Thursday, January 8, 2009

Julie & Julia: The Movie


The movie version of Julie & Julia is now in post-production with a current release date of Aug. 7. Meryl Streep is Julia Child, and Amy Adams is Julie Powell.

Here is a photo of Streep in costume on the movie set.

For more information regarding the movie, here is the Internet Movie Database link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135503/.

People Magazine's Best of 2008 Books

I'm currently reading The Best (and Worst) of 2008 issue of People, magazine. The issue contains a Top 10 Books list. I thought I would share it with all of you.

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
The Snowball by Alice Shroeder
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

And, of course, there was a sidebar about the Twilight series. I will admit I have submitted to my curiosity, and I now own a copy of Twilight.