I've been too busy

I've been too busy the last few weeks to post. Work's been hectic and outside of work I've just been running around. I'm going to just post a quick list of some books I've read lately, the ones I can remember!

War Reporting for Cowards, Chris Ayres
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City, Anonymous

Always a Bridesmaid
Bono in conversation with Michka Assayas

It's a combination of nonfiction and very light reading. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a light, easy read! I recently read the first two and am currently reading the last two.

We had book club the other night and briefly discusses Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner. It was okay. Next month we're reading Waiting by Ha Jin. I've heard good things about it so I'm looking forward to it. I suggested The Myth of You and Me by Leah Stewart, which also looks good.

Twins of Tribeca & 84, Charing Cross Road

I finally finished Twins of Tribeca. It turned out to be better than I thought it would be. It took me a while to get into it. It's one of those books, like The Devil Wears Prada, where you can hardly believe that people have that kind of work environment. Crazy. I read a really interesting book, nonfiction, a while ago about the history of a talent agency. That's another of those ridiculous jobs where people have to do the strangest things as part of their normal work day. It's so far removed from what I do. I can't for the life of me remember what that book was called and it's going to bug the crap out of me until I figure it out.

I also finished 84, Charing Cross Road. It was okay. Really, that's all I have to say about it.

Ok, I finally found it. The book is called The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up. I really liked it. It was a history of talent agencies and how people start out in the mailroom doing all kinds of grunt work and work their way up in the company. It's a series of interviews with various people who have worked in mailrooms over the course of the last 50 years or so. Very interesting.