Fiction
Children of Kings by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross. Science fiction.
House Girl by Tara Conklin. I think I once tied reading House Gun by Nadine Gordimer. That novel has a group of guys living together in South Africa. The protagonist's of the novel are dismayed when their son is accused of murder by using the "house gun" (kept for home defense) on someone. Dang, that came out in 1998.
House Girl is a dual story of 1852 slavery and a 2004 lawyer who tries to find a descendant.
Gotcha! by Fern Michaels. What a lousy cover. A photo of red autumn leaves and what seems to be a porch out-of-focus in the background. Heck, the title is small print and stuck in the lower right corner.
The Striker by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. This is a typical Cussler cover with A BIG FIERY EXPLOSION. The co-author's name is printed in much, much smaller type.
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Xtreme Berlin Training Thrones
DVD
Berlin 36 starring [Germans]. Fosbury flop free Jewish high jumper is harassed and harried by dirty, rotten, stinking, filfthy nazis to try and get her off the German Olympic team.
Game of Thrones: the complete second season starring The Great and Mighty Peter Dinklage and naked women (or so I've heard). Sneakiness and secrecy seal sword swinging associates.
Personal Training with Jackie: power circuit training starring [someone named Jackie]. Five different workouts.
Personal Training with Jackie: crunch-free xtreme abs starring [that same Jackie lady]. Standing and floor routines.
Berlin 36 starring [Germans]. Fosbury flop free Jewish high jumper is harassed and harried by dirty, rotten, stinking, filfthy nazis to try and get her off the German Olympic team.
Game of Thrones: the complete second season starring The Great and Mighty Peter Dinklage and naked women (or so I've heard). Sneakiness and secrecy seal sword swinging associates.
Personal Training with Jackie: power circuit training starring [someone named Jackie]. Five different workouts.
Personal Training with Jackie: crunch-free xtreme abs starring [that same Jackie lady]. Standing and floor routines.
Renovation Photos
Renovation Photos
Some updates.
Framing, HVAC, water line, electrical, and sewer line in new lower level toilet room. Doorway is to the right.
Water and sewer for new sink.
Drywall torn out for new camera wiring in lower level.
Bathroom drywall is done.
Some of the pendant lights in the reading room are being moved.
Paint is here and ready.
Some updates.
Framing, HVAC, water line, electrical, and sewer line in new lower level toilet room. Doorway is to the right.
Water and sewer for new sink.
Drywall torn out for new camera wiring in lower level.
Bathroom drywall is done.
Some of the pendant lights in the reading room are being moved.
Paint is here and ready.
Friday, March 01, 2013
Milwaukee Music, Swedish Serbs, South Dakota Sniper
Milwaukee Music
Power Ballads by Will Boast. I read this book and enjoyed it. Only one or two stories are actually set in Milwaukee. Short stories that revolve around a professional drummer in Chicago. The drummer loves jazz music but makes money by playing in various bands and playing on a big name tour. A neat look at working musicians.
Swedish Serbs
Easy Money by Jens Lapidus. One of the few members of the Nordic crime wave I have read. Well, listened to. I heard the audio version of this Stockholm crime drama and enjoyed it. A business student rises in the drug trade while ostensibly searching for his missing sister. A native Serbian is stuck in middle management of a Stockholm crime ring and does not mind the brutality. An Argentinian convicted for drug trafficking escapes prison with an eye for revenge.
South Dakota Sniper
Merciless by Lori Armstrong. Former Army sniper Mercy Gunderson is a newly hired FBI Special Agent assigned to Rapid City. Her job is boring and disappointing. I have not read this book but did enjoy talking with Lori Armstrong at Bouchercon in St. Louis.
Others
Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns. Small town Rhode Island is newly haunted by supernatural or mysterious events. I read a good review. I think.
Shadow and the Crown by Patricia Bracewell. The cover image says Female protagonist in swords and knights romance. The flyleaf says Yeah, that guess is about right.
Robert's Rules of Order: newly revised: 11th edition by Henry M. Robert III. We needed a new one.
Power Ballads by Will Boast. I read this book and enjoyed it. Only one or two stories are actually set in Milwaukee. Short stories that revolve around a professional drummer in Chicago. The drummer loves jazz music but makes money by playing in various bands and playing on a big name tour. A neat look at working musicians.
Swedish Serbs
Easy Money by Jens Lapidus. One of the few members of the Nordic crime wave I have read. Well, listened to. I heard the audio version of this Stockholm crime drama and enjoyed it. A business student rises in the drug trade while ostensibly searching for his missing sister. A native Serbian is stuck in middle management of a Stockholm crime ring and does not mind the brutality. An Argentinian convicted for drug trafficking escapes prison with an eye for revenge.
South Dakota Sniper
Merciless by Lori Armstrong. Former Army sniper Mercy Gunderson is a newly hired FBI Special Agent assigned to Rapid City. Her job is boring and disappointing. I have not read this book but did enjoy talking with Lori Armstrong at Bouchercon in St. Louis.
Others
Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns. Small town Rhode Island is newly haunted by supernatural or mysterious events. I read a good review. I think.
Shadow and the Crown by Patricia Bracewell. The cover image says Female protagonist in swords and knights romance. The flyleaf says Yeah, that guess is about right.
Robert's Rules of Order: newly revised: 11th edition by Henry M. Robert III. We needed a new one.
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