Audio Books on CD
NonFiction
1 7/8" On Combat: the psychology and physiology of deadly conflict in war and peace by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. 16 CDs at 18.5 hours. Further discussion on the physical and psychological impact of death and killing.
1" The Splendid Things We Planned by Blake Bailey. 7 CDs at 8 hours. Memoir of family and alcohol in Oklahoma.
1" Save the Date by Jen Doll. 7 CDs at 9 hours.Woman writes about attending weddings.
1" Total Recovery by Dr. Gary Kaplan, D.O. 7 CDs at 8.5 hours. Chronic pain and treating it.
1" Oh My God by Louis C.K. 1 CD at 1.15 hours. Comedy album from HBO special.
1 1/8" When Corruption Was King: how I helped the mob rule Chicago,then brought the Outfit down by Robert Cooley and Hillel Levin. 9 CDs at 11 hours. Cooley fixed court cases with bribes in the '70s and '80s.
1 1/8" War on the Waters: the Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 by James M. PcPherson. Gustie grad McPherson tells you about naval operations during the war.
Fiction
1" Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones. 8 CDs at 10 hours. African-American musician recruited to lead a jazz orchestra in 1938 Shanghai. He goes from dirt poor to rich and famous.
1" Murder in Pigalle by Cara Black. 8 CDs at 9.5 hours. Pregnant Parisian P.I. pursues purloined person in Pigalle.
1 3/16" The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison. 9 CDs at 11 hours. Wife of church Bishop believes a parishioner's missing wife was killed by the parishioner.
1 3/16" The Brewer of Preston by Andrea Camilleri. 6 CDs at 6.5 hours. In 1870 the residents of Vigata, Sicily are not happy about the new national Italian government. They resist the new government prefect by sabotaging his opera production.
1 3/16" By Winter's Light by Stephanie Laurens. 7 CDs at 8 hours. Romance set in 1837.
1 3/16" Crouching Tiger, Forbidden Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Romance with vampires.
Musical Interlude
This came up on shuffle.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Insatiable Girls In Paradise
DVD
Girls: the complete third season. I have not seen this show. I spoke to someone who said that if her daughter was living like this the mom would rather not know. That made me want to see the program.
Anti-Bullying Project by Jefferson County Wisconsin Connections. It is the goal of the students that these videos will create an awareness of the serious epidemic of bullying and have an impact on their peers - both the individuals being targeted and the bully.
Fiction
Body Snatchers Affair by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Another historical mystery set in San Francisco with body snatchers stealing the corpses of a Chinese gangster and society millionaire. I've read several comments Pronzini's novel The Crimes of Jordan Wise is great.
The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell. Another novel with death, destruction, intrigue, love, swords, adventure and Vikings in Britain. I enjoy Cornwell's stories but have not read one in a while.
Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves. Grieving homicide detective takes job in Maine and hopes to find her missing niece.
Trust No One by Jayne Ann Krentz. Okay, is Krentz her real name? I thought Amanda Quick was her real name. Oh well, this book is about something to do with something.
Insatiable Appetite by Stuart Woods. Every three months.
NonFiction
The Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook by Erika Kerwien. The front cover uses three different fonts. Page 69 says, "1/4 teaspoon salt."
Quilt As-You-Go Made Modern by Jera Brandvig. Page 89 says, "Square up your blocks." This has an author photo. I cannot tell is Brandvig took the photo outside or if the photographer used a backdrop.
Large Print
Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet.
Farewell to Cedar Key by Terri Dulong.
Girls: the complete third season. I have not seen this show. I spoke to someone who said that if her daughter was living like this the mom would rather not know. That made me want to see the program.
Anti-Bullying Project by Jefferson County Wisconsin Connections. It is the goal of the students that these videos will create an awareness of the serious epidemic of bullying and have an impact on their peers - both the individuals being targeted and the bully.
Fiction
Body Snatchers Affair by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini. Another historical mystery set in San Francisco with body snatchers stealing the corpses of a Chinese gangster and society millionaire. I've read several comments Pronzini's novel The Crimes of Jordan Wise is great.
The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell. Another novel with death, destruction, intrigue, love, swords, adventure and Vikings in Britain. I enjoy Cornwell's stories but have not read one in a while.
Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves. Grieving homicide detective takes job in Maine and hopes to find her missing niece.
Trust No One by Jayne Ann Krentz. Okay, is Krentz her real name? I thought Amanda Quick was her real name. Oh well, this book is about something to do with something.
Insatiable Appetite by Stuart Woods. Every three months.
NonFiction
The Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook by Erika Kerwien. The front cover uses three different fonts. Page 69 says, "1/4 teaspoon salt."
Quilt As-You-Go Made Modern by Jera Brandvig. Page 89 says, "Square up your blocks." This has an author photo. I cannot tell is Brandvig took the photo outside or if the photographer used a backdrop.
Large Print
Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet.
Farewell to Cedar Key by Terri Dulong.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
More Music, More Music, More Music
Studio Recordings Are Transferred Into a Physical Medium
Take Me When You Go by Betty Who. Girl singer sings songs with a peppy beat.
Reclassified by Iggy Azalea. Australian sings songs on an album I should have bought a while ago.
No Fixed Address by Nickelback. Canadians sing songs that many people will then complain about.
1989 by Taylor Swift. Swift singer sings songs and gets more good press by being the anti-jerk. I was mentioning to my wife that if I were invited to a Taylor Swift Pizza Party I would attend but would be incredibly out-of-place. I wonder if she had beer. Or, would I have to bring a party gift of beer?
Mean Love by Sinkane. Young guy sings songs that NPR enjoys. I heard this tune on BBC 6 Music and like it. Did Sinkane attend Swift's pizza party? Sinkane strikes me as a pepperoni pizza person.
Live at Wembley Arena by ABBA. Swedish singers sing songs of Swedish life and love. Recommended by Bill Crider. Lutefisk pizza?
My Favourite Fantasy by Damien Rice. Irish singer sings songs that are popular in Lake Mills.
Take Me When You Go by Betty Who. Girl singer sings songs with a peppy beat.
Reclassified by Iggy Azalea. Australian sings songs on an album I should have bought a while ago.
No Fixed Address by Nickelback. Canadians sing songs that many people will then complain about.
1989 by Taylor Swift. Swift singer sings songs and gets more good press by being the anti-jerk. I was mentioning to my wife that if I were invited to a Taylor Swift Pizza Party I would attend but would be incredibly out-of-place. I wonder if she had beer. Or, would I have to bring a party gift of beer?
Mean Love by Sinkane. Young guy sings songs that NPR enjoys. I heard this tune on BBC 6 Music and like it. Did Sinkane attend Swift's pizza party? Sinkane strikes me as a pepperoni pizza person.
Live at Wembley Arena by ABBA. Swedish singers sing songs of Swedish life and love. Recommended by Bill Crider. Lutefisk pizza?
My Favourite Fantasy by Damien Rice. Irish singer sings songs that are popular in Lake Mills.
I'm Skipping the Large Print
Large Print
I looked at the shelf full of new large print and sighed. I am not dealing with that today.
Mystery
Die Again by Tess Gerritsen. Yeah, I thought Gerritsen was a doctor, and that's what the book bio says. I did not know Gerritsen has a white scarf, but that's what the author photo shows.
Fiction
Assassination Option by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. A Clandestine Operations Novel. Spies in post-war Europe.
The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison. I like the cover. Mette Ivie? That sounds like English names, lets's check...Nope! She lives in Utah. I'll just pretend she moved here from Suffolk, or Midlands, or some other English placename. The novel is about a woman who goes against her family and church when she suspects a parishioner of murdering his missing wife. Here is the dude who did the cover, James Iacobelli.
Hush by Karen Robards. When you're Big Time Author Karen Robards you can title your novel with whatever generic word you like. Which does not explain her small author photo on the back of the book. You'd think the publisher would throw a color photo across the entire back cover.
NonFiction
How to Write A Winning Scholarship Essay by Gen and Kelly Tanabe. I'm not sure if the Tanabes are spouses, siblings, cousins, or what. The author photo is so tiny that I cannot even tell if they are close in age. Page 164 says, "You are not the center of the universe." Well, it is obvious the Tanabes never read this blog.
I looked at the shelf full of new large print and sighed. I am not dealing with that today.
Mystery
Die Again by Tess Gerritsen. Yeah, I thought Gerritsen was a doctor, and that's what the book bio says. I did not know Gerritsen has a white scarf, but that's what the author photo shows.
Fiction
Assassination Option by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. A Clandestine Operations Novel. Spies in post-war Europe.
The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison. I like the cover. Mette Ivie? That sounds like English names, lets's check...Nope! She lives in Utah. I'll just pretend she moved here from Suffolk, or Midlands, or some other English placename. The novel is about a woman who goes against her family and church when she suspects a parishioner of murdering his missing wife. Here is the dude who did the cover, James Iacobelli.
Hush by Karen Robards. When you're Big Time Author Karen Robards you can title your novel with whatever generic word you like. Which does not explain her small author photo on the back of the book. You'd think the publisher would throw a color photo across the entire back cover.
NonFiction
How to Write A Winning Scholarship Essay by Gen and Kelly Tanabe. I'm not sure if the Tanabes are spouses, siblings, cousins, or what. The author photo is so tiny that I cannot even tell if they are close in age. Page 164 says, "You are not the center of the universe." Well, it is obvious the Tanabes never read this blog.
Monday, January 12, 2015
The Floyd Family Machine Time
Music and Singing Sounds Distributed on Plastic Wafers
The Endless River by Pink Floyd. British guys sing songs of psychedelia.
Rock and Roll Time by Jerry Lee Lewis. Pianist sings songs of rock and roll.
Family by Thompson Family. Family members get together and sing songs of folkyness.
Man Against Machine by Garth Brooks. Country singer sings songs of chin beards.
It Had to be You: the great American songbook by Rod Stewart. Rock singer's 2002 album to cash in on old tunes.
The Endless River by Pink Floyd. British guys sing songs of psychedelia.
Rock and Roll Time by Jerry Lee Lewis. Pianist sings songs of rock and roll.
Family by Thompson Family. Family members get together and sing songs of folkyness.
Man Against Machine by Garth Brooks. Country singer sings songs of chin beards.
It Had to be You: the great American songbook by Rod Stewart. Rock singer's 2002 album to cash in on old tunes.
Thursday, January 08, 2015
60 CDs, 8 Authors, 7 Books
Audiobooks on CD
One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva. 5CDs at 5.5 hours. Teen boy goes to summer camp, makes friends with other teen boy, figures out he and other dude should suck face. Teen romance.
The Look of Love by Sarah Jio. 7CD at 9 hours. Some woman can literally see true love and is told she has to identify the six types of love before the full moon following her thirtieth birthday - or face grave consequences.
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly. 8 CDs at 10 hours. This is Michael Connelly with Harry Bosch. Not John Connolly with Charlie Parker.
The Escape by David Baldacci. 13 CDs at 15 hours. Brother of a man convicted for treason is under the microscope when the convict escapes custody. Is Baldacci the guy who spoke at Fort Atkinson after his sister twisted his arm? Or, was that another guy who writes thrillers?
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand. 6 CDs at 7 hours. Delightfully dysfunctional family.
Burn by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Underground criminal world of terrifying depravity.
Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison. 14 CDs at 17.5 hours. Electrifying...action,mystery, romance...hunter...vanquishing...cunning...heart...loss...epic battle...vampires and werewolves...soul-eating demons...power...time...fanatics...risk.
One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva. 5CDs at 5.5 hours. Teen boy goes to summer camp, makes friends with other teen boy, figures out he and other dude should suck face. Teen romance.
The Look of Love by Sarah Jio. 7CD at 9 hours. Some woman can literally see true love and is told she has to identify the six types of love before the full moon following her thirtieth birthday - or face grave consequences.
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly. 8 CDs at 10 hours. This is Michael Connelly with Harry Bosch. Not John Connolly with Charlie Parker.
The Escape by David Baldacci. 13 CDs at 15 hours. Brother of a man convicted for treason is under the microscope when the convict escapes custody. Is Baldacci the guy who spoke at Fort Atkinson after his sister twisted his arm? Or, was that another guy who writes thrillers?
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand. 6 CDs at 7 hours. Delightfully dysfunctional family.
Burn by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Underground criminal world of terrifying depravity.
Witch With No Name by Kim Harrison. 14 CDs at 17.5 hours. Electrifying...action,mystery, romance...hunter...vanquishing...cunning...heart...loss...epic battle...vampires and werewolves...soul-eating demons...power...time...fanatics...risk.
Monday, January 05, 2015
November Knit Raid At The Farm
DVD
November Man starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko. Max Allan Collins liked it, read his comments here. I was looking at the DVD box and thought, "Hey, she's look familiar, is that that Olga woman?" I was impressed with myself for recognizing her.
Comment: Four thousand feet per second? There are very few cartridges that produce that kind of speed. But, hey, it's a movie, enjoy the show.
The Raid 2 starring [many Indonesian actors]. SWAT cop goes undercover and fights bad guys. Dang, I figured to check and, sure enough, Collins liked this one too. Though it lacks the purity of the single-setting first film, RAID 2 has more fantastic action set pieces than you can shake a baseball bat at (and there will a baseball shaken). This is the rare Asian crime film that actually beats John Woo at his own game.
Fiction
Murder Tightly Knit: an Amish village mystery by Vannetta Chapman. Coxy mystery with knitting, murder and Amish. Local woman starts sleuthing. Do you think Vannetta ever goes by "Van" because Vannetta is a long name. "Hey, Van, does the new book have knitting?" "It sure does, pal. Comes out with Zondervan on December 16!"
Tom at the Farm by Michel Marc Bouchard. Tom travels to the farm home of his recently dead boy friend and meets the family who did not know Tom existed. I was thinking this was a novel. Nope, it's the translation of the French language film script. Great cover.
November Man starring Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko. Max Allan Collins liked it, read his comments here. I was looking at the DVD box and thought, "Hey, she's look familiar, is that that Olga woman?" I was impressed with myself for recognizing her.
Comment: Four thousand feet per second? There are very few cartridges that produce that kind of speed. But, hey, it's a movie, enjoy the show.
The Raid 2 starring [many Indonesian actors]. SWAT cop goes undercover and fights bad guys. Dang, I figured to check and, sure enough, Collins liked this one too. Though it lacks the purity of the single-setting first film, RAID 2 has more fantastic action set pieces than you can shake a baseball bat at (and there will a baseball shaken). This is the rare Asian crime film that actually beats John Woo at his own game.
Fiction
Murder Tightly Knit: an Amish village mystery by Vannetta Chapman. Coxy mystery with knitting, murder and Amish. Local woman starts sleuthing. Do you think Vannetta ever goes by "Van" because Vannetta is a long name. "Hey, Van, does the new book have knitting?" "It sure does, pal. Comes out with Zondervan on December 16!"
Tom at the Farm by Michel Marc Bouchard. Tom travels to the farm home of his recently dead boy friend and meets the family who did not know Tom existed. I was thinking this was a novel. Nope, it's the translation of the French language film script. Great cover.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
What to Read 52: FATALE by Jean-Patrick Manchette
What to Read 52
Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette. Reprint of the 1977 French crime novel. I first heard about this novel through the Unshelved comic strip's regular Friday recommendation. Only 91 pages. A French woman travels from town to town finding work as an assassin.
Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette. Reprint of the 1977 French crime novel. I first heard about this novel through the Unshelved comic strip's regular Friday recommendation. Only 91 pages. A French woman travels from town to town finding work as an assassin.
Last Post of the Year. Maybe.
Large Print
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan. ..is filled with dog hair.
Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline. You think Scottoline ever thought about changing her name by dropping the "o"? Scottline sounds kinda exciting, doesn't it? "Looks like trouble, Bob. We better call the Scottline." or "The dam's burst! We'll all drown unless Scottline gets here in time!"
Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. You know who likes Alafair Burke's novels? J.D. Rhoades. I suppose James Lee Burke likes her books too. Except he is Alafair's father so you could presume some bias.
Christmas in Cowboy Country by Janet Dailey. Did you know James Lee Burke taught at Wichita State for a while? I once applied for a job at WSU.
The One: book three in the Selection series by Keira Cass. The WSU job was in cataloging. I dodged a bullet there, let me tell you. Being a librarian is being the a punchline to jokes about wussies, wimps and milquetoasts. Being a cataloger is the punchline to librarian jokes about weirdos.
Thomas Kinkade's Cape Light All Is Bright by Katherine Spencer. What a lame corporate title.
Commons Park Ice Skating Rink.
It is almost ready.
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan. ..is filled with dog hair.
Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline. You think Scottoline ever thought about changing her name by dropping the "o"? Scottline sounds kinda exciting, doesn't it? "Looks like trouble, Bob. We better call the Scottline." or "The dam's burst! We'll all drown unless Scottline gets here in time!"
Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. You know who likes Alafair Burke's novels? J.D. Rhoades. I suppose James Lee Burke likes her books too. Except he is Alafair's father so you could presume some bias.
Christmas in Cowboy Country by Janet Dailey. Did you know James Lee Burke taught at Wichita State for a while? I once applied for a job at WSU.
The One: book three in the Selection series by Keira Cass. The WSU job was in cataloging. I dodged a bullet there, let me tell you. Being a librarian is being the a punchline to jokes about wussies, wimps and milquetoasts. Being a cataloger is the punchline to librarian jokes about weirdos.
Thomas Kinkade's Cape Light All Is Bright by Katherine Spencer. What a lame corporate title.
Commons Park Ice Skating Rink.
It is almost ready.
Two Movies and an Attack of the Hives
DVD
The Amazing Spider-man 2 starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone. I'm a little late on ordering this one. I cannot keep all these superhero movies straight anyway. I think this one has a pig in it.
Where We Are by One Direction. Live concert from San Siro Stadium. San Siro? Where the heck is that? I'll check...oh, it's in Milan, Italy. I figured South America somewhere.
Musical Interlude
The Hives were touring in South America.
The Amazing Spider-man 2 starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone. I'm a little late on ordering this one. I cannot keep all these superhero movies straight anyway. I think this one has a pig in it.
Where We Are by One Direction. Live concert from San Siro Stadium. San Siro? Where the heck is that? I'll check...oh, it's in Milan, Italy. I figured South America somewhere.
Musical Interlude
The Hives were touring in South America.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Music, music, music. Book, book.
Music is recorded in a studio and electronically transmitted to a factory that manufactures thin plastic discs on which the digital music is physically embedded.
Four by One Direction. Five English guys sing songs so skirts swoon. (I admit that is some poor alliteration.)
Now That's What I Call Music 52! by [various and sundry]. Singers sing and rapper rap. I'll go home and take a nap.
The Big Revival by Kenny Chesney. Singer continues to pretend to sing country western music.
Fiction
The Submission by Amy Waldman. Dang this donation is from 2011. I thought it was newer.
NonFiction
Fishing for Buffalo: a guide to the pursuit and cuisine of Carp, Suckers, Eelpout, Gar, and other rough fish by Rob Buffler and Tom Dickson. Eelpout? What the heck is an eelpout?
Four by One Direction. Five English guys sing songs so skirts swoon. (I admit that is some poor alliteration.)
Now That's What I Call Music 52! by [various and sundry]. Singers sing and rapper rap. I'll go home and take a nap.
The Big Revival by Kenny Chesney. Singer continues to pretend to sing country western music.
Fiction
The Submission by Amy Waldman. Dang this donation is from 2011. I thought it was newer.
NonFiction
Fishing for Buffalo: a guide to the pursuit and cuisine of Carp, Suckers, Eelpout, Gar, and other rough fish by Rob Buffler and Tom Dickson. Eelpout? What the heck is an eelpout?
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Eight Amazing Shipwrecked Sisters Take Captive Dog
NonFiction
In Herriot's Shadow by Bill Stork, DVM. Lake Mills veterinarian writes neat stories about work.
Eight Amazing Engineering Stories: using the elements to create extraordinary technologies by Bill Hammack, et al. I ran across Hammack on YouTube and ordered the book. His videos are neat-o. But, without burrito. Or, mosquito. I like to eat Fritos. I would shoot Greedo.
Good Dog: true stories of love, loss and loyalty edited by David DiBenedetto and the editors of Garden and Gun. My dog smells but she hates bathing and it's a real hassle to wash that dog in the winter. Includes stories by C.J. Chivers and Ace Atkins, I read books by those dudes.
Fiction
Red Moon by Benjamin Percy. I read this book, too. It made the 2014 notable list from the Wisconsin Library Association.
Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane by Kelly Harms. I thought we had a copy of this. This also made the notable list. I read it.
Large Print
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer. Go swimming?
Take Me With You by Catherine Ryan Hyde. No, get your own ride.
Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins. Destiny as fate, or Destiny as a woman who is a kidnapper?
Deadline by John Sandford. Deadline like this?
Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney. Very effy title.
The Firelight Girls by Kaya McLaren. Smell like smoke.
A Quilt Like Christmas by Sandra Dallas. Would be a bad gift for a child.
The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield. Well, where did you see it last?
In Herriot's Shadow by Bill Stork, DVM. Lake Mills veterinarian writes neat stories about work.
Eight Amazing Engineering Stories: using the elements to create extraordinary technologies by Bill Hammack, et al. I ran across Hammack on YouTube and ordered the book. His videos are neat-o. But, without burrito. Or, mosquito. I like to eat Fritos. I would shoot Greedo.
Good Dog: true stories of love, loss and loyalty edited by David DiBenedetto and the editors of Garden and Gun. My dog smells but she hates bathing and it's a real hassle to wash that dog in the winter. Includes stories by C.J. Chivers and Ace Atkins, I read books by those dudes.
Fiction
Red Moon by Benjamin Percy. I read this book, too. It made the 2014 notable list from the Wisconsin Library Association.
Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane by Kelly Harms. I thought we had a copy of this. This also made the notable list. I read it.
Large Print
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer. Go swimming?
Take Me With You by Catherine Ryan Hyde. No, get your own ride.
Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins. Destiny as fate, or Destiny as a woman who is a kidnapper?
Deadline by John Sandford. Deadline like this?
Full Force and Effect by Mark Greaney. Very effy title.
The Firelight Girls by Kaya McLaren. Smell like smoke.
A Quilt Like Christmas by Sandra Dallas. Would be a bad gift for a child.
The Missing Place by Sophie Littlefield. Well, where did you see it last?
Tyrants: an intimate history
DVD
The Maze Runner starring [teenagers]. Something about being lost in a killer maze.
The Roosevelts: an intimate history by Ken Burns. 14 hours of Roosevelts. Roosevelts, Roosevelts, Roosevelts. This is full of Roosevelts.
Poetry
My Favorite Tyrants by Joanne Diaz. Won the Brittingham Prize in Poetry. I don't know what the Brittingham is and I will research the prize. Back of the book says, "Diaz tries to understand what makes tyranny so compelling, even seductive. These dynamic, funny, often poignant poems investigate the nature of tyranny in all of its forms - political, cultural, familial, and erotic." I tried touch typing that last section and had to back up and make multiple corrections.
Diaz works at Illinois Wesleyan. I remember visiting there as a high school Junior. The admissions counselor mentioned how they have an early admission program and I thought, "Hey, cool." So I brought the application home, put it in the typewriter, got halfway through, got bored, and quit. Remind me later and I'll tell the story about Wartburg College. People always look at me weird when I tell that one.
The Maze Runner starring [teenagers]. Something about being lost in a killer maze.
The Roosevelts: an intimate history by Ken Burns. 14 hours of Roosevelts. Roosevelts, Roosevelts, Roosevelts. This is full of Roosevelts.
Poetry
My Favorite Tyrants by Joanne Diaz. Won the Brittingham Prize in Poetry. I don't know what the Brittingham is and I will research the prize. Back of the book says, "Diaz tries to understand what makes tyranny so compelling, even seductive. These dynamic, funny, often poignant poems investigate the nature of tyranny in all of its forms - political, cultural, familial, and erotic." I tried touch typing that last section and had to back up and make multiple corrections.
Diaz works at Illinois Wesleyan. I remember visiting there as a high school Junior. The admissions counselor mentioned how they have an early admission program and I thought, "Hey, cool." So I brought the application home, put it in the typewriter, got halfway through, got bored, and quit. Remind me later and I'll tell the story about Wartburg College. People always look at me weird when I tell that one.
Monday, December 15, 2014
Stack of DVDs
DVD
Railway Man starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Former British soldier was a POW under the Japanese. Englishman plans to murder the Japanese man responsible for the Englishman's treatment.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: the complete season 7 starring [actors]. Awful people doing awful things.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: the complete season 8 starring [actors]. Seriously, these people can be despicable and horribly selfish.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: the complete season 9 starring [actors]. Try it out, it's a funny program.
Raise Some Bell: the ultimate kettlebell workout by Amy Dixon. It seems like kettlebells are supposed to be the next big thing for exercise. But, the exercise regime's popularity never quite took off like yoga did.
Blended by Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. These flicks make money, I guess that's why they keep making them.
House of Cards: second season starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright. Political intrigue.
Rover starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson. Post-apocalyptic Australia without the Lord Humungus.
True Blood: the complete sixth season starring [hunky actors]. I have not watched this show. There are a bunch of shows I have not watched.
Railway Man starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Former British soldier was a POW under the Japanese. Englishman plans to murder the Japanese man responsible for the Englishman's treatment.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: the complete season 7 starring [actors]. Awful people doing awful things.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: the complete season 8 starring [actors]. Seriously, these people can be despicable and horribly selfish.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: the complete season 9 starring [actors]. Try it out, it's a funny program.
Raise Some Bell: the ultimate kettlebell workout by Amy Dixon. It seems like kettlebells are supposed to be the next big thing for exercise. But, the exercise regime's popularity never quite took off like yoga did.
Blended by Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. These flicks make money, I guess that's why they keep making them.
House of Cards: second season starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright. Political intrigue.
Rover starring Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson. Post-apocalyptic Australia without the Lord Humungus.
True Blood: the complete sixth season starring [hunky actors]. I have not watched this show. There are a bunch of shows I have not watched.
Bunch Of Novels By A Bunch of People
Fiction
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz. Moriarty and Holmes are dead on Reichenbach Falls and the London underworld has a job vacancy. Two men try to catch the leading candidate for Moriarty's job. I think one of my kids read some of Horowitz's Alex Rider books.
Tagged For Death by Sherry Harris. This is a paperback, has a cat on the cover, and is a Garage Sale Mystery so you can safely bet this is a cozy mystery.
Hope to Die by James Patterson. Huh, no co-author. That is unusual.
Citizens Creek by Lalita Tademy. Tademy? What is the etymology of that name, the only time I've seen it is on Tademy's novels. Speaking of which, the audiobook of Red River checks out a lot. Tademy's author photo is too small.
Hello from the Gillespies by Monica McInerney. McInernery also has a small photo and since this is a paperback the photo is black-and-white. McInerney lives in Ireland.
For the Dead by Timothy Hallinan. Travel writer living in Bangkok has more dangerous adventures. I recall listening to Hallinan's first Junior Bender novel while rowboating across the lake to where the Boy Scouts were building rafts. Going there wasn't so bad but the return trip was kinda miserable after being in the sun all afternoon and rowing back against the wind.
Hallinan's Afterword mentions his 2011 trip to Bouchercon in St. Louis. I went to that conference. I've written about it before but let me give a recap: I went to a party on Friday and that resulted in a complete wash-out on Saturday.
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. "When a man slaps another couple's child at a neighborhood barbecue, the event sends unforeseeable shock waves through the lives of all who are witness to it."
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood. Marwood won an Edgar Award. That's a big deal.
Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline. I'm not sure how you pronounce her name. Is the second part line or lean-ee?
The Day of Atonement by David Liss. Man returns to Portugal to avenge his parents punishment by an Inquisitor.
Mr. Penumbr'as 24-houor Bookstore by Robin Sloan. "Rendered with irresistible brio" Brio? I had to look that one up: vigor and vivacity.
First Impressions by Charlie Lovett. Mystery of something about a modern bookshop employee who discovers Jane Austen may have stolen the story for Pride and Prejudice.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. Girl grows up in 1915 Boston to immigrant parents. Dang, Diamant has a small author photo, too. She's only written four other novels. I say only because Red Tent is always going out, I see Diamant's name so often I figured she has more published novels.
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz. Moriarty and Holmes are dead on Reichenbach Falls and the London underworld has a job vacancy. Two men try to catch the leading candidate for Moriarty's job. I think one of my kids read some of Horowitz's Alex Rider books.
Tagged For Death by Sherry Harris. This is a paperback, has a cat on the cover, and is a Garage Sale Mystery so you can safely bet this is a cozy mystery.
Hope to Die by James Patterson. Huh, no co-author. That is unusual.
Citizens Creek by Lalita Tademy. Tademy? What is the etymology of that name, the only time I've seen it is on Tademy's novels. Speaking of which, the audiobook of Red River checks out a lot. Tademy's author photo is too small.
Hello from the Gillespies by Monica McInerney. McInernery also has a small photo and since this is a paperback the photo is black-and-white. McInerney lives in Ireland.
For the Dead by Timothy Hallinan. Travel writer living in Bangkok has more dangerous adventures. I recall listening to Hallinan's first Junior Bender novel while rowboating across the lake to where the Boy Scouts were building rafts. Going there wasn't so bad but the return trip was kinda miserable after being in the sun all afternoon and rowing back against the wind.
Hallinan's Afterword mentions his 2011 trip to Bouchercon in St. Louis. I went to that conference. I've written about it before but let me give a recap: I went to a party on Friday and that resulted in a complete wash-out on Saturday.
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. "When a man slaps another couple's child at a neighborhood barbecue, the event sends unforeseeable shock waves through the lives of all who are witness to it."
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood. Marwood won an Edgar Award. That's a big deal.
Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline. I'm not sure how you pronounce her name. Is the second part line or lean-ee?
The Day of Atonement by David Liss. Man returns to Portugal to avenge his parents punishment by an Inquisitor.
Mr. Penumbr'as 24-houor Bookstore by Robin Sloan. "Rendered with irresistible brio" Brio? I had to look that one up: vigor and vivacity.
First Impressions by Charlie Lovett. Mystery of something about a modern bookshop employee who discovers Jane Austen may have stolen the story for Pride and Prejudice.
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. Girl grows up in 1915 Boston to immigrant parents. Dang, Diamant has a small author photo, too. She's only written four other novels. I say only because Red Tent is always going out, I see Diamant's name so often I figured she has more published novels.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Poetry, Pines, Plate Spoon
DVD
The Fall: series 1 starring Gillian Anderson. Police detective looks for serial killer in Belfast.
Still Life: a Three Pines mystery starring [Canadians]. Based off one of Louise Penny's novels. Those books do well here.
Justified: complete fifth season starring Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins. Good, I did not get to see the last few episodes on TV. Goggins was in the latest Machete movie.
Guardians of the Museum starring [English]. Some BBC production, not one of those Ben Stiller movies.
Captain America: Winter Soldier starring [a bunch of people]. Another super hero movie off a comic book.
NonFiction
The Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes edited by Loren D. Estleman. Estleman takes a break from westerns and edits a book. Estleman wrote 1978's Sherlock Holmes v. Dracula. I should hunt that one down, Fort Atkinson, Hartford and Mayville have copies.
Being Mortal: medicine and what matters in the end by Atul Gawande. Gawande writes some excellent books.
Snowboarding: skills, training, techniques by Dan Wakeham and Sophie Everard. Would I have to wear those horribly ugly clothes?
Poetry
The Dead Eat Everything by Michael Mlekoday. How do you pronounce that name? This won a poetry prize. Mlekoday went to K-State. I used to go down to Manhattan and eat at the Rock-A-Belly Deli. I don't recall if the food was good but it was a nice place and I'd order a big beer.
The Fall: series 1 starring Gillian Anderson. Police detective looks for serial killer in Belfast.
Still Life: a Three Pines mystery starring [Canadians]. Based off one of Louise Penny's novels. Those books do well here.
Justified: complete fifth season starring Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins. Good, I did not get to see the last few episodes on TV. Goggins was in the latest Machete movie.
Guardians of the Museum starring [English]. Some BBC production, not one of those Ben Stiller movies.
Captain America: Winter Soldier starring [a bunch of people]. Another super hero movie off a comic book.
NonFiction
The Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes edited by Loren D. Estleman. Estleman takes a break from westerns and edits a book. Estleman wrote 1978's Sherlock Holmes v. Dracula. I should hunt that one down, Fort Atkinson, Hartford and Mayville have copies.
Being Mortal: medicine and what matters in the end by Atul Gawande. Gawande writes some excellent books.
Snowboarding: skills, training, techniques by Dan Wakeham and Sophie Everard. Would I have to wear those horribly ugly clothes?
Poetry
The Dead Eat Everything by Michael Mlekoday. How do you pronounce that name? This won a poetry prize. Mlekoday went to K-State. I used to go down to Manhattan and eat at the Rock-A-Belly Deli. I don't recall if the food was good but it was a nice place and I'd order a big beer.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Throat Hair with Snotflower Erotica
Fiction
The Sexy Librarian's Big Book of Erotica edited by Rose Caraway. How can I not order something with a title like that?
Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk. I've never read one of his books. This has young female lawyer trying to stop a megabillionaire from starting a sex toy empire with devices that drive women to lock themselves away for hours.
Map of Betrayal by Ha Jin. Isn't Ha Jin is big deal in the book world? Kinda like Bill Crider, but with stories about China instead of Texas? China is 3,332,347 square miles larger than Texas.
Broadchurch by Erin Kelly. I know a woman named Erin. She knows another woman named Erin and the first Erin says she and the second Erin are very much alike. I don't know anything about this third Erin, the author. The book is based off a TV character.
Reborn: a Dead Man adventure by Kate Danley, Lisa Klink, and Phoef Sutton. If you're reading this one hoping to go on your blog and write "Klink goes klunk" prepare yourself for disappointment. Klink does some fine writing work. I don't know about the other two. Sutton sounds familiar...oh, he did another Dead Man entry. I like this series.
Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet. Some sort of novel about something to do with mermaid sightings in the Caribbean.
Love Song by Elizabeth Lowell. Re-pub of a paperback that was called Love Song For A Raven. Ravens are big birds, their wingspans can go as far as 46.4 inches.
Sometimes the Wolf by Urban Waite. Urban Waite? That sounds like an English name. Well, this dude lives in Seattle. But, Waite's acknowledgments list a fella named Nat Sobel who was also thanked by author Neville Stuart in a book I just read. Stuart is Irish, so I'm gonna say "close enough" and that Waite is Scottish.
Poetry
Debt to the Bone-Eating Snotflower by Sarah Lindsay. What a title! I think Lindsay won some award for this one. Oops. I was just trying to find out what award this won and found out Lindsay went to St. Olaf. That may be a deal breaker. Go Gusties!
NonFiction
Big Book of Hair Metal: the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade by Martin Popoff. Page 126 says, "I was more into the Stones, actually."
TABE Power Practice by Learning Express. Test prep for whatever the TABE is.
100 Card Games For All the Family by Jeremy Harwood. 100 new opportunities for everyone to fight and cheat.
The Essential Guide to Life After Bereavement by Judy Carole Kauffmann and Mary Jordan.
People I Want to Punch In the Throat: competitive crafters, drop-off despots, and other suburban scourges by Jen Mann. Woman gets upset with people. Woman complains on blog. Woman gets book deal.
The Ore Knob Mine Murders by Rose M. Haynes. OUtlaw motorcycle gang moves to rural North Carolina. Outlaw motorcycle gang has business trouble. Outlaw motorcycle gang tries to solve business trouble by pushing people down a mine shaft.
Pay Any Price: greed, power, and endless war by James Risen. Investigative reporting into government excess and screw-ups by a Pulitzer Prize winner. Dang, no photos.
The Sexy Librarian's Big Book of Erotica edited by Rose Caraway. How can I not order something with a title like that?
Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk. I've never read one of his books. This has young female lawyer trying to stop a megabillionaire from starting a sex toy empire with devices that drive women to lock themselves away for hours.
Map of Betrayal by Ha Jin. Isn't Ha Jin is big deal in the book world? Kinda like Bill Crider, but with stories about China instead of Texas? China is 3,332,347 square miles larger than Texas.
Broadchurch by Erin Kelly. I know a woman named Erin. She knows another woman named Erin and the first Erin says she and the second Erin are very much alike. I don't know anything about this third Erin, the author. The book is based off a TV character.
Reborn: a Dead Man adventure by Kate Danley, Lisa Klink, and Phoef Sutton. If you're reading this one hoping to go on your blog and write "Klink goes klunk" prepare yourself for disappointment. Klink does some fine writing work. I don't know about the other two. Sutton sounds familiar...oh, he did another Dead Man entry. I like this series.
Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet. Some sort of novel about something to do with mermaid sightings in the Caribbean.
Love Song by Elizabeth Lowell. Re-pub of a paperback that was called Love Song For A Raven. Ravens are big birds, their wingspans can go as far as 46.4 inches.
Sometimes the Wolf by Urban Waite. Urban Waite? That sounds like an English name. Well, this dude lives in Seattle. But, Waite's acknowledgments list a fella named Nat Sobel who was also thanked by author Neville Stuart in a book I just read. Stuart is Irish, so I'm gonna say "close enough" and that Waite is Scottish.
Poetry
Debt to the Bone-Eating Snotflower by Sarah Lindsay. What a title! I think Lindsay won some award for this one. Oops. I was just trying to find out what award this won and found out Lindsay went to St. Olaf. That may be a deal breaker. Go Gusties!
NonFiction
Big Book of Hair Metal: the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade by Martin Popoff. Page 126 says, "I was more into the Stones, actually."
TABE Power Practice by Learning Express. Test prep for whatever the TABE is.
100 Card Games For All the Family by Jeremy Harwood. 100 new opportunities for everyone to fight and cheat.
The Essential Guide to Life After Bereavement by Judy Carole Kauffmann and Mary Jordan.
People I Want to Punch In the Throat: competitive crafters, drop-off despots, and other suburban scourges by Jen Mann. Woman gets upset with people. Woman complains on blog. Woman gets book deal.
The Ore Knob Mine Murders by Rose M. Haynes. OUtlaw motorcycle gang moves to rural North Carolina. Outlaw motorcycle gang has business trouble. Outlaw motorcycle gang tries to solve business trouble by pushing people down a mine shaft.
Pay Any Price: greed, power, and endless war by James Risen. Investigative reporting into government excess and screw-ups by a Pulitzer Prize winner. Dang, no photos.
Monday, December 08, 2014
Another Largre Print Bonanza
Fiction
Murder in the Afternoon by Frances Brody. The cove and subtitle, A Kate Shakleton Mystery, scream "cozy mystery". Wait a minute. Does a cozy mystery ever scream out loud? Seems like it would whisper. Or gossip.
Woman With A Gun by Phillip Margolin. For the past few years book covers with a photograph of a beach and a woman model shot from behind were all the rage. But, this one is in black-and-white and the model, wearing a wedding dress, is holding a revolver behind her back. The revolver looks like a Ruger.
The Big Finish by James W. Hall.This cover has the camera positioned a few inches over a road tarmac, colored all in red, and a man's silhouette down road.
Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe by Alexander McCall Smith. I'm not sure what you call this art style. Folk?
Scorched Eggs by Laura Childs. This cover is not my style. The book doesn't look like my style either, but I am very intrigued when the dust cover says a character is getting her hair done at "Root 66". Root 66? That's fantastic.
Large Print
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult. Every time a cash register bell rings Picoult buys another yacht. Seriously though, does Picoult have a yacht. She should look into that. She lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Google maps says that is a two hour drive.
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell.
Revival by Stephen King.
Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux.
Murder in the Afternoon by Frances Brody. The cove and subtitle, A Kate Shakleton Mystery, scream "cozy mystery". Wait a minute. Does a cozy mystery ever scream out loud? Seems like it would whisper. Or gossip.
Woman With A Gun by Phillip Margolin. For the past few years book covers with a photograph of a beach and a woman model shot from behind were all the rage. But, this one is in black-and-white and the model, wearing a wedding dress, is holding a revolver behind her back. The revolver looks like a Ruger.
The Big Finish by James W. Hall.This cover has the camera positioned a few inches over a road tarmac, colored all in red, and a man's silhouette down road.
Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe by Alexander McCall Smith. I'm not sure what you call this art style. Folk?
Scorched Eggs by Laura Childs. This cover is not my style. The book doesn't look like my style either, but I am very intrigued when the dust cover says a character is getting her hair done at "Root 66". Root 66? That's fantastic.
Large Print
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult. Every time a cash register bell rings Picoult buys another yacht. Seriously though, does Picoult have a yacht. She should look into that. She lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Google maps says that is a two hour drive.
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell.
Revival by Stephen King.
Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux.
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Freshwater American Crafternoon
NonFiction
Quilting-On-The-Go: taking it further by Carolyn Forster. Page 49 says, "Repeat with the second piece of backing fabric."
New American Knits by Amy Christoffers. The "Nevelson Lace Pullover" uses sportweight yarn (#2 fine).
80 Ten-Minute Recipes by Jenni Fleetwood. Page 42 says, " Liver is the perfect choice for a quick meal."
The Smart Guide to Freshwater Fishing, 2nd edition by Mike Seymour. Page 40 says, "Worn lines rank among the most common causes of losing both lure and fish during the fight."
Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon by Eliza Muldoon. Fun, little craft projects to do with children. Not to be confused with the Kinks.
The Kinks
Quilting-On-The-Go: taking it further by Carolyn Forster. Page 49 says, "Repeat with the second piece of backing fabric."
New American Knits by Amy Christoffers. The "Nevelson Lace Pullover" uses sportweight yarn (#2 fine).
80 Ten-Minute Recipes by Jenni Fleetwood. Page 42 says, " Liver is the perfect choice for a quick meal."
The Smart Guide to Freshwater Fishing, 2nd edition by Mike Seymour. Page 40 says, "Worn lines rank among the most common causes of losing both lure and fish during the fight."
Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon by Eliza Muldoon. Fun, little craft projects to do with children. Not to be confused with the Kinks.
The Kinks
Monday, November 24, 2014
I am very busy, here is a quick list
Fiction
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand.
Five Days Left by Julie Lawson Timmer.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
Ruth's Journey by Donald McCaig.
Blue Labrynth by Preston and Child.
Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan.
Revival by Stephen King.
Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Bruke.
The Job by Lee Goldberg and Janet Evanovich.
The Escape by David Baldacci.
Final Silence by Stuart Neville.
Private India: City on Fire by James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi.
Tradition of Deceit by Kathleen Ernst.
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell.
Large Print
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts.
NonFiction
Essential Road Bike Maintenance Handbook by Todd Downs.
Strategic Digital Marketing by Eric Greenberg and Alexander Kates.
Standard Deviations: flawed assumptions, tortured data, and other ways to lie with statistics by Gary Smith.
Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand.
Five Days Left by Julie Lawson Timmer.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
Ruth's Journey by Donald McCaig.
Blue Labrynth by Preston and Child.
Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan.
Revival by Stephen King.
Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Bruke.
The Job by Lee Goldberg and Janet Evanovich.
The Escape by David Baldacci.
Final Silence by Stuart Neville.
Private India: City on Fire by James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi.
Tradition of Deceit by Kathleen Ernst.
Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell.
Large Print
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts.
NonFiction
Essential Road Bike Maintenance Handbook by Todd Downs.
Strategic Digital Marketing by Eric Greenberg and Alexander Kates.
Standard Deviations: flawed assumptions, tortured data, and other ways to lie with statistics by Gary Smith.
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