media update: august

this, of course, is more for my own remembrance than anything else. asterisks denote something i particularly enjoyed. follow this advice at your own risk.

MOVIES:
Speed Racer
Marley and Me
(500) Days of Summer
The Goods

BOOKS:
Bernhard Schlink, "The Reader" *
Michael Cunningham, "The Hours"
Tim Winton, "Breath"
Susan Shapiro, "Speed Shrinking"