Today Olivia and Manda reflect on the cinematic gifts left to the world by the genius, Rob Reiner. Along with each movie mentioned, the girls offer book recs for your reading delight (list below). Happy Holidays!

When Harry Met Sally:

• Heartburn, Nora Ephron
• The People We Meet on Vacation, Henry (really any Emily Henry book)
• Normal People, Rooney
• Rachel Incident, O’Donoghue
• Eleanor and Park, Rowell
• One Day, Nicholls

Misery

• Dolores Claiborne, Stephen King
• Dream Girl, Laura Lippman
• Notes on a Scandal, Heller
• Tender, McKeon

Stand By Me

• Something Wicked This Way Comes, Bradbury
• The Night Circus, Morgenstern
• The Outsiders, Hinton
• Okay For Now, Gary D. Schmidt
• Pop AND Schooled (both were mentioned, but really any Gordon Korman book)

This is Spinal Tap

• A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap
• Spinal Tap 2: the end continues (movie rec)
• AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Story of the World’s Greatest Rock-and-Roll Band, Engelheart
• I am Ozzy, Osbourne
• Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, Davis
• The Life of Brian (movie rec)
• Monty Python bios/memoirs:
  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography, Eric Idle
  • So, anyway…, John Cleese
  • The Pythons Autobiography, The Pythons
• French Exit, deWitt

The Princess Bride

• Tress of the Emerald Seas, Sanderson
• Kill the Farm Boy, Dawson
• As you wish: inconceivable tales from the making of the Princess Bride, Elwes
• Magicians, Grossman

Today the gals are joined by fellow TPL staffer, Hannah, for a discussion of every high school's favorite assigned book, The Great Gatsby. O

Looking for some great gift ideas? You've come to the right place! The girls share ideas for all ages, babies to adults. In case you were walking/driving/jogging and couldn't write down the titles, the gals discussed:

• When Pigs Fly: a song for dreamers, Sandra Boynton
• The Book of Candles: eight poems for Hanukkah Laurel Snyder, illus. by Leanne Hatch
• The 13th Day of Christmas, Adam Rex
• Once Upon a Kwanzaa, Nyasha Williams
• The Amazing Generation, Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price
• The Stolen Songbird Judith Eagle
• Brownstone, Samuel Teer and Mar Julia
• This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir, Zarna Garg
• The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus, Emma Knight
• Turning to Birds: the power and beauty of noticing, Lili Taylor
• Lifeform, Jenny Slate
• The Third Gilmore Girl: a memoir, Kelly Bishop