I Am Inside
Staring at The Computer Screen for The Afternoon. I can leave early today since I work a few hours tomorrow morning. I was going to try and replace some missing shingles on the library roof but do not have a ladder tall enough to get there. Getting someone to come over and replace just a few shingles is not easy.
Fiction
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature by Patrick Somerville. Short stories. Tales of people disconnected from others and themselves. The stories are interconnected. My advice? Skip the first story and read the rest. I liked Easy Love, Vaara, and The Peach but I am only half-way through my copy.
Friday, June 03, 2011
Thursday, June 02, 2011
3 Chick Novels, 1 Guy Novel, 6 NonFiction
Chick Novels
To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal. Los Angeles film editor goes back to Nebraska to find her old love.
An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverly. A well reviewed romance. Beverly is well liked.
Centuries of June by Keith Donohue. I sit corrected. Not really a chick novel. "A romp through history, a madcap murder mystery, an existential ghost story, and a stunning tour de force at once ingenious, sexy, inspiring, and ultimately moving." Moving? Yeah, I'm really moved by that description.
Guy Novel
Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini. Attorney Paul Madriani fights evil again.
NonFiction
Pioneer Woman: black wheels to tractor wheels by Ree Drummond. Girl marries Oklahoma cowboy and writes book WITHOUT ANY PICTURES! Where is the photo section?!
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure. A biography of both the Laura Inger Wilder family and the author's reading of the novels. I think a review was in the Madison newspaper.
At the Dark End of the Street: black women, rape, and resistance - a new history of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power by Danielle L. McGuire. Not a new history so much as a history that focuses on events and people that usually get missed. The rape and abuse of women and the many women who organized and stood up against the sexual abuse and, accordingly, the racial nonsense that kept it going.
Hitman: the untold story of Johnny Martorano by Howie Carr. I bought Carr's book The Brothers Bulger about the Boston mobster and his powerful politician brother. Since Brothers has been successful here I figure those readers might like this.
In the Garden of Beasts: love, terror and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson. William E. Dodd was given the job of Ambassador to Germany in 1933. Dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy nazis. I refuse to capitalize the word nazi.
Psychopath Test: a journey through the madness industry by Jon Ronson. Author was on television. No self-diagnosis test included.
To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal. Los Angeles film editor goes back to Nebraska to find her old love.
An Unlikely Countess by Jo Beverly. A well reviewed romance. Beverly is well liked.
Centuries of June by Keith Donohue. I sit corrected. Not really a chick novel. "A romp through history, a madcap murder mystery, an existential ghost story, and a stunning tour de force at once ingenious, sexy, inspiring, and ultimately moving." Moving? Yeah, I'm really moved by that description.
Guy Novel
Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini. Attorney Paul Madriani fights evil again.
NonFiction
Pioneer Woman: black wheels to tractor wheels by Ree Drummond. Girl marries Oklahoma cowboy and writes book WITHOUT ANY PICTURES! Where is the photo section?!
The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure. A biography of both the Laura Inger Wilder family and the author's reading of the novels. I think a review was in the Madison newspaper.
At the Dark End of the Street: black women, rape, and resistance - a new history of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the rise of black power by Danielle L. McGuire. Not a new history so much as a history that focuses on events and people that usually get missed. The rape and abuse of women and the many women who organized and stood up against the sexual abuse and, accordingly, the racial nonsense that kept it going.
Hitman: the untold story of Johnny Martorano by Howie Carr. I bought Carr's book The Brothers Bulger about the Boston mobster and his powerful politician brother. Since Brothers has been successful here I figure those readers might like this.
In the Garden of Beasts: love, terror and an American family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson. William E. Dodd was given the job of Ambassador to Germany in 1933. Dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy nazis. I refuse to capitalize the word nazi.
Psychopath Test: a journey through the madness industry by Jon Ronson. Author was on television. No self-diagnosis test included.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Lake Mills Farmers Market
Lake Mills Farmers Market
Wednesdays are Farmers Market days at Commons Park in downtown Lake Mills. There are always many dogs at the Farmers Market. None are for consumption.
I gave the camera to a five-year-old.
Wednesdays are Farmers Market days at Commons Park in downtown Lake Mills. There are always many dogs at the Farmers Market. None are for consumption.
I gave the camera to a five-year-old.
Lake Mills High School Graduation, 2011
2011 High School Graduation
I did not attend. One of the library's Pages shows up in the beginning at 1:28 into the video.
Video streaming by Ustream
I did not attend. One of the library's Pages shows up in the beginning at 1:28 into the video.
Video streaming by Ustream
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Leaning Tower of Fiction and Musical Interlude
Leaning Tower of Fiction
From the previous post.
Musical Interlude
From one of the first CDs I bought. I just heard this on the radio.
The Godfathers (Another try, if anyone is paying attention.)
From the previous post.
Musical Interlude
From one of the first CDs I bought. I just heard this on the radio.
The Godfathers (Another try, if anyone is paying attention.)
Gerald Seymour, Westerns, Sara Gran
Fiction
Bloodmoney by David Ignatius. Ignatius was on the radio talking about this "CIA in Pakistan" novel and how current events match much of the plot. Plot: CIA agents getting killed and lady looking into it finds they are funded by insider trading.
Ambush Creek by Phil Dunlap. U.S. Marshall in Arid-zona is looking for three shifty bounty hunters. Cover photo has a really shiny revolver.
Spur and the Sash: Middle Tennessee, 1865 by Robert Grede. Wounded Union soldier is assigned to protect a farm in rural Tennessee at the end of the Civil War. Wisconsin author is from Milwaukee area. I think.
The Collaborator by Gerald Seymour. I like Seymor's thrillers. He does good work. This one has an Italian college student in London willing to give up her brother, a killer for the Naples mafia.
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. "A Kurt Wallender Novel." Stockholm, Sweden cop looks into the disappearance of a naval officer.
Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen. Must be a chick book. The cover model has her back to the camera, her hair is tied up, she is wearing some summer dress with thin shoulder straps. There are flower blossoms all over the cover.
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Romance by a popular author. Her other books have checked out 222 times.
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. This must be about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That joke doesn't get old.
Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran. Gran does good work. She and Abbott, Junior share a blog. A mystery novel.
Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson. A good review from Booklist "The surprise ending leaves you gasping and shaking your head at Johnson’s masterful plotting and the menacing tension that forces otherwise good characters to behave despicably. Every bit as powerful as Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series, this gem of a debut showcases an author to watch very closely."
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward. Here's info on the book tour.
Bury Your Dead by Louis Penny. Another murder mystery in Quebec.
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allen Poe. I did not know he may have died from rabies.
Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee. Paperback mystery. I was Entertainment Weekly's summer issue and they were listing upcoming paperbacks. Each one was the paperback printing of a hardcover. No original paperbacks listed at all.
My One and Only by Kristan Higgins. Romance with a small dog on the cover.
Bloodmoney by David Ignatius. Ignatius was on the radio talking about this "CIA in Pakistan" novel and how current events match much of the plot. Plot: CIA agents getting killed and lady looking into it finds they are funded by insider trading.
Ambush Creek by Phil Dunlap. U.S. Marshall in Arid-zona is looking for three shifty bounty hunters. Cover photo has a really shiny revolver.
Spur and the Sash: Middle Tennessee, 1865 by Robert Grede. Wounded Union soldier is assigned to protect a farm in rural Tennessee at the end of the Civil War. Wisconsin author is from Milwaukee area. I think.
The Collaborator by Gerald Seymour. I like Seymor's thrillers. He does good work. This one has an Italian college student in London willing to give up her brother, a killer for the Naples mafia.
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. "A Kurt Wallender Novel." Stockholm, Sweden cop looks into the disappearance of a naval officer.
Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen. Must be a chick book. The cover model has her back to the camera, her hair is tied up, she is wearing some summer dress with thin shoulder straps. There are flower blossoms all over the cover.
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Romance by a popular author. Her other books have checked out 222 times.
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. This must be about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That joke doesn't get old.
Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran. Gran does good work. She and Abbott, Junior share a blog. A mystery novel.
Detroit Electric Scheme by D.E. Johnson. A good review from Booklist "The surprise ending leaves you gasping and shaking your head at Johnson’s masterful plotting and the menacing tension that forces otherwise good characters to behave despicably. Every bit as powerful as Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley series, this gem of a debut showcases an author to watch very closely."
Heads You Lose by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward. Here's info on the book tour.
Bury Your Dead by Louis Penny. Another murder mystery in Quebec.
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allen Poe. I did not know he may have died from rabies.
Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee. Paperback mystery. I was Entertainment Weekly's summer issue and they were listing upcoming paperbacks. Each one was the paperback printing of a hardcover. No original paperbacks listed at all.
My One and Only by Kristan Higgins. Romance with a small dog on the cover.
Music Magically Embedded Into Thin Plastic Discs
Plastic Discs
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong by [same people]. Compilation album. A donation. ALso features Oscar Peterson. I really enjoy Oscar Peterson, his Canadiana Suite is a favorite.
Best of the Song Books by Ella Fitzgerald. 16 songs.
Love? by Jennifer Lopez. Remember when she used to be a big deal? Or, am I just out of the loop in popular culture?
Hillbilly Joker by Hank III. More punk country by Hank III. I think that's what it is. I've never listened to him before. His other disc here, Straight to Hell, circ'ed 31 times.
Move Like This by The Cars. Paulina Porizkova's husband gets the band back together. Fans have been waiting 20 some years for this. How can the band meet those expectations? Parade Porizkova around on stage? Good idea.
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong by [same people]. Compilation album. A donation. ALso features Oscar Peterson. I really enjoy Oscar Peterson, his Canadiana Suite is a favorite.
Best of the Song Books by Ella Fitzgerald. 16 songs.
Love? by Jennifer Lopez. Remember when she used to be a big deal? Or, am I just out of the loop in popular culture?
Hillbilly Joker by Hank III. More punk country by Hank III. I think that's what it is. I've never listened to him before. His other disc here, Straight to Hell, circ'ed 31 times.
Move Like This by The Cars. Paulina Porizkova's husband gets the band back together. Fans have been waiting 20 some years for this. How can the band meet those expectations? Parade Porizkova around on stage? Good idea.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Audio and Three NonFic
Audiobook on CD
Doc by Maria Doria Russell. 14 CDs at 16.5 hours. Tubercular John Henry Holliday leaves Georgia for the dry Southwest. Holliday ends up a professional gambler and his whore girlfriend finds him high stakes games. They travel to Dodge City for the money and meet Wyatt Earp.
NonFiction
Computing for Seniors by Marty Matthews, et al.
Birds of North America: the complete photographic guide to every species edited by Francois Vuilleumier. This is by Dorling Kindersley so you know the photorgraphs are very high quality. You also know that the Marbled Murrelet relies on marine and forested habitats. And that the Canyon Towhee has a stubby, conical bill. Did you know there is a bird called the Philadelphia Vireo? I wonder if that bird made it into Birdy. Boy Number Two will like this book.
Vogue Knitting Mittens and Gloves by editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine. Nice pictures of pretty girls wearing wool.
Doc by Maria Doria Russell. 14 CDs at 16.5 hours. Tubercular John Henry Holliday leaves Georgia for the dry Southwest. Holliday ends up a professional gambler and his whore girlfriend finds him high stakes games. They travel to Dodge City for the money and meet Wyatt Earp.
NonFiction
Computing for Seniors by Marty Matthews, et al.
Birds of North America: the complete photographic guide to every species edited by Francois Vuilleumier. This is by Dorling Kindersley so you know the photorgraphs are very high quality. You also know that the Marbled Murrelet relies on marine and forested habitats. And that the Canyon Towhee has a stubby, conical bill. Did you know there is a bird called the Philadelphia Vireo? I wonder if that bird made it into Birdy. Boy Number Two will like this book.
Vogue Knitting Mittens and Gloves by editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine. Nice pictures of pretty girls wearing wool.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Bunch of AudioBooks and Three NonFiction
AudioBooks
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. A novel about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That one slays me. (I can write that because no one reads this. Well, my mother-in-law reads it sometime but maybe she won't go back far enough and read this.)
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag. 11 CDs at 13.75 hours. Woman is murdered.
Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. 8 CDs at 9.5 hours. 1st in the YA zombie series. A good book but fairly chick-centric.
Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan. 10 CDs at 12 hours. 2nd in the YA zombie series. This is just a rehash of book one.
Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan. 9 CDs at 11 hours. 3rd in the YA zombie series. I don't know if this is any good. My wife read it but I have a pile of stuff already and have not gotten to it yet.
Laughed 'Til He Died by Carolyn Hart. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Laughed? He must have seen that joke I made above. Ha!
Red on Red by Edward Conlon. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Author is a NYPD detective who has been written a lot of nonfiction. This is a novel. That means Conlon made everything up. Well, not everything. You can assume he took past experiences and stories from colleagues and added them into the mix.
NonFiction
Top 10 Dublin by Polly Phillimore. 10. Beer. 9. Whiskey. 8. Drunk writers. 7. "Those darn Brits". 6. Potatoes. 5. Blarney. 4. Easter Uprising. 3. U2. 2. That one library. 1. Greyhound racing.
Origin of the Bible: a guide for the perplexed by Lee Martin McDonald. The author is Canadian.
Photo and Video Editing for Seniors edited by Mara Kok, et al.
Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. A novel about my wife and her siblings. Ha! That one slays me. (I can write that because no one reads this. Well, my mother-in-law reads it sometime but maybe she won't go back far enough and read this.)
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag. 11 CDs at 13.75 hours. Woman is murdered.
Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan. 8 CDs at 9.5 hours. 1st in the YA zombie series. A good book but fairly chick-centric.
Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan. 10 CDs at 12 hours. 2nd in the YA zombie series. This is just a rehash of book one.
Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan. 9 CDs at 11 hours. 3rd in the YA zombie series. I don't know if this is any good. My wife read it but I have a pile of stuff already and have not gotten to it yet.
Laughed 'Til He Died by Carolyn Hart. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Laughed? He must have seen that joke I made above. Ha!
Red on Red by Edward Conlon. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Author is a NYPD detective who has been written a lot of nonfiction. This is a novel. That means Conlon made everything up. Well, not everything. You can assume he took past experiences and stories from colleagues and added them into the mix.
NonFiction
Top 10 Dublin by Polly Phillimore. 10. Beer. 9. Whiskey. 8. Drunk writers. 7. "Those darn Brits". 6. Potatoes. 5. Blarney. 4. Easter Uprising. 3. U2. 2. That one library. 1. Greyhound racing.
Origin of the Bible: a guide for the perplexed by Lee Martin McDonald. The author is Canadian.
Photo and Video Editing for Seniors edited by Mara Kok, et al.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Make Believe and POW Nurses
Audio Books
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Stockholm policeman Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of a Swedish naval officer who was to be his daughter's father-in-law.
Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig. 13 CDs at 15.5 hours. A long serving governess to English aristocracy quits to be a spy. She is assigned to spy on Napoleon's minister of police by being her governess.
Fiction
Final Storm by Jeff Shaara. "A novel of the war in the Pacific" Cover has a painting of a flamethrower tank.
Embassytown by China Mieville. China is a guy's name? This is a "moving personal drama...gripping adventure...sentient beings...years of deep-space adventure...distant political machinations...fragile equilibrium...violently upset...catastrophe looms."
NonFiction
We Band of Angels: the untold story of American Nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman. Short description: they are lucky to be alive. Read and find out what happened.
Troubled Man by Henning Mankell. 14 CDs at 17 hours. Stockholm policeman Kurt Wallander investigates the disappearance of a Swedish naval officer who was to be his daughter's father-in-law.
Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig. 13 CDs at 15.5 hours. A long serving governess to English aristocracy quits to be a spy. She is assigned to spy on Napoleon's minister of police by being her governess.
Fiction
Final Storm by Jeff Shaara. "A novel of the war in the Pacific" Cover has a painting of a flamethrower tank.
Embassytown by China Mieville. China is a guy's name? This is a "moving personal drama...gripping adventure...sentient beings...years of deep-space adventure...distant political machinations...fragile equilibrium...violently upset...catastrophe looms."
NonFiction
We Band of Angels: the untold story of American Nurses trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman. Short description: they are lucky to be alive. Read and find out what happened.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Great News! A New Brent Ghelfi Novel! A New Lawrence Block Novel!
Fiction
The Burning Lake by Brent Ghelfi. The fourth Ghelfi novel featuring Alexei "Volk" Volkovoy. Volk is a troubleshooter for the the Russian Army and his shadowy general. Ghelfi takes the modern Russian problems of graft, corruption and crime and perfectly ties them into each Volk novel.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. A crime novel set in Oslo. A woman goes missing in November and police investigator Harry Hole is on the job. Nesbo has gotten some great reviews by Anthony Neil Smith.
I have had a recent compulsion to type in Anthony Neil Smith. I think it is because I know that every time I type in "Anthony Neil Smith" the real Anthony Neil Smith will improve my website statistics by reading what is being written about him. Anthony Neil Smith. I used to have this same compulsion for Bill Crider. Bill Crider.
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block. A new Matt Scudder novel. Everything I know about Alcoholics Anonymous I learned from Block's Scudder novels. Scudder attends at least one AA meeting a day while working as an unlicensed PI in Manhattan. Block has a new author photo. The photo has Block without glasses and sporting a van Dyke beard and mustache.
Buried Prey by John Sandford. Is Sandford getting ghost help on these? He is certainly cranking them out. Someone mentioned to me that they heard a Sandford interview recently. I think it was on Minnesota Public Radio but I am not sure.
Get Maitland by James Patrick Hunt. Another novel featuring former bounty hunter and current art dealer, Maitland. Maitland takes a job to rare antique in London. Maitland gets framed for murder instead.
Large Print
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice.
Buried Prey by John Sandford.
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
The Burning Lake by Brent Ghelfi. The fourth Ghelfi novel featuring Alexei "Volk" Volkovoy. Volk is a troubleshooter for the the Russian Army and his shadowy general. Ghelfi takes the modern Russian problems of graft, corruption and crime and perfectly ties them into each Volk novel.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo. A crime novel set in Oslo. A woman goes missing in November and police investigator Harry Hole is on the job. Nesbo has gotten some great reviews by Anthony Neil Smith.
I have had a recent compulsion to type in Anthony Neil Smith. I think it is because I know that every time I type in "Anthony Neil Smith" the real Anthony Neil Smith will improve my website statistics by reading what is being written about him. Anthony Neil Smith. I used to have this same compulsion for Bill Crider. Bill Crider.
A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block. A new Matt Scudder novel. Everything I know about Alcoholics Anonymous I learned from Block's Scudder novels. Scudder attends at least one AA meeting a day while working as an unlicensed PI in Manhattan. Block has a new author photo. The photo has Block without glasses and sporting a van Dyke beard and mustache.
Buried Prey by John Sandford. Is Sandford getting ghost help on these? He is certainly cranking them out. Someone mentioned to me that they heard a Sandford interview recently. I think it was on Minnesota Public Radio but I am not sure.
Get Maitland by James Patrick Hunt. Another novel featuring former bounty hunter and current art dealer, Maitland. Maitland takes a job to rare antique in London. Maitland gets framed for murder instead.
Large Print
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice.
Buried Prey by John Sandford.
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
Monday, May 16, 2011
One Audio and Five Large Print
Audio Book on CD
Firewall by Henning Mankell. 13 CDs at 16 hours.
Large Print
Devious by Lisa Jackson.
Daughters-in-Law by Joanna Trollope.
Wedding Promise by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer.
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.
Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen.
Firewall by Henning Mankell. 13 CDs at 16 hours.
Large Print
Devious by Lisa Jackson.
Daughters-in-Law by Joanna Trollope.
Wedding Promise by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer.
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin.
Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen.
Montreal, Reloading, Civil War, Medicare
NonFiction
Florida Keys, 2nd Edition edited by Carolyn Galgano. That's a long drive away.
Montreal and Quebec City, 2011 edited by Jess Moss. I wish I could go to Montreal this summer. The F1 race is less than a month away.
Farmer's Wife Harvest Cookbook edited by Lela Nargi. Curse you ring bound cookbooks!
Managing Your Medicare: an insider's guide to maximizing benefits and lowering costs by George Jacobs. I'm young enough I don't have to worry about this stuff.
The ABCs of Reloading edited by C. Rodney James. I want to but the cost and time of start-up are intimidating.
Big Book of Civil War Sites edited by Cynthia Parzych. I don't much care about the Civil War but even I think this is a neat book.
Simply Necklaces: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Simply Earrings: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Warman's Antiques and Collectibles, 2012: 45th Edition by Mark F. Moran. Very nice color photos.
Florida Keys, 2nd Edition edited by Carolyn Galgano. That's a long drive away.
Montreal and Quebec City, 2011 edited by Jess Moss. I wish I could go to Montreal this summer. The F1 race is less than a month away.
Farmer's Wife Harvest Cookbook edited by Lela Nargi. Curse you ring bound cookbooks!
Managing Your Medicare: an insider's guide to maximizing benefits and lowering costs by George Jacobs. I'm young enough I don't have to worry about this stuff.
The ABCs of Reloading edited by C. Rodney James. I want to but the cost and time of start-up are intimidating.
Big Book of Civil War Sites edited by Cynthia Parzych. I don't much care about the Civil War but even I think this is a neat book.
Simply Necklaces: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Simply Earrings: 20 beading projects by Lark Crafts.
Warman's Antiques and Collectibles, 2012: 45th Edition by Mark F. Moran. Very nice color photos.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Lost a Post
Lost a Post
I lost a post or two from Blogger's fiasco. I won't bother trying to re-post.
Canadian Musical Interlude
I lost a post or two from Blogger's fiasco. I won't bother trying to re-post.
Canadian Musical Interlude
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Miscellaneous and a Quote
NonFiction
Access 2010 by John Cronan. A second copy. "Click the File tab, and click Info."
Complete Idiot's Guide to Back Pain by Jason Highsmith, M.D. and Jovanka JoAnn Milivojevic. "Most people report that their legs feel longer after this exercise."
Complete Book of Hairstyling by Charles Worthington. "I'm going to open a bottle of wine - does anyone want a glass while we wait for Polly?"
Coffee Talk: the stimulating story of the world's most popular brew by Morton Satin. "Among the first to employ slavery in the coffee industry were the Dutch."
Large Print
Peach Keeper by Sara Addison Allen.
Cold Wind by C.J. Box.
Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann.
Night Road by Kristin Hannah.
Miles to Go by Richard Paul Evans.
Quote
"Fart, fart, fart. Barf! Barf!" by Boy #1.
Access 2010 by John Cronan. A second copy. "Click the File tab, and click Info."
Complete Idiot's Guide to Back Pain by Jason Highsmith, M.D. and Jovanka JoAnn Milivojevic. "Most people report that their legs feel longer after this exercise."
Complete Book of Hairstyling by Charles Worthington. "I'm going to open a bottle of wine - does anyone want a glass while we wait for Polly?"
Coffee Talk: the stimulating story of the world's most popular brew by Morton Satin. "Among the first to employ slavery in the coffee industry were the Dutch."
Large Print
Peach Keeper by Sara Addison Allen.
Cold Wind by C.J. Box.
Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann.
Night Road by Kristin Hannah.
Miles to Go by Richard Paul Evans.
Quote
"Fart, fart, fart. Barf! Barf!" by Boy #1.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Music and John Rain, Paid Killer
Music on CD
Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes by Social Distortion. Yeah!
The Warblers by Glee The Music. Blah!
Go-Go Boots by Drive-By Truckers. Whuh?
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys. Pfft.
Wasting Light by Foo Fighters. Meh.
DVD
Rain Fall starring Kippei Shina and Gary Oldman. High paid and secretive assassin John Rain is hired to kill a Japanese government bureacrat. Sure, no problem. But, then Rain finds the man's daughter is being targeted by the CIA. Tokyo set novel with Gary Oldman as the bad guy. Based off the first Barry Eisler novel.
Musical Interlude
Heard this earlier today on 6 Music. The tune came out in 2002. The band name is Athlete.
Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes by Social Distortion. Yeah!
The Warblers by Glee The Music. Blah!
Go-Go Boots by Drive-By Truckers. Whuh?
Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys. Pfft.
Wasting Light by Foo Fighters. Meh.
DVD
Rain Fall starring Kippei Shina and Gary Oldman. High paid and secretive assassin John Rain is hired to kill a Japanese government bureacrat. Sure, no problem. But, then Rain finds the man's daughter is being targeted by the CIA. Tokyo set novel with Gary Oldman as the bad guy. Based off the first Barry Eisler novel.
Musical Interlude
Heard this earlier today on 6 Music. The tune came out in 2002. The band name is Athlete.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Three Novels: Juju City Home
Fiction
Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem by Jonathan Woods. This has received several good reviews, Crider liked it. I've also read nice things about the cover. I don't like the cover. Woods poses with a teeny handgun for his author photo. Woods, what is that pistol anyway? (Huh, Anthony Neil Smith provided a blurb for the front. So did Scott Phillips.)
Tabloid City by Pete Hamill. Multiple characters in NYC after a murder. I read the reprint of Guns of Heaven and really liked it. I think I bought it at the bookstore in the Milwaukee Airport, I need to try and get there early next I pick up my in-laws.
The Year We Left by Jean Thompson. A sweeping and emotionally powerful story of a single American family during the tumultuous final decades of the twentieth century. Thompson has blurbs from Kirkus and Booklist and someone from O, The Oprah Magazine.
Bad Juju & Other Tales of Madness and Mayhem by Jonathan Woods. This has received several good reviews, Crider liked it. I've also read nice things about the cover. I don't like the cover. Woods poses with a teeny handgun for his author photo. Woods, what is that pistol anyway? (Huh, Anthony Neil Smith provided a blurb for the front. So did Scott Phillips.)
Tabloid City by Pete Hamill. Multiple characters in NYC after a murder. I read the reprint of Guns of Heaven and really liked it. I think I bought it at the bookstore in the Milwaukee Airport, I need to try and get there early next I pick up my in-laws.
The Year We Left by Jean Thompson. A sweeping and emotionally powerful story of a single American family during the tumultuous final decades of the twentieth century. Thompson has blurbs from Kirkus and Booklist and someone from O, The Oprah Magazine.
Lonely Zombie, Tacos, Royal Wedding, Barefott Running
Non Fiction
McGraw-Hill's ACT, 2011 edition. Practice.
Gruber's Complete SAT Guide 2011. Practice some more.
Bossypants by Tina Fey. No co-author listed but as busy as this gal must be she surely had someone lending a hand.
Acoustic Guitar Handbook by Paul Balmer. How to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and repair your guitar. Lots of nice photos.
Wireless Network Administration: a beginner's guide by Wale Soyinka. Read and pretend you know everything.
Quicken 2011 by Marty Matthews and Bobbi Sandberg. Another computer guide.
How to Read a Balance Sheet by Rick J. Makoujy, Jr. The first two payments of $1 million each (on the first and second anniversaries of the balance sheet date) may be valued as follows.
A Woman's Guide to Successful Negotiating, 2nd Edition by Lee E. Miller and Jessica Miller. "How to convince, collaborate, and create your way to agreement."
Quickbooks 2011 by Leslie Capachietti. "The Time & Expenses Preferences dialog has an option for setting a default markup percentage."
Illinois Curiosities by Richard Moreno. Included: 1- Nelson, the world's largest sock monkey. 2- BEER NUTS factory. 3- The fire breathing mechanical dragon of Vandalia. Not Included: 1- My parents' garage.
300 Best Taco Recipes by Kelley Cleary Coffeen. Anthony Neil Smith just had an excitement induced stroke. (Smith has kindly agreed to host a writing workshop for us this Fall. I need to contact him about a date. Smith teaches writing for a living so it should be a very good event.)
The Littlest Zombie by Fred Perry. He's just an inquisitive chap filled with curiosity about the world on fire around him. Pushed around by his fellow undead (who always get to the brains first), and positively frowned upon by the remaining living citizens, the poor little guy just wants a friend. An maybe something to chew on. Like your face.
Above the Fold: understanding the principles of successful web site design by Brian Miller. Looks kinda neat.
Royal Romance: the love story of William and Kate. Photobook of bio of Prince Willaim and Kate Middleton. I'll need to buy a photo book about the wedding.
Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running by Dr. Craig Richards and Thomas Hollowell. I spoke to a guy who wears these. I've thought about trying them out.
McGraw-Hill's ACT, 2011 edition. Practice.
Gruber's Complete SAT Guide 2011. Practice some more.
Bossypants by Tina Fey. No co-author listed but as busy as this gal must be she surely had someone lending a hand.
Acoustic Guitar Handbook by Paul Balmer. How to buy, maintain, set up, troubleshoot, and repair your guitar. Lots of nice photos.
Wireless Network Administration: a beginner's guide by Wale Soyinka. Read and pretend you know everything.
Quicken 2011 by Marty Matthews and Bobbi Sandberg. Another computer guide.
How to Read a Balance Sheet by Rick J. Makoujy, Jr. The first two payments of $1 million each (on the first and second anniversaries of the balance sheet date) may be valued as follows.
A Woman's Guide to Successful Negotiating, 2nd Edition by Lee E. Miller and Jessica Miller. "How to convince, collaborate, and create your way to agreement."
Quickbooks 2011 by Leslie Capachietti. "The Time & Expenses Preferences dialog has an option for setting a default markup percentage."
Illinois Curiosities by Richard Moreno. Included: 1- Nelson, the world's largest sock monkey. 2- BEER NUTS factory. 3- The fire breathing mechanical dragon of Vandalia. Not Included: 1- My parents' garage.
300 Best Taco Recipes by Kelley Cleary Coffeen. Anthony Neil Smith just had an excitement induced stroke. (Smith has kindly agreed to host a writing workshop for us this Fall. I need to contact him about a date. Smith teaches writing for a living so it should be a very good event.)
The Littlest Zombie by Fred Perry. He's just an inquisitive chap filled with curiosity about the world on fire around him. Pushed around by his fellow undead (who always get to the brains first), and positively frowned upon by the remaining living citizens, the poor little guy just wants a friend. An maybe something to chew on. Like your face.
Above the Fold: understanding the principles of successful web site design by Brian Miller. Looks kinda neat.
Royal Romance: the love story of William and Kate. Photobook of bio of Prince Willaim and Kate Middleton. I'll need to buy a photo book about the wedding.
Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot Running by Dr. Craig Richards and Thomas Hollowell. I spoke to a guy who wears these. I've thought about trying them out.
Saturday, May 07, 2011
DVDs With Brain Damage, Brutality and Kung Fu
DVD
Marwencol with Mark Hogancamp. When his world was stolen, Mark Hogancamp made a world of his own. Hogancamp was severely beaten outside a bar. His memories were severely damaged. Hogancamp builds a WWII town made of dolls.
The Timekeeper starring [Quebecois and other Canadians]. 18-year-old in 1964 goes takes a job in the Northwest Territories building a railway. The job is tough but the bosses turn out to be tougher. From the novel by Trevor Ferguson. Ferguson is, of course, John Farrow and he has a new Farrow book coming out.
Ip Man 2 starring Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung. A new Kung Fu master in Hong Kong is harassed until he can prove his ability.
Marwencol with Mark Hogancamp. When his world was stolen, Mark Hogancamp made a world of his own. Hogancamp was severely beaten outside a bar. His memories were severely damaged. Hogancamp builds a WWII town made of dolls.
The Timekeeper starring [Quebecois and other Canadians]. 18-year-old in 1964 goes takes a job in the Northwest Territories building a railway. The job is tough but the bosses turn out to be tougher. From the novel by Trevor Ferguson. Ferguson is, of course, John Farrow and he has a new Farrow book coming out.
Ip Man 2 starring Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung. A new Kung Fu master in Hong Kong is harassed until he can prove his ability.
Ten Novels
Fiction
Wickedly Charming by Kristine Grayson. Romance paperback.
No One Will Hear You by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler.
Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell. Three novels, Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, The Ones You Do.
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
10th Anniversary by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Katy Carter Wants a Hero by Ruth Saberton.
The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson.
Wickedly Charming by Kristine Grayson. Romance paperback.
No One Will Hear You by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens.
Southern Comfort by Fern Michaels.
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler.
Bayou Trilogy by Daniel Woodrell. Three novels, Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, The Ones You Do.
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris.
Sixkill by Robert B. Parker.
10th Anniversary by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Katy Carter Wants a Hero by Ruth Saberton.
The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson.
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