LABJ FORUM – Summertime Reading
J.K. Rowling, Danielle Steele and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are dominating bestseller lists this summer. Around Los Angeles, a more well read city than folks back East like to admit, the summer reading season is drawing attention to both the usual suspects and some local favorites. So the Business Journal asks:
What is on your nightstand right now?
Deborah Wasson
Regional Director of Administration
Foley & Lardner
I just got through reading “The Da Vinci Code.” The non-fiction that I’m trying to read and haven’t gotten to yet is called “The Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable.”
Robert Maxson
President
Cal State Long Beach
I was eager to read Hillary Rodham Clinton’s book, “Living History.” I bought it the first day it was out. I am sure she found it both joyful and painful to write. I thought it was informative, very interesting and political.
Nancy Karrenbrock
Owner
Los Angeles Party Designs Inc.
“Seabiscuit” and “Bush at War.” They’re both very good and well written. It’s not fiction. “Seabiscuit” is a very emotional story and “Bush at War” gives a lot of insight into what happens.
Marsha Calig
Chief Executive, President
Calig World Travel & Cruises
I’m reading “Seabiscuit” and “Harry Potter” and Katharine Hepburn’s biography, all fascinating books. I’ve been a big “Harry Potter” fan since the beginning, and I’ve done “Harry Potter” tours to England.
Bernard Parks
District 8 Councilman
City of Los Angeles
What I have on my nightstand is actually a big box of Mrs. Fields cookies, but I am reading a variety of things, one dealing with airport expansion, a three-day workweek report for the Police Department and a number of reports and audits from the controller’s office. The other stack is newspaper articles I haven’t gotten to yet. The book that I reread periodically is called “No-Nonsense Management,” by Richard Sloma.
Shelley Morrison
Actress
I like mysteries. I read about four a week, especially Michael Connelly and Thomas Perry.
Susan Kent
City Librarian
Los Angeles Public Library
I read Michael Connelly’s “Lost Light.” I’m a great fan of his. I love his series and his detective character, Hieronymus Bosch. Some scenes in the book actually take place in the Central Library here, but he told me he used poetic license to describe it.
Louis Eatman
Partner-in-Charge
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
The next-to-last Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” I haven’t gotten the last one yet. I really enjoy it.