Fiction
Whale Road by Robert Low. Vikings! Orm leaves Norway and joins a viking crew that "fight hard, drink hard, and always defend their own."
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosanay. Two stories set in Paris; on ein 1942 and one in 2002. 1942's 10 year old Sarah holds the only key to the cupboard where she hid her brother when the Gestapo appeared. 2002's Julia is commissioned to write about the dark days of 1942 Paris, comes across the story of Sarah, and starts to follow a trail that leads back to that cupboard. Damn Nazis.
White Heat by Cherry Adair. Emily hates Max after he appeared, wooed, and dropped her over a year ago. When Max suddenly shows after the death of his art restoration father - Emily's mentor - Emily is still angry. But Max knows his father's death was murder and that the Black Rose terrorist organization is after a pencil sketch with a cryptic code. This mnust be some sort of da Vinci Code/internation terror/romance novel.
Mad Dash by Patricia Gaffney. Dash leaves her insular and hypochondriac husband after their argument over a dog is the last straw. On her own for the first time in twenty years is exhilirating but she cannot help but constantly think of her past and whether she really wants to leave.
Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea. "Forbidden details about the private lives of four young women from Saudi Arabia's upper classes..." The social, romantic and sexual tribulations of a young women's lives in Riyadh.
The Interim by Chris Earl. Robb Markstram quit his reporter job to be a sports administrator at Wisconsin State in Madison, WI. After a plane crash kills the coaching staff Robb takes over and finds that major college basketball is filled with corruption.
Power Play by Joseph Finder. Junior executive Jake joins all the top execs for Hammond Aerospace at their annual electronics free retreat. When some "backwoods hunters" take them hostage and start demanding ransoms only Jake is in a position to help.
Best British Mysteries IV by edited by Maxim Jakubowski. Stories by Lee Child, Alexander McCall Smith, Anne Perry, Allan Guthrie, Ken Bruen and others.
NonFiction
Phantom Warrior: the heroic true story of Pvt. John McKinney's one-man stand against the Japanese in World War II by Forrest Bryant Johnson. Yikes! How was this guy still alive after all that plus campaigns in New Guinea?
DVD
Inland Empire starring Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux. Synopsis. Who cares what it is about? David Lynch directed it so you know it will be interesting. We also have Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Season 2 of Twin Peaks, Dynamic:01 The Best of davidlynch.com, and he also did a film for Lumiere and Company.
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