Sorry for starting another thread, but I just couldn't figure out where to post.

Banana Yoshimoto has a new book coming out August 5th called Goodbye Tsugumi.

Quentin Tarantino sold his first novel, Kill Bill and is already working on the movie.

Judy Blume is releasing Double Fudge.

Possession (the movie) starring Gwyneth Paltrow will be released in August. Based on the book by A.S. Byatt which I don't think I will ever finish.

Has anyone read Ethan Hawke's book? He will have a new one out soon and it sounds kind of interesting.

www.the-phone-book.com has downloads of stories meant to be read in a glance on the screen of a web-enabled cell phone.

Scott Rudin (who produced Wonder Boys, Angela's Ashes, and The Hours) is working on adapting Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and 2 more of Michael Chabon's books to the screen. He also will be working on the entire Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events


most of the above information came from Book magazine.

I didn't finish Posession either. Even though I was kind of enjoying it.

They are making a movie out of Cold Mountain, too. Staring Nicole Kidman as Ada, Jude Law as Inman & kind of weirdly, I think, Renee Zwellinger as Ruby. Giovanni Ribisi (sp?) is in it too, but I am not sure who he will play. He is gonna be so good in it. I am excited. I liked that book a lot.

I'm currently re-reading Possession. I loved it when I first read it a few years ago, and I wanted to re-read it before the movie is released.

Of course my "reading" is more like read a while, skim a section, read a while, skim a section...

I've read Double Fudge--it's hilarious, and it's truly asounding how Judy Blume can pick up right where she left off in the 80s.

I'm torn between wanting to read Kill Bill (it's a Talk Miramax book right? All that "synergy" it has to be), and not.

I read Ethan Hawke's first book, which was a decent effort, but never transcended that first novel "I'm an author now!" almost pretentious voice. He's not a bad writer, and I think he has the ability to be a good writer, so I'm interested in looking at his second one. But I'll take it out of the library rather than buy it outright.

Am I the only one who thinks that Dave Eggers is overdone and overexposed? Though I can't wait to see Scott Rudin's production of the Hours!

Jen

I rather liked Ethan Hawke's book. It was suprisingly creepy. it's been a rather long gap between first and second books so how that has beared on his writing will be interesting to see.

hey, thanks for the headsup on the new Banana Yoshimoto! i didn't know about it...now i can't wait til August!!! {:P

-S

ooh I knew you'd be excited about that!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679439382/ref=cm_wl_ups/002-5024460-8948844

Donna Tartt (author of The Secret History) has a new book coming in October!!

OH MY GOD!!!! Thanks for the Donna Tartt heads up!! The Secret History is my favorite book!!!! how will i wait til october?? (well, we've already waited, what? 10 years? heh)

thank you thank you shrinkingviolet! *mwahh,mwahh* <--- kisses for you!

-S

Zadie Smith has a new book coming out this fall called "The Autograph Man" is a "rumination on celebrity that tells of a man who traffics in autographs"

Michael Chabon has a new book coming in October called Summerland "for readers of all ages" inspired by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.

White Oleander the movie, based on the novel by Janet Fitch is coming in Oct too.

jen, you are not alone in your assessment of david eggars. i was less than impressed with the staggering genius as well (although i sort of liked his recent short story in the new yorker).

i actually think he sometimes has pretty interesting ideas, but he doesn't really take them to any ultimately interesting places, or even just as far as they might go (the new yorker story being a case in point).

belden, who hearts david foster wallace most of all

Shannon!
Your book (Goodbye Tsugumi)
is out... ;)>http://www.powells.com/review/2002_08_24

AND..Chuck Palahniuk has another book out already...a horror story called Lullaby which sounds intriguing.

*sigh* if only I could get paid to read all day long.

i saw Goodbye Tsugumi at Borders, but i am too poor at the moment to purchase...i'll have to check Half Price Bks periodically.

*shakes fist at crappy local librairies and does best Charlton Heston immitation*
damn you all to hell, arrgh!

It's a madhouse!~
Shannon