Blood Communion: a tale of Prince Lestat: the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. I remember when the the film version of Interview With A Vampire came out in 1994 and a bunch of people at the movie theater were dressed up. That movie was not all that great.
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult. Picoult sure sells a lot of books. She writes a lot of books, too. The inside cover lists 25 novels. Picoult lives in New Hampshire. I wonder if she has met Archer Mayor over in Vermont. Wait, did I get married in Vermont or New Hampshire? They are basically the same thing. I think it was New Hampshire.
Rise of the Mystics by Ted Dekker. Something about prophecies, ancient seals, quests, world in darkness. I wonder if anyone has written a fantasy novel about "ancient seals" and the characters discover they are animal seals.
Virgil Wander by Leif Enger. Enger wrote Peace Like A River. I never read that book.
Red War by Kyle Mills. Mills continues to write stories about Mitch Rapp who kills people or something. Is he a super spy? I'm not certain. I knida want to see the movie version but have not gotten to it yet.
DVD
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom starring [actors]. Set three years after the last movie. I never watched that one either. Oh, Hey! Ted Levine is in this. Sweet. Bryce Dallas Howard played herself in Arrested Development and was insulting her real-life sister who also played herself. I really enjoyed that scene.
Instructional DVD
make Ready to Survive: shelter, fire, water by Dave Canterbury. "Canterbury reviews your survival kit resources including making a fire, fire bed and lays, three stages of fuel, primitive fire resources, water collection, boiling water, clothing, shelters and more."
A Willing Murder by Jude Deveraux. I was not aware Deveraux also wrote mysteries. Deveraux is very difficult for me to type. I am going to try and slowly touch type her name. Deverauz. Decerauz. Deveraus.
Echoes of Evil by Heather Graham. Graham's author photo is the one where she has super fancy looking hair. Graham attended the Murder and Mayhem in Milwaukee event last year. Or maybe the year before. I hope to attend that this year.
Transcription by Kate Atkinson. Atkinson's first novel came out in 1996? Ddang. I am waaaay behind on reading her books.
Ocean's 8 starring [many famous actresses]. A bunch of people plan to rob jewels at the Met Gala. I'm pretty certain I never heard of the Met Gala until I read news articles about the event a couple months ago. Here is a trailer or something. I was reading something by a guy who said the movie is fantastic.
Dark Tide Rising by Anne Perry. More Victorian era mystery with the Monk family who deal with the ransom kidnapping of a wealthy woman and his betrayal by one of his own men.
Spy Master by Brad Thor. An international spy thriller and terrorists and secret plots.
Locksmith's Daughter by Karen Brooks. Disgraced woman is recruited by the Queen's spymaster for spying and code breaking and other things I am not sure about because I quit reading the description. I did like what I read though.
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Some one posted about a new release of Bob Dylan demos and early versions of songs for Blood on the Tracks. I do not know if this version is included but it is without the organ and you can hear Dylan's delivery.
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The Guilty Dead by P.J. Tracy. Minnesota murder mystery makes Minneapolis masses mourn. P.J. Tracy was the psueudonym for a mother-daughter writing team. P.J., the mother, passed away in 2016. Tracy, the daughter, still writes the series. Tracy went to St. Olaf but I promise not to make any jokes about Olies. After all, she surely would have attended Gustavus is she were able. Right? At least she did not go to Carleton.
In Pieces by Sally Field. An autobio. I opened the book to look at photos and start reading in the middle. Field was writing about her time in 1973 which was post-Flying Nun and pre-stardom when she was waiting for a good role, taking classes, and earning money on a couple game shows.
Fiction
French Exit by Patrick DeWitt. Comedic novel of the formerly rich and famous heading to Paris and going further downhill. I think. I did not pay too much attention to the plot description.
Let's Guess At the Plots An Unwanted Guest by Shari LaPena. A strange young woman carrying a suitcase knocks on the door of the Smiths remote house during a super blizzard. The Smiths offer refuge and the young lady offers danger. The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer. Klaus Linville makes his living brokering deals. Clients come to Klaus for anonymity and Klaus makes a good living. One day the police arrive and crush Klaus's confidences.
Juror #3 by James Patterson. Sara Pilko loves money and men. When a handsome stranger offers her cash for a mistrial who is she to say no?
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini. Ahmed's favorite time as a boy was sailing with his father on the Mediterranean. After a rough divorce he plans a sailing trip with his own sons from Southern Italy through the islands of Greece. But, he never planned on modern pirates.
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon. Kate's war time plant in Boston manufactures incendiary bombs. Each day of work has her inspecting the bomb cases and wondering when her father and brother will return from overseas.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Runaway girl grows up in the marsh of the North Carolina coast. A young man is killed and she is suspected.
Hitting the Books by Jenn McKinlay. The clues to a hit-and-run and a vehicular homicide are some library CDs. Small town Library Director gets involved.
REALITY BREAK
Here is what small town Library Directors actually get involved in:
Fixing broken library windows.
Recycling junk mail.
Cutting up cardboard boxes for recycling.
Pulling weeds out front and along driveway.
Getting bitten by mosquitos at soccer and mountain bike practices.
Volunteering as literacy tutor at the school.
Tolerating the cats living in his home.
Billing customers for lost and damaged items.
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward. As of 9:25AM on Sep 13, 2018 this book has 205 holds. Page 151 says, "How many missiles," Xi asked."
Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: the case against the anti-Trump conspiracy by Jeanine Pirro. More political talk. Page 256 says, On the local level, the stakes are just as high."
The Fighters: Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq by C.J. Chivers. More than 2.7 million Americans have served in either country. Chivers follows the stories of six people. Page 164 says, "It was a two-aircraft reconnaissance mission to check out new ground."
Weird Math: a teenage genius & his teacher reveal the strange connections between math & everyday life by David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee. I dislike that subtitle, it just sounds silly and "clickbaity". Page 79 says, "In the 1950s, he was working on a mathematically simplified model of the weather."
No Good Deed by Victor Gischler. Average guy gets caught up in violence and intrigue.
Fiction
An Act of Villainy by Ashley Weaver. I like this cover. Murder mystery set in the theater scene of '30s London. Weaver lives in Lousiana. I wonder if she has met Gischler? Weaver also works in tech services at a public library system but I will refrain from cataloger jokes. Hey, Weaver, here is the MARC record.
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the dress rehearsal of a new play he is directing, Amory readily
accepts. However, Amory is shocked to learn that Holloway has cast his
mistress, actress Flora Bell, in the lead role. Furthermore, the casual
invitation is not what it seems--he admits to Amory and Milo that Flora
has been receiving threatening letters, and he needs their help in
finding the mysterious sender. Despite Amory's conflicting feelings--not
only does she feel loyalty to Georgina, but the disintegration of the
Holloways' perfect marriage seems to bode ill for her own sometimes
delicate relationship--her curiosity gets the better of her, and she
begins to make inquiries. It quickly becomes clear that each member of
the cast has reason to resent Flora--and with a group so skilled in the
art of deception, it isn't easy to separate truth from illusion. When
vague threats escalate, the scene is set for murder, and Amory and Milo
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When the Lights Go Out by Mary Kubia. The cover has the R in Mary printed backwards. Mystery novel with an insomniac having delusions or halluciantions of something. Sounds like a good book. Gischler content unknown. Kubica lives in Chicago. I wonder if she visits WI.
The Distance Home by Paula Saunders. Two kids grow up in post-war South Dakota. This is supposed to be "tender, searing, and unforgettable." Gischler content unknown.
I was speaking to a family friend who lives in SD. SD has about 870,000 people. The friend teaches at one of the state universities and a colleague got a call from the department head about a student who was complaining. SD is small enough that the student complained to the mom, the mom called the Governor's office, the Governor called the college President, the President called the department head, the department head called the professor. All of that plus, PLUS, the student was not even in that guy's class.
Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris. Depression era journalist drives by a desolate farm and sees a sign advertising children for sale. I'm not sure what the rest of the book is about. The back cover plot description is very thin. Gischler content unknown.
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. JK Rowling sure doesn't need any press to sell new books. But, maybe an editor could tell her to cut back a bit? This novel runs 647 freaking pages long. Gischler content unknown.
NonFiction
Fortnite: the ultimate unauthorized guide by Grant Turner. I hear this game is very popular. Gischler content unknown.
Sounds Are Played by Instruments and Recorded by Computers. Those Computer Digitize the Sounds. The Computer Files are Used to EncodeThose Digital Instructions Onto the Thin Metal Section Embedded Within A Thin Plastic Disc.
Design for Living by Something to Do. Singers song vaguely ska'ish songs about mistakes. Including Mr. Klotz who teaches band at the middle school.
The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone. Elizabeth Smith started as a codebreaker in World War One. She continued to do so through the next world war and into the Cold War. Fagone lives in San Francisco and his author photo is black and white. His hair is shorter than mine. I really need a haircut. Nolo's Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support by Emily Doskow. Doskow has written a ton of these Nolo guides. No author photo though.
Fiction
The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz. Fourth book in the Jane Hawk series. I've not read a Koontz book in a while because he was laying the schmaltz on real thick. His current author photo does not include any dogs.
Field of Bones by J.A. Jance. I've written it before and I'll write it again. I heard Jance speak at a small library event at the Burton barr library in Phoenix. Afterwards they had Dove bars for every one. Not all participants had a bar and I cannot remember if I had a second one.
Depth of Winter by Craig Johnson. The Longmire TV series is over so you may as well read the novels.
Dark Sentinel by Christine Feehan. Something about vampires and vampire hunters and "lifemates". Feehan's author photo is a lot fancieer than Craig Johnson's. Feehan says she only does "glamping" now. No more camping. I'm hoping to do a fall weekend backpack trip. The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah. Hannah is writing Hercule Poirot novels.
Dead Renegade by Victoria Houston. Filling in the gaps in Houston's series set in Northern Wisconsin. This one smells weird. The book must have been in storage along time. I'll let it air out.
Solemn Graves by James R. Benn. I've always enjoyed this series. I just read the one from 2014, The Rest is Silence. Billy Boyle works under command of his distant relative General Eisenhower as a general trouble shooter and investigator.
John Woman by Walter Mosely. Mosely, AKA Super Big Time Novelist, writes a stand alone novel. Huh. The dust cover biography says Mosely lives in New York. Because of his Easy Rawlins series I always think of Mosely living in Los Angeles.
DVD
Chappaquiddick starring Clancy Brown. Clancy Brown? Coolness. Don't see that guy very much.
Ready Player One starring [actors]. Movie I have not seen based on a novel I have not read.
Find Your Own Trailer
Book Club staring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen. That is a big cast. Were there arguments over whose name appears first? I figure this will check out well. Oh, hey, Don Johnson is in this as well.
Tully starring Charlize Theron. Busy mom is giftedthe cost of a nanny to come in and help. Weird things happen.
In His Father's Footsteps by Danielle Steel. Rich kid of poor immigrants wants to build his own fortune and does not like his wife.
Walking Shadows by Faye Kellerman. Does Kellerman do book tours? I suppose she can fly out to New York and do a couple interviews but I presume she is too big a deal have to promote her stuff in person.
Safe and Sound by Fern Michaels. Michaels wrote another novel.
The First Love by Beverly Lewis. Lewis wrote another Amish novel.
MYSTERY BOOKS
Desolation Mountain by William Kent Kruger. Kruger wrote another novel.
Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb. Robb wrote another novel.
The Breakers by Marcia Muller. Muller wrote another novel.
The Money Shot by Stuarts Woods Literary Industries, Amalgamated and Parnell Hall. Mystery man Teddy Fay is helping a movie studio that is being blackmailed. Or extorted. I did not read the dust cover that closely.
Abandoned by Allison Brennan. Wow. This is Brennan's 32nd novel.
The King Tides by James Swain. Former Navy SEAL helps out women being stalked. You what this reminds me of? This:
NonFiction
Infamous Mothers: women who've gone through the belly of hell... and brought something good back by Sagashus T. Levingston. Photographic portraits of women who've overcome really tough adversities with articles on each woman. Levingston is from Madison. The book is very nicely printed and bound; that makes sense because this is a coffee table book.
AudioBook on CD
Kian by Melody Anne. 7 CDs at 8 hours. Some kind of romance. This was one has a super rich surgeon and some daughter and blah blah blah.
The Other Side of the Sun by Madeline L'Engle. 11 CDs at 13 hours. Southern gothic published in 1970. I must have bought a reprint or sale item.
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen. According to the dustcover Bowen lives in Northern California and Arizona. Bowen does not live in Illinois. Or Alberta. Or East Timor.
Good Luck With That by Kristin Higgins. Something about people conquering their fears. Higgins lives in Connecticut. I like to pronounce Connecticut as Con-Neck-Tick-Ut. Higgins does not live in Sao Paulo. Or Bologna. Or Arkansas.
Geography Club starring [many teen actors]. What the heck is the deal with this? I thought for sure we already owned a copy of this film. I just checked and I ordered this at the end of July. How the freaking heck did I not order this earlier? Because, I've read several of Big Shot World Traveler Hartinger's novels.
13 Reasons Why: Season One starring[actors]. Something about a teen suicide and letters she left behind. I'm not sure. Last I read on Hartinger's Twitter he is living in Bulgaria for a few months.
7 Days in Entebbe starring Daniel Bruhle and Rosamunde Pike. I don't know if Hartinger and husband will be going to Uganda.
NonFiction
1947: where now begins by Elizabeth Asbrink. According to the dust cover 1947 was a busy year. Hartinger content unknown.
The Language of Kindness: a nurse's story by Christie Watson. 20 years of stories and experience as a nurse. Watson lives in London. Hartinger London travel unknown.
Prairie Fires: the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser. Yet another bio and critique of Wilder. Hartinger content unknown.
The Death of Democracy: Hitler's rise to power and the downfall of the Weimar Republic by Benjamin Carter Hett. I don't know if Hartinger is going to Germany but it should be a quick train ride if he decides to go.
Aunt Dimity and The King's Ransom by Nancy Atherton. Atherton's small black and white photo features a cheerful Atherton. Atherton was in a great mood because she was going to meet friends for lunch Oskar Blues Brewing. Atherton was looking forward to a pint of Old Chubb.
A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay. The small color photo of Barclay has him looking a bit subdued and wearing a forced grin. Barclay was impatient that day. He could not miss the photo appointment but had to get back home because the previous evening's thunderstorm had knocked over an old maple tree on his property. Barclay had to get home and saw up the tree and he was not looking forward to it. At least he was able to borrow a chainsaw from his neighbor Mika, because Linwood did not want to go buy one at the hardware store. Those saws are expensive.
Day of the Dead by Nicci French. Nicci French is actually a husband-wife writing team. In the author photo they are posing next to a tree. Ms. Gerrard was under the weather that day and wanted to go home and lay down before she picked up daughter #3 from field hockey practice. Mr. French was a bit torn on what to do. He wanted to help his wife out but, c'mon, what is he going to do while she is sleeping? Besides, the British Model Fliers Association still had their Saturday Meet and Fly at 4PM by Bury St. Edmunds. Mr. French was scheduled to speak on his model's new electric motor and lightweight batteries.
Bellewether by Susanna Kearlsey. Kearlsey lives near Lake Ontario. I thought about a sumer driving trip to Ontario. That is a 662 miles drive when going South through Chicago. If you take the ferry across Lake Michigan there is less driving but the ferry is expensive and you're stuck on going on their schedule.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. I like the title. Page 151 says, "She was whimpering and shorting."
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage. I do not know how to pronounce her first name. Stage lives in Pittsburgh and page 84 says, "We're going to... thrive... in a school... over... a piece of copy paper... that glowed with promise."
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Page 250 says, " Gorrion held my hand as we took a walk to the top of the Hills."
Caddyshack: the making of a Hollywood Cinderella story by Chris Nashawaty. Page 193 says, " The place looks like a cross between a disheveled space-age bachelor pad and a Benihana, right down to the gong doorbell."
The Perfectionists: how precision engineers created the modern world by Simon Winchester. Page 127 says, "And the man who picked it was the scion of a new firm of precise locksmiths, and founder of the firm that is now part of the biggest lock maker in the world, Linus Yale."
Barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo by Zora Neale Hurston. In 1927 Huston visited the last known survivor of the last slave ship to the U.S., the Clotilda. Incidentally, a guy recently found a burned ship he thought was the Clotilda. Their was excitement about the discovery because he found the wreck near where the Clotilda's Captain said he burned the ship.
Reporter: a memoir by Seymour M. Hersh. This had an interesting review. Page 12 says, "My college days at University of Chicago were exciting and fun."
Magnolia Table: a collection of recipes for gathering by Joanna Gaines. Page 9 says, "This U-shaped tool has several curved metal wires and a handle."
Giada's Italy: my recipes for la dolce vita by Giada De Laurentiis. Page 181 says, "Tuscany... would be prepared... from the... leftovers... or... a Dutch oven."
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: Vol. 20 by Jim Davis. Freaking Garfield. Kids Looooove Garfield books.
The 17th Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. 7 hours on 6 CDs. Something about a killer and chasing the killer. Probably a serial killer, right? These are serial killers?
The Pharaoh Key by Preston and Child.8 CDs on 9 hours. Let me quickly scan the back cover. "Vanish. Until. Incredible. EES. Split. Dangerous." Nope, I don't understand any of that either. You'll have to check this out, listen to it, and let me know.
The Fallen by David Baldacci. 12 hours on 6 CDs. I don't think this is about robots. I certainly wouldn't know anything about robots anyway. I'm no robot.
The Crooked Staircase by Dean Koontz. 15 hours on 13 CDs. I'm 100% human being creature. No robotic parts to me at all. I even laugh at appropriate times - and not because I had a recent software update. That would just be silly!
The Former Slaves of Lake Mills: a study of African Americans in rural Wisconsin by Caitlin Downey. Undergrad thesis covering local history. Lots of footnotes and a nice bib.
The Pharaoh Key by Preston and Child. Page 135 says, "Your knife." Knife? Did someone write knife? What a coincidence because I have a new(ish) Spyderco in my pocket.
The Madonna of the Mountains by Elise Valmorbida. I kinda like the cover. Valmorbida is an uncommon name. Let's see where she lives... London but grew up in Australia. Australia? Did someone write Australia? Last week I used some wooden matches I brought back from the end of my college semester in Perth. I've had those matches for 25 years. I did not have a Spyderco in Australia.
Island of the Mad by Laurie R. King. Mary Russell is married to Sherlock Holmes. I don't know anything about this Russell character except that King has written several novels. King lives on California's central coast. The owner of Ephraim Faience Pottery spoke at Rotary a few months ago. Ephraim opened a retail store in that area a few years ago and, when asked about real estate costs, said the prices were surprisingly uninflated. I doubt they sell Spydercos.
The Woman in the Woods by John Connolly. This is the Irish Connolly, not the California Connelly. I've read a couple of Connolly's novels. I just finished listening to a Tana French novel. French sets her books in Ireland and that woman knows what she is doing when it comes to novels. Her knowledge of pocket knives is undetermined.
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman. Backman is Swedish and posed for his author photo in blue jeans and a faded blue shirt against a blue background. It's a blueberry photo. The cover is all blue as well.
The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson Literary Industries, Amalgamated. Two rich guys write a thriller. Page 217 says, "The vice president stops at the doorway." Hey, shouldn't that be capitalized as Vice President? A couple sentences later the VP calls the Chief of Staff an "unelected flunky".
Justice League starring [people with lots of muscles]. Batman and others team up to fight a bad guy in slow motion.
NonFiction
Old Farm Country Cookbook by Jerry Apps and Susan Apps-Bodilly. Chapter 15 is about rutabagas. In 1946 Apps family harvested 365 bushels of rutabagas. His dad had them selling vegetables door to door. The first trip was to Plainfield. You've heard of Plainfield right? The home of Ed Gein?
Living A Country Year by Jerry Apps. Re-print of stories when Apps grew up on the family dairy farm.
The Wisconsin Capitol: stories of a monument and its people by Michael Edmonds. History and pictures.
Once A Professor: a memoir of teaching in turbulent times by Jerry Apps. Because we apparently don't have enough books by Apps. He taught 38 years at UW-Madison. Wisconsin State Parks: extraordinary stories of geology and natural history by Scott Spoolman. Neat looking book with lots of photos.
Mexicans in Wisconsin by Sergio M. Gonzalez. Mr. Gonzalez writes long sentences so I won't write one down as an excerpt. "But, Mr. Library Person, aren't you doing a lot of typing right now?" Yes, I am. But, that is still easier than typing from a book. I am no touch tyupucst.
Roughneck Grace: [long subtitle] by Michael Perry. Collection of essays and newspaper columns from Perry's weekly column for the Wisconsin State Journal.
Danger Man Working: writing from the heart, the gut, and the poison ivy patch by Michael Perry. A collection of assignment writing that previously appeared in Backpacking, Outdoors, Men's Health and a couple other places. Audiobooks on CD
Shoot First by Stuart Woods. 8 hours on 7CDs. Some sort of story about people doing things with other people.
The Outsider by Stephen King. Suspect in murder of an 11-year-old is a well regarded local teacher. DNA evidence is there but the alibi in incontrovertible. This is a short King novel. Only 560 pages long.
Beach House Reunion Mary Alice Monroe. Monroe lives in South Carolina. Her author photo says she is fairly young. Either she started writing very young or I am confusing her with someone else. suppose I could be thinking of Alice Munro. Munro was born in 1931, is Canadian, and was awarded a Nobel.
Fascism: a warning by Madeline Albright. Page 127 says, "Chavez never lost his ability to charm, but equally often he chose to repel."
Fiction
Jane Seymour: the haunted Queen by Alison Weir. Page 412 says, "Jane was relieved to receive a summons to Henry's presence chamber."
How It Happened by Michael Koryta. I've never read a Koryta novel. I've been busy. Page 264 says, "He shouldered his way past Barrett and walked to his truck."
The Road to Dawm: Josiah Henson and the story that sparked the Civil War by Jared A. Brock. Henson was 4-years-old when he escaped slavery with his wife and four children and carried two of the children on the 600 mile walk. After escaping he worked for abolition and helped free others, including his brother. Dang. That is impressive.
Musical Instruments Are Played by Australians. Those Sounds Are Recorded. The Recordings Are Pressed Into Plastic Discs. The Library Buys One of Those Discs to Lend to the Public.
Gumboot Soup by The King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Weird Australians play weird, modern psychedelic tunes.
OK, that one is not so psychedelic. How about this one:
Fiction
Knuckledragger by Rusty Barnes. Getting this novel cataloged took a loooooong, looooooong time. A crime novel with a loan shark's money collector getting in trouble with his boss. If you like this book we also have a previous Barnes novel, Ridgerunner. Ridgerunner is a good read.
Little Windows by Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones. English singer sings songs alongside an American singer who sings songs.
Volunteer by Old Crow Medicine Show. American singers sing songs of Americana and Bluegrass.
I Like Fun by They Might Be Giants. Duo sings duo songs by dually dueling over Dio's domination.
Audiobooks on CD
Operator Down by Brad Taylor. 14.5 hours on 12 CDs. Shoot-em-up with political intrigue in Israel and Africa.
Unbound by Stuart Woods. 8 hours on 7CDs. I'm not sure what this is about but Tony Roberts reads the book and that guy is cool.
The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George. 23 hours on 18 CDs. A time out? No electronics for a day? $1 fine? Can you tell I'm used to disciplining children?
The Rising Sea by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. 11.5 hours on 9 CDs. Something about the ocean of something. I've not been near an ocean since 2000 when I was in San Diego. I was by the Gulf of Mexico in 2012.
Night Moves by Jonathan Kellerman. 12.5 hours on 10 CDs. LAPD detective detects devious dudes doing dirty deeds.
Breasts: the owner's manual by Dr. Kristi Funk Surgeon writes book about cancer and breasts. Page 159 says," benign phyllodes tumor".
Fiction
The Home fro Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman. Writer from Toronto writes a novel. Page 218 says, "'Please, not yet.'"
The Elizas by Sara Shepard. Writer famous for her YA novels lives in Pittsburgh. Page 102 says, "Mostly just took pills, drank, and... went to... different schools... and... exchanged a loaded... therapist... for... six-foot wings."
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When They Call You A Terrorist: a black lives matter memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullers and Asha Bandele. 5CDs at 6 hours. I guarantee these women have to spell their names to everyone. I know the feeling.
Don't Call Me Princess: girls, women, sex, and life by Peggy Orenstein. I'm not sure who Orenstein is but she seems to sell a lot of books. Food: what the heck should I eat? by Mark Hyman, MD. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. Food advice.
After Anna by Lisa Scottline. 9 CDs at 11 hours. Scottoline lives in Pennsylvania. To me central Pennsylvania seems like a mystery location, a "here be monsters" land of the unknown. I suppose other people think the same for Wisconsin.
Customer Service Training 101 by Renee Evenson. 6 CDs at 6.6 hours. I figured this would circ'.
Educated by Tara Westover. Girl from a survivalist family enters her first classroom as a seventeen-year-ol. She studied at home to take the ACT and attend college and eventually graduated from Harvard and Cambridge.
The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver. Chills and thrills that pay Deaver's bills.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. This is supposed to be excellent. McNamara researched the serial rapist and killer who was active from 1976 to 1986.
Fiction
Go Ask Fannie by Elisabeth Hyde. A bunch of flowers and a farm house on the cover. She wrote The Abortionist's Daughter which was very popular.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. The famed true crime writer's last book before her untimely death. Golden State Killer is both a serial rapist and killer suspected of 50+rapes and 10 murders from 1976 to 1986.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: volume 19 by Jim Davis. Local children LOOOOOVE Garfield books. We have several of these collection.
Easy Soups From Scratch with Quick Breads to Match by Ivy Manning. Fancy pictures of food and recipes so you can make the items. Page 89 says, "Cover the mussels with a wet paper towel and set them aside in the refrigerator while preparing the broth."
Computer Coding With JavaScript Handbook by DK Workbooks. Page 23 says, "[unable to show quote because html-friendly codes from the book will not show in Blogger.]"
Fiction
Shattered Mirror by Iris Johansen. Ms Johansen has the same author photo as the last few books she wrote. This is the 21st book in the Eve Duncan series. 21. That is a lot of novel writing.
The Fallen by David Baldacci. Is this one of those hit man books? Let me check... doesn't look like it. Amos Decker suffered a head injury and now remembers everything. Kinda like Marilu Henner - but without a bonk on the head.
The Only Story by Julian Barnes. I'm not sure if I ever read a book by Barnes. His name is certainly familiar. Let me check... oh, okay, I read A Sense of an Ending.
AudioBooks on CD
Beartown by Fredrik Backman. Small town junior hockey team is really good and playing in a national semi-final. The town puts big pressure on the athletes.
The End of Summer by Rosamunde Pilcher. Romance with American returning to her childhood home in Scotland.
Travel As A Political Act: how to leave your baggage behind by Rick Steves. "Steves considers the new political reality and why travel has never been more relevant.
Death at Nuremberg by WEB Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. Shoot'em up in Europe after WWII.
The Sixth Day by Catherine Coulter and JT Ellison. JT Ellison sounds familiar but I think I am confusing her name with that of an actor. Ellison lives in Nashville. A library customer spoke about his recent trip to Nashville and how much he enjoyed the live music venues.
Twenty-One Days by Anne Perry. New series featuring the son of Perry's Pitt characters.
Shoot First by Stuart Woods. Yet another book by Woods. Or maybe by "Woods" because I suspect a ghost writer.
The Cutting Edge by Jeffery Deaver. Deaver has a beard and a massive backlist; I count 48 titles including books he edited.
Abbotts
Normandy Gold by Megan Abbott and Alison Gaylin. Comic book crime novel by Abbott and Gaylin. Sheriff Normandy Gold investigates the murder of her sister.
I Bring Sorrow: and other stories of transgression by Patricia Abbott. Other Abbott's most recent short story collection.
Other Fictional Fictions for Fictional Fictionizers
After Anna by Lisa Scottoline. Scottoline is a Big Deal Author. Tragedy and murder when a woman's long lost daughter returns, is murdered, and the woman's husband is suspected. The Last Stand by Mickey Spillane. The last completed novel by Mickey Spillane. Spillane's literary estate has been managed by Max Alan Collins who held this novel back until Spillane's 100th birthday. And hey, look, it's not a Mike Hammer novel. That is kinda cool. Spider-Man/Deadpool by Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness. Spider-man and Deadpool punch and kick bad guys. Deadpool by Posehn and Duggan: the complete collection: volume 2 by Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan. Deadpool punches, kicks, shoots, and stabs people. Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter by JS Drangsholt.
Circe by Madeline Miller. A telling of the life of Circe from The Odyssey. Miller lives in Narberth, PA. I have no idea where Narberth is and I refuse to look it up.
All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson. Swanson lives in some town in Massachusetts.
NonFiction
A False Report: a true story of rape in America by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong. Woman reports a rape. Woman prosecuted for making false report. Years later a serial rapist is discovered. Serial rapist is guy who raped woman who was prosecuted.
Text Me When Yo Get Home: the evolution and triumph of modern female friendship by Kayleen Schaefer. This book has good reviews, unlike this blog.
The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: a true story of injustice in the American South by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington. Forensic Pathologist for Alabama was incompetent.
Enough As She Is: [real long subtitle] by Rachel Simmons. Child raising advice. Simmons lives in Massachusetts. I have trouble typing Massachuseetsss.
NonFiction Secrets of the Human Body by Chris Van Tulleken, Xand Van Tulleken, and Andrew Cohen. British doctor guys write about the human body.
Partially Excited States by Charles Hood. Hood won the Felix Pollak Prize and writes poems about stuff. Hood's poems are split into three sections, the third section is entitled Escape Velocity and that reminded me of this Johnny Marr tune.
Don't Call Me Princess: essays on girls, women, sex, and life by Peggy Orenstein. According to the dust cover Orenstein lives in Northern California with her husband, daughter, and a hairy dog. Page 109 says, "My dad, who was a lawyer, once defended a back-alley abortionist in a criminal case."
Eat The Apple: a memoir by Matt Young. Drunk teenager wrecks his car, joins the Marines, takes three working vacation with guns to Iraq. No photos but there are some simple drawings.
Achtung Baby: an American mom on the art of raising self-reliant children by Sara Zaske. Page 105 says, "American kids don't have as many opportunities to conquer a dragon - at least outside of a video game - because our kids spend much more time indoors than their German peers do."
Your Score: an insider's secrets to understanding, controlling and protecting your credit score by Anthony Davenport with Matthew Rudy. I figured this would circ.
You Need A Budget by Jesse Mecham. This has a real long subtitle.
Paying For College Without Going Broke, 2018 edition by Kalman A. Chany. Page 173 says, "You have to ask questions 95-102 only if you are an independent student."
Dinner: changing the game by Melissa Clark. This had a fantastic review. Page 223 says, "In a large bowl, toss the kale with the olive oil and fine sea salt to taste."
The Best of America's Test Kitchen by the editors at America's Test Kitchen. Recipes to make food.
Built: the hidden stories behind our structures by Roma Agrawal. I bought this because it looked neat. Ms. Agrawal grew up in the States and India and lives in London.
Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes. Writer in Tuscany has three American retirees move in next door.Writer is inspired.
The Road Home by Beverly Lewis. Another Amish romance but the cover has the woman fastening up the shirt of a young boy instead of the usual cover image of a model with her hair covered in the Amish style.
Varina by Charles Frazier. Frazier's Cold Mountain was a huge hit. I did not realize that came our over 20 years ago in 1997. I never read the book either. I started to watch the film and never finished. This novel is about Jefferson Davis's younger wife, Varina.
The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman. Ms. Shipman is actually Mr. Rouse. Shipman was Rouses's grandmother. Rouse lives in Michigan and California. Does he fly or drive back and forth? I don't know.
I'll Be Your Blue Sky by Marisa De Los Santos. De Los Santos has a PdD in literature and lives in Delaware. There are a few PhD writers I can think of. Victor Gischler. Anthony Neil Smith. Bill Crider. Megan Abbott. Robert B Parker.
The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse by Alexander McCall Smith. "A heartwarming tale of hope and friendship set in amid the turmoil of WWII."
Hold Back the Dark by Kay Hooper. Hooper writes a lot of novels. Let us see how many are listed on the inside cover. 8. That seems low.
Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman. Carpooling mom has her life intertwining with the other families after a philandering wife is found out.
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano. Sicilian woman comes to control her own mafia gang.
The Overstory by Richard Powers. A fictionalized look inside the website overstock.com where a warehouse employee moves up into software development while falling in love with a buyer.
The Italian Party by Christina Lynch. An exciting tale of political intrigue as a group of Italian immigrants in Encinitas, CA fight against developers trying to take away the immigrants new parrot farm.
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer. Penny was orphaned at four-years-old. She was taken in by Mistress Kweller who raised her to be the ultimate spy - a woman who sells her feminine wiles and violent urges to the highest bidder.
I've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark. A collection of short stories about your dog whenever you eat dinner.
Cave of Bones by Anne Hillerman. A wacky journey through the catacombs of Paris with Louise the plumber as he assists his lovelorn sister in pursuing her missing husband.
The Knowledge: a Richard Jury mystery by Martha Grimes. Richard Jury knows things. He knows the ABV of his favorite ale. He knows how many steps from his front door to the curry shop. He knows the correct number of bristles in a hair brush. But, Richard does not know why his dog smells so bad after having just had a bath.
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison. Ethan was raised by a groundskeeper father and joined the trade. He now maintains the courses at Wimbledon where he tries to catch the eye of the beautiful Eva, an upcoming tennis player from Lithuania.
To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear. I know nothing about Jacqueline Winspear except that she writes a lot of Maisie Dobbs novels. Let's check out the author bio on the flyleaf... She lives in California and "is the... Most Loved... national... Alex... for... the United Kingdom." Well, that is odd.
Jack Rabbit Smile by Joe R. Lansdale. Another Hap and Leonard novel. Everyone cheer! Hurrah! Lansdale's biography says, "Joe... has... British... family in... Texas." Well, I know that isn't true. How silly.
Truth or Dare by Fern Michaels. Prolific author Michaels keeps her fans happy. Her biography says Michaels is, "has built... four dogs and a... ghost." Huh? How strange.
Music is Performed. Music is Recorded. Music is Embedded Into Plastic Discs.
American Utopia by David Byrne. American singer sings songs of people and feelings.
30th Anniversary Collection by The Hollies. British singers sing songs about King Mid
as and Carrie Anne breathing air at the bus stop to the carousel that must stop. Stop. Stop!
DVD Archer Dreamland: the complete season eight starring [voice actors]. Archer is in a coma from season seven and imagines himself in post-war Los Angeles.
Fiction
How To Be Safe by Tom McAllister. Whoops, never mind. This does not release until April 3. Oh well, once it becomes available you can read about the aftermath of a school shooting.
The Handmaid's Tale: season one starring Elizabeth Moss. The future is not very hopeful.
Large Print
Mystery
The Temptation of Forgiveness by Donna Leon. Inside cover has a map of Venice. I like maps.
Caribbean Rim by randy Wayne White. The 25th Doc Ford novel. That is a lot of books. Author lives on Sanibel Island and I won't look that place up online.
Duel to the Death by J.A. Jance. Some sort of scary spy killer thing. I think. The dust cover description lost me after the first paragraph. This has a release date of March 20 so you'll have to wait.
Red Alert by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Oh, this book has a March 26 release date. You'll have to wait on this one too.
Fade To Black by David Rosenfelt. Is Rosenfelt the guy with 20 dogs? No. He is the guy with 25 dogs. I'm not kidding, he has that many beasts at home.
Wind River starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner. Forests. Mountains. Guy with a rifle. COld weather clothing.
Fiction
By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber. Science fiction novel about people in space.
Plum Tea Crazy by Laura Childs. Is this a cozy mystery with recipes? It sure looks like it.
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox. Oh, okay, the author bio explains why her name is familiar. Fox co-writes some of those James Patterson novels. This story has a Sydney, Australia Police Detective cleared of an abduction but with a name of mud.
