Obsessed

I found another picture! And his blog... hehehehehe.

Broadway Nights: A Romp of Life, Love and Musical Theater by Seth Rudetsky

Sooo...I was waiting for Mary Rollins to make this post because she finished the book first and patiently waited while I SLOWLY finished listening because I only permit myself to listen to new audiobooks while running (or pulling weeds).

Where to begin...quite possibly this is the most fun book I've listened to in ages, quite possibly EVER!  And, as Claire said previously, I think it has to be listened to as I just can't imagine that reading it could be nearly as much fun as listening to this fantastically read book.  There's lots of great little bits of dialogue with REAL Broadway actors, like Kristen, Jonathan Groff (Jesse St. James from Glee), Andy Karl (he was our Fyero in Wicked on Broadway --MR caught that one as she loved him when we saw him in April!) but the real star is author Seth Rudetsky who narrates the story (actually log...diaries are for girls) of Stephen Sheerin , Broadway pianist (please don't pronounce that pee-ann-ist) wthose therapist Monikah (who may or may not have a dog named Skippy and be on the Atkins diet) thinks he should keep track of his life to better understand why after all these years he's still just a sub and not the Broadway conductor he aspires to be.  I think, really, that's all you need to know for now.  But suffice it to say, you will laugh...unless you're really really judgemental.  It's sassy.

This book was like fuel to the fire for our love of all things Broadway and hero worship of Kristen Chenoweth (Kristen, if you're reading this Mary Rollins is the cute teen-age girl who handed you the scribbled note on the piece of the playbill at the stage door after the Saturday matinee of Promises, Promises on the day you also got Reese Pieces.  Remember??  We're not stalking you, really.  That Twitter...Oy vey).

Okay, so how'd I do Peddie?

Stevie and Jesse St. James

Love love love! I give Gwennie the rights to make a real post a real Broadway Nights

"What's with you? You're more low energy than when you had Mono in 10th grade!""...I memorized...Evita." - actual line that pertains to me!

Becky's back!!!! Mini Shopaholic

It's true, my darlings!  Becky is back!  Becky is back!  And all the Whos down in Whoville are joyously celebrating.  Tuesday, September 21 is the magic day when Mini Shopaholic is released.  The summary says that our dear Becks and Mr. Darcy (oops, I'm mean Luke) are still living with Mum and Dad in Oxshot. Hooray! xoxoxo  g

New Bffs of mine...

This is me and Kristin Chenoweth in the subway. I decided to act like her body guard and keep away the throngs of admirers as she went incognito. (PS nobody was interested) -Seth Rudetsky

This is a forward (sorta... maybe I should read more books to understand what a forward is though) to my post coming up about "Broadway Nights"... stay tuned!

Library Science

Hi All,

This is not so much a book review as a forum starting question. I am thinking about pursuing a Master in Library Science (MLS) at Queens College. Because I trust all of your opinions so much... can I get some feedback?

This is kind of book related.. you know. I would hopefully specialize in some form of children's literature.

Ok- have at it!

Best wishes,
Isabug

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hello my dearest darlings! I have just finished the lovely book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (audio of course). Mostly how I feel about this book is just plain sweet. Not too sweet like Nutella on a s'more where you can only eat so much, but just the right sweet, like Nutella on a graham cracker (we are almost out of Nutella and going to Costco Monday for emergency restocking).

It was a beautiful read-listen story of first loves, last loves and all the love that's in between, plus jazz, World War 2 and the Japanese internment. What a wonderful tale about the resiliency of the human heart. Methinks, you too, will love it.