Yes, I'm still reading!

I just finished Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. It's a rather depressing tale of an unhappy suburban couple in the 1950's. Their fanicful plans to escape their monotonous life confuses their children and neighbors, and leads to tragedy.

It was hard to enjoy this one. The Wheelers aren't very likable people, and it's a little hard to feel bad for them. It's still very well written and has a lot of truth to it, even nearly fifty years after it was published. I look forward to seeing the upcoming movie!

RIP, Michael Crichton...

I wasn't sure where to put this, because the doctor/ writer also director and creator of quite a few movies (Coma) and television shows (E.R.). But writing is where he started, so I'll put it here. I had no idea he was sick. :( I wasn't a huge fan of some of his books, but I enjoyed the movies made of some, like Jurassic Park.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/11/05/obit.crichton/index.html

Other book news- I'm still reading. I put some books aside because I had some craft and cooking books to look through, but I'll finish Brideshead Revisited this week, at least!