The Other Boleyn Girl coming to theatres soon

Natalie Portman (Anne) and Scarlett Johansson (Mary) are starring in this film which is set for release in Feb. 2008. Looks like we have another movie outing to add to our to-do list.

This month's author on Oprah Oct. 5

I just found out that Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love, is going to be on Oprah on Oct. 5. I will TiVo it if anyone wants to come by and watch it with me. I am LOVING the book so I am very excited to hear the author talk about it. Thanks for picking such a winner, Christina.

Another Philippa Gregory great

Although I didn't read the last book club book (nothing against the selection or Shelly), I have been able to recently finish The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory, which was a birthday gift from Ashley. Thanks, Ashley! Since I think most of us were fans of The Other Boleyn Girl, I thought this would be the appropriate place to share my views.

Although I wasn't as immediately drawn in as I was with The Other Boleyn Girl, The Virgin's Lover turned out to be another fascinating read. As a huge fan of Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett (a "sequel" comes out this year -- WooHoo!), I already knew a little about the relationship between Queen Elizabeth and Robert Dudley. The Virgin's Lover is about their relationship from beginning to end and believe me, it gets juicy!

I won't give anything away except to say that my obsession has moved on from the Boleyn girls to Robert Dudley. Those Tudors were crazy!

My grade = A-/B+. Only because the beginning wasn't as enticing. But I could not put the book down and the ending is WAY dramatic.

Atonement - the book and movie

Hi ladies,

I read the book Atonement a couple years ago in a different book club (gasp, I know! I admit I had a brief fling with some side action), and to this day, it remains one of my favorite books of all time. Of course, I am easily amused and a sucker for anything British, but seriously, it's a good book and if you haven't read it, I highly recommend it!

The inevitable movie adaptation has been completed, and it stars Keira Knightley and cutie James McEvoy, who was just in that Jane Austen movie with Anne Hathaway. More importantly the movie is getting rave reviews in the UK:
http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=11344

The movie opens in the U.S. in December. Hooray!

HaiVy