What are you reading? TGIF edition
by chuckofish
I have read two good books recently, which are oddly similar.
My dual personality gave me The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice,
who is the daughter of Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar)–about an upper class girl living in genteel poverty in post-WWII England. I read it enthusiastically and with pleasure.
Then I bought a used copy of I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith,
about an upper class girl living in a crumbling castle in 1930s England, published in 1948. I enjoyed it also.
I wonder if Eva Rice has read I Capture the Castle? The plots of these two novels are different, although they both involve a teenage girl living in a crumbling edifice and romance and the tone is remarkably similar.
I enjoyed them both very much and recommend them as good summer reading.
Plus, I see on IMDB.com that I Capture the Castle was made into a movie in 2003.
The cast is good, so I may check it out this weekend.
I am not sure what to read next, although, as always, I have a big pile of possibilities.
After a big work event today, I plan to take it easy this weekend. How about you?
dual personalities 
I actually liked the Eva Rice book better than Dodi Smith’s, though I read them years apart, so who knows. I just remember being oddly disappointed in “I Capture the Castle”…. I suppose I was expecting too much from it. Good luck with your computer — I’ll talk to you a demain.
It was just weird synchronicity that I read them back-to-back. Have you seen the movie?
No. I didn’t even know there was one. I’ll have to look into it!
I definitely plan on reading something lighter at the beach — you should bring one or both of these for me! PS: What is the Walt Whitman book in the stack on the right?
Something I have been meaning to send to you! I think it is probably someone’s thesis on Whitman and art.
Yes, bring those to beach, please!!
I WILL! 🙂