I was in a bit of a slump the past few months, so it was nice to finally have a fuller reading month.Top read of October was the tagged nonfiction.
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Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughess Hollywood | 
I was in a bit of a slump the past few months, so it was nice to finally have a fuller reading month.Top read of October was the tagged nonfiction.
Ready for #24in48, my favorite reading marathon. Here are the stacks I'll be pulling from, the ones on the left I have audiobooks for and the ones on the right are books I am behind on reviewing or really excited to get to. I'll probably get to the audiobooks first, from previous readathons I've had the most success with those. Happy reading to all participating 😊
pickThe writing style is definitely more on the scholarly/wordy side than the popular nonfiction but this is a very comprehensive and well researched. If you‘ve listened to Longworth‘s podcast you‘ll recognise some stuff but by no means as much as I expected. There‘s a parallel to the podcast in that I find her voice hard to listen to but the information so fascinating that I put up with it - this is heavy going but so interesting I coped!
Current nonfiction read, courtesy of the library (because I don‘t buy hardbacks)
Next up, there is something about Howard Hughes that always intrigued me.
pickNo one is better at Hollywood history than Longworth, and she imbues the book with a deep empathy for what women in 20th century Hollywood had to do to survive (without excusing their bad behavior). By looking at Howard Hughes, we are able to see a microcosm of Hollywood as a whole. I really liked this book! I hope Longworth writes another book soon, but until then I‘ll just binge her “You Must Remember This” podcast. Again.
pickAs a devoted fan of Longworth's podcast "You Must Remember This," I was eager to read this book and was not disappointed. The writing is accessible to any casual fan of Hollywood history, although the length of the book and depth of detail requires a deeper interest level. The book is factual and not sensationalized. I found every bit of it fascinating.
I received this advance copy from Library Thing Early Reviewers.
pickI‘ve been a fan of Karina‘s podcast You Must Remember This for a while so I was really excited to see that she had a book coming out about Howard Hughes. While I was not shocked that he was a completely gross, controlling predator, particularly of young women, I was surprised that he was a really bad businessman/filmmaker. “Classic” Hollywood had a lot of garbage hiding under rocks and Karina shines a very strong light on one particular corner.
Friday night. Cat on my lap, film history in my hands. It‘s been a hard second half of the year but this is the sort of thing that makes life seem way less bleak.
pickPart film history, part biography of the millionaire/aviator/movie mogul/notorious womanizer Hughes, Longworth deftly weaves together a story covering the Golden Age of Hollywood to the collapse of the studio system, and even touches on the sexist systems still in place today. I‘d recommend this book to fans of classic Hollywood movies/stars and Longworth‘s podcast “You Must Remember This.”
I love Longworth‘s You Must Remember This podcast-Well researched, fascinating, sometimes forgotten stories of “ Hollywood‘s first century.” This book is focused on Howard Hughes and his entanglements. Fans of You Must Remember This will recognize some material, but the stories are told well enough that they are worth rehearing.
Two shiny new books. I‘m so excited to read both of these! #TBR 📚
I won this from LibraryThing Early Reviewers and it arrived in the mail today. I can't wait to read this!
