Good Reads

Currently Reading

Goldberg Variations

by Susan Isaacs

Books that I’ve read more than once 

Jane Eyre , Gone With The Wind, The Prince of Tides, Lonesome Dove, Atlas Shrugged, The Long Goodbye, Fountainhead, Désirée (old and hard to come by – it’s about Napoleon Bonaparte), The Eight, Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay. In addition to these authors I like Marion Keyes, Cathy Lamb (new discovery).  I recently discovered Stephen King – WOW—he is gifted writer with a love of language that inspires me. After reading his memoir on writing, I stopped worrying so much about ‘the type’ of writer I should be and wrote from my heart.  I read all the time, and will read just about anything.  I prefer fiction because it is my preferred writing genre but I  read memoirs as well.   I read Kitchen Confidential twice as well—funny, a talented writer.   I am a mood reader. Some people eat chocolate when they need a fix, I will reach for a book and pour myself a glass of wine and settle into the world the writer has created for me.

Adding to the list as I go..

The Getaway Car – Ann Patchett
The Long Goodbye – Raymond Chandler                                                          

Musical Artists that I have either more than two CD/Album’s or all of…

• Nanci Griffith
• Dean Martin
• Brandi Carlile
• Van Morrison
• Dolly Parton
• Adele
• Patsy Cline
• Matchbox Twenty
• Lucinda Williams
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Dwight Yoakam
• Cher ( I can’t help it, she’s has brilliant costumes)
• Johnny Cash, Waylon, Willie and all those that bucked the system
• Bruce Springsteen
• ABBA ( I am a closet fan.  Well, not any more I guess)
• Zucchero
• Wynonna
• ……………. Ok, this list goes on and on, I might need a page

Interesting People

• Queen Elizabeth
• Rhett Butler
• Coco Chanel
• Edna St. Vincent Millay
• Princess Diana ( I had a girl crush on her…  the fairy tale gone bad)