Friday, October 31, 2008

Canadian Crooner

CDs

Closer: the best of Sarah McLachlan by Sarah McLachlan. There are many things I could say about this CD. But, I will keep my mouth shut.
I'll write them instead. Yuck. Ick. Boring. Beware the estrogen poisoning.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Five For Fiction

Mystery

Dying Fall by Sally Spencer. English police inspector Woodend finds a charred body in an abandoned cotton mill. Who would kill an old tramp by burning him to death?

Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart. Bailey's current status as a ghost doesn't stop her from meddling with the living. Bailey attempts to help the local pastor's wife solve the mystery of a dead man on her porch.

Fiction

Burn Out by Marcia Muller. Sharon McCone leaves her busy private investigation firm for her mountain retreat so that she can reassess her life and career. I'm betting someone dies and McCone is in grave danger.

Bones by Jonathan Kellerman. Milo Sturgis and Alex Delaware work a case and shoot trap. Bodies are found in L.A.'s Bird Marsh.
It looks like Kellerman has continued to cut down on the make-up in his author photos.

Large Print

Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker.

What to Read 10

Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler.
Damn Near Dead: an anthology of geezer noir edited by Duane Swizzlestickerinski.
unSpun: finding facts in a world of disinformation by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson.