Non-Fiction
Loving Someone With An Addiction by Paraclete Press. DVD, so I guess I cannot quote this one.
Okay. I'll look for some quotes.
Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet by Donald Hensrud, MD, Medical Editor. "Split up the tasks to save time."
Weeknight Gluten Free: simple, healthy meals for every night of the week by Kristine Kidd. "Season to taste."
500 Potato Recipes by Elizabeth Woodland. "Today the potato is the staple food for two-thirds of the world's population and out third most important food crop."
Chic Home Interiors by Carles Broto. A big book with lots of great photos. "On the other hand it had no windows and received no natural light."
Not to be confused with Chic
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Nothing Much to Say, Here are Ten Novels
Fiction
Home Place by Carrie La Seur. Successful woman returns to Montana after sister dies. Woman thinks sister's death may not have been accident. Woman goes gooey for old boyfriend.
Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy. Yes, I read his name was Van Booty. I'm not sure what the plot is but the back cover says it is "gripping." So are ticks.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. This book says nothing about the plot either. There are just buzzwords: remarkable...haunted...unintended consequences...journey...mend...heartbreak for the ages.
Magician's Land by Lev Grossman. I don't know anything about this series but I like all the covers. The book is about magic and secret worlds.
The Reckoning by Rennie Arth. Murder mystery set in 1947 England. Okay, I'm burning out this morning.
When the World Was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney. Something about post-WWII life of a teen girl.
Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin. Something about a fortune hunter.
Mean Streak by Sandra Brown. Something about a mean streak.
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom. Something about lucky people.
Monday Monday by Elizabeth Crook. Something about repetition. Something about repetition.
Home Place by Carrie La Seur. Successful woman returns to Montana after sister dies. Woman thinks sister's death may not have been accident. Woman goes gooey for old boyfriend.
Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy. Yes, I read his name was Van Booty. I'm not sure what the plot is but the back cover says it is "gripping." So are ticks.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. This book says nothing about the plot either. There are just buzzwords: remarkable...haunted...unintended consequences...journey...mend...heartbreak for the ages.
Magician's Land by Lev Grossman. I don't know anything about this series but I like all the covers. The book is about magic and secret worlds.
The Reckoning by Rennie Arth. Murder mystery set in 1947 England. Okay, I'm burning out this morning.
When the World Was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney. Something about post-WWII life of a teen girl.
Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin. Something about a fortune hunter.
Mean Streak by Sandra Brown. Something about a mean streak.
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom. Something about lucky people.
Monday Monday by Elizabeth Crook. Something about repetition. Something about repetition.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Three Dudes and One Gal
Fiction
Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger. Krueger's novels are quite popular around here. They are set up in Duluth.
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay.It seems like I met Barclay at the 2012 Bouchercon in St. Louis. But, there was an open bar so I might be wrong.
Hounded by David Rosenfelt. Defense attorney Andy Carpenter is asked by a policeman friend to take in an orphaned 8-year-old and a basset hound. I'm not sure how old the basset is.
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little. Fairly decent cover photo. I don't like the title's typeface. I do like the typeface on the inside of the dust jacket. Formerly famous woman is not out of prison hoping to find who killed her mother. Formerly Famous woman was convicted for the crime. Formerly Famous woman had drug issues and may be looking for herself.
Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger. Krueger's novels are quite popular around here. They are set up in Duluth.
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay.It seems like I met Barclay at the 2012 Bouchercon in St. Louis. But, there was an open bar so I might be wrong.
Hounded by David Rosenfelt. Defense attorney Andy Carpenter is asked by a policeman friend to take in an orphaned 8-year-old and a basset hound. I'm not sure how old the basset is.
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little. Fairly decent cover photo. I don't like the title's typeface. I do like the typeface on the inside of the dust jacket. Formerly famous woman is not out of prison hoping to find who killed her mother. Formerly Famous woman was convicted for the crime. Formerly Famous woman had drug issues and may be looking for herself.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Gischler? Again? Do We Really Need Every Gishler?
Yes. We Do Need Every Gishler.
Kiss Me, Satan!: New Orleans is a werewolf town by Victor Gischler and Juan Ferreyra. Werewolf mob boss puts a hit out on a witch. Bounty hunters arrive. Trouble ensues.
Fiction
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas. This is bound with some heavy paper, man. Thomas won the Graduate Essay Award at UC-Irvine. I don't know what that means. I was twice Wrestler of the Week in high school but I'm not putting it on my resume.
Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen. Oh, I read her other book The Bird Sisters for the WI Library Association literary awards committee. Bird Sisters was okay but definitely not my bag. This one is set in 1938 Minnesota.
Kiss Me, Satan!: New Orleans is a werewolf town by Victor Gischler and Juan Ferreyra. Werewolf mob boss puts a hit out on a witch. Bounty hunters arrive. Trouble ensues.
Fiction
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas. This is bound with some heavy paper, man. Thomas won the Graduate Essay Award at UC-Irvine. I don't know what that means. I was twice Wrestler of the Week in high school but I'm not putting it on my resume.
Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen. Oh, I read her other book The Bird Sisters for the WI Library Association literary awards committee. Bird Sisters was okay but definitely not my bag. This one is set in 1938 Minnesota.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Real Big Boat of Convict Koreans
DVD
Noah starring Russell Crowe, Hermione Granger, That Lady From Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Guy builds a real big boat.
Silmido starring [Korean actors you never heard of]. in 1968 North Korean commandos attempted to kill the President of South Korea. South Korea retaliated by creating Unit 684 which recruited convicts that would train to kill North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung. When Unit 684's mission was cancelled the South Korean government decided to kill all Unit members.
Here is a trailer of Koreans speaking in German but subtitled in English.
Noah starring Russell Crowe, Hermione Granger, That Lady From Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Guy builds a real big boat.
Silmido starring [Korean actors you never heard of]. in 1968 North Korean commandos attempted to kill the President of South Korea. South Korea retaliated by creating Unit 684 which recruited convicts that would train to kill North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung. When Unit 684's mission was cancelled the South Korean government decided to kill all Unit members.
Here is a trailer of Koreans speaking in German but subtitled in English.
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