"But He Doesn't Know the Territory" by Meredith Wilson: It was all about the making of The Music Man. It's actually not a show I love, but it was a great peek behind the curtain as to how a musical is developed. Also, he's got a great voice - very folksy and middle-America. I especially love how he explained all the slang he was planning to use so the reader would know what he was talking about when he used them.
"Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein: Such a great book! I read it in about 3 hours and that's including doing the puzzles too. It really reminded me of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and because of that, I was picturing a great movie in my head the whole time. I'm hoping some Hollywood Exec decides to make a movie out of it, because it would be amazing!
"Never Can Say Goodbye" Edited by Sari Botton: A few weeks ago I read a book by the same editor on people leaving NYC and the reasons why they did. This sequel was all the people that left the city then returned because they loved it too much. So much better than the first! There were some great authors in there that I'll most definitely be searching for in the near future.
"Superior Donuts" by Tracy Letts: I had heard they shot a pilot based on this play for next season starring Brian d'Arcy James so I was curious to know what the play was all about. It's pretty much what I was expecting, but it's also fairly dark so I have no idea how they're going to make a comedy out of it. I'm thinking there going to have to change a lot, in which case the only thing that stands up is the Donut shop. Not sure how I feel about it...But it was a good quick read on the bus coming home from NY.
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