DVD
The Mighty Celt starring Gillian Anderson and Robert Carlyle. Boy living with single mom in Ireland strikes deal with greyhound trainer to get to keep a dog if boy trains dog to win three races.
I bought this because it has greyhounds and Gillian Anderson.
Princess of Nebraska starring [people you do not know]. Pregnant Chinese student studying in Nebraska travels to San Francisco for, possibly, an abortion. Directed by Wayne Wang who does good stuff.
Journey to the Center of the Earth starring Brendan Fraser. People fall into the center of the Earth and overcome cgi produced obstacles.
Fiction
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich. I think I read one of these books a long time ago. I don't know bupkis about the characters but have heard enough to make this prediction: Plum goes after a bail-jumper, Plum's grandmother acts crazy, Plum experiences sexual tension and romantic trouble, other bounty hunters both help and hinder.
The Memory Collector by Meg Gardiner. Jo calls herself a 'deadshrinker'. She is a forensic psychologist who helps determine the mental state of people before they died. She gets called to help with a guy who has lost his short term memory. While Jo helps the guy she discovers a link between the guy and a 'biological agent'.
Non Fiction
The Secrets of Happy Families: eight keys to building a lifetime of connection and contentment by Scott Haltzman, M.D.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
A Quick One Before I'm Away
Fiction
Below Zero by C.J. Box. This is supposed to be real good.
Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver. I'm not sure I've ever read one of his novels but I really a short story that was good.
Relentless by Dean Koontz.
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. A haunted house in 1940 England.
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner. Gardener's thrillers are supposed to be above average.
Knock Out by Catherine Coulter. What does Coulter write anyway? Both thrillers and romance? Or Thrillers with some romance? read it and find out yourself.
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I'm late on getting this one.
The Cheater by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg. I don't care.
French Gardener by Santa Montefiore. "Santa"? What the heck kind of name is that?
Love's Pursuit by Siri Mitchell. The cover has a redheaded gal with a head cover and black clothes so this must be an inspirational fiction set in Amish country or something. Let me check... Nope, but I was kinda close. It is in Stoneybrooke, MA way back when.
Repeat After Me by Rachel DeWoskin. Young New York woman Aysha meets a Chinese student in the U.S. They marry and move to China. Cultural goofs provide humor.
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen. Unique novel told with illustrations.
NonFiction
Mad Science: experiements you can do at home - but probably shouldn't by Theodore Gray.
Chemical Cowboys: the DEA's secret mission to hunt down a notorious ecstasy kingpin by Lisa Sweetingham. True crime tale of an international drug ring trading in Ecstasy tablets. Also endorsed by Bill Crider.
American Cheeses: the best regional, artisna, and farmhouse cheeses: who makes them and where to find them by Clark Wolf. Endorsed by Gerard Saylor (that's me) and other Wisconsin types.
World War One: a short history by Norman Stone. We did not have much on WWI so I bought this.
Large Print
Medusa by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos.
Below Zero by C.J. Box. This is supposed to be real good.
Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver. I'm not sure I've ever read one of his novels but I really a short story that was good.
Relentless by Dean Koontz.
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. A haunted house in 1940 England.
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner. Gardener's thrillers are supposed to be above average.
Knock Out by Catherine Coulter. What does Coulter write anyway? Both thrillers and romance? Or Thrillers with some romance? read it and find out yourself.
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I'm late on getting this one.
The Cheater by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg. I don't care.
French Gardener by Santa Montefiore. "Santa"? What the heck kind of name is that?
Love's Pursuit by Siri Mitchell. The cover has a redheaded gal with a head cover and black clothes so this must be an inspirational fiction set in Amish country or something. Let me check... Nope, but I was kinda close. It is in Stoneybrooke, MA way back when.
Repeat After Me by Rachel DeWoskin. Young New York woman Aysha meets a Chinese student in the U.S. They marry and move to China. Cultural goofs provide humor.
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen. Unique novel told with illustrations.
NonFiction
Mad Science: experiements you can do at home - but probably shouldn't by Theodore Gray.
Chemical Cowboys: the DEA's secret mission to hunt down a notorious ecstasy kingpin by Lisa Sweetingham. True crime tale of an international drug ring trading in Ecstasy tablets. Also endorsed by Bill Crider.
American Cheeses: the best regional, artisna, and farmhouse cheeses: who makes them and where to find them by Clark Wolf. Endorsed by Gerard Saylor (that's me) and other Wisconsin types.
World War One: a short history by Norman Stone. We did not have much on WWI so I bought this.
Large Print
Medusa by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos.
Tim Finn, Practical Shooting, Exercise, Guy WIth No Shirt
Music CDs
The Conversation by Tim Finn. The great Finn sings songs. Didi I mention I was going to drive to Milwaukee and see this dude in early 2008? He was scheduled on a night when we had a massive snow fall. I did not bother trying to drive in that mess. But, it was snow so much the show was cancelled anyway.
Blackout!2 by Methodman and Redman. The popular rappers team up again.
DVD
Practical Shooting: handgun techniques, volumes 1-3 by Matt Burkett. Tips, training, and instruction on IPSC by professional shooters Burkett, Brian Enos and Don Golembieski. If those check-outs out maybe I'll get a shotgun or rifle one.
Fool's Gold starring ThatGuyWithNoShirt and TheGalWhoIsNotAsHotAsEveryoneSays. Recently divorced couple head to the Carribean to find a treasure ship that sunk in 1715 while gangster tries to catch the husband.
SHAPE 20-Minute Makeover. Exercise video.
21 starring Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth. College students learn to count cards and play Blackjack in Las Vegas. They get in trouble.
The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale. A replacement.
There's a Place For Us: the 34th annual UW Varsity Band Spring Concert. It took forever to get this cataloged.
AudioBooks on CD
Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman. 5 discs at 5 hours. Endorsed by Bill Crider.
The Sorceress: the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott. 11 discs at 14 hours. A YA title. Unednorsed by Bill Crider (as far as I know anyway).
The Conversation by Tim Finn. The great Finn sings songs. Didi I mention I was going to drive to Milwaukee and see this dude in early 2008? He was scheduled on a night when we had a massive snow fall. I did not bother trying to drive in that mess. But, it was snow so much the show was cancelled anyway.
Blackout!2 by Methodman and Redman. The popular rappers team up again.
DVD
Practical Shooting: handgun techniques, volumes 1-3 by Matt Burkett. Tips, training, and instruction on IPSC by professional shooters Burkett, Brian Enos and Don Golembieski. If those check-outs out maybe I'll get a shotgun or rifle one.
Fool's Gold starring ThatGuyWithNoShirt and TheGalWhoIsNotAsHotAsEveryoneSays. Recently divorced couple head to the Carribean to find a treasure ship that sunk in 1715 while gangster tries to catch the husband.
SHAPE 20-Minute Makeover. Exercise video.
21 starring Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth. College students learn to count cards and play Blackjack in Las Vegas. They get in trouble.
The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale. A replacement.
There's a Place For Us: the 34th annual UW Varsity Band Spring Concert. It took forever to get this cataloged.
AudioBooks on CD
Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman. 5 discs at 5 hours. Endorsed by Bill Crider.
The Sorceress: the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott. 11 discs at 14 hours. A YA title. Unednorsed by Bill Crider (as far as I know anyway).
Punk Rock Punks Produce Album 35 Years Later
Music CDs
...For the Whole World to See by Death. According to allmusic.com the three Hackney brothers of Detroit started playing soul and funk and then moved into the proto-punk scene in 1973. They were signed to a label but refused to change to a friendlier band name. The naming argument caused a rift in the band and only now are all seven of their singles being released on CD.
You don't see many black guys playing punk, which reminds me of The Dirtbombs. The Dirtbombs are also from Detroit and we also have an album of theirs here, We Have You Surrounded, which includes this tune.
...For the Whole World to See by Death. According to allmusic.com the three Hackney brothers of Detroit started playing soul and funk and then moved into the proto-punk scene in 1973. They were signed to a label but refused to change to a friendlier band name. The naming argument caused a rift in the band and only now are all seven of their singles being released on CD.
You don't see many black guys playing punk, which reminds me of The Dirtbombs. The Dirtbombs are also from Detroit and we also have an album of theirs here, We Have You Surrounded, which includes this tune.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
New Stuff, Old Stuff, Bikini Stuff
DVD
Taking Chance starring Kevin Bacon. A Marine Lieutenant Colonel reads the obituary for a young Marine and sees they graduated from the same high school. The LTC volunteers to accompany the body back from Delaware back to burial in Wyoming.
Defiance starring Daniel Craig. James Bond fights the Nazis in the Polish woods.
SHAPE: sculpt your abs. This is a replacement for a lost item.
SHAPE: ultimate bikini body workout. Workout routine. No bikinis involved.
Land of the Lost: Seasons One, Two, and Three starring [people from the seventies]. All three seasons of the 1970s kids television show. I would maybe watch one or two episodes off of here to see what looks familiar. But, otherwise, I consider this a complete waste of time.
Maybe I could buy this for my brother's birthday. I still have not gotten him anything and it has been about two months. Does he really need anything anyway? Couldn't I make a donation in his name to the Gerard Saylor Foundation for Knife and Firearms Appreciation?
National Treasure 2 starring Nicolas Cage, Harvey Keitel. This looks stupid. I suppose kids like it though. Our whole family went to see UP! when my in-laws were in town. Boy Number One, who is six, got quite scared when the bad guy was shooting at everyone.
Taking Chance starring Kevin Bacon. A Marine Lieutenant Colonel reads the obituary for a young Marine and sees they graduated from the same high school. The LTC volunteers to accompany the body back from Delaware back to burial in Wyoming.
Defiance starring Daniel Craig. James Bond fights the Nazis in the Polish woods.
SHAPE: sculpt your abs. This is a replacement for a lost item.
SHAPE: ultimate bikini body workout. Workout routine. No bikinis involved.
Land of the Lost: Seasons One, Two, and Three starring [people from the seventies]. All three seasons of the 1970s kids television show. I would maybe watch one or two episodes off of here to see what looks familiar. But, otherwise, I consider this a complete waste of time.
Maybe I could buy this for my brother's birthday. I still have not gotten him anything and it has been about two months. Does he really need anything anyway? Couldn't I make a donation in his name to the Gerard Saylor Foundation for Knife and Firearms Appreciation?
National Treasure 2 starring Nicolas Cage, Harvey Keitel. This looks stupid. I suppose kids like it though. Our whole family went to see UP! when my in-laws were in town. Boy Number One, who is six, got quite scared when the bad guy was shooting at everyone.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Hogdoggin' and Nine Large Print Novels
Fiction
Hogdoggin' by Anthony Neil Smith. Billy Lafitte was a Deputy Sheriff and suspected terrorist from Southwest Minnesoto. Lafitte cut town, went underground, and ended up joining a outlaw motorcycle club as their enforcer. Lafitte's nemesis, an FBI agent, is convinced that Lafitte is a traitor and is squeezing Lafitte's ex-wife and kids to get Lafitte to show himself. Lots of violence, action, some sex, and a great scene with some teenagers hanging out in a parking lot.
Monarch of Mulligan Bay by David Mathias. A paranoid 1930s gangster converts his paper money for gold. A Wisconsin gas station owner gets the gold and buries it, telling only his priest at confesssion. Years later the priest, now in prison, tells riddles to reveal the story. Local author.
Large Print
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead. Black teen in late '80s is social outcast at his prep school. He and his brother get to spend the summer in Sag Harbor with the families of other black professionals. Teen has "trials and tribulations...but maybe, with a little luck, things will turn out differently this summer."
Cry Mercy by Mariah Stewart.
The Sign by Raymond Khoury.
The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore.
Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.
Borderline by Nevada Barr.
One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel.
Silent Man by Alex Berenson.
Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West.
Non Fiction
Hosting a Library Mystery: a programming guide by Elizabeth M. Karle.
Hogdoggin' by Anthony Neil Smith. Billy Lafitte was a Deputy Sheriff and suspected terrorist from Southwest Minnesoto. Lafitte cut town, went underground, and ended up joining a outlaw motorcycle club as their enforcer. Lafitte's nemesis, an FBI agent, is convinced that Lafitte is a traitor and is squeezing Lafitte's ex-wife and kids to get Lafitte to show himself. Lots of violence, action, some sex, and a great scene with some teenagers hanging out in a parking lot.
Monarch of Mulligan Bay by David Mathias. A paranoid 1930s gangster converts his paper money for gold. A Wisconsin gas station owner gets the gold and buries it, telling only his priest at confesssion. Years later the priest, now in prison, tells riddles to reveal the story. Local author.
Large Print
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead. Black teen in late '80s is social outcast at his prep school. He and his brother get to spend the summer in Sag Harbor with the families of other black professionals. Teen has "trials and tribulations...but maybe, with a little luck, things will turn out differently this summer."
Cry Mercy by Mariah Stewart.
The Sign by Raymond Khoury.
The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore.
Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.
Borderline by Nevada Barr.
One Day at a Time by Danielle Steel.
Silent Man by Alex Berenson.
Mermaids in the Basement by Michael Lee West.
Non Fiction
Hosting a Library Mystery: a programming guide by Elizabeth M. Karle.
Friday, June 05, 2009
I'm Sick of All These Vampire Books
Fiction
Fugitive by Phillip Margolin. Guy rescues prison warden in riot, flees to African dictatorship when accused of a murder, flees Africa after screwing dictator's wife, goes on trial in US with dictator and real murderer from before trying to kill him.
Matters of the Heart by [supposedly] Danielle Steel. Crap.
Medusa by Clive Cussler with Paul Kempros. Don't care.
The Lovers by John Connolly. I cannot keep Connolly and Connelly straight.
Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires humping vampires humping werewolves while killing each other.
Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson. Vampires and werewolves have sex and romance.
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman. "At one a coming-of-age tale, a family saga, and a love story of erotic longing." Presumably there are no vampires.
Non Fiction
Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards. "My famous husband cheated on me with some blond. May as well write a book."
Fugitive by Phillip Margolin. Guy rescues prison warden in riot, flees to African dictatorship when accused of a murder, flees Africa after screwing dictator's wife, goes on trial in US with dictator and real murderer from before trying to kill him.
Matters of the Heart by [supposedly] Danielle Steel. Crap.
Medusa by Clive Cussler with Paul Kempros. Don't care.
The Lovers by John Connolly. I cannot keep Connolly and Connelly straight.
Skin Trade by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampires humping vampires humping werewolves while killing each other.
Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson. Vampires and werewolves have sex and romance.
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman. "At one a coming-of-age tale, a family saga, and a love story of erotic longing." Presumably there are no vampires.
Non Fiction
Resilience by Elizabeth Edwards. "My famous husband cheated on me with some blond. May as well write a book."
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Street Fighting in New Ulm! Wilco in Pajamas! Dylan vs. Van Morrison! Los Straitjackets Conquer All!
Music CDs
The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets by Los Straitjackets. I go gaga for Los Straitjackets. Speaking of which...
The Fame by Lady Gaga. What's the deal with this broad? There is a cover story about her on the current Rolling Stone but I did not read it. I think the writing in Rolling Stone is crap.
Together Through Life by Bob Dylan. I did read the Dylan article in Rolling Stone. The writing was crap. The author was trying to drop names, sounded like a know-it-all jerk, and made annoying guesses at future Dylan lyrics from what Dylan said during the interview.
Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl by Van Morrison. Morrison performs his famous album live.
Heart On by Eagles of Death Metal. This isn't new but it was sitting on my desk so I'll list it here as padding.
DVD
Street Warrior starring Max Martini. War veteran returns home to find brother in coma after match in "brutal and corrupt fight club." Jack joins the club for revenge.
New in Town starring Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick, Jr., J.K. Simmons. Miami executive sent to New Ulm, MN during wintertime to take over manufacturing plant.
I'd be interested in watching this except that Harry Connick is in it. That and the film was shot in Cana-freakin'-da. They should have shot it in New Ulm and shown Schells. Or stuck a Luehring in as an extra. Or headed east to Gustavus.
Boy in the Striped Pajamas starring [people]. 8-year-old boy during World War Two plays in the woods and makes friends with other boy who wears pajamas and cannot come from outside his fence.
Ashes of American Flags by Wilco. Performances filmed in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and District of Columbia. Twenty songs.
Non Fiction
Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: proven plants for the heartland by Anthony W. Kahtz.
The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets by Los Straitjackets. I go gaga for Los Straitjackets. Speaking of which...
The Fame by Lady Gaga. What's the deal with this broad? There is a cover story about her on the current Rolling Stone but I did not read it. I think the writing in Rolling Stone is crap.
Together Through Life by Bob Dylan. I did read the Dylan article in Rolling Stone. The writing was crap. The author was trying to drop names, sounded like a know-it-all jerk, and made annoying guesses at future Dylan lyrics from what Dylan said during the interview.
Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl by Van Morrison. Morrison performs his famous album live.
Heart On by Eagles of Death Metal. This isn't new but it was sitting on my desk so I'll list it here as padding.
DVD
Street Warrior starring Max Martini. War veteran returns home to find brother in coma after match in "brutal and corrupt fight club." Jack joins the club for revenge.
New in Town starring Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick, Jr., J.K. Simmons. Miami executive sent to New Ulm, MN during wintertime to take over manufacturing plant.
I'd be interested in watching this except that Harry Connick is in it. That and the film was shot in Cana-freakin'-da. They should have shot it in New Ulm and shown Schells. Or stuck a Luehring in as an extra. Or headed east to Gustavus.
Boy in the Striped Pajamas starring [people]. 8-year-old boy during World War Two plays in the woods and makes friends with other boy who wears pajamas and cannot come from outside his fence.
Ashes of American Flags by Wilco. Performances filmed in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and District of Columbia. Twenty songs.
Non Fiction
Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: proven plants for the heartland by Anthony W. Kahtz.
Monday, June 01, 2009
Wisconsin Farmer, Ghost Writing, Color Painting, Faces
Large Print
Rogue by [supposedly] Danielle Steel.
Non Fiction
Stump Ridge Farm by Pearl Swiggum. Tales by former newspaper columnist Swiggum.
The Barn Came First by Pearl Swiggum. See above.
Perennials for Minnesota and Wisconsin by Don Engebretson and Don Williamson. Double Dons. Don Duo. Don Ditto. Duplicate Dons.
Snakes of Wisconsin by Rebecca Christoffel and others. There are only twenty snakes listed, and only four rattlesnake bites between 1982-1999.
Facial Expressions: a visual reference for artists by Mark Simon.
Dynamic Color Painting for the Beginner by Diane Edison.
Rogue by [supposedly] Danielle Steel.
Non Fiction
Stump Ridge Farm by Pearl Swiggum. Tales by former newspaper columnist Swiggum.
The Barn Came First by Pearl Swiggum. See above.
Perennials for Minnesota and Wisconsin by Don Engebretson and Don Williamson. Double Dons. Don Duo. Don Ditto. Duplicate Dons.
Snakes of Wisconsin by Rebecca Christoffel and others. There are only twenty snakes listed, and only four rattlesnake bites between 1982-1999.
Facial Expressions: a visual reference for artists by Mark Simon.
Dynamic Color Painting for the Beginner by Diane Edison.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Hipster Hair Country Band, Elvis Costello's Wife, Pop Music
CDs
Unstoppable by Rascal Flatts. I don't think I've ever heard any of their songs. Judging by the hipster hair and the clothes they wear this one of those country-pop bands.
Quiet Nights by Diana Krall. More jazz vocals and piano by Declan's wife.
Now That's What I call Music! 30 by various artists.
Alternate titles for this disc include:
Now That's What I Call Uninventive Top Forty! 30
Now That's What I Call Overly Produced Tripe! 30
Now That's What I Call Crap! 30
Now That's What I Call Purposely Skanky Pop Girls! 30
Now That's What I Call I Love Skanky Pop Girls! 30
Now That's What I Call I'm Not Kidding, I'm A Weirdo! 30
Unstoppable by Rascal Flatts. I don't think I've ever heard any of their songs. Judging by the hipster hair and the clothes they wear this one of those country-pop bands.
Quiet Nights by Diana Krall. More jazz vocals and piano by Declan's wife.
Now That's What I call Music! 30 by various artists.
Alternate titles for this disc include:
Now That's What I Call Uninventive Top Forty! 30
Now That's What I Call Overly Produced Tripe! 30
Now That's What I Call Crap! 30
Now That's What I Call Purposely Skanky Pop Girls! 30
Now That's What I Call I Love Skanky Pop Girls! 30
Now That's What I Call I'm Not Kidding, I'm A Weirdo! 30
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Two Books With Coffee, Adventure, Comic Killer, Garfield, Soviets
Adult Fiction
Brewed, Crude and Tattooed by Sandra Balzo. Maggy Thorsen is stuck in her coffee shop when a spring snow storm snows her into the mall. Maggy ventures down the service corridor and finds the mall owner dead. She meets other stranded people and, soon one of them are dead.
I got stuck in a mall once. I was in Towne East Square in Wichita when a tornado warning was broadcast. We, my girlfriend and myself, were there while she was looking for a wedding ring. We got crammed into a concrete walled service corridor behind the shops for a half hour or so.
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child. Let me guess: Reacher 1-drinks coffee, 2-hooks up with a babe, 3-solves a mystery against nasty people, 4-beats and kills nasty people, 5-hits the road.
Jack Wakes Up by Seth Harwood. Adreniline fueled crime novel with former Hollywood big-shot Jack squiring some thugs through San Francisco's night life. When the thugs start getting murdered Jack gets guys after him.
Anthony Neil Smith plugged this book so much you'd think he was getting a cut of the profits. Or, he has a serious man-crush. He got me to buy either way.
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly. Crime writer writes crime novel about crime writer.
Hunt At the Well of Eternity by Gabriel Hunt. 1920s styled adventure novel with Gabriel Hunt helping a woman in distress by traveling to Mayan ruins in Guatemala. Penned by the great James Reasoner.
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith. Leo Demidov returns from Smith's first novel. Child 44. Leo and his wife have adopted two girls orphaned during one of Smith's previous operations in the KGB. It's 1956 and Kruschev promises change from the tyranny of Stalin. Now the previously hard-core KGB cop Leo is being hunted for revenge.
Razor Sharp by Fern Michaels. My 52100 steel Spyderco Mule is not razor sharp anymore. I was using that thing to cut anything and everything during yard work over the weekend.
Garfield Fat Cat Three Pack, Vol. 3 by Jim Davis. Kids always check these out. It's neat that all the strips, even the dailies, are in color.
Punisher Comics
Punisher War Journal, Civil War, Vol. 1 by Fraction, Olivetti, and Deodato.
Punisher War Journal, Goin' Out West, Vol. 2 by Fraction, Olivetti and Fernandez.
Punisher War Journal, Hunter/Hunted, Vol. 3 by Fraction, Olivetti, Walker, Wegener, and Chaykin.
Punisher War Journal, Jigsaw, Vol. 4 by Fraction, Remender, Chaykin.
Brewed, Crude and Tattooed by Sandra Balzo. Maggy Thorsen is stuck in her coffee shop when a spring snow storm snows her into the mall. Maggy ventures down the service corridor and finds the mall owner dead. She meets other stranded people and, soon one of them are dead.
I got stuck in a mall once. I was in Towne East Square in Wichita when a tornado warning was broadcast. We, my girlfriend and myself, were there while she was looking for a wedding ring. We got crammed into a concrete walled service corridor behind the shops for a half hour or so.
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child. Let me guess: Reacher 1-drinks coffee, 2-hooks up with a babe, 3-solves a mystery against nasty people, 4-beats and kills nasty people, 5-hits the road.
Jack Wakes Up by Seth Harwood. Adreniline fueled crime novel with former Hollywood big-shot Jack squiring some thugs through San Francisco's night life. When the thugs start getting murdered Jack gets guys after him.
Anthony Neil Smith plugged this book so much you'd think he was getting a cut of the profits. Or, he has a serious man-crush. He got me to buy either way.
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly. Crime writer writes crime novel about crime writer.
Hunt At the Well of Eternity by Gabriel Hunt. 1920s styled adventure novel with Gabriel Hunt helping a woman in distress by traveling to Mayan ruins in Guatemala. Penned by the great James Reasoner.
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith. Leo Demidov returns from Smith's first novel. Child 44. Leo and his wife have adopted two girls orphaned during one of Smith's previous operations in the KGB. It's 1956 and Kruschev promises change from the tyranny of Stalin. Now the previously hard-core KGB cop Leo is being hunted for revenge.
Razor Sharp by Fern Michaels. My 52100 steel Spyderco Mule is not razor sharp anymore. I was using that thing to cut anything and everything during yard work over the weekend.
Garfield Fat Cat Three Pack, Vol. 3 by Jim Davis. Kids always check these out. It's neat that all the strips, even the dailies, are in color.
Punisher Comics
Punisher War Journal, Civil War, Vol. 1 by Fraction, Olivetti, and Deodato.
Punisher War Journal, Goin' Out West, Vol. 2 by Fraction, Olivetti and Fernandez.
Punisher War Journal, Hunter/Hunted, Vol. 3 by Fraction, Olivetti, Walker, Wegener, and Chaykin.
Punisher War Journal, Jigsaw, Vol. 4 by Fraction, Remender, Chaykin.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Nazis, Slutty Vampires, Fat Guy in a Fat Suit
DVD
Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise. This has a neat cast with Terence Stamp, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh. I'll try to watch this one.
Paul Blart Mall Cop starring Kevin James. Self-important shopping mall security guard has to rescue hostages in a mall.
We had our van battery go dead atMadison
True Blood: the complete first season starring [people]. Girl who can read minds cannot read a vampire's mind. Other vampires have sex.
Valkyrie starring Tom Cruise. This has a neat cast with Terence Stamp, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh. I'll try to watch this one.
Paul Blart Mall Cop starring Kevin James. Self-important shopping mall security guard has to rescue hostages in a mall.
We had our van battery go dead at
True Blood: the complete first season starring [people]. Girl who can read minds cannot read a vampire's mind. Other vampires have sex.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Wine and Large Print
Large Print
Malice by Lisa Jackson
Bloodprint by Kitty Sewell
Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark
The Way We Were by Marcia Willett. There was a discussion on an author website about novel titles taken from song lyrics. This page.
Tyler by Linda Lael Miller.
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber.
Honolulu by Alan Brennert.
First Family by David Baldacci.
Non Fiction
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course, 2009 Edition by Kevin Zraly.
Surprised by Joy: the shape of my early life by C.S. Lewis.
Malice by Lisa Jackson
Bloodprint by Kitty Sewell
Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark
The Way We Were by Marcia Willett. There was a discussion on an author website about novel titles taken from song lyrics. This page.
Tyler by Linda Lael Miller.
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber.
Honolulu by Alan Brennert.
First Family by David Baldacci.
Non Fiction
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course, 2009 Edition by Kevin Zraly.
Surprised by Joy: the shape of my early life by C.S. Lewis.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Janette Oke Flick, Three Large Print, Jewelry
DVD
Love Takes Wing starring Haylie Duff, Patrick Duffy, Cloris Leachman, Lou Diamond Phillips. Small town doctor Belinda fights an unknown plague. One town member blames the disease on the local orphanage while Belinda swaps spit with the local blacksmith.
You know what I really dislike about these Janette Oke movies? They're sneaky. These DVDs are pretty popular here but a new DVD will get released and I won't see the release. So, I end up being late ordering the darn thing.
Large Print
Vision in White by Nora Roberts. "Book One in the Bride Quartet." Wedding photographer Mackensie Elliot runs into the bride's brother and sees stars.
Wicked Prey by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport keeps a lid on the crazies at the Republican Convention in St. Paul.
Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels. Eh, I already mentioned this one. Look it up in a previous post.
NonFiction
1000 Jewelry Inspirations: beads, baubles, dangles, and chains by Sandra Salamony.
Love Takes Wing starring Haylie Duff, Patrick Duffy, Cloris Leachman, Lou Diamond Phillips. Small town doctor Belinda fights an unknown plague. One town member blames the disease on the local orphanage while Belinda swaps spit with the local blacksmith.
You know what I really dislike about these Janette Oke movies? They're sneaky. These DVDs are pretty popular here but a new DVD will get released and I won't see the release. So, I end up being late ordering the darn thing.
Large Print
Vision in White by Nora Roberts. "Book One in the Bride Quartet." Wedding photographer Mackensie Elliot runs into the bride's brother and sees stars.
Wicked Prey by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport keeps a lid on the crazies at the Republican Convention in St. Paul.
Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels. Eh, I already mentioned this one. Look it up in a previous post.
NonFiction
1000 Jewelry Inspirations: beads, baubles, dangles, and chains by Sandra Salamony.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
What to Read 25: Guns
A selection of gun books available from the Library. Sit back, this is another long one.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Washington Crime and Columbine
DVD
It's Pimpin' Pimpin' by Kat Williams. Concert performance by stand-up comic Kat Williams. Williams may be familiar after several acting jobs in the movies.
Lars and the Real Girl starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, other people. Lars loves his life-sized doll, Bianca. When he gets feelings for a real person the love triangle causes trouble.
Fiction
Wicked Prey by John Sandford. Let me take a wild guess. A vicious killer (or rapist) is on the loose in Minnesota and must be caught by series hero Lucas Davenport.
Dang! I was wrong. The Republican convention in St. Paul has crazies running around.
Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Three of Leonard's characters from previous novels meet and take on a job together. With sex and backstabbing.
The Way Home by George Pelecanos. Chris finds a a body in a house he is remodeling. He leaves it alone to avoid trouble. Then, Chris goes missing.
Pelecanos is so good that even his abridged audio versions are great.
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber. Some book with a small dog on the cover.
NonFiction
Columbine by Dave Cullen. Cullen did extensive research for ten years and clears away the rumour and myth of Columbine; hesets the record straight on what happened and who the two kid murderers really were.
Dynamic Color Painting for the Beginner by Diane Edison.
Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: proven plants for the heartland by Anthony W. Kahtz.
Obama: the historic campaign in photographs by Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida. I'm regretting this purchase already. For three reasons: 1- The campaign is long over and the President has been in office for over three months. 2- Political books are always iffy here. 3- Photography books are even more iffy.
Emmit Smith is on page 97.
It's Pimpin' Pimpin' by Kat Williams. Concert performance by stand-up comic Kat Williams. Williams may be familiar after several acting jobs in the movies.
Lars and the Real Girl starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, other people. Lars loves his life-sized doll, Bianca. When he gets feelings for a real person the love triangle causes trouble.
Fiction
Wicked Prey by John Sandford. Let me take a wild guess. A vicious killer (or rapist) is on the loose in Minnesota and must be caught by series hero Lucas Davenport.
Dang! I was wrong. The Republican convention in St. Paul has crazies running around.
Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Three of Leonard's characters from previous novels meet and take on a job together. With sex and backstabbing.
The Way Home by George Pelecanos. Chris finds a a body in a house he is remodeling. He leaves it alone to avoid trouble. Then, Chris goes missing.
Pelecanos is so good that even his abridged audio versions are great.
Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber. Some book with a small dog on the cover.
NonFiction
Columbine by Dave Cullen. Cullen did extensive research for ten years and clears away the rumour and myth of Columbine; hesets the record straight on what happened and who the two kid murderers really were.
Dynamic Color Painting for the Beginner by Diane Edison.
Perennials for Midwestern Gardens: proven plants for the heartland by Anthony W. Kahtz.
Obama: the historic campaign in photographs by Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida. I'm regretting this purchase already. For three reasons: 1- The campaign is long over and the President has been in office for over three months. 2- Political books are always iffy here. 3- Photography books are even more iffy.
Emmit Smith is on page 97.
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Mexican Wrestling and JA Konrath Goes Undercover
DVD
Fiesta Lucha! with El Hijo Santo, Nicho El Millionario, Super Parka, and others. You can tell it's Mexican wrestling because of the masks.
Copa de Lucha! with L.A. Park, Hijo Del Santo, Rey Misterio, Sr. and others.
JCVD starring Jean-Claude van Damme. Van Damme plays himself as a washed-up action star who returns to Belgium for a break. He ends up caught in a bank during a robbery and the cops think he is the culprit.
Incendiary starring Obi-Won Kenobi, Michelle Williams. Mom in London loses kid in terrorist bombing when out to visit her secret lover. She gets caught up in the police investigation and a cover-up of the bombing.
I wonder if this is like that poor Brazilian guy the Limey cops shot in the subway.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. I don't care.
Fiction
Afraid by Jack Kilborn (JA Konrath). A black helicopter crashes in rural Wisconsin and "unleashes something horrifying." A old sheriff, a firefighter, and a single mom have to fight to stop it.
According to Barry Eisler there is a horrifying and queasy part involving toe-sucking.
Does anyone in WI actually buy Schmidt beer?
NonFiction
Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood. Mei-Ling was adopted and never cared about her Chinese background until her Taiwanese family tracked her down when she was in her twenties.
Fiesta Lucha! with El Hijo Santo, Nicho El Millionario, Super Parka, and others. You can tell it's Mexican wrestling because of the masks.
Copa de Lucha! with L.A. Park, Hijo Del Santo, Rey Misterio, Sr. and others.
JCVD starring Jean-Claude van Damme. Van Damme plays himself as a washed-up action star who returns to Belgium for a break. He ends up caught in a bank during a robbery and the cops think he is the culprit.
Incendiary starring Obi-Won Kenobi, Michelle Williams. Mom in London loses kid in terrorist bombing when out to visit her secret lover. She gets caught up in the police investigation and a cover-up of the bombing.
I wonder if this is like that poor Brazilian guy the Limey cops shot in the subway.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. I don't care.
Fiction
Afraid by Jack Kilborn (JA Konrath). A black helicopter crashes in rural Wisconsin and "unleashes something horrifying." A old sheriff, a firefighter, and a single mom have to fight to stop it.
According to Barry Eisler there is a horrifying and queasy part involving toe-sucking.
Does anyone in WI actually buy Schmidt beer?
NonFiction
Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood. Mei-Ling was adopted and never cared about her Chinese background until her Taiwanese family tracked her down when she was in her twenties.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Chick Movie, Crime Scene Novel, Suburban Suspense, Western
DVD
Bride Wars starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Best friends have catfight when they inadvertently book the same wedding day at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
Fiction
Safer by Sean Doolittle. Doolittle lives in Omaha. Poor guy.
Out at Night by Susan Arnout Smith. Crime scene tech Grace is on vacation when the FBI calls on her. A recent murder victim was texting her name right before his death. Grace can either help out of be a suspect.
Brimstone by Robert B. Parker. Latest western from Parker featuring recurring characters from Resolution and Appaloosa.
Bride Wars starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Best friends have catfight when they inadvertently book the same wedding day at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
Fiction
Safer by Sean Doolittle. Doolittle lives in Omaha. Poor guy.
Out at Night by Susan Arnout Smith. Crime scene tech Grace is on vacation when the FBI calls on her. A recent murder victim was texting her name right before his death. Grace can either help out of be a suspect.
Brimstone by Robert B. Parker. Latest western from Parker featuring recurring characters from Resolution and Appaloosa.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Fourteen CDs But Only Five I'm Interested In
Music CDs
"Mr. Lucky" by Chris Isaak. Former boxer, part-time actor, West Coast living singer sings songs while idolizing The King.
It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen. Latest craze from England sings songs.
Midnight at the Movies by Justin Townes Earle. Allison Moorer's stepson sings songs.
Back to the River by Susan Tedeschi. Derek Trucks' wife sings songs with her great voice.
Country Club by John Doe and The Sadies. Famous punk rocker John Doe does a full-on country album by singing songs.
Love Me Tonight by John Nemeth. Singer who grew up in Idaho sings songs. YouTube clips linked from his website.
WOW Hits 2009 by [various]. "30 of today's top Christian artists" who sing songs.
All I Ever Wanted by Kelly Clarkson. Girlie pop music by song singer.
Hannah Montana: the movie: original soundtrack by Miley Cyrus. Girlie pop music for 12 year olds by 15 year old song singer.
Defying Gravity by Keith Urban. Nicole Kidman's husband sings songs.
Speed of Light by Corbin Bleu. Television show washout sings songs.
Greatest Hits by Mariah Carey. Replacement copy. Sing. Song.
Uncle Charlie by Charlie Wilson. Former Gap Band singer sings songs.
Willie and the Wheel by Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel. Texas singers sing songs.
"Mr. Lucky" by Chris Isaak. Former boxer, part-time actor, West Coast living singer sings songs while idolizing The King.
It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen. Latest craze from England sings songs.
Midnight at the Movies by Justin Townes Earle. Allison Moorer's stepson sings songs.
Back to the River by Susan Tedeschi. Derek Trucks' wife sings songs with her great voice.
Country Club by John Doe and The Sadies. Famous punk rocker John Doe does a full-on country album by singing songs.
Love Me Tonight by John Nemeth. Singer who grew up in Idaho sings songs. YouTube clips linked from his website.
WOW Hits 2009 by [various]. "30 of today's top Christian artists" who sing songs.
All I Ever Wanted by Kelly Clarkson. Girlie pop music by song singer.
Hannah Montana: the movie: original soundtrack by Miley Cyrus. Girlie pop music for 12 year olds by 15 year old song singer.
Defying Gravity by Keith Urban. Nicole Kidman's husband sings songs.
Speed of Light by Corbin Bleu. Television show washout sings songs.
Greatest Hits by Mariah Carey. Replacement copy. Sing. Song.
Uncle Charlie by Charlie Wilson. Former Gap Band singer sings songs.
Willie and the Wheel by Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel. Texas singers sing songs.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Marge, Hair, Garfield, Bread, Cop From Philadelphia
Fiction
Father's Day by Keith Gilman. Ex-cop from Philadelphia is hired to find the missing daughter of an old friend. During the investigation he uncovers links to the suicide of another friend.
I rarely buy books off email solicitations but decided to get this one after looking at the author's web page.
The cover image is very similar to the cover image on a Charlie Huston novel.
Intent to Kill by James Grippando. "Accidents happen. But this was no accident." Sounds like Holland.
Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels. Lily is a struggling college student who donates her eggs at a fertility clinic. Pete, also in need of money, is donating sperm. The two meet at the clinic. Nineteen years later they meet again at the same time two teenagers, with links to the same clinic, disappear and hit the news. One of the missing teens looks exactly like Pete.
Marge Book by Matt Groenig [and a legion of writers]. All you wanted and didn't - really did not - want to know about Marge Simpson.
NonFiction and Hair
Great Hair: secrets to looking fabulous and feeling beautiful every day by Nick Arrojo. I found out the other day that hair books check out like mad. This guy is from that What Not to Wear show that my wife always watches.
Good to Great Hair: celebrity hairstyling techniques made simple by Robert Vetica.
21st Century Economy: a beginner's guide by Rany Charles Epping. "All the knowledge you need to make sense of the latest headlines and evonomic trends behind todays crises and tomorrow's opportunities."
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Vol 4 by Jim Davis. Garfield books always check-out too.
Sock Knitting by Laura Chau. This had some great reviews that referred to the great illustrations of techniques and steps.
Bread Baker's Apprentice: mastering the art of extraordinary bread by Peter Reinhart. A lot of people were reserving this title from other libraries so I bought one for here.
Father's Day by Keith Gilman. Ex-cop from Philadelphia is hired to find the missing daughter of an old friend. During the investigation he uncovers links to the suicide of another friend.
I rarely buy books off email solicitations but decided to get this one after looking at the author's web page.
The cover image is very similar to the cover image on a Charlie Huston novel.
Intent to Kill by James Grippando. "Accidents happen. But this was no accident." Sounds like Holland.
Mr. and Miss Anonymous by Fern Michaels. Lily is a struggling college student who donates her eggs at a fertility clinic. Pete, also in need of money, is donating sperm. The two meet at the clinic. Nineteen years later they meet again at the same time two teenagers, with links to the same clinic, disappear and hit the news. One of the missing teens looks exactly like Pete.
Marge Book by Matt Groenig [and a legion of writers]. All you wanted and didn't - really did not - want to know about Marge Simpson.
NonFiction and Hair
Great Hair: secrets to looking fabulous and feeling beautiful every day by Nick Arrojo. I found out the other day that hair books check out like mad. This guy is from that What Not to Wear show that my wife always watches.
Good to Great Hair: celebrity hairstyling techniques made simple by Robert Vetica.
21st Century Economy: a beginner's guide by Rany Charles Epping. "All the knowledge you need to make sense of the latest headlines and evonomic trends behind todays crises and tomorrow's opportunities."
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Vol 4 by Jim Davis. Garfield books always check-out too.
Sock Knitting by Laura Chau. This had some great reviews that referred to the great illustrations of techniques and steps.
Bread Baker's Apprentice: mastering the art of extraordinary bread by Peter Reinhart. A lot of people were reserving this title from other libraries so I bought one for here.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
One Canadian, One Englishman, One Cheesehead, One Smart Aleck, Some Fiction
Fiction
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. "A Sookie Stackhouse novel." I ordered the DVD version of that HBO show based on this series of books.
NonFiction
Always Looking Up: the adventures of an incurable optimist by Michael J. Fox. Fox retires from acting and has to find something else to do with his time.
My Booky Wook by Russell Brand. Crazy tales by the English comic about drug issues, a bizarre father, general outrageous behavior.
Unlikely Disciple: a sinner's year at America's holiest university by Kevin Roose. Student from Brown University does a study abroad semester at Liberty University in Virginia. Has a good time meeting and learning about different people.
[EDIT: the author dude, or a pal of his, just googled his way over here from a Brown University IP address.]
Coop by Michael Perry. Perry is on to chickens and pigs now. Tales of his family life, his childhood, and a listing of his many boneheaded adventures and mistakes.
Large Print
Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods. Woods's ghost writers sure are busy.
The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick. So are Quick's.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by ALexander McCall Smith. The television series is supposed to be pretty good.
Deadlock by Iris Johansen. So an E in Johansen signifies what, Danish? An O is Norwegian or Swedish?
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. "A Sookie Stackhouse novel." I ordered the DVD version of that HBO show based on this series of books.
NonFiction
Always Looking Up: the adventures of an incurable optimist by Michael J. Fox. Fox retires from acting and has to find something else to do with his time.
My Booky Wook by Russell Brand. Crazy tales by the English comic about drug issues, a bizarre father, general outrageous behavior.
Unlikely Disciple: a sinner's year at America's holiest university by Kevin Roose. Student from Brown University does a study abroad semester at Liberty University in Virginia. Has a good time meeting and learning about different people.
[EDIT: the author dude, or a pal of his, just googled his way over here from a Brown University IP address.]
Coop by Michael Perry. Perry is on to chickens and pigs now. Tales of his family life, his childhood, and a listing of his many boneheaded adventures and mistakes.
Large Print
Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods. Woods's ghost writers sure are busy.
The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick. So are Quick's.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by ALexander McCall Smith. The television series is supposed to be pretty good.
Deadlock by Iris Johansen. So an E in Johansen signifies what, Danish? An O is Norwegian or Swedish?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Not Much NonFiction
NonFiction
The Foreclosure of America: the inside story of the rise and fall of Countrywide Home Loans, the mortgage crisis, and the default of the American dream by Adam Michaelson. Written by former Countrywide executive who witnessed the stupid decisions by executives. "examines the marketing of a mirage and the bad business decisions that brought the nation to the brink."
Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville. A new copy and new translation of the classic tome written after the Frenchman's 1831 trip to the U.S. One of the books received through our Picturing America grant.
I had a high school teacher, Selby Klein, who loved this book and how it still reflected modern America. This was the same guy who, when talking about communism, referred to his time in Korea with, "I killed those commies with relish!" He was a very good teacher.
Founding Brothers: the revolutionary generation by Joseph J. Ellis. Another part of the Picturing America grant. The intertwining lives of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
The Foreclosure of America: the inside story of the rise and fall of Countrywide Home Loans, the mortgage crisis, and the default of the American dream by Adam Michaelson. Written by former Countrywide executive who witnessed the stupid decisions by executives. "examines the marketing of a mirage and the bad business decisions that brought the nation to the brink."
Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville. A new copy and new translation of the classic tome written after the Frenchman's 1831 trip to the U.S. One of the books received through our Picturing America grant.
I had a high school teacher, Selby Klein, who loved this book and how it still reflected modern America. This was the same guy who, when talking about communism, referred to his time in Korea with, "I killed those commies with relish!" He was a very good teacher.
Founding Brothers: the revolutionary generation by Joseph J. Ellis. Another part of the Picturing America grant. The intertwining lives of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
More Miscellaneous Material (Maybe Middling, Maybe Magnficent)
DVD
How to Play Blues and Blues Rock Guitar by Guitar World and Andy Aledort.
Beginning Hard Rock and Heavy Metal by Guitar World and Andy Aledort.
Music on CD
Shine by Martina McBride. Good Looking Gal sings modern country.
Fiction
Nothing But Trouble by Susan May Warren. PF Sugar returns home to Kellogg, MN for her sister's wedding. This is PJ's first visit in ten years and she is sure her best pal's husband is not a killer.
Why do I bother? Is anyone reading this? I'm paying more attention listening to the Fratellis album than doing this anyway.
Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg. "A beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit...widowed...loss and grief...meddling...unsolicited and unwelcome advice...shocking discoery...double life...money disappeared...unusual job...phone call from a stranger...path of discovery...sexual experimentation."
I made that last one up.
The Confession by James Patterson by Maxine Paetro. I'm betting Paetro did all the heavy lifting on this one. "Women's Murder Club tracks a killer with a taste for the super-rich."
Non-Fiction
Wisconsin Barns by Nancy Schum-Burgess. When you get sick of Jerry Apps' Wisconsin books take a look at all the neat photos in this one.
AudioBook on CD
Chosen by Ted Dekker. Horror novel.
How to Play Blues and Blues Rock Guitar by Guitar World and Andy Aledort.
Beginning Hard Rock and Heavy Metal by Guitar World and Andy Aledort.
Music on CD
Shine by Martina McBride. Good Looking Gal sings modern country.
Fiction
Nothing But Trouble by Susan May Warren. PF Sugar returns home to Kellogg, MN for her sister's wedding. This is PJ's first visit in ten years and she is sure her best pal's husband is not a killer.
Why do I bother? Is anyone reading this? I'm paying more attention listening to the Fratellis album than doing this anyway.
Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg. "A beautifully written and richly resonant story of a mother and daughter in emotional transit...widowed...loss and grief...meddling...unsolicited and unwelcome advice...shocking discoery...double life...money disappeared...unusual job...phone call from a stranger...path of discovery...sexual experimentation."
I made that last one up.
The Confession by James Patterson by Maxine Paetro. I'm betting Paetro did all the heavy lifting on this one. "Women's Murder Club tracks a killer with a taste for the super-rich."
Non-Fiction
Wisconsin Barns by Nancy Schum-Burgess. When you get sick of Jerry Apps' Wisconsin books take a look at all the neat photos in this one.
AudioBook on CD
Chosen by Ted Dekker. Horror novel.
What to Read 24: Poetry by Mark Kraushaar
Local writer Mark Kraushaar just won the 2009 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry from the University of Wisconsin Press. UW Press just published his winning collection entitled, Falling Brick Kills Local Man. We, of course, have a copy at the Library.
I have a brief discussion about poetry with Mr. Kraushaar and he reads three of his poems. I had to edit out over five minutes of discussion so ignore any odd transitions.
I have a brief discussion about poetry with Mr. Kraushaar and he reads three of his poems. I had to edit out over five minutes of discussion so ignore any odd transitions.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Nothing Exciting
Fiction
Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods.
First Family by David Baldacci.
Deadlock by Iris Johansen.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith.
Large Print
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark.
Lowboy by John Wray.
Dylan by Linda Lael Miller.
NonFiction
Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya answers parents' top 101 questions about babies and toddlers by Tanya Remer Altmann, MD.
AudioBooks
The Ice Diaries: the untold story of the USS Nautilus and the cold war's most daring mission by Captain William R. Anderson
Loitering with Intent by Stuart Woods.
First Family by David Baldacci.
Deadlock by Iris Johansen.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith.
Large Print
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark.
Lowboy by John Wray.
Dylan by Linda Lael Miller.
NonFiction
Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya answers parents' top 101 questions about babies and toddlers by Tanya Remer Altmann, MD.
AudioBooks
The Ice Diaries: the untold story of the USS Nautilus and the cold war's most daring mission by Captain William R. Anderson
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Glocks, More Sniping, Sam Spade, Naughty Secretaries
DVD
Frost Nixon starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen. Nixon agrees to interviews with David Frost in an attempt to salvage his reputation. Opps, should have thought that over.
Fiction
Fatal Flip by Peg Marberg. Small-town interior designer Jean Hastings gets a job to redo an old Victorian house being "flipped" by a local realtor partnership. Harried preparations for the open house get even more frantic when one of the "flippers" is found dead.
This is like one of those recipe murders but instead there are "Decorating tips included".
Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani. Born on the same day as Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian lady Georgina is invited to the queen's 80th birthday. On her drive to the airport she crashes off the road into a wooded ravine. Her memories of family stories, her wit, and the various roles she has played in life help keep her alive.
NonFiction
The Accounting Game: basic accounting fresh from the lemonade stand by Darrell Mullis and Judith Orloff. Accounting training from the example of a child's lemonade stand to learn assets, liabilities, earnings, inventory, etc.
To Be A Military Sniper by Gregory Mast and Hans Halberstadt. All the steps and training snipers go through to become a skilled sniper.
I helped judge the Senior Portfolios for the local high school last year. Senior Portfolios are a graduation requirement with students pulling together examples of school work and personal life over the past four years to show how they have changed and grown. One kid was all set to join the Marines. He had only a week or two after graduation and then he was headed straight to San Diego for training. His contract had him signed up to head to sniper skill after his advanced infantry training. I tried keeping on eye on the local paper for the inevitable Corps press release about him but never saw anything.
Gun Digest Book of the Glock, 2nd Edition by Patrick Sweeney. "How to accessorize and tune your Glock." There isn't much customization to do with a Glock so there is plenty of information on model variations, calibers, sights, barrels, and so forth.
12 SAT Practice Tests, with PSAT, Second Edition by McGraw-Hill.
The Naughty Secretary Club: the working girl's guide to handmade jewelry by Jennifer Perkins. The main title intrigues, the subtitle disappoints.
Hella Nation: looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, rocking the side pipe, wingnut's war against The Gap, and other adventures with the totally lost tribes of America by Evan Wright. Observations of "people for whom the American dream is either just out of grasp of something they've chosen to reject altogether."
How to Sell Your Home in Any Market by Loren K. Keim.
Knitting: the complete guide by Jane Davis.
Large Print
Serendipity by Louise Shaffer. 37-year-old mom researches her famous parents and grandparents.
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer. Former CIA officer goes back undercover when a long hunted killer's capture leads to clues that a colleague may have been a double-agent.
Spade & Archer by Joe Gores. A prequel to The Maltese Falcon.
Frost Nixon starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen. Nixon agrees to interviews with David Frost in an attempt to salvage his reputation. Opps, should have thought that over.
Fiction
Fatal Flip by Peg Marberg. Small-town interior designer Jean Hastings gets a job to redo an old Victorian house being "flipped" by a local realtor partnership. Harried preparations for the open house get even more frantic when one of the "flippers" is found dead.
This is like one of those recipe murders but instead there are "Decorating tips included".
Remembering the Bones by Frances Itani. Born on the same day as Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian lady Georgina is invited to the queen's 80th birthday. On her drive to the airport she crashes off the road into a wooded ravine. Her memories of family stories, her wit, and the various roles she has played in life help keep her alive.
NonFiction
The Accounting Game: basic accounting fresh from the lemonade stand by Darrell Mullis and Judith Orloff. Accounting training from the example of a child's lemonade stand to learn assets, liabilities, earnings, inventory, etc.
To Be A Military Sniper by Gregory Mast and Hans Halberstadt. All the steps and training snipers go through to become a skilled sniper.
I helped judge the Senior Portfolios for the local high school last year. Senior Portfolios are a graduation requirement with students pulling together examples of school work and personal life over the past four years to show how they have changed and grown. One kid was all set to join the Marines. He had only a week or two after graduation and then he was headed straight to San Diego for training. His contract had him signed up to head to sniper skill after his advanced infantry training. I tried keeping on eye on the local paper for the inevitable Corps press release about him but never saw anything.
Gun Digest Book of the Glock, 2nd Edition by Patrick Sweeney. "How to accessorize and tune your Glock." There isn't much customization to do with a Glock so there is plenty of information on model variations, calibers, sights, barrels, and so forth.
12 SAT Practice Tests, with PSAT, Second Edition by McGraw-Hill.
The Naughty Secretary Club: the working girl's guide to handmade jewelry by Jennifer Perkins. The main title intrigues, the subtitle disappoints.
Hella Nation: looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, rocking the side pipe, wingnut's war against The Gap, and other adventures with the totally lost tribes of America by Evan Wright. Observations of "people for whom the American dream is either just out of grasp of something they've chosen to reject altogether."
How to Sell Your Home in Any Market by Loren K. Keim.
Knitting: the complete guide by Jane Davis.
Large Print
Serendipity by Louise Shaffer. 37-year-old mom researches her famous parents and grandparents.
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer. Former CIA officer goes back undercover when a long hunted killer's capture leads to clues that a colleague may have been a double-agent.
Spade & Archer by Joe Gores. A prequel to The Maltese Falcon.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Four DVDs with Germans, Frenchies, Spaniards, and Hot Chicks
DVD
The Reader starring Kate Winslett and Ralph Fiennes. Lady working streetcar in post-war Berlin has affair with teen man. Years later he sees her again when she is brought to trial as a concentration camp guard.
You already know about this one. Winslett does nude scenes and wins an Oscar.
Tell No One starring Krisitn Scott Thomas and a bunch of French actors. Doctor is still grieving the death of his wife eight years ago. When new bodies are found at her murder site he is against suspected by the cops. Then he gets a video e-mailed to him suggesting his wife is still alive.
This is supposed to be an incredibly good thriller.
Time Crimes starring [Spaniards]. "One of the best time travel movies of all time." A man being hunted by a killer stumbles into a lab and enters a time machine.
The Spirit starring Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson. Central City cop Denny Colt is killed but brought back to life as The Spirit.
The Reader starring Kate Winslett and Ralph Fiennes. Lady working streetcar in post-war Berlin has affair with teen man. Years later he sees her again when she is brought to trial as a concentration camp guard.
You already know about this one. Winslett does nude scenes and wins an Oscar.
Tell No One starring Krisitn Scott Thomas and a bunch of French actors. Doctor is still grieving the death of his wife eight years ago. When new bodies are found at her murder site he is against suspected by the cops. Then he gets a video e-mailed to him suggesting his wife is still alive.
This is supposed to be an incredibly good thriller.
Time Crimes starring [Spaniards]. "One of the best time travel movies of all time." A man being hunted by a killer stumbles into a lab and enters a time machine.
The Spirit starring Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson. Central City cop Denny Colt is killed but brought back to life as The Spirit.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Fifteen Novels
Fiction
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Zombies make everything better.
Wicked Games by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush.
Boneman's Daughters by Ted Dekker. Serial killer the BoneMan wants the perfect daughter. When the girls he kidnaps do not meet his expectations he breaks all their bones and leaves them to die.
Miss Julia Delivers the Goods by Ann B. Ross. Goods delivered by Miss Julia.
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. Lady almost throws away a "have you seen this child" flyer when she recognizes the kid as her adopted son.
Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg. Radio host Kevin Brace answers his front door covered in blood and tells the deliveryman, "I killed her." But strange fingerprints, a self-destructive victim, and the defendants refusal to say anything past that one statement leaves the situation questionable.
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark. Broadway star runs into man who killed her best friend years ago. When Broadway star is shot her husband is accused. The prosecutor finds things are not what they appear.
Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark. "A Regan Reilly Mystery."
Nightwalker by Heather Graham. Ghost of murdered man haunts the last woman to see him alive and a private investigator.
The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick. "An Arcane Society Novel."
Large Print
Execution Dock by Anne Perry.
Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler.
Long Lost by Harlan Coben.
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult.
Nightwalker by Heather Graham.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. Zombies make everything better.
Wicked Games by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush.
Boneman's Daughters by Ted Dekker. Serial killer the BoneMan wants the perfect daughter. When the girls he kidnaps do not meet his expectations he breaks all their bones and leaves them to die.
Miss Julia Delivers the Goods by Ann B. Ross. Goods delivered by Miss Julia.
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline. Lady almost throws away a "have you seen this child" flyer when she recognizes the kid as her adopted son.
Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg. Radio host Kevin Brace answers his front door covered in blood and tells the deliveryman, "I killed her." But strange fingerprints, a self-destructive victim, and the defendants refusal to say anything past that one statement leaves the situation questionable.
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark. Broadway star runs into man who killed her best friend years ago. When Broadway star is shot her husband is accused. The prosecutor finds things are not what they appear.
Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark. "A Regan Reilly Mystery."
Nightwalker by Heather Graham. Ghost of murdered man haunts the last woman to see him alive and a private investigator.
The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick. "An Arcane Society Novel."
Large Print
Execution Dock by Anne Perry.
Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler.
Long Lost by Harlan Coben.
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult.
Nightwalker by Heather Graham.
NonFiction: Diesels, Dogs, Disorders
NonFiction
How Your Child Learns Best: brain friendly strategies you can use to ignit your child's learning and increase school success by Judy Willia, MD, MEd. Targeted strategies from a neurologist working as a full-time classroom teacher.
OCD Answer Book: professional answers to more than 250 top questions about obsessive-compulsive disorder by Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D. At least 5 million people in the U.S. are experience symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder.
Bipolar Disorder Answer Book: professional answers to mor than 275 top questions by Charles Atkins, M.D.
Troubleshooting and Repairing Diesel Engines, 4th Edition by Paul Dempsey.
60,000+ Best Baby Names by Diane Stafford. Baby name books always check-out.
Retirement Planning for the Utterly Confused by Paul Petillo.
One Nation Under Dog: adventures in the new world of prozac-popping puppies, dog-park politics, and organic pet food by Michael Schaffer. My dog has awful breath. We need to get her teeth cleaned.
How Your Child Learns Best: brain friendly strategies you can use to ignit your child's learning and increase school success by Judy Willia, MD, MEd. Targeted strategies from a neurologist working as a full-time classroom teacher.
OCD Answer Book: professional answers to more than 250 top questions about obsessive-compulsive disorder by Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D. At least 5 million people in the U.S. are experience symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder.
Bipolar Disorder Answer Book: professional answers to mor than 275 top questions by Charles Atkins, M.D.
Troubleshooting and Repairing Diesel Engines, 4th Edition by Paul Dempsey.
60,000+ Best Baby Names by Diane Stafford. Baby name books always check-out.
Retirement Planning for the Utterly Confused by Paul Petillo.
One Nation Under Dog: adventures in the new world of prozac-popping puppies, dog-park politics, and organic pet food by Michael Schaffer. My dog has awful breath. We need to get her teeth cleaned.
What to Read 23: Zombies!
Three zombie novels.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.
World War Z by Max Brooks.
The Rising by Brian Keene.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.
World War Z by Max Brooks.
The Rising by Brian Keene.
Rest of the AudioBooks
AudioBooks
The Touch of Fire by Linda Howard. Western romance. One of those romances where th woman changes the guy.
Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child. "In remote Alaska, a monster is discovered frozen in th ice. Despite warnings from locals, the creature is freed from its icy coffin and is now stalking its victims one by one."
Blood Sins by Kay Hooper. Tessa Gray is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a religious cult.
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum and fellow bounty hunter Diesel search th New Jersey Pine Barrens for a wanted killer and his new partner.
Another Life by Andrew Vachss. Burke's father-figure, a "legendary crime planner", lies in a coma. Shadowy government man promises to provide th best medical care and to clear the criminal records of Burke and anyon who helps to find a Saudi Prince's kidnappd two-year-old son.
The Women by T.C. Boyle. Fictional telling of Frank Lloyd Wright's love affairs.
The Touch of Fire by Linda Howard. Western romance. One of those romances where th woman changes the guy.
Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child. "In remote Alaska, a monster is discovered frozen in th ice. Despite warnings from locals, the creature is freed from its icy coffin and is now stalking its victims one by one."
Blood Sins by Kay Hooper. Tessa Gray is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a religious cult.
Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum and fellow bounty hunter Diesel search th New Jersey Pine Barrens for a wanted killer and his new partner.
Another Life by Andrew Vachss. Burke's father-figure, a "legendary crime planner", lies in a coma. Shadowy government man promises to provide th best medical care and to clear the criminal records of Burke and anyon who helps to find a Saudi Prince's kidnappd two-year-old son.
The Women by T.C. Boyle. Fictional telling of Frank Lloyd Wright's love affairs.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Eighty-Nine Hours of AudioBooks on CD
Audiobooks
Safer by Sean Doolittle. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Family moves to Midwest town. Guy tries to fit in but ends up ticking off the Neighborhood Watch president and getting accused of a nasty crime.
This is supposed to be a incredibly good. But, I have not read the book yet because I ended up ordering the dang, to-be-released paperback instead of the hardcover. Stupid internet.
Night and Day by Robert Parker. 5 CDs at 5 hours. Jesse Stone has to track down a home invader who forces women to strip and pose for the camera. "Stone has to track this sicko down before the crimes become more serious."
A Darker Place by Jack Higgins. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Russian writer fakes defecting to the British but is still loyal to Putin and intends to infiltrate British intelligence.
Lost Witness by Robert Ellis. 11 CDs at 14 hours. LAPD cop Lena Gamble is in trouble from her officers and is given a unsolvable case with pieces of an unidentified corpse found in a dumpster.
The Associate by John Grisham. 9 CDs at 11 hours.
The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker. 9 CDs at 11 hours. LAPD Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Hood knows that the American West still holds outlaws. When a fellow deputy is killed while on patrol with Hood, Hood sets out to find the bad guys.
Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin. 16 CDs at 19 hours. Shooting. Fighting. Intrigue.
Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts. 9 CDs at 11 hours. She uses ghost writers doesn't she?
Safer by Sean Doolittle. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Family moves to Midwest town. Guy tries to fit in but ends up ticking off the Neighborhood Watch president and getting accused of a nasty crime.
This is supposed to be a incredibly good. But, I have not read the book yet because I ended up ordering the dang, to-be-released paperback instead of the hardcover. Stupid internet.
Night and Day by Robert Parker. 5 CDs at 5 hours. Jesse Stone has to track down a home invader who forces women to strip and pose for the camera. "Stone has to track this sicko down before the crimes become more serious."
A Darker Place by Jack Higgins. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Russian writer fakes defecting to the British but is still loyal to Putin and intends to infiltrate British intelligence.
Lost Witness by Robert Ellis. 11 CDs at 14 hours. LAPD cop Lena Gamble is in trouble from her officers and is given a unsolvable case with pieces of an unidentified corpse found in a dumpster.
The Associate by John Grisham. 9 CDs at 11 hours.
The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker. 9 CDs at 11 hours. LAPD Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Hood knows that the American West still holds outlaws. When a fellow deputy is killed while on patrol with Hood, Hood sets out to find the bad guys.
Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin. 16 CDs at 19 hours. Shooting. Fighting. Intrigue.
Daring to Dream by Nora Roberts. 9 CDs at 11 hours. She uses ghost writers doesn't she?
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
NonFiction by Size
NonFiction
4.75" x 6.5". Home Brewer's Answer Book: solutions to every problem, answers to every question by Ashton Lewis. "Will the lack of Krausen removal have a major effect on the flavor of my beer?"
6" x 8". Condo Owner's Answer Book: practical answers to more than 125 question sabout condominium ownership by Beth A. Grimm. My parents just bought a condo in town.
6" x 8". Diabetes Answer Book: practical answers to more than 300 top questions by David K. McCulloch. "What is a Charcot foot?"
7" x 9". LLC or Corporation: how to choose the right form for your business by Anthony Mancuso.
8" x 10". Great Hair: elegant styles for every occasion by Davis Biton. Skanky tattoo on page 135.
8.25" x 10 7/8". Knit One, Embellish Too: hats mittens and scarves with a twist by Costte Cornelius-Bates.
8.25" x 10 7/8". Quick and Clever Felting: over 30 stylish products using felt applique, needle felting, wet felt and other easy techniques by Ellen Kharade.
8.5" x 10". Bags That Rock: knitting on the road with Kelley Deal by Kelley Deal. Bass player makes bags with a '70s vibe.
8.75" x 10.25". Lacy Little Knits: clingy, soft and a little risque by Iris Schreier.
8.75" x 10 7/8". Classic Elite Knits: 100 gorgeous designs for every occasion by Classic Elite Yarns. Many cardigans.
10 1/8" x 12 1/8". DC Comics Encyclopedia: the definitive guide to the characters of the DC universe: updated and expanded.
4.75" x 6.5". Home Brewer's Answer Book: solutions to every problem, answers to every question by Ashton Lewis. "Will the lack of Krausen removal have a major effect on the flavor of my beer?"
6" x 8". Condo Owner's Answer Book: practical answers to more than 125 question sabout condominium ownership by Beth A. Grimm. My parents just bought a condo in town.
6" x 8". Diabetes Answer Book: practical answers to more than 300 top questions by David K. McCulloch. "What is a Charcot foot?"
7" x 9". LLC or Corporation: how to choose the right form for your business by Anthony Mancuso.
8" x 10". Great Hair: elegant styles for every occasion by Davis Biton. Skanky tattoo on page 135.
8.25" x 10 7/8". Knit One, Embellish Too: hats mittens and scarves with a twist by Costte Cornelius-Bates.
8.25" x 10 7/8". Quick and Clever Felting: over 30 stylish products using felt applique, needle felting, wet felt and other easy techniques by Ellen Kharade.
8.5" x 10". Bags That Rock: knitting on the road with Kelley Deal by Kelley Deal. Bass player makes bags with a '70s vibe.
8.75" x 10.25". Lacy Little Knits: clingy, soft and a little risque by Iris Schreier.
8.75" x 10 7/8". Classic Elite Knits: 100 gorgeous designs for every occasion by Classic Elite Yarns. Many cardigans.
10 1/8" x 12 1/8". DC Comics Encyclopedia: the definitive guide to the characters of the DC universe: updated and expanded.
Monday, April 06, 2009
Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD
DVD
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIV. Four classic motion pictures critiqued by two robots and a guy lost in space. The titles are: Mad Monster, Final Justice, Soul Taker, and Manhunt in Space. Since this is a four disc set the check-out time is two weeks instead of the regular one week. Just imagine, 14 delicious days of devilish dialogue describing deplorable dramatists.
Here is a sampling of the show of what the show is like:
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XIV. Four classic motion pictures critiqued by two robots and a guy lost in space. The titles are: Mad Monster, Final Justice, Soul Taker, and Manhunt in Space. Since this is a four disc set the check-out time is two weeks instead of the regular one week. Just imagine, 14 delicious days of devilish dialogue describing deplorable dramatists.
Here is a sampling of the show of what the show is like:
Bankruptcy Guide, Quilting Novel, Comic Book
Fiction
In the Dark by Brian Freeman. Duluth cop Jonathan Stride's met his wife, Cindy, in high school. His would-be sister-in-law was murdered when Cindy and Jon were teens. Years later one of the dead sister's friends has returned to write a book on the murder. A new murder and the suicide of a witness to the sister's murder make Jon investigate.
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher. "A novel of the Dresden Files." Harry Dresden is asked by a member of the White Council (the governing body of "magical" people) to help him when he is accused of treason.
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini. Another Elm Creek Quilts novel by the lady from Madison. Something about a runaway slave who did a quilt and her son who was raised in Elm Creek Farm.
Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson. Goldy Schulz is catering multiple wedding receptions when the best friend of her godfather is murdered. Goldy goes undercover at the local spa where she suspects a link to the murder.
Borderline by Nevada Barr. Anna Pigeon suffers PTSD from the adventures in the last novel. She is canoeing in Big Bend National Park and finds a half-drowned pregnant woman who someone is trying to kill.
Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka. "As a cop in Gotham City, you not only have to face some of the most colorful and violent criminals in the world, but you also have to deal with the city's vigilante: The Batman! Living in the shadow of the bat can be tough - especially when the Dark Knight is used to playing by his own rules."
NonFiction
How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy by Stephen Elias and Robin Leonard. New for 2009.
In the Dark by Brian Freeman. Duluth cop Jonathan Stride's met his wife, Cindy, in high school. His would-be sister-in-law was murdered when Cindy and Jon were teens. Years later one of the dead sister's friends has returned to write a book on the murder. A new murder and the suicide of a witness to the sister's murder make Jon investigate.
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher. "A novel of the Dresden Files." Harry Dresden is asked by a member of the White Council (the governing body of "magical" people) to help him when he is accused of treason.
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini. Another Elm Creek Quilts novel by the lady from Madison. Something about a runaway slave who did a quilt and her son who was raised in Elm Creek Farm.
Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson. Goldy Schulz is catering multiple wedding receptions when the best friend of her godfather is murdered. Goldy goes undercover at the local spa where she suspects a link to the murder.
Borderline by Nevada Barr. Anna Pigeon suffers PTSD from the adventures in the last novel. She is canoeing in Big Bend National Park and finds a half-drowned pregnant woman who someone is trying to kill.
Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka. "As a cop in Gotham City, you not only have to face some of the most colorful and violent criminals in the world, but you also have to deal with the city's vigilante: The Batman! Living in the shadow of the bat can be tough - especially when the Dark Knight is used to playing by his own rules."
NonFiction
How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy by Stephen Elias and Robin Leonard. New for 2009.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Four DVDs I Could Care Less About But Will Check-Out Like Crazy
DVD
Marley and Me starring Kathleen Turner, Broken-Nose Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. Guy and wife in Florida get dog that misbehaves.
My dog misbehaves all the time but I don't see anyone making a movie out of it. Maybe no one wants to see a hairy beast eating used tissues out of the garbage.
Twilight starring [teen hearthrobs]. Teenage girl Bella moves to small town Washington and "meets mysterious and handsome Edward" who is a vampire and has to battle his taste for blood to not eat her.
The way I understand it is like this: Vampire guy is hundreds of years old. Girl is about 16 years-old. Doesn't that make this the most extreme case of pedophilism ever? That is incredibly disturbing.
Seven Pounds starring Will Smith. Conscience laden Ben sees has a mysterious connection to seven different people.
Columbus Day starring Val Kilmer, Marg Helgenberger, Handy Manny. Thief is trying to unload merchandise and connect with ex-wife and daughter.
Marley and Me starring Kathleen Turner, Broken-Nose Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. Guy and wife in Florida get dog that misbehaves.
My dog misbehaves all the time but I don't see anyone making a movie out of it. Maybe no one wants to see a hairy beast eating used tissues out of the garbage.
Twilight starring [teen hearthrobs]. Teenage girl Bella moves to small town Washington and "meets mysterious and handsome Edward" who is a vampire and has to battle his taste for blood to not eat her.
The way I understand it is like this: Vampire guy is hundreds of years old. Girl is about 16 years-old. Doesn't that make this the most extreme case of pedophilism ever? That is incredibly disturbing.
Seven Pounds starring Will Smith. Conscience laden Ben sees has a mysterious connection to seven different people.
Columbus Day starring Val Kilmer, Marg Helgenberger, Handy Manny. Thief is trying to unload merchandise and connect with ex-wife and daughter.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Twelve Novels
Fiction
Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton. Comedic novel with Laura and Charlie Rider of Hartley, WI leading a platonic marriage. When local radio gal Jenna starts emailing with Charlie, Laura decides to try out her writing skills by emailing as Charlie.
Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux. Jocelyn Minton inherits a house and all possessions of her good friend Miss Edi. The house is in a Virginia town Jocelyn never heard of, and the mystery of Miss Edi's past dates back to 1941.
Still Life by Joy Fielding. Casey is a successful and happily married business woman. When a car wreck leaves Casey broken and comatose she is still able to hear everything in her hospital room. As she listens Casey finds her friends may not really be friends, and the car wreck may not have been an accident.
Alexander Cipher by Will Adams. Daniel Knox is at an archaeological dig in Alexandria, Egypt. When a catacombs are unearthed Daniel goes inside to investigate the possibility that it may be the tomb of Alexander the Great. Such a find would make Daniel famous, or whoever can shunt Daniel aside.
The Secret by Beverly Lewis. First in a new series by Lewis.
Serendipity by Louise Shaffer. Carrie Manning is thirty-seven and aimless. Her mother, who she never really knew, just died and Carrie starts to investigate into her famous theater family's history.
Mysteries
Whisper in the Dark by Robert Gregory Browne. "Naked. Incoherent. Covered with blood. That's how detective Frank Blackburne finds her - a beautiful Jane Doe brandishing a pair of scissors near the scene of a brutal murder. Is she the perpetrator? Or is she the only eyewitness to the handiwork of Vincent Van Gogh, a twisted serial killer with an 'artistic' bent?"
Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria Laurie. "M.J. agrees to use her paranormal abilities on a new TV show called Haunted Possessions." When a knife on the show turns into lets a demon into the world M.J. and her ghost hunter friends get to work.
Small Crimes by Dave Zeltserman. Former cop Joe Denton gets out of prison early and heads home where the local district attorney bears the facial scars that put Denton in prison. No one wants Denton back.
Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart.
Romance
So Enchanting by Connie Brockway. Paperback romance with: lovely young lady, London society, Lord Greyson, fraud, Scottish Highlands, young witch, set fire to a passion, thrown together by danger and desire.
Large Print
Pursuit by Karen Robards.
Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton. Comedic novel with Laura and Charlie Rider of Hartley, WI leading a platonic marriage. When local radio gal Jenna starts emailing with Charlie, Laura decides to try out her writing skills by emailing as Charlie.
Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux. Jocelyn Minton inherits a house and all possessions of her good friend Miss Edi. The house is in a Virginia town Jocelyn never heard of, and the mystery of Miss Edi's past dates back to 1941.
Still Life by Joy Fielding. Casey is a successful and happily married business woman. When a car wreck leaves Casey broken and comatose she is still able to hear everything in her hospital room. As she listens Casey finds her friends may not really be friends, and the car wreck may not have been an accident.
Alexander Cipher by Will Adams. Daniel Knox is at an archaeological dig in Alexandria, Egypt. When a catacombs are unearthed Daniel goes inside to investigate the possibility that it may be the tomb of Alexander the Great. Such a find would make Daniel famous, or whoever can shunt Daniel aside.
The Secret by Beverly Lewis. First in a new series by Lewis.
Serendipity by Louise Shaffer. Carrie Manning is thirty-seven and aimless. Her mother, who she never really knew, just died and Carrie starts to investigate into her famous theater family's history.
Mysteries
Whisper in the Dark by Robert Gregory Browne. "Naked. Incoherent. Covered with blood. That's how detective Frank Blackburne finds her - a beautiful Jane Doe brandishing a pair of scissors near the scene of a brutal murder. Is she the perpetrator? Or is she the only eyewitness to the handiwork of Vincent Van Gogh, a twisted serial killer with an 'artistic' bent?"
Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria Laurie. "M.J. agrees to use her paranormal abilities on a new TV show called Haunted Possessions." When a knife on the show turns into lets a demon into the world M.J. and her ghost hunter friends get to work.
Small Crimes by Dave Zeltserman. Former cop Joe Denton gets out of prison early and heads home where the local district attorney bears the facial scars that put Denton in prison. No one wants Denton back.
Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart.
Romance
So Enchanting by Connie Brockway. Paperback romance with: lovely young lady, London society, Lord Greyson, fraud, Scottish Highlands, young witch, set fire to a passion, thrown together by danger and desire.
Large Print
Pursuit by Karen Robards.
DVD leftovers, DeNiro, Indians, James Bond
DVD
What Just Happened? starring Robert DeNiro, [other big names]. Comedy of a twice divorced Hollywood producer trying to save two of his movies. "A bitingly sharp comedy about what it takes to survive a treacherous world of backstabbing, greed, and runaway egos."
Cat Dancers. Ron and Joy Holiday move from ballet dancers into training and performing with lions, tigers and jaguars. Their marriage dynamic changes when a young male performer joins the business. A new Bengal tiger makes things fatal.
Quantum of Solace starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko. James Bond is out for justice. I think.
Slumdog Millionaire starring [Indian actors you never heard of until the Oscar ceremony]. Kid makes it rich on Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Has to show he was not cheating.
Dear Zachary: letters to a son about his father. Andrew Bagby was murdered by his crazy girlfriend in Nov, 2001. Crazy girlfriend flees to Canada and fights extradition. When crazy girlfriend announces pregnancy best friend decides to do a movie about Bagby for his unborn son and starts to follow the legal efforts of Bagby's parents to get legal custody of child.
Leftover from popular titles ordered for the MWFLS DVD group purchase.
Mad Money starring Stephen Root, Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson. Three women conspire to steal worn paper money from the shredder at a Federal Reserve bank.
Definitely, Maybe starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke. Chick movie about a widower of something.
Jumper starring Darth Vader, Michael Rooker. David is able to teleport himself anywhere in the world. He discovers others like himself and is "thrust into the midst of an ancient war while being hunted by a bloodthirsty band of zealots sworn to destroy all Jumpers."
The Hulk starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth. Scientist gets angry and turns green.
10,000 B.C. starring [people I never heard of]. Guy with dreadlocks fights animals and people to rescue his girlfriend.
Love Guru starring Mike Meyers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Vern Troyer. Guru has to help hockey player win back wife and Stanley Cup.
Mr. Woodcock starring Billy Bob Thornton, Sean William Scott, Susan Sarandon. Seventh grader is tormented by his PE teacher. Years later he visits home and the teacher is not dating his mom.
Good Luck Chuck starring Dane Cook, Jessica Alba. [some stupid plot].
No Reservations starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart. Remake of some French movie. Chefs in fancy restaurant hook-up.
The back cover has a photo of Eckhart and Zeta-Jones about to liplock. Do you think Eckhart kept thinking he was about to suck face with a woman who smooches Michael Douglas? Yeesh.
Kid Movies
Bolt voiced by John travolta and Miley Cyrus. Action hero acting dog Bolt and his hamster side-kick are stranded in New York and have to make way back to Hollywood.
Ballet Shoes starring Lucy Boynton, Emma Watson. "Three orphans, raised as sisters, leave their sheltered lives and embark on an exhilarating journey that takes them to the heights of the stage, screen, and sky!"
City of Ember starring Bill Murray. The underground city of Ember is losing it's generator. Teens travel to find their way out before everything goes dark.
Return from Witch Mountain starring [interchangeable Disney kids plus that weird looking kid], Christopher Lee, and Bette Davis. Two evil adults use a boy's supernatural powers for evil.
What Just Happened? starring Robert DeNiro, [other big names]. Comedy of a twice divorced Hollywood producer trying to save two of his movies. "A bitingly sharp comedy about what it takes to survive a treacherous world of backstabbing, greed, and runaway egos."
Cat Dancers. Ron and Joy Holiday move from ballet dancers into training and performing with lions, tigers and jaguars. Their marriage dynamic changes when a young male performer joins the business. A new Bengal tiger makes things fatal.
Quantum of Solace starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko. James Bond is out for justice. I think.
Slumdog Millionaire starring [Indian actors you never heard of until the Oscar ceremony]. Kid makes it rich on Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Has to show he was not cheating.
Dear Zachary: letters to a son about his father. Andrew Bagby was murdered by his crazy girlfriend in Nov, 2001. Crazy girlfriend flees to Canada and fights extradition. When crazy girlfriend announces pregnancy best friend decides to do a movie about Bagby for his unborn son and starts to follow the legal efforts of Bagby's parents to get legal custody of child.
Leftover from popular titles ordered for the MWFLS DVD group purchase.
Mad Money starring Stephen Root, Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson. Three women conspire to steal worn paper money from the shredder at a Federal Reserve bank.
Definitely, Maybe starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke. Chick movie about a widower of something.
Jumper starring Darth Vader, Michael Rooker. David is able to teleport himself anywhere in the world. He discovers others like himself and is "thrust into the midst of an ancient war while being hunted by a bloodthirsty band of zealots sworn to destroy all Jumpers."
The Hulk starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth. Scientist gets angry and turns green.
10,000 B.C. starring [people I never heard of]. Guy with dreadlocks fights animals and people to rescue his girlfriend.
Love Guru starring Mike Meyers, Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Vern Troyer. Guru has to help hockey player win back wife and Stanley Cup.
Mr. Woodcock starring Billy Bob Thornton, Sean William Scott, Susan Sarandon. Seventh grader is tormented by his PE teacher. Years later he visits home and the teacher is not dating his mom.
Good Luck Chuck starring Dane Cook, Jessica Alba. [some stupid plot].
No Reservations starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart. Remake of some French movie. Chefs in fancy restaurant hook-up.
The back cover has a photo of Eckhart and Zeta-Jones about to liplock. Do you think Eckhart kept thinking he was about to suck face with a woman who smooches Michael Douglas? Yeesh.
Kid Movies
Bolt voiced by John travolta and Miley Cyrus. Action hero acting dog Bolt and his hamster side-kick are stranded in New York and have to make way back to Hollywood.
Ballet Shoes starring Lucy Boynton, Emma Watson. "Three orphans, raised as sisters, leave their sheltered lives and embark on an exhilarating journey that takes them to the heights of the stage, screen, and sky!"
City of Ember starring Bill Murray. The underground city of Ember is losing it's generator. Teens travel to find their way out before everything goes dark.
Return from Witch Mountain starring [interchangeable Disney kids plus that weird looking kid], Christopher Lee, and Bette Davis. Two evil adults use a boy's supernatural powers for evil.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
One Music CD: Raul Malo is sad and lonely - check out his CD to make him happy
Music CD
Lucky One by Raul Malo. Malo was the lead singer and songwriter for The Mavericks. Now he does his own stuff.
Lucky One by Raul Malo. Malo was the lead singer and songwriter for The Mavericks. Now he does his own stuff.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
One Local Poet, One on Catholicism, 11 Novels
Poetry
Falling Brick Kills Local Man by Mark Kraushaar. Kraushaar is the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry and has had his work published in multiple poetry and literary magazines.
EDIT: Kraushaar just googled his way over here. If you would like to meet the man himself come to the Men's Book Club on April 29th, 7 PM. We will be meeting at the tasting room in Tyranena Brewery. We will discuss The Poet of Tolstoy Park.
NonFiction
Practicing Catholic by James Carroll. Carroll "shows how Roman Catholic struggles illuminate spiritual quests in all faiths...charts the Church's transformation from a reactionary monolith to a vital institution in which the deepest aspects of faith are being called into question."
Fiction
No Survivors by Tom Cain. Samuel Carver, trained assassin, lies hospitalized. His Russian girlfriend has to leave him to go back to her job as a spy. Samuel slowly recovers to follow her and gets entangled in a billionaire's scheme to buy a Russian suitcase nuke.
Blood and Bone by William Lashner. 26 year old Kyle spends his time playing video games, drinking in Philadelphia bars, and scoring chicks. When a former legal partner of his dead father is killed the police look at Kyle as a suspect. Police questioning makes Kyle wonder about what really happened to his father.
Long Lost by Harlan Coben. Myron Bolitar heads to Paris to help a former girlfriend, Terese, who dumped him 10 years ago. She is accused of killing her ex-husband but soon Molitar and Terese are on the run from the police, Homeland Security and the Mossad.
True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman. Hey, a new author photo of Kellerman. He does not have any make-up on and his hair is combed back from his forehead.
Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz. Continuing tales of the detective agency Spellman Inc. Popular and funny mystery series of the Spellman family and the family business of private detecting.
Mixed Blood by Roger Smith. American bank robber Jack is hiding out in Cape Town, South Africa. When he bloodily repulses a home invasion two local cops and a neighboring security guard find out about Jack's profession and are hot after the three million US dollars he last stole.
Supposed to be really good with a great setting in Cape Town where the country's black versus white problems still linger.
The Dakota Cipher by William Dietrich. A french rogue and his Norwegian pal flee France to search the American frontier for a mythic Viking settlement that is supposed to hold Thor's hammer.
Execution Dock by Anne Perry. Monstrous pimp Jericho Phillips is suspected of murdering a thirteen year old boy prostitute. Commander William Monk attempts to catch and hang the monstrous Phillips but the wily crook and his wealthy clients won't make it easy.
Loser's Town by Daniel Depp. Former stuntman David Spandau works as a PI in Hollywood. Depp gets a job to help a blackmailed actor under pressure from a local drug dealer anxious to become a movie producer. "Crackling dialogue, fast-paced plot, and seedy, jaded characters...a gruesomely hilarious, occasionally wistful depiction of what goes on beneath those white letters on the mountainside."
Spade and Archer by Joe Gores. A prequel to The Maltese Falcon.
Shannon by Frank Delaney. Boston priest Robert Shannon travels to Ireland in 1922. Still suffering shell shock from WWI Shannon was sent there to both recover and shut him up about corruption in the Boston archdiocese. He is "thrust headlong into the maelstrom of Irish politics."
Falling Brick Kills Local Man by Mark Kraushaar. Kraushaar is the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry and has had his work published in multiple poetry and literary magazines.
EDIT: Kraushaar just googled his way over here. If you would like to meet the man himself come to the Men's Book Club on April 29th, 7 PM. We will be meeting at the tasting room in Tyranena Brewery. We will discuss The Poet of Tolstoy Park.
NonFiction
Practicing Catholic by James Carroll. Carroll "shows how Roman Catholic struggles illuminate spiritual quests in all faiths...charts the Church's transformation from a reactionary monolith to a vital institution in which the deepest aspects of faith are being called into question."
Fiction
No Survivors by Tom Cain. Samuel Carver, trained assassin, lies hospitalized. His Russian girlfriend has to leave him to go back to her job as a spy. Samuel slowly recovers to follow her and gets entangled in a billionaire's scheme to buy a Russian suitcase nuke.
Blood and Bone by William Lashner. 26 year old Kyle spends his time playing video games, drinking in Philadelphia bars, and scoring chicks. When a former legal partner of his dead father is killed the police look at Kyle as a suspect. Police questioning makes Kyle wonder about what really happened to his father.
Long Lost by Harlan Coben. Myron Bolitar heads to Paris to help a former girlfriend, Terese, who dumped him 10 years ago. She is accused of killing her ex-husband but soon Molitar and Terese are on the run from the police, Homeland Security and the Mossad.
True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman. Hey, a new author photo of Kellerman. He does not have any make-up on and his hair is combed back from his forehead.
Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz. Continuing tales of the detective agency Spellman Inc. Popular and funny mystery series of the Spellman family and the family business of private detecting.
Mixed Blood by Roger Smith. American bank robber Jack is hiding out in Cape Town, South Africa. When he bloodily repulses a home invasion two local cops and a neighboring security guard find out about Jack's profession and are hot after the three million US dollars he last stole.
Supposed to be really good with a great setting in Cape Town where the country's black versus white problems still linger.
The Dakota Cipher by William Dietrich. A french rogue and his Norwegian pal flee France to search the American frontier for a mythic Viking settlement that is supposed to hold Thor's hammer.
Execution Dock by Anne Perry. Monstrous pimp Jericho Phillips is suspected of murdering a thirteen year old boy prostitute. Commander William Monk attempts to catch and hang the monstrous Phillips but the wily crook and his wealthy clients won't make it easy.
Loser's Town by Daniel Depp. Former stuntman David Spandau works as a PI in Hollywood. Depp gets a job to help a blackmailed actor under pressure from a local drug dealer anxious to become a movie producer. "Crackling dialogue, fast-paced plot, and seedy, jaded characters...a gruesomely hilarious, occasionally wistful depiction of what goes on beneath those white letters on the mountainside."
Spade and Archer by Joe Gores. A prequel to The Maltese Falcon.
Shannon by Frank Delaney. Boston priest Robert Shannon travels to Ireland in 1922. Still suffering shell shock from WWI Shannon was sent there to both recover and shut him up about corruption in the Boston archdiocese. He is "thrust headlong into the maelstrom of Irish politics."
Eight Large Print from Ruth the Page
Large Print
Sunset Bay by Susan Mallery.
That Went Well: adventures in caring for my sister by Terrell Harris Dougan. Terrell's retarded sister Irene is "a woman in her sixties who still believes in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny - and who also enjoys playing those characters for the children at the local hospital."
Luke's Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
True Colors by Kristin Hannah. Cover photo: Three girls walk through the water at low tide.
Wicked Game by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush. Twenty years after their classmate disappeared the surviving women gather when her body is possibly found. Then the women start being killed.
Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow. Another Alaska novel featuring cop Kate Shugak. I've never read any of these by Stabenow keeps writing them so they must be pretty decent.
Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockman. One of those "Navy SEALs fight evil" novels.
Two Rivers by T. Greenwood. Mourning widower Harper lives in Two Rivers, VT and takes in a pregnant teen who survives a train crash.
Sunset Bay by Susan Mallery.
That Went Well: adventures in caring for my sister by Terrell Harris Dougan. Terrell's retarded sister Irene is "a woman in her sixties who still believes in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny - and who also enjoys playing those characters for the children at the local hospital."
Luke's Story by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
True Colors by Kristin Hannah. Cover photo: Three girls walk through the water at low tide.
Wicked Game by Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush. Twenty years after their classmate disappeared the surviving women gather when her body is possibly found. Then the women start being killed.
Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow. Another Alaska novel featuring cop Kate Shugak. I've never read any of these by Stabenow keeps writing them so they must be pretty decent.
Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockman. One of those "Navy SEALs fight evil" novels.
Two Rivers by T. Greenwood. Mourning widower Harper lives in Two Rivers, VT and takes in a pregnant teen who survives a train crash.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Four AudioBooks with Joe Lansdale and Charlie Huston
AudioBooks
Claimed by Shadows by Karen Chance. 11 CDs at 13.5 hours. "In this second entry in the popular Cassaandra Palmer series, Cassie finds herself in possession of more power than she dares to use and at odds with a master vampire."
Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale. 7 CDs at 8 hours. "Hap and Leonard return in this incredible, mad-dash thriller, loaded with crack addicts, a serial killer, and a body count." Leonard takes along best pal Hap to clean up the house of Leonard's dead uncle. Under the house's rotting floorboards they find a small skeleton in a trunk. Time to investigate.
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston. 8 CDs at 10 hours. A another novel by the great Charlie Huston. Webster has find a part-time job with a crime scene clean-up company in Los Angeles County. When a hot Malibu girl asks Webster to help her cleanup her brother's trouble Webster knows he should not say yes. But, she is hot.
The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff. 8 CDs at 10 hours. Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr told off a two star general after a mission. Now Korin has been separated from her platoon and sent to protect a scientific expedition on a derelict spaceship and under command of an officer "who might prove more of a menace to the mission's success than anything they encountered."
Claimed by Shadows by Karen Chance. 11 CDs at 13.5 hours. "In this second entry in the popular Cassaandra Palmer series, Cassie finds herself in possession of more power than she dares to use and at odds with a master vampire."
Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale. 7 CDs at 8 hours. "Hap and Leonard return in this incredible, mad-dash thriller, loaded with crack addicts, a serial killer, and a body count." Leonard takes along best pal Hap to clean up the house of Leonard's dead uncle. Under the house's rotting floorboards they find a small skeleton in a trunk. Time to investigate.
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston. 8 CDs at 10 hours. A another novel by the great Charlie Huston. Webster has find a part-time job with a crime scene clean-up company in Los Angeles County. When a hot Malibu girl asks Webster to help her cleanup her brother's trouble Webster knows he should not say yes. But, she is hot.
The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff. 8 CDs at 10 hours. Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr told off a two star general after a mission. Now Korin has been separated from her platoon and sent to protect a scientific expedition on a derelict spaceship and under command of an officer "who might prove more of a menace to the mission's success than anything they encountered."
What to Read 22 Barry Eisler's "Fault Line"
What to Read 22
A brief talk with Barry Eisler at the Mystery One Bookstore in Milwaukee. Eisler was worn out at the end of the day but gracious enough to spend ten minutes to talk about Fault Line. Mystery One regularly schedules visiting authors for book signings. Visit them in Milwaukee. But, first visit us in Lake Mills.
A brief talk with Barry Eisler at the Mystery One Bookstore in Milwaukee. Eisler was worn out at the end of the day but gracious enough to spend ten minutes to talk about Fault Line. Mystery One regularly schedules visiting authors for book signings. Visit them in Milwaukee. But, first visit us in Lake Mills.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Piccirilli's Sequel, Bernard Cornwell, Limey Convict, Gal from Minnesota
Fiction
Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli. Sequel to Piccirilli's brilliant novel Cold Spot. Chase left the criminal life when he married his cop wife. When his wife was murdered Chase called on his lifetime crook grandfather, Jonah, to help him out. Sociopathic Jonah helped Chase out on condition of payment, meanwhile Chase found out his soul-less grandfather had a pregnant girlfriend. Now, Chase plans to rescue the child from Jonah by making a score as a driver with dysfunctional crime family.
Shatter by Michael Robotham. Psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is trying to save a nude, suicidal woman from jumping into a gorge. Instead of listening to Joe the woman listens to the unknown voice on her cell phone and jumps. Joe is distraught until the woman's daughter convinces him she never would have jumped. Who convinced her to jump? Joe tries to find out.
Sea of Poppies by Amitay Ghosh. Pirates! A mix of Western and Indian sailors man a pirate ship into China's Opium Wars.
Pursuit by Karen Robards. Young lawyer Jessica gets sent by a senior law partner to meet the First Lady as a personal lawyer. When Jessica and the First Lady are in a horrific car crash only Jessica survives. Jessica cannot remember what happened but Secret Service Agent Mark thinks she is hiding something.
Large Print
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer.
NonFiction
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso. "A provocative tale that's one part hard-boiled crime story, one part paranoid espionage thriller, all served in a highball with a Vertigo twist - shaken, not stirred!"
The Unforgiving Minute: a soldier's education by Craig M. Mullaney. Army Captain Mullaney went to West Point, Ranger School, and was a Rhodes Scholar. Combat in Afghanistan and the death of his men show how the seemingly disparate sides, Army vs. scholar, fit together and his Oxford history proves amazingly relevant.
I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: the astonishing but true story of a daughter, sister, slut, wife, mother, and friend to man and dog by Diana Joseph. Humorous tales of life including her retired auto body shop owning father, her NRA supporting son, her common-law-husband professor, and her weird dog.
Joseph teaches creative writing at Mankota State (or whatever it is called now). I wonder if she knows that Anthony Neil Smith guy. He teaches the same thing at a state school in southwestern Minnesota.
AudioBooks
Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell. 13 CDs at 16 hours. Cornwell continues to document the history of Englishmen killing Frenchmen.
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny. Armand Gamache investigates a murder at a Quebec resort.
Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli. Sequel to Piccirilli's brilliant novel Cold Spot. Chase left the criminal life when he married his cop wife. When his wife was murdered Chase called on his lifetime crook grandfather, Jonah, to help him out. Sociopathic Jonah helped Chase out on condition of payment, meanwhile Chase found out his soul-less grandfather had a pregnant girlfriend. Now, Chase plans to rescue the child from Jonah by making a score as a driver with dysfunctional crime family.
Shatter by Michael Robotham. Psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is trying to save a nude, suicidal woman from jumping into a gorge. Instead of listening to Joe the woman listens to the unknown voice on her cell phone and jumps. Joe is distraught until the woman's daughter convinces him she never would have jumped. Who convinced her to jump? Joe tries to find out.
Sea of Poppies by Amitay Ghosh. Pirates! A mix of Western and Indian sailors man a pirate ship into China's Opium Wars.
Pursuit by Karen Robards. Young lawyer Jessica gets sent by a senior law partner to meet the First Lady as a personal lawyer. When Jessica and the First Lady are in a horrific car crash only Jessica survives. Jessica cannot remember what happened but Secret Service Agent Mark thinks she is hiding something.
Large Print
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer.
NonFiction
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso. "A provocative tale that's one part hard-boiled crime story, one part paranoid espionage thriller, all served in a highball with a Vertigo twist - shaken, not stirred!"
The Unforgiving Minute: a soldier's education by Craig M. Mullaney. Army Captain Mullaney went to West Point, Ranger School, and was a Rhodes Scholar. Combat in Afghanistan and the death of his men show how the seemingly disparate sides, Army vs. scholar, fit together and his Oxford history proves amazingly relevant.
I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: the astonishing but true story of a daughter, sister, slut, wife, mother, and friend to man and dog by Diana Joseph. Humorous tales of life including her retired auto body shop owning father, her NRA supporting son, her common-law-husband professor, and her weird dog.
Joseph teaches creative writing at Mankota State (or whatever it is called now). I wonder if she knows that Anthony Neil Smith guy. He teaches the same thing at a state school in southwestern Minnesota.
AudioBooks
Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell. 13 CDs at 16 hours. Cornwell continues to document the history of Englishmen killing Frenchmen.
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny. Armand Gamache investigates a murder at a Quebec resort.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tommy Lee Jones as Dave Robicheaux
DVD
In the Electric Mist starring Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman. Deputy Sheriff dave Robicheaux investigates some murders while dealing with a visiting film crew and a New Orleans gangster visiting town.
What can I say? The book, In the Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke, is quite good. Tommy Lee Jones is probably good casting. John Goodman is always good, although I imagine the book's fleet-footed character would have to change a bit for the movie. I usually do not get uptight about when a film based on a novel changes things around. I reckon the film makers have to do that to keep the story flowing and cap it at two hours or less.
Bill Crider watched this but I did not read his comments; I did not want his observations to color my own viewing.
Kid Movies
Escape to Witch Mountain starring [interchangeable Disney kids] and Eddie Albert. A new DVD release of the original flick to coincide with remake's release.
Wizards of Waverly Place starring [interchangeable Disney kids].
Ella Enchanted starring Anne Hathaway. A replacement for a lost or broken copy.
In the Electric Mist starring Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman. Deputy Sheriff dave Robicheaux investigates some murders while dealing with a visiting film crew and a New Orleans gangster visiting town.
What can I say? The book, In the Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke, is quite good. Tommy Lee Jones is probably good casting. John Goodman is always good, although I imagine the book's fleet-footed character would have to change a bit for the movie. I usually do not get uptight about when a film based on a novel changes things around. I reckon the film makers have to do that to keep the story flowing and cap it at two hours or less.
Bill Crider watched this but I did not read his comments; I did not want his observations to color my own viewing.
Kid Movies
Escape to Witch Mountain starring [interchangeable Disney kids] and Eddie Albert. A new DVD release of the original flick to coincide with remake's release.
Wizards of Waverly Place starring [interchangeable Disney kids].
Ella Enchanted starring Anne Hathaway. A replacement for a lost or broken copy.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Glenn's CD Plus Four More
Music CDs
Middle Cyclone by Neko Case. Snap judgment from album cover: Redhead sings songs while roaming the wastelands on a muscle car and getting into swordfights.
No Line on the Horizon by U2. Snap judgment from album art: U2 tries for another Joshua Tree but instead poses on some mud at low tide instead of the desert.
Orange Blossoms by JJ Grey and Mofro. Album art judgment: Blue-eyed soul with a Florida swamp vibe.
Goodnight Oslo by Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3. Cover art snap judgment: Robyn Hitchcock should move to Austin, he's already kept himself weird.
Modernity Killed Every Night by The Wolfmen. Snap judgement from album artwork: Marco Pirroni chubbed out on ale and chips.
Middle Cyclone by Neko Case. Snap judgment from album cover: Redhead sings songs while roaming the wastelands on a muscle car and getting into swordfights.
No Line on the Horizon by U2. Snap judgment from album art: U2 tries for another Joshua Tree but instead poses on some mud at low tide instead of the desert.
Orange Blossoms by JJ Grey and Mofro. Album art judgment: Blue-eyed soul with a Florida swamp vibe.
Goodnight Oslo by Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus 3. Cover art snap judgment: Robyn Hitchcock should move to Austin, he's already kept himself weird.
Modernity Killed Every Night by The Wolfmen. Snap judgement from album artwork: Marco Pirroni chubbed out on ale and chips.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Four Flicks
DVD
Milk starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, that guy from Alias. Biopic of San Francisco politician.
This is supposed to be a real good flick, I've enjoyed Van Sant's previous movies, Milk seems like he was a good dude, but this movie just doesn't not sound very interesting to me. Watch the preview.
Six String Samurai starring [guy in Buddy Holly glasses]. Kung-Fu dude fights his way through post-apacolyptic Nevada on his way to Las Vegas to become the next king or rock and roll.
I got suckered in by Bill Crider's blog. Again. But, can you blame me? Look at the preview.
Transporter 3 starring Jason Statham and crashing cars. Frank Martin is hired to drive a new passenger. "The stakes are bigger, the enemy is deadlier, and the action has never been hotter."
Watch the preview or catch one of the umpteen television commercials selling the DVD.
Madagascar: escape 2 Africa starring [animated animals]. Watch the preview.
Milk starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, that guy from Alias. Biopic of San Francisco politician.
This is supposed to be a real good flick, I've enjoyed Van Sant's previous movies, Milk seems like he was a good dude, but this movie just doesn't not sound very interesting to me. Watch the preview.
Six String Samurai starring [guy in Buddy Holly glasses]. Kung-Fu dude fights his way through post-apacolyptic Nevada on his way to Las Vegas to become the next king or rock and roll.
I got suckered in by Bill Crider's blog. Again. But, can you blame me? Look at the preview.
Transporter 3 starring Jason Statham and crashing cars. Frank Martin is hired to drive a new passenger. "The stakes are bigger, the enemy is deadlier, and the action has never been hotter."
Watch the preview or catch one of the umpteen television commercials selling the DVD.
Madagascar: escape 2 Africa starring [animated animals]. Watch the preview.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
ZOMBIES! and Three Thrillers (including Barry Eisler)
ZOMBIES!
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. Baltimore cop turned Joe Ledger has been assigned to a counter terrorist task force. Ledger is assigned to the Department of Military Science to stop terrorists from releasing a bio-weapon against the U.S. A bio-weapon that turns people into ZOMBIES!
Cover blurbs by Joe R. Lansdale and Victor Gischler.
Fiction
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer. Former undercover CIA agent Milo is now working as a manager at the CIA's New York location. When an assassin is arrested his story attracts questions about Milo's colleague and Milo's old cases. Milo goes back undercover to uncover some undercover shenanigans.
Fault Line by Barry Eisler. Silicon Valley attorney Alex has a software inventor client whose invention could promote Alex from mid-level lawyer goon to law firm parterner - or more. When the inventor is found dead Alex is suspicious. When Alex's patent office pal is killed Alex is worried. When someone sneaks into ALex's house at 3 AM and tries to kill him Alex is terrified. Enter Alex's estranged older brother, Ben. Ben has been in Army special forces for years and his specialty as an assassin puts him in perfect position to help his brother. If they can stand each other.
I read an advice copy of this novel and it is excellent.
Corsair by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. Boat sinks. People look for it. Intrigue and adventure ensue.
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. Baltimore cop turned Joe Ledger has been assigned to a counter terrorist task force. Ledger is assigned to the Department of Military Science to stop terrorists from releasing a bio-weapon against the U.S. A bio-weapon that turns people into ZOMBIES!
Cover blurbs by Joe R. Lansdale and Victor Gischler.
Fiction
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer. Former undercover CIA agent Milo is now working as a manager at the CIA's New York location. When an assassin is arrested his story attracts questions about Milo's colleague and Milo's old cases. Milo goes back undercover to uncover some undercover shenanigans.
Fault Line by Barry Eisler. Silicon Valley attorney Alex has a software inventor client whose invention could promote Alex from mid-level lawyer goon to law firm parterner - or more. When the inventor is found dead Alex is suspicious. When Alex's patent office pal is killed Alex is worried. When someone sneaks into ALex's house at 3 AM and tries to kill him Alex is terrified. Enter Alex's estranged older brother, Ben. Ben has been in Army special forces for years and his specialty as an assassin puts him in perfect position to help his brother. If they can stand each other.
I read an advice copy of this novel and it is excellent.
Corsair by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. Boat sinks. People look for it. Intrigue and adventure ensue.
Monday, March 09, 2009
What to Read 21 "Leather Maiden" and "Child 44"
Two thrillers to read: Leather Maiden by Joe R. Lansdale and Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The Usual Authors and Four DVDs
DVD
Body of Lies starring Angry Australian and Leonardo DiCaprio. Spy thriller with on the ground CIA agent being guided by his handler back in the U.S.
Choke starring Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston. Another bizarre tale by Chuck Palahniuk. Sex addict Victor cons restaurants by choking during dinner an deals with his "dying, delusional mother."
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice starring Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin. The Librarian, Flynn, is sent to recover the Judas Chalice, is saved by good-looking French woman, gets ambushed by someone else, Flynn's life is in danger, the world is threatened, blah, blah, blah.
The Changeling starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich. Single mom in 1928 Los Angeles has son go missing. Police show up with different kid, say mom is crazy and stick her in an asylum. I think. That's what I remember hearing anyway.
Fortunately Jolie does not look like usual in this picture. Meaning she is not all skanky looking.
Fiction
Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke. The typical mystery with recipes.
Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White. Doc Ford is in New York when his girlfriend, a Senator, drives up and is almost abducted. Instead a fourteen year old in town on a prize vacation is snatched. Ford looks for him.
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult. Latest from Picoult. Judging from the cover I am guessing that some kid falls through ice and drowns.
Large Print
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb.
Night and Day by Robert B. Parker.
Body of Lies starring Angry Australian and Leonardo DiCaprio. Spy thriller with on the ground CIA agent being guided by his handler back in the U.S.
Choke starring Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston. Another bizarre tale by Chuck Palahniuk. Sex addict Victor cons restaurants by choking during dinner an deals with his "dying, delusional mother."
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice starring Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin. The Librarian, Flynn, is sent to recover the Judas Chalice, is saved by good-looking French woman, gets ambushed by someone else, Flynn's life is in danger, the world is threatened, blah, blah, blah.
The Changeling starring Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich. Single mom in 1928 Los Angeles has son go missing. Police show up with different kid, say mom is crazy and stick her in an asylum. I think. That's what I remember hearing anyway.
Fortunately Jolie does not look like usual in this picture. Meaning she is not all skanky looking.
Fiction
Cream Puff Murder by Joanne Fluke. The typical mystery with recipes.
Dead Silence by Randy Wayne White. Doc Ford is in New York when his girlfriend, a Senator, drives up and is almost abducted. Instead a fourteen year old in town on a prize vacation is snatched. Ford looks for him.
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult. Latest from Picoult. Judging from the cover I am guessing that some kid falls through ice and drowns.
Large Print
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb.
Night and Day by Robert B. Parker.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Books: Donations, an Englishman in L.A., Large Print
Fiction
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer. What if you did a deed so magnificent you would be remembered for years? Something that would put you the level of LIndbergh, Armstrong, Lewis and Clark? What if you completed the task but had no way to prove it?
Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler. What an awful cover.
Star Bright by Catherine Anderson. Paperback romance.
Turning Point by Peter Turnbull. "A Hennessey and Yellich Mystery". Rural English policeman Hennessey is aging and he needs to accept it train his young team better. But, his experience becomes most vaulable when two murders, committed twenty years apart, are connected.
NonFiction
Death by Leisure: a cautionary tale by Chris Ayres. English journalist gets assigned to Los Angeles and decides to live the big life. He takes advantage of easy credit and, "those idiots you keep hearing about? The ones who brought down the economy by maxing out on easy cash?...Yes, that was Ayres."
Blue Ribbon Quilts by Linda Causee and Rita Weiss.
Arranging Flowers: how to create beautiful bouquets in every season by Martha Stewart.
Large Print
The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer. Thriller with doctors in Africa and Boston.
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy.
The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker.
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer. What if you did a deed so magnificent you would be remembered for years? Something that would put you the level of LIndbergh, Armstrong, Lewis and Clark? What if you completed the task but had no way to prove it?
Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler. What an awful cover.
Star Bright by Catherine Anderson. Paperback romance.
Turning Point by Peter Turnbull. "A Hennessey and Yellich Mystery". Rural English policeman Hennessey is aging and he needs to accept it train his young team better. But, his experience becomes most vaulable when two murders, committed twenty years apart, are connected.
NonFiction
Death by Leisure: a cautionary tale by Chris Ayres. English journalist gets assigned to Los Angeles and decides to live the big life. He takes advantage of easy credit and, "those idiots you keep hearing about? The ones who brought down the economy by maxing out on easy cash?...Yes, that was Ayres."
Blue Ribbon Quilts by Linda Causee and Rita Weiss.
Arranging Flowers: how to create beautiful bouquets in every season by Martha Stewart.
Large Print
The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer. Thriller with doctors in Africa and Boston.
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy.
The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Seven CDs Including a Gal I Heard on Radio Australia
Music CDs
Awkward Annie by Kate Rusby. I was listening to an archived episode of The Music Show on the ABC website a while ago and heard the title track to this album. It was a good song and I figured some of you Library nerds might like it. So, I ordered it. It's folkish.
Theater of the Mind by Ludacris. Rapper guy raps. I do not know anything about this guy but I'll bet he has been a motion picture or two. Big name rap guys are always getting cast in the movies.
Rentacrowd by The Len Price 3. Greatness from Great Britain. Music with an early sixties, British Invasion vibe. See their website to listen to some songs.
The Len Price 3 are frequently heard on Little Steven's Underground Garage. Does their popularity on that show have anything to do with being signed to Little Steven's record label?
I, Flathead: the songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns by Ry Cooder. Cooder is been around for quite a while and most likely known for the Buena Vista Social Club album of a few years ago.
His last few albums have been built on themes. My Name is Buddy was written from the perspective of a cat during the Depression. Chavez Ravine was about the barrio in Los Angeles demolished in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium. I, Flathead is about...something. Look it up yourself, I'm busy.
Already Free by The Derek Trucks Band. I think this guy had a profile in the Madison newspaper. He is married to Susan Tedeschi who is a good singer and whose albums are available here at Lake Mills and elsewhere in the system. Trucks has been a professional musician since his mid-teens and his band plays soul.
Hey Ma by James. We received this CD quite a while ago but it got waylaid on the cataloging cart. Here it is.
The Empyrean by John Frusciante. Frusciante was a rock guitar prodigy who played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers then started using heroin and ended up a strung-out junkie on the streets of Hollywood. Frusciante then cleaned up and started playing again. I ran across a - post-strung-out-junkie - solo tune of his a few years ago and thought it was great. Hopefully this is good too.
Awkward Annie by Kate Rusby. I was listening to an archived episode of The Music Show on the ABC website a while ago and heard the title track to this album. It was a good song and I figured some of you Library nerds might like it. So, I ordered it. It's folkish.
Theater of the Mind by Ludacris. Rapper guy raps. I do not know anything about this guy but I'll bet he has been a motion picture or two. Big name rap guys are always getting cast in the movies.
Rentacrowd by The Len Price 3. Greatness from Great Britain. Music with an early sixties, British Invasion vibe. See their website to listen to some songs.
The Len Price 3 are frequently heard on Little Steven's Underground Garage. Does their popularity on that show have anything to do with being signed to Little Steven's record label?
I, Flathead: the songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns by Ry Cooder. Cooder is been around for quite a while and most likely known for the Buena Vista Social Club album of a few years ago.
His last few albums have been built on themes. My Name is Buddy was written from the perspective of a cat during the Depression. Chavez Ravine was about the barrio in Los Angeles demolished in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium. I, Flathead is about...something. Look it up yourself, I'm busy.
Already Free by The Derek Trucks Band. I think this guy had a profile in the Madison newspaper. He is married to Susan Tedeschi who is a good singer and whose albums are available here at Lake Mills and elsewhere in the system. Trucks has been a professional musician since his mid-teens and his band plays soul.
Hey Ma by James. We received this CD quite a while ago but it got waylaid on the cataloging cart. Here it is.
The Empyrean by John Frusciante. Frusciante was a rock guitar prodigy who played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers then started using heroin and ended up a strung-out junkie on the streets of Hollywood. Frusciante then cleaned up and started playing again. I ran across a - post-strung-out-junkie - solo tune of his a few years ago and thought it was great. Hopefully this is good too.
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