Book Reading.......
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disneydream06Last evening I finished up book No. 43. :)
I read "A Story Lately Told" by Anjelica Houston.
It's a autobiography of her early life.
Part of me says she had a pretty easy life. Part of me says her early life was kind of rough.
If nothing else, she sounds like she was kind of a clutz or at least very unlucky. lol... At one point she fell over a stairwell railing and landed on her head. :o So actually maybe she was lucky in that she survived. :o
Anjelica is the daughter of actor/director John Houston and the granddaughter of actor Walter Houston. She was raised on an estate Ireland. She was surrounded by fine art, celebrities, etc.
That said, she was not surrounded by parental effections. Her father was always away directing a movie. Her mother slowly drifted away and sadly was killed in a car accident.
The book only goes through her 20s. This was pretty much all new for me. I know her more for her later acting career. A favorite movie of mine would be The Witches. :)
A negative of the book, at least for me, she spent a lot of time describing household wares and things like that.
I hope she will write more and talk about her later life.
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
35. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
36. Abigail & John Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles
37. 9 to 5 by Thom Racina
38. Life Among the Lutherans by Garrison Keillor
39. Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch by Serena Valentino
40. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
41. Blinded By The Sight by S. L. Smith
42. Shirley Jones A Memoir by Shirley Jones
43. A Story Lately Told by Anjelica Huston
I read "A Story Lately Told" by Anjelica Houston.
It's a autobiography of her early life.
Part of me says she had a pretty easy life. Part of me says her early life was kind of rough.
If nothing else, she sounds like she was kind of a clutz or at least very unlucky. lol... At one point she fell over a stairwell railing and landed on her head. :o So actually maybe she was lucky in that she survived. :o
Anjelica is the daughter of actor/director John Houston and the granddaughter of actor Walter Houston. She was raised on an estate Ireland. She was surrounded by fine art, celebrities, etc.
That said, she was not surrounded by parental effections. Her father was always away directing a movie. Her mother slowly drifted away and sadly was killed in a car accident.
The book only goes through her 20s. This was pretty much all new for me. I know her more for her later acting career. A favorite movie of mine would be The Witches. :)
A negative of the book, at least for me, she spent a lot of time describing household wares and things like that.
I hope she will write more and talk about her later life.
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
35. Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
36. Abigail & John Portrait of a Marriage by Edith B. Gelles
37. 9 to 5 by Thom Racina
38. Life Among the Lutherans by Garrison Keillor
39. Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch by Serena Valentino
40. A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
41. Blinded By The Sight by S. L. Smith
42. Shirley Jones A Memoir by Shirley Jones
43. A Story Lately Told by Anjelica Huston
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Date: 2016-10-18 03:31 pm (UTC)I should pop in The Witches. Maybe tomorrow night during the debate. :p
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Date: 2016-10-21 06:30 am (UTC)I don't like reading biographies
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Date: 2016-10-22 06:40 am (UTC)Although you have to be careful picking those books because they can be very dry. More like school books. :o
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Date: 2016-10-19 01:43 pm (UTC)I wonder what she looked like when she was young? I imagine like 'Wednesday' from the Adams family ;-)
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Date: 2016-10-19 02:38 pm (UTC)I think from my understanding, she was one of those people that grew into her looks/body. :)
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