NonFiction
The Successful Marketing Plan: how to create dynamic, results-oriented marketing by Roman G. Hiebing, et al. Page 238 says "Part III. Tactical Plans."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia by Stephen Bertman. Page Page 109 says "Observed by his queen and courtiers, Ur-Nanshe, with his son in tow, proudly commences the construction of a new temple. Below, we see him with drink in hand."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt by Rosalie David. Page 127 says "Egypt's first step to establish this empire was to repossess Nubia."
Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome by Lesley Adkins and Roy A. Adkins. Is Lesley the man's or woman's spelling? Page 386 says "horseshoes 185".
Overlord: the illustrated histoy of the D-Day landings by Ken Ford and Steven J. Zaloga. Good thing you added in that "J", Zaloga. Because Zaloga is such a common name. Page 271 says "1st Dorsets".
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Indigenous, Donations, Discounts
Indigenous Cheeseheads
Mothers and Daughters by Rae Meadows. Young mom finds some of her dead mom's belongings and "discovers links to pieces of her family history but is puzzled by much of the information the box contains" including her grandmother catching an Orphan Train from New York. Madison.
Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen. Young twin girls Milly and Twiss live in Spring Green, WI during the summer of '47. Their golf pro father is injured and unable to gold, the mom says they will stay poor, and cousin Bett comes to visit. Spring Green.
The Long Way Home by Karen McQuestion. 35-year-old Marnie's boyfriend keels over from a heart attack. Marnie raised the boyfriend's son, Troy, but now his rotten birth mother takes him away. Friends from Marnie's grief counseling group travel with her to Las Vegas to visit Troy. (I originally typed that as Las Begas. I'd visit a town called Las Begas.) Milwaukee.
Healing the Heart of Democracy: the courage to create a politics worthy of the human spirit by Parker J. Palmer. Why does the cover list his name like this: Parker J. PALMER? Why the upper case? Madison.
Donations
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: biography of J.E.B. Stuart by Jeffry D. Wert. "Provides new details about Stuart's childhood and youth, and he draws on letters between Stuart and his wife, Flora...eager for glory, daring sometimes to the point of recklessness."
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson. Go Gusties!
Killing Lincoln: the shocking assassination that changed America forever by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. I looked at the pictures.
James Madison by Richard Brookhiser. "The Father of Constitution, for he more than any other man got it written and ratified. He called for the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787...took notes on every speech...led the fight for ratification in his native Virginia...co-authored the Federalist papers...shepherded the Bill of Rights through the First Congress...ate those little snack cakes his wife, Dolly, made."
Grant's Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant's heroic last year by Charles Bracelen Flood. After a financial swindle the terminally ill Grant would write up to 10,000 words a day to finish his memoirs "and save his family from financial ruin."
Unbroken: a World War II story of Survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. Survival as a POW of the Japanese. I looked at these pictures, too.
Discounts
The Ancient Roman World by Ronald Mellor and Marni McGee. Chapter 19, How to Get Rich in Rome: business and trade.
The Ancient Greek World by Jennifer T. Roberts and Tracy Barrett. Chapter 24, "A pestilent man": Philip of Macedon.
The Ancient Egyptian World by Eric H. Cline and Jill Rubabcaba. Chapter 4, Thank you, Rosetta Stone: hieroglyphs.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Double Dose of Max Collins Plus One Comic Book
Fiction
Lady, Go Die by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane. The long lost sequel to Spillane's I, the Jury. Spillane wrote this one after I, the Jury came out in 1947 but he shelved the manuscript. Collins has been taking old Spillane manuscripts and finishing them. Sometime Collins just has to polish up a draft. Other times Collins does a lot more work with a partial manuscript. Collins has done press and interviews to promote Lady but I've ignored it all to avoid any spoilers before I read the novel.
Antiques Bizarre by Barbara Allan. Barbara is Max Allan Collins's wife. They collaborate on this cozy mystery series. I spoke very briefly to Barbara at Bouchercon. She is a very nice lady.
The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry. This is supposed to be quite good. A thriller with a kidnapping and search for 500-year-old secret.
Wild Thing by Josh Bazell. I don't remember what this is about. Let's take a look...oh, yeah. A former mob hit man in hiding in Minnesota helps a paleontologist in trouble. This, too, is supposed to be quite good and funny, fast, and furious.
Waters of Star Lake by Sara Rath. Rath lives in Spring Green, WI. Natalie Waters vacations in the northwoods in the center of Dillinger rumors and timber wolf turmoil. Whenever I see the word northwoods I think of Leinenkugel.
Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess by Simon Brett. Kind of like Jeeves and Wooster but with a mystery. I think Brett used to be a race car driver but I am too busy to check.
The Singles by Meredith Goldstein. Bride-to-be wants no single guests. I don't know if this is a comic novel or what.
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray. How do you know when they arrive?
Jack of Ravens by Mark Chadbourn. Fantasy novel. Modern guy walks into a mist and emerges into Celtic Britain. He finds his way to the timeless Otherworld and figures to bide his time for two thousand years.
Dark Magic by James Swain. Swain's Miami based mysteries do well. Dark has psychic who is part of a crime prevention group.
Black & White by Raymond Benson. Part of the Black Stiletto series featuring 1950s crime fighter Judy Cooper. The Stiletto has to rescue a kidnapped girl.
Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell. Archeologist is looking for stolen Mayan artifacts. Federal cop named Hunter helps her out. Romance happens.
Redemption by Kate Flora. Portland cop Reggie's holiday weekend is cancelled to recover a drowned body. The body is a homeless man and former classmate and fellow Vietnam Vet Reggie. Reggie's death may not have been accidental.
City of Rocks by Michael Zimmer. Western novel. What happened out there in City of Rocks wasn't clean. It was grimy and smelly and gut-numbingly cold. And it was scary. Men died for stupid reasons, and when they did, they didn't just grab their chests and fall over. They got knocked down hard and the life spilled out of them like blood from a butchered hog. I guess I ought to know since I was there. Since it was me who did most of the killing that day.
Graphic Novel
Troop 142 by Mike Dawson. "Join the Boy Scouts for a week of campfires, merit badge courses, group showers and merciless hazing at Pinewood Forest Camp, New Jersey, in the summer of 1995." Camp Drake used to have Mountain Dew in old style glass bottles.
NonFiction
Guttenberg Bible by Steve Guttenberg. Hilarious memoir of life in Hollywood.
Lady, Go Die by Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane. The long lost sequel to Spillane's I, the Jury. Spillane wrote this one after I, the Jury came out in 1947 but he shelved the manuscript. Collins has been taking old Spillane manuscripts and finishing them. Sometime Collins just has to polish up a draft. Other times Collins does a lot more work with a partial manuscript. Collins has done press and interviews to promote Lady but I've ignored it all to avoid any spoilers before I read the novel.
Antiques Bizarre by Barbara Allan. Barbara is Max Allan Collins's wife. They collaborate on this cozy mystery series. I spoke very briefly to Barbara at Bouchercon. She is a very nice lady.
The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry. This is supposed to be quite good. A thriller with a kidnapping and search for 500-year-old secret.
Wild Thing by Josh Bazell. I don't remember what this is about. Let's take a look...oh, yeah. A former mob hit man in hiding in Minnesota helps a paleontologist in trouble. This, too, is supposed to be quite good and funny, fast, and furious.
Waters of Star Lake by Sara Rath. Rath lives in Spring Green, WI. Natalie Waters vacations in the northwoods in the center of Dillinger rumors and timber wolf turmoil. Whenever I see the word northwoods I think of Leinenkugel.
Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess by Simon Brett. Kind of like Jeeves and Wooster but with a mystery. I think Brett used to be a race car driver but I am too busy to check.
The Singles by Meredith Goldstein. Bride-to-be wants no single guests. I don't know if this is a comic novel or what.
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray. How do you know when they arrive?
Jack of Ravens by Mark Chadbourn. Fantasy novel. Modern guy walks into a mist and emerges into Celtic Britain. He finds his way to the timeless Otherworld and figures to bide his time for two thousand years.
Dark Magic by James Swain. Swain's Miami based mysteries do well. Dark has psychic who is part of a crime prevention group.
Black & White by Raymond Benson. Part of the Black Stiletto series featuring 1950s crime fighter Judy Cooper. The Stiletto has to rescue a kidnapped girl.
Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell. Archeologist is looking for stolen Mayan artifacts. Federal cop named Hunter helps her out. Romance happens.
Redemption by Kate Flora. Portland cop Reggie's holiday weekend is cancelled to recover a drowned body. The body is a homeless man and former classmate and fellow Vietnam Vet Reggie. Reggie's death may not have been accidental.
City of Rocks by Michael Zimmer. Western novel. What happened out there in City of Rocks wasn't clean. It was grimy and smelly and gut-numbingly cold. And it was scary. Men died for stupid reasons, and when they did, they didn't just grab their chests and fall over. They got knocked down hard and the life spilled out of them like blood from a butchered hog. I guess I ought to know since I was there. Since it was me who did most of the killing that day.
Graphic Novel
Troop 142 by Mike Dawson. "Join the Boy Scouts for a week of campfires, merit badge courses, group showers and merciless hazing at Pinewood Forest Camp, New Jersey, in the summer of 1995." Camp Drake used to have Mountain Dew in old style glass bottles.
NonFiction
Guttenberg Bible by Steve Guttenberg. Hilarious memoir of life in Hollywood.
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.
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