DVD
Agent Carter: the complete third season starring Hayley Atwell. I like this show. You can always tell when the stunt doubles are working though, that and the quick cut editing for the fight scenes is disappointing. The lead character is English.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. starring [many people]. I like this show, too. Agents suffers from the same problem as above. Sure, I understand there are plenty of time limitations when making a weekly TV show. You also cannot let an actor portraying a main character get injured and be unable to work. The scenes have to be safer and quick to choreograph, right?
Mad Men starring John Hamm. I've never seen this show. Does this have action sequences? Someone put a video on YouTube of every time someone in the series took a drunk or vomited.
Audiobooks on CD
Robert B. Parker's The Devil Wins by Reed Farrel Coleman. 8 hours on 7 CDs. Coleman is a good dude, he spends a lot of time in Milwaukee. I really enjoyed the two novels he wrote under the pen name Tony Spinosa.
Make Me by Lee Child. 14 hours on 12 CDs. If this novel is like the others then you'll read about Jack Reacher battling bad guys, bedding good girls, and beating feet once the dust settles.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Thursday, September 24, 2015
One Small, Lonely NonFic
NonFiction
Whiskey: what to drink next by Dominic Roskrow. I looked through this book and whatever you end up drinking you better be ready to pay. A lot of these look to start in the $50-a-bottle range. Those single malts have to get pricey. Especially the Japanese ones. Page 204 says, "The sweetness was seen as a way of bringing women into the whiskey category, but research shows that men are just as likely to be drawn to it."
Whiskey: what to drink next by Dominic Roskrow. I looked through this book and whatever you end up drinking you better be ready to pay. A lot of these look to start in the $50-a-bottle range. Those single malts have to get pricey. Especially the Japanese ones. Page 204 says, "The sweetness was seen as a way of bringing women into the whiskey category, but research shows that men are just as likely to be drawn to it."
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Many NonFics
NonFiction
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver. What's this about, let me check. Oh, poetry, says so right on the cover. Wow, She won a Pulitzer in poetry in 1984.
Best Homemade Kids' Snacks on the Planet: more than 200 healthy homemade snacks you and your kids will love by Laura Fuentes. Fuentes has some sort of website. That must be her and her children on pages 220 and 221. There are nice photos in this book. Actually, the entire book design is pretty nice, that is important for a cookbook.
Build the Perfect Bug Out Survival Skills by Creek Stewart. Head to the hills! Bring your guns! Store vodka for trade! Learn to skin rabbits! Pencil sharpener shavings for tinder? That's a good idea. A lot of stuff in here looks fun to try out.
ToddlerCalm: a guide for calmer toddlers and happier parents by Sarah Ockwell-Smith. I'm past the need for this book. I need one of those teenager guides. Or, one of those "Stop making that sound!" guides.
My First Book of Chess Tactics by David MacEnulty. I should take this home for the 9-year-old. Page 129 says, "If the king takes the rook, it will be unable to stop the promotion."
Coffee Break
NonFiction Continued
Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day by Leanne Brown. Brown is Canadian. Brown has black hair. Brown's husband's name is Dan. I do not know Dan's hair color.
Japanese Jiu-Jitsu: secret techniques of self-defense by Darrell Max Craig. Why did I order this book? Martial arts and self defense books do not usually circ' well. Craig lives in Houston. I wonder if he knows Joe R. Lansdale. I bet Craig always has to spell his first name for people.
The "I Don't Know How to Cook" Book by Mary-Lane Kamberg. What kind of name is Kamberg? The K causes confusion. The "k" makes me think Finish. The "berg" makes me think German. Maybe it's Russian. Maybe Kamberg's parents moved here as defectors in 1965 but were actually sleeper agents?
Taste of Home: Easy weeknight dinners by Taste of Home. Taste of Home cookbooks are popular. You ever watch that Americans TV show? I've not seen it yet, that is about Russkie spies, right?
Manga Crash Course: drawing Manga characters and scenes from start to finish by Mina "Mistiqarts" Petrovic. Russkie is a fun word to say. I feel like a character in a Cold War movie. "Those Russkies are sneaking in, I tell ya! We gotta stop'em!"
The Upcycled T-Shirt by Jenelle Montilone. Learn to use t-shirt fabric to make things, "Roger, you're nuts. Those aren't Russkies, they're scientists! They're dedicated to knowledge and the advancement of humanity."
Big Book of Paleo Recipes by Linda Larsen. Another cookbook. "Yeah, is that what you think? First scientist I ever saw who seemed more interested in the Colonel's orders than the laboratory."
Easy Jewelry Making: 50+ projects edited by Erica Swanson. "The guy just arrived. He left his home, his family, his country. He's trying to make friends Roger, he's not plotting against us, he's working with us."
No End in Sight: uncanny X-Men by Sean Ryan,et al. Mutants do things. "I'm starting to wonder about you, Poindexter. You keep standing up for this shifty guy and I'm starting to wonder about your loyalty. What about it, bub? Maybe your blood is a little too red?"
Drawing Pets by David Williams. Instructional guide. "That's outrageous! I was in the Pacific and you can compare my record to yours any day! You arrogant jerk!"
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver. What's this about, let me check. Oh, poetry, says so right on the cover. Wow, She won a Pulitzer in poetry in 1984.
Best Homemade Kids' Snacks on the Planet: more than 200 healthy homemade snacks you and your kids will love by Laura Fuentes. Fuentes has some sort of website. That must be her and her children on pages 220 and 221. There are nice photos in this book. Actually, the entire book design is pretty nice, that is important for a cookbook.
Build the Perfect Bug Out Survival Skills by Creek Stewart. Head to the hills! Bring your guns! Store vodka for trade! Learn to skin rabbits! Pencil sharpener shavings for tinder? That's a good idea. A lot of stuff in here looks fun to try out.
ToddlerCalm: a guide for calmer toddlers and happier parents by Sarah Ockwell-Smith. I'm past the need for this book. I need one of those teenager guides. Or, one of those "Stop making that sound!" guides.
My First Book of Chess Tactics by David MacEnulty. I should take this home for the 9-year-old. Page 129 says, "If the king takes the rook, it will be unable to stop the promotion."
Coffee Break
NonFiction Continued
Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day by Leanne Brown. Brown is Canadian. Brown has black hair. Brown's husband's name is Dan. I do not know Dan's hair color.
Japanese Jiu-Jitsu: secret techniques of self-defense by Darrell Max Craig. Why did I order this book? Martial arts and self defense books do not usually circ' well. Craig lives in Houston. I wonder if he knows Joe R. Lansdale. I bet Craig always has to spell his first name for people.
The "I Don't Know How to Cook" Book by Mary-Lane Kamberg. What kind of name is Kamberg? The K causes confusion. The "k" makes me think Finish. The "berg" makes me think German. Maybe it's Russian. Maybe Kamberg's parents moved here as defectors in 1965 but were actually sleeper agents?
Taste of Home: Easy weeknight dinners by Taste of Home. Taste of Home cookbooks are popular. You ever watch that Americans TV show? I've not seen it yet, that is about Russkie spies, right?
Manga Crash Course: drawing Manga characters and scenes from start to finish by Mina "Mistiqarts" Petrovic. Russkie is a fun word to say. I feel like a character in a Cold War movie. "Those Russkies are sneaking in, I tell ya! We gotta stop'em!"
The Upcycled T-Shirt by Jenelle Montilone. Learn to use t-shirt fabric to make things, "Roger, you're nuts. Those aren't Russkies, they're scientists! They're dedicated to knowledge and the advancement of humanity."
Big Book of Paleo Recipes by Linda Larsen. Another cookbook. "Yeah, is that what you think? First scientist I ever saw who seemed more interested in the Colonel's orders than the laboratory."
Easy Jewelry Making: 50+ projects edited by Erica Swanson. "The guy just arrived. He left his home, his family, his country. He's trying to make friends Roger, he's not plotting against us, he's working with us."
No End in Sight: uncanny X-Men by Sean Ryan,et al. Mutants do things. "I'm starting to wonder about you, Poindexter. You keep standing up for this shifty guy and I'm starting to wonder about your loyalty. What about it, bub? Maybe your blood is a little too red?"
Drawing Pets by David Williams. Instructional guide. "That's outrageous! I was in the Pacific and you can compare my record to yours any day! You arrogant jerk!"
Monday, September 21, 2015
Final Patriot Photograph
Fiction
Patriot by Ted Bell. I have not read any of Bell's novels. This has something about spies, murder, and Russians in Europe.
Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni. This is about a Seattle Homicide Detective and a serial killer.
The Photograph by Beverly Lewis. This is an Amish novel about three orphaned adult sisters and their brother.
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Patriot by Ted Bell. I have not read any of Bell's novels. This has something about spies, murder, and Russians in Europe.
Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni. This is about a Seattle Homicide Detective and a serial killer.
The Photograph by Beverly Lewis. This is an Amish novel about three orphaned adult sisters and their brother.
Large Print
Fiction? Non
NonFiction
Campside Guide to Dutch Oven Cooking by Paul Kautz. I still need to take the BALOO training for Cub Scout leaders. Thank goodness a session is coming up later in the month. I've been helping out with Cub Scouts for over six years and still not gotten the training.
DIY: Wardrobe Makeovers by Suzannah Hamlin Stanley. I bet you Stanely has spell both her first and last names to avoid misspelling. Judging by the author photo that is Stanley on the front cover as well. On page 63 she writes, "Press open the old hem."
Guns the Right Way: introducing kids to firearms safety and shooting by Jerry Luciano. As if anyone would write a book called Guns the Wrong Way. Too bad there is no book called Guns the Free Way because ammo costs and range fees really add up.
"Is This Thing On?": A friendly guide to everything digital for newbies, technophobes, and the kicking and screaming by Abby Stokes. Page 347 says, "Let's talk Twitter." Oh, please, let's not talk Twitter.
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: four women undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott. This one looks interesting.
Campside Guide to Dutch Oven Cooking by Paul Kautz. I still need to take the BALOO training for Cub Scout leaders. Thank goodness a session is coming up later in the month. I've been helping out with Cub Scouts for over six years and still not gotten the training.
DIY: Wardrobe Makeovers by Suzannah Hamlin Stanley. I bet you Stanely has spell both her first and last names to avoid misspelling. Judging by the author photo that is Stanley on the front cover as well. On page 63 she writes, "Press open the old hem."
Guns the Right Way: introducing kids to firearms safety and shooting by Jerry Luciano. As if anyone would write a book called Guns the Wrong Way. Too bad there is no book called Guns the Free Way because ammo costs and range fees really add up.
"Is This Thing On?": A friendly guide to everything digital for newbies, technophobes, and the kicking and screaming by Abby Stokes. Page 347 says, "Let's talk Twitter." Oh, please, let's not talk Twitter.
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: four women undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott. This one looks interesting.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Goldberg's Shining Furies
Fiction
The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. The latest in the very popular series. I follow Goldberg on Twitter. Goldberg is visiting his in-laws in France and posting lots of photos. Well, the photos are on Instagram but get shared on Twitter.
McKnight in Shining Armor by Tami Hoag. I've never read a Hoag novel. I always think of the Monty Python pronunciation of knight. Kuh-Nig-It.
The End Game by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison. I think Coulter has a new author photo. You can tell Coulter is a big deal because the photo covers the entire back cover.
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie. Rushdie was on TV the other day. He must live in New York now.
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Groff is from somewhere the author bio won't tell you. I'm from Central Illinois.
Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton. Well, Champaign is always described as being in East Central Illinois.
Dance of the Bones by J.A. Jance. You know what else is in East Central Illinois? Soybeans and corn.
Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb. You know what else in the rest of Illinois? Soybeans and corn.
NonFiction
Kaplan ACT 2016: strategies, practice and review by Kaplan, Inc. You know what's in Wisconsin? Dairy farms and lakes.
The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. The latest in the very popular series. I follow Goldberg on Twitter. Goldberg is visiting his in-laws in France and posting lots of photos. Well, the photos are on Instagram but get shared on Twitter.
McKnight in Shining Armor by Tami Hoag. I've never read a Hoag novel. I always think of the Monty Python pronunciation of knight. Kuh-Nig-It.
The End Game by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison. I think Coulter has a new author photo. You can tell Coulter is a big deal because the photo covers the entire back cover.
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie. Rushdie was on TV the other day. He must live in New York now.
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Groff is from somewhere the author bio won't tell you. I'm from Central Illinois.
Dishing the Dirt by M.C. Beaton. Well, Champaign is always described as being in East Central Illinois.
Dance of the Bones by J.A. Jance. You know what else is in East Central Illinois? Soybeans and corn.
Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb. You know what else in the rest of Illinois? Soybeans and corn.
NonFiction
Kaplan ACT 2016: strategies, practice and review by Kaplan, Inc. You know what's in Wisconsin? Dairy farms and lakes.
Monday, September 14, 2015
Some Girls Read Large Print
Records Made in 1977 are Digitized for Further Distribution on Compact Disk
Some Girls by The Rolling Stones. Englishmen sing songs about decaying New York. The liner notes say: Jagger liked to play loud and mean. "Oh, here comes Lou Reed agin," engineer Chris Kimsey would say every time the singer strapped on his guitar.
Large Print
Some Girls by The Rolling Stones. Englishmen sing songs about decaying New York. The liner notes say: Jagger liked to play loud and mean. "Oh, here comes Lou Reed agin," engineer Chris Kimsey would say every time the singer strapped on his guitar.
Large Print
Wednesday, September 09, 2015
A Book. Another Book.
Fiction
Deeper in Sin: the wicked Dukes by Sharon Page. Page 37 says, "Panic hit. For a moment, her faith in him wobbled." No author photo. The vague author bio makes me think Page is a pen name. Her website bio makes me think not. Website does have an author photo. My favorite author photos are the ones where you can see the subject's wristwatch and read the time.
Audiobook on CD
Ally Hughes Has Sex Sometimes by Jules Moulin. 7 CDs at 8 hours. That is a long title. Single mom isn't make room for a love life. No author photo. The narrator, Ann Marie Lee, has a photo. Lee has red hair and does some TV acting. I have brown hair and do internet blathering. My dog has black hair and lies in the sun on the driveway.
Deeper in Sin: the wicked Dukes by Sharon Page. Page 37 says, "Panic hit. For a moment, her faith in him wobbled." No author photo. The vague author bio makes me think Page is a pen name. Her website bio makes me think not. Website does have an author photo. My favorite author photos are the ones where you can see the subject's wristwatch and read the time.
Audiobook on CD
Ally Hughes Has Sex Sometimes by Jules Moulin. 7 CDs at 8 hours. That is a long title. Single mom isn't make room for a love life. No author photo. The narrator, Ann Marie Lee, has a photo. Lee has red hair and does some TV acting. I have brown hair and do internet blathering. My dog has black hair and lies in the sun on the driveway.
Tuesday, September 08, 2015
Old Music Is New Music
Musicians Play Instruments In A Recording Studio. Those Digital Recordings Are Processed By Computers Into a Physical Display That Is Inscribed Onto A Very, Very Thin Metal Sheet That Is Sandwiched Between Layers of Plastic
This Time by Dwight Yoakam. Country singer sings songs and plays guitar on this 1993 album.
Tomorrow's Sounds Today by Dwight Yoakam. Country guitarist plays guitar and sings songs on this 2000 album.
Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones. Englishmen sings rock songs in English accents. And use heroin on this 1971 album.
Greatest Hits by Jimmy Buffet. Singer sings songs and wears flip-flops on this 1985 compilation.
Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello. Rock singers sings rock songs and dares you to ask him about Margaret Thatcher. Go on, he dares you. He double dog dares you on this 1994 album.
My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello. Rock guitarist plays guitar and dares you to ask him about his former bass player. Go on, ask him while listening to this 1977 album.
Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars. Singer with fancy hair sings songs and dances - dancing not visible on CDs on this 2012 album.
30 #1 Hits by Elvis Presley. Tennessean sings songs of suspicious ghetto hound dogs in this 2002 compilation.
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan. Minnesotan sings to Abe that he better run in this 1965 album.
Home by The BoDeans. Milwaukeean singers sing '80s pop songs on this 1989 album.
This Time by Dwight Yoakam. Country singer sings songs and plays guitar on this 1993 album.
Tomorrow's Sounds Today by Dwight Yoakam. Country guitarist plays guitar and sings songs on this 2000 album.
Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones. Englishmen sings rock songs in English accents. And use heroin on this 1971 album.
Greatest Hits by Jimmy Buffet. Singer sings songs and wears flip-flops on this 1985 compilation.
Brutal Youth by Elvis Costello. Rock singers sings rock songs and dares you to ask him about Margaret Thatcher. Go on, he dares you. He double dog dares you on this 1994 album.
My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello. Rock guitarist plays guitar and dares you to ask him about his former bass player. Go on, ask him while listening to this 1977 album.
Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars. Singer with fancy hair sings songs and dances - dancing not visible on CDs on this 2012 album.
30 #1 Hits by Elvis Presley. Tennessean sings songs of suspicious ghetto hound dogs in this 2002 compilation.
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan. Minnesotan sings to Abe that he better run in this 1965 album.
Home by The BoDeans. Milwaukeean singers sing '80s pop songs on this 1989 album.
Thursday, September 03, 2015
Because Bill Crider Said So
Fiction
Selena and Greg Barth. Recommended by Bill Crider. Woman fights back against a crime syndicate.
Large Print
Selena and Greg Barth. Recommended by Bill Crider. Woman fights back against a crime syndicate.
Large Print
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
A Bunch of Novels and More Unrelated Commentary.
Fiction
Sparrow Sisters by Ellen Herrick. I read a book called the Bird Sisters. It was okay, but not for me.
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart. I approve of the title and cover illustration. The illustration looks sharp. Stewart lives in Eureka, CA and took her author photo while leaning on a iron fence.
Hollow Man by Mark Pryor. Pryor's name is above the title, I guess that means his name is well known. Psychopath living in Austin, TX gets talked into robbing a van filled with cash.
A The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante. A Post-It Note on the cover says, "This was on the cover of the NYT Book Review this week." Huh, I missed that issue.
Purity by Jonathan Franzen. I like this cover too. White background with blue text on top of a small, blurred, black-and-white image of a young woman.
Solomon Curse by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake. Your quarterly Cussler installment. Not much else to say.
Undercover by Danielle Steel. Your biannual Steel installment.
White Ghost by James R. Benn. SWEET! I didn't know this one came in, I like this guy's novels. They are very entertaining and he always sticks his characters in a little known battle or episode during WWII.
House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure. Architect writes a novel about an architect in 1886 New York who has to plan a burglary for a street gang.
The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore. You think Moore ever goes by "Triple M"? Wealthy family in the Bay Area is "achingly real and delightfully screwball". Moore's author photo is a studio shot. Author photos seem to be split in half between studio setting and "Let's take the camera to the park."
The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz.Lagercrantz has taken over the Lisbeth Salander series. I never got around to reading any of those books. I never saw the movies either. Lagercrantz is a Swede and in his author photo he is not wearing a neck tie.
NonFiction
A Beginner's Guide to Paradise: 9 steps to giving up everything so you can: move to a Pacific island, wear a loincloth, read a hundred books, build a bungalow, diaper a baby monkey, and maybe, just maybe, fall in love by Alex Sheshunoff. The screwy subtitle annoys me.
DVD
Mad Max Fury Road starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. I avoided all news about the film's plot and characters so that the story will be a complete surprise when I see it.
Sparrow Sisters by Ellen Herrick. I read a book called the Bird Sisters. It was okay, but not for me.
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart. I approve of the title and cover illustration. The illustration looks sharp. Stewart lives in Eureka, CA and took her author photo while leaning on a iron fence.
Hollow Man by Mark Pryor. Pryor's name is above the title, I guess that means his name is well known. Psychopath living in Austin, TX gets talked into robbing a van filled with cash.
A The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante. A Post-It Note on the cover says, "This was on the cover of the NYT Book Review this week." Huh, I missed that issue.
Purity by Jonathan Franzen. I like this cover too. White background with blue text on top of a small, blurred, black-and-white image of a young woman.
Solomon Curse by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake. Your quarterly Cussler installment. Not much else to say.
Undercover by Danielle Steel. Your biannual Steel installment.
White Ghost by James R. Benn. SWEET! I didn't know this one came in, I like this guy's novels. They are very entertaining and he always sticks his characters in a little known battle or episode during WWII.
House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure. Architect writes a novel about an architect in 1886 New York who has to plan a burglary for a street gang.
The Admissions by Meg Mitchell Moore. You think Moore ever goes by "Triple M"? Wealthy family in the Bay Area is "achingly real and delightfully screwball". Moore's author photo is a studio shot. Author photos seem to be split in half between studio setting and "Let's take the camera to the park."
The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz.Lagercrantz has taken over the Lisbeth Salander series. I never got around to reading any of those books. I never saw the movies either. Lagercrantz is a Swede and in his author photo he is not wearing a neck tie.
NonFiction
A Beginner's Guide to Paradise: 9 steps to giving up everything so you can: move to a Pacific island, wear a loincloth, read a hundred books, build a bungalow, diaper a baby monkey, and maybe, just maybe, fall in love by Alex Sheshunoff. The screwy subtitle annoys me.
DVD
Mad Max Fury Road starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. I avoided all news about the film's plot and characters so that the story will be a complete surprise when I see it.
Tuesday, September 01, 2015
One Single, Lonely Hardcover Novel
Fiction
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica. Kubica lives outside Chicago. the cover says her last book, The Good Girl, was a bestseller. Woman impulsively brings home a homeless teen and the girl's infant. Family are not happy and the teen starts to do weird stuff. Or something. The dust cover says, "as clues into Willow's past begin to surface , Heidi is forced to decide how far she's willing to go to help a stranger."
Kubica wore a kind of dark turquoise cardigan sweater for her author photo. At least I think it's a sweater, it might be a jacket. Fake Library Stats always makes cardigan jokes. And cat jokes. And drinking jokes. There is not a lot of variety on Fake Library Stats.
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica. Kubica lives outside Chicago. the cover says her last book, The Good Girl, was a bestseller. Woman impulsively brings home a homeless teen and the girl's infant. Family are not happy and the teen starts to do weird stuff. Or something. The dust cover says, "as clues into Willow's past begin to surface , Heidi is forced to decide how far she's willing to go to help a stranger."
Kubica wore a kind of dark turquoise cardigan sweater for her author photo. At least I think it's a sweater, it might be a jacket. Fake Library Stats always makes cardigan jokes. And cat jokes. And drinking jokes. There is not a lot of variety on Fake Library Stats.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Some Literary Stuff and A Few Others
Fiction
The Drowning by Camilla Lackberg. Swedish crime thriller. Lackberg lives in Stockholm. I guess that makes sense. Stockholm is in Sweden. Stockholm is also in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
Best Boy by Eli Gottlieb. I'll bet this guy's last name usually gets misspelled with one "t". An autistic man living in a care home has trouble with new people. You think Lackberg ever gets lost driving in Stockholm?
Days of Awe by Lauren Fox. This book is about something. Does Lackberg even drive? That seems like the kind of city where people get around using public transit and walking.
The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick. 1980s Wall Street honcho wishes he still had the dough. Lackberg is a bestseller in Swededn, surely she has the dough to leave town and take summer vacations in the woods.
After the Storm by Linda Castillo. Looks like an Amish themed novel. If you're going out of the city for a week's lake vacation in central Sweden wouldn't you want a car? Heck, you'd need a car, right?
Armada by Ernest Cline. A novel with many pop culture references. I listened to a novel set in rural Sweden, The Farm. I liked the book.
Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen. Famous mystery author writes another book. I also read, or listened to, the Stockhold Noir Trilogy by Jens Lapidus. Those were very good.
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. European bestseller. Those Lapidus novels were filmed but I've only watched the first one so far.
Audiobooks on CD
X by Sue Grafton. 11 CDs at 13.5 hours. I started watching the second of the three Lapidus films, Hard To Kill, but have not gotten back to it yet. I've not been unable to sit and relax for I can read the subtitles.
The Drowning by Camilla Lackberg. Swedish crime thriller. Lackberg lives in Stockholm. I guess that makes sense. Stockholm is in Sweden. Stockholm is also in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
Best Boy by Eli Gottlieb. I'll bet this guy's last name usually gets misspelled with one "t". An autistic man living in a care home has trouble with new people. You think Lackberg ever gets lost driving in Stockholm?
Days of Awe by Lauren Fox. This book is about something. Does Lackberg even drive? That seems like the kind of city where people get around using public transit and walking.
The Fall of Princes by Robert Goolrick. 1980s Wall Street honcho wishes he still had the dough. Lackberg is a bestseller in Swededn, surely she has the dough to leave town and take summer vacations in the woods.
After the Storm by Linda Castillo. Looks like an Amish themed novel. If you're going out of the city for a week's lake vacation in central Sweden wouldn't you want a car? Heck, you'd need a car, right?
Armada by Ernest Cline. A novel with many pop culture references. I listened to a novel set in rural Sweden, The Farm. I liked the book.
Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen. Famous mystery author writes another book. I also read, or listened to, the Stockhold Noir Trilogy by Jens Lapidus. Those were very good.
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. European bestseller. Those Lapidus novels were filmed but I've only watched the first one so far.
Audiobooks on CD
X by Sue Grafton. 11 CDs at 13.5 hours. I started watching the second of the three Lapidus films, Hard To Kill, but have not gotten back to it yet. I've not been unable to sit and relax for I can read the subtitles.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The Nature of Melody Blank, Murderer's Daughter
Fiction
Point Blank by Fern Michaels. How long has Michaels been writing? OCLC seems to list 1975 as her first published year.
The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards. The cover says,"Woman lost at sea." The dust jacket says, "Something about the ghost of a convicted killer and his identical twin?" What?!
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny. This made me think of Do To the Beast by Afghan Whigs.
X by Sue Grafton. I guess she couldn't figure out a good way to shoehorn Xerxes or Xylophone into the title.
Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark. Interior designer helping family whose father disappeared with five million dollars.
Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory. When King Henry VIII says you're getting married, then you're getting married.
Audiobook on CD
The Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman. 14 hours on 11CDs.
Large Print
Point Blank by Fern Michaels. How long has Michaels been writing? OCLC seems to list 1975 as her first published year.
The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards. The cover says,"Woman lost at sea." The dust jacket says, "Something about the ghost of a convicted killer and his identical twin?" What?!
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny. This made me think of Do To the Beast by Afghan Whigs.
X by Sue Grafton. I guess she couldn't figure out a good way to shoehorn Xerxes or Xylophone into the title.
Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark. Interior designer helping family whose father disappeared with five million dollars.
Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory. When King Henry VIII says you're getting married, then you're getting married.
Audiobook on CD
The Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman. 14 hours on 11CDs.
Large Print
Friday, August 21, 2015
76 Hours of Made-Up Stories
Audiobooks on CD
Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs. 10 hours on 8CDs. Temperance Brennan spends more time in a lab and catches more killers.
Armada by Ernest Cline. 12 hours by 10CDs. More nostalgia. I guess.
Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcase by Louise Walters. 10 hours on 8CDs. Read by two people. I suppose that is because the story is told by two people.
Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw. 7 hours on 6CDs. I always think of Kershaw Knives when I see that guy's name. I've never bought a Kershaw knife, they seem OK. I suppose it all depends on the model and the steel quality.
Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig. 13.5 hours on 11CDs. I listened to Moonstone a few months ago. Yeah, that is a different story. This has romance and espionage in 1807 Portugal.
Dexter is Dead by Jeff LIndsay. 12 hours on 10CDs. I have not read or heard any of these novels in a while. I should start up again, I always enjoyed the novels.
The Promise of Home by Amy Rubinate. 11.5 hours on 9CDs. Lives in small town Vermont intermingle, intercept and interlace.
Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs. 10 hours on 8CDs. Temperance Brennan spends more time in a lab and catches more killers.
Armada by Ernest Cline. 12 hours by 10CDs. More nostalgia. I guess.
Mrs. Sinclair's Suitcase by Louise Walters. 10 hours on 8CDs. Read by two people. I suppose that is because the story is told by two people.
Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw. 7 hours on 6CDs. I always think of Kershaw Knives when I see that guy's name. I've never bought a Kershaw knife, they seem OK. I suppose it all depends on the model and the steel quality.
Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig. 13.5 hours on 11CDs. I listened to Moonstone a few months ago. Yeah, that is a different story. This has romance and espionage in 1807 Portugal.
Dexter is Dead by Jeff LIndsay. 12 hours on 10CDs. I have not read or heard any of these novels in a while. I should start up again, I always enjoyed the novels.
The Promise of Home by Amy Rubinate. 11.5 hours on 9CDs. Lives in small town Vermont intermingle, intercept and interlace.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Four Standbys and One New One.
Fiction
Moonshadows by Julie Weston. The cover looks like a Western It is a Mystery. In the West.
Stone Mattress: nine wicked tales by Margaret Atwood. "Nine unforgettable tales that reveal the grotesque, delightfully wicked facets of humanity."
Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman. Psychlogist with a traumatic past and a secret life.
I'm Going to Touchtype the Next Two Entries.
With no corrections (except for italics).
Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig. Novel about MOntana, I bet. Biy sent from Montana to Manitowoc when grtandmother has surgery. He comes back and brings his great auncle along.
Friction by Sandra Brown. Cover has a guy with a lever action rigle sillhouted. Dustcover says, TX Ranger is tryuing to get child custor, courtroom is attacked, Ranger helps, things happen.
Moonshadows by Julie Weston. The cover looks like a Western It is a Mystery. In the West.
Stone Mattress: nine wicked tales by Margaret Atwood. "Nine unforgettable tales that reveal the grotesque, delightfully wicked facets of humanity."
Murderer's Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman. Psychlogist with a traumatic past and a secret life.
I'm Going to Touchtype the Next Two Entries.
With no corrections (except for italics).
Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig. Novel about MOntana, I bet. Biy sent from Montana to Manitowoc when grtandmother has surgery. He comes back and brings his great auncle along.
Friction by Sandra Brown. Cover has a guy with a lever action rigle sillhouted. Dustcover says, TX Ranger is tryuing to get child custor, courtroom is attacked, Ranger helps, things happen.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Fiction N-Z
Fiction
Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich. What's left after a political speech. Panowich's first novel. Crime novel with family drama, set in North Georgia. Unlike Panowich himself who is set in East Georgia.
Alert by James Patterson Amalgamated Text Supplies and Michael Ledwidge. Intimidated... scare... on edge... responsibility... wreaking havoc... shocking murder... biggest threat of all.
Among the Ten Thousand by Julia Pierpont. Pierpont lives in New York and has a blurb by Megan Abbott. That's pretty cool, I consider Abbott to be a Big Deal. Teen and pre-teen kids get package of printed emails detailing their father's secret life. I kinda wish I had a secret life.
Something Rich and Strange by Ron Rash. Short stories set in Appalachia. Let's get back on topic, let's talk about me. My family was at the Land's End warehouse sale over the weekend and I tried on a pseudo-trenchcoat.
Invasion of Privacy by Christopher Reich. I told my kids I was a spy in East Berlin during the '80s.
Who Let the Dog Out? by David Rosenfelt. I told them I wore a was recruited as a teenager because the CIA needed people who would not arouse suspicion.
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese. I was captured by the Stasi but was almost immediately traded for another spy held in West Germany.
Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner. My cover was blown, of course, and I had to quit undercover work.
The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward. I then told them I also worked in Paris as an undercover cop, pretending to be a drug buyer.
Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig. I can't remember if I came up with a reason for why that job didn't work out.
DVD
West Side Story starring [You know who]. You know the story.
Large Print
Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich. What's left after a political speech. Panowich's first novel. Crime novel with family drama, set in North Georgia. Unlike Panowich himself who is set in East Georgia.
Alert by James Patterson Amalgamated Text Supplies and Michael Ledwidge. Intimidated... scare... on edge... responsibility... wreaking havoc... shocking murder... biggest threat of all.
Among the Ten Thousand by Julia Pierpont. Pierpont lives in New York and has a blurb by Megan Abbott. That's pretty cool, I consider Abbott to be a Big Deal. Teen and pre-teen kids get package of printed emails detailing their father's secret life. I kinda wish I had a secret life.
Something Rich and Strange by Ron Rash. Short stories set in Appalachia. Let's get back on topic, let's talk about me. My family was at the Land's End warehouse sale over the weekend and I tried on a pseudo-trenchcoat.
Invasion of Privacy by Christopher Reich. I told my kids I was a spy in East Berlin during the '80s.
Who Let the Dog Out? by David Rosenfelt. I told them I wore a was recruited as a teenager because the CIA needed people who would not arouse suspicion.
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese. I was captured by the Stasi but was almost immediately traded for another spy held in West Germany.
Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner. My cover was blown, of course, and I had to quit undercover work.
The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward. I then told them I also worked in Paris as an undercover cop, pretending to be a drug buyer.
Lure of the Moonflower by Lauren Willig. I can't remember if I came up with a reason for why that job didn't work out.
DVD
West Side Story starring [You know who]. You know the story.
Large Print
Monday, August 17, 2015
Fiction A-M
Fiction
We Never Asked For Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. That is two long name to type. She should change her name to M. M is easy to type.
House of Echoes by Brenda Duffy. I was watching a mid '80's Airplane rip-off last night entitled Call Me Sarge. Julia Duffy was in the film. Dang, Julia Duffy is 64-years-old. I guess Newhart was quite a while ago.
Devil's Bridge by Linda Fairstein. Fairstein has a lot of loyal readers. Not me, though, I have not yet read one. Fairstein has a nice author photo and the selected image was taken at 4:20PM according to Fairstein's wristwatch.
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth. The cover has a lot of purple. Forsyth is Australian. Did you know they write everything upside down in Australia?
Evergreen Falls by Kimberly Freeman. Hey, another Australian book. Freeman lives in Brisbane.
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff. You know who isn't Australian? That's right, Lisa Graff. She lives by Philadelphia.
Fool Me Once by Steve Hockensmith with Lisa Falco. Hockensmith authors the excellent Holmes on the Range detective series. I don't know anything about Falco, let's see...nothing much online. Maybe she uses a pen name.
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. Hoffman? I cannot recall her famous titles. Let's check that...Fortune's Daughter did well, I think. So did Dovekeepers.
Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber. I've seen a cover like this before. Handing lanterns with tea candles and photoshopped fireflies all over the place. What cover was that? Oh, it was the last Macomber, Last One Home.
Losing Me by Sue Margolis. Novel about a woman about to turn 60.
Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon. I like the cover. The cover has a gothic look, like an early '70s novel. McMahon lives in Vermont. I drove through Vermont once. Or, was that New Hampshire? Is there a difference?
Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell. This cover also has a 1970s throwback style but with lots of green. Mitchell's author photo is black and white. She lives in Georgia. Her acknowledgements thank the University of West Georgia's English Department. Acknowledgements is very difficult for me to spell.
We Never Asked For Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. That is two long name to type. She should change her name to M. M is easy to type.
House of Echoes by Brenda Duffy. I was watching a mid '80's Airplane rip-off last night entitled Call Me Sarge. Julia Duffy was in the film. Dang, Julia Duffy is 64-years-old. I guess Newhart was quite a while ago.
Devil's Bridge by Linda Fairstein. Fairstein has a lot of loyal readers. Not me, though, I have not yet read one. Fairstein has a nice author photo and the selected image was taken at 4:20PM according to Fairstein's wristwatch.
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth. The cover has a lot of purple. Forsyth is Australian. Did you know they write everything upside down in Australia?
Evergreen Falls by Kimberly Freeman. Hey, another Australian book. Freeman lives in Brisbane.
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff. You know who isn't Australian? That's right, Lisa Graff. She lives by Philadelphia.
Fool Me Once by Steve Hockensmith with Lisa Falco. Hockensmith authors the excellent Holmes on the Range detective series. I don't know anything about Falco, let's see...nothing much online. Maybe she uses a pen name.
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. Hoffman? I cannot recall her famous titles. Let's check that...Fortune's Daughter did well, I think. So did Dovekeepers.
Silver Linings by Debbie Macomber. I've seen a cover like this before. Handing lanterns with tea candles and photoshopped fireflies all over the place. What cover was that? Oh, it was the last Macomber, Last One Home.
Losing Me by Sue Margolis. Novel about a woman about to turn 60.
Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon. I like the cover. The cover has a gothic look, like an early '70s novel. McMahon lives in Vermont. I drove through Vermont once. Or, was that New Hampshire? Is there a difference?
Pretty Is by Maggie Mitchell. This cover also has a 1970s throwback style but with lots of green. Mitchell's author photo is black and white. She lives in Georgia. Her acknowledgements thank the University of West Georgia's English Department. Acknowledgements is very difficult for me to spell.
Be still, my beating heart, Crider has arrived
Sheriff Dan Rhodes
Between the Living and the Dead by Bill Crider.
NonFiction
Beautiful Paper Cutting: 30 creative projects for cards, gifts, decor, and jewelry by Lark Crafts (publisher name, not someone called 'Lark'). Page 75 says, "10. Close the box." Crider content unknown.
A History of Heists: bank robbery in America by Jerry Clark. The influence on American culture, the thieves, and the investigators. Reminds me of two guys who robbed banks across the central plains and northwest in the 1990s or 2000s. One guy was caught, if I remember correctly, when he was in his suburban backyard testing a homemade silencer. Crider content unknown.
Browsings: a year of reading, collecting, and living with books by Michael Dirda. 50 essays about reading. Crider content unknown.
Large Print
(Crider content unknown.)
Between the Living and the Dead by Bill Crider.
NonFiction
Beautiful Paper Cutting: 30 creative projects for cards, gifts, decor, and jewelry by Lark Crafts (publisher name, not someone called 'Lark'). Page 75 says, "10. Close the box." Crider content unknown.
A History of Heists: bank robbery in America by Jerry Clark. The influence on American culture, the thieves, and the investigators. Reminds me of two guys who robbed banks across the central plains and northwest in the 1990s or 2000s. One guy was caught, if I remember correctly, when he was in his suburban backyard testing a homemade silencer. Crider content unknown.
Browsings: a year of reading, collecting, and living with books by Michael Dirda. 50 essays about reading. Crider content unknown.
Large Print
(Crider content unknown.)
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