I asked for it, didn't I?

yes, i ask what you're reading and what do i get?  Libraries in the Ancient World!  Salman Rushdie!  okay, that's enough showing off now, isn't anybody reading The Murder Room?  or, i don't know, the latest John Grisham?  just kidding, of course.  i am impressed at the answers to the who's reading and what? question i posed in the previous post.  more, more! let's hear what's going on out there.  don't be afraid to be elitist!  don't be afraid to be hoi polloi, either. nobody reads Libraries of the Ancient World all the time.

now, i know it's been a long time since A.S. Byatt's Possession was the novel on everyone's night table, but i have just become aware that at some point in the recent past a film was made of the book.  i can't find it in my local Blockbuster, but i'm going to forage further afield and find it somewhere.  has anyone seen it?  i just found a lengthy review of the film on chicklit.com, which is not exactly complimentary.  here's the closing lines:  "Overall, Possession surprised me by seeming barely connected to Byatt's novel; it felt like a Cliffs Notes version with all the British terms Americanized.  Those who like the book can see the film without it ruining their reading experience, and if nothing else they'll appreciate the lovely English scenery.  Those who are unfamiliar with the book, however, won't come away with an accurate sense of it; reading the novel would be far more enjoyable and less confusing."  but is that not almost always the case?