Mish-Mash of Books

Fiction

Black Rock by John McFetridge. Young cop in 1970 Montreal looks for a serial killer among the political and social upheaval. I think I picked this one out, it sure sounds like a book I would select. McFetridge has a mystery series set in Toronto. I always think of the Kids in the Hall opening when I think about Toronto



The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes.  Exploring... hidden... secrets... mysteriously  driven... tragic truth... shake her family to the core... impossible choice... inspired... atmospheric... poignant... determined... power.

Beneath the Bonfire by Nickolas Butler. The same guy who wrote Shotgun Lovesongs, which I never got around to reading. The cover is a kinda '70s style with yellow, red and orange colors. The dust jacket says Shotgun was an international bestseller. That's neat. I do have a shotgun but it's an old 16 gauge bolt action and I've never shot it.

Corrupted Memory by Ray Daniel. Guy finds a dead man on the front stoop. Dead Man looks like Guy's deceased father. Dead Man is a previously unknown half-brother to Guy. More things happen.

NonFiction

The Honored Society: a portrait of Italy's most powerful mafia by Petra Reski.  Should mafia be capitalized? I was griping to someone that this book has no photos at all. No mug shots, no surveillance shots, no courtroom scenes, no street scenes. No maps either. Page 173 says, "It was a classic Mafia marriage: Ninetta was from an old Corleone family, her brother was rising through the hierarchy. He had the honor of being murdered by his future brother-in-law."

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NonFiction

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covery. Replacement. KAPOW!

The Yankee Commandante: the untold story of courage, passion, and one American's fight to liberate Cuba by Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss. Ohioan goes to fight with Castro, realizes Castro is a bad dude, things go bad.  ZOOM!

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future by Ashlee Vance.  BANG!

What If? serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions by Randall Munroe.If two immotal people were placed on opposite sides of an uninhabited Earthlike planet, how long would it take them to find each other?  WHAM!

The Road to Character by David Brooks. Pundit writes book.  ZOING!

Gumption: relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemaker by Nick Offerman. Guy with facial hair writes book.  BOOM!

Youth Basketball Drills: 160 drills for skill development by Burrall Paye and Patrick Paye. ZIP!

Thug Kitchen: eat like you give a fuck by Thug Kitchen LLC.  WHANG!

Some Music

Musicians Perform, The Performance is Recorded, The Recording is Transcribed Onto A Medium Composed of Plastic and Metal

Cover Story by The Verbs.  Singers sing songs of Dave Clark. With guitars.




Emmaar by Tinariwen. North African Tuareg's sing Malian songs. With Guitars.



To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar. Californian sings songs of Californians. He also has a bone to pick. With guitars.



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With guitars.

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