DVD
Insurgent starring Naomi Watts and [other people I never heard of]. Teen angst with guns.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Monday, August 10, 2015
Mickey Spillane's Chocolate Freezer Pleaser
DVD
Chocolate starring [many actors and stuntmen]. Autistic teen girl grows up watching martials arts movies on TV and martial arts classes across the street and turns into karate savant.
Fiction
The Legend of Caleb York by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. Spillane wrote a western screenplay intended for John Wayne. That project did not work out but Collins has developed this novel from the original script. Dedicated to Bill Crider, that's kinda neat. I have about 50 minutes of listening left on the Mike Hammer novel Complex 90.
NonFiction
Taste of Home Freezer Pleasers Cookbook by Catherine Cassidy, editor in Chief.
Chocolate starring [many actors and stuntmen]. Autistic teen girl grows up watching martials arts movies on TV and martial arts classes across the street and turns into karate savant.
Fiction
The Legend of Caleb York by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. Spillane wrote a western screenplay intended for John Wayne. That project did not work out but Collins has developed this novel from the original script. Dedicated to Bill Crider, that's kinda neat. I have about 50 minutes of listening left on the Mike Hammer novel Complex 90.
NonFiction
Taste of Home Freezer Pleasers Cookbook by Catherine Cassidy, editor in Chief.
Saturday, August 01, 2015
Music and Marketing
Sounds are Made. Sounds are recorded. Sounds are translated into physical object. Your machine translates those physical marks into sound waves.
English Graffiti by The Vaccines. English singers sing songs of love.
Still by Richard Thompson. Option 1) English singer sing songs. Option 2) English guitarist plays guitars.
NonFiction
The Passion Conversation: understanding, sparking, and sustaining word of mouth marketing by Robbin Phillips, et al. The importance of conversation and personal relationship to draw and keep customers.
English Graffiti by The Vaccines. English singers sing songs of love.
Still by Richard Thompson. Option 1) English singer sing songs. Option 2) English guitarist plays guitars.
NonFiction
The Passion Conversation: understanding, sparking, and sustaining word of mouth marketing by Robbin Phillips, et al. The importance of conversation and personal relationship to draw and keep customers.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Eight Novels
Fiction
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal. I was gone for three nights to Boy Scout camp up near Mountain, WI.
Badlands by C.J. Box. Hot weather and read a novel and napped more than anything else over the two full days I stayed.
Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay. I did go for a decent walk on Tuesday through the camp and the surrounding forest.
Wishes For Christmas by Fern Michaels. Nicolet National Forest surrounds the camp and seemed to have plenty of trails, roads, and biking paths.
Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans. One younger boy tripped and fall onto a sharp stick that pierced the back of his hand.
Perfect Touch by Elizabeth Lowell. The Scout was crying and upset. An older Scout and I walked the injured kid to the health office.
The Forgotten by Heather Graham. The puncture wound was not so bad, but the health officer sent us to an urgent care location just in case stitches were needed.
Brush Back by Sara Paretsky. No stitches. The flap of skin was glued shut. We missed dinner time at camp so we stopped at the Burger King in Oconto Falls.
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal. I was gone for three nights to Boy Scout camp up near Mountain, WI.
Badlands by C.J. Box. Hot weather and read a novel and napped more than anything else over the two full days I stayed.
Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay. I did go for a decent walk on Tuesday through the camp and the surrounding forest.
Wishes For Christmas by Fern Michaels. Nicolet National Forest surrounds the camp and seemed to have plenty of trails, roads, and biking paths.
Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans. One younger boy tripped and fall onto a sharp stick that pierced the back of his hand.
Perfect Touch by Elizabeth Lowell. The Scout was crying and upset. An older Scout and I walked the injured kid to the health office.
The Forgotten by Heather Graham. The puncture wound was not so bad, but the health officer sent us to an urgent care location just in case stitches were needed.
Brush Back by Sara Paretsky. No stitches. The flap of skin was glued shut. We missed dinner time at camp so we stopped at the Burger King in Oconto Falls.
NonFiction - Dictator special
NonFiction
The Job: true tales from the life of a New York City Cop by Steve Osborne. Page 165 says, "During our conversation he must have sense my disappointment at the fact he didn't receive any jail time."
The Double Life of Fidel Castro: my 17 years as personal bodyguard to El Lider Maximo by Juan Reinaldo Sanchez with Axel Gylden. Former bodyguard and fixer to Fidel Castro fell into disfavor, went to Cuban prison, escaped to Mexico and Florida and wrote a tell-all. Mistresses, drug dealing, guerrilla training, multiple mansions, torture, executions.
A Kim Jong-Il Production: the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power by Paul Fischer. In 1978 future North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il ordered the kidnapping of a famous South Korean actress and director to force them to make films. Page 93 says, " Inside, Kim gave Choi a tour of the ostentatious villa: the en-suit bedrooms, the living room and library, the home cinema. There was a tacky crystal chandelier of two in every room and Japanese gadgets on every surface, giving the house a gauche, unrefined energy - 'a Las Vegas-meets-Vladivostok feeling,' as Choi described later."
Kale and Coffee: a renegade's guide to health happiness and longevity by Kevin Gianni. Writer travels the United States testing different diet and health advice. Page 152 says, "As we reach the salt farms, the land in front of us is dotted with carefully laid out rectangular patches of black trays filled with water."
Sugar Impact Diet Cookbook by JJ Virgin. This was on the Amazon bestseller list, so I bought it.
The Real Paleo Diet Cookbook by Loren Cordain, Ph.D. Someone asked that we have more paleo diet books.
ACT 2016: strategies, practice and review by Kaplan. Someone else complained we did not have enough ACT prep books.
The Job: true tales from the life of a New York City Cop by Steve Osborne. Page 165 says, "During our conversation he must have sense my disappointment at the fact he didn't receive any jail time."
The Double Life of Fidel Castro: my 17 years as personal bodyguard to El Lider Maximo by Juan Reinaldo Sanchez with Axel Gylden. Former bodyguard and fixer to Fidel Castro fell into disfavor, went to Cuban prison, escaped to Mexico and Florida and wrote a tell-all. Mistresses, drug dealing, guerrilla training, multiple mansions, torture, executions.
A Kim Jong-Il Production: the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power by Paul Fischer. In 1978 future North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il ordered the kidnapping of a famous South Korean actress and director to force them to make films. Page 93 says, " Inside, Kim gave Choi a tour of the ostentatious villa: the en-suit bedrooms, the living room and library, the home cinema. There was a tacky crystal chandelier of two in every room and Japanese gadgets on every surface, giving the house a gauche, unrefined energy - 'a Las Vegas-meets-Vladivostok feeling,' as Choi described later."
Kale and Coffee: a renegade's guide to health happiness and longevity by Kevin Gianni. Writer travels the United States testing different diet and health advice. Page 152 says, "As we reach the salt farms, the land in front of us is dotted with carefully laid out rectangular patches of black trays filled with water."
Sugar Impact Diet Cookbook by JJ Virgin. This was on the Amazon bestseller list, so I bought it.
The Real Paleo Diet Cookbook by Loren Cordain, Ph.D. Someone asked that we have more paleo diet books.
ACT 2016: strategies, practice and review by Kaplan. Someone else complained we did not have enough ACT prep books.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Exercise, Entertainment, Entry
DVD
'71 starring Jack O'Connell. British soldier stranded in Belfast. Uh-oh.
Justified: final season starring Timothy Olyphant, Walter Goggins, many others. Final season of Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens and his screwed up home county in Kentucky. With lots of swooshing sound effects.
Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds. Woman files suit to recover property stolen during World War Two.
House of Cards: the complete third season by Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. Political intrigue.
Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee. I figured this would be used.
Method Express by Tracy Anderson. Exercise routines to exercise.
Method Beginners by Tracy Anderson. Exercise routines for more exercise. Anderson is not tall, she measure 5'.
Audiobooks on CD
Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook by Anthony Bourdain. 8 CDs at 9 hours.
The Old Blue Line by J.A. Jance. 2CDs at 2 hours. Crime and punishment.
'71 starring Jack O'Connell. British soldier stranded in Belfast. Uh-oh.
Justified: final season starring Timothy Olyphant, Walter Goggins, many others. Final season of Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens and his screwed up home county in Kentucky. With lots of swooshing sound effects.
Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds. Woman files suit to recover property stolen during World War Two.
House of Cards: the complete third season by Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright. Political intrigue.
Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee. I figured this would be used.
Method Express by Tracy Anderson. Exercise routines to exercise.
Method Beginners by Tracy Anderson. Exercise routines for more exercise. Anderson is not tall, she measure 5'.
Audiobooks on CD
Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook by Anthony Bourdain. 8 CDs at 9 hours.
The Old Blue Line by J.A. Jance. 2CDs at 2 hours. Crime and punishment.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Departing Staff
Some New Old Fiction
Fiction
Simon Scarrow
Scarrow's historical fiction starts out featuring Roman Legionaires serving in Britain. These novels fill some gaps in our collection.
Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow.
Eagle's Conquest by Simon Scarrow.
C.S. Forester
The series is older but should still circ'.
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester.
Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester.
Beat to Quarters by C.S. Forester.
Terry Goodkind
We do not have a lot of Science Fiction so we decided to add these copies.
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind.
Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind.
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind.
Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind.
Simon Scarrow
Scarrow's historical fiction starts out featuring Roman Legionaires serving in Britain. These novels fill some gaps in our collection.
Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow.
Eagle's Conquest by Simon Scarrow.
C.S. Forester
The series is older but should still circ'.
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. Forester.
Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester.
Beat to Quarters by C.S. Forester.
Terry Goodkind
We do not have a lot of Science Fiction so we decided to add these copies.
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind.
Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind.
Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind.
Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
AudioBooks on CD
Audiobooks on CD
Vixen by Bill Pronzini. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours. This had a big recommendation by Bill Crider. I don't want to paste the review in, here is the link http://billcrider.blogspot.com/2015/07/vixen-bill-pronzini.html.
Skin Deep by Timothy Hallinan. 8 CDs at 10 hours. Hallinan writes the Junior Bender series which have been popular here. Hollywood P.I. looks after a woman beating actor and women are getting killed.
The Shapeshifters by Stefan Spjut. 12 CDs at 14.5 hours. Boy goes missing in 1978 Northern Sweden. Mother claims a troll took him. Twenty-five years later another child goes missing and a researcher looks for trolls.
Kill Me Darling by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. 6 CDs at 6.5 hours. I really enjoy these Mike Hammer novels by Spillane and Collins. I can never remember how to spell Collins's middle name.
Vixen by Bill Pronzini. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours. This had a big recommendation by Bill Crider. I don't want to paste the review in, here is the link http://billcrider.blogspot.com/2015/07/vixen-bill-pronzini.html.
Skin Deep by Timothy Hallinan. 8 CDs at 10 hours. Hallinan writes the Junior Bender series which have been popular here. Hollywood P.I. looks after a woman beating actor and women are getting killed.
The Shapeshifters by Stefan Spjut. 12 CDs at 14.5 hours. Boy goes missing in 1978 Northern Sweden. Mother claims a troll took him. Twenty-five years later another child goes missing and a researcher looks for trolls.
Kill Me Darling by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. 6 CDs at 6.5 hours. I really enjoy these Mike Hammer novels by Spillane and Collins. I can never remember how to spell Collins's middle name.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Old is New Again
Fiction
We had some donations that are in good condition and fill some gaps in the collection.
Large Print
Nemesis by Catherine Coulter.
Lost Book
"I found this book in a vacation cottage in Waupaca. Please let the patron know it has been returned. Betty ____"
We had some donations that are in good condition and fill some gaps in the collection.
Large Print
Nemesis by Catherine Coulter.
Lost Book
"I found this book in a vacation cottage in Waupaca. Please let the patron know it has been returned. Betty ____"
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Double Naked Plus a Kilt
Fiction
Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs. Bodies, woods, laboratories, marriage proposal. Canadian content is unclear.
Scents and Sensibility by Spencer Quinn. According to the cover photo this is about dogs in Arizona. The summary on the dustcover says the same.
The Rumor by Elin Hildebrand. Don't we have this already? Nope, I guess I was thinking of the audiobook. Is Hildebrand from Milwaukee? I don't remember. Let's check...nope, she lives in Massachusetts.
Novel Habits of Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith.
The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka. Scientist does something. The summary is unclear.
Naked Greed by Stuart Woods. Your quarterly update.
Naked Eye by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen. Woman thinks serial killer was not executed and is out and about.
Large Print
NonFiction
Custom Crocheted Sweaters by Dora Ohrenstein. Kilt free with many nice photos and patterns.
Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs. Bodies, woods, laboratories, marriage proposal. Canadian content is unclear.
Scents and Sensibility by Spencer Quinn. According to the cover photo this is about dogs in Arizona. The summary on the dustcover says the same.
The Rumor by Elin Hildebrand. Don't we have this already? Nope, I guess I was thinking of the audiobook. Is Hildebrand from Milwaukee? I don't remember. Let's check...nope, she lives in Massachusetts.
Novel Habits of Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith.
The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka. Scientist does something. The summary is unclear.
Naked Greed by Stuart Woods. Your quarterly update.
Naked Eye by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen. Woman thinks serial killer was not executed and is out and about.
Large Print
NonFiction
Custom Crocheted Sweaters by Dora Ohrenstein. Kilt free with many nice photos and patterns.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Primates Avenue of Love
NonFiction
Primates of Park Avenue: a memoir by Wednesday Martin. I read a review that had snippets of an author interview. Martin moved into a high end NYC neighborhood. The local women were constantly jockeying and vying for social status and position. Martin used her anthropological training to analyze the people and figure how to insert herself into the pack.
Fiction
The Idea of Love by Patti Callahan Henry. Widow sells her story to a screenwriter who needs a hit. Her story, and the screenplay, are not quite true.
Primates of Park Avenue: a memoir by Wednesday Martin. I read a review that had snippets of an author interview. Martin moved into a high end NYC neighborhood. The local women were constantly jockeying and vying for social status and position. Martin used her anthropological training to analyze the people and figure how to insert herself into the pack.
Fiction
The Idea of Love by Patti Callahan Henry. Widow sells her story to a screenwriter who needs a hit. Her story, and the screenplay, are not quite true.
Monday, July 13, 2015
New Items, Part Four
Fiction
Grey by E.L. James. The same stuff but told by the male character. Does this novel reflect the first Grey novel or the whole series? I'll wait for Bill Crider to read this novel and let the rest of us know.
NonFiction
Ubuntu Unleashed, 2015 by Matthew Helmke. How much of a computer guru does Helmke have to be to write something like this?
Casseroles by Sterling Publishing. No author or editor name on this.Seafood casserole? Sure, there is tuna, but also anchovies (page 59). Anchovies and sardines sound gross but the photos are fantastic.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, volume 17 by Jim Davis. Because children loooove Garfield.
Grey by E.L. James. The same stuff but told by the male character. Does this novel reflect the first Grey novel or the whole series? I'll wait for Bill Crider to read this novel and let the rest of us know.
NonFiction
Ubuntu Unleashed, 2015 by Matthew Helmke. How much of a computer guru does Helmke have to be to write something like this?
Casseroles by Sterling Publishing. No author or editor name on this.Seafood casserole? Sure, there is tuna, but also anchovies (page 59). Anchovies and sardines sound gross but the photos are fantastic.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, volume 17 by Jim Davis. Because children loooove Garfield.
New Items, Part Three
Fiction
Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos. I just read a review of this in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The reviewer thought the book went on too long.
Those Girls by Chevy Stevens. Three sisters go on the run from an abusive dad, fall into trouble, change their names, trouble finds them 18 years later.
The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna. Set during WWII in Door County, WI. No wonder it's gotten plenty of press in the Madison newspaper.
The Guest Cottage by Nancy Thayer. To-be-divorced woman rents a summer cottage. Things happen.
Code of Conduct by Brad Thor. A very bright yellow cover on this one. Page 187 says, "When he finished, the Old Man let out a long, low whistle."
The English Spy by Daniel Silva. Assassin hired to kill another assassin. Page 187, "He watched it turn into the road without a name."
Summerlong by Dean Bakopoulos. I just read a review of this in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The reviewer thought the book went on too long.
Those Girls by Chevy Stevens. Three sisters go on the run from an abusive dad, fall into trouble, change their names, trouble finds them 18 years later.
The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna. Set during WWII in Door County, WI. No wonder it's gotten plenty of press in the Madison newspaper.
The Guest Cottage by Nancy Thayer. To-be-divorced woman rents a summer cottage. Things happen.
Code of Conduct by Brad Thor. A very bright yellow cover on this one. Page 187 says, "When he finished, the Old Man let out a long, low whistle."
The English Spy by Daniel Silva. Assassin hired to kill another assassin. Page 187, "He watched it turn into the road without a name."
New Items, Part Two
Audiobooks on CD
Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton. 5CDs at 6 hours. Sutton? I heard of that guy, he writes some of the Dead Man horror stories.
Killing Monica by Candace Bushnell. 9 CDs at 10 hours. Author wants to kill off a character readers love and the author is sick of.
Love May Fail by Matthew Quick. 10 CDs at 12 hours. According to the author bio Mr. Quick lives in North Carolina. According to the descriptive summary this novel is about people doing things.
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith. 11 CDs at 12.5 hours. This book is from 2008. I must have bought this on sale. The cover has a tie-in image for the forthcoming film version.
Fiction
Nemesis by Catherine Coulter.
Fateful Lightning by Jeff Shaara. 593 pages on General Sherman.
Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton. 5CDs at 6 hours. Sutton? I heard of that guy, he writes some of the Dead Man horror stories.
Killing Monica by Candace Bushnell. 9 CDs at 10 hours. Author wants to kill off a character readers love and the author is sick of.
Love May Fail by Matthew Quick. 10 CDs at 12 hours. According to the author bio Mr. Quick lives in North Carolina. According to the descriptive summary this novel is about people doing things.
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith. 11 CDs at 12.5 hours. This book is from 2008. I must have bought this on sale. The cover has a tie-in image for the forthcoming film version.
Fiction
Nemesis by Catherine Coulter.
Fateful Lightning by Jeff Shaara. 593 pages on General Sherman.
New Items, Part One
Fiction
Ideal: the novel and the play by Ayn Rand. Unpublished novel is not unpublished. Page 90 says, "A white cross flamed over the pulpit, on a black wall."
The Star of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson. I don't like the cover. Jackson was awarded the Maytag Fellowship at Iowa Writers' Workshop. She was also awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Fulbright sounds a lot better than Maytag. Maytag makes me think of the TV commercials. I have not idea what this book is about, you can read it and tell me. Jackson went to Cape Town with the Fulbright. I wonder if she met Roger Smith or Deon Meyer.
The Silenced by Heather Graham. So, this is a series? Krewe of Hunters? IF the FBI had as many special units as the novels pretend they'd need twice as many Agents.
Twice in a Lifetime by Dorothy Garlock. Garlock lives in Clear Lake, Iowa. I'm trying to remember where that town sits. I'll look it up...okay, it's off I-35 by Mason City. Dillinger robbed a bank in Mason City.
Dinner with Buddha by Roland Merullo. There's a fat guy joke in that title but I cannot find it.
Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. A novel about manufacturing water jet cutters. Maybe. I don't know. The cover design makes this look like a computer thriller. The dustcover says it's a about drought and water battles in the future. I just read a random page and enjoyed what I saw.
The Man Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes. Her name is familiar, let's see what else she wrote...a whole bunch of books, none that I remember seeing before. I must be thinking of the Sammy Keyes childrens' series.
Ideal: the novel and the play by Ayn Rand. Unpublished novel is not unpublished. Page 90 says, "A white cross flamed over the pulpit, on a black wall."
The Star of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson. I don't like the cover. Jackson was awarded the Maytag Fellowship at Iowa Writers' Workshop. She was also awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. Fulbright sounds a lot better than Maytag. Maytag makes me think of the TV commercials. I have not idea what this book is about, you can read it and tell me. Jackson went to Cape Town with the Fulbright. I wonder if she met Roger Smith or Deon Meyer.
The Silenced by Heather Graham. So, this is a series? Krewe of Hunters? IF the FBI had as many special units as the novels pretend they'd need twice as many Agents.
Twice in a Lifetime by Dorothy Garlock. Garlock lives in Clear Lake, Iowa. I'm trying to remember where that town sits. I'll look it up...okay, it's off I-35 by Mason City. Dillinger robbed a bank in Mason City.
Dinner with Buddha by Roland Merullo. There's a fat guy joke in that title but I cannot find it.
Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi. A novel about manufacturing water jet cutters. Maybe. I don't know. The cover design makes this look like a computer thriller. The dustcover says it's a about drought and water battles in the future. I just read a random page and enjoyed what I saw.
The Man Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes. Her name is familiar, let's see what else she wrote...a whole bunch of books, none that I remember seeing before. I must be thinking of the Sammy Keyes childrens' series.
Friday, July 10, 2015
Let's See What We Have Here...
Well, Let Me Look...
Death of Dog Whisperer by Laurien Berenson. Paperback mystery.
Cabin Fever: the sizzling secrets of a Virgin Airlines Flight Attendant by Mandy Smith. Page 234 says, "I should've headed to the nearest tube station after the meal."
The Dark Net: inside the digital underworld by Jamie Bartlett. Oooh, scary. Page 155 says,"I had a market and a vendor."
A Tempered Faith: rediscovering hope in the ashes of loss by Jennifer Sands. Widow recovers from grief after 9/11.
Large Print
Another stack of books.
Death of Dog Whisperer by Laurien Berenson. Paperback mystery.
Cabin Fever: the sizzling secrets of a Virgin Airlines Flight Attendant by Mandy Smith. Page 234 says, "I should've headed to the nearest tube station after the meal."
The Dark Net: inside the digital underworld by Jamie Bartlett. Oooh, scary. Page 155 says,"I had a market and a vendor."
A Tempered Faith: rediscovering hope in the ashes of loss by Jennifer Sands. Widow recovers from grief after 9/11.
Large Print
Another stack of books.
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Mish-Mash of Books
Fiction
Black Rock by John McFetridge. Young cop in 1970 Montreal looks for a serial killer among the political and social upheaval. I think I picked this one out, it sure sounds like a book I would select. McFetridge has a mystery series set in Toronto. I always think of the Kids in the Hall opening when I think about Toronto
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes. Exploring... hidden... secrets... mysteriously driven... tragic truth... shake her family to the core... impossible choice... inspired... atmospheric... poignant... determined... power.
Beneath the Bonfire by Nickolas Butler. The same guy who wrote Shotgun Lovesongs, which I never got around to reading. The cover is a kinda '70s style with yellow, red and orange colors. The dust jacket says Shotgun was an international bestseller. That's neat. I do have a shotgun but it's an old 16 gauge bolt action and I've never shot it.
Corrupted Memory by Ray Daniel. Guy finds a dead man on the front stoop. Dead Man looks like Guy's deceased father. Dead Man is a previously unknown half-brother to Guy. More things happen.
NonFiction
The Honored Society: a portrait of Italy's most powerful mafia by Petra Reski. Should mafia be capitalized? I was griping to someone that this book has no photos at all. No mug shots, no surveillance shots, no courtroom scenes, no street scenes. No maps either. Page 173 says, "It was a classic Mafia marriage: Ninetta was from an old Corleone family, her brother was rising through the hierarchy. He had the honor of being murdered by his future brother-in-law."
Black Rock by John McFetridge. Young cop in 1970 Montreal looks for a serial killer among the political and social upheaval. I think I picked this one out, it sure sounds like a book I would select. McFetridge has a mystery series set in Toronto. I always think of the Kids in the Hall opening when I think about Toronto
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes. Exploring... hidden... secrets... mysteriously driven... tragic truth... shake her family to the core... impossible choice... inspired... atmospheric... poignant... determined... power.
Beneath the Bonfire by Nickolas Butler. The same guy who wrote Shotgun Lovesongs, which I never got around to reading. The cover is a kinda '70s style with yellow, red and orange colors. The dust jacket says Shotgun was an international bestseller. That's neat. I do have a shotgun but it's an old 16 gauge bolt action and I've never shot it.
Corrupted Memory by Ray Daniel. Guy finds a dead man on the front stoop. Dead Man looks like Guy's deceased father. Dead Man is a previously unknown half-brother to Guy. More things happen.
NonFiction
The Honored Society: a portrait of Italy's most powerful mafia by Petra Reski. Should mafia be capitalized? I was griping to someone that this book has no photos at all. No mug shots, no surveillance shots, no courtroom scenes, no street scenes. No maps either. Page 173 says, "It was a classic Mafia marriage: Ninetta was from an old Corleone family, her brother was rising through the hierarchy. He had the honor of being murdered by his future brother-in-law."
Wednesday, July 01, 2015
NonFiction Action Pack!
NonFiction
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covery. Replacement. KAPOW!
The Yankee Commandante: the untold story of courage, passion, and one American's fight to liberate Cuba by Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss. Ohioan goes to fight with Castro, realizes Castro is a bad dude, things go bad. ZOOM!
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future by Ashlee Vance. BANG!
What If? serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions by Randall Munroe.If two immotal people were placed on opposite sides of an uninhabited Earthlike planet, how long would it take them to find each other? WHAM!
The Road to Character by David Brooks. Pundit writes book. ZOING!
Gumption: relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemaker by Nick Offerman. Guy with facial hair writes book. BOOM!
Youth Basketball Drills: 160 drills for skill development by Burrall Paye and Patrick Paye. ZIP!
Thug Kitchen: eat like you give a fuck by Thug Kitchen LLC. WHANG!
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covery. Replacement. KAPOW!
The Yankee Commandante: the untold story of courage, passion, and one American's fight to liberate Cuba by Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss. Ohioan goes to fight with Castro, realizes Castro is a bad dude, things go bad. ZOOM!
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future by Ashlee Vance. BANG!
What If? serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions by Randall Munroe.If two immotal people were placed on opposite sides of an uninhabited Earthlike planet, how long would it take them to find each other? WHAM!
The Road to Character by David Brooks. Pundit writes book. ZOING!
Gumption: relighting the torch of freedom with America's gutsiest troublemaker by Nick Offerman. Guy with facial hair writes book. BOOM!
Youth Basketball Drills: 160 drills for skill development by Burrall Paye and Patrick Paye. ZIP!
Thug Kitchen: eat like you give a fuck by Thug Kitchen LLC. WHANG!
Monday, June 29, 2015
Some Music
Musicians Perform, The Performance is Recorded, The Recording is Transcribed Onto A Medium Composed of Plastic and Metal
Cover Story by The Verbs. Singers sing songs of Dave Clark. With guitars.
Emmaar by Tinariwen. North African Tuareg's sing Malian songs. With Guitars.
To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar. Californian sings songs of Californians. He also has a bone to pick. With guitars.
Public Service Announcement
With guitars.
Cover Story by The Verbs. Singers sing songs of Dave Clark. With guitars.
Emmaar by Tinariwen. North African Tuareg's sing Malian songs. With Guitars.
To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar. Californian sings songs of Californians. He also has a bone to pick. With guitars.
Public Service Announcement
With guitars.
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