Favorite Book/Favorite Movie

[Contessa Donatella]

I saw last week where someone on Facebook was doing a Seven Challenge. Name, and show your favorite books & favorite movies, that stick with you, year after year.

1. My first is always TKAM. That's To Kill a Mockingbird. Written probably by Harper Lee, Alabaman who lived mostly in seclusion. Some people think that her dear friend Truman Capote wrote it & also represented Boo Radley in the story. Gregory Peck played Atticus in the movie.

My second is the movie The Princess Bride. Everyone should see it! The book that goes with it is As You Wish: nconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Cary Elwes (Author, Narrator), Joe Layden (Author), Rob Reiner (foreword) (Author),

1. From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Goldman, producer Norman Lear, and director Rob Reiner.

   The Princess Bride has been a family favorite for close to three decades. Ranked by the American Film Institute as one of the top 100 Greatest Love Stories and by the Writers Guild of America as one of the top 100 screenplays of all time, The Princess Bride will continue to resonate with audiences for years to come.

   Cary Elwes was inspired to share his memories and give fans an unprecedented look into the creation of the film while participating in the twenty-fifth anniversary cast reunion. In As You Wish he has created an enchanting experience; in addition to interviews with his fellow cast mates, there are plenty of set secrets and backstage stories.

   With a foreword by Rob Reiner, As You Wish is a must-have for all fans of this beloved film.

   The full list of narrators includes: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Norman Lear, Rob Reiner, Chris Sarandon, Andy Scheinman, Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright, and Billy Crystal.

   I'll try to do more later & stop now, here with 2.

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My third is another book without a movie to go with it. And, that is Agnes Nixon's recent memoir.

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My next book, also has no movie to go with it. Just a fun little book, Harriet the Spy. She ate tomato sandwiches. So do I.

 

 

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My next book, also no movie but they could make a great one! This is by Todd Fisher, writing about his mother, Debbie Reynolds and his sister, Carrie Fisher. At times he mentions his wife, Catherine Hickland. The book's name is My Girls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior: Coping with Parkinson's Disease Paperback – July 23, 2013

 

This author was a journalist & then he became a technical specialist & then he was diagnosed with Parkinsons.  Great book.

 

 

For #7 I'd have to list a whole stack of soap opera books! I've had them for years & the list grows. In 1998 I said that my hundreds of soap books were my dowry.

In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress

by Patty Duke and William J Jankowski

 

In the Presence of Greatness: My Sixty-Year Journey as an Actress

by Patty Duke and William J Jankowski

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Elsewhere someone was talking about AMERICAN BEAUTY. It's kind of dark.

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