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FEBRUARY READS
Last night I finished THE KASHMIR SHAWL, an interesting book by Rosie Thomas. The story goes between 1941 when newyweds move from Wales to India where the husband is assigned to a Presbyterian mission area. Years later their granddaughter finds a shawl and lock of hair while she was cleaning out her deceased father's house and she goes to India to find the story behind the shawl. .....and quite a story it is! Very interesting read that provides insight into colonial India along with some romantic capers!
http://www.amazon.com/Kashmir-Shawl-Novel-Rosie-Thomas/dp/146830246...
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Permalink Reply by officerripley on
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Maybe. The book describes Ptolemy as being short & skinny if I remember right and Sidney isn't either. But look what Hollywood did with the Jack Reacher character: the book on which the movie was based describes Reacher as being 6'5" and in his early 30's; Tom Cruise who played him in the movie is 5'7" (at the tallest) and in his late 40s. (And word has it that the Reacher movie did terribly at the box office because Cruise is too old an actor for most of the movie-going public--the ones who spend the most anyway--target audience of 12-25; they just couldn't or didn't want to identify with an "old" actor like Cruise.) But knowing Hollywood, they'd cast Cruise to play Ptolemy anyway...you know, the more I think about Hollywood, the more glad I am that I like to read! ;-)
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Permalink Reply by rapa on
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Have you seen Poitier lately? He's aging and looks like he would fit the role. At least he would do it justice!!!
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He's a good actor, but he's *not* short or skinny.
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This site shows a recent picture of Portier. He's now about 86 and I think he would be a perfect Ptolemy Grey. http://newsone.com/2237662/sidney-poitier-birthday/
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Permalink Reply by Slopok on
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Just got The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey on audio. Looking forward to listening to it. In the summer my "listening" time is mostly grass mowing and other yard work. It the winter it's jogging and wood splitting.
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Permalink Reply by Carci on
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I just picked up The Kashmir Shawl from the library and will begin it today since it is a 7 day book. The story sounds intriguing and I'm looking forward to it. The page on Amazon has a short video by the author which shows the Kasimir countryside so the setting becomes familiar before I even begin the book.
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Permalink Reply by Ioruach on
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For any James Grippando fans here, I just finished his latest, Blood Money. The book was inspired by the Casey Anthony case, which made national headlines a couple years ago.
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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Tewell on
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James Grippando ...I just rejected a couple of his books...but think my DH kept that one...I'll get it from him as I didn't realize the back story...give another try...I remember loving this Writer a few years ago! ~mlo
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As some of you know we have our house on the market so I've been going through all my stuff. Tossing out lots of stuff, one drawer was full of old letters I had written to my Aunt from 1965 to 1989! So I took them into the office to re-read a few each day. One letter was full of apologies because I had not written...so engrossed by a book by Writer...Jeffrey Archer called Kane & Able! So I couldn't remember it at all. Contacted Library and put in a request...they had AudioBook on hand called The Prodigal Daughter read by Barbara Rosenblatt ..a favorite of mine...so far I am loving this story! I need to do more checking on this author ...find out if he still alive...later books...etc...to be continued.
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Permalink Reply by Mandy Muffin on
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Finished off the year with the Jodi Picoult, "Handle With Care," the story of child with OI or brittle bone disease. It goes with prior books of hers with a sick child including "My Sister's Keeper" and "House Rules." This is probably the longest of her novels and could use a bit of editing but the tale was gripping as a law suit settled matters of a possible malpractice by the best friend of the family who also the O/B on the case.
I have two Binchy's to start off March: "Whitethorn Woods" and "Nights of Rain and Stars." I will then probably read her last novel, knowing I have read her entire lifetime production of stories about her Irish brethren. I have been reading them since she first published "Light a Penny Candle" and have seen most of the one's that have been turned into movies. I especially liked the Quentin's series.
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