I'm sure I'll pick it back up and finish it someday, but am closing it for the time being.

Susan, come join us in the FDR thread, in the Books by Title folder in the forum.

So far one of the most engaging -- and entertaining -- bios I've read. Entertaining on account of all the colorful anecdotes.

Those final, famous lines totally snuck up on me.

Am totally loving this. (And, to my surprise, learning to love reading long-form on the wonderphone.)

I'm amazed how little I remember from when I read it in school, even though that WAS twentysome years ago.

I do wish this was published in two volumes. It's excellent, so far, but a monster to pick up every night.

With the gargantuan "FDR" on the nightstand, I've got this one in my pocket now everywhere I go -- my current iPhone read.

The preface actually has me really excited to dig into the rest.

This came in. Picking it up today to start for the group read in the forum.

200 pages in, and I want to keep going because there's good thought-provoking stuff here, but the clumsy redundancies and really poor copyediting are making me crazy.

Not a very BIG book, but I expect to be with it for a while.

Embarking on my own little course in Revolutionary history.

Though I AM left wondering what Her Highness might have made of it.

kpwerker, let us know what your book club thinks.

Perfectly enjoyable but I don't seem to be swooning quite as much as others.

I believe I first read it in 2000, at the behest of 'villians (and after which I declared Hanff the patron saint of Readerville), and have read it several times sense. It really is truly delightful. Glad you liked it, Ben.

Not Highsmith's best work, for sure, but a good enough diversion. And there's just nobody like her.

Scanning the shelf for another Highsmith, since tonight will bring this one to a close.