DVD
Hall Pass starring Jason Sudeikis, Owen Wilson. Two guys given "hall pass" by wives to screw around.
Sucker Punch starring Scott Glenn, Jon Hamm, Teenage Girls. Teenage girls escape from a CGI prison with CGI violence against CGI bad guys on a CGI battlefield.
Just Go With It starring Annoying Guy, Jennifer Aniston. Guy lies to girl and has friend's children pretend to be his.
Justin Bieber: never say never starring Justin Bieber and Bieber Fever. Concert film of teen heartthrob from Canada.
Drive Angry starring Crazy Nic Cage, William Fichtner, GirlWith BigHair. Guy escapes hell to wreak revenge. Didn't Cage already do this with a motorcycle? These seems to have lots of muscle cars and fiery explosions. I'll bet Tom Piccirilli liked it.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Musical Interlude
Musical Interlude
Nothing new on the processing cart. Here is Levon Helm. You can get the CD once I return it tomorrow.
Here is Elvis Costello's version, if you prefer. Costello does have Richard Thompson playing along.
Heck, while I'm at, here is Nick Lowe as well. Richard Thompson is best.
Nothing new on the processing cart. Here is Levon Helm. You can get the CD once I return it tomorrow.
Here is Elvis Costello's version, if you prefer. Costello does have Richard Thompson playing along.
Heck, while I'm at, here is Nick Lowe as well. Richard Thompson is best.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Food, Drink, Compost
NonFiction
Complete Guide to Preserving Meat, Fish and Game by Ken Oster. Other food preservation guides have checked out. I don't know if meat and fish preserving will go or not.
How to Build, Maintain and Use A Compost System by Kelly Smith. Barrels, bins, garbage cans with holes in the sides.
Complete Guide to Poultry Breeds by Melissa Nelson. Chicken books are popular here. I do not know why. Chicken keeping is not allowed inside the city. Be discreet. Good thing hairy dogs that love to bark are allowed. Otherwise, I'd be in trouble.
Complete Test Preparation ASVAB: Power Practice by Learning Express, LLC.
Big Book of Cupcakes by
** Emergency Musical Interlude **
BBC's 6 Music is replaying performances from the Glastonbury Festival. I'm listening - loudly - on my headphones. They are playing this now.
...Betty Crocker. Cupcakes are all the rage now. I was reading a review of some of the better known cupcake restaurants around the country and most of them were panned.
Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts from the editors of Martha Stewart Living. "The large yield of this recipe makes it perfect for parties."
It Gets Betters: coming out, overcoming bullying, and creating a life worth living edited by Dan Savage. Book version of the internet campaign. The only name I recognize is David Sedaris. He and his sister Amy should likely be avoided when they are together. They were riding a crowded El train in Chicago once. Her stop came first, and while she was going out the train door she loudly said to him (paraphrasing), "So long, David, and good luck with that rape trial. I'm sure you'll get off."
Great Potluck Cookbook by Good Housekeeping. Casseroles.
Drink This, Not That by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding. Calorie comparisons of commonly available restaurant drinks. There a couple decent beers listed: Sam Adams Lager, Guinness, Bass Ale, Flying Dog Dogtoberfest, Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout, Redhook ESB, Leffe Blonde Beer, a couple Sierra Nevadas.
I used to buy Bass and Redhook ESB all the time. I think Bass cases were sold at Sam's Club in Glendale. Redhook ESB was tougher to find. I think their production is still kinda low and their distribution not as wide. Redhook was one of the first brewers to have a webpage.
Eat This, Not That by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding. "Be extra careful about the juice you purchase."
Complete Guide to Preserving Meat, Fish and Game by Ken Oster. Other food preservation guides have checked out. I don't know if meat and fish preserving will go or not.
How to Build, Maintain and Use A Compost System by Kelly Smith. Barrels, bins, garbage cans with holes in the sides.
Complete Guide to Poultry Breeds by Melissa Nelson. Chicken books are popular here. I do not know why. Chicken keeping is not allowed inside the city. Be discreet. Good thing hairy dogs that love to bark are allowed. Otherwise, I'd be in trouble.
Complete Test Preparation ASVAB: Power Practice by Learning Express, LLC.
Big Book of Cupcakes by
** Emergency Musical Interlude **
BBC's 6 Music is replaying performances from the Glastonbury Festival. I'm listening - loudly - on my headphones. They are playing this now.
...Betty Crocker. Cupcakes are all the rage now. I was reading a review of some of the better known cupcake restaurants around the country and most of them were panned.
Martha Stewart's Pies and Tarts from the editors of Martha Stewart Living. "The large yield of this recipe makes it perfect for parties."
It Gets Betters: coming out, overcoming bullying, and creating a life worth living edited by Dan Savage. Book version of the internet campaign. The only name I recognize is David Sedaris. He and his sister Amy should likely be avoided when they are together. They were riding a crowded El train in Chicago once. Her stop came first, and while she was going out the train door she loudly said to him (paraphrasing), "So long, David, and good luck with that rape trial. I'm sure you'll get off."
Great Potluck Cookbook by Good Housekeeping. Casseroles.
Drink This, Not That by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding. Calorie comparisons of commonly available restaurant drinks. There a couple decent beers listed: Sam Adams Lager, Guinness, Bass Ale, Flying Dog Dogtoberfest, Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout, Redhook ESB, Leffe Blonde Beer, a couple Sierra Nevadas.
I used to buy Bass and Redhook ESB all the time. I think Bass cases were sold at Sam's Club in Glendale. Redhook ESB was tougher to find. I think their production is still kinda low and their distribution not as wide. Redhook was one of the first brewers to have a webpage.
Eat This, Not That by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding. "Be extra careful about the juice you purchase."
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Swizzlestickerinski Novel, Thrillers, Romance, Western
Fiction
American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin. Rich mom whisks her debutante daughter off to Europe to find a titled guy to marry where "she gradually learns that old-world aristocrats are governed by obscure codes of conduct and loyalty that can betray even the most charming, accomplished outsider, Cora must grow from a spoiled young rich girl into a woman of substance."
Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder. Nick Heller, super-dude, is out to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a billionaire.
Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer. "Unerringly perceptive, superbly written, every page packed with the warmth and compassionate wisdom that have become Nancy Thayer's trademark." Widow opens her house as a bed-and-breakfast.
The Wreckage by Michael Robotham. Journalist in Iraq tries to find what happened to a few billion missing dollars. People want to kill him. I did not know Robotham lived in Australia.
Fun & Games by Duane Swierczynski. Swizzlestickerinski's books do pretty well here.Cop in hiding "finds himself squaring off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People."
Running on Empty by Sandra Balzo. A new series by the coffee mystery author. People are dying off in a North Carolina resort town.
Konninger's Woman by Terrell L. Bowers. Mountain man Konninger rescues a woman and child from Indians. Konninger and the women are pursued. A western.
Dog Who Came In From the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith. "A Corduroy Mansions Novel" with a leaping dog on the cover.
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. Sing with me, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.
Fallen by Karin Slaughter. How often to people comment on the appropriateness of the name Slaughter for a crime/thriller/mystery novelist?
Audio Books on CD
In The Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson. 11 CDs at 13 hours. Life in 1933 Berlin.
If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won't) by Betty White. 2 CDs at 2.25 hours.
American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin. Rich mom whisks her debutante daughter off to Europe to find a titled guy to marry where "she gradually learns that old-world aristocrats are governed by obscure codes of conduct and loyalty that can betray even the most charming, accomplished outsider, Cora must grow from a spoiled young rich girl into a woman of substance."
Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder. Nick Heller, super-dude, is out to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a billionaire.
Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer. "Unerringly perceptive, superbly written, every page packed with the warmth and compassionate wisdom that have become Nancy Thayer's trademark." Widow opens her house as a bed-and-breakfast.
The Wreckage by Michael Robotham. Journalist in Iraq tries to find what happened to a few billion missing dollars. People want to kill him. I did not know Robotham lived in Australia.
Fun & Games by Duane Swierczynski. Swizzlestickerinski's books do pretty well here.Cop in hiding "finds himself squaring off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People."
Running on Empty by Sandra Balzo. A new series by the coffee mystery author. People are dying off in a North Carolina resort town.
Konninger's Woman by Terrell L. Bowers. Mountain man Konninger rescues a woman and child from Indians. Konninger and the women are pursued. A western.
Dog Who Came In From the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith. "A Corduroy Mansions Novel" with a leaping dog on the cover.
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. Sing with me, I don't care, I don't care, I don't care.
Fallen by Karin Slaughter. How often to people comment on the appropriateness of the name Slaughter for a crime/thriller/mystery novelist?
Audio Books on CD
In The Garden of the Beasts by Erik Larson. 11 CDs at 13 hours. Life in 1933 Berlin.
If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won't) by Betty White. 2 CDs at 2.25 hours.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
ISLE OF MAN TT RACE ON DVD! FINALLY!
DVD
Isle of Man TT: 2010 starring Many Motorcycles, Brick Walls, Big Crowds, Hedges, Bumpy Pavement.
Doc Martin: series 4 starring Martin Clunes. More on the rural doctor with a blood phobia. Not set on the Isle of Man.
Weeds: Season Six starring Mary-Louise Parker Cleavage, Purple Car. No 190 mph passes past the houses of Douglas and Ramsey.
Large Print
Outside Wonderland by Lorna Jane Cook. No information on famed Irish racer Joey Dunlop.
Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress. No coverage of riders killed in 2011.
NonFiction
We Don't Know, We Don't Know by Nick Lantz. Poetry absent the onomatopoeia of motorcycle sounds.
100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs published by Hal Leonard. The first song is Ace of Spades by Motorhead.
Isle of Man TT: 2010 starring Many Motorcycles, Brick Walls, Big Crowds, Hedges, Bumpy Pavement.
Doc Martin: series 4 starring Martin Clunes. More on the rural doctor with a blood phobia. Not set on the Isle of Man.
Weeds: Season Six starring Mary-Louise Parker Cleavage, Purple Car. No 190 mph passes past the houses of Douglas and Ramsey.
Large Print
Outside Wonderland by Lorna Jane Cook. No information on famed Irish racer Joey Dunlop.
Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress. No coverage of riders killed in 2011.
NonFiction
We Don't Know, We Don't Know by Nick Lantz. Poetry absent the onomatopoeia of motorcycle sounds.
100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs published by Hal Leonard. The first song is Ace of Spades by Motorhead.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Christa Faust Resurgent, "Beat to A Pulp", Biker Gang
Fiction
Control Freak by Christa Faust. Crime writer in NYC looks into a grisly murder and searches among the sex fetish crowd, "a perverse playground for the rich and twisted where anything goes and nothing is taboo." Faust's sequel to Money Shot, entitled Choke Hold, comes out in October. I also have her tie-in to the television show Supernatural on order.
"Gerard, didn't you order this July 14th of last year?"
"Yes."
"Why did it take so long to get the book on shelf?"
[silence]
"Well? Why?"
"Don't you have work to do?"
"Yes, but-"
"Then leave me alone and we can both get back to work."
"Didn't you see Faust at Muskego and not even say hello to her?"
"Go away!"
Beat to A Pulp: volume 1 edited by David Cranmer and Elaine Ash. 27 short stories originally published in the online magazine, Beat to A Pulp. Many authors you never heard of like Jake Hinkson, Nik Morton, Andy Henion. Foreword by someone else you never heard of.
"Hey, Gerard?"
"What now?"
"Didn't you order this on October 27th of last year?"
"Do you have a point?"
"This one took a long time, too. I've been wanting to read it. There is even a James Reasoner story in it."
"Well here it is."
"But, it took eight months to get to the shelf."
"Some things take time."
The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret. More great short stories by Keret.
"Gerard?"
"Yesssss?"
"What's with you and all these Keret books?"
[harsh look]
A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zahler. "You can't outrun your past. All you can do is face it - and hope to survive."
NonFiction
Area 51: an uncensored history of America's top secret military base by Annie Jacobsen. The author was granted access to former employees and 55 people linked to the base.
Prodigal Father, Pagan Son: growing up inside the dangerous world of the Pagans Motorcycle Club by Anthony "LT" Menginie and Kerrie Droban. Raised inside the Philadelphia chapter of the Pagans after his mom ran off and his father was in prison. LT is split between his father and the club when his dad defects to the Hell's Angels. What a mess that guy had to grow up inside.
AudioBook on CD
The Reversal by Michael Connelly. 12 CDs at 11.5 hours. Attorney Mickey Haller takes on the job of special prosecutor against a child killer released from prison after being granted a new trial.
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See. 13 CDs at 15.75 hours. "potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country." Continuing characters from Shanghai Girls.
Control Freak by Christa Faust. Crime writer in NYC looks into a grisly murder and searches among the sex fetish crowd, "a perverse playground for the rich and twisted where anything goes and nothing is taboo." Faust's sequel to Money Shot, entitled Choke Hold, comes out in October. I also have her tie-in to the television show Supernatural on order.
"Gerard, didn't you order this July 14th of last year?"
"Yes."
"Why did it take so long to get the book on shelf?"
[silence]
"Well? Why?"
"Don't you have work to do?"
"Yes, but-"
"Then leave me alone and we can both get back to work."
"Didn't you see Faust at Muskego and not even say hello to her?"
"Go away!"
Beat to A Pulp: volume 1 edited by David Cranmer and Elaine Ash. 27 short stories originally published in the online magazine, Beat to A Pulp. Many authors you never heard of like Jake Hinkson, Nik Morton, Andy Henion. Foreword by someone else you never heard of.
"Hey, Gerard?"
"What now?"
"Didn't you order this on October 27th of last year?"
"Do you have a point?"
"This one took a long time, too. I've been wanting to read it. There is even a James Reasoner story in it."
"Well here it is."
"But, it took eight months to get to the shelf."
"Some things take time."
The Girl on the Fridge by Etgar Keret. More great short stories by Keret.
"Gerard?"
"Yesssss?"
"What's with you and all these Keret books?"
[harsh look]
A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zahler. "You can't outrun your past. All you can do is face it - and hope to survive."
NonFiction
Area 51: an uncensored history of America's top secret military base by Annie Jacobsen. The author was granted access to former employees and 55 people linked to the base.
Prodigal Father, Pagan Son: growing up inside the dangerous world of the Pagans Motorcycle Club by Anthony "LT" Menginie and Kerrie Droban. Raised inside the Philadelphia chapter of the Pagans after his mom ran off and his father was in prison. LT is split between his father and the club when his dad defects to the Hell's Angels. What a mess that guy had to grow up inside.
AudioBook on CD
The Reversal by Michael Connelly. 12 CDs at 11.5 hours. Attorney Mickey Haller takes on the job of special prosecutor against a child killer released from prison after being granted a new trial.
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See. 13 CDs at 15.75 hours. "potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country." Continuing characters from Shanghai Girls.
Drug Dealers, Serial Killers, Spies, Vampires, Aliens
TV on DVD
Weeds: season two starring Mary-Louise Parker, ThatGuy FromSNL. We have the first season and it has kept checking out. I figured I will fill the gaps.
Weeds: season three starring [same people]. According to the back cover Matthew Modine is in this season.
Weeds: season four starring [same people]. More suburban drug deals and family issues.
Doctor Who: the complete fourth series starring TheThinDr. WithFloppyHair. Tardis, Dalek, Screwdriver, etc. This box cover has the redhead actress who recently passed away.
True Blood: the complete second season starring [heart throbs]. Vampires in Mississippi? Alabama? Some southern state.
True Blood: the complete third season [more heart throbs]. This box says the show is set in a town called Bon Temps, so maybe this is Louisiana.
Breaking Bad: the complete third season starring Bryan Cranston. Meth manufacturer makes [pick your own alliteration].
Dexter: the fourth season starring Michael C. Hall, John Lithgow, James Remar. Serial killer has a baby.
The Office: season five starring [actors]. I've never watched this show. I've never really been interested.
The Office: season six starring [actors]. More of the same.
Burn Notice: season four starring Bruce Campbell. What is Burn Notice?
Feature Films on DVD
I Am Number Four starring Timothy Olyphant, others. A popular teen movie. "Action-packed thriller...extraordinary teen...elude a deadly enemy...unexpected, life-changing events...poweful new abilities...secret connection...incredible destiny..."
True Grit starring The Dude, Jason Bourne, ThatGuyFrom NoCountryForOldMen. Young girl in Arkansas hires gunman to go after guy who murdered her father.
Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart, actors. Aliens attack Los Angeles and a Marine unit rides around in helicopters and shoots back.
Weeds: season two starring Mary-Louise Parker, ThatGuy FromSNL. We have the first season and it has kept checking out. I figured I will fill the gaps.
Weeds: season three starring [same people]. According to the back cover Matthew Modine is in this season.
Weeds: season four starring [same people]. More suburban drug deals and family issues.
Doctor Who: the complete fourth series starring TheThinDr. WithFloppyHair. Tardis, Dalek, Screwdriver, etc. This box cover has the redhead actress who recently passed away.
True Blood: the complete second season starring [heart throbs]. Vampires in Mississippi? Alabama? Some southern state.
True Blood: the complete third season [more heart throbs]. This box says the show is set in a town called Bon Temps, so maybe this is Louisiana.
Breaking Bad: the complete third season starring Bryan Cranston. Meth manufacturer makes [pick your own alliteration].
Dexter: the fourth season starring Michael C. Hall, John Lithgow, James Remar. Serial killer has a baby.
The Office: season five starring [actors]. I've never watched this show. I've never really been interested.
The Office: season six starring [actors]. More of the same.
Burn Notice: season four starring Bruce Campbell. What is Burn Notice?
Feature Films on DVD
I Am Number Four starring Timothy Olyphant, others. A popular teen movie. "Action-packed thriller...extraordinary teen...elude a deadly enemy...unexpected, life-changing events...poweful new abilities...secret connection...incredible destiny..."
True Grit starring The Dude, Jason Bourne, ThatGuyFrom NoCountryForOldMen. Young girl in Arkansas hires gunman to go after guy who murdered her father.
Battle: Los Angeles starring Aaron Eckhart, actors. Aliens attack Los Angeles and a Marine unit rides around in helicopters and shoots back.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Uninspired Post, I Suppose Deaver Is Alright
Fiction
Tigerlily's Orchids by Ruth Rendell. We have two copies of this due to an order error. An error in ordering. Erroneous orders. Arachnid owners. Aardvark orchids.
Lime Creek by Joe Henry. A short novel. Family drama in the West with a headstrong son and his father trying to "impart the wisdom of this way of life."
One Summer by David Baldacci. Baldacci writes family reconciliation novel.
Against All Enemies by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep. Clancy's latest doorstop. "America's enemies...rendezvous...Taliban...horrific turn...Pakistani colonel...forces more powerful and cunning...failure not an option...secrecy is the ultimate weapon...shocking revelation...unholy alliance...vicious Mexican drug cartel...bring the fire of jihad to the hearts of the infidels...ultimate terror and destruction...heart-stopping thriller."
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares. An adult follow-up to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Because wearing the same pants connects people. What about other clothing items? Socks? Underwear? Earplugs?
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver. Deaver is an Ian Fleming fan. Deaver was hired to write a James Bond novel. Here it is. Here is page 294:
"A hostile."
The man had a mobile but wasn't making a call; he was taking a picture of bond with Jordaan - proof that Bond was working with the police.
Bond snapped, "Get your weapon and stay inside with your grandmother."
He sprinted hard across the street as the man fled up a narrow alley leading toward Signal Hill, through the deepening dusk.
When Passions Rule by Johanna Lindsey. Cover has some shirtless guy in tight pants with his back to the camera.
The Profession by Steven Pressfield. The Middle East in 2032 with privately held armies across the region.
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson. This should be a good one. Woman loses her memory each time she goes to sleep. Her loving husband may not be so loving. Madison PL has a review of this on their blog.
NonFiction
William and Catherine: their romance and royal wedding in photographs created by David Elliot Cohen. Photos of wealthy people. What's the sister who became a big deal? Pippa?
UPDATE: Motorhead's cover of God Save the Queen is playing. That reminded of this book which I just hand sold to a former Library Page who loves Prince William.
Tigerlily's Orchids by Ruth Rendell. We have two copies of this due to an order error. An error in ordering. Erroneous orders. Arachnid owners. Aardvark orchids.
Lime Creek by Joe Henry. A short novel. Family drama in the West with a headstrong son and his father trying to "impart the wisdom of this way of life."
One Summer by David Baldacci. Baldacci writes family reconciliation novel.
Against All Enemies by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep. Clancy's latest doorstop. "America's enemies...rendezvous...Taliban...horrific turn...Pakistani colonel...forces more powerful and cunning...failure not an option...secrecy is the ultimate weapon...shocking revelation...unholy alliance...vicious Mexican drug cartel...bring the fire of jihad to the hearts of the infidels...ultimate terror and destruction...heart-stopping thriller."
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares. An adult follow-up to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Because wearing the same pants connects people. What about other clothing items? Socks? Underwear? Earplugs?
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver. Deaver is an Ian Fleming fan. Deaver was hired to write a James Bond novel. Here it is. Here is page 294:
"A hostile."
The man had a mobile but wasn't making a call; he was taking a picture of bond with Jordaan - proof that Bond was working with the police.
Bond snapped, "Get your weapon and stay inside with your grandmother."
He sprinted hard across the street as the man fled up a narrow alley leading toward Signal Hill, through the deepening dusk.
When Passions Rule by Johanna Lindsey. Cover has some shirtless guy in tight pants with his back to the camera.
The Profession by Steven Pressfield. The Middle East in 2032 with privately held armies across the region.
Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson. This should be a good one. Woman loses her memory each time she goes to sleep. Her loving husband may not be so loving. Madison PL has a review of this on their blog.
NonFiction
William and Catherine: their romance and royal wedding in photographs created by David Elliot Cohen. Photos of wealthy people. What's the sister who became a big deal? Pippa?
UPDATE: Motorhead's cover of God Save the Queen is playing. That reminded of this book which I just hand sold to a former Library Page who loves Prince William.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Four Young Adult Books
YA
Can I See Your I.D.?: true stories of false identities by Chris Barton. Frauds and fugitives.
"Gerard, if this is a true story why is it shelved in fiction?"
"Because we do not have a YA nonfiction section. There is no room."
Alex Rider: Scorpia rising by Anthony Horowitz. Ninth in the series. I don't know what these are about but there was a movie version.
I'll Be There by Holy Goldberg Sloan. I'll make a guess off the cover illustration. Mom forgets to pick-up kid after soccer practice and finds him at sunset.
Theodore Boone: the abduction by John Grisham. Did you know subtitles are not supposed to be capitalized? They're not. Nope. Not at all: Not One Bit.
Can I See Your I.D.?: true stories of false identities by Chris Barton. Frauds and fugitives.
"Gerard, if this is a true story why is it shelved in fiction?"
"Because we do not have a YA nonfiction section. There is no room."
Alex Rider: Scorpia rising by Anthony Horowitz. Ninth in the series. I don't know what these are about but there was a movie version.
I'll Be There by Holy Goldberg Sloan. I'll make a guess off the cover illustration. Mom forgets to pick-up kid after soccer practice and finds him at sunset.
Theodore Boone: the abduction by John Grisham. Did you know subtitles are not supposed to be capitalized? They're not. Nope. Not at all: Not One Bit.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Four Books By People Who Write Books
Fiction
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey. Interesting fact about Sakey: he looks like Neil Gaiman. So, when you're in between espresso breaks at the annual ALA convention and see Neil Gaiman all dressed in black browsing the publisher booths it might not be Neil Gaiman. It might be Marcus Sakey pretending to be Neil Gaiman. Don't buy any "signed" books.
The Ridge by Michael Koryta. Interesting fact about Michael Koryta: he once at 1.5 pounds of butter at the Indiana State Fair. Koryta was a teenager and ate the butter on a dare when he was showing pigs at the Fair.
Knockdown by Sarah Graves. Interesting fact about Graves: Graves has only one finger and a thumb on her right hand. Her missing fingers were bitten off by a dolphin while SCUBA diving in the Virgin Islands.
NonFiction
Burned: a memoir by Louise Nayer. Nayer's mother and father were almost burned to death in a natural gas explosion when Nayer was a child. Nayer grew up to become a super-hero fighting for justice and rural ambulance services on the East Coast.
Interesting Fact
Don't Believe Everything You Read. On the Internet.
The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey. Interesting fact about Sakey: he looks like Neil Gaiman. So, when you're in between espresso breaks at the annual ALA convention and see Neil Gaiman all dressed in black browsing the publisher booths it might not be Neil Gaiman. It might be Marcus Sakey pretending to be Neil Gaiman. Don't buy any "signed" books.
The Ridge by Michael Koryta. Interesting fact about Michael Koryta: he once at 1.5 pounds of butter at the Indiana State Fair. Koryta was a teenager and ate the butter on a dare when he was showing pigs at the Fair.
Knockdown by Sarah Graves. Interesting fact about Graves: Graves has only one finger and a thumb on her right hand. Her missing fingers were bitten off by a dolphin while SCUBA diving in the Virgin Islands.
NonFiction
Burned: a memoir by Louise Nayer. Nayer's mother and father were almost burned to death in a natural gas explosion when Nayer was a child. Nayer grew up to become a super-hero fighting for justice and rural ambulance services on the East Coast.
Interesting Fact
Don't Believe Everything You Read. On the Internet.
Sean Bean KIlls, Wilderness With Weir, Singing
DVD
Black Death starring Sean Bean. A knight investigates rumors that a marshland village is immune to the plague.
Country Strong starring Gwyneth Paltrow, other people. Singer sings songs on tour.
The Way Back starring Ed Harris, Colin Farrell. Prisoners escape from a gulag. You can read the book, too.
Love and Other Drugs starring Anne Hathaway and WhatsHisFace. People have sex.
Morning Glory starring Indiana Jones, Annie Hall. Famous news guy takes job on a morning show. Hates it.
American starring George Clooney. Clooney builds a rifle.
Somewhere starring Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning. Famous actor has estranged 11-year-old daughter show up to live with him.
Hereafter starring Jason Bourne. Psychic does psychic psyghtings.
127 Hours starring James Franco. I think my brother, or one of his friends, met Aron Ralston before he cut his arm off. They figured him for a nitwit who was heading into trouble by acting like a nitwit.
Green Hornet starring Chubby GuyWho UsesLotsofMarijuana. This looks incredibly stupid.
The Switch starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Friend of gal switches sperm donation without her knowing.
Books on CD
Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld. Novel of the 1920 bombing of Wall Street.
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman.Psychologist and a cop investigate a murder.
Lost and Found: unexpected revelations about food and money by Geneen Roth. "Conflicted relationship with money."
Music on CD
Born This Way by Lady Gaga. Woman turns into motorcycle.
Goodbye Lullaby by Avril Lavigne. Is she divorced yet?
Black Death starring Sean Bean. A knight investigates rumors that a marshland village is immune to the plague.
Country Strong starring Gwyneth Paltrow, other people. Singer sings songs on tour.
The Way Back starring Ed Harris, Colin Farrell. Prisoners escape from a gulag. You can read the book, too.
Love and Other Drugs starring Anne Hathaway and WhatsHisFace. People have sex.
Morning Glory starring Indiana Jones, Annie Hall. Famous news guy takes job on a morning show. Hates it.
American starring George Clooney. Clooney builds a rifle.
Somewhere starring Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning. Famous actor has estranged 11-year-old daughter show up to live with him.
Hereafter starring Jason Bourne. Psychic does psychic psyghtings.
127 Hours starring James Franco. I think my brother, or one of his friends, met Aron Ralston before he cut his arm off. They figured him for a nitwit who was heading into trouble by acting like a nitwit.
Green Hornet starring Chubby GuyWho UsesLotsofMarijuana. This looks incredibly stupid.
The Switch starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. Friend of gal switches sperm donation without her knowing.
Books on CD
Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld. Novel of the 1920 bombing of Wall Street.
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman.Psychologist and a cop investigate a murder.
Lost and Found: unexpected revelations about food and money by Geneen Roth. "Conflicted relationship with money."
Music on CD
Born This Way by Lady Gaga. Woman turns into motorcycle.
Goodbye Lullaby by Avril Lavigne. Is she divorced yet?
10 Inch Pile of Large Print
Large Print
Hardscrabble Chronicles by Laurie Bogart Morrow. Lousy painting on cover.
Stay With Me by Sandra Rodriguez Barron. Photo of ocean with inset of infant's hand.
One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Flag at half staff on cover.
A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber. Bare feet propped on a car's dash.
Mobbed by Mary Higgins Clark. Mob of people on a beach.
Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer. Pool water with overlay of two hands.
Nowhere Near Respectable by Mary Jo Putney. Flowers and a castle.
Dead by Morning by Beverly Barton. Lady in a bath robe laying down on carpet.
Hardscrabble Chronicles by Laurie Bogart Morrow. Lousy painting on cover.
Stay With Me by Sandra Rodriguez Barron. Photo of ocean with inset of infant's hand.
One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Flag at half staff on cover.
A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber. Bare feet propped on a car's dash.
Mobbed by Mary Higgins Clark. Mob of people on a beach.
Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer. Pool water with overlay of two hands.
Nowhere Near Respectable by Mary Jo Putney. Flowers and a castle.
Dead by Morning by Beverly Barton. Lady in a bath robe laying down on carpet.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Two Novels On Order
Two Novels On Order
I ran across this interview with Megan Abbott and Jason Starr promoting their latest novels.
Let's not mention that missing video interview I did with Abbott. Or the one with Scott Phillips. Or Tasha Alexander. Or Brent Ghelfi.
I ran across this interview with Megan Abbott and Jason Starr promoting their latest novels.
Let's not mention that missing video interview I did with Abbott. Or the one with Scott Phillips. Or Tasha Alexander. Or Brent Ghelfi.
Monday, June 06, 2011
War and Robert Redford
Fiction
Kingdom by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood. I rolled my eyes.
Echoes of the Dead by Sally Spencer. Some kind of Limey mystery. A distant relation called from the UK last night to see if my mother was around. The relation and her pal were going to visit here again in a few months but the pal bonked her head bad enough to be hospitalized. So, they may not make the trip.
Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton. More vampire sex orgies with a serial killer hunt.
Camouflage by Bill Pronzini. This had a very positive review. Another Nameless Detective novel. Pronzini has a much improved author photo.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. Scientist gal is sent to the Amazon to find a missing researcher.
NonFiction
SEAL Team Six: memoirs of a Navy SEAL sniper by Howard E. Wasden and Stephen Templin. This book was already in the publishing pipeline when Osama got shot in the head. The timing could not have been better for the publisher. So, now, the words "SEAL Team Six" are plastered across the cover in extra large type. The book is supposed to be pretty good.
Robert Redford: the biography by Michael Feeney Callan. I read all the picture captions.
Wisconsin's Own: twenty remarkable homes by M. Caren Connolly and Louis Wasserman, photos by Zane Williams. Supposed to be very neat and, no, it is not just filled up with Frank Lloyd Wright designs.
Kingdom by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood. I rolled my eyes.
Echoes of the Dead by Sally Spencer. Some kind of Limey mystery. A distant relation called from the UK last night to see if my mother was around. The relation and her pal were going to visit here again in a few months but the pal bonked her head bad enough to be hospitalized. So, they may not make the trip.
Hit List by Laurell K. Hamilton. More vampire sex orgies with a serial killer hunt.
Camouflage by Bill Pronzini. This had a very positive review. Another Nameless Detective novel. Pronzini has a much improved author photo.
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett. Scientist gal is sent to the Amazon to find a missing researcher.
NonFiction
SEAL Team Six: memoirs of a Navy SEAL sniper by Howard E. Wasden and Stephen Templin. This book was already in the publishing pipeline when Osama got shot in the head. The timing could not have been better for the publisher. So, now, the words "SEAL Team Six" are plastered across the cover in extra large type. The book is supposed to be pretty good.
Robert Redford: the biography by Michael Feeney Callan. I read all the picture captions.
Wisconsin's Own: twenty remarkable homes by M. Caren Connolly and Louis Wasserman, photos by Zane Williams. Supposed to be very neat and, no, it is not just filled up with Frank Lloyd Wright designs.
Friday, June 03, 2011
It's a Beautiful Spring Day in Southern Wisconsin
I Am Inside
Staring at The Computer Screen for The Afternoon. I can leave early today since I work a few hours tomorrow morning. I was going to try and replace some missing shingles on the library roof but do not have a ladder tall enough to get there. Getting someone to come over and replace just a few shingles is not easy.
Fiction
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville. Short stories. Tales of people disconnected from others and themselves. The stories are interconnected. My advice? Skip the first story and read the rest. I liked Easy Love, Vaara, and The Peach but I am only half-way through my copy.
Staring at The Computer Screen for The Afternoon. I can leave early today since I work a few hours tomorrow morning. I was going to try and replace some missing shingles on the library roof but do not have a ladder tall enough to get there. Getting someone to come over and replace just a few shingles is not easy.
Fiction
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville. Short stories. Tales of people disconnected from others and themselves. The stories are interconnected. My advice? Skip the first story and read the rest. I liked Easy Love, Vaara, and The Peach but I am only half-way through my copy.
Thursday, June 02, 2011
3 Chick Novels, 1 Guy Novel, 6 NonFiction
Chick Novels
To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal. Los Angeles film editor goes back to Nebraska to find her old love.
An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverly. A well reviewed romance. Beverly is well liked.
Centuries of June by Keith Donohue. I sit corrected. Not really a chick novel. "A romp through history, a madcap murder mystery, an existential ghost story, and a stunning tour de force at once ingenious, sexy, inspiring, and ultimately moving." Moving? Yeah, I'm really moved by that description.
Guy Novel
Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini. Attorney Paul Madriani fights evil again.
NonFiction
Pioneer Woman: black wheels to tractor wheels by Ree Drummond. Girl marries Oklahoma cowboy and writes book WITHOUT ANY PICTURES! Where is the photo section?!
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure. A biography of both the Laura Inger Wilder family and the author's reading of the novels. I think a review was in the Madison newspaper.
At the Dark End of the Street: black women, rape, and resistance - a new history of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power by Danielle L. McGuire. Not a new history so much as a history that focuses on events and people that usually get missed. The rape and abuse of women and the many women who organized and stood up against the sexual abuse and, accordingly, the racial nonsense that kept it going.
Hitman: the untold story of Johnny Martorano by Howie Carr. I bought Carr's book The Brothers Bulger about the Boston mobster and his powerful politician brother. Since Brothers has been successful here I figure those readers might like this.
In the Garden of Beasts: love, terror and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson. William E. Dodd was given the job of Ambassador to Germany in 1933. Dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy nazis. I refuse to capitalize the word nazi.
Psychopath Test: a journey through the madness industry by Jon Ronson. Author was on television. No self-diagnosis test included.
To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal. Los Angeles film editor goes back to Nebraska to find her old love.
An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverly. A well reviewed romance. Beverly is well liked.
Centuries of June by Keith Donohue. I sit corrected. Not really a chick novel. "A romp through history, a madcap murder mystery, an existential ghost story, and a stunning tour de force at once ingenious, sexy, inspiring, and ultimately moving." Moving? Yeah, I'm really moved by that description.
Guy Novel
Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini. Attorney Paul Madriani fights evil again.
NonFiction
Pioneer Woman: black wheels to tractor wheels by Ree Drummond. Girl marries Oklahoma cowboy and writes book WITHOUT ANY PICTURES! Where is the photo section?!
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure. A biography of both the Laura Inger Wilder family and the author's reading of the novels. I think a review was in the Madison newspaper.
At the Dark End of the Street: black women, rape, and resistance - a new history of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power by Danielle L. McGuire. Not a new history so much as a history that focuses on events and people that usually get missed. The rape and abuse of women and the many women who organized and stood up against the sexual abuse and, accordingly, the racial nonsense that kept it going.
Hitman: the untold story of Johnny Martorano by Howie Carr. I bought Carr's book The Brothers Bulger about the Boston mobster and his powerful politician brother. Since Brothers has been successful here I figure those readers might like this.
In the Garden of Beasts: love, terror and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson. William E. Dodd was given the job of Ambassador to Germany in 1933. Dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy nazis. I refuse to capitalize the word nazi.
Psychopath Test: a journey through the madness industry by Jon Ronson. Author was on television. No self-diagnosis test included.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Lake Mills Farmers Market
Lake Mills Farmers Market
Wednesdays are Farmers Market days at Commons Park in downtown Lake Mills. There are always many dogs at the Farmers Market. None are for consumption.
I gave the camera to a five-year-old.
Wednesdays are Farmers Market days at Commons Park in downtown Lake Mills. There are always many dogs at the Farmers Market. None are for consumption.
I gave the camera to a five-year-old.
Lake Mills High School Graduation, 2011
2011 High School Graduation
I did not attend. One of the library's Pages shows up in the beginning at 1:28 into the video.
Video streaming by Ustream
I did not attend. One of the library's Pages shows up in the beginning at 1:28 into the video.
Video streaming by Ustream
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Leaning Tower of Fiction and Musical Interlude
Leaning Tower of Fiction
From the previous post.
Musical Interlude
From one of the first CDs I bought. I just heard this on the radio.
The Godfathers (Another try, if anyone is paying attention.)
From the previous post.
Musical Interlude
From one of the first CDs I bought. I just heard this on the radio.
The Godfathers (Another try, if anyone is paying attention.)
Gerald Seymour, Westerns, Sara Gran
Fiction
Bloodmoney by David Ignatius. Ignatius was on the radio talking about this "CIA in Pakistan" novel and how current events match much of the plot. Plot: CIA agents getting killed and lady looking into it finds they are funded by insider trading.
Ambush Creek by Phil Dunlap. U.S. Marshall in Arid-zona is looking for three shifty bounty hunters. Cover photo has a really shiny revolver.
Spur and the Sash: Middle Tennessee, 1865 by Robert Grede. Wounded Union soldier is assigned to protect a farm in rural Tennessee at the end of the Civil War. Wisconsin author is from Milwaukee area. I think.
The Collaborator by Gerald Seymour. I like Seymor's thrillers. He does good work. This one has an Italian college student in London willing to give up her brother, a killer for the Naples mafia.
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. "A Kurt Wallender Novel." Stockholm, Sweden cop looks into the disappearance of a naval officer.
Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen. Must be a chick book. The cover model has her back to the camera, her hair is tied up, she is wearing some summer dress with thin shoulder straps. There are flower blossoms all over the cover.
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Romance by a popular author. Her other books have checked out 222 times.
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. This must be about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That joke doesn't get old.
Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran. Gran does good work. She and Abbott, Junior share a blog. A mystery novel.
Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson. A good review from Booklist "The surprise ending leaves you gasping and shaking your head at Johnson’s masterful plotting and the menacing tension that forces otherwise good characters to behave despicably. Every bit as powerful as Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series, this gem of a debut showcases an author to watch very closely."
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward. Here's info on the book tour.
Bury Your Dead by Louis Penny. Another murder mystery in Quebec.
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allen Poe. I did not know he may have died from rabies.
Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee. Paperback mystery. I was Entertainment Weekly's summer issue and they were listing upcoming paperbacks. Each one was the paperback printing of a hardcover. No original paperbacks listed at all.
My One and Only by Kristan Higgins. Romance with a small dog on the cover.
Bloodmoney by David Ignatius. Ignatius was on the radio talking about this "CIA in Pakistan" novel and how current events match much of the plot. Plot: CIA agents getting killed and lady looking into it finds they are funded by insider trading.
Ambush Creek by Phil Dunlap. U.S. Marshall in Arid-zona is looking for three shifty bounty hunters. Cover photo has a really shiny revolver.
Spur and the Sash: Middle Tennessee, 1865 by Robert Grede. Wounded Union soldier is assigned to protect a farm in rural Tennessee at the end of the Civil War. Wisconsin author is from Milwaukee area. I think.
The Collaborator by Gerald Seymour. I like Seymor's thrillers. He does good work. This one has an Italian college student in London willing to give up her brother, a killer for the Naples mafia.
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. "A Kurt Wallender Novel." Stockholm, Sweden cop looks into the disappearance of a naval officer.
Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen. Must be a chick book. The cover model has her back to the camera, her hair is tied up, she is wearing some summer dress with thin shoulder straps. There are flower blossoms all over the cover.
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Romance by a popular author. Her other books have checked out 222 times.
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. This must be about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That joke doesn't get old.
Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran. Gran does good work. She and Abbott, Junior share a blog. A mystery novel.
Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson. A good review from Booklist "The surprise ending leaves you gasping and shaking your head at Johnson’s masterful plotting and the menacing tension that forces otherwise good characters to behave despicably. Every bit as powerful as Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series, this gem of a debut showcases an author to watch very closely."
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward. Here's info on the book tour.
Bury Your Dead by Louis Penny. Another murder mystery in Quebec.
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allen Poe. I did not know he may have died from rabies.
Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee. Paperback mystery. I was Entertainment Weekly's summer issue and they were listing upcoming paperbacks. Each one was the paperback printing of a hardcover. No original paperbacks listed at all.
My One and Only by Kristan Higgins. Romance with a small dog on the cover.
Music Magically Embedded Into Thin Plastic Discs
Plastic Discs
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong by [same people]. Compilation album. A donation. ALso features Oscar Peterson. I really enjoy Oscar Peterson, his Canadiana Suite is a favorite.
Best of the Song Books by Ella Fitzgerald. 16 songs.
Love? by Jennifer Lopez. Remember when she used to be a big deal? Or, am I just out of the loop in popular culture?
Hillbilly Joker by Hank III. More punk country by Hank III. I think that's what it is. I've never listened to him before. His other disc here, Straight to Hell, circ'ed 31 times.
Move Like This by The Cars. Paulina Porizkova's husband gets the band back together. Fans have been waiting 20 some years for this. How can the band meet those expectations? Parade Porizkova around on stage? Good idea.
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong by [same people]. Compilation album. A donation. ALso features Oscar Peterson. I really enjoy Oscar Peterson, his Canadiana Suite is a favorite.
Best of the Song Books by Ella Fitzgerald. 16 songs.
Love? by Jennifer Lopez. Remember when she used to be a big deal? Or, am I just out of the loop in popular culture?
Hillbilly Joker by Hank III. More punk country by Hank III. I think that's what it is. I've never listened to him before. His other disc here, Straight to Hell, circ'ed 31 times.
Move Like This by The Cars. Paulina Porizkova's husband gets the band back together. Fans have been waiting 20 some years for this. How can the band meet those expectations? Parade Porizkova around on stage? Good idea.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Audio and Three NonFic
Audiobook on CD
Doc by Maria Doria Russell. 14 CDs at 16.5 hours. Tubercular John Henry Holliday leaves Georgia for the dry Southwest. Holliday ends up a professional gambler and his whore girlfriend finds him high stakes games. They travel to Dodge City for the money and meet Wyatt Earp.
NonFiction
Computing for Seniors by Marty Matthews, et al.
Birds of North America: the complete photographic guide to every species edited by Francois Vuilleumier. This is by Dorling Kindersley so you know the photorgraphs are very high quality. You also know that the Marbled Murrelet relies on marine and forested habitats. And that the Canyon Towhee has a stubby, conical bill. Did you know there is a bird called the Philadelphia Vireo? I wonder if that bird made it into Birdy. Boy Number Two will like this book.
Vogue Knitting Mittens and Gloves by editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine. Nice pictures of pretty girls wearing wool.
Doc by Maria Doria Russell. 14 CDs at 16.5 hours. Tubercular John Henry Holliday leaves Georgia for the dry Southwest. Holliday ends up a professional gambler and his whore girlfriend finds him high stakes games. They travel to Dodge City for the money and meet Wyatt Earp.
NonFiction
Computing for Seniors by Marty Matthews, et al.
Birds of North America: the complete photographic guide to every species edited by Francois Vuilleumier. This is by Dorling Kindersley so you know the photorgraphs are very high quality. You also know that the Marbled Murrelet relies on marine and forested habitats. And that the Canyon Towhee has a stubby, conical bill. Did you know there is a bird called the Philadelphia Vireo? I wonder if that bird made it into Birdy. Boy Number Two will like this book.
Vogue Knitting Mittens and Gloves by editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine. Nice pictures of pretty girls wearing wool.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Bunch of AudioBooks and Three NonFiction
AudioBooks
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. A novel about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That one slays me. (I can write that because no one reads this. Well, my mother-in-law reads it sometime but maybe she won't go back far enough and read this.)
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag. 11 CDs at 13.75 hours. Woman is murdered.
Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. 8 CDs at 9.5 hours. 1st in the YA zombie series. A good book but fairly chick-centric.
Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan. 10 CDs at 12 hours. 2nd in the YA zombie series. This is just a rehash of book one.
Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan. 9 CDs at 11 hours. 3rd in the YA zombie series. I don't know if this is any good. My wife read it but I have a pile of stuff already and have not gotten to it yet.
Laughed 'Til He Died by Carolyn Hart. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Laughed? He must have seen that joke I made above. Ha!
Red on Red by Edward Conlon. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Author is a NYPD detective who has been written a lot of nonfiction. This is a novel. That means Conlon made everything up. Well, not everything. You can assume he took past experiences and stories from colleagues and added them into the mix.
NonFiction
Top 10 Dublin by Polly Phillimore. 10. Beer. 9. Whiskey. 8. Drunk writers. 7. "Those darn Brits". 6. Potatoes. 5. Blarney. 4. Easter Uprising. 3. U2. 2. That one library. 1. Greyhound racing.
Origin of the Bible: a guide for the perplexed by Lee Martin McDonald. The author is Canadian.
Photo and Video Editing for Seniors edited by Mara Kok, et al.
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. A novel about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That one slays me. (I can write that because no one reads this. Well, my mother-in-law reads it sometime but maybe she won't go back far enough and read this.)
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag. 11 CDs at 13.75 hours. Woman is murdered.
Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. 8 CDs at 9.5 hours. 1st in the YA zombie series. A good book but fairly chick-centric.
Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan. 10 CDs at 12 hours. 2nd in the YA zombie series. This is just a rehash of book one.
Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan. 9 CDs at 11 hours. 3rd in the YA zombie series. I don't know if this is any good. My wife read it but I have a pile of stuff already and have not gotten to it yet.
Laughed 'Til He Died by Carolyn Hart. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Laughed? He must have seen that joke I made above. Ha!
Red on Red by Edward Conlon. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Author is a NYPD detective who has been written a lot of nonfiction. This is a novel. That means Conlon made everything up. Well, not everything. You can assume he took past experiences and stories from colleagues and added them into the mix.
NonFiction
Top 10 Dublin by Polly Phillimore. 10. Beer. 9. Whiskey. 8. Drunk writers. 7. "Those darn Brits". 6. Potatoes. 5. Blarney. 4. Easter Uprising. 3. U2. 2. That one library. 1. Greyhound racing.
Origin of the Bible: a guide for the perplexed by Lee Martin McDonald. The author is Canadian.
Photo and Video Editing for Seniors edited by Mara Kok, et al.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Make Believe and POW Nurses
Audio Books
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Stockholm policeman Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of a Swedish naval officer who was to be his daughter's father-in-law.
Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig. 13 CDs at 15.5 hours. A long serving governess to English aristocracy quits to be a spy. She is assigned to spy on Napoleon's minister of police by being her governess.
Fiction
Final Storm by Jeff Shaara. "A novel of the war in the Pacific" Cover has a painting of a flamethrower tank.
Embassytown by China Mieville. China is a guy's name? This is a "moving personal drama...gripping adventure...sentient beings...years of deep-space adventure...distant political machinations...fragile equilibrium...violently upset...catastrophe looms."
NonFiction
We Band of Angels: the untold story of American Nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman. Short description: they are lucky to be alive. Read and find out what happened.
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Stockholm policeman Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of a Swedish naval officer who was to be his daughter's father-in-law.
Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig. 13 CDs at 15.5 hours. A long serving governess to English aristocracy quits to be a spy. She is assigned to spy on Napoleon's minister of police by being her governess.
Fiction
Final Storm by Jeff Shaara. "A novel of the war in the Pacific" Cover has a painting of a flamethrower tank.
Embassytown by China Mieville. China is a guy's name? This is a "moving personal drama...gripping adventure...sentient beings...years of deep-space adventure...distant political machinations...fragile equilibrium...violently upset...catastrophe looms."
NonFiction
We Band of Angels: the untold story of American Nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman. Short description: they are lucky to be alive. Read and find out what happened.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Great News! A New Brent Ghelfi Novel! A New Lawrence Block Novel!
Fiction
The Burning Lake by Brent Ghelfi. The fourth Ghelfi novel featuring Alexei "Volk" Volkovoy. Volk is a troubleshooter for the the Russian Army and his shadowy general. Ghelfi takes the modern Russian problems of graft, corruption and crime and perfectly ties them into each Volk novel.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. A crime novel set in Oslo. A woman goes missing in November and police investigator Harry Hole is on the job. Nesbo has gotten some great reviews by Anthony Neil Smith.
I have had a recent compulsion to type in Anthony Neil Smith. I think it is because I know that every time I type in "Anthony Neil Smith" the real Anthony Neil Smith will improve my website statistics by reading what is being written about him. Anthony Neil Smith. I used to have this same compulsion for Bill Crider. Bill Crider.
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block. A new Matt Scudder novel. Everything I know about Alcoholics Anonymous I learned from Block's Scudder novels. Scudder attends at least one AA meeting a day while working as an unlicensed PI in Manhattan. Block has a new author photo. The photo has Block without glasses and sporting a van Dyke beard and mustache.
Buried Prey by John Sandford. Is Sandford getting ghost help on these? He is certainly cranking them out. Someone mentioned to me that they heard a Sandford interview recently. I think it was on Minnesota Public Radio but I am not sure.
Get Maitland by James Patrick Hunt. Another novel featuring former bounty hunter and current art dealer, Maitland. Maitland takes a job to rare antique in London. Maitland gets framed for murder instead.
Large Print
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice.
Buried Prey by John Sandford.
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
The Burning Lake by Brent Ghelfi. The fourth Ghelfi novel featuring Alexei "Volk" Volkovoy. Volk is a troubleshooter for the the Russian Army and his shadowy general. Ghelfi takes the modern Russian problems of graft, corruption and crime and perfectly ties them into each Volk novel.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. A crime novel set in Oslo. A woman goes missing in November and police investigator Harry Hole is on the job. Nesbo has gotten some great reviews by Anthony Neil Smith.
I have had a recent compulsion to type in Anthony Neil Smith. I think it is because I know that every time I type in "Anthony Neil Smith" the real Anthony Neil Smith will improve my website statistics by reading what is being written about him. Anthony Neil Smith. I used to have this same compulsion for Bill Crider. Bill Crider.
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block. A new Matt Scudder novel. Everything I know about Alcoholics Anonymous I learned from Block's Scudder novels. Scudder attends at least one AA meeting a day while working as an unlicensed PI in Manhattan. Block has a new author photo. The photo has Block without glasses and sporting a van Dyke beard and mustache.
Buried Prey by John Sandford. Is Sandford getting ghost help on these? He is certainly cranking them out. Someone mentioned to me that they heard a Sandford interview recently. I think it was on Minnesota Public Radio but I am not sure.
Get Maitland by James Patrick Hunt. Another novel featuring former bounty hunter and current art dealer, Maitland. Maitland takes a job to rare antique in London. Maitland gets framed for murder instead.
Large Print
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice.
Buried Prey by John Sandford.
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
Monday, May 16, 2011
One Audio and Five Large Print
Audio Book on CD
Firewall by Henning Mankell. 13 CDs at 16 hours.
Large Print
Devious by Lisa Jackson.
Daughters-in-Law by Joanna Trollope.
Wedding Promise by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer.
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.
Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen.
Firewall by Henning Mankell. 13 CDs at 16 hours.
Large Print
Devious by Lisa Jackson.
Daughters-in-Law by Joanna Trollope.
Wedding Promise by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer.
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.
Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen.
Montreal, Reloading, Civil War, Medicare
NonFiction
Florida Keys, 2nd Edition edited by Carolyn Galgano. That's a long drive away.
Montreal and Quebec City, 2011 edited by Jess Moss. I wish I could go to Montreal this summer. The F1 race is less than a month away.
Farmer's Wife Harvest Cookbook edited by Lela Nargi. Curse you ring bound cookbooks!
Managing Your Medicare: an insider's guide to maximizing benefits and lowering costs by George Jacobs. I'm young enough I don't have to worry about this stuff.
The ABCs of Reloading edited by C. Rodney James. I want to but the cost and time of start-up are intimidating.
Big Book of Civil War Sites edited by Cynthia Parzych. I don't much care about the Civil War but even I think this is a neat book.
Simply Necklaces: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Simply Earrings: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Warman's Antiques and Collectibles, 2012: 45th Edition by Mark F. Moran. Very nice color photos.
Florida Keys, 2nd Edition edited by Carolyn Galgano. That's a long drive away.
Montreal and Quebec City, 2011 edited by Jess Moss. I wish I could go to Montreal this summer. The F1 race is less than a month away.
Farmer's Wife Harvest Cookbook edited by Lela Nargi. Curse you ring bound cookbooks!
Managing Your Medicare: an insider's guide to maximizing benefits and lowering costs by George Jacobs. I'm young enough I don't have to worry about this stuff.
The ABCs of Reloading edited by C. Rodney James. I want to but the cost and time of start-up are intimidating.
Big Book of Civil War Sites edited by Cynthia Parzych. I don't much care about the Civil War but even I think this is a neat book.
Simply Necklaces: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Simply Earrings: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Warman's Antiques and Collectibles, 2012: 45th Edition by Mark F. Moran. Very nice color photos.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Lost a Post
Lost a Post
I lost a post or two from Blogger's fiasco. I won't bother trying to re-post.
Canadian Musical Interlude
I lost a post or two from Blogger's fiasco. I won't bother trying to re-post.
Canadian Musical Interlude
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Miscellaneous and a Quote
NonFiction
Access 2010 by John Cronan. A second copy. "Click the File tab, and click Info."
Complete Idiot's Guide to Back Pain by Jason Highsmith, M.D. and Jovanka JoAnn Milivojevic. "Most people report that their legs feel longer after this exercise."
Complete Book of Hairstyling by Charles Worthington. "I'm going to open a bottle of wine - does anyone want a glass while we wait for Polly?"
Coffee Talk: the stimulating story of the world's most popular brew by Morton Satin. "Among the first to employ slavery in the coffee industry were the Dutch."
Large Print
Peach Keeper by Sara Addison Allen.
Cold Wind by C.J. Box.
Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann.
Night Road by Kristin Hannah.
Miles to Go by Richard Paul Evans.
Quote
"Fart, fart, fart. Barf! Barf!" by Boy #1.
Access 2010 by John Cronan. A second copy. "Click the File tab, and click Info."
Complete Idiot's Guide to Back Pain by Jason Highsmith, M.D. and Jovanka JoAnn Milivojevic. "Most people report that their legs feel longer after this exercise."
Complete Book of Hairstyling by Charles Worthington. "I'm going to open a bottle of wine - does anyone want a glass while we wait for Polly?"
Coffee Talk: the stimulating story of the world's most popular brew by Morton Satin. "Among the first to employ slavery in the coffee industry were the Dutch."
Large Print
Peach Keeper by Sara Addison Allen.
Cold Wind by C.J. Box.
Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann.
Night Road by Kristin Hannah.
Miles to Go by Richard Paul Evans.
Quote
"Fart, fart, fart. Barf! Barf!" by Boy #1.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Music and John Rain, Paid Killer
Music on CD
Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes by Social Distortion. Yeah!
The Warblers by Glee The Music. Blah!
Go-Go Boots by Drive-By Truckers. Whuh?
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys. Pfft.
Wasting Light by Foo Fighters. Meh.
DVD
Rain Fall starring Kippei Shina and Gary Oldman. High paid and secretive assassin John Rain is hired to kill a Japanese government bureacrat. Sure, no problem. But, then Rain finds the man's daughter is being targeted by the CIA. Tokyo set novel with Gary Oldman as the bad guy. Based off the first Barry Eisler novel.
Musical Interlude
Heard this earlier today on 6 Music. The tune came out in 2002. The band name is Athlete.
Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes by Social Distortion. Yeah!
The Warblers by Glee The Music. Blah!
Go-Go Boots by Drive-By Truckers. Whuh?
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys. Pfft.
Wasting Light by Foo Fighters. Meh.
DVD
Rain Fall starring Kippei Shina and Gary Oldman. High paid and secretive assassin John Rain is hired to kill a Japanese government bureacrat. Sure, no problem. But, then Rain finds the man's daughter is being targeted by the CIA. Tokyo set novel with Gary Oldman as the bad guy. Based off the first Barry Eisler novel.
Musical Interlude
Heard this earlier today on 6 Music. The tune came out in 2002. The band name is Athlete.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Three Novels: Juju City Home
Fiction
Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem by Jonathan Woods. This has received several good reviews, Crider liked it. I've also read nice things about the cover. I don't like the cover. Woods poses with a teeny handgun for his author photo. Woods, what is that pistol anyway? (Huh, Anthony Neil Smith provided a blurb for the front. So did Scott Phillips.)
Tabloid City by Pete Hamill. Multiple characters in NYC after a murder. I read the reprint of Guns of Heaven and really liked it. I think I bought it at the bookstore in the Milwaukee Airport, I need to try and get there early next I pick up my in-laws.
The Year We Left by Jean Thompson. A sweeping and emotionally powerful story of a single American family during the tumultuous final decades of the twentieth century. Thompson has blurbs from Kirkus and Booklist and someone from O, The Oprah Magazine.
Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem by Jonathan Woods. This has received several good reviews, Crider liked it. I've also read nice things about the cover. I don't like the cover. Woods poses with a teeny handgun for his author photo. Woods, what is that pistol anyway? (Huh, Anthony Neil Smith provided a blurb for the front. So did Scott Phillips.)
Tabloid City by Pete Hamill. Multiple characters in NYC after a murder. I read the reprint of Guns of Heaven and really liked it. I think I bought it at the bookstore in the Milwaukee Airport, I need to try and get there early next I pick up my in-laws.
The Year We Left by Jean Thompson. A sweeping and emotionally powerful story of a single American family during the tumultuous final decades of the twentieth century. Thompson has blurbs from Kirkus and Booklist and someone from O, The Oprah Magazine.
Lonely Zombie, Tacos, Royal Wedding, Barefott Running
Non Fiction
McGraw-Hill's ACT, 2011 edition. Practice.
Gruber's Complete SAT Guide 2011. Practice some more.
Bossypants by Tina Fey. No co-author listed but as busy as this gal must be she surely had someone lending a hand.
Acoustic Guitar Handbook by Paul Balmer. How to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and repair your guitar. Lots of nice photos.
Wireless Network Administration: a beginner's guide by Wale Soyinka. Read and pretend you know everything.
Quicken 2011 by Marty Matthews and Bobbi Sandberg. Another computer guide.
How to Read a Balance Sheet by Rick J. Makoujy, Jr. The first two payments of $1 million each (on the first and second anniversaries of the balance sheet date) may be valued as follows.
A Woman's Guide to Successful Negotiating, 2nd Edition by Lee E. Miller and Jessica Miller. "How to convince, collaborate, and create your way to agreement."
Quickbooks 2011 by Leslie Capachietti. "The Time & Expenses Preferences dialog has an option for setting a default markup percentage."
Illinois Curiosities by Richard Moreno. Included: 1- Nelson, the world's largest sock monkey. 2- BEER NUTS factory. 3- The fire breathing mechanical dragon of Vandalia. Not Included: 1- My parents' garage.
300 Best Taco Recipes by Kelley Cleary Coffeen. Anthony Neil Smith just had an excitement induced stroke. (Smith has kindly agreed to host a writing workshop for us this Fall. I need to contact him about a date. Smith teaches writing for a living so it should be a very good event.)
The Littlest Zombie by Fred Perry. He's just an inquisitive chap filled with curiosity about the world on fire around him. Pushed around by his fellow undead (who always get to the brains first), and positively frowned upon by the remaining living citizens, the poor little guy just wants a friend. An maybe something to chew on. Like your face.
Above the Fold: understanding the principles of successful web site design by Brian Miller. Looks kinda neat.
Royal Romance: the love story of William and Kate. Photobook of bio of Prince Willaim and Kate Middleton. I'll need to buy a photo book about the wedding.
Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running by Dr. Craig Richards and Thomas Hollowell. I spoke to a guy who wears these. I've thought about trying them out.
McGraw-Hill's ACT, 2011 edition. Practice.
Gruber's Complete SAT Guide 2011. Practice some more.
Bossypants by Tina Fey. No co-author listed but as busy as this gal must be she surely had someone lending a hand.
Acoustic Guitar Handbook by Paul Balmer. How to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and repair your guitar. Lots of nice photos.
Wireless Network Administration: a beginner's guide by Wale Soyinka. Read and pretend you know everything.
Quicken 2011 by Marty Matthews and Bobbi Sandberg. Another computer guide.
How to Read a Balance Sheet by Rick J. Makoujy, Jr. The first two payments of $1 million each (on the first and second anniversaries of the balance sheet date) may be valued as follows.
A Woman's Guide to Successful Negotiating, 2nd Edition by Lee E. Miller and Jessica Miller. "How to convince, collaborate, and create your way to agreement."
Quickbooks 2011 by Leslie Capachietti. "The Time & Expenses Preferences dialog has an option for setting a default markup percentage."
Illinois Curiosities by Richard Moreno. Included: 1- Nelson, the world's largest sock monkey. 2- BEER NUTS factory. 3- The fire breathing mechanical dragon of Vandalia. Not Included: 1- My parents' garage.
300 Best Taco Recipes by Kelley Cleary Coffeen. Anthony Neil Smith just had an excitement induced stroke. (Smith has kindly agreed to host a writing workshop for us this Fall. I need to contact him about a date. Smith teaches writing for a living so it should be a very good event.)
The Littlest Zombie by Fred Perry. He's just an inquisitive chap filled with curiosity about the world on fire around him. Pushed around by his fellow undead (who always get to the brains first), and positively frowned upon by the remaining living citizens, the poor little guy just wants a friend. An maybe something to chew on. Like your face.
Above the Fold: understanding the principles of successful web site design by Brian Miller. Looks kinda neat.
Royal Romance: the love story of William and Kate. Photobook of bio of Prince Willaim and Kate Middleton. I'll need to buy a photo book about the wedding.
Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running by Dr. Craig Richards and Thomas Hollowell. I spoke to a guy who wears these. I've thought about trying them out.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
DVDs With Brain Damage, Brutality and Kung Fu
DVD
Marwencol with Mark Hogancamp. When his world was stolen, Mark Hogancamp made a world of his own. Hogancamp was severely beaten outside a bar. His memories were severely damaged. Hogancamp builds a WWII town made of dolls.
The Timekeeper starring [Quebecois and other Canadians]. 18-year-old in 1964 goes takes a job in the Northwest Territories building a railway. The job is tough but the bosses turn out to be tougher. From the novel by Trevor Ferguson. Ferguson is, of course, John Farrow and he has a new Farrow book coming out.
Ip Man 2 starring Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung. A new Kung Fu master in Hong Kong is harassed until he can prove his ability.
Marwencol with Mark Hogancamp. When his world was stolen, Mark Hogancamp made a world of his own. Hogancamp was severely beaten outside a bar. His memories were severely damaged. Hogancamp builds a WWII town made of dolls.
The Timekeeper starring [Quebecois and other Canadians]. 18-year-old in 1964 goes takes a job in the Northwest Territories building a railway. The job is tough but the bosses turn out to be tougher. From the novel by Trevor Ferguson. Ferguson is, of course, John Farrow and he has a new Farrow book coming out.
Ip Man 2 starring Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung. A new Kung Fu master in Hong Kong is harassed until he can prove his ability.
Ten Novels
Fiction
Wickedly Charming by Kristine Grayson. Romance paperback.
No One Will Hear You by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler.
Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell. Three novels, Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, The Ones You Do.
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
10th Anniversary by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Katy Carter Wants a Hero by Ruth Saberton.
The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson.
Wickedly Charming by Kristine Grayson. Romance paperback.
No One Will Hear You by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler.
Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell. Three novels, Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, The Ones You Do.
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
10th Anniversary by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Katy Carter Wants a Hero by Ruth Saberton.
The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson.
Non Fiction For Your Edification
Non Fiction
Canoeing and Kayaking Wisconsin: the rivers, the towns, the taverns by Doc Fletcher. You list the Chicago River in a book on Wisconsin rivers? Really? The Chicago River in Illinois?
Activity Schedules for Children with Autism: teaching independent behavior by Lynn E. McClannahan and Patricia J Krantz. "It's important to use task analyses to individualize the resulting activity schedules."
Life in Civil War America by Michael O. Varhola. "Some Union Army engineers made prefabricated railroad bridge components and reached the point where they could replace demolished bridges within twenty-four hours."
Real Estate Investing, 2nd Edition by Jack Cummings. "Review the balance board in table 18-5."
Everything Guide to Stress Management: step-by-step advice for eliminating stress and living a happy, healthy life by Melissa Roberts. "'Ideally, an adult will work full time for a number of years and then retire in comfort for the rest of her life."
CompTIA A+ Certification Study Guide. Seventh Edition by Jane Holcombe and Charles Holcombe. "When a wireless network spans buildings, you encounter special problems." Did that comma need to be there?
Canoeing and Kayaking Wisconsin: the rivers, the towns, the taverns by Doc Fletcher. You list the Chicago River in a book on Wisconsin rivers? Really? The Chicago River in Illinois?
Activity Schedules for Children with Autism: teaching independent behavior by Lynn E. McClannahan and Patricia J Krantz. "It's important to use task analyses to individualize the resulting activity schedules."
Life in Civil War America by Michael O. Varhola. "Some Union Army engineers made prefabricated railroad bridge components and reached the point where they could replace demolished bridges within twenty-four hours."
Real Estate Investing, 2nd Edition by Jack Cummings. "Review the balance board in table 18-5."
Everything Guide to Stress Management: step-by-step advice for eliminating stress and living a happy, healthy life by Melissa Roberts. "'Ideally, an adult will work full time for a number of years and then retire in comfort for the rest of her life."
CompTIA A+ Certification Study Guide. Seventh Edition by Jane Holcombe and Charles Holcombe. "When a wireless network spans buildings, you encounter special problems." Did that comma need to be there?
Monday, May 02, 2011
Bunch of Media
DVD
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words.
Basics with Claire Shaeffer by Claire Shaeffer. "In this 2-disc DVD set, couture-sewing expert Claire Shaeffer demystifies the art of creating high-end garments. "
Books on CD
Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld. 14 CDs at 14 hours 46 minutes. Novel of the 1920 bombing on Wall Street.
Trinity Six by Charles Cumming. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. Journalist researches possibility that England's Trinity spy ring may have had a sixth member. EDIT: I just corrected a typo that read Trinity Sex.
Welcome Grave by Michael Koryta. 10 CDs at 11.5 hours. Lincoln Perry, Cleveland P.I., is getting some deaths pinned on him.
Leaving by Karen Kingsbury. 9 CDs at 10 hours. Girl moves to NYC to act in Broadway musical. Girl pines for Iraq War vet while famous dudes hit on her.
Random Violence by Jassy Mackenzie. 8 CDs at Jassy Mackenzie. Crime in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lady returns to Johannesburg after ten years to help investigate a carjacking murder.
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell. 7 CDs at 9 hours. Swedish cop investigates double murder at remote farmhouse.
10 Commandments of Money by Liz Weston. 10 CDs at 11.5 hours. "Author Liz Weston...helps listeners avoid critical mistakes, make it through difficult financial times - and thrive in good ones. Helpful hints include how to balance a personal budget, get debt paid off, set aside money for retirement, and more."
Fiction
A Turn in the Red by Debbie Macomber. Cover illustration: three suitcases on a car's rooftop luggage rack. Bags are not tied down.
Gods of Greenwich by Norb Vonnegut. Hedge fund manager in money trouble takes job with a Greenwich fund and lands in more trouble.
Knock Down by Sarah Graves. "A Home Repair is Homicide mystery."
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words.
Basics with Claire Shaeffer by Claire Shaeffer. "In this 2-disc DVD set, couture-sewing expert Claire Shaeffer demystifies the art of creating high-end garments. "
Books on CD
Death Instinct by Jed Rubenfeld. 14 CDs at 14 hours 46 minutes. Novel of the 1920 bombing on Wall Street.
Trinity Six by Charles Cumming. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. Journalist researches possibility that England's Trinity spy ring may have had a sixth member. EDIT: I just corrected a typo that read Trinity Sex.
Welcome Grave by Michael Koryta. 10 CDs at 11.5 hours. Lincoln Perry, Cleveland P.I., is getting some deaths pinned on him.
Leaving by Karen Kingsbury. 9 CDs at 10 hours. Girl moves to NYC to act in Broadway musical. Girl pines for Iraq War vet while famous dudes hit on her.
Random Violence by Jassy Mackenzie. 8 CDs at Jassy Mackenzie. Crime in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lady returns to Johannesburg after ten years to help investigate a carjacking murder.
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell. 7 CDs at 9 hours. Swedish cop investigates double murder at remote farmhouse.
10 Commandments of Money by Liz Weston. 10 CDs at 11.5 hours. "Author Liz Weston...helps listeners avoid critical mistakes, make it through difficult financial times - and thrive in good ones. Helpful hints include how to balance a personal budget, get debt paid off, set aside money for retirement, and more."
Fiction
A Turn in the Red by Debbie Macomber. Cover illustration: three suitcases on a car's rooftop luggage rack. Bags are not tied down.
Gods of Greenwich by Norb Vonnegut. Hedge fund manager in money trouble takes job with a Greenwich fund and lands in more trouble.
Knock Down by Sarah Graves. "A Home Repair is Homicide mystery."
Friday, April 29, 2011
Is Ray Davies a Genius? Yes.
Music on CD
See my Friends by Ray Davies. Ray Davies re-records several of his songs with other acts. Including: Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Black Francis, Alex Chilton.
Paper Airplane by Alison Krauss and Union Station. I think I mentioned before that Krauss and I were in the same high school graduation class. I still have no recollection of Krauss aside from that time in the lunchroom when she gave the bird to a friend of mine. I think she spent a lot of time away from school fiddling.
Philharmonics by Agnes Obel. I embedded a song by this gal before. Here it is again. This CD has to go back to processing because the spine label reads "Anges".
Complete Hit Singles by Three Dog Night. Our last copy broke.
Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter. No idea who these guys are. I have not even heard the following song, I'm just sticking it into the post. This also has to be reprocessed; the spine reads "Have You Digest".
Collapse Into Now by R.E.M.
Lullaby by Celtic Women. More singing by Irish chicks.
Fiction
Bel-Air Dead by Ghost Writer [Stuart Woods].
NonFiction
How They Croaked: the awful ends of the awfully famous by Georgia Bragg. Edgar Allen Poe did not die in the gutter? He died in a hospital? Possibly of rabies? I am shattered. Shadoobie.
See my Friends by Ray Davies. Ray Davies re-records several of his songs with other acts. Including: Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Black Francis, Alex Chilton.
Paper Airplane by Alison Krauss and Union Station. I think I mentioned before that Krauss and I were in the same high school graduation class. I still have no recollection of Krauss aside from that time in the lunchroom when she gave the bird to a friend of mine. I think she spent a lot of time away from school fiddling.
Philharmonics by Agnes Obel. I embedded a song by this gal before. Here it is again. This CD has to go back to processing because the spine label reads "Anges".
Complete Hit Singles by Three Dog Night. Our last copy broke.
Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter. No idea who these guys are. I have not even heard the following song, I'm just sticking it into the post. This also has to be reprocessed; the spine reads "Have You Digest".
Collapse Into Now by R.E.M.
Lullaby by Celtic Women. More singing by Irish chicks.
Fiction
Bel-Air Dead by Ghost Writer [Stuart Woods].
NonFiction
How They Croaked: the awful ends of the awfully famous by Georgia Bragg. Edgar Allen Poe did not die in the gutter? He died in a hospital? Possibly of rabies? I am shattered. Shadoobie.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
More Minor Repairs
Book Drop
The book drop had some water on the inside. I used silicone sealant on a few very small openings. I think someone did not put a book all the way in, the drawer stuck open, and rain blew in. But, I used the sealant anyway.
The book drop had some water on the inside. I used silicone sealant on a few very small openings. I think someone did not put a book all the way in, the drawer stuck open, and rain blew in. But, I used the sealant anyway.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Witches, Vampires, Stuttering, Ghosts, Hungry Dogu
DVD
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One starring [You know already]. Harry Potter battles evil witches.
Eclipse starring [Heartthrobs]. Don't watch it. Don't. Save yourself.
King's Speech starring [English and Australians]. Morrissey has much to say on this. "Actually I despise royalty. I always have done. It's fairy story nonsense. The very idea of their existence in these days when people are dying daily because they don't have enough money to operate one's radiator in the house, to me is immoral. As far as I can see, money spent on royalty is money burnt." Don't forget Morrissey's lyrics to this one.
Juvenile DVD
Scooby-Doo: Curse of the Lake Monster starring [unknown actors]. Another live action Scooby-Doo movie. The animated flicks are crazy popular here.
Tron Legacy starring Bruce Boxleitner and Jeff Bridges. I still cannot understand why someone paid to remake/revisit such an awful movie.
Yogi Bear starring Tom Cavanagh and [voices]. Cartoon bear causes trouble while stealing pic-a-nic baskets.
Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader starring [kids]. Some animated lion tells kids to be heroic.
Aloha Scooby-Doo! starring [voice actors]. Scooby-Doo travels to Hawaii. Does Scooby-Doo travel inside the cabin or in a dog cage?
Young Adult
Spendor by Anna Godbersen. Romance? Girl on cover is wearing purple dress with a really long train.
Swoon by Nina Malkin. Looks like another vampire thing. Let me check. Nope a mean girls, boarding school, ghost inhabiting lead character novel.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One starring [You know already]. Harry Potter battles evil witches.
Eclipse starring [Heartthrobs]. Don't watch it. Don't. Save yourself.
King's Speech starring [English and Australians]. Morrissey has much to say on this. "Actually I despise royalty. I always have done. It's fairy story nonsense. The very idea of their existence in these days when people are dying daily because they don't have enough money to operate one's radiator in the house, to me is immoral. As far as I can see, money spent on royalty is money burnt." Don't forget Morrissey's lyrics to this one.
Juvenile DVD
Scooby-Doo: Curse of the Lake Monster starring [unknown actors]. Another live action Scooby-Doo movie. The animated flicks are crazy popular here.
Tron Legacy starring Bruce Boxleitner and Jeff Bridges. I still cannot understand why someone paid to remake/revisit such an awful movie.
Yogi Bear starring Tom Cavanagh and [voices]. Cartoon bear causes trouble while stealing pic-a-nic baskets.
Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader starring [kids]. Some animated lion tells kids to be heroic.
Aloha Scooby-Doo! starring [voice actors]. Scooby-Doo travels to Hawaii. Does Scooby-Doo travel inside the cabin or in a dog cage?
Young Adult
Spendor by Anna Godbersen. Romance? Girl on cover is wearing purple dress with a really long train.
Swoon by Nina Malkin. Looks like another vampire thing. Let me check. Nope a mean girls, boarding school, ghost inhabiting lead character novel.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Big Letters, Corvettes, Bad Dressers
Large Print
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult. Another women's book club title by Picoult. Includes music CD.
Three Stages of Amazement by Carol Edgarian.
NonFiction
Axe Cop by Malachai Nicolle. "Bad guys, beware! Evil aliens, run for your lives! Axe Cop is going to chop off your heads!" Written by a 5-year-old and drawn by his 29-year-old brother.
Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews, 2nd Edition by Douglas Max and Robert Bacal. "Hundreds of ready-to-use phrases for describing employee performance."
People of Walmart.com: shop and awe by Adam Kipple, Andrew Kipple, and Luke Wherry. What kind of last names are those? Collection of photos gleaned from the website.
Corvette: the great American sports car edited by Brain Earnest. I'll take this one home.
30-Minute Social Media Marketing: step-by-step techniques to spread the word about your business fast and free by Susan Gunelius.
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult. Another women's book club title by Picoult. Includes music CD.
Three Stages of Amazement by Carol Edgarian.
NonFiction
Axe Cop by Malachai Nicolle. "Bad guys, beware! Evil aliens, run for your lives! Axe Cop is going to chop off your heads!" Written by a 5-year-old and drawn by his 29-year-old brother.
Perfect Phrases for Performance Reviews, 2nd Edition by Douglas Max and Robert Bacal. "Hundreds of ready-to-use phrases for describing employee performance."
People of Walmart.com: shop and awe by Adam Kipple, Andrew Kipple, and Luke Wherry. What kind of last names are those? Collection of photos gleaned from the website.
Corvette: the great American sports car edited by Brain Earnest. I'll take this one home.
30-Minute Social Media Marketing: step-by-step techniques to spread the word about your business fast and free by Susan Gunelius.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Downloadable e-Books From the Library
Downloadable e-Books From the Library
There Are A Ton of Them. You have access to 2,459 e-Books through your library card. The titles are downloadable through the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium's contract with Overdrive. Just log-in with your library card, select titles, check-out and then download. Be patient, Overdrive's search feature is not very good; try the advanced search or use the browse feature.
Today's press release from Amazon and Overdrive touting their new partnership should mean all the PDF and EPUB files available through Overdrive will soon be available for loan on Kindles. Kindles currently do NOT work work with Overdrive.
If Overdrive and Amazon work together library users will have much wider access to the self-published work offered for sale on Amazon. Yes, much self-published work is crud. But, many authors are now able to make old, out-of-print titles available again. Authors are also able to publish good novels that print publishers have passed on.
Anyway, electronic publishing and self-publishing is a changing landscape but libraries - and this library - are working to collect and make available e-Books for you, the user.
An Aside: 42 of the 100 most popular e-Books for Wisconsin libraries are romances.
There Are A Ton of Them. You have access to 2,459 e-Books through your library card. The titles are downloadable through the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium's contract with Overdrive. Just log-in with your library card, select titles, check-out and then download. Be patient, Overdrive's search feature is not very good; try the advanced search or use the browse feature.
Today's press release from Amazon and Overdrive touting their new partnership should mean all the PDF and EPUB files available through Overdrive will soon be available for loan on Kindles. Kindles currently do NOT work work with Overdrive.
If Overdrive and Amazon work together library users will have much wider access to the self-published work offered for sale on Amazon. Yes, much self-published work is crud. But, many authors are now able to make old, out-of-print titles available again. Authors are also able to publish good novels that print publishers have passed on.
Anyway, electronic publishing and self-publishing is a changing landscape but libraries - and this library - are working to collect and make available e-Books for you, the user.
An Aside: 42 of the 100 most popular e-Books for Wisconsin libraries are romances.
Neat Idea and then, "What the heck!?"
Neat Idea
Our colleagues down in New Zealand put on a fashion show and posted event photos on their Flickr page. They had a local vintage clothing shop dress the staff.
What the heck!?
Edit:
That poor man. Now his shame is saved forever.
Our colleagues down in New Zealand put on a fashion show and posted event photos on their Flickr page. They had a local vintage clothing shop dress the staff.
What the heck!?
Edit:
That poor man. Now his shame is saved forever.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Beagles, Bones, Bread
Fiction
Beaglemania: a Pet Rescue mystery by Linda O. Johnston. According to the cover four Beagle puppies get lost in a storm sewer and climb atop one another to look out a storm drain. According to the author bio Johnston owns two spaniels. I own a big, hairy beast masquerading as a dog.
A Creed in Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller. Another McKettrick romance set in Arizona. According to the cover illustrations Arizona is populated with lanky male models wearing cowboy hats.
World's Greatest Sleuth by Steve Hockensmith. Big Red and Old Red leave the range for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago to compete in a mystery solving contest.
Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker. According to the author photo the author needs a haircut. Oh, he lives in Austin. Well, that's okay then.
Rise of the Iron Moon by Stephen Hunt. Hunt not Hunter. No rifle shooting. A steampunk novel.
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick. Psychic monsters or something.
Sixth Man by David Baldacci. Two lawyers called to assist with a serial killer's defense find the lead attorney murdered.
Eve by Iris Johansen. A thriller.
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. I don't know what this is about but since it is very popular already I don't have to.
Field Gray by Philip Kerr. "Meet one of the great protagonists in thriller literature."
Sweet Valley Confidential: ten years later by Francine Pascal. The Wakefield twins have a big falling out.
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee. One of those novels where women bake something, solve all their personal problems, and make friends.
Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Revenge.
Red on Red by Edward Conlon. Detective for NYPD that writes for New Yorker.
As the Crow Flies by Maris Soul. "Another P.J. Benson Mystery." Mix those initials and you get a peanut butter and jelly mystery.
Home to Woefield by Susan Juby. Urban New Yorker inherits 30 acre farm. Makes friends.
Altar of Bones by Philip Carter. My guess based off the cover illustration is that this novel is a Da Vinci Code style mystery.
Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer. President and Cabinet are stuck in Capitol Building due to quarantine.
NonFiction
Uncle Al Capone by Deirdre Marie Capone. She never knew her kind uncle in Florida was a gangster.
Beaglemania: a Pet Rescue mystery by Linda O. Johnston. According to the cover four Beagle puppies get lost in a storm sewer and climb atop one another to look out a storm drain. According to the author bio Johnston owns two spaniels. I own a big, hairy beast masquerading as a dog.
A Creed in Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller. Another McKettrick romance set in Arizona. According to the cover illustrations Arizona is populated with lanky male models wearing cowboy hats.
World's Greatest Sleuth by Steve Hockensmith. Big Red and Old Red leave the range for the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago to compete in a mystery solving contest.
Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker. According to the author photo the author needs a haircut. Oh, he lives in Austin. Well, that's okay then.
Rise of the Iron Moon by Stephen Hunt. Hunt not Hunter. No rifle shooting. A steampunk novel.
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick. Psychic monsters or something.
Sixth Man by David Baldacci. Two lawyers called to assist with a serial killer's defense find the lead attorney murdered.
Eve by Iris Johansen. A thriller.
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. I don't know what this is about but since it is very popular already I don't have to.
Field Gray by Philip Kerr. "Meet one of the great protagonists in thriller literature."
Sweet Valley Confidential: ten years later by Francine Pascal. The Wakefield twins have a big falling out.
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee. One of those novels where women bake something, solve all their personal problems, and make friends.
Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Revenge.
Red on Red by Edward Conlon. Detective for NYPD that writes for New Yorker.
As the Crow Flies by Maris Soul. "Another P.J. Benson Mystery." Mix those initials and you get a peanut butter and jelly mystery.
Home to Woefield by Susan Juby. Urban New Yorker inherits 30 acre farm. Makes friends.
Altar of Bones by Philip Carter. My guess based off the cover illustration is that this novel is a Da Vinci Code style mystery.
Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer. President and Cabinet are stuck in Capitol Building due to quarantine.
NonFiction
Uncle Al Capone by Deirdre Marie Capone. She never knew her kind uncle in Florida was a gangster.
Hair, Airplanes, Chickens, Jobs, Jewelry, Sewing
NonFiction
Chick Days: raising chickens from hatchlings to laying hens by Jenna Woginrich. All about chickens and raising them. Many color photos.
Get the Most From Your Sewing Machine: smart tips, funky ideas and original projects for any machine by Marion Elliot. All about sewing machines and using them. Many color photos.
Find a Job Through Social Networking: use LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and more to advance your career by Dinae Crompton and Ellen Sautter. All about social networking and getting a job. Many words.
Tatting Jewelry by Lyn Morton. All about tatting jewelry and making it. Many color photos.
Cleaner Plate Club: more than 100 recipes for real food your kids will love by Beth Bader and Ali Benjamin. All about cooking fresh food for kids and making them eat it. Many color illustrations and photos.
Expert Resumes for Career Changers, 2nd Edition by Wndy S. Enelow and Louise M. Kursmark. All about improving your resume and using it to change jobs. No color photos.
Spectacular Hair: a step-by-step guide to 46 gorgeous styles by Eric Mayost. All about different hair styles and hair to style them. Many color photos.
50 Aircraft That Changed the World by Ron Dick and Dan Patterson. All the aircraft that changed the world and what they are called. Many color photos.
Chick Days: raising chickens from hatchlings to laying hens by Jenna Woginrich. All about chickens and raising them. Many color photos.
Get the Most From Your Sewing Machine: smart tips, funky ideas and original projects for any machine by Marion Elliot. All about sewing machines and using them. Many color photos.
Find a Job Through Social Networking: use LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and more to advance your career by Dinae Crompton and Ellen Sautter. All about social networking and getting a job. Many words.
Tatting Jewelry by Lyn Morton. All about tatting jewelry and making it. Many color photos.
Cleaner Plate Club: more than 100 recipes for real food your kids will love by Beth Bader and Ali Benjamin. All about cooking fresh food for kids and making them eat it. Many color illustrations and photos.
Expert Resumes for Career Changers, 2nd Edition by Wndy S. Enelow and Louise M. Kursmark. All about improving your resume and using it to change jobs. No color photos.
Spectacular Hair: a step-by-step guide to 46 gorgeous styles by Eric Mayost. All about different hair styles and hair to style them. Many color photos.
50 Aircraft That Changed the World by Ron Dick and Dan Patterson. All the aircraft that changed the world and what they are called. Many color photos.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Friends Booksale SCORE!
SCORE!
The Friends Booksale is this weekend and I ran across this advance reader's copy of Daniel Woodrell's Bayou Trilogy with Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do.
After paying for the above item I decided to keep looking and lucked out on this paperback version of Bill Crider 's Of All Sad Words. I don't see Crider paperbacks very often.
I really like the cover design on this. I think it is much better than the hardcover's design. I already read this novel but I can use it to fix any wobbly tables.
The Friends Booksale is this weekend and I ran across this advance reader's copy of Daniel Woodrell's Bayou Trilogy with Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do.
After paying for the above item I decided to keep looking and lucked out on this paperback version of Bill Crider 's Of All Sad Words. I don't see Crider paperbacks very often.
I really like the cover design on this. I think it is much better than the hardcover's design. I already read this novel but I can use it to fix any wobbly tables.
NonFiction
NonFiction - nothing very exciting unless you are looking for the exact topic.
Cookie Swap!: with 71 fabulous recipes by Lauren Chattman.
Step-By-Step Cover Letters: build a cover letter in 10 easy steps using personal branding by Evelyn U. Salvador.
Step-By-Step Resumes, 2nd Edition: build an outstanding resume in 10 easy steps! by Evelyn U. Salvador.
Conversando en Ingles by Prof. Jaime Garza Bores.
No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution by Elizabeth Pantley.
Cookie Swap!: with 71 fabulous recipes by Lauren Chattman.
Step-By-Step Cover Letters: build a cover letter in 10 easy steps using personal branding by Evelyn U. Salvador.
Step-By-Step Resumes, 2nd Edition: build an outstanding resume in 10 easy steps! by Evelyn U. Salvador.
Conversando en Ingles by Prof. Jaime Garza Bores.
No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution by Elizabeth Pantley.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
NonFiction and a Tip
Tip
Never Ask the Evening Page if she ever thought about playing a real sport instead of soccer.
NonFiction
Baby Names Almanac by Emily Larson. Let's take a look. Maola: a handmaiden. Laibrook: One who lives on a road near a brook. Gerard: The great, mighty, brilliant, witty, handsome, athletic, genius writing this blog.
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: the clinically proven five-week program for parents of two- to six-year-olds by Rex Forehand, PH.D. and Nicholas Long PH.D. I really should read this. Boy #2 likes to yell, "I'm not listening!" and "You're not in charge!" and "I don't have to!" Rex: king.
Winning Body Language: control the conversation, command attention, and convey the right message - without saying a word by Mark Bowden. Mark: dedicated to Mars, the god of war.
Stories from Mexico/Historias de Mexico by Genevieve Barlow and William N. Stivers. Side by side stories for learning the language. Genevieve: white wave; fair-skinned.
Stories from Latin America/Historias de Latinamerica by Genevieve Barlow.
301 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview, 2nd Edition by John Kador. Not included are: Is this position clothing optional? Are you strict about being on time? What do I need to do to get your job? John: God is gracious.
Science 1001: absolutely everything that matters in science in 1001 bite-sized explanations by Dr. Paul Parsons. Paul: a small or humble man.
Family Vegetarian Cooking:225 recipes everyone will love by Good Housekeeping. Goode: an upstanding man.
Windows 7 Quick Steps by Marty Matthews. Martin: dedicated to Mars, god of war.
Outlook 2010 QuickSteps by Carole Matthews, Marty Matthews and Bobbi Sandberg. Roberta: one who is bright with fame.
PowerPoint 2010 Quicksteps by Carole Matthews. Carole: joyous song.
Large Print
You Know When the Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon. Siobhan: no listing.
Paris Wife by Paula McClain. Paula: a petite woman.
Never Ask the Evening Page if she ever thought about playing a real sport instead of soccer.
NonFiction
Baby Names Almanac by Emily Larson. Let's take a look. Maola: a handmaiden. Laibrook: One who lives on a road near a brook. Gerard: The great, mighty, brilliant, witty, handsome, athletic, genius writing this blog.
Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: the clinically proven five-week program for parents of two- to six-year-olds by Rex Forehand, PH.D. and Nicholas Long PH.D. I really should read this. Boy #2 likes to yell, "I'm not listening!" and "You're not in charge!" and "I don't have to!" Rex: king.
Winning Body Language: control the conversation, command attention, and convey the right message - without saying a word by Mark Bowden. Mark: dedicated to Mars, the god of war.
Stories from Mexico/Historias de Mexico by Genevieve Barlow and William N. Stivers. Side by side stories for learning the language. Genevieve: white wave; fair-skinned.
Stories from Latin America/Historias de Latinamerica by Genevieve Barlow.
301 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview, 2nd Edition by John Kador. Not included are: Is this position clothing optional? Are you strict about being on time? What do I need to do to get your job? John: God is gracious.
Science 1001: absolutely everything that matters in science in 1001 bite-sized explanations by Dr. Paul Parsons. Paul: a small or humble man.
Family Vegetarian Cooking:225 recipes everyone will love by Good Housekeeping. Goode: an upstanding man.
Windows 7 Quick Steps by Marty Matthews. Martin: dedicated to Mars, god of war.
Outlook 2010 QuickSteps by Carole Matthews, Marty Matthews and Bobbi Sandberg. Roberta: one who is bright with fame.
PowerPoint 2010 Quicksteps by Carole Matthews. Carole: joyous song.
Large Print
You Know When the Men are Gone by Siobhan Fallon. Siobhan: no listing.
Paris Wife by Paula McClain. Paula: a petite woman.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
One NonFic and 11 and 3/4 inches of Fiction
NonFiction
Living Large on Less by Christian Spence.
Fiction
Minding Ben by Victoria Brown.
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts.
A Hard Death by Jonathan Hayes.
Murder in Passy by Cara Black.
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline.
Hiss of Death by Rita Mae Brown. If you think I'm going to list a cat as a co-author you're dreaming.
Large Print
Eve by Iris Johansen.
I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark.
Live Wire by Harlan Coben.
Living Large on Less by Christian Spence.
Fiction
Minding Ben by Victoria Brown.
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts.
A Hard Death by Jonathan Hayes.
Murder in Passy by Cara Black.
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline.
Hiss of Death by Rita Mae Brown. If you think I'm going to list a cat as a co-author you're dreaming.
Large Print
Eve by Iris Johansen.
I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark.
Live Wire by Harlan Coben.
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