[I took this last Tuesday but today is even nicer.]
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Another Beautiful Day in Southern Wisconsin
Southern Wisconsin
[I took this last Tuesday but today is even nicer.]
[I took this last Tuesday but today is even nicer.]
Monday, May 21, 2012
Music for Monkeys - Music on CDs
Music Come to Life by the Dark Magic of Science!
Up All Night by One Direction. British boys belting ballads.
Whatever by Hot Chelle Rae. What a coincidence. The title is exactly what I was thinking about this disc of song singers. They sound very peppy.
Bangarang by Skrillex. What is the deal with this? Electronica or something? All I know is that kids will check it out.
Point of Morrow by The Shins. I used to think these guys were from Australia. Pop music for adults. I know that cardboard CD cases are supposed to be "green" but the stupid thing just tore.
Own the Night by Lady Antebellum. Country music by people who won a Grammy or something.
MDNA by Madonna. There are so many, many things I could write about Madonna and none of them fit here.
Hymns by Guy Penrod. Christian rock checks out. I'm trying this one out.
Otis Taylor's Contraband by Otis Taylor. We have Taylor's Recapturing the banjo and it is pretty good. Here is a track off Recapturing.
Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. Peppy pop tunes for people.
Media for Monkeys - DVD
DVD Hoo-hoo- hooo-hoo-hoo
Miss Representation featuring Condoleeza Rice, Lisa Ling, Rosario Dawson. I ordered this? I don't remember ordering this. The difficulty of girls to grow up into positions f power when media culture emphasizes youth and beauty.
Into the Abyss: a tale of death, a tale of life by Werner Herzog. Herzog looks at the aftermath of a triple murder in Conrow, TX.
Exhale: core fusion thighs and glutes by Core Fusion (Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp). Exercises.
Eagleheart: season one starring Chris Elliott. Massive silliness with lots of blood.
Miss Representation featuring Condoleeza Rice, Lisa Ling, Rosario Dawson. I ordered this? I don't remember ordering this. The difficulty of girls to grow up into positions f power when media culture emphasizes youth and beauty.
Into the Abyss: a tale of death, a tale of life by Werner Herzog. Herzog looks at the aftermath of a triple murder in Conrow, TX.
Exhale: core fusion thighs and glutes by Core Fusion (Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp). Exercises.
Eagleheart: season one starring Chris Elliott. Massive silliness with lots of blood.
Large Print Redux (Now WIth More Cover Commentary!)
Large Print
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. Quick's covers come covered in roses.
Stolen Prey by John Sandford. Big house in the woods at night. I'm not sure if the vertical lines on the cover are supposed to be rain drops, scratches on a photo, or fold marks in photo paper.
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts. Bed covered in flower petals, burning candles on bedside table, framed photos next to the candles. One photo is a picture of a house. Nothing says romance like black-and-white photos of old buildings.
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Silhouette of a couple on a park bench staring at the Statue of Liberty during sunset. The sepia toning looks awful.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Some cover as the regular print edition with a Jennifer Garner look alike pointing a pistol at the viewer.
Fiction
Overseas by Beatriz Williams. I think this is some sort of time-travel romance set in WWI France and modern, super-wealthy Manhattan.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. Photo of a restaurant called Elaine's with a CLOSED sign over the double door entrance.
NonFiction
Using Your Computer: the beginner's guide, third edition by Kyle MacRae. The cover image screams "Great for seniors. Go online with your granddaughter!" The inside says, "Task Manager has several tabs but you're interested in Applications."
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. Quick's covers come covered in roses.
Stolen Prey by John Sandford. Big house in the woods at night. I'm not sure if the vertical lines on the cover are supposed to be rain drops, scratches on a photo, or fold marks in photo paper.
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts. Bed covered in flower petals, burning candles on bedside table, framed photos next to the candles. One photo is a picture of a house. Nothing says romance like black-and-white photos of old buildings.
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Silhouette of a couple on a park bench staring at the Statue of Liberty during sunset. The sepia toning looks awful.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Some cover as the regular print edition with a Jennifer Garner look alike pointing a pistol at the viewer.
Fiction
Overseas by Beatriz Williams. I think this is some sort of time-travel romance set in WWI France and modern, super-wealthy Manhattan.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. Photo of a restaurant called Elaine's with a CLOSED sign over the double door entrance.
NonFiction
Using Your Computer: the beginner's guide, third edition by Kyle MacRae. The cover image screams "Great for seniors. Go online with your granddaughter!" The inside says, "Task Manager has several tabs but you're interested in Applications."
Friday, May 18, 2012
Four of Violence, Four of Love
DVD
Exhale: core fusion 30 day sculpt. Weekly workouts.
Ike: countdown to D-Day starring Tom Selleck. Mustache-free Selleck shaves in a bald spot to convince the Limeys, Frogs and Yanks to work together.
Birdsong starring [British and French actors]. Young Englishman falls for a married woman before World War One. She leaves him and he joins the Army when the war begins. The book was pretty decent.
Heaven is Waiting starring [actors I never heard of]. Widower who has not dated since his wife's death is very uncomfortable with his grown daughter's boyfriend.
War Horse starring [CGI Death and Destruction]. Guy really loves his horse.
The Vow starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum. Wife wakes with coma forgetting last five years of life. Wife starts to listen to parents and see a past fiancee. Husband woos her back.
We Bought A Zoo starring Jason Bourne, That Guy From Wings. They bought a zoo.
Haywire starring Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bill Paxton, Gina Carano. Girl super-spy kicks and shoots her way out of trouble.
Shame starring Michael Fassbender. Guy tries to drown his issues with anonymous sex.
The Sun Came Out: the making of the album 7 Worlds Collide starring Neil Finn, other musicians. Guys from Radiohead, guys from Wilco, Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder, Bic Runga, KT Tunstall and others make an album. I've been listening to this in the background and it is interesting. The double album is available for checkout.
Exhale: core fusion 30 day sculpt. Weekly workouts.
Ike: countdown to D-Day starring Tom Selleck. Mustache-free Selleck shaves in a bald spot to convince the Limeys, Frogs and Yanks to work together.
Birdsong starring [British and French actors]. Young Englishman falls for a married woman before World War One. She leaves him and he joins the Army when the war begins. The book was pretty decent.
Heaven is Waiting starring [actors I never heard of]. Widower who has not dated since his wife's death is very uncomfortable with his grown daughter's boyfriend.
War Horse starring [CGI Death and Destruction]. Guy really loves his horse.
The Vow starring Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum. Wife wakes with coma forgetting last five years of life. Wife starts to listen to parents and see a past fiancee. Husband woos her back.
We Bought A Zoo starring Jason Bourne, That Guy From Wings. They bought a zoo.
Haywire starring Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bill Paxton, Gina Carano. Girl super-spy kicks and shoots her way out of trouble.
Shame starring Michael Fassbender. Guy tries to drown his issues with anonymous sex.
The Sun Came Out: the making of the album 7 Worlds Collide starring Neil Finn, other musicians. Guys from Radiohead, guys from Wilco, Johnny Marr, Eddie Vedder, Bic Runga, KT Tunstall and others make an album. I've been listening to this in the background and it is interesting. The double album is available for checkout.
Knitwear for Badger Tailgaters in Love
NonFiction
Sasha Kagan's Classic Collection by Sasha Kagan. Knitting patterns. I like these books because I always check out the models.
Here's Johnny: my memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 years of friendship by Ed McMahon. Memoir by sidekick. What will Andy Richter write in a few years?
For Packers Fans Only!: wonderful stories from great fans celebrating America's team by Rich Wolfe. A local Rotary Club member lived in Green Bay in the '60s and got to know several players.
Tailgating Cookbook: recipes for the big game by Bob Sloan. Page 170 says, "When you want to serve meat and don't feel like dealing with the grill, this is the way to go."
Five Love Languages: how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate by Gary Chapman. Page 123 says, "They began dating in their senior year at high school."
Chicken Encyclopedia: an illustrated reference by Gail Damerow. Page 203 says, "Persian Rumpless \ See: Manx Rumpy."
Fiction
Hard Country by Michael McGarrity. "A novel of the old west." New Mexico territory. McGarrity's mystery series featuring a modern day New Mexico policeman is pretty good.
Bascom's Trump by Douglas Bradt. Anthony wants to avoid the draft in 1969 so he tries out for the Badger's football team.
Sasha Kagan's Classic Collection by Sasha Kagan. Knitting patterns. I like these books because I always check out the models.
Here's Johnny: my memories of Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, and 46 years of friendship by Ed McMahon. Memoir by sidekick. What will Andy Richter write in a few years?
For Packers Fans Only!: wonderful stories from great fans celebrating America's team by Rich Wolfe. A local Rotary Club member lived in Green Bay in the '60s and got to know several players.
Tailgating Cookbook: recipes for the big game by Bob Sloan. Page 170 says, "When you want to serve meat and don't feel like dealing with the grill, this is the way to go."
Five Love Languages: how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate by Gary Chapman. Page 123 says, "They began dating in their senior year at high school."
Chicken Encyclopedia: an illustrated reference by Gail Damerow. Page 203 says, "Persian Rumpless \ See: Manx Rumpy."
Fiction
Hard Country by Michael McGarrity. "A novel of the old west." New Mexico territory. McGarrity's mystery series featuring a modern day New Mexico policeman is pretty good.
Bascom's Trump by Douglas Bradt. Anthony wants to avoid the draft in 1969 so he tries out for the Badger's football team.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mega Manga Chain Restaurants
NonFiction
Mega Manga: the complete reference to drawing manga by Keith Sparrow. 288 pages worth of an animation style I do not understand. I booked an artist to do a manga workshop for teens this June 20th.
Good, Better, Best Dining Out: a no-nonsense guide to America's chain restaurants by Josh Dinar. Categories include best skillets, best seafood, crab cakes, wine lists.
Mega Manga: the complete reference to drawing manga by Keith Sparrow. 288 pages worth of an animation style I do not understand. I booked an artist to do a manga workshop for teens this June 20th.
Good, Better, Best Dining Out: a no-nonsense guide to America's chain restaurants by Josh Dinar. Categories include best skillets, best seafood, crab cakes, wine lists.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Happy Days Hearing A Cold Blue Sea, Second Edition
NonFiction
Handy Religion Answer Books, Second Edition by John Renard, Ph.D. What is a Sufi? What is a sacrament? Are there contemporary remnants of CIT? What is sectarian Shinto? WHy did Lutheran Brotherhood change their name? How many students attend daily chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College? (just kidding on those last two)
Large Print
Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Lawyer goes missing without a clue. Wife and daughter find years old love letter from Burmese woman. Daughter searches.
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea by Morgan Callan Rogers. The cover says: Western set on the Atlantic shoreline. The back cover says: Young in girl in Maine and her lobsterman father have to recover after her mom disappears. Lobsterman means fisherman not a half-man half-lobster.
Audio on CD
My Happy Days in Hollywood: a memoir by Garry Marshall. Dick van Dyke Show, Odd Couple, happy days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries.
Handy Religion Answer Books, Second Edition by John Renard, Ph.D. What is a Sufi? What is a sacrament? Are there contemporary remnants of CIT? What is sectarian Shinto? WHy did Lutheran Brotherhood change their name? How many students attend daily chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College? (just kidding on those last two)
Large Print
Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Lawyer goes missing without a clue. Wife and daughter find years old love letter from Burmese woman. Daughter searches.
Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea by Morgan Callan Rogers. The cover says: Western set on the Atlantic shoreline. The back cover says: Young in girl in Maine and her lobsterman father have to recover after her mom disappears. Lobsterman means fisherman not a half-man half-lobster.
Audio on CD
My Happy Days in Hollywood: a memoir by Garry Marshall. Dick van Dyke Show, Odd Couple, happy days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Flamingo Kid, Beaches, Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries.
Batman Sells Crocheted Arrows to Cornbread Stooges
NonFiction
Selling All-in-one for Dummies by Tom Hopkins, et al. I do not get many opportunities to et al anyone. This is seven sales manuals bound in one volume.
Cornbread Mafia by James Higdon. True crime tale of "a homegrown syndicate's code of silence and the biggest marijuana bust in American history". Kentucky moonshiners diversify in the '70s and '80s.
Tunnel Rats in Vietnam by Gordon L Rottman, illustrated by Brian Delf. Lucky to be alive and lucky to have any hearing if they fired their pistols in those narrow tunnels.
Batman: the return of Bruce Wayne by Grant Morrison. Batman has to travel through time fighting evil in different eras.
Batman: time and the batman by Grant Morrison. Oh, man, I hope this isn't the same thing as the previous one. Good, similar stories and not a different print format.
Teeny Tiny Crochet: 35 adorably small projects by Catherine Hirst. This is of teeny, tiny interest to me personally.
U.S. Navy SEALs by Hans Halberstadt. Lots of photos of grimacing guys with guns.
Three Stooges Scrapbook: updated edition by Jeff Lenburg et al. Hah! I et al'ed again.
Sinful Smoothies: delicious drinks for everyday indulgence by Ryland Peters and Small.
Green Arrow: salvation by J.T. Krul et al. Hah! Again! Arrow and Sir Gallahad fight a demon.
DNA and Social Networking: a guide to genealogy in the twenty-first century by Debbie Kennett.
Selling All-in-one for Dummies by Tom Hopkins, et al. I do not get many opportunities to et al anyone. This is seven sales manuals bound in one volume.
Cornbread Mafia by James Higdon. True crime tale of "a homegrown syndicate's code of silence and the biggest marijuana bust in American history". Kentucky moonshiners diversify in the '70s and '80s.
Tunnel Rats in Vietnam by Gordon L Rottman, illustrated by Brian Delf. Lucky to be alive and lucky to have any hearing if they fired their pistols in those narrow tunnels.
Batman: the return of Bruce Wayne by Grant Morrison. Batman has to travel through time fighting evil in different eras.
Batman: time and the batman by Grant Morrison. Oh, man, I hope this isn't the same thing as the previous one. Good, similar stories and not a different print format.
Teeny Tiny Crochet: 35 adorably small projects by Catherine Hirst. This is of teeny, tiny interest to me personally.
U.S. Navy SEALs by Hans Halberstadt. Lots of photos of grimacing guys with guns.
Three Stooges Scrapbook: updated edition by Jeff Lenburg et al. Hah! I et al'ed again.
Sinful Smoothies: delicious drinks for everyday indulgence by Ryland Peters and Small.
Green Arrow: salvation by J.T. Krul et al. Hah! Again! Arrow and Sir Gallahad fight a demon.
DNA and Social Networking: a guide to genealogy in the twenty-first century by Debbie Kennett.
Monday, May 07, 2012
Six Novels
Fiction
Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller. High School journalist is out to reveal a secret society intent on vigilante justice that is "exposing students and teachers alike for even the most minor infraction."
All Woman and Springtime by Brandon W. Jones. A mathematical genius and her best friend are snuck out of North Korea into sexual slavery in the South and then the United States. Well, that sounds uplifting. [Bill Crider says: We former English teachers recommend a six-year sentence in Folsom for people who use the word snuck unless those people are Dizzy Dean.]
Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Archer's bio mentions his Oxford education, his five years in the House of Commons, and his twenty years and the House of Lords. Archer's bio does not mention he served two years of a four year prison term for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Home by Toni Morrison. Korean War vet returns home and rescues "his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life."
Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark. Los Angeles prosecutor takes dead end case of murdered homeless man. Homeless man had conneciton to the ax murder of a LAPD policeman from two years earlier. Sleuthing begins.
11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The Patter Factory production line is on schedule.
Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer. Archer's bio mentions his Oxford education, his five years in the House of Commons, and his twenty years and the House of Lords. Archer's bio does not mention he served two years of a four year prison term for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
Home by Toni Morrison. Korean War vet returns home and rescues "his medically abused younger sister and take her back to the small Georgia town they come from and that he's hated all his life."
Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark. Los Angeles prosecutor takes dead end case of murdered homeless man. Homeless man had conneciton to the ax murder of a LAPD policeman from two years earlier. Sleuthing begins.
11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. The Patter Factory production line is on schedule.
Reloading Mended Pencil Jewelry
NonFiction
Reloading for Handgunners by Patrick Sweeney. Page 115 says, "Uniformly-seated primers are an important part of accurate ammunition."
Mend it Better: creative patching, darning, and stitching and Kristin M. Roach. Page 82 says, "It was perfect with sweaters, tights, cute jackets, woven scarves, and all that other glorious winter attire."
Creating Textures in Colored Pencil by Gary Greene. Page 108 says, "Layer Light Umber."
The Bead Jewelry Bible by Dorothy Wood. Page 49 says, "Tie the ends together, working two reef knots one after the others (see Tying Knots)."
Service: a Navy SEAL at war by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer. Page 89 says, "Finally, we reached our destination - an abandoned four-story building situated on a circular chain of streets that everybody called the Racetrack."
The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro. Page 451 says, "It went against his nature - against his desire, his need, for control, and for the secrecy which is a form of control - control and secrecy that he would have had had he insisted that the investigation into the assassination be made by a Texas court of inquiry that was under his thumb and by an FBI headed by a longtime ally."
Reloading for Handgunners by Patrick Sweeney. Page 115 says, "Uniformly-seated primers are an important part of accurate ammunition."
Mend it Better: creative patching, darning, and stitching and Kristin M. Roach. Page 82 says, "It was perfect with sweaters, tights, cute jackets, woven scarves, and all that other glorious winter attire."
Creating Textures in Colored Pencil by Gary Greene. Page 108 says, "Layer Light Umber."
The Bead Jewelry Bible by Dorothy Wood. Page 49 says, "Tie the ends together, working two reef knots one after the others (see Tying Knots)."
Service: a Navy SEAL at war by Marcus Luttrell with James D. Hornfischer. Page 89 says, "Finally, we reached our destination - an abandoned four-story building situated on a circular chain of streets that everybody called the Racetrack."
The Passage of Power by Robert A. Caro. Page 451 says, "It went against his nature - against his desire, his need, for control, and for the secrecy which is a form of control - control and secrecy that he would have had had he insisted that the investigation into the assassination be made by a Texas court of inquiry that was under his thumb and by an FBI headed by a longtime ally."
Friday, May 04, 2012
Non Fiction Invasion of Food and Crafts
Food
Everyday Gluten-Free Slow Cooking by Kimberly Mayone and Kitty Broihier. 140 recipes. I still have no idea what gluten is.
Brewer's Apprentice by Greg Koch and Matt Allyn. I'm not sure how many home brewers are in town or how many of them like brewing books, but the photos are fantastic. Includes interviews and information from several master brewers.
Light and Healthy Cooking: 250 delicious, satisfying, guilt-free recipes edited by Rosemary Ellis. From Good Housekeeping.
Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester.
French Classics Made Easy by Richard Grausman. 250 recipes. "Ten-minute souffle, a contemporary Bouillabaisse, a lighter, quicker cassoulet".
Crafts
Threads Sewing Guide: a complete reference form America's best-loved sewing magazine edited by Carol Fresia. Page 97 says "Frequently, a top, blouse, or jacket includes sufficient ease for the bust, but it still isn't flattering."
Painting Vibrant Watercolors: discover the magic of light, color and contrast by Soon Y. Warren. Page 106 says "Reference Photo."
The Complete Colored Pencil Book by Bernard Aime Poulin. Page 133 says "A landscape perspective is a matter of point of view."
Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts: 10 stunning sampler quilts to make from over 50 patchwork blocks by Pam and Nicky Lintott. Page 23 says "Take two colour B 2 1/2in squares and a colour A 2 1/2in x 8 1/2in rectangle and using the same technique make four of these units."
Tailoring: the classic guide to sewing the perfect jacket by the editors of Creative Publishing International. Page 71 says "Allow to dry overnight to set lapel."
Lovely Knits for Little Girls: 20 just-right patterns, just for girls by Vibe Ulrik Sondergaard. Page 23 says "Cut star shape and attach to dog's tail with duct tape." [Just kidding.]
Other
The Complete Credit Repair Kit: a plain English guide to improving your credit score and fixing your credit by Brette McWhorter Sember, JD.
Everyday Gluten-Free Slow Cooking by Kimberly Mayone and Kitty Broihier. 140 recipes. I still have no idea what gluten is.
Brewer's Apprentice by Greg Koch and Matt Allyn. I'm not sure how many home brewers are in town or how many of them like brewing books, but the photos are fantastic. Includes interviews and information from several master brewers.
Light and Healthy Cooking: 250 delicious, satisfying, guilt-free recipes edited by Rosemary Ellis. From Good Housekeeping.
Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester.
French Classics Made Easy by Richard Grausman. 250 recipes. "Ten-minute souffle, a contemporary Bouillabaisse, a lighter, quicker cassoulet".
Crafts
Threads Sewing Guide: a complete reference form America's best-loved sewing magazine edited by Carol Fresia. Page 97 says "Frequently, a top, blouse, or jacket includes sufficient ease for the bust, but it still isn't flattering."
Painting Vibrant Watercolors: discover the magic of light, color and contrast by Soon Y. Warren. Page 106 says "Reference Photo."
The Complete Colored Pencil Book by Bernard Aime Poulin. Page 133 says "A landscape perspective is a matter of point of view."
Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts: 10 stunning sampler quilts to make from over 50 patchwork blocks by Pam and Nicky Lintott. Page 23 says "Take two colour B 2 1/2in squares and a colour A 2 1/2in x 8 1/2in rectangle and using the same technique make four of these units."
Tailoring: the classic guide to sewing the perfect jacket by the editors of Creative Publishing International. Page 71 says "Allow to dry overnight to set lapel."
Lovely Knits for Little Girls: 20 just-right patterns, just for girls by Vibe Ulrik Sondergaard. Page 23 says "Cut star shape and attach to dog's tail with duct tape." [Just kidding.]
Other
The Complete Credit Repair Kit: a plain English guide to improving your credit score and fixing your credit by Brette McWhorter Sember, JD.
All Girls (Except for one guy)
Fiction
Grey Expectations by Clea Simon. A cat mystery.
The Proposal by Mary Balogh. Scoeity widow falls for a Lord who used to be a farmer.
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris. Sookie Stackhouse helps solve a murder before the Vampire King comes to town. What?
Dead Level by Sarah Graves. Home Repair is Homicide series. I just checked the circ's and this series has been quite popular here.
Breaking News by Fern Michaels. I read the description and it made no sense to me. Something about Charleston, SC and Toots, who has 8 ex-husbands, and her friends planning a wedding and selling cosmetics.
One Guy
Last Storyteller by Frank Delaney. Delaney Ireland novels keep getting shorter. 2005's Ireland ran 559 pages. This book is 385 pages.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Two Plus A Wisecrack
Fiction
Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. Bill Crider had a link to a ranking of all of King's novels. I did not read the rankings but was surprised that King has published 62 novels. I thought King put out many more than that.
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. "A Ladies of Lantern Street Novel:
Wisecrack
Cheerleading Professionals by Sara Green. Junior nonfic on cheerleaders. I wonder if Megan Abbott bought this yet.
Wisecrack Explanation
Abbott's forthcoming novel is about a high school cheer team and their coach. Abbott - who I sort of follow online - constantly posts cheerleading commentary.
Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King. Bill Crider had a link to a ranking of all of King's novels. I did not read the rankings but was surprised that King has published 62 novels. I thought King put out many more than that.
Crystal Gardens by Amanda Quick. "A Ladies of Lantern Street Novel:
Wisecrack
Cheerleading Professionals by Sara Green. Junior nonfic on cheerleaders. I wonder if Megan Abbott bought this yet.
Wisecrack Explanation
Abbott's forthcoming novel is about a high school cheer team and their coach. Abbott - who I sort of follow online - constantly posts cheerleading commentary.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Nothing New, Here is a Fashion Show
Fashion New
Dunedin Public had a second fashion show this year. Here is the short version:
Here is the long version:
Dunedin, is that you in the black and white striped top?
Dunedin Public had a second fashion show this year. Here is the short version:
Here is the long version:
Dunedin, is that you in the black and white striped top?
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Fargo 50 Fundraising Project
Fargo 50k Fundraising Project
The Library has planning an interior renovation for two years. We are 80% of the way to our fundraising goal of $250,000. This week we launched our 50k Fundraising Project. We hope to raise the last $50,000 and start the project this autumn.Tax deductible donations can be made through the Lake Mills Community Foundation at PO Box 33, Lake Mills, WI, 53551. For more information on the project contact Gerard Saylor, Library Director at 920-648-166 or lmdir@mwfls.org
Ho-Hum
Large Print
Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry. Death.Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark. More death.
Come Home by Lisa Cottoline. Cover cliches.
Stay Close by Harlan Coben. No tennis.
Friday, April 20, 2012
The Return of A. Lee Martinez
Fiction
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez. Another funny sci-fi novel from Martinez. He writes fun stuff. Try it out.
The Witness by Nora Roberts. Heck if I know. Romance? Romantic murder?
The Innocent by David Baldacci. Cover image implies a sniper and his daughter on the run in Washington D.C. Flyleaf says: government hit man refuses a job and goes on run. Government Hit Man meets 14 year old orphan whose parents were murdered. Government Hit Man assists girl.
Devil's Bones by Larry D. Sweazy. What's the deal with this guy? I see Sweazy's name around. Oh yeah, I saw a catalog promo and then Bill Crider plugged it. Crider says, "The Devil's Bones is a tightly written thriller that gets the job done."
Death at the Wedding Feast by Deryn Lake. Historical mystery in England.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. "A Stone Barrington" novel.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Cover image has model who looks like Jennifer Garner and is pointing a SIG at the reader. Well, it looks like a SIG anyway.
Counseling DVDs
Stop Bullying: standing up for yourself and others presented by Mark Brown. Advice to kids on how to react and do when bullied.
Bullying: what every adult needs to know presented by Mark Brown. Advice to parents about kid bullying.
Journey Through the Shadows: hope for healing after someone you love has died by suicide featuring Iris M. Bolton and Stephenie Weber.
Helping Parents Grieve: finding new life after the death of a child with Kris Ford and Paula D'Arcy.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez. Another funny sci-fi novel from Martinez. He writes fun stuff. Try it out.
The Witness by Nora Roberts. Heck if I know. Romance? Romantic murder?
The Innocent by David Baldacci. Cover image implies a sniper and his daughter on the run in Washington D.C. Flyleaf says: government hit man refuses a job and goes on run. Government Hit Man meets 14 year old orphan whose parents were murdered. Government Hit Man assists girl.
Devil's Bones by Larry D. Sweazy. What's the deal with this guy? I see Sweazy's name around. Oh yeah, I saw a catalog promo and then Bill Crider plugged it. Crider says, "The Devil's Bones is a tightly written thriller that gets the job done."
Death at the Wedding Feast by Deryn Lake. Historical mystery in England.
Unnatural Acts by Stuart Woods. "A Stone Barrington" novel.
What Doesn't Kill You by Iris Johansen. Cover image has model who looks like Jennifer Garner and is pointing a SIG at the reader. Well, it looks like a SIG anyway.
Counseling DVDs
Stop Bullying: standing up for yourself and others presented by Mark Brown. Advice to kids on how to react and do when bullied.
Bullying: what every adult needs to know presented by Mark Brown. Advice to parents about kid bullying.
Journey Through the Shadows: hope for healing after someone you love has died by suicide featuring Iris M. Bolton and Stephenie Weber.
Helping Parents Grieve: finding new life after the death of a child with Kris Ford and Paula D'Arcy.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
More Mark Kraushaar Poetry
NonFiction
The Uncertainty Principle by Mark Kraushaar. See? It's on the shelf, Kraushaar.
I did a What to Read video with Kraushaar a couple years ago but the following video is more recent. Kraushaar was invited to do a reading in New York but I see no video of that.
Canada by Eyewitness Travel, Rebecca Miles, Managing Editor. Travel guide. Starting East and moving West. Many pretty pictures and graphics.
The Uncertainty Principle by Mark Kraushaar. See? It's on the shelf, Kraushaar.
I did a What to Read video with Kraushaar a couple years ago but the following video is more recent. Kraushaar was invited to do a reading in New York but I see no video of that.
Canada by Eyewitness Travel, Rebecca Miles, Managing Editor. Travel guide. Starting East and moving West. Many pretty pictures and graphics.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
50 Shades of Driven Schmoozing
Fiction
Driven by James Sallis. Sallis's Drive was the basis of the recent flick. This follows the same character, Driver, as he is on the run from mob killers. Should be pretty good, Tom Piccirilli liked it.
Fifth Victim by Zoe Sharp. Next in the thriller series following female bodyguard Charlie Fox. Fox is hired to protect a banker's daughter on Long Island. "Electrifying tale of cross and double-cross." Sharp was at Bouchercon in 2011. I think I mentioned that before. I did not speak to Sharp but she was at the shooting simulator that I hung out at for a while.
Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James. Big deal novel because of the sex content. You're an adult, read it if you like.
Shear Murder by Nancy J. Cohen. Previous novels in this series, A Bad Hair Day, have circ'ed really well. South Florida hairstylist is planning her own wedding when, as a maid of honor at a pal's wedding, someone dies. From a knife. In the chest.
NonFiction
Golden Rule of Schmoozing: the authentic practice of treating others well by Aye Jaye. This most be a donation.
Large Print
Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith. More mystery in Botswana.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Cover Image Trends
Large Print
Peoples Backs
Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett.
An Available Man by Hilma Wolitzer.
Dressmaker by Kate Alcott.
Water Scenes
The Odds: a love story by Stewart O'Nan.
Outdoor Scene With Wolf
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult.
Mystery Figure or Face in the Background or Blurred
Before She Dies by Mary Burton
Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis.
Chasing Midnight by Randy Wayne White.
Miscellaneous
Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope.
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison.
Peoples Backs
Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett.
An Available Man by Hilma Wolitzer.
Dressmaker by Kate Alcott.
Water Scenes
The Odds: a love story by Stewart O'Nan.
Outdoor Scene With Wolf
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult.
Mystery Figure or Face in the Background or Blurred
Before She Dies by Mary Burton
Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis.
Chasing Midnight by Randy Wayne White.
Miscellaneous
Friday Nights by Joanna Trollope.
Enchantments by Kathryn Harrison.
Another Baseball Novel, Another Joe Ledger Thriller
NonFiction
Heaven on Earth: a journey through Shari'a Law from the deserters of ancient Arabia to the street of the modern Muslim world by Sadakat Kadri. A bunch of notes, a bibliography, and an index but no photos. "Kadri realized that many people in the West harbored ideas about Islamic law that were hazy or simply wrong."
Mountains of Light: seasons of reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow. I already purchased a copy of this but his father donated this second copy a few days ago. Liebenow had a nice write-up in the Madison paper.
Fiction
Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry. Super agent Joe Ledger rescues some hostage students in Iran. The Iranians ask his team to recover six stolen nuclear warheads buried in oil fields. Ledger and his team fight genetically engineered bad guys.
Calico Joe by John Grisham. Rookie phenomenon for the Chicago Cubs is cheered on by the son of an opposing pitcher.
Cloudland by Joseph Olshan. Serial killer in northern Vermont seems to be working off an unfinished manuscript stolen from the library of a local reporter.
Come Home by Lisa Scottoline. Meh. People will read this no matter what.
The Fiddler by Beverly Lewis. Amish dude falls for non-Amish gal. Fiddling involved
Heaven on Earth: a journey through Shari'a Law from the deserters of ancient Arabia to the street of the modern Muslim world by Sadakat Kadri. A bunch of notes, a bibliography, and an index but no photos. "Kadri realized that many people in the West harbored ideas about Islamic law that were hazy or simply wrong."
Mountains of Light: seasons of reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow. I already purchased a copy of this but his father donated this second copy a few days ago. Liebenow had a nice write-up in the Madison paper.
Fiction
Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberry. Super agent Joe Ledger rescues some hostage students in Iran. The Iranians ask his team to recover six stolen nuclear warheads buried in oil fields. Ledger and his team fight genetically engineered bad guys.
Calico Joe by John Grisham. Rookie phenomenon for the Chicago Cubs is cheered on by the son of an opposing pitcher.
Cloudland by Joseph Olshan. Serial killer in northern Vermont seems to be working off an unfinished manuscript stolen from the library of a local reporter.
Come Home by Lisa Scottoline. Meh. People will read this no matter what.
The Fiddler by Beverly Lewis. Amish dude falls for non-Amish gal. Fiddling involved
Monday, April 09, 2012
One DVD/Blu-Ray Set
DVD
The Descendants starring Mr. Hollywood, Beau Bridges. On both Blu-Ray and DVD discs. Widower finds out his dead wife was cheating on him. I just heard that Blu-Ray was chosen as a name because Blue Ray was too common to be trademarked.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Digital Signals That Are Translated By A Computer Into Sound
Digital Signals That Are Translated By A Computer Into Sound
Hunger Games: songs from District 12 and beyond by Neko Case and others. Songs sung by Neko Case, Secret Sisters, others. The fold-out smells weird.
Break It Yourself by Andrew Bird. A former Page mentioned this singer guy on the Facebook. I liked the songs and figured others will too. The sounds quality of this clip is much better than that previous Case clip.
Audiobooks on CD
Death Comes Silently by Carolyn Haines. 7 CDs at 9 hours. What is it with book covers looking at past a beach and wooden boardwalk to the water? I was getting sick of those covers a while ago.
A Short Sharp Shock by Kim Stanley Robinson. 4 CDs at 4.5 hours. Watch Out! Look Behind You! Run! Runnnn!!!
DVD
The Outfit starring Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black. Let The Violent World of Parker tell you the story. Good luck finding a decent trailer but here is an excerpt.
Fiction
Mystery Writers of America Present Vengeance edited by Lee Child. I ended up on the email list for Zoe Sharp so I know she has a story in here. That and her name is right on the freaking cover. Other tales by Dennis Lehane, Alifair Burke, Michelle Gagnon.
Death Comes Silently by Carolyn Hart. Same cover as the audiobook version listed above. Duck!
Gypped by Carol Higgins Clark. According to the cover an underwater tornado in a swimming pool is sucking up 50 dollar bi- Go! Don't Wait! Just GO!
Big Cat Nap by Rita Mae Brown. Sleeping cat solves a murder with - No! No! Please! No!
Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry. Murder mystery with no cats but plenty of Englishmen.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Canadian Short Stories, Paul Cain, Hunger Games Tie-Ins
Hunger Games Tie-Ins
The Hunger Games Tribute Guide by [unknown editors]. Lots of photos of teenage actors.
The World of the Hunger Games by Kate Egan. More photos of teenage actors and movie stills.
The Hunger Games: the official illustrated movie companion by [unknown editors]. More photos of teenage actors, movie stills, and behind-the-scenes photos.
Fiction
The Complete Slayers by Paul Cain. Cain was a king of noir writing. Included is one novel, Fast One, and 13 short pieces written for the pulp magazines. This book is intended more for the big-time fan than casual reader. There is a biographical piece by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Meyers, a gallery of old cover art, and signatures of Collins, Meyers, and Ron Lesser (the cover artist).
Stopping for Strangers by Daniel Griffin. "These stories about artists, lovers, brothers and strangers acutely probe love, loss and the family ties that bind," I've met Griffin before, he's a good dude.
Separate Kingdoms by Valerie Laken. Short stories by Milwaukee based author. I read these, I liked them. Laken spent time in Russian after the cold war ended and still travels back there. She uses those experiences in some neat stories. One has a lesbian couple traveling to adopt a child but, since they are gay, they have to pretend to be a prospective single parent and her best pal.
Nocturnal by Scott Sigler. I have no idea what this is about.
Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark. Some sort of mystery or thriller or suspense novel. No one probably cares what the book is about. They'll see Clark's name and read it anyway.
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh. Another cop story. I used to read all the Wambaugh books I could get when I was in middle and high school.
Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith. Intrigue in Africa.
Capitol Murder by Phillip Margolin. The cover designer sleep-walked through this one. The cover is just a night time image of the U.S. capitol dome.
The Hunger Games Tribute Guide by [unknown editors]. Lots of photos of teenage actors.
The World of the Hunger Games by Kate Egan. More photos of teenage actors and movie stills.
The Hunger Games: the official illustrated movie companion by [unknown editors]. More photos of teenage actors, movie stills, and behind-the-scenes photos.
Fiction
The Complete Slayers by Paul Cain. Cain was a king of noir writing. Included is one novel, Fast One, and 13 short pieces written for the pulp magazines. This book is intended more for the big-time fan than casual reader. There is a biographical piece by Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Meyers, a gallery of old cover art, and signatures of Collins, Meyers, and Ron Lesser (the cover artist).
Stopping for Strangers by Daniel Griffin. "These stories about artists, lovers, brothers and strangers acutely probe love, loss and the family ties that bind," I've met Griffin before, he's a good dude.
Separate Kingdoms by Valerie Laken. Short stories by Milwaukee based author. I read these, I liked them. Laken spent time in Russian after the cold war ended and still travels back there. She uses those experiences in some neat stories. One has a lesbian couple traveling to adopt a child but, since they are gay, they have to pretend to be a prospective single parent and her best pal.
Nocturnal by Scott Sigler. I have no idea what this is about.
Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark. Some sort of mystery or thriller or suspense novel. No one probably cares what the book is about. They'll see Clark's name and read it anyway.
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh. Another cop story. I used to read all the Wambaugh books I could get when I was in middle and high school.
Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith. Intrigue in Africa.
Capitol Murder by Phillip Margolin. The cover designer sleep-walked through this one. The cover is just a night time image of the U.S. capitol dome.
Monday, April 02, 2012
Crime Comic and Super Spy Guy
Fiction
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Reloaded by Poulomi Mukherjee. Modern retelling with Mumbai rickshaw driver Ali chancing across the vault of a gang of bank robbers.
Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen by Thomas Caplan. I read a good review about this one. Former spy "has become, almost by accident, the number one film star in the world." He is recruited back to spy work to stop a nuclear warhead transfer.
Hanging Hill by Mo Hayder. More Hayder horror.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Bleed for Me Acoustically on the Picket Line
DVD
A Dangerous Method starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender. Knightly plays crazy patient receiving treatment by Carl Jung. This is a David Cronenberg flick so assume weirdness mixed with sexuality.
Fiction
Picket Line by Breena Wiederhoft. Former Wisconsin lady moves to Oregon and writes a comic book novel. Plot: Gal moves to Northern California and gets caught in battle between developer and environmentalists. Wiederhoft made a very good book trailer.
Waking Hours by Lis Wiehl. Some sort of novel with demons. Teen girl is killed and only suspects are the other teens that were at the same party. Forensic psychiatrist and former linebacker are having supernatural experiences related to the murder.
Bleed for Me by Michael Robotham. Robotham does good work and his books circ' well here. Psychologist answers his front door to find his daughter's friend covered in blood. The teen girl remembers nothing but the blood is from her dead father.
NonFiction
Play Acoustic: the complete guide to mastering acoustic guitar styles by Dave Hunter. Comes with two CDs and a spiral binding so the sucker lays flat.
Top 10 San Diego by Pamela Barrus. Top 10 lists of things to do and see. I always like to stay in my hotel room and watch local television stations.
A Dangerous Method starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender. Knightly plays crazy patient receiving treatment by Carl Jung. This is a David Cronenberg flick so assume weirdness mixed with sexuality.
Fiction
Picket Line by Breena Wiederhoft. Former Wisconsin lady moves to Oregon and writes a comic book novel. Plot: Gal moves to Northern California and gets caught in battle between developer and environmentalists. Wiederhoft made a very good book trailer.
Waking Hours by Lis Wiehl. Some sort of novel with demons. Teen girl is killed and only suspects are the other teens that were at the same party. Forensic psychiatrist and former linebacker are having supernatural experiences related to the murder.
Bleed for Me by Michael Robotham. Robotham does good work and his books circ' well here. Psychologist answers his front door to find his daughter's friend covered in blood. The teen girl remembers nothing but the blood is from her dead father.
NonFiction
Play Acoustic: the complete guide to mastering acoustic guitar styles by Dave Hunter. Comes with two CDs and a spiral binding so the sucker lays flat.
Top 10 San Diego by Pamela Barrus. Top 10 lists of things to do and see. I always like to stay in my hotel room and watch local television stations.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Variety Pack With Guns and a Liebenow
Music on Thin Discs With a Center Hole
Welcome to Condale by Summer Camp. I don't recall why I ordered this. I must have seen a catalog listing or sales rank. Maybe I heard a tune on BBC 6.
X 2011: Christian rock hits by [lots of people]. 16 tunes of singers singing rock hymns.
NonFiction
Mountains of Light: seasons of reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow. A natural tour of Yosemite as "Liebenow calls on the spirit and legacy of John Muir to rediscover nature and recover his own exuberance for life."
Gun Digest Book of the AR-15: Volume 3 by Patrick Sweeney. Rifle reviews, caliber commentaries, fancy photographs.
Baltimore: the plague ships: volume one by Mike Mignola. Comic book novel set in 1916 France with zombies or something. Mignola is best known for the Hell Boy comic series.
Audiobook on CD
Drift: the unmooring of American military power by Rachel Maddow. 6 CDs at 7.5 hours. One of those authors people love or hate depending on political affiliation.
Welcome to Condale by Summer Camp. I don't recall why I ordered this. I must have seen a catalog listing or sales rank. Maybe I heard a tune on BBC 6.
X 2011: Christian rock hits by [lots of people]. 16 tunes of singers singing rock hymns.
NonFiction
Mountains of Light: seasons of reflection in Yosemite by R. Mark Liebenow. A natural tour of Yosemite as "Liebenow calls on the spirit and legacy of John Muir to rediscover nature and recover his own exuberance for life."
Gun Digest Book of the AR-15: Volume 3 by Patrick Sweeney. Rifle reviews, caliber commentaries, fancy photographs.
Baltimore: the plague ships: volume one by Mike Mignola. Comic book novel set in 1916 France with zombies or something. Mignola is best known for the Hell Boy comic series.
Audiobook on CD
Drift: the unmooring of American military power by Rachel Maddow. 6 CDs at 7.5 hours. One of those authors people love or hate depending on political affiliation.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Complete Louie is a Satanic Highway Patrolman
DVD
Highway Patrolman starring [Mexican Actors]. Back in the pre-internet 1980s and 1990s all I could rely on for movie news was the video store rack, The New Yorker, and Roger Ebert's annual compendiums. I don't recall how I heard about this one but I know I read a review somewhere and it only took 20 years for me to get my hands on a copy.
Plot: Pedro is a young, naive rookie highway patrolman who runs into corruption and poverty in rural Mexico. (The only one of two clips I could find.)
Louis: the complete first season starring Louie C.K. fighting with Nick DePaolo. I posted this before but had to return a defective DVD.
My Week With Marilyn starring Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh. Go-fer chauffeurs Marilyn Monroe around.
NonFiction
Satan Is Real: the ballad of the Louvin Brothers by Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer. I read about this online. "The beautiful and tragic saga of the Louvin Brothers - one of the most legendary country duos of all time." The Louvin Brothers became a very minor internet sensation due to an old album cover from which the book is named.
Large Print
The Thief by Clive Cussler. "An Isaac Bell Adventure." Something sinks.
Passing Love by Jacqueline E. Luckett. Better than passing on a cold. According to the cover this is set in Paris. Paris, France. Not Paris, Texas.
Little Girl Gone by Drusilla Campbell. Cover has a photo of a bored pit bull and a girl.
Highway Patrolman starring [Mexican Actors]. Back in the pre-internet 1980s and 1990s all I could rely on for movie news was the video store rack, The New Yorker, and Roger Ebert's annual compendiums. I don't recall how I heard about this one but I know I read a review somewhere and it only took 20 years for me to get my hands on a copy.
Plot: Pedro is a young, naive rookie highway patrolman who runs into corruption and poverty in rural Mexico. (The only one of two clips I could find.)
Louis: the complete first season starring Louie C.K. fighting with Nick DePaolo. I posted this before but had to return a defective DVD.
My Week With Marilyn starring Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh. Go-fer chauffeurs Marilyn Monroe around.
NonFiction
Satan Is Real: the ballad of the Louvin Brothers by Charlie Louvin with Benjamin Whitmer. I read about this online. "The beautiful and tragic saga of the Louvin Brothers - one of the most legendary country duos of all time." The Louvin Brothers became a very minor internet sensation due to an old album cover from which the book is named.
Large Print
The Thief by Clive Cussler. "An Isaac Bell Adventure." Something sinks.
Passing Love by Jacqueline E. Luckett. Better than passing on a cold. According to the cover this is set in Paris. Paris, France. Not Paris, Texas.
Little Girl Gone by Drusilla Campbell. Cover has a photo of a bored pit bull and a girl.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Joe Lansdale Returns
Fiction
Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale. Teens want to dig up dead friend to cremate her and take her ashes to Hollywood. This is a Lansdale novel so violence is sure to ensue.
Chomp by Carl Hiassen. Alligator wranglers son goes along when dad hired to help a reality tv show. Humor ensues.
Guilty Wives by James Patterson and David Ellis. Four women are living the high roller life during a long weekend in Monte Carlo. All four women awake on a yacht surrounded by police and charged with murder. Tension ensues.
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear. Fruit seller in 1933 London is killed. Maisie Dobbs investigation ensues.
Letter From A Stranger by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Gal discovers her grandmother is alive ten years after she was thought dead. Investigation ensues.
Buried in Buttercream by G.A. McKevett. Hollywood P.I. Savannah hires an insufferable woman as her wedding planner. Wedding Planner found dead in Savannah's pool. Sleuthing ensues.
The Unseen by Heather Graham. A Texas Ranger and a U.S. Marshal in present day San Antonio use their paranormal powers to investigate murders that include long missing bodies from the past. Ghostliness ensues.
Betrayal by Danielle Steel. Film director discovers someone has been embezzling. Ghost writing ensues.
Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale. Teens want to dig up dead friend to cremate her and take her ashes to Hollywood. This is a Lansdale novel so violence is sure to ensue.
Chomp by Carl Hiassen. Alligator wranglers son goes along when dad hired to help a reality tv show. Humor ensues.
Guilty Wives by James Patterson and David Ellis. Four women are living the high roller life during a long weekend in Monte Carlo. All four women awake on a yacht surrounded by police and charged with murder. Tension ensues.
Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear. Fruit seller in 1933 London is killed. Maisie Dobbs investigation ensues.
Letter From A Stranger by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Gal discovers her grandmother is alive ten years after she was thought dead. Investigation ensues.
Buried in Buttercream by G.A. McKevett. Hollywood P.I. Savannah hires an insufferable woman as her wedding planner. Wedding Planner found dead in Savannah's pool. Sleuthing ensues.
The Unseen by Heather Graham. A Texas Ranger and a U.S. Marshal in present day San Antonio use their paranormal powers to investigate murders that include long missing bodies from the past. Ghostliness ensues.
Betrayal by Danielle Steel. Film director discovers someone has been embezzling. Ghost writing ensues.
Monday, March 26, 2012
93.5 Hours of Books and 3 Music CDs
Music on Round, Shiny, Thin Things
Cornershop and the Double-O Groove Of by Cornershop. British song singers.
WOW Hits 2012 by [bunch of people]. "30 of today's top Christian artists and hits" sing songs.
Minnesota Lumberjack Songs by Brian Miller. Gopher trills tunes.
Books on Compact Disc, The New Wave in Sound Technology
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. 28 CDs at 33.5 hours. I read that the mini-series has a lot of nudity. This makes sense since young men tend to read a lot of fantasy novels. That short guy, Peter Dinklage, always does some good acting.
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin. 31 CDs at 37 hours.
Tell All by Chuck Palahniuk. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours. This was on sale. Some humor novel set in "old Hollywood". Should the quote go before or after the period?
Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller. 6 CDs at 7.5 hours. 50-year-old wife and her husband have moved to a smaller home in anticipation of retirement. Pippa's wild life from 30 years ago "has begun to seep in and invade her present."
Information Officer by Mark Mills. 8 CDs at 10 hours. Spy drama set on Malta during WWII while the island is under siege by the dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking nazis. I listened to this and thought the story was OK. But, Mills does a fantastic job with the setting.
Cornershop and the Double-O Groove Of by Cornershop. British song singers.
WOW Hits 2012 by [bunch of people]. "30 of today's top Christian artists and hits" sing songs.
Minnesota Lumberjack Songs by Brian Miller. Gopher trills tunes.
Books on Compact Disc, The New Wave in Sound Technology
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin. 28 CDs at 33.5 hours. I read that the mini-series has a lot of nudity. This makes sense since young men tend to read a lot of fantasy novels. That short guy, Peter Dinklage, always does some good acting.
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin. 31 CDs at 37 hours.
Tell All by Chuck Palahniuk. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours. This was on sale. Some humor novel set in "old Hollywood". Should the quote go before or after the period?
Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller. 6 CDs at 7.5 hours. 50-year-old wife and her husband have moved to a smaller home in anticipation of retirement. Pippa's wild life from 30 years ago "has begun to seep in and invade her present."
Information Officer by Mark Mills. 8 CDs at 10 hours. Spy drama set on Malta during WWII while the island is under siege by the dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking nazis. I listened to this and thought the story was OK. But, Mills does a fantastic job with the setting.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Music, Spies, Muppets, and Cliffs
DVD
A Lonely Place to Die starring [people you never heard of]. Climbers discover a 8-year-old girl hidden on mountain top. They help girl and are followed by kidnappers and the mercenaries the girl's mob father sent to get her. This line is on the cover, "Alison, the group leader, convices her crew to rescue her." Free tip: if you have to convince your pals to rescue a "terrified, dehydrated" girl you need different friends.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt. A retired spy is brought back by the British service to hunt down a mole.
The Muppets starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams. Muppets make mirth mocking monied madman.
Hugo starring [kid actors]. I'm not sure what this is about. I never read the book.
Adventures of Tintin starring CGI Characters. Young journalist lives adventurously.
Music on Plastic Disc With a Shiny Side
Chickenfoot III by Chickenfoot. What's a nice way to this...? Rock-star rejects reform? Mature men madly make music?
A Lonely Place to Die starring [people you never heard of]. Climbers discover a 8-year-old girl hidden on mountain top. They help girl and are followed by kidnappers and the mercenaries the girl's mob father sent to get her. This line is on the cover, "Alison, the group leader, convices her crew to rescue her." Free tip: if you have to convince your pals to rescue a "terrified, dehydrated" girl you need different friends.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt. A retired spy is brought back by the British service to hunt down a mole.
The Muppets starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams. Muppets make mirth mocking monied madman.
Hugo starring [kid actors]. I'm not sure what this is about. I never read the book.
Adventures of Tintin starring CGI Characters. Young journalist lives adventurously.
Music on Plastic Disc With a Shiny Side
Chickenfoot III by Chickenfoot. What's a nice way to this...? Rock-star rejects reform? Mature men madly make music?
84.85 Hours of Audio Excitement
Audiobooks on CD
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson. 7 CDs at 8.5 hours. Young orphan discovers his guardian killed the orphan's father. Orphan joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow for vengeance during the War of the Roses.
At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh. 9 CDs at 11 hours. These romance novels always have pretty models on the cover. Am I supposed to believe that gals who look like that are having trouble finding dudes?
Deadly Game by Christine Feehan. 11 CDs at 13.25 hours. Another one of those ghosts and vampires and werewolves and witches kind of books.
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison. 13 CDs at 17 hours. The cover model on this one is leaning over and showing cleavage so you can assume it is not one of those Amish romances. Some scary guy in the background is veiled in fog.
The Lady Most Likely... by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway. 7 CDs at 8.6 hours. "A novel in three parts." Looks like each author tells the story from a different character. The model on this cover has her back to the reader and is wearing some fancy 1890s dress.
The Mormon People: the making of an American faith by Matthew Bowman. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. I was going to write that this is probably not that exciting but considering that everyone was trying to kill the Mormons until they hit Utah this has some great potential.
Raylan by Elmore Leonard. 5 CDs at 6.5 hours. Guess who is behind on episodes of Justified? That is correct, I am behind on episodes of Justified. Every time I watch that show I think I should by another Glock.
Stop Acting Rich: ...and start living like a real millionaire by Thomas J. Stanley. 7 CDs at 8.5 hours. His advice? Don't spend any money. But, how will I buy a new Glock? How about a used one?
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson. 7 CDs at 8.5 hours. Young orphan discovers his guardian killed the orphan's father. Orphan joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow for vengeance during the War of the Roses.
At Last Comes Love by Mary Balogh. 9 CDs at 11 hours. These romance novels always have pretty models on the cover. Am I supposed to believe that gals who look like that are having trouble finding dudes?
Deadly Game by Christine Feehan. 11 CDs at 13.25 hours. Another one of those ghosts and vampires and werewolves and witches kind of books.
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison. 13 CDs at 17 hours. The cover model on this one is leaning over and showing cleavage so you can assume it is not one of those Amish romances. Some scary guy in the background is veiled in fog.
The Lady Most Likely... by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, and Connie Brockway. 7 CDs at 8.6 hours. "A novel in three parts." Looks like each author tells the story from a different character. The model on this cover has her back to the reader and is wearing some fancy 1890s dress.
The Mormon People: the making of an American faith by Matthew Bowman. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. I was going to write that this is probably not that exciting but considering that everyone was trying to kill the Mormons until they hit Utah this has some great potential.
Raylan by Elmore Leonard. 5 CDs at 6.5 hours. Guess who is behind on episodes of Justified? That is correct, I am behind on episodes of Justified. Every time I watch that show I think I should by another Glock.
Stop Acting Rich: ...and start living like a real millionaire by Thomas J. Stanley. 7 CDs at 8.5 hours. His advice? Don't spend any money. But, how will I buy a new Glock? How about a used one?
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Bunch of Movies
DVD
Melancholia starring Kirsten Dunst. Justine's wedding is difficult for her to enjoy when Earth is about to end. Approved by famed novelist Tom Piccirilli.
Young Adult starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt. YA writer returns to 20 year high school homecoming but has still not adjusted to adulthood. Remember when every Charlize Theron movie included her in at least one nude scene? You could depend on it, "Oh, a Charlize Theron movie. We can see her topless again."
3=1: the films of Jan Sharp. Three documentaries by filmmaker Jan Sharp. "All my life I've been making documentaries that were intrusive, where I've seduced people into revealing themselves for the good of others."
Moneyball starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman. You know about this one already. Here.
A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas starring John Cho and Kal Penn. Neil Patrick Harris is insane.
J. Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts. Naomi Watts? I didn't know she is in this, I may watch it now.
Celtic Thunder: Voyage starring [singing Irish guys]. Irish guys sings songs to swoon skirts.
Elite Squad: the enemy within starring [Brazilians]. Rio de Janeiro's Special Police Operations Battallion is more infantry than police.When the unit's leader starts to stop the vicious gangs he he inadvertently opens a path for corrupt cops.
Melancholia starring Kirsten Dunst. Justine's wedding is difficult for her to enjoy when Earth is about to end. Approved by famed novelist Tom Piccirilli.
Young Adult starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt. YA writer returns to 20 year high school homecoming but has still not adjusted to adulthood. Remember when every Charlize Theron movie included her in at least one nude scene? You could depend on it, "Oh, a Charlize Theron movie. We can see her topless again."
3=1: the films of Jan Sharp. Three documentaries by filmmaker Jan Sharp. "All my life I've been making documentaries that were intrusive, where I've seduced people into revealing themselves for the good of others."
Moneyball starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman. You know about this one already. Here.
A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas starring John Cho and Kal Penn. Neil Patrick Harris is insane.
J. Edgar starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts. Naomi Watts? I didn't know she is in this, I may watch it now.
Celtic Thunder: Voyage starring [singing Irish guys]. Irish guys sings songs to swoon skirts.
Elite Squad: the enemy within starring [Brazilians]. Rio de Janeiro's Special Police Operations Battallion is more infantry than police.When the unit's leader starts to stop the vicious gangs he he inadvertently opens a path for corrupt cops.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Make Believe
Fiction
Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson. Son founds out recently dead father had many secrets. Son starts to hide evidence that a family may have murdered the dad.
Born to Darkness by Suzanne Brockman. Judging by the cover a guy and spend time exercising at night in New York. The flyleaf has some former commando hired as a test subject in a telekinesis lab.
Another Piece of Heart my Jane Green. (I've never given much of a dang about Janis Joplin or her music. So there.) 37-year-old gal marries guy with kids. One kid hates the new wife.
Stay Close by Harlan Coben. "Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away."
Phantom by Ted Bell. Some sort of sailboat.
Force of Nature by C.J. Box. Some guy wants to silence someone else regarding something from 12 years previous.
NonFiction
Some Assembly Required: a journal of my son's first son by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott.
Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson. Son founds out recently dead father had many secrets. Son starts to hide evidence that a family may have murdered the dad.
Born to Darkness by Suzanne Brockman. Judging by the cover a guy and spend time exercising at night in New York. The flyleaf has some former commando hired as a test subject in a telekinesis lab.
Another Piece of Heart my Jane Green. (I've never given much of a dang about Janis Joplin or her music. So there.) 37-year-old gal marries guy with kids. One kid hates the new wife.
Stay Close by Harlan Coben. "Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away."
Phantom by Ted Bell. Some sort of sailboat.
Force of Nature by C.J. Box. Some guy wants to silence someone else regarding something from 12 years previous.
NonFiction
Some Assembly Required: a journal of my son's first son by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Glock Married Jesus in the Wild
NonFiction
Glock: the story of America's gun by Paul M. Barrett. the fascinating story of a guy who decided to compete for an Austrian Army contract and won. The revolution in arms design, marketing, and intense business competition. I had a Glock 22 but .40 ammo was too darn expensive compared to 9mm. I saw an ad some used model 21 pistols but .45 ammo is even more expensive than .40.
Marriage Rules: a manual for the married and the coupled up by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. 106 rules including: Avoid Cutoffs, Apologize, Be Experimental, so on, so forth.
Simply Jesus: a new vision of who He was, what He did, and why He matters by N.T. Wright. No photos.
Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. One of those books where someone loses or job or marriage and decides to make a long trip. You go hiking for months and cannot take one measly little photo to put in your book?
Glock: the story of America's gun by Paul M. Barrett. the fascinating story of a guy who decided to compete for an Austrian Army contract and won. The revolution in arms design, marketing, and intense business competition. I had a Glock 22 but .40 ammo was too darn expensive compared to 9mm. I saw an ad some used model 21 pistols but .45 ammo is even more expensive than .40.
Marriage Rules: a manual for the married and the coupled up by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. 106 rules including: Avoid Cutoffs, Apologize, Be Experimental, so on, so forth.
Simply Jesus: a new vision of who He was, what He did, and why He matters by N.T. Wright. No photos.
Wild: from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. One of those books where someone loses or job or marriage and decides to make a long trip. You go hiking for months and cannot take one measly little photo to put in your book?
Monthly Allottment of Large Print
Large Print Fiction
Fear Index by Robert Harris. Physicist figures financial fix for falutin' figurers.
My Wicked Little Lies by Victoria Alexander. Romance.
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb. Book.
Jaguar by T. Jefferson Parker. I just read some praise about Parker's Hood series.
Fear Index by Robert Harris. Physicist figures financial fix for falutin' figurers.
My Wicked Little Lies by Victoria Alexander. Romance.
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb. Book.
Jaguar by T. Jefferson Parker. I just read some praise about Parker's Hood series.
Friday, March 16, 2012
My Allergies Are Winning
More Music
Home by Dierks Bentley. Some country guy.
Emotional Traffic by Tim McGraw. Another country guy.
A Different Kind of Truth by Van Halen. Go online to read complaints by long-time fans.
El Camino by The Black Keys. Rock guys from Ohio.
The Descendants: music from the motion picture. I read a recommendation.
Home by Dierks Bentley. Some country guy.
Emotional Traffic by Tim McGraw. Another country guy.
A Different Kind of Truth by Van Halen. Go online to read complaints by long-time fans.
El Camino by The Black Keys. Rock guys from Ohio.
The Descendants: music from the motion picture. I read a recommendation.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Ringo Franklin Now
Digital Messages Are Embedded Onto The Reflective Surface.
2012 by Ringo Starr. Drummer sings songs.
Now That's What I Call Music! 41 by [Hey, I actually heard of a few of these people].
Knew You Were Waiting: the best of Aretha Franklin, 1980-1998 by Aretha Franklin. Singer sings '80s tripe.
2012 by Ringo Starr. Drummer sings songs.
Now That's What I Call Music! 41 by [Hey, I actually heard of a few of these people].
Knew You Were Waiting: the best of Aretha Franklin, 1980-1998 by Aretha Franklin. Singer sings '80s tripe.
Bunch of Movies
DVD
Martha Marcy May Marlene starring Elizabeth Olsen. A "gripping psychological thriller" according to the box.
The Confession starring Kiefer Sutherland and John Hurt. A "unique tale of redemption" according to the box.
The Big Year starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black. A "smart, funny comedy" according to the box.
The movie trailer is awful. Here is something else.
Hell and Back Again featuring Sergeant Nathan Harris and his family. A "unprecedented exploration of the moving image" according to the box.
The Guard starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. A "fish-out-of-water tale of murder" according to the box.
Courageous starring [no actor names listed]. A "deleted scenes" according to the box.
The Hammer starring Raymond J. Berry. A "This product is authorized for sale in the USA only" according to the box cover.
Martha Marcy May Marlene starring Elizabeth Olsen. A "gripping psychological thriller" according to the box.
The Confession starring Kiefer Sutherland and John Hurt. A "unique tale of redemption" according to the box.
The Big Year starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black. A "smart, funny comedy" according to the box.
The movie trailer is awful. Here is something else.
Hell and Back Again featuring Sergeant Nathan Harris and his family. A "unprecedented exploration of the moving image" according to the box.
The Guard starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. A "fish-out-of-water tale of murder" according to the box.
Courageous starring [no actor names listed]. A "deleted scenes" according to the box.
The Hammer starring Raymond J. Berry. A "This product is authorized for sale in the USA only" according to the box cover.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
What to Read 46: "The Art of Fielding" by Chad Harbach
What to Read 46
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach,.
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach,.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Have You Hugged Your Motorcycle Today?
NonFiction
Legendary Motorcycles by Luigi Corbetta. Coffee table book full of motorcycles, motorcycle riders, motorcycle adverts, and reinforcing tape so the book will not fall apart.
McGraw-Hill's ACT: 2012 edition. Pass the exam. Get into a highly regarded college. Graduate college. Move back home.
McGraw-Hill's SAT: 2012 edition. Look for a job. Drink fancy beer you cannot afford. Take GRE. Pass GRE. Get into a highly regarded graduate school.
Legendary Motorcycles by Luigi Corbetta. Coffee table book full of motorcycles, motorcycle riders, motorcycle adverts, and reinforcing tape so the book will not fall apart.
McGraw-Hill's ACT: 2012 edition. Pass the exam. Get into a highly regarded college. Graduate college. Move back home.
McGraw-Hill's SAT: 2012 edition. Look for a job. Drink fancy beer you cannot afford. Take GRE. Pass GRE. Get into a highly regarded graduate school.
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Large Print Disease
DVD
Contagion starring [many big name actors]. Big name actors pretend to die. Other big name actors pretend to heal the sick.
Large Print
Kill Shot by Vince "Killer Flu" Flynn. Thriller novel with an assassin character.
Home Front by Kristin "Death On Heels" Hannah. Mom serves in Iraq while Dad watches the kids. Mom is changed.
Roam by Alan "Not Lazarus" Lazar. Something about a dog on a wooden bench according to the cover.
Sunrise on Cedar Key by Terri DuLong-"ing for Death". Grace starts her personal and business lives over on Cedar Key Island.
The Summer Garden by Sherryl "Bury'em In The" Woods. Something to do with Ireland, the state of Virginia, and romance.
Contagion starring [many big name actors]. Big name actors pretend to die. Other big name actors pretend to heal the sick.
Large Print
Kill Shot by Vince "Killer Flu" Flynn. Thriller novel with an assassin character.
Home Front by Kristin "Death On Heels" Hannah. Mom serves in Iraq while Dad watches the kids. Mom is changed.
Roam by Alan "Not Lazarus" Lazar. Something about a dog on a wooden bench according to the cover.
Sunrise on Cedar Key by Terri DuLong-"ing for Death". Grace starts her personal and business lives over on Cedar Key Island.
The Summer Garden by Sherryl "Bury'em In The" Woods. Something to do with Ireland, the state of Virginia, and romance.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Miami Basketball House
NonFiction
Insiders' Guide to Miami by Dara Bramson.
Don't Put Me In, Coach: my incredible NCAA journey from the end of the bench to the end of the bench by Mark Titus. Titus is the winningest player in NCAA basketball history with a Big Ten titles, a Final Four appearance and 9 career points.
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet by Melissa Fay Greene. The Greene family had four biological children, "We so loved raising our four children by birth, we didn't want to stop. When the clock started to run down on the home team, we brought in ringers."
Insiders' Guide to Miami by Dara Bramson.
Don't Put Me In, Coach: my incredible NCAA journey from the end of the bench to the end of the bench by Mark Titus. Titus is the winningest player in NCAA basketball history with a Big Ten titles, a Final Four appearance and 9 career points.
No Biking in the House Without a Helmet by Melissa Fay Greene. The Greene family had four biological children, "We so loved raising our four children by birth, we didn't want to stop. When the clock started to run down on the home team, we brought in ringers."
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Garfield, Golob and Guns.
NonFiction
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Volume 8 by Jim Davis. Kids love these compendiums. Includes Garfield Blots Out the Sun, Garfield Goes Bananas, Garfield Large and In Charge.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Volume 6 by Jim Davis. With Garfield Rounds Out, Garfield Chews the Fat, Garfield Goes to Waist.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Volume 4 by Jim Davis. Has Garfield Makes It Big, Garfield Rolls On, Garfield Out to Lunch.
Shoot: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition by Julie Golob. Golob, nee Goloski, is a professional shooter and former member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. There is a book trailer but it is kinda boring. Here is a competition video instead.
77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected: (and how to make sure it won't happen again!) by Mike Nappa. Recommended by Bill Crider. Reason #57: You Have A Sales History and it Sucks. Reason #29: you stink at grammar and spelling.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz. Horwitz mines the Civil War again. Before I traveled to Australia for a semester of college I looked around at Australia books. I found a $1.00 copy of Horwitz's One For the Road about hitchhiking the circumference of Australia. I still have it at home.
Blue Nights by Joan Didion. Didion's daughter dies.
Family Circle Family Dinners by Linda Fear, Editor in Chief. Recipes for food.
One Pot and Stews: amazingly tasty...surprisingly simple! by No Name Conglomerate. I may have just weeded a one pot recipe book.
Gun Digest Book of the Tactical Rifle by Patrick Sweeney. Guns.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Volume 8 by Jim Davis. Kids love these compendiums. Includes Garfield Blots Out the Sun, Garfield Goes Bananas, Garfield Large and In Charge.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Volume 6 by Jim Davis. With Garfield Rounds Out, Garfield Chews the Fat, Garfield Goes to Waist.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Volume 4 by Jim Davis. Has Garfield Makes It Big, Garfield Rolls On, Garfield Out to Lunch.
Shoot: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition by Julie Golob. Golob, nee Goloski, is a professional shooter and former member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. There is a book trailer but it is kinda boring. Here is a competition video instead.
77 Reasons Why Your Book Was Rejected: (and how to make sure it won't happen again!) by Mike Nappa. Recommended by Bill Crider. Reason #57: You Have A Sales History and it Sucks. Reason #29: you stink at grammar and spelling.
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War by Tony Horwitz. Horwitz mines the Civil War again. Before I traveled to Australia for a semester of college I looked around at Australia books. I found a $1.00 copy of Horwitz's One For the Road about hitchhiking the circumference of Australia. I still have it at home.
Blue Nights by Joan Didion. Didion's daughter dies.
Family Circle Family Dinners by Linda Fear, Editor in Chief. Recipes for food.
One Pot and Stews: amazingly tasty...surprisingly simple! by No Name Conglomerate. I may have just weeded a one pot recipe book.
Gun Digest Book of the Tactical Rifle by Patrick Sweeney. Guns.
Four Fables
Fiction
The Killing Way by Tony Hays. Arthur is close to being elected supreme King of Britian but a murdered girl is blamed on Merlin. Mad Malgwyn, Arthur's the one armed scribe, is requested to clear Merlin. Malgwyn despises Arthur for rescuing him from a battlefield death.
Poison Flower by Thomas Perry. Does this guy write spy thrillers as well? Maybe that is another guy, Perry won an Edgar Award.
Weird Photo by Internet Serendipity. While searching for a photo of Perry with an Edgar this shot of Michael Chabon (by the Austin Statesman) appeared
The Thief by Clive Cussler and Justin Bell. More aquatic adventures.
Illusion by Frank Peretti. More suspense by Peretti. I assume this is a Christian themed novel like his previous ones.
The Killing Way by Tony Hays. Arthur is close to being elected supreme King of Britian but a murdered girl is blamed on Merlin. Mad Malgwyn, Arthur's the one armed scribe, is requested to clear Merlin. Malgwyn despises Arthur for rescuing him from a battlefield death.
Poison Flower by Thomas Perry. Does this guy write spy thrillers as well? Maybe that is another guy, Perry won an Edgar Award.
Weird Photo by Internet Serendipity. While searching for a photo of Perry with an Edgar this shot of Michael Chabon (by the Austin Statesman) appeared
The Thief by Clive Cussler and Justin Bell. More aquatic adventures.
Illusion by Frank Peretti. More suspense by Peretti. I assume this is a Christian themed novel like his previous ones.
Monday, March 05, 2012
Musical Interlude to Remain Relevant
Musical Interlude
"To keep a blog relevant you must keep it current."
I am doing library bills this morning and was listening to BBC's 6 Music (as I often do) and a song came on that reminded me of this tune:
Off a charity album, The Sun Came Out, available from the library.
"To keep a blog relevant you must keep it current."
I am doing library bills this morning and was listening to BBC's 6 Music (as I often do) and a song came on that reminded me of this tune:
Off a charity album, The Sun Came Out, available from the library.
Friday, March 02, 2012
Snow and Television
Snow
DVD
Boardwalk Empire starring Steve Buscemi and Dabney Coleman. 1920 Atlantic City run by local mob boss.
Downton Abbey: Season One starring Professor McGonagall, That One Gal Who Was Nude in Ragtime. Some sort of English show.
Downton Abbey Season Two same as before. More English family upsets.
Archer: the complete season one starring [comic geniuses]. Genius! Absolute genius!
Archer: the complete season two starring [more genius!].
DVD
Boardwalk Empire starring Steve Buscemi and Dabney Coleman. 1920 Atlantic City run by local mob boss.
Downton Abbey: Season One starring Professor McGonagall, That One Gal Who Was Nude in Ragtime. Some sort of English show.
Downton Abbey Season Two same as before. More English family upsets.
Archer: the complete season one starring [comic geniuses]. Genius! Absolute genius!
Archer: the complete season two starring [more genius!].
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Investigations, Gypsies, Ghosts
NonFiction
While America Sleeps by Russ Feingold. Former Senator writes a book. I dare you to look at the 1960s photo with Feingold and his father at not smirk and Feingold Jr.'s awful haircut.
Vigilant Investor: a former SEC enforcer reveals how to fraud-proof your investments by Pat Huddleston. "According to the FBI, Americans are conned out of roughly $40 billion dollars - the equivalent of one Madoff-sized mega-scam - every single year through investment fraud."
The Operators:the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan by Michael Hastings. Hastings wrote the article in Rolling Stone that helped get General McChrystal canned. I've read criticism of Hastings but do not know how accurate the criticism is. Read this and decide for yourself.
Gypsy Boy: my life in the secret world of the Romany Gypsies by Mike Walsh. A bestseller in the UK. Walsh is gay and that was part of his reason for leaving the gypsy community. Since he would likely have been killed.
Haunted Wisconsin, Third Edition by Michael Norman. Page 106 says, "The pounding in the walls was not the only frightening experience the young girl had in the home."
While America Sleeps by Russ Feingold. Former Senator writes a book. I dare you to look at the 1960s photo with Feingold and his father at not smirk and Feingold Jr.'s awful haircut.
Vigilant Investor: a former SEC enforcer reveals how to fraud-proof your investments by Pat Huddleston. "According to the FBI, Americans are conned out of roughly $40 billion dollars - the equivalent of one Madoff-sized mega-scam - every single year through investment fraud."
The Operators:the wild and terrifying inside story of America's war in Afghanistan by Michael Hastings. Hastings wrote the article in Rolling Stone that helped get General McChrystal canned. I've read criticism of Hastings but do not know how accurate the criticism is. Read this and decide for yourself.
Gypsy Boy: my life in the secret world of the Romany Gypsies by Mike Walsh. A bestseller in the UK. Walsh is gay and that was part of his reason for leaving the gypsy community. Since he would likely have been killed.
Haunted Wisconsin, Third Edition by Michael Norman. Page 106 says, "The pounding in the walls was not the only frightening experience the young girl had in the home."
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Jodi Picoult? Again?
Fiction
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. Picoult? Again?
Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke. Fluke? That was quick.
Death of a Kingfisher by M.C. Beaton. Beaton? Already?
Downfall by Terri Blackstock. Blackstock? So soon?
Yours, Mine, Ours by Mary Janice Davidson. Davidson? That was fast.
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman? Speedy, huh?
NonFiction
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Trapped on Treasure Island by Floyd Gottfredson. Gottfredson's original strips from the 1930's? It's only been 70 years. Why so fast?
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. Picoult? Again?
Cinnamon Roll Murder by Joanne Fluke. Fluke? That was quick.
Death of a Kingfisher by M.C. Beaton. Beaton? Already?
Downfall by Terri Blackstock. Blackstock? So soon?
Yours, Mine, Ours by Mary Janice Davidson. Davidson? That was fast.
Victims by Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman? Speedy, huh?
NonFiction
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Trapped on Treasure Island by Floyd Gottfredson. Gottfredson's original strips from the 1930's? It's only been 70 years. Why so fast?
Thursday, February 23, 2012
28 Discs of Sound and Sight
DVD
Knuckle starring [Irish Travellers]. Twelve years of fist fighting.
Weeds: Season Seven starring Mary-Louise Parker. I guess the promo explains everything.
Louie: the complete first season starring Louis C.K., [various guests]. I found a clip without profanity.
Breaking Dawn: Part One starring Breathing Mannequin, Karate Werewolf.
Audiobooks on CD
Once Upon a Secret: my affair with John F. Kennedy and its aftermath by Mimi Alford. 5 CDs at 6.5 hours. Nineteen-year-old intern had affair with JFK up until his death.
Enemies: a history of the FBI by Tim Weiner. 15 CDs at 18.5 hours. The first definitive history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations.
Knuckle starring [Irish Travellers]. Twelve years of fist fighting.
Weeds: Season Seven starring Mary-Louise Parker. I guess the promo explains everything.
Louie: the complete first season starring Louis C.K., [various guests]. I found a clip without profanity.
Breaking Dawn: Part One starring Breathing Mannequin, Karate Werewolf.
Audiobooks on CD
Once Upon a Secret: my affair with John F. Kennedy and its aftermath by Mimi Alford. 5 CDs at 6.5 hours. Nineteen-year-old intern had affair with JFK up until his death.
Enemies: a history of the FBI by Tim Weiner. 15 CDs at 18.5 hours. The first definitive history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Boogie Down
Music on Circular Pieces of Plastic With A Small, Centered Hole
Ultra Dance 13 featuring remixes of Lady Gaga, Swedish Hose Mafia, Inna, [and other musicians you never heard of]. Singers sing frantic songs.
While listening to the music you can stare at the album's cover model in the accompanying booklet.
Born to Die by Lana Del Rey. Chanteuse sings atmospheric songs. I've read that Del Rey has been generating a lot of internet discussions over her abilities and previous musical efforts. I like a couple of the tunes.
WITH TIGERS!
Ultra Dance 13 featuring remixes of Lady Gaga, Swedish Hose Mafia, Inna, [and other musicians you never heard of]. Singers sing frantic songs.
While listening to the music you can stare at the album's cover model in the accompanying booklet.
Born to Die by Lana Del Rey. Chanteuse sings atmospheric songs. I've read that Del Rey has been generating a lot of internet discussions over her abilities and previous musical efforts. I like a couple of the tunes.
WITH TIGERS!
Nora Roberts : Writing Machine
Fiction
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb. Standard Robb cover design. Why does the author bio not say Roberts is the author? There are paperback edition of Rob novels that say right on the cover "Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb".
The Technologists by Matthew Pearl. This guy's books do well. Boston, 1868...marshy... fiery cataclysm... sabotage... shocking... sensationalistic... ingenuity... irrepressible... small secret society... mastermind... studded... shimmer.
I always confuse Matthew Pearl with Daniel Pearl.
Sonoma Rose: an Elm Creek quilts novel by Jennifer Chiaverini. I think Chiaverini makes quilting events a major part of her book tours. Bill Crider should make Bigfoot conferences part of his book tours. Or Emu auctions. Or barbershop quartet conventions. Or noir-ish AARP meetings.
Celebrity in Death by J.D. Robb. Standard Robb cover design. Why does the author bio not say Roberts is the author? There are paperback edition of Rob novels that say right on the cover "Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb".
The Technologists by Matthew Pearl. This guy's books do well. Boston, 1868...marshy... fiery cataclysm... sabotage... shocking... sensationalistic... ingenuity... irrepressible... small secret society... mastermind... studded... shimmer.
I always confuse Matthew Pearl with Daniel Pearl.
Sonoma Rose: an Elm Creek quilts novel by Jennifer Chiaverini. I think Chiaverini makes quilting events a major part of her book tours. Bill Crider should make Bigfoot conferences part of his book tours. Or Emu auctions. Or barbershop quartet conventions. Or noir-ish AARP meetings.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Poetic Large Print
Large Print
Taken by Robert Crais. I once beat a mime while eating a lime. At the time it was sublime, until someone dropped a dime. Now, I do time with a fellow named Slime.
Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George. The dock extended into fog as I walked my dog. Where did I leave that corpse?
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner. Some say the artist is lazy. Maybe drugged or a little bit hazy? Recycling cover art is sometimes crazy.
Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz. Psychic talents in the balance. Big, bad dude who can be rude. Will love bloom? Or lead to doom?
Taken by Robert Crais. I once beat a mime while eating a lime. At the time it was sublime, until someone dropped a dime. Now, I do time with a fellow named Slime.
Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George. The dock extended into fog as I walked my dog. Where did I leave that corpse?
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner. Some say the artist is lazy. Maybe drugged or a little bit hazy? Recycling cover art is sometimes crazy.
Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz. Psychic talents in the balance. Big, bad dude who can be rude. Will love bloom? Or lead to doom?
10 Novels Including A New One By Stephen Gallagher
Fiction
Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher. Becker is a turn-of-the-century employee of Bedlam Hospital whose job is to investigates wealthy clients to see if they are too insane to handle their affairs. Becker gets involved in a murder case.
Gallagher has done some neat books. I read an old one of his, Valley of Lights, that was quite fun.
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella. Kinsella is English? I figured she was some Manhattan chick. Gallagher is also a Limey.
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow. The latest Alaska tour courtesy of Stabenow and her detective, Kate Shugak.
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice. Werewolves in Northern California. Maybe the guy just needs a haircut? Did you think of that?
Private Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. Mr. Money Machine has a new co-writer.
Crimes by Moonlight edited by Charlaine Harris. A freebie from Bouchercon this past Fall.
I was invited to a librarian breakfast where Harris was the speaker. There were plenty of her fans there, and also fans of the television program. At one point she spoke about how, at times, there was something she did not like or agree with in the television program but she would then look at her last royalty check and feel better. I drank A LOT of coffee at that breakfast.
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner. I wish there were a way to show my extreme sarcasm when I think, "Oh, there is an original title."
Left for Dead by J.A. Jance. Didn't she just have a book? Well...maybe if last July is "just a while ago."
Mrs. God by Peter Straub. This horror novella has a weird history. Copyright is 1990 when it appeared in Houses Without Doors. A ghost story with a researcher staying at the family home that hosted literary greats.
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn. I bet someone gets killed.
Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher. Becker is a turn-of-the-century employee of Bedlam Hospital whose job is to investigates wealthy clients to see if they are too insane to handle their affairs. Becker gets involved in a murder case.
Gallagher has done some neat books. I read an old one of his, Valley of Lights, that was quite fun.
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella. Kinsella is English? I figured she was some Manhattan chick. Gallagher is also a Limey.
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow. The latest Alaska tour courtesy of Stabenow and her detective, Kate Shugak.
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice. Werewolves in Northern California. Maybe the guy just needs a haircut? Did you think of that?
Private Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. Mr. Money Machine has a new co-writer.
Crimes by Moonlight edited by Charlaine Harris. A freebie from Bouchercon this past Fall.
I was invited to a librarian breakfast where Harris was the speaker. There were plenty of her fans there, and also fans of the television program. At one point she spoke about how, at times, there was something she did not like or agree with in the television program but she would then look at her last royalty check and feel better. I drank A LOT of coffee at that breakfast.
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner. I wish there were a way to show my extreme sarcasm when I think, "Oh, there is an original title."
Left for Dead by J.A. Jance. Didn't she just have a book? Well...maybe if last July is "just a while ago."
Mrs. God by Peter Straub. This horror novella has a weird history. Copyright is 1990 when it appeared in Houses Without Doors. A ghost story with a researcher staying at the family home that hosted literary greats.
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn. I bet someone gets killed.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
I Am Short on Time, Provide Your Own Wisecracks
Large Print
Angelina's Bachelors by Brian O'Reilly.
The Silver Lotus by Thomas Steinbeck.
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag.
Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.
How It All Began by Penelope Lively.
The List by Martin Fletcher.
Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin.
The Devil's Elixir by Raymond Khoury.
True Blue by Diana Palmer.
Angelina's Bachelors by Brian O'Reilly.
The Silver Lotus by Thomas Steinbeck.
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag.
Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay.
How It All Began by Penelope Lively.
The List by Martin Fletcher.
Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin.
The Devil's Elixir by Raymond Khoury.
True Blue by Diana Palmer.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
One DVD
DVD
Drive starring It Guy in a Scorpion Jacket, Super Dave Osborne's Brother, Hellboy. Guy in Scorpion Jacket gets in trouble when helping a neighbor get out of a jam with the mob. Cars. Blood. Nordic atmosphere in the center of Los Angeles. Bill Crider did not write a review for Drive but he did do one for Drive Angry.
Drive starring It Guy in a Scorpion Jacket, Super Dave Osborne's Brother, Hellboy. Guy in Scorpion Jacket gets in trouble when helping a neighbor get out of a jam with the mob. Cars. Blood. Nordic atmosphere in the center of Los Angeles. Bill Crider did not write a review for Drive but he did do one for Drive Angry.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
One NF, One F, One Audio
NonFiction
Marathon: the ultimate training guide by Hal Higdon. One of the library's regulars tried to put this on reserve. There were no copies in the system so I bought this one. It's about marathons. Page 232 says Scientists and running writers like myself had not yet spread the news that proper fluid replacement can make you run faster. No pictures.
Fiction
Horizon: an aftertime novel by Sophie Littlefield. There are three of four authors with similar names to this lady. This might be written for a YA audience. Some sort of post-apocalyptic tale.
Audiobook on CD
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag. 9 CDs at 11 hours. Unsolved disappearance...given her daughter up for dead...desperate to find...been..have...knows...evidence...to...when...cunning.
Marathon: the ultimate training guide by Hal Higdon. One of the library's regulars tried to put this on reserve. There were no copies in the system so I bought this one. It's about marathons. Page 232 says Scientists and running writers like myself had not yet spread the news that proper fluid replacement can make you run faster. No pictures.
Fiction
Horizon: an aftertime novel by Sophie Littlefield. There are three of four authors with similar names to this lady. This might be written for a YA audience. Some sort of post-apocalyptic tale.
Audiobook on CD
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag. 9 CDs at 11 hours. Unsolved disappearance...given her daughter up for dead...desperate to find...been..have...knows...evidence...to...when...cunning.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Queen Elizabeth and the Obamas on the Home Front Sniping to Defend Jacob
Fiction
Home Front by Kristin Hannah. Somebody photoshopped that cover all over. Foundering marriage has more stress when wife is deployed.
Defending Jacob by William Landay. This has received some fine reviews. I have an advanced readers copy of this from last Fall and have never cracked it. Attorney has to defend his 14-year-old son accused of murder.
NonFiction
The Obamas by Jodi Kantor. Bio of the couple and the privacy and practicalities of living in the White House.
American Sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. Books on snipers and sniping always check-out.
Elizabeth the Queen: the life of a modern monarch by Sally Bedell Smith. Further subtitle: My life with Corgis.
Home Front by Kristin Hannah. Somebody photoshopped that cover all over. Foundering marriage has more stress when wife is deployed.
Defending Jacob by William Landay. This has received some fine reviews. I have an advanced readers copy of this from last Fall and have never cracked it. Attorney has to defend his 14-year-old son accused of murder.
NonFiction
The Obamas by Jodi Kantor. Bio of the couple and the privacy and practicalities of living in the White House.
American Sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. Books on snipers and sniping always check-out.
Elizabeth the Queen: the life of a modern monarch by Sally Bedell Smith. Further subtitle: My life with Corgis.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Weeding Improves Circulation and Inspire Musical Interludes
Weeding
I have been weeding the nonfiction collection and removing out-of-date and unused items. Whenever I weed I am very surprised to find books that were still on the shelf.
Stacks of weeds on my office floor.
An update from 1988.
This "new revised edition" is 14 years old.
20 years old.
Musical Interlude
That last book reminded me of this.
I have been weeding the nonfiction collection and removing out-of-date and unused items. Whenever I weed I am very surprised to find books that were still on the shelf.
Stacks of weeds on my office floor.
An update from 1988.
This "new revised edition" is 14 years old.
20 years old.
Musical Interlude
That last book reminded me of this.
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Love and Death
Everybody Loves You When You're Dead by Neil Strauss. A collection of interviews and stories by rock journalist Strauss. Pretty interesting.
Monday, January 30, 2012
72 Shiny Plastic Discs
Music on Shiny Plastic Discs That Rapidly Rotate in Your Music Machine
Fomo by Liam Finn. Finny Kiwi sings songs. Dunedin is happy now. I follow this guy's dad on Twitter. His dad can be a very silly man.
100 Proof by Kellie Pickler. Is this the gal singer who sings songs and has been having booze trouble? Nope. That was a different gal with blond hair. Hopefully your viewing of the following YouTube clip will not include a stupid Red Bull advert.
Get Along by Tegan and Sara. Tattooed twins sings songs. I wonder if Sara occasionally crosses out Tegan's name and writes it back in after her own.
Sorry for Party Rocking by LMFAO. I approve of their use of humor. The music blows.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Original soundtrack with at least one singing song. Three discs. Reznor's and Ross' recorded score clocks in at over three hours, and is released in numerous configurations online and at retail, including as a $300 deluxe, signed, six-LP box set. Other than a strident cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," the score is moody, often restrained, and in its way, as disturbing as the film.
Audiobooks on CD
One Perfect Shot by Steven F. Havill. 10.5 hours on 9 CDs. Sounds like the title of a Stephen Hunter novel.
Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. 9.5 hours on 9 CDs. Money machine.
Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Money machine # 2.
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read. 11 hours on 9 CDs. Madeline Dare, a tough-talking, shotgun-toting ex-debutante, is not your average detective. Then what is the average detective?
Blood Spilt by Asa Larsson. 11.5 hours on 9 CDs. During my freshman J-Term I took Swedish from this guy. Guess what grade I received. Go ahead, guess. That's right, I received a "D". I am not good at languages.
Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell. 11 hours on 9 CDs. These are always good on audio.
The Drop by Michael Connelly. 11 hours on 9 CDs. Connelly with an E not an O.
Fomo by Liam Finn. Finny Kiwi sings songs. Dunedin is happy now. I follow this guy's dad on Twitter. His dad can be a very silly man.
100 Proof by Kellie Pickler. Is this the gal singer who sings songs and has been having booze trouble? Nope. That was a different gal with blond hair. Hopefully your viewing of the following YouTube clip will not include a stupid Red Bull advert.
Get Along by Tegan and Sara. Tattooed twins sings songs. I wonder if Sara occasionally crosses out Tegan's name and writes it back in after her own.
Sorry for Party Rocking by LMFAO. I approve of their use of humor. The music blows.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Original soundtrack with at least one singing song. Three discs. Reznor's and Ross' recorded score clocks in at over three hours, and is released in numerous configurations online and at retail, including as a $300 deluxe, signed, six-LP box set. Other than a strident cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," the score is moody, often restrained, and in its way, as disturbing as the film.
Audiobooks on CD
One Perfect Shot by Steven F. Havill. 10.5 hours on 9 CDs. Sounds like the title of a Stephen Hunter novel.
Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks. 9.5 hours on 9 CDs. Money machine.
Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Money machine # 2.
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read. 11 hours on 9 CDs. Madeline Dare, a tough-talking, shotgun-toting ex-debutante, is not your average detective. Then what is the average detective?
Blood Spilt by Asa Larsson. 11.5 hours on 9 CDs. During my freshman J-Term I took Swedish from this guy. Guess what grade I received. Go ahead, guess. That's right, I received a "D". I am not good at languages.
Sharpe's Battle by Bernard Cornwell. 11 hours on 9 CDs. These are always good on audio.
The Drop by Michael Connelly. 11 hours on 9 CDs. Connelly with an E not an O.
Concealed Godzilla Abducts a Warrior. His Destination? Paris
DVD
Concealed Carry Options by Thunder Ranch Training Series. Clint Smith is famous is a famous firearms trainer.
Godzilla starring [Japanese actors]. High-definition of the 1954 picture.
Final Destination 5 starring [CGI disasters]. They made five of these things?! I read that this one is actually good.
Hangover Part Two starring Paul Giamatti. They made a second one of this?!
Midnight in Paris starring Crooked Nose. Guy on vacation in goes back in time during nighttime. I think.
Super 8 starring Guy From TV Show. Aliens or something.
Warrior starring [punches and kicks]. Two MMA fighters are brothers fighting for a large purse.
50/50 starring Seth Rogen, Josepph Gordon-Levitt. Guy gets cancer. Guy's pal is uncomfortable.
Ides of March starring It Guy, George CLonney, Paul Giamatti. Political intrigue during a campaign.
Abduction starring Karate Werewolf. Explodes on-screen...secret past...dangerous reality...dead lie...lethal, no-holds-barred mission...ruthless assassins and questionable allies.
Beginners starring Obi-Wan Kenobi, Canadian Austrian, Fluffy Dog. Adult child of gay dad finds love. Canadian Austrian gets acting awards.
Debt starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain. Sam Worthington is the current go-to guy for army stuff, right? I have not yet seen a flick with him.
Concealed Carry Options by Thunder Ranch Training Series. Clint Smith is famous is a famous firearms trainer.
Godzilla starring [Japanese actors]. High-definition of the 1954 picture.
Final Destination 5 starring [CGI disasters]. They made five of these things?! I read that this one is actually good.
Hangover Part Two starring Paul Giamatti. They made a second one of this?!
Midnight in Paris starring Crooked Nose. Guy on vacation in goes back in time during nighttime. I think.
Super 8 starring Guy From TV Show. Aliens or something.
Warrior starring [punches and kicks]. Two MMA fighters are brothers fighting for a large purse.
50/50 starring Seth Rogen, Josepph Gordon-Levitt. Guy gets cancer. Guy's pal is uncomfortable.
Ides of March starring It Guy, George CLonney, Paul Giamatti. Political intrigue during a campaign.
Abduction starring Karate Werewolf. Explodes on-screen...secret past...dangerous reality...dead lie...lethal, no-holds-barred mission...ruthless assassins and questionable allies.
Beginners starring Obi-Wan Kenobi, Canadian Austrian, Fluffy Dog. Adult child of gay dad finds love. Canadian Austrian gets acting awards.
Debt starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain. Sam Worthington is the current go-to guy for army stuff, right? I have not yet seen a flick with him.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
3 DVDs and 1 AudioBook
DVD
Sybil Luddington: the female Paul Revere starring [actors]. I figured it would check out.
Company K starring [actors]. World War One drama based on the novel.
Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall starring Adele singing songs. This DVD looks to be higher production quality than the others.
AudioBook on CD
Scream For Me by Karen Rose. 13 CDs at 16.5 hours. FBI agent's dead, serial killer brother has a copycat or something. There is a woman in trouble, too.
Sybil Luddington: the female Paul Revere starring [actors]. I figured it would check out.
Company K starring [actors]. World War One drama based on the novel.
Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall starring Adele singing songs. This DVD looks to be higher production quality than the others.
AudioBook on CD
Scream For Me by Karen Rose. 13 CDs at 16.5 hours. FBI agent's dead, serial killer brother has a copycat or something. There is a woman in trouble, too.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
One Book By Robert Crais
Fiction
Taken by Robert Crais. Elvis Cole is a private detective. Elvis Cole is hired to detect a missing woman. Joe Pike is mysterious and silent. Joe Pike carries around a Colt Python. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are friends. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike enjoy petting kitties and watching sunsets together.
Taken by Robert Crais. Elvis Cole is a private detective. Elvis Cole is hired to detect a missing woman. Joe Pike is mysterious and silent. Joe Pike carries around a Colt Python. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are friends. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike enjoy petting kitties and watching sunsets together.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Media: Wilco Cover, Wilco Originals, Guitarist, Trailer Park Florida, Aircraft
Music on CD
Want More by J.C. Brooks and the Uptown Sound. Band plays and sings songs.
The Whole Love by Wilco. I am late on this disc with a band that sings songs. I did not know the CD existed. I now know the dang booklet is too big to fit in our dang circulating cases.
I only realized Wilco put an album out after hearing this song after Patti Abbott embedded the tune on her blog.
Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down by Ry Cooder. Cooder sings songs of political nonsense while playing guitar. Cooder has been doing theme albums lately. I've enjoyed them.
Brighter Days by JJ Grey and Mofro. Singer writes and sings songs in Florida. A concert album and DVD. I lucked out by seeing another person, Anthony Neil Smith, post a Grey tune on his blog once. The tune I heard was this tune, accompanied with a surprisingly interesting video, and included on the concert album:
DVD
Hunters in the Sky by Janson Media. 16 programs of World War Two military pilots and aerial battles. Including a guy who was two months old when his father was shot down and 60 years later meets the night fighter pilot who killed him.
Want More by J.C. Brooks and the Uptown Sound. Band plays and sings songs.
The Whole Love by Wilco. I am late on this disc with a band that sings songs. I did not know the CD existed. I now know the dang booklet is too big to fit in our dang circulating cases.
I only realized Wilco put an album out after hearing this song after Patti Abbott embedded the tune on her blog.
Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down by Ry Cooder. Cooder sings songs of political nonsense while playing guitar. Cooder has been doing theme albums lately. I've enjoyed them.
Brighter Days by JJ Grey and Mofro. Singer writes and sings songs in Florida. A concert album and DVD. I lucked out by seeing another person, Anthony Neil Smith, post a Grey tune on his blog once. The tune I heard was this tune, accompanied with a surprisingly interesting video, and included on the concert album:
DVD
Hunters in the Sky by Janson Media. 16 programs of World War Two military pilots and aerial battles. Including a guy who was two months old when his father was shot down and 60 years later meets the night fighter pilot who killed him.
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