Week 12 Prompt

Author: Mark Weinberg
Title: Movie Nights with the Reagans
Publication Date: February 27, 2018
Number of Pages: 261
Geographic Setting: Camp David, Washington, D.C., California
Time Period: 1981- 2016
Subject Headings:
Reagan, Ronald
Reagan, Nancy, 1921-2016
Presidents>United States
Presidents' spouses>United States

Type: Memoir
Series Notes: No series
Book Summary:
Movie Nights with the Reagans is a non-fiction memoir about films the Reagans watched with staff while at Camp David. The movies talked about include 9 to 5, Oh, God! Book II, Raiders of the Lost Ark, On Golden Pond, Chariots of Fire, E.T., Return of the Jedi, War Games, Curse of the Pink Panther, Bedtime for Bonzo, Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Rocky IV, Reds, Red Dawn, Top Gun, Knute Rockne All American, The Untouchables, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Hellcats of the Navy. The author has stories about what was going on in the world and the Reagans' lives at the time they watched the movies, why they picked the movies, and how the movies affected them. The book about who the Reagans were as people beyond the fame and presidency.

Reading Elements: Characterization, Tone, Detail, Learning/Experiencing, Pace, Setting

1-3 Annotation:
This memoir is about the Reagans in their down time. The author talks about movies they shared with staffers, and how those movies played into the everyday of their lives. It is a way of sharing something the Reagans shared with their staffers with readers.

Similar Works:
The Reagan Diaries by Ronald Reagan
What It Takes by Richard Ben Kramer
The Reagan I Knew by William F. Buckley

Name of Annotator: Lindsay Cory

1. Where is this book on the narrative continuum?
A mix.

2. What is the subject of the book?
The subject of the book is different movies the Reagans watched at Camp David with staff, the effects the movies had, and what was going on in the world at that time.

3. What type of book is it?
A memoir.

4. Articulate Appeal

What is the pacing of the book?
It has a relaxed pace. It moves along smoothly.

Describe the characters of the book.
The characters of the book are former President Ronald Reagan, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, staff that worked for them, and the author Mark Weinberg.

How does the story feel?
The story has a warm-hearted entertaining feel to it with small moments of sadness.

What is the intent of the author?
To share moments of movie nights at Camp David with the Reagans with readers. I think the author wants people to see the Reagans through his eyes.

What is the focus of the story?
Movie nights with the Reagans, how those movies affected them, and what was going on in their lives at the time.

Does the language matter?
Yes

Is the setting important and well described?
Yes, the setting is important as an example of what kind of people the Reagans were. The setting is well described with details about where and how things were and how the people affected the setting.

Are there details, and if so, of what?
Yes, there are details about the movies and the people.

Are there sufficient charts and other graphic materials? Are they useful and clear?
Yes, there are pictures of the Reagans and the author that relate to the stories.

Does the book stress moments of learning, understanding, or experience?
Yes, it has all three. Learning about the Reagans, understanding about the people they were in private and there staff, and experience through the stories of events and comments people made.

Why would a reader enjoy this book (rank appeal)?
1. Characterization
2. Tone
3. Detail