What are you reading this week of June 19, 2016?

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7. Thank you, hermetic, for the thread. I think I lost a whole week. Went back

to see what I posted last week and noticed that I was absent. This time of year, the time just gets away. There were so many cats/kits to transport out of the shelter this week, that I didn't get much reading done.

Right now, I am reading and enjoying Julie Orringer's book, The Invisible Bridge.

Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he promised to deliver. But when he falls into a complicated relationship with the letter's recipient, he becomes privy to a secret that will alter the course of his—and his family’s—history.

From the small Hungarian town of Konyár to the grand opera houses of Budapest and Paris, from the despair of Carpathian winter to an unimaginable life in labor camps, The Invisible Bridge tells the story of a family shattered and remade in history’s darkest hour.

Re: Killer Diller While I loved the movie AND the book, there were 2 memorable characters (and a few great scenes) that were left out of the movie that I really missed. Mattie Rigsby (the main character in Edgerton's book, Walking Across Egypt, where Wesley first appeared, and Wesley's girlfriend, Phoebe, were entirely absent. In the book, his roommate, Ben, also had a larger role and I wish Ben, as well as the aforementioned characters, had been worked into the plot of the movie. One of the final episodes in the book, where Wesley escapes from BOTA House by sliding down the drainpipe, is hysterical. The ending of the movie is what was, to me, one of the most successful and beautiful parts of the movie. The book's ending was a bit nebulous and it seemed the entire cast of characters was going on the lam, but the movie wrapped it up very nicely with the band going on tour. All in all, I liked both the book and the movie but for different reasons. The book had very strong character and plot development, while the movie had great music, humor and a great ending.

Looks like Enthusiast lost a week as well! to all and happy reading.