DVD
You Don't Mess With the Zohan starring Adam Sandler, John Turturro. Israeli spy quits work to be a hairdresser.
Fiction
Quilter's Kitchen by Jennifer Chiaverini. Madison author's latest tome. "Anna Del Masso had known that she wanted to be a chef since she was in the seventh grade. 'Somehow everything in my life ends up being about food,' she realizes, as she begins the latest of her food-themed quilts. her twin passions have converged in a brand-new position as head chef for Elm Creek Quilts, Waterford, Pennsylvania's popular quilting retreat."
Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch helps defense attorney Mickey Haller find the murderer of Haller's partner.
NonFiction
Rupert Red Two: a fighter pilot's life from Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs by Jack Broughton. Broughton graduated West Point in 1945 and joined the Army Air Force. He flew prop planes opposed to Russian MiGs during the German occupation. Jet to jet in the Korean War. Command of the Thunderbirds. An Air Force Cross in Vietnam.
Broughton stories bring to the cockpit to life and tell the nomadic tales of life as a military pilot.
New Rooms for Old Houses: beautiful additions for the traditional home by Frank Shirley. How to add an addition to an old home and make it match.
Don't call me Shirley.
Continuous Cables: an exploration of knitted cabled knots, rings, swirls, and curlicues by Melissa Leapman. 20 Designs plus an all-original stitch dictionary. Cables in patterns and circles. There is a dog photo on page 92.
Breakdowns: portrait of the artist as a young %@?! by Art Spiegelman. Spiegelman's autobiography in comics form. Of course.
Friends made, moments shared, memories for life : an oral history of VMSB 343 United States Marine Corps in World War II by Walter G. LeTendre.
1 comment:
Quilter's Kitchen is interesting--it's primarily a cookbook with a little anecdotal narrative in each chapter, but not really a plot. Good recipes, though.
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