Put on a pot of coffee, Martha...I'm reading again!

Ok, so I went out to buy a few books yesterday. It's all part of my plight to start reading again. I was an avid reader when I was younger, but when high school hit, I gave it up.

Now I want to get back into it. I started with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. I've read the entire series, and I wanted to read the book for the movie.

After that I moved on to my personal favourite (which I've read about 4 times) The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

After that I bought a book by Michael Moore called Will They Ever Trust Us Again? : Letters From the War Zone. It's a collection of letters from soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, and some war veterans. It was intended to bring down George Bush before the 2004 election, as did his movie Farenheit 9/11. Both of which failed their ultimate purpose.

Which leads me to books I bought yesterday. One is Man on Fire, on which the movie of the same name is based. With Denzel Washington, and Dakota Fanning. It's written in 1980, by A.J. Quinnell--which is a pseudonym of the writer's real name. The book states that the author

wishes to remain anonymous because his future books will detail intrigues between nations and cultures and will move freely over international boundaries.
He desires the same freedom for himself.

Judging from the movie, It's fairly harsh towards other countries in terms of kidnappings and such. Which is why the author would have been afraid of persecution. Looking forward to a great read.

The second book is Surrender The Pink By Carrie Fisher. The clerk told me that she's an excellent writer, and "NF" always said that she's wanted to read something from Fisher. I can't wait to jump into that one!

The last one I bought on a whim when I saw it. Film Theory and Ctiticism edited by Gerald Mast and Marshall Cohen. And it's supposed to be the bible for the Film industry.

I'll tell you about them as I'm done reading them.