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Weekend Books Instead of Weekend Movies
July 21, 2008
By now we all know that "The Dark Knight" drove a big fact Batcycle through all previous opening-weekend box-office records, and I'm sure, after hearing from several friends who braved the crowds to see it, that the movie is very good and very exciting.
Pardon my yawns.
I am not, and never have been, a movie (or, for that matter, television) person, and that is no declaration of cultural superiority. When I do watch movies of television shows, I'm just as likely to choose something light and fluffy as dense and chewy.
I'd just rather...you already know this...READ.
So, here's a rundown of what I read instead of watched this weekend...
Instead of watching "The Dark Night"....I read The Dark Tower by Louis Bayard
Instead of watching "Mamma Mia!"....I read The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff.
Instead of watching "Hancock"....I read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.
Instead of "Sex and the City"....I read The House on Fortune Street by Margot Livesey.
Now, the only one of these I actually finished was the Bayard, but that's one of the other great things about reading instead of watching: you control your own time (really, that's an entirely new and different blog entry). The point is, whenever you think "Oh, I must see that!" there's a "must-read" you could substitute.
Of course, not everyone is quite as devoted to reading as I am -- so if you have any suggestions for watching instead of reading, please send those along. As always, if you prefer emailing to posting: the reading writer at aol dot com.
Posted by Bethanne Patrick on July 21, 2008 | Comments (7)
