Fiction
Wrath of the Savage by Charles G. West. Indians kidnap two women during a raid through several homesteads. Army officer Bret Hollister sets out on their trail.
Graveyard of Memories by Barry Eisler. John Rain in 1972 as he learns to become a murderer for hire. I'll read this.
Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh. Murder mystery in the rural Ozarks. Teen girl looks to find out what happened to her murdered pal. Looks pretty decent.
The Accident by Chris Pavone. Some thriller about rich and famous people being revealed as goons. Author photo is in a restaurant. Nina Subin took the photo. According to Subin's website she takes a lot of author photos. I've read books by only two of the ones listed on the site. I've no idea who Ana Marie Cox is but she's good looking.
Runner by Patrick Lee. We have two of these. I hate when I order duplicates by mistake. That's okay. People will read the book. Ex-soldier encoutners 12-year-old on the run from a secret government prison. Lee's author photo is by Henry Stampfel. Maybe Stampfel is this guy.
Thirty Girls by Susan Minot. "Literary tour de force set against the haunting canvas of war-torn Africa." 30 teen girls kidnapped y Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. Minot's author photo is black and white. Not unlike The Hives.
Bread and Butter by Michelle Wildgen. Three brothers have competing restaurants in a small town. "A dazzling, brilliantly observed novel of food and siblings." Wildgen has a professional portrait shot for her author photo - like the people above. Wildgen attended Madison. Most author bios list the writer's current hometown or state. Wildgen's does not. Since Wildgen does a ton of food writing I'm betting she secretly lives somewhere like Minot. I presume the Northern Plains are not a hot bed of culinary activity and she has to hide this.
While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell. The cover dsign says, "Vampires." The dust cover says, "[Sleeping Beauty's maid]." Blackwell's author photo is kinda small. Heidi Jo Brady took the picture. Hey, Heidi Jo Brady also took Gillian Flynn's headshot. Brady must be the Chicago author photographer.
NonFiction
Frommer's Easy Guide to National Parks of the American West. Yes, people still enjoy travel guides in print. Page 136 gives a one star review to the Panamint Springs Resort by Death Valley.
Uganda Be Kidding Me by Chelsea handler. Something about traveling. many color photos on the inside including many dog photos.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Friday, March 07, 2014
Mathematically Thrilling Oscars
DVD
Abduction of Eden starring Beau Bridges. This looks incredibly disturbing. Girl hitches a ride and is imprisoned with other women as a sex slave in a ring run by a local policeman.
Dallas Buyer's Club starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto. Guy illegally imports drugs for HIV/AIDS treatment.
Amy Schumer: mostly sex stuff by Amy Schumer. Woman stands on stage and tells jokes. People in audience laugh. Good luck finding a clean audio clip.
Fiction
The Bootlegger by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. Another thriller novel cover with boats and flames and explosions.
Black Horizon by James Grippando. A massive oil spill in Cuban waters is heading north and the Cubans will fire on any ships coming to assist closing the leak.
Moon Sisters by Therese Walsh. Walsh's author photo has her kneeling between rail road tracks. I learned to stay away from railway tracks when I lived in Kansas. The novel is a, "mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism."
A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPante. "A searing and spellbinding psychological thriller of marital deception, revenge, and murder." Let's apply that to real life, shall we?
Deception: "Yes, I put the dog out."
Revenge: I'm going to change the TV station.
Murder: "Aaah, spider! Spider! Kill the spider!"
NonFiction
Math Starters, 2nd Edition: 5- to 10-minute activities by Judith Muschla, et al. Page 201 SAYS, "(1) 60, 20, 100"
Abduction of Eden starring Beau Bridges. This looks incredibly disturbing. Girl hitches a ride and is imprisoned with other women as a sex slave in a ring run by a local policeman.
Dallas Buyer's Club starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto. Guy illegally imports drugs for HIV/AIDS treatment.
Amy Schumer: mostly sex stuff by Amy Schumer. Woman stands on stage and tells jokes. People in audience laugh. Good luck finding a clean audio clip.
Fiction
The Bootlegger by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. Another thriller novel cover with boats and flames and explosions.
Black Horizon by James Grippando. A massive oil spill in Cuban waters is heading north and the Cubans will fire on any ships coming to assist closing the leak.
Moon Sisters by Therese Walsh. Walsh's author photo has her kneeling between rail road tracks. I learned to stay away from railway tracks when I lived in Kansas. The novel is a, "mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism."
A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPante. "A searing and spellbinding psychological thriller of marital deception, revenge, and murder." Let's apply that to real life, shall we?
Deception: "Yes, I put the dog out."
Revenge: I'm going to change the TV station.
Murder: "Aaah, spider! Spider! Kill the spider!"
NonFiction
Math Starters, 2nd Edition: 5- to 10-minute activities by Judith Muschla, et al. Page 201 SAYS, "(1) 60, 20, 100"
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
College French
NonFiction
Standout College Application: expert advice that takes you from LMO* to admit (*like many others) by Alison Cooper Chisolm and Anna Ivey. Page 121 says, "Really Short Answer Tip #4: choose wide or choose deep."
France by Michelin Tyre Public Limited Company. The Green Guide. Page 92 says, "The 17C was an era of almost continuous warfare in Europe. Military construction, to defend borders in particular, was both a heavy burden on the finances of the time, and source of pride."
Standout College Application: expert advice that takes you from LMO* to admit (*like many others) by Alison Cooper Chisolm and Anna Ivey. Page 121 says, "Really Short Answer Tip #4: choose wide or choose deep."
France by Michelin Tyre Public Limited Company. The Green Guide. Page 92 says, "The 17C was an era of almost continuous warfare in Europe. Military construction, to defend borders in particular, was both a heavy burden on the finances of the time, and source of pride."
Thursday, February 27, 2014
No Relation
Fiction
Raiders of the Nile by Steven Saylor (no relation). If I were a relation of Saylor (no relation) I would have advised against using that title. An earlier Gordianus the Finder novel. Saylor's (no relation) Gordianus series is very good. (No relation.)
The Chase by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. Evanovich and Goldberg's second novel with spies or assassins or something. Goldberg found some extra copies at Costco of their first book, The Heist, if you'd like one.
Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke. The dust cover says Fluke is from Minnesota. The internet says she was born in Swanville, MN.
Bark by Lorrie Moore. Moore used to teach at UW and then skipped town for Vanderbilt University. The dust jacket says " heartrending mash-up of the tragic and the laugh-out loud - the hallmark of life in Lorrie-Moore-land." Lorrie-Moore-land? Really?
Death of a Policeman by M.C. Beaton. "M.C. Beaton lives in a Cotswold cottage with her husband." For all the books Beaton has sold she should just buy Cotswold. I'm not sure what Cotswold is, though. Is it a town? A region? I won't bother looking it up, either.
Kiss and Tell by Fern Michaels. "There are over seventy-five million copies of her books in print." That is a lot. Maybe she should buy Cotswold instead. She could buy-out Beaton.
Raiders of the Nile by Steven Saylor (no relation). If I were a relation of Saylor (no relation) I would have advised against using that title. An earlier Gordianus the Finder novel. Saylor's (no relation) Gordianus series is very good. (No relation.)
The Chase by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. Evanovich and Goldberg's second novel with spies or assassins or something. Goldberg found some extra copies at Costco of their first book, The Heist, if you'd like one.
Blackberry Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke. The dust cover says Fluke is from Minnesota. The internet says she was born in Swanville, MN.
Bark by Lorrie Moore. Moore used to teach at UW and then skipped town for Vanderbilt University. The dust jacket says " heartrending mash-up of the tragic and the laugh-out loud - the hallmark of life in Lorrie-Moore-land." Lorrie-Moore-land? Really?
Death of a Policeman by M.C. Beaton. "M.C. Beaton lives in a Cotswold cottage with her husband." For all the books Beaton has sold she should just buy Cotswold. I'm not sure what Cotswold is, though. Is it a town? A region? I won't bother looking it up, either.
Kiss and Tell by Fern Michaels. "There are over seventy-five million copies of her books in print." That is a lot. Maybe she should buy Cotswold instead. She could buy-out Beaton.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Music with Neil Finn and Some Kid in His Bedroom
Musicians Play Instruments and Singers Sing Songs Into Microphones Which Are Used in Recording Studios That Process the Sounds Into Digital Files That are Physically Embedded Into Round Plastic Discs Called "Compact Discs"
Dizzy Heights by Neil Finn. Kiwi singer sings songs. Here are a few Finn played during a webcast.
Now That's What I Call Music 49 by [various]. Pop singers sing pop songs.
Dizzy Heights by Neil Finn. Kiwi singer sings songs. Here are a few Finn played during a webcast.
Now That's What I Call Music 49 by [various]. Pop singers sing pop songs.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Arthurian Musical Interlude
Fiction
The Raven's Warrior by Vincent Pratchett. Celt is wounded, captured, sold to slavers and sent to the Middle East. Bought by a witch "a new root of Arhurian legend takes hold." Pratchett's author photo is closely cropped and really, really tiny. The photo measures 1" by 13/16".
Musical Interlude One
People in the '70s danced funny.
Musical Interlude Two
Neil Finn has a new album. Our copy is not yet processed into a fancy-schmancy locking case.
The Raven's Warrior by Vincent Pratchett. Celt is wounded, captured, sold to slavers and sent to the Middle East. Bought by a witch "a new root of Arhurian legend takes hold." Pratchett's author photo is closely cropped and really, really tiny. The photo measures 1" by 13/16".
Musical Interlude One
People in the '70s danced funny.
Musical Interlude Two
Neil Finn has a new album. Our copy is not yet processed into a fancy-schmancy locking case.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
According to Twitter and Facebook Laura Lippman Is A Big Deal
Fiction
After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman. I follow a few writers on Twitter and Facebook and several of them have praised Lippman and were excited to get this novel. Lippman has not updated her author photo in a while.
Cold Storage Alaska by John Straley.Straley's photo looks like a cropped snapshot. Straley was the writer Laureate of Alaska in 2006. Page 99 says, "Bob Gleason, using a walker, pushed his way up to Miles and jutted out a wobbly hand." I have not heard the following video clip but it was posted 47 minutes ago and I'm embedding the sucker!
My Name is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner. Your name is "resolute"? What are you, a boat? "A woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution."
North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo. The cover photo tells me, "Woman stands on old dock watching the fishing ships come in as she pines for her missing fisherman husband." The inside cover says, "Fisherwoman is on boat that sinks, cares for boat captain's child and starts to wonder if sinking was an accident."
DVD
Elysium starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster. Matt Damon pretends to live in the future. Jodie Foster pretends to live in the future. They both pretend to live in the future.
After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman. I follow a few writers on Twitter and Facebook and several of them have praised Lippman and were excited to get this novel. Lippman has not updated her author photo in a while.
Cold Storage Alaska by John Straley.Straley's photo looks like a cropped snapshot. Straley was the writer Laureate of Alaska in 2006. Page 99 says, "Bob Gleason, using a walker, pushed his way up to Miles and jutted out a wobbly hand." I have not heard the following video clip but it was posted 47 minutes ago and I'm embedding the sucker!
My Name is Resolute by Nancy E. Turner. Your name is "resolute"? What are you, a boat? "A woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution."
North of Boston by Elisabeth Elo. The cover photo tells me, "Woman stands on old dock watching the fishing ships come in as she pines for her missing fisherman husband." The inside cover says, "Fisherwoman is on boat that sinks, cares for boat captain's child and starts to wonder if sinking was an accident."
DVD
Elysium starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster. Matt Damon pretends to live in the future. Jodie Foster pretends to live in the future. They both pretend to live in the future.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Joe R. Lansdale? Again? Yes, Again.
Fiction
The Ape Man's Brother by Joe R. Lansdal. Tarzan and his ape brother are living a happy jungle life. An expedition convinces them to go to New York where they have a great time until Tarzan does something embarassing in public.
DVD
The Internship starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Two older guys lose their jobs and get internships at Google.
Riddick starring Vin Diesel. Unpleasant antihero is unpleasant.
The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer. Unpleasant men are not antiheroes. They are murderers who not only escaped justice but are still feted.
Grieving the Sudden Death of a Loved One by Paracelte Press. Dealing with despair.
Touring on Two Wheels with Dennis Gage. Motorcycle tours in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Quebec and elsewhere.
Audiobooks on CD
Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston. 8.5 hours on 7 CDs. Noir vampire if a NYC kinda-P.I. for other vampires. Fun stuff. No sparkling.
Stand-In Groom by Suzanne Brockmann. 6.75 hours on 6 CDs. "But the rules of the erotic game they were playing were dangerously shifting with every touch, every glance."
Time Enough for Love by Suzanne Brockmann. 5.9 hours on 5 CDs.
The Mission, The Men, and Me: lessons from a former Delta Force commander by Pete Blaber. I liked that show The Unit.
NonFiction
Cook on a Shoestring by Sophie Wright. Not to be confused to Sophie Littelfield who writes novels. Wright was a cooking wunderkind in the UK.
The Ape Man's Brother by Joe R. Lansdal. Tarzan and his ape brother are living a happy jungle life. An expedition convinces them to go to New York where they have a great time until Tarzan does something embarassing in public.
DVD
The Internship starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Two older guys lose their jobs and get internships at Google.
Riddick starring Vin Diesel. Unpleasant antihero is unpleasant.
The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer. Unpleasant men are not antiheroes. They are murderers who not only escaped justice but are still feted.
Grieving the Sudden Death of a Loved One by Paracelte Press. Dealing with despair.
Touring on Two Wheels with Dennis Gage. Motorcycle tours in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Quebec and elsewhere.
Audiobooks on CD
Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston. 8.5 hours on 7 CDs. Noir vampire if a NYC kinda-P.I. for other vampires. Fun stuff. No sparkling.
Stand-In Groom by Suzanne Brockmann. 6.75 hours on 6 CDs. "But the rules of the erotic game they were playing were dangerously shifting with every touch, every glance."
Time Enough for Love by Suzanne Brockmann. 5.9 hours on 5 CDs.
The Mission, The Men, and Me: lessons from a former Delta Force commander by Pete Blaber. I liked that show The Unit.
NonFiction
Cook on a Shoestring by Sophie Wright. Not to be confused to Sophie Littelfield who writes novels. Wright was a cooking wunderkind in the UK.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Older Pop Music
Older Pop Tunes That Have Been Donated Within A Plastic Disc With A Center Hole
Machine by Smashing Pumpkins. I figured it would circulate.
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins. I figured it would circulate.
Being There by Wilco. I figured it would circulate. Allmusic lilked this tune, I Got You (At the End of the Century).
Not to be confused with Split Enz's I Got You,
Or Pearl Jam's I Got You,
Or, Marilyn Manson's I Got You,
Or, [some guy playing bass guitar]'s I Got You,
Machine by Smashing Pumpkins. I figured it would circulate.
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins. I figured it would circulate.
Being There by Wilco. I figured it would circulate. Allmusic lilked this tune, I Got You (At the End of the Century).
Not to be confused with Split Enz's I Got You,
Or Pearl Jam's I Got You,
Or, Marilyn Manson's I Got You,
Or, [some guy playing bass guitar]'s I Got You,
Biggest Mish of Mash Ever
Fiction
Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann. The cover says: Some sort of shoot-em up with a muscle guy who lost his shirt but kept his gun.
Cell by Robin Cook. The author's name says: medical thriller. The cover illustration says: someone dropped their cell phone in the rain.
Mark of Evil by Tim Lahaye and Craig Parshall. The cover illustration says: a satellite zaps the world into an integrated circuit.
NonFiction
Duty by Robert M. Gates. The cover illustration says: yeah, I know the title can been turned into a elementary school joke.
Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia by Jason Loborik, et al. The cover says: Look at me, I'm Matt Smith and I use one gallon of products to make my hair up.
British Paratrooper Versus Fallschirmajager: Mediterranean 1942-43 by David Greentree. The cover says: Hey, just like Forgotten Weapons.
British Infantryman Versus Zulu Warrior: Anglo-Zulu War 1879 by Ian Knight. The cover says: Hey, you remember that famous war movie about the African wars? Not, not that one, the other one.
Decorate Cakes, Cupcakes, and Cookies with Kids by Autumn Carpenter. The cover says: I'm filled with COLOR, COLOR, COLOR!
Writing Fantasy Heroes: powerful advice from the pros edited by Jason M. Waltz. The cover says: Frank Frazetta would have a girl in here.
Audiobook on CD
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh. 10.5 hours on 9 CDs. The cover says: That's a big bridge.
Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann. The cover says: Some sort of shoot-em up with a muscle guy who lost his shirt but kept his gun.
Cell by Robin Cook. The author's name says: medical thriller. The cover illustration says: someone dropped their cell phone in the rain.
Mark of Evil by Tim Lahaye and Craig Parshall. The cover illustration says: a satellite zaps the world into an integrated circuit.
NonFiction
Duty by Robert M. Gates. The cover illustration says: yeah, I know the title can been turned into a elementary school joke.
Doctor Who Character Encyclopedia by Jason Loborik, et al. The cover says: Look at me, I'm Matt Smith and I use one gallon of products to make my hair up.
British Paratrooper Versus Fallschirmajager: Mediterranean 1942-43 by David Greentree. The cover says: Hey, just like Forgotten Weapons.
British Infantryman Versus Zulu Warrior: Anglo-Zulu War 1879 by Ian Knight. The cover says: Hey, you remember that famous war movie about the African wars? Not, not that one, the other one.
Decorate Cakes, Cupcakes, and Cookies with Kids by Autumn Carpenter. The cover says: I'm filled with COLOR, COLOR, COLOR!
Writing Fantasy Heroes: powerful advice from the pros edited by Jason M. Waltz. The cover says: Frank Frazetta would have a girl in here.
Audiobook on CD
Harbor Nocturne by Joseph Wambaugh. 10.5 hours on 9 CDs. The cover says: That's a big bridge.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Large Print and Two NonFic
Large Print
NonFiction
Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard. One fateful day in 1996,upon discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn reaped a tiny proift of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family's farm... hilarious... livestock... colorful local characters... sustainable... career... mainstream... health... turn... this... tugs... page.
Parenting Your Powerful Child by Dr. Kevin Leman. The kids on the cover is standing on a couch. The kid's hair looks like a kid I know named Silas. Except Silas has very blond hair and excellent manners.
NonFiction
Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard. One fateful day in 1996,upon discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn reaped a tiny proift of $18.16, young Forrest Pritchard undertakes to save his family's farm... hilarious... livestock... colorful local characters... sustainable... career... mainstream... health... turn... this... tugs... page.
Parenting Your Powerful Child by Dr. Kevin Leman. The kids on the cover is standing on a couch. The kid's hair looks like a kid I know named Silas. Except Silas has very blond hair and excellent manners.
Thursday, February 06, 2014
Cremaster, Fitness, Westerns, Louis C.K.
DVD
The Order from Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3. Years ago I read about Barney, probably in The New Yorker, and Barney's artwork. Barney made several films that sounded fascinating but I doubt many museum in the country hosted a viewing. The films sounded bizarre and fascinating.
I would periodically search for DVD (and VHS copies more years back) copies of the film series but could not find any reasonably priced copies. I did a search last week on Amazon.com and this came up for about $35. Of course now, with the internet, you can watch the whole series online. I'm behind the times, man.
Hilarious by Louis C.K. I'm behind ordering this, too. The copyright is 2011. But, people will still enjoy watching. I won't bother trying to find a profanity free video clip.
Sweetwater starring January Jones, Ed Harris. Vengeance western.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster. Armed robber escapes from prison and goes to meet his family. Western set in 1970s Texas.
Quick Fit with Andrea Metcalf. 30 5-minute workouts.
Escape Your Shape: 21-Day Body Makeover. Exercises.
Audiobooks on CD
More extra copies I will not type in.
The Order from Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3. Years ago I read about Barney, probably in The New Yorker, and Barney's artwork. Barney made several films that sounded fascinating but I doubt many museum in the country hosted a viewing. The films sounded bizarre and fascinating.
I would periodically search for DVD (and VHS copies more years back) copies of the film series but could not find any reasonably priced copies. I did a search last week on Amazon.com and this came up for about $35. Of course now, with the internet, you can watch the whole series online. I'm behind the times, man.
Hilarious by Louis C.K. I'm behind ordering this, too. The copyright is 2011. But, people will still enjoy watching. I won't bother trying to find a profanity free video clip.
Sweetwater starring January Jones, Ed Harris. Vengeance western.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, Ben Foster. Armed robber escapes from prison and goes to meet his family. Western set in 1970s Texas.
Quick Fit with Andrea Metcalf. 30 5-minute workouts.
Escape Your Shape: 21-Day Body Makeover. Exercises.
Audiobooks on CD
More extra copies I will not type in.
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Havana Moves Italy
Fiction
Havana Lost by Libby Fischer Hellmann. You may know Hellmann from bloggers Bill Crider, Bill Crider, and Bill Crider. Or maybe you know her from 2:24. This novel has revolutionary Cuba, a love affair, mobsters, and page 200 which says, "[blank]."
NonFiction
Monster Moves: adventures moving the world's biggest structures by Carlo Massarella. Lighthouses, submarines, University of Virginia's Varsity Hall, and houses that are cut apart, moved and then reassembled.
Brass Instrument Manual by Simon Croft and Andy Taylor. My kid plays tuba. I was going to buy my own mouthpiece and have him teach me what he learns but I never got around to it.
Italy, 2014 by DK Eyewitness. Another photo-filled, fun and fiery flying folio for '14.
Audiobooks on CD
These are also second copies, so I won't type them in. I won't even take a photograph.
Havana Lost by Libby Fischer Hellmann. You may know Hellmann from bloggers Bill Crider, Bill Crider, and Bill Crider. Or maybe you know her from 2:24. This novel has revolutionary Cuba, a love affair, mobsters, and page 200 which says, "[blank]."
NonFiction
Monster Moves: adventures moving the world's biggest structures by Carlo Massarella. Lighthouses, submarines, University of Virginia's Varsity Hall, and houses that are cut apart, moved and then reassembled.
Brass Instrument Manual by Simon Croft and Andy Taylor. My kid plays tuba. I was going to buy my own mouthpiece and have him teach me what he learns but I never got around to it.
Italy, 2014 by DK Eyewitness. Another photo-filled, fun and fiery flying folio for '14.
Audiobooks on CD
These are also second copies, so I won't type them in. I won't even take a photograph.
Monday, February 03, 2014
Englishmen Love Cars and Screwdrivers
DVD
Top Gear 19 featuring the Grouchy One, Captain Slow, the Short One. Englishmen do silly things and drive fast.
Doctor Who: Lost in Time starring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton. 3 DVDs with 434 minutes of Dr. Who. Never broadcast in the U.S., these episodes offer an enticing glimpse into 'lost' stories that have achieved legendary status.
Top Gear 19 featuring the Grouchy One, Captain Slow, the Short One. Englishmen do silly things and drive fast.
Doctor Who: Lost in Time starring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton. 3 DVDs with 434 minutes of Dr. Who. Never broadcast in the U.S., these episodes offer an enticing glimpse into 'lost' stories that have achieved legendary status.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Fiction, Rap and Soul
Music and Voices That Are Reproducible When Using the Correct Electronic Equipment
Black Panties by R. Kelly. Oh, this looks trashy. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell by Five Finger Death Punch. Wait a minute. This might be metal not rap. Let me check...yeah, it's a metal band. But, I don't want to change the title of the blog post.
Fiction
Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen. The novel of this title does not imply excitement.
I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe. Woman dresses as man to fight alongside her husband curing the Civil War. McCabe kinda looks like one of my wife's friends.
The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon. Fictionalization of a real-life New York judge who disappeared in 1930. Lawhon's author bio says, "lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, TN." Does that mean she has a rural place? Does that mean she has her own rifle range? I wish I had my own gun range.
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash. I read a book with "mercy" in the title, Michael Ayoob's In Search of Mercy which is a mystery. This is about kids, their deadbeat dad, a robbery, and someone trying to find the kids. Cash has a beard.
Ripper by Isabel Allende. A couple times each winter I'll grow a beard. I get sick of the beard after a time and shave it off. This is about strange murders in San Francisco. Beard content is unknown.
Lydia's Party by Margaret Hawkins. Cover image is an outdoor table and chairs set for dinner and photoshopped into a snow covered forest. I keep intending to do another book talk out on Rock Lake but never get around to it.
Black Panties by R. Kelly. Oh, this looks trashy. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell by Five Finger Death Punch. Wait a minute. This might be metal not rap. Let me check...yeah, it's a metal band. But, I don't want to change the title of the blog post.
Fiction
Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen. The novel of this title does not imply excitement.
I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe. Woman dresses as man to fight alongside her husband curing the Civil War. McCabe kinda looks like one of my wife's friends.
The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon. Fictionalization of a real-life New York judge who disappeared in 1930. Lawhon's author bio says, "lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, TN." Does that mean she has a rural place? Does that mean she has her own rifle range? I wish I had my own gun range.
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash. I read a book with "mercy" in the title, Michael Ayoob's In Search of Mercy which is a mystery. This is about kids, their deadbeat dad, a robbery, and someone trying to find the kids. Cash has a beard.
Ripper by Isabel Allende. A couple times each winter I'll grow a beard. I get sick of the beard after a time and shave it off. This is about strange murders in San Francisco. Beard content is unknown.
Lydia's Party by Margaret Hawkins. Cover image is an outdoor table and chairs set for dinner and photoshopped into a snow covered forest. I keep intending to do another book talk out on Rock Lake but never get around to it.
Women's Interest
NonFiction
The Complete Book of Shoes by Marta Morales.
Money Saving Mom's Budget by Crystal Paine. Slash your spending, pay down your debt, streamline your life, and save thousands a year.
The Dairy-Free Cookbook by Maggie Pannell. Page 7 says, "Why is calcium so important?"
Hello, Wine: the most essential things you need to know about wine by Melanie Wagner. Page 167 says, "• blue cheeses".
Haynes Sewing manual: the complete step-by-step guide to sewing skills by Laura Strutt. "Choosing and using a sewing machine." That would be the first thing for me to read.
Loudest Voice in the Room by Gabriel Sherman. The recent biography of Roger Ailes that has been in the press. I was slow in ordering the book. Page 295 says, "O'Reilly was becoming an acute management challenge for Ailes."
The Complete Book of Shoes by Marta Morales.
Money Saving Mom's Budget by Crystal Paine. Slash your spending, pay down your debt, streamline your life, and save thousands a year.
The Dairy-Free Cookbook by Maggie Pannell. Page 7 says, "Why is calcium so important?"
Hello, Wine: the most essential things you need to know about wine by Melanie Wagner. Page 167 says, "• blue cheeses".
Haynes Sewing manual: the complete step-by-step guide to sewing skills by Laura Strutt. "Choosing and using a sewing machine." That would be the first thing for me to read.
Loudest Voice in the Room by Gabriel Sherman. The recent biography of Roger Ailes that has been in the press. I was slow in ordering the book. Page 295 says, "O'Reilly was becoming an acute management challenge for Ailes."
Monday, January 27, 2014
Discs
DVD
Top Gear 20 starring [three goofballs and The Stig].
Fruitvale Station starring Micahel B. Jordan. Story of guy who was shot in the Bay Area by policeman who really, really screwed up.
You're Next starring [actors]. People in house are attacked.
When Calls the Heart starring Maggie Grace, Stephen Amell. Society lady takes teaching job on the prairie. The Canadian prairie.
Lee Daniels' The Butler starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey. I won't post the trailer because I'm sure you already heard of this one.
Audiobooks on CD
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. 21.75 hours on 18 CDs. this must be a donation because this is not a new book.
Way of the Gun by Charles G. West. 8 hours on 7 CDs. 17-year-old cowboy joins the wrong herding crew in Montana. Now the cowboy has to escape jail.
Top Gear 20 starring [three goofballs and The Stig].
Fruitvale Station starring Micahel B. Jordan. Story of guy who was shot in the Bay Area by policeman who really, really screwed up.
You're Next starring [actors]. People in house are attacked.
When Calls the Heart starring Maggie Grace, Stephen Amell. Society lady takes teaching job on the prairie. The Canadian prairie.
Lee Daniels' The Butler starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey. I won't post the trailer because I'm sure you already heard of this one.
Audiobooks on CD
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski. 21.75 hours on 18 CDs. this must be a donation because this is not a new book.
Way of the Gun by Charles G. West. 8 hours on 7 CDs. 17-year-old cowboy joins the wrong herding crew in Montana. Now the cowboy has to escape jail.
Hard Case Crime Exerts It's Power
Fiction
The Twenty-Year Death by Ariel S. Winter. Three separate novels written in different styles combined into one story. Set in 1931, 1941 and 1951. Brought to you by the Great and Mighty Publisher of Greatness Charles Ardai.
Large Print
Prince of Risk by Christopher Reich.
NonFiction
McGraw-Hills's ASVAB by ... ah, heck. I'll take a photo.
The Twenty-Year Death by Ariel S. Winter. Three separate novels written in different styles combined into one story. Set in 1931, 1941 and 1951. Brought to you by the Great and Mighty Publisher of Greatness Charles Ardai.
Large Print
Prince of Risk by Christopher Reich.
NonFiction
McGraw-Hills's ASVAB by ... ah, heck. I'll take a photo.
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