Book Reading.......
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disneydream06I just finished book No. 34, Gods & Monsters by Christopher Bram.
First I would like to thank Mr.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hoobird for sending me this book.
I saw the movie that was based on the book back in the 1990's and the movie is very close to the book. It almost felt like I was reading a script for the movie.
It's a novelization of the last few days of movie director James Whale. Although he directed other great movies, he is probably most well known for his monster movies, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man.
The novel tells of a relationship Mr. Whale has with his handsome groundskeeper while dealing with the poor health.
Mr. Whale was an openly gay man in Hollywood at a time that it wasn't necessarily hushed up, but basically tolerated. At least that is the understanding I get. But people do feel that it was the reason for the end of his career.
The softy in me was bawling at the end. I like to think that is the sign of a good book.
If I were to grade both the book and the movie, I would give them both a great big A+.
Book List 2016:
1. Schooled in Revenge by Jesse Lasky
2. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
3. Kicking and Dreaming by Ann & Nancy Wilson with Charles R. Cross
4. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
5. A Kingdom Keepers Adventure: The Syndrome:Finders Keepers Losers Sleepers by Ridley Pearson
6. The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett
7. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
8. Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen/Jonathan Case/Brad Bird/Damon Lindelof
9. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
10. Dean and Me(A Love Story) by Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan
11. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
12. Detective Strongoak and The Case of the Dead Elf by Terry Newman
13. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
14. The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice by M. G. Lord
15. They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
16. Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
17. The Return: Disney Lands by Ridley Pearson
18. The Return: Legacy of Secrets by Ridley Pearson
19. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
20. If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White
21. Confirmed Diagnosis by Mary King
22. The Book of Deacon by Joseph R. Lallo
23. Cyndi Lauper A Memoir by Cyndi Lauper with Jancee Dunn
24. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
25. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
26. 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
27. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
28. Complications by Mary King
29. The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino
30. The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic by Jason Surrell
31. The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Cristie
32. A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson
33. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
34. Gods & Monsters A Novel by Christopher Bram
First I would like to thank Mr.
hoobird for sending me this book.I saw the movie that was based on the book back in the 1990's and the movie is very close to the book. It almost felt like I was reading a script for the movie.
It's a novelization of the last few days of movie director James Whale. Although he directed other great movies, he is probably most well known for his monster movies, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man.
The novel tells of a relationship Mr. Whale has with his handsome groundskeeper while dealing with the poor health.
Mr. Whale was an openly gay man in Hollywood at a time that it wasn't necessarily hushed up, but basically tolerated. At least that is the understanding I get. But people do feel that it was the reason for the end of his career.
The softy in me was bawling at the end. I like to think that is the sign of a good book.
If I were to grade both the book and the movie, I would give them both a great big A+.
Book List 2016:
1. Schooled in Revenge by Jesse Lasky
2. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
3. Kicking and Dreaming by Ann & Nancy Wilson with Charles R. Cross
4. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
5. A Kingdom Keepers Adventure: The Syndrome:Finders Keepers Losers Sleepers by Ridley Pearson
6. The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett
7. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
8. Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen/Jonathan Case/Brad Bird/Damon Lindelof
9. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
10. Dean and Me(A Love Story) by Jerry Lewis and James Kaplan
11. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
12. Detective Strongoak and The Case of the Dead Elf by Terry Newman
13. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
14. The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice by M. G. Lord
15. They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
16. Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
17. The Return: Disney Lands by Ridley Pearson
18. The Return: Legacy of Secrets by Ridley Pearson
19. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
20. If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) by Betty White
21. Confirmed Diagnosis by Mary King
22. The Book of Deacon by Joseph R. Lallo
23. Cyndi Lauper A Memoir by Cyndi Lauper with Jancee Dunn
24. A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
25. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
26. 4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie
27. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
28. Complications by Mary King
29. The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino
30. The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic by Jason Surrell
31. The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side by Agatha Cristie
32. A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Captain Charles Johnson
33. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
34. Gods & Monsters A Novel by Christopher Bram
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Date: 2016-09-10 08:50 am (UTC)Complete agreement from this little birdy!!
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Date: 2016-09-10 09:05 am (UTC)That said, I still haven't watched the Dragon Tattoo movies yet. :o
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Date: 2016-09-10 09:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-10 09:10 am (UTC)Or The Queen either. lol...
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Date: 2016-09-10 09:26 am (UTC)Sadly, I have a bunch of those movies. :o
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Date: 2016-09-10 12:50 pm (UTC)You are so organized logging all your books. Me - not so good at this.
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Date: 2016-09-10 02:04 pm (UTC)The book makes me curious as to his real life. :o
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Date: 2016-09-11 06:24 am (UTC):ppppppp
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Date: 2016-09-11 01:43 pm (UTC)And I have been kind of keeping two books going at the same time. lol...
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Date: 2016-09-12 01:10 am (UTC)I have 140+ paged on one, and I am only 50+ pages into another one. But that one reads quicker. :)
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Date: 2016-09-12 05:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-12 02:25 pm (UTC)And I did get a couple of pages read in the Nook book. lol...
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Date: 2016-09-13 06:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-13 03:07 pm (UTC)I am now about 30 pages away from the half way point on the real book. :)
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Date: 2016-09-16 06:08 am (UTC)I'm wondering how many you will read this year
How many did you last year?
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Date: 2016-09-16 02:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-19 07:23 am (UTC)are you aiming for some sort of number?
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Date: 2016-09-19 07:43 am (UTC)I love round numbers
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Date: 2016-09-26 06:07 am (UTC)keep reading Jon, keep reading!!
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