I'm 16, and I'm finally getting around to watching The Godfather for the first time. I've been planning on it ever since last summer, when I played Romeo in an early 60s mafia setting of Romeo and Juliet.

I finally watched the original film on AMC; then I read the book in two days and I'm halfway through the second film. Next up after I finish watching the trilogy is reading The Sicilian, and then The Godfather Returns.

This isn't the literary area in which I usually foray. My favourite books are The Lord of the Rings and Dune, so this is very different from what I am used to. I'm really looking forward to buying the DVD trilogy when the time finally comes.

Just thought I'd let you all know that the appeal of the Godfather lives on, and not just in wannabe gangsters...