BONUS: Rob Reiner remembered

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