Latest reading, listening, and watching (Part 1)

Now that it is summer, I have had a lot of spare time to read, discover music, and watch TV and movies. And that is pretty much what I have been doing since I can't seem to find a job. Now for a few brief blurbs about some of the reading and watching.

BOOKS:

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

So yeah, I am the only person I know past the seventh grade who hadn't read this yet. But now that I have, I see what all the hype is about, and I really want to watch the movie.
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Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I have just started this, but so far it is really interesting. I must say, the foreword by Christopher Hitchens is a bit intense, but in a way that really makes you think about the role of censorship, religion, and religious tolerance as integral pieces in working societies (you know, light stuff). I am literally on Chapter 2 of the first part, but already I am really excited about this book. Besides, she was on the Colbert Report, so she must be interesting, right?
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Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I love F. Scott Fitzgerald. I love Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, and every short story of his I have ever read, including the ones I have started in F and P. I have only started the fourth story, but the first two have a really interesting balance between Fitzgerald's richly descriptive writing and plots that border on something near Magic Realism.


MOVIES

The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II

Again, I was almost the only person to not have seen these, except for another good friend of mine who hadn't. And so we (and SugarSnap!) watched both of these together (we didn't wast time on the shitty one). And again, I see what all the hype was about. They are amazing, everything that films should be. And I had no idea that Diane Keaton was in them, which just makes them better. I love pre-90's Diane Keaton.
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Land of the Lost

OK, so I was not expecting anything amazing out of this movie. Which is good, because there really wasn't anything amazing about this movie. I mean, I love Will Ferrell. I think that his skits on SNL constitute some of the greatest humor...ever. And the guy who was in Tropic Thunder is also really hilarious. And the movie overall has some really amazing parts, but for the most part, it kind of sucks. I get why it got all those shitty reviews. Although Matt Lauer's cameo was great.
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So that is Part 1. Part 2 will involve some music, blogs, Internet videos, and random...stuff.