Rory's Book Club

    I realize it's November and I am just now posting about September's book reads but better late than never, I suppose. September was a month to dive into some of the books referenced on Gilmore Girls. One of the things that drew me to the show, besides the witty banter, quick line delivery and the obscene amount of pop culture references was the fact that Rory read and she read a lot. If I had more time, I would simply would have begun with episode one of the show and gone through all the books referenced in order. However, a month is hardly enough time to read through seven seasons of Gilmore Girls so a spattering had to suffice.
     Randomly choosing some novels, I was able to read several authors that I've wanted to read but just haven't. The month began with a book that I read ages ago in school, The Outsiders and finished with the thriller, Rosemary's Baby which was ironic since I was helping backstage of Deathtrap, also by Ira Levin. It was a wide range of choices and authors and I wish I had time to finish more of the books I had wanted to.
      As much as I would love to go into grave detail about each of the books, it is November and October's reads should probably be detailed as well. Because of that, a quick run down of my three favorites will do although all of them were good. Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger was definitely one of my favorites. I believe it is the first time I had read anything by Salinger and I do want to read more. It gave a rather interesting look into the society of socialites in the 50's and their take on life and religion. The Picture of Dorian Gray was another favorite. I loved the way Oscar Wilde protrayed Dorian's descent into madenss and how his sins and decisions reflected in his portrait as that grew older but the man didn't.
     High Fidelity by Nick Hornby was also a lot of fun. It was witty, it was clever, insanely sarcastic, and utterly British. I enjoyed how he referenced heaps of music in the book, many of which I didn't know but it was very Gilmore Girls with the references.
     The thing about the books chosen this month is that in many ways they reflect the show from which they were referenced. Some of them rather mainstream, others witty, off the wall, and a bit quirky. But all of them were good, quality works. By reading these books, I feel like I know Rory and Lorelai that much better, not to mention their creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. So do a google search for Rory's book club. There's so many choices and good choices at that. I'm sure you won't be disappointed with what you come up with.

October; It stemmed from some of the books I didn't get to from my Gilmore Girls month. The theme became books that were written before 1900 since I had wanted to read A Tale of Two Cities but just hadn't yet. Stay tuned for October.

The Outsiders- SE Hinton

The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
Franny and Zooey – JD Salinger
The Little Locksmith- Katharine Butler Hathaway
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest- Ken Kesey
High Fidelity- Nick Hornby
Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin