Now Reading

I gave up on Possession. Excerpts from a conversation about it:

C: and you? Any LUE insights?
Me:me? some
one thought: A book that labels itself as a "Romance" has three ways of going - 1) a sappy love story, 2) a "Romance" in the literary or artistic vein, or 3) a combination of 1) and 2)
Possession , which I just gave up on reading was in the third category
C: ooh, but that was a good movie!
:)
Me: they made it into a movie?

huh
C: hmm. I'm not sure about those categories.
You are probably right though
I think it's a movie with Gwyneth Paltrow
Me: really?
huh
I can see that
C: If it's the movie I'm thinking of, I really enjoyed it
Me: The book was very slow, the poetry was very good though and the literary Romance part of it was intriguing but the contemporary parts were just plodding, especially in comparison to the language in the old letters. The contrast was just too much
Anyway I switched to "Harpo Speaks!" an autobiography of Harpo Marx which is very interesting.
The Marx brother's up bringing was so much in line with "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" that it gave both books an air of authenticity. You look at how people in NYC lived in the early 1900's and you can only marvel at the changes that have come about in this country since then and just imagine what will happen in the next 40 to 50 years. Its incredible!