Baby, Let's Play House
Elvis Presley and the Women Who Loved Him
In Reader's Digest, they had an article about Elvis Presley and Ann Margaret with excerpts from this book, so I decided to read it. They were rumored to have had a great love affair, but this book barely touches on it. I love Elvis Presley, well, I should say LOVED! If you are an Elvis fan, don't read this book (or maybe you should and get your eyes opened). I am no longer an Elvis fan because of the way he is portrayed in this book. He was a weirdo and a pedophile! He loved 14 year old girls, he was a sex addict (which to me is just a selfish man who can't tell himself no) and a drug addict. I was most disappointed in these revelations. He had great manners, which enabled him to charm parents of young girls and have people look the other way. I was disgusted!
Amazon, Editor Review:
Nash culls reminiscences from long-term girlfriends, starlets like Ann-Margret and Cybill Shepherd, and assorted strippers, showgirls and groupies for this gossipy, besotted biography of rock's original sex god. They attest to the allure that had females lining up for access to the young Elvis's bed: devastating looks, pelvic gyrations and a bad-boy sneer combined with a romantic soul, sublime kissing technique and a courtliness that lulled parents into handing over their underage daughters. (He was attracted to 14-year-old brunettes, Nash argues, like future wife Priscilla.) And there's the indefinable magnetism—i.e., celebrity—that kept them coming through the drugs and debauchery, the bizarre monologues and random gunplay, the impotence and incontinence and vomit and bloat of the King's declining years. Nash's mix of breathless melodrama (his voice was soft and sensuous, and he had a mischievous grin on his face, and he was looking straight at her) with rote psychoanalysis (Elvis could never really let go of [his mother] Gladys) often reads like a fan magazine. Her shallow but vivid portrait nonetheless manages to evoke much of what made Elvis so enthralling. (Jan. 5)
A Discovery of Witches
I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was a great story. It is part of a trilogy, so the first book ends with a cliffhanger and you must read the second. I found it to be creative and I totally bought into the characters.
Amazon Editorial Review:
Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2011: It all begins with a lost manuscript, a reluctant witch, and 1,500-year-old vampire. Dr. Diana Bishop has a really good reason for refusing to do magic: she is a direct descendant of the first woman executed in the Salem Witch Trials, and her parents cautioned her be discreet about her talents before they were murdered, presumably for having "too much power." So it is purely by accident that Diana unlocks an enchanted long-lost manuscript (a book that all manner of supernatural creatures believe to hold the story of all origins and the secret of immortality) at the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and finds herself in a race to prevent an interspecies war. A sparkling debut written by a historian and self-proclaimed oenophile, A Discovery of Witches is heady mix of history and magic, mythology, and love (cue the aforementioned vampire!), making for a luxurious, intoxicating, one-sitting read.
I am currently reading: Rules of Civility and I can't put it down. Love, Love, Love it!
1 comment:
i knew that and more about elvis, a typical rock n' roll pervert and drug addict, like michael jackson with bad handlers too... he had southern charm and loved his mama, but beneath that was a mess :-(
witches has been a best seller for ages, i didn't read it becasue of vampires, not my thing...
rules has been on my list since it came out, but as always too many others draw me in first!
have you read any of marlena de blasi books, 1000 days in venice was her first, followed by many more? just read her latest book today, antonia and her daughters, excellent. ALL of her books are, about her life in italy when she married a venetian in 6 weeks. her writing is fabulous to me, its almost primal, she just cuts deep down to the quick of things, really relates to the earth, food, people and love, i think she is an excellent story teller.
started a new book tonight, so far i am loving it, quirky as all get out, my kind of unpredictable book, something mis ing. i also loved memoirs of an imaginary friend, good books are such a wonderful way to spend an evening, happy reading to you~
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