☆ Entry 017: The Other Boleyn Girl

Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl (Book)

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I bought the book out of impulse while visiting the bookstore one day. It was either this or Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, another book I've always wanted to read. In the end, I bought the Other Boleyn girl and I never regretted it. It is one of the best books I have read in a while. It is very entertaining, but sad at the same time. I don't think the movie did the book real justice, but I do believe that both Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson are very beautiful. It is a good movie and the eyecandy is only an extra.

In the end, I am glad that I bought this and not Lolita. Mimi and I read the synopsis and got torn between shock and laughter. Maybe I am just not ready to read it, but as of now I don't think my heart can. What I love most about the book is how believable it is. I enjoyed the writing style captures you from the very first chapter. But I think you really have to be very open-minded to read this book. It has a bit of incest and homosexual themes on it. Still, I like that Phillipa doesn't put too many unnecessary sex scenes on it.

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☆ 018: Breakfast at Tiffany's

Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Book)

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I absolutely adored the movie. In fact, I loved it so much I simply had to have Truman Capote’s book. My friends and I joke that it is every fashionista’s bible. Very few of my friends do not know Audrey Hepburn… and they either adore her or respect her as an actress and fashion icon. But, I read somewhere that Capote’s first choice for Holly Golightly was actually Marilyn Monroe. I am forever grateful that in the end they chose Audrey, but after reading the book I can really see why he wanted Marilyn Monroe to play her. As I was reading the book, I visualized Marilyn Monroe as well.

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