I think I showed admirable restraint at the Half Price Books warehouse sale, don’t you?
Book haul
Daily Diversion #429: Bookish Restraint
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Tag Archives: Films
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Announcing the 2018 Reel Infatuation Blogathon!
Yes, it’s that time of year!
This year’s blogathon runs June 8-10! Whoo-hoo! Click the link below for complete details.
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A Bookstore is Gone, Long Live the Books! Part 3-The British Cinema Book
A local used bookstore recently closed after 25 years. They had a fantastic going-out-of-business sale. While part of me feels “guilty” for taking advantage of their sad circumstances, the rest (and logical) part of me knows that they needed to sell as many books as possible. Through these books, a bit of their entrepreneurial and intellectual spirit will live on. With that idea in mind, I’m doing a limited-run series where I’ll spotlight each of the volumes I “adopted” from this sweet little shop. Shine on, you bookish gems!
Today’s selection? The British Cinema Book.
The British Cinema Book
DETAILS:
- TITLE: THE BRITISH CINEMA BOOK
- EDITOR: ROBERT MURPHY
- YEAR PUBLISHED: 1997
- BFI PUBLISHING
- SHOUT-OUT TO COVERGIRLS JULIE CHRISTIE (PICTURED, ABOVE) AND DIANA DORS (NOT SHOWN)
WHY I BOUGHT IT:
This one is pretty straightforward–I collect film books, and this is, obviously, a film book. It also partially fills a glaring hole in said collection: aside from volumes about/by individual performers and filmmakers, my section on British cinema is sorely lacking. So, you could almost call this a necessity.
Thanks for reading! I hope you like the new series. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
Louise Brooks on Learning to Write
“For two extraordinary years, I have been working on it–learning to write– but mostly learning how to tell the truth. At first it is quite impossible. You make yourself better than anybody, and when you finally come to see you are “like” everybody– that is the bitterest blow of all to the ego. But in the end it is only the truth, no matter how ugly or shameful, that is right, that fits together, that makes real people, and strangely enough– beauty…”–Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks, circa 1929
The extraordinarily gifted and intelligent Louise Brooks– dancer, actor, and writer–was born on 14 November 1906. May she never be forgotten.
Birthday Gifts to Myself…
I’ve had my eye on this book since April. I couldn’t pass it by again.
Joan Crawford: The Enduring Star
The Film Encyclopedia, however, was an impulse buy.
The Film Encyclopedia
2017 Reel Infatuation Blogathon Recap
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What Are You Reading in May?
Since I didn’t write a What Are You Reading? entry last month, this post will cover April and May. Let’s get started!
Since 1st April, I’ve read:
- Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s by Jonathan Oates
- Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die? by Tod Benoit
- Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples by Rodger Streitmatter
- Meanwhile in San Francisco: The City in its Own Words by Wendy McNaughton
I’m currently reading:
- The A to Z of African American Cinema by S. Torriano Berry and Venise T. Berry
- Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway’s First Wife by Gioia Diliberto
- Memoirs of Montparnasse by John Glassco
- Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages by Phyllis Rose
What is your favorite book this month?
Which book on your list do you most look forward to reading?
Please share in the comments!
Happy reading.
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