I picked up Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier at the library way back when and just couldn't get into it. I'm that kind of reader -- if after the first five pages I'm not hooked, forget it. But if I am hooked, I'm up until 2 or 3 in the morning reading. Haven't had a good one like that in a while though.

Maybe the movie will be different. But I wonder: since there really is a Cold Mountain, NC, why go all the way to Romania to shoot the damn thing? Okay, so here's the answer.