Cleopatra and Antony; Multiple Blessings; Stealing MySpace

"Cleopatra and Antony" by Diana Preston was a great book about the original power couple, Queen of Egypt Cleopatra and Mark Antony. While there was very little new information in here for me (I do read a lot about them, though) for someone less obsessive this would be a great introduction to why Cleopatra and Antony continue to fascinate us, even after two thousand years.
"Multiple Blessings" by Kate Gosselin is the story of TV's "Jon and Kate Plus 8". It's the early years, before the TV show. On TV Gosselin doesn't come across nearly as preachy as she did in the book. It was just a little too much for me to really enjoy it. I would have really liked to hear from poor henpecked Jon. That man deserves a medal.
"Stealing MySpace" by Julia Angwin is the story of how a bunch of guys built up the most successful social networking site in the world (at least until Facebook came along). It was interesting and reminded me of the books I read when I was a kid about Microsoft and Bill Gates.

Pieces of My Heart

Robert Wagner's "Pieces of My Heart" was quite a bit better than I was expecting. I'm not a huge RJ Wagner fan--in fact, I think the only thing I've seen him in is "Hart to Hart". I seem to recall my sister *loving* that show, although she was really young when it aired. Anyway, Wagner's obvious adoration of first and third wife Natalie Wood and his heartbreak at her tragic death were perfectly written: it came across as sincere and believable without being overdone. There was just enough Hollywood dish to keep it interesting.

Revolutionary Road; Not Quite what I was Planning; Life Sucks

"Revolutionary Road" by Richard Yates was *amazing*. I absolutely cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed this book. It's the best thing I've read since Lionel Shriver's "We Need to Talk About Kevin". Just a really beautifully written and utterly believable slice of 1950s suburbia.
"Not Quite What I Was Planning", edited by Smith Magazine, is a collection of six word memoirs. Smith challenged people to write their life story in six words or less--I don't think I could do it! But some of the ones people came up with were fantastic. Funny, sad, poignant...all across the emotional spectrum.
"Life Sucks" by Jessica Abel is a graphic novel that was like a cross between "Clerks" and "Twilight". Dave is forced into convenience store slavery by his vampire master when he falls for a beautiful wanna be vampire goth chick named Rosa. It was a fun story and the illustrations were nicely done as well.