, from operational level down to tactical level.