Re: bedside reading / books into movies

Pamela Deale (pdeale@sjm.infi.net)
Sat, 12 Jul 1997 00:20:39 -0700

Helena wrote:
> 

> probably going to be bedridden (i love that word!?) for at least a
> week... so, i hit the book shop. i got american psycho by bret easton
> ellis, and a book of poems by pat ingoldsby. but that's not particulary
> inspired, so i'm looking for bedside reading ideas. i already *didn't*
> buy l'etranger and the bell jar on purpose coz they're just too
> depressing, so any inspiration on relatively cheery books for the
> convalescent???

I've recently read two books that I thought were excellent. One is title
"H" (I don't remember the author's name and most all my books are in
boxes until I get some new bookcases that won't collapse on me while I
sleep. The blurbs on the cover compare it to TCITR, but it has more to
do with junior high angst and avoidant/schizoid personality disorder
than with teenage angst.

The other book is non-fiction called the Liar's Club by Mary Karr. It is
an amazing story of human resiliancy while growing up in a disfunctional
alcoholic family. It is very humorous, too and not self-pitying at all.

> regarding di caprio and leto, they're JUST TOO GOOD LOOKING. rememeber
> both seymour and buddy are painfully funny looking ('i just LOVE your
> yellow teeth!') and holden is the kind of guy who, in yearbook photos,
> looks like his nose is too big or his ears stick out. 

I think Kyle McClachlan (sp) in his Blue Velvet time frame would have
made a good Holden.

Good luck with the surgery, but be prepared ... you're not gonna be able
to read the first day if the drugs are as good as they were when I had
my oral surgery! ;-)

Pam