I found myself reading this book just to see where it was going, not because I was particularly interested in the characters. I appreciated the attempt made to explain Leonard's bi-polar disorder, both by Leonard's account and by the omniscient narrator. This helped me to understand why Madeleine found him attractive. Otherwise, I couldn't relate to her attraction to him at all. Nor could I relate to the self-centered nature of all the characters, really. Unlike Middlesex, which I couldn't put down, the Marriage Plot was light on plot.

Like a lot of women my age, I had a big crush on Rob Lowe in the 70's and 80's. In reading his autobiography, I enjoyed his voice, stories and reading about his brushes with fame before he was even famous! This book piqued my interest in watching The Outsiders again.

This film is somewhat predictable. Unfortunately it erroneously equates having a mental illness with being a psychotic killer. I was glad to see that it has the described narration track for people with visual impairments, though. Equal opportunity crap.

I thought this film was fantastic. The acting was superb. Melissa Leo gave a believable turn as Alice, as did Christian Bale. And Mark Wahlberg, I can watch him all day. Amy Adams was great too.

I enjoyed this book. I wasn't aware of WCW's life, so it was interesting to me that he so intensely loved to write and did so even after being a successful physician. I liked the art work, too.