Tag: Les Hinton

Top Book Picks Of 2018 In 10 Quirky Categories

 

I love reading. I’ve always loved reading. I think I love reading almost more than I love writing. It’s certainly easier than writing. I didn’t think reading one book a week would be any kind of a problem. So, as I blogged last week,  I pledged to read 50 books this year in the Goodreads Reading Challenge. As of this week I’ve read 44 ( I got behind because of my own writing and edits on Book3.) Six more books to read in the next 9 days. Piece of cake!

In the meantime, here are my top picks in the following categories: Continue reading “Top Book Picks Of 2018 In 10 Quirky Categories”

Book Launch Party For “An Untidy Life” Serves Up Golden Memories & Nostalgia

Years and years ago, when Les Hinton, author of An Untidy Life was on the second (maybe, third) rung of the ladder he eventually climbed to the very top of Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire, we joked about writing our memoirs. Back then, Les, as president of Murdoch Magazines, had just returned from Paris where he’d met with multi-millionaire Daniel Filipacchi, of Hachette Filipacchi, Murdoch’s French publishing partner.

Les returned with some interesting stories, one of which involved a trip to Filipacchi’s powder room where a small Picasso hung “low on the wall.”  It had amused –and worried– Les that the valuable piece of art hung “easily within splashing distance.”

“If I ever write a memoir,” he’d added, “the title will have to be Pissing With Picasso.” Continue reading “Book Launch Party For “An Untidy Life” Serves Up Golden Memories & Nostalgia”