Happy weekend everyone! Here is an assortment of interesting reading for your enjoyment.
Here are a few fascinating facts about We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. I have it in my rather voluminous TBR pile.
The true history of the iconic Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses.
Book excerpt: In an excerpt from his new book Taste: My Life Through Food, Stanley Tucci shares how Julia Child changed his life.
Daniel Craig makes his last appearance as James Bond in No Time To Die which opened in theaters in the U. S. this week. Here he shares some secrets from his time as the most famous secret agent in the world.
Wait, what? Alfred Hitchcock almost directed a James Bond film. Though it did not happen he did have an impact on the series.
While we are on the subject, have you ever thought of James Bond as a cowboy? Here are a few Bond actors who also made appearances in Westerns.
Sometimes you have no idea what treasures you will run across at a garage sale. Including moon rocks.
Before you tackle that next classic novel, perhaps you should check out this article on how to read hard books.
A couple of things you need to know before clicking through on this last story. First, Joe Posnanski is one of the best sportswriters (no, writers) working today. Second, Buck O'Neil, who passed away 15 years ago this week, deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Third, Joe Posnanski and Buck O'Neil were very close friends. Posnanski's book The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America is a terrific read. Finally, this obituary that Posnanski wrote about O'Neil is one of the most beautiful tributes you will ever read. The fact that he wrote it under such a tight deadline (which he explains in the article) makes it all the more impressive.
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