Come Back Later by Library Director.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Ooh La La. Now THAT Is A Book
NonFiction
German Automatic Weapons of World War II by Robert Bruce. Neat close-up photos of the mechanisms and how the parts fit together. Dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy nazis had some mechanically fascinating weapons. The Fallschirmjaegergewehr is fascinating. I should take this on summer vacation.
Music Translated Into Binary, Digital Language, Written Into a Thin Sheet of Metal, Then Layered Into a Plastic Disc
Gold by Steely Dan. "Expanded edition includes 4 additional recordings over 60 minutes worth of music."
German Automatic Weapons of World War II by Robert Bruce. Neat close-up photos of the mechanisms and how the parts fit together. Dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy nazis had some mechanically fascinating weapons. The Fallschirmjaegergewehr is fascinating. I should take this on summer vacation.
Music Translated Into Binary, Digital Language, Written Into a Thin Sheet of Metal, Then Layered Into a Plastic Disc
Gold by Steely Dan. "Expanded edition includes 4 additional recordings over 60 minutes worth of music."
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Packers, Commandos, Witches, AC/DC, Jockeys, Mobsters
NonFiction
Rockers and Rollers: a full-throttle memoir by Brian Johnson. Lead singer of AC/DC remembers his life after recalling whatever cars he owned at the time. "Now I know I take the piss out of Porsches a lot, but it;s only because racing against them is so difficult, because they never break, sort of."
Family Secrets: the case that crippled the Chicago mob by Jeff Coen. Shootings, bombings, loansharking.
Aaron Rodgers: leader of the pack by Rob Reischel. Lots of big color photos.
Return to Titletown: the remarkable story of the 2010 Green Bay Packers edited Joe Funk. Game by game with many color photos.
The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals edited by Gail Damerow. Providing nests for your ducks and geese to lay their eggs in helps keep the eggs clean and protects them from being cooked by the sun.
Pavement Chalk Artist: the three-dimensional drawings of Julian Beever by Julian Beever.
Rights of the People: how our search for safety invades our liberties by David K. Shipler. How have our rights to privacy and justice been undermined? What exactly have we lost?
Boy Who Came Back From Heaven by Kevin and Alex Malarkey. Is that last name a kind of joke? I'm late on buying this one, I should have noticed it's absence earlier.
Heaven is for Real: a little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and back by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. Same story, different kid.
10 Commando by Ian Dear. Ten Commando was composed entirely of men who came from Nazi-occupied countries such as Holland, Poland, and France.
Enter Night: a biography of Metallica by Mick Wall.
Fiction
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Magic in Chicago.
Gamble by Felix Frances. Felix finished this one his father and he started.
Rockers and Rollers: a full-throttle memoir by Brian Johnson. Lead singer of AC/DC remembers his life after recalling whatever cars he owned at the time. "Now I know I take the piss out of Porsches a lot, but it;s only because racing against them is so difficult, because they never break, sort of."
Family Secrets: the case that crippled the Chicago mob by Jeff Coen. Shootings, bombings, loansharking.
Aaron Rodgers: leader of the pack by Rob Reischel. Lots of big color photos.
Return to Titletown: the remarkable story of the 2010 Green Bay Packers edited Joe Funk. Game by game with many color photos.
The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals edited by Gail Damerow. Providing nests for your ducks and geese to lay their eggs in helps keep the eggs clean and protects them from being cooked by the sun.
Pavement Chalk Artist: the three-dimensional drawings of Julian Beever by Julian Beever.
Rights of the People: how our search for safety invades our liberties by David K. Shipler. How have our rights to privacy and justice been undermined? What exactly have we lost?
Boy Who Came Back From Heaven by Kevin and Alex Malarkey. Is that last name a kind of joke? I'm late on buying this one, I should have noticed it's absence earlier.
Heaven is for Real: a little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and back by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. Same story, different kid.
10 Commando by Ian Dear. Ten Commando was composed entirely of men who came from Nazi-occupied countries such as Holland, Poland, and France.
Enter Night: a biography of Metallica by Mick Wall.
Fiction
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher. Magic in Chicago.
Gamble by Felix Frances. Felix finished this one his father and he started.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Missed One: Hobo With a ShotguA
DVD
Hobo With A Shotgun starring Rutger Hauer. A recommendation from novelist Tom Piccirilli.
I wonder if they reference Hitcher.
Hobo With A Shotgun starring Rutger Hauer. A recommendation from novelist Tom Piccirilli.
I wonder if they reference Hitcher.
The Return of Christa Faust (and Lee Goldberg) Plus Rural Murder
DVD
Small Town Murder Songs starring Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, Martha Plimpton. Cop whose small town has not had a murder in decades has one now. Cop is determined to find the killer even with mistrust of state cop in charge of the investigation.
Doctor Who: Series Six, Part One starring The Scrawny Doctor, English People. The Doctor lands in 1960s America and other places with aliens.
My family spends way too much time watching Doctor Who and Top Gear on BBC America. Then Boys #1 and #2 tell me about the horsepower ratings and top speeds of exotic sports cars. "If Top Gear reviewed the Hyundai Sonata they would call it the Hyndai Snot-ta!" [Hysterical laughter]
The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo, Bryan Cranston, Marisa Tomei. Impressive cast list, huh? The book was good and this film version is supposed to be pretty decent. I wonder how they work in a topless McConaughey. Maybe exiting the shower? At the beach? Wearing a tank top?
Fiction
Supernatural: Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust. An original novel featuring characters from the television show. Let's look at the back... Guided by the tattooed, pistol-packing bandita on a motorcycle, Xochi Cazadora, the brothers are plunged into a terrifying world of Aztec gods and monsters. Yep, that sounds like a Faust novel all right.
Justice by Karen Robards. An uninspired cover.
The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines. A good cover. Teen girl in 1942 secretly works her PI dad's recent case when she hears a boy at her school is involved. Sneaking out of the house, dancing at the Savoy, double-crossing her friends...this one sounds like a Megan Abbott novel.
Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore. This may be a YA novel. Girl from family of witches prefers to separate that from "normal" life. While ranch-sitting for an aunt a dangerous ghost is more than she can handle.
NonFiction
Tied In: the business, history, and craft of media tie-in writing edited by Lee Goldberg. I used to sneer at tie-ins until I read what G0ldberg had to say. I have not, however, read what the other Goldberg (Tod) has to say. I can now find out because his is the first piece in here, Does a Real Writer Write Tie-Ins?, and directly addresses my past distaste for tie-ins.
The Deer and the Naturalist: dreamwork and the soul's journey by Mary Edwards.
Large Print
Monument to Murder by Margaret Truman.
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver. James Bond novel with bigger type.
Against All Enemies by Tom Clancy.
AudioBooks on CD
Sex on the Moon by Ben Mezrich. 7 CDs at 8.5 hours. Guy steals moon rock for his girlfriend. Gets arrested.
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson. 10 CDs at 12.6 hours. Robots eat people. Or something.
Music on CD
Nina Simone: 17 masters by Nina Simone. 17 selected tracks.
Small Town Murder Songs starring Peter Stormare, Jill Hennessy, Martha Plimpton. Cop whose small town has not had a murder in decades has one now. Cop is determined to find the killer even with mistrust of state cop in charge of the investigation.
Doctor Who: Series Six, Part One starring The Scrawny Doctor, English People. The Doctor lands in 1960s America and other places with aliens.
My family spends way too much time watching Doctor Who and Top Gear on BBC America. Then Boys #1 and #2 tell me about the horsepower ratings and top speeds of exotic sports cars. "If Top Gear reviewed the Hyundai Sonata they would call it the Hyndai Snot-ta!" [Hysterical laughter]
The Lincoln Lawyer starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, John Leguizamo, Bryan Cranston, Marisa Tomei. Impressive cast list, huh? The book was good and this film version is supposed to be pretty decent. I wonder how they work in a topless McConaughey. Maybe exiting the shower? At the beach? Wearing a tank top?
Fiction
Supernatural: Coyote's Kiss by Christa Faust. An original novel featuring characters from the television show. Let's look at the back... Guided by the tattooed, pistol-packing bandita on a motorcycle, Xochi Cazadora, the brothers are plunged into a terrifying world of Aztec gods and monsters. Yep, that sounds like a Faust novel all right.
Justice by Karen Robards. An uninspired cover.
The Girl is Murder by Kathryn Miller Haines. A good cover. Teen girl in 1942 secretly works her PI dad's recent case when she hears a boy at her school is involved. Sneaking out of the house, dancing at the Savoy, double-crossing her friends...this one sounds like a Megan Abbott novel.
Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore. This may be a YA novel. Girl from family of witches prefers to separate that from "normal" life. While ranch-sitting for an aunt a dangerous ghost is more than she can handle.
NonFiction
Tied In: the business, history, and craft of media tie-in writing edited by Lee Goldberg. I used to sneer at tie-ins until I read what G0ldberg had to say. I have not, however, read what the other Goldberg (Tod) has to say. I can now find out because his is the first piece in here, Does a Real Writer Write Tie-Ins?, and directly addresses my past distaste for tie-ins.
The Deer and the Naturalist: dreamwork and the soul's journey by Mary Edwards.
Large Print
Monument to Murder by Margaret Truman.
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver. James Bond novel with bigger type.
Against All Enemies by Tom Clancy.
AudioBooks on CD
Sex on the Moon by Ben Mezrich. 7 CDs at 8.5 hours. Guy steals moon rock for his girlfriend. Gets arrested.
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson. 10 CDs at 12.6 hours. Robots eat people. Or something.
Music on CD
Nina Simone: 17 masters by Nina Simone. 17 selected tracks.
Monday, July 25, 2011
CDs by Gordon Lightfoot, David Bowie and other, lesser beings
Music on CD
Sleeps with Angels by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Waiting for the Sun by The Doors.
Strange Days by The Doors.
Young Americans by David Bowie.
The Best of Earth Wind and Fire: Volumes 1 and 2 by Earth, Wind, and Fire.
Broken Arrow by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Morrison Hotel by The Doors.
L.A. Woman by The Doors.
John Lennon Collection by John Lennon.
The Band by The Band.
Gord's Gold by Gordon Lightfoot.
Talking Book by Steve Wonder.
Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Willie and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
One of Those Nights by The Eagles.
Sleeps with Angels by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Waiting for the Sun by The Doors.
Strange Days by The Doors.
Young Americans by David Bowie.
The Best of Earth Wind and Fire: Volumes 1 and 2 by Earth, Wind, and Fire.
Broken Arrow by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
Morrison Hotel by The Doors.
L.A. Woman by The Doors.
John Lennon Collection by John Lennon.
The Band by The Band.
Gord's Gold by Gordon Lightfoot.
Talking Book by Steve Wonder.
Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Willie and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
One of Those Nights by The Eagles.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Greasy Little Punks And Their Electrified Guitars, Wiggling Around and Grunting. Howling!
Music on CD
Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's greatest love songs by Jim Croce. Plane wreck death? I don't recall.
GP/Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons. Parsons was supposed to be highly influential in the late '60s and early '70s by mixing country and rock. His musician pals dug his sound and went on to man popular and big selling bands. Parsons killed himself with booze and drugs.
Band of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix killed himself with drugs, too.
The Soft Parade by The Doors. Also dead by drugs. This album does not have any famous tunes.
Time Out of Mind by Bob Dylan. Dylan pre- and post-dates all those dead guys. I saw him play in Champaign, IL last fall. His guitarist was Charlie Sexton. Sexton was a guitar prodigy in Texas and had this tune rotate on MTV for a time in about 1985.
Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's greatest love songs by Jim Croce. Plane wreck death? I don't recall.
GP/Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons. Parsons was supposed to be highly influential in the late '60s and early '70s by mixing country and rock. His musician pals dug his sound and went on to man popular and big selling bands. Parsons killed himself with booze and drugs.
Band of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix killed himself with drugs, too.
The Soft Parade by The Doors. Also dead by drugs. This album does not have any famous tunes.
Time Out of Mind by Bob Dylan. Dylan pre- and post-dates all those dead guys. I saw him play in Champaign, IL last fall. His guitarist was Charlie Sexton. Sexton was a guitar prodigy in Texas and had this tune rotate on MTV for a time in about 1985.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Six More CDs of Idolatrous, Devil Music LEading Our Nation Into Communism and Fluoridation
Music on CD - We received a box of donations and I added several older, famous albums that are not elsewhere in the catalog.
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Mirror Ball by Neil Young. I've never much cared about Young but do like a few tunes.
Music on CD (that was incorrectly processed and needs to be redone)
Vauxhall and I by Morrissey. I was going to get a haircut this coming week. Maybe I should just add more hair "products" and Morrissey it.
Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nillson.
Diamond Dogs by David Bowie. This is one of the re-releases from Ryko that came out 20 years ago.
whitechocolatespaceegg by Liz Phair.
Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Mirror Ball by Neil Young. I've never much cared about Young but do like a few tunes.
Music on CD (that was incorrectly processed and needs to be redone)
Vauxhall and I by Morrissey. I was going to get a haircut this coming week. Maybe I should just add more hair "products" and Morrissey it.
Nilsson Schmilsson by Harry Nillson.
Diamond Dogs by David Bowie. This is one of the re-releases from Ryko that came out 20 years ago.
whitechocolatespaceegg by Liz Phair.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Music: Mormons, Ivers, Hitchcock, Weird Al, Secret Sisters
Plastic Discs, Upon Which Is A Thin Layer of Metal Unto Which Special Digital Signals Are Recorded And Then Translated, Using Special Equipment, Into Audible Musical Notes, and Singing Human Voices, And Amplified Through Special Equipment For Your Hearing Pleasure.
O Holy Night by Jackie Evancho. I bought this? Maybe this is the current "Little girl with "voice of an angel'" kid. Two discs.
The Book of Mormon by Original Broadway Cast. Includes a thick booklet full of lyrics and photos that does not want to STAY IN THE DANG CASE!
Codes and Keys by Death Cab For Cutie. Death Cab For Cutie was recently awarded the prestigious Stupidest Band Name Ever award.
Jagjaguwaa by Bon Iver. This dude was in some magazine, and on tv, getting shilled by Michael Perry, promoted through media in Madison. I have not idea who he is.
Propellor Time by Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3. I like Hitchcock's work.
The King is Dead by The Decemberists. Is this a hipster band? I think it might be. You know, ironic or "vintage" t-shirts, PBR beer, aviator sunglasses, sideburns... Oh, maybe not. Glenn, regular library patron and music fan, just now expressed interest.
Alpocalypse by Weird Al Yankovic. One CD and one DVD. Parodies of Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, and a Doors parody about Craigslist.
The Secret Sisters by The Secret Sisters. Two gals I heard on the CBC one day. One of them tried out at a performers showcase in Nashville and was invited back. She brought her sister along for the second performance. The first song is the best. The rest are well done but are covers of tunes you've already heard a bunch of times.
Now That's What I call Music!: 38 featuring [Who? What? Does no one own a dictionary?]
Fiction
Split Second by Catherine Coulter. 419 pages.
Happy Birthday by Danielle Steel [supposedly]. Queen... gracious... arbiter... divorce... penthouse... hairdressers... bone structure... truth... prospect... consumes... thirty... football... memorable... whack... upside... brimming... insight... itself... always.
Large Print
When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey. Half-naked dude in tight pants on the cover.
O Holy Night by Jackie Evancho. I bought this? Maybe this is the current "Little girl with "voice of an angel'" kid. Two discs.
The Book of Mormon by Original Broadway Cast. Includes a thick booklet full of lyrics and photos that does not want to STAY IN THE DANG CASE!
Codes and Keys by Death Cab For Cutie. Death Cab For Cutie was recently awarded the prestigious Stupidest Band Name Ever award.
Jagjaguwaa by Bon Iver. This dude was in some magazine, and on tv, getting shilled by Michael Perry, promoted through media in Madison. I have not idea who he is.
Propellor Time by Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3. I like Hitchcock's work.
The King is Dead by The Decemberists. Is this a hipster band? I think it might be. You know, ironic or "vintage" t-shirts, PBR beer, aviator sunglasses, sideburns... Oh, maybe not. Glenn, regular library patron and music fan, just now expressed interest.
Alpocalypse by Weird Al Yankovic. One CD and one DVD. Parodies of Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, and a Doors parody about Craigslist.
The Secret Sisters by The Secret Sisters. Two gals I heard on the CBC one day. One of them tried out at a performers showcase in Nashville and was invited back. She brought her sister along for the second performance. The first song is the best. The rest are well done but are covers of tunes you've already heard a bunch of times.
Now That's What I call Music!: 38 featuring [Who? What? Does no one own a dictionary?]
Fiction
Split Second by Catherine Coulter. 419 pages.
Happy Birthday by Danielle Steel [supposedly]. Queen... gracious... arbiter... divorce... penthouse... hairdressers... bone structure... truth... prospect... consumes... thirty... football... memorable... whack... upside... brimming... insight... itself... always.
Large Print
When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey. Half-naked dude in tight pants on the cover.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Summer Reading Program
Summer Reading Program (SRP)
This year's SRP had almost 350 registrations. This is the last week of programming and ends with a Scholastic Book Fair. Kids who finished the reading program receive a five dollar credit towards the book sale.
Therapy Dogs
We had a few therapy dogs join us through the summer. Kids signed up for 15 minute segments to read to the dogs.
This Whippet listened to kids for two hours and then volunteered to shelf read.
Portuguese Water Poodles prefer regency romances.
This year's SRP had almost 350 registrations. This is the last week of programming and ends with a Scholastic Book Fair. Kids who finished the reading program receive a five dollar credit towards the book sale.
Therapy Dogs
We had a few therapy dogs join us through the summer. Kids signed up for 15 minute segments to read to the dogs.
This Whippet listened to kids for two hours and then volunteered to shelf read.
Portuguese Water Poodles prefer regency romances.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Warped, Tavern Going Dragons Occupying Iraq for Geothermal Work
Fiction
A Dance of Dragons by George R.R. Martin. Book five in the series adapted into a SEAN BEAN vehicle by HBO.
NonFiction
The Smart Guide to Geothermal by Donal Blaise Lloyd. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's "green". Did you also know it saves a crap load of money? Lake Mills Middle School has a geothermal set-up and it is very neat-o.
Tavern League: portraits of Wisconsin Bars by Carl Corey. No Lake Mills representation. I gotta tell you though, some of the pictured people just look like bar owners. There is a location index in the back of the book but this is really crying out for a map. I was going to link to some online photos but the publisher does not have any good ones. You can watch the PBS NewsHour piece about the book.
Iraq War and Occupation: a struggle for democracy by D.C. Everest Area Schools. Oral history project edited by students in Weston, WI. Okay. I admit I was sneering at this book when I first saw it. I expected an amateurish publication. I just looked through and was impressed. I'll probably read this.
The Book of U.S. Government Jobs, 11th edition by Dennis V. Damp. I want a job in Australia with free airfare for my family, a nice house, and allowance for two cars. Nice cars, too. One of those souped up Holdens. And beer money. And allowance for four trips back to the U.S. per year. And two months vacation. And a gun license and ammo allowance so I can shoot IPSC.
Music on CD
Vans Warped Tour: 2011 featuring Paramoure and 49 other bands that I never heard of.
Now That's What I Call Country: Volume 4 featuring Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood and many other pop singers masquerading as country music.
DVD
Forager's Harvest: a guide to identifying , harvesting, and preparing edible wild plants by Samuel Thayer. Two discs. The boys and I should watch this and take a guidebook into the woods the next Saturday my wife works.
A Dance of Dragons by George R.R. Martin. Book five in the series adapted into a SEAN BEAN vehicle by HBO.
NonFiction
The Smart Guide to Geothermal by Donal Blaise Lloyd. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's "green". Did you also know it saves a crap load of money? Lake Mills Middle School has a geothermal set-up and it is very neat-o.
Tavern League: portraits of Wisconsin Bars by Carl Corey. No Lake Mills representation. I gotta tell you though, some of the pictured people just look like bar owners. There is a location index in the back of the book but this is really crying out for a map. I was going to link to some online photos but the publisher does not have any good ones. You can watch the PBS NewsHour piece about the book.
Iraq War and Occupation: a struggle for democracy by D.C. Everest Area Schools. Oral history project edited by students in Weston, WI. Okay. I admit I was sneering at this book when I first saw it. I expected an amateurish publication. I just looked through and was impressed. I'll probably read this.
The Book of U.S. Government Jobs, 11th edition by Dennis V. Damp. I want a job in Australia with free airfare for my family, a nice house, and allowance for two cars. Nice cars, too. One of those souped up Holdens. And beer money. And allowance for four trips back to the U.S. per year. And two months vacation. And a gun license and ammo allowance so I can shoot IPSC.
Music on CD
Vans Warped Tour: 2011 featuring Paramoure and 49 other bands that I never heard of.
Now That's What I Call Country: Volume 4 featuring Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood and many other pop singers masquerading as country music.
DVD
Forager's Harvest: a guide to identifying , harvesting, and preparing edible wild plants by Samuel Thayer. Two discs. The boys and I should watch this and take a guidebook into the woods the next Saturday my wife works.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
What to Read 43: Author events for November, 2011
What to Read 43: Author Events for November, 2011
November 5th, 10 AM to 3PM: Crime novel writing workshop with Anthony Neil Smith. $25 per person, lunch included.
November 12th, 1 PM to 3 PM: Larry Watson.
November 19th, 6 PM to 7:30 PM: Susanna Daniel.
November 26th, 1 PM to 3 PM: Margot Peters.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Sheriff Rhodes, Like a Tick Buried in the Skin: Dismembered Australians
Audiobooks on CD
Of All Sad Words by Bill Crider. 6 CDs at 6.5 hours. I was online the other day, like every day, and saw that Recorded Books has audio versions of a few Dan Rhodes novels. I ordered a couple. The narrator previously won an Audie Award.
Murder in Four Parts by Bill Crider. 6 CDs at 6.75. Sheriff Rhodes is now everywhere in this library. You cannot escape him. Crider's high living retirement has been supported by the people of Lake Mills and rural residents of Jefferson County. I hope he thinks of us as he is chauffeured across Southern France in his newly purchased Bentley.
DVD
Beneath Hill 60 starring [people you never heard of]. Australian infantry are tasked to fight in the military mines in the Western Front.
SHAPE: Power Burn Express. Exercise with long, elastic bands.
Large Print
Threading the Needle by Marie Bostwick.
Fallen by Karen Slaughter.
Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin.
Wrecker by Summer Wood. Nice cover.
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee.
Moonlight Cove by Sherryl Woods.
Creed's Honor by Linda Lael Miller. Another cowboy romance.
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler.
Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith. I thought Smith was dead. Nope, I just looked him up and he is not very old. Smith has a fascinating autobio on his web page.
Of All Sad Words by Bill Crider. 6 CDs at 6.5 hours. I was online the other day, like every day, and saw that Recorded Books has audio versions of a few Dan Rhodes novels. I ordered a couple. The narrator previously won an Audie Award.
Murder in Four Parts by Bill Crider. 6 CDs at 6.75. Sheriff Rhodes is now everywhere in this library. You cannot escape him. Crider's high living retirement has been supported by the people of Lake Mills and rural residents of Jefferson County. I hope he thinks of us as he is chauffeured across Southern France in his newly purchased Bentley.
DVD
Beneath Hill 60 starring [people you never heard of]. Australian infantry are tasked to fight in the military mines in the Western Front.
SHAPE: Power Burn Express. Exercise with long, elastic bands.
Large Print
Threading the Needle by Marie Bostwick.
Fallen by Karen Slaughter.
Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin.
Wrecker by Summer Wood. Nice cover.
Friendship Bread by Darien Gee.
Moonlight Cove by Sherryl Woods.
Creed's Honor by Linda Lael Miller. Another cowboy romance.
Spider Web by Earlene Fowler.
Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith. I thought Smith was dead. Nope, I just looked him up and he is not very old. Smith has a fascinating autobio on his web page.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
One if by Paper, Two if by CD
Paper
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner. The perspective on the photoshopped cover image looks skewed. There was some lady in WI who recently won a writing contest run by Weiner.
CD
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. 5 CDs at 6.366 hours. I don't care about this series but you can listen all you like.
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares. 8 CDs at 10 hours. I looked at the back and saw the words "Rhode Island". How is Rhode Island even a state? That place is so small they must have more Senators than Representatives. Does everyone take a turn in the state house? If I fall asleep in Rhode Island and snore will I wake people in Massachusetts? If Rhode Island was a little farther north we could just give it to Canada. Rhode Island is so insignificant that the spellcheck keeps asking to correct Rhode.
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner. The perspective on the photoshopped cover image looks skewed. There was some lady in WI who recently won a writing contest run by Weiner.
CD
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. 5 CDs at 6.366 hours. I don't care about this series but you can listen all you like.
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares. 8 CDs at 10 hours. I looked at the back and saw the words "Rhode Island". How is Rhode Island even a state? That place is so small they must have more Senators than Representatives. Does everyone take a turn in the state house? If I fall asleep in Rhode Island and snore will I wake people in Massachusetts? If Rhode Island was a little farther north we could just give it to Canada. Rhode Island is so insignificant that the spellcheck keeps asking to correct Rhode.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Comics for Cooking Canadian Crime and Kill the Irishman
DVD
Kill the Irishman starring Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio. 1976 gang war in Cleveland includes 36 bombs. Local crook splits from the mafia to build his own organization.
USS Wisconsin: the last battleship by Wisconsin Public Television. You can either A: watch this and talk about the great PBS show you saw. Or, B: Watch this and complain about PBS.
Sentimental Reflections: America's heritage in story, scenery and song. These were on sale so I bought six to try them out. The company produces four seasonally themed discs a year. These include stories on Utah's sand dunes, Door County, Mackinac Island, Pony Express, Drive-In theaters, and different areas around the United States.
Music
Scandalous by Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears. A new album recommended by Anthony Neil Smith. Smith will be here from 10 AM to 3 PM on Nov. 5th to share his knowledge for a novel writing workshop. Sharing his knowledge? Heck the class is 4 hours and 45 minutes too long! Ha! Get it? I made a joke.
Seriously, Smith does this teaching stuff for a living and it will be worth your $25 (lunch included) to attend. For the first 15 minutes anyway! Ha! I did it again! Ha!
NonFiction
Mobs, Mayhem, and Murder: tales from the St. Louis Police beat by Tim O'Neil. True crime readers are loyal to the genre. I figured to try this out. "I've shot men in my time, but I never shot one that didn't deserve it." Charley Birger, leader of the Birger Gang, to the Post Dispatch two hours before his execution April 19, 1928. Bouchercon - a conference for fans and writers of mysteries and crime fiction - is in St. Louis this September.
Vegetarian Cooking by Emma Summer. Big book with lots of color photos.
Homestyle in a Hurry by Vicki [No Last Name] JoAnn [No Last Name]. Cookbook with one of those lousy spiral bindings.
Forager's Harvest: a guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing edible wild plants by Samuel Thayer. Two DVDs on things to eat.
Canada by Lonely Planet travel guides. I really enjoyed my honeymoon trip to Montreal a few years ago. I could say how many years ago if I could remember how long we have been married.
Rough Guide to Italy. You know who just went to Italy? Famed crime writer Anthony Neil Smith. $25 buys you access on November 5th.
Top 10 England's Lake District by Eyewitness travel guides. #1 pub in Ullswater is Traveller's Rest.
Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego and Southern California. San Diego sure is nice. Nice and expensive. You know what is nice and inexpensive? Our November 5th writing workshop with Anthony Neil Smith.
Reading to Your Baby by Alison LR Davies. No, you don't need read these 94 pages to read to your kid. This has tips for people unused to kids or looking for info on child development.
Creating Dairyland by Edward Janus. How Wisconsin became a dairy state.
Gotham Central: Book Four: Corrigan by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker. Cops in GOtham have to face off against crooks and "the city's biggest vigilante: Batman."
Thor of Godstorm by Kurt Busiek and Steve Rude. I bought this because I like Busiek's stories.
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty. I bought this because of the new movie. Lots of bright colors.
Kill the Irishman starring Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio. 1976 gang war in Cleveland includes 36 bombs. Local crook splits from the mafia to build his own organization.
USS Wisconsin: the last battleship by Wisconsin Public Television. You can either A: watch this and talk about the great PBS show you saw. Or, B: Watch this and complain about PBS.
Sentimental Reflections: America's heritage in story, scenery and song. These were on sale so I bought six to try them out. The company produces four seasonally themed discs a year. These include stories on Utah's sand dunes, Door County, Mackinac Island, Pony Express, Drive-In theaters, and different areas around the United States.
Music
Scandalous by Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears. A new album recommended by Anthony Neil Smith. Smith will be here from 10 AM to 3 PM on Nov. 5th to share his knowledge for a novel writing workshop. Sharing his knowledge? Heck the class is 4 hours and 45 minutes too long! Ha! Get it? I made a joke.
Seriously, Smith does this teaching stuff for a living and it will be worth your $25 (lunch included) to attend. For the first 15 minutes anyway! Ha! I did it again! Ha!
NonFiction
Mobs, Mayhem, and Murder: tales from the St. Louis Police beat by Tim O'Neil. True crime readers are loyal to the genre. I figured to try this out. "I've shot men in my time, but I never shot one that didn't deserve it." Charley Birger, leader of the Birger Gang, to the Post Dispatch two hours before his execution April 19, 1928. Bouchercon - a conference for fans and writers of mysteries and crime fiction - is in St. Louis this September.
Vegetarian Cooking by Emma Summer. Big book with lots of color photos.
Homestyle in a Hurry by Vicki [No Last Name] JoAnn [No Last Name]. Cookbook with one of those lousy spiral bindings.
Forager's Harvest: a guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing edible wild plants by Samuel Thayer. Two DVDs on things to eat.
Canada by Lonely Planet travel guides. I really enjoyed my honeymoon trip to Montreal a few years ago. I could say how many years ago if I could remember how long we have been married.
Rough Guide to Italy. You know who just went to Italy? Famed crime writer Anthony Neil Smith. $25 buys you access on November 5th.
Top 10 England's Lake District by Eyewitness travel guides. #1 pub in Ullswater is Traveller's Rest.
Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego and Southern California. San Diego sure is nice. Nice and expensive. You know what is nice and inexpensive? Our November 5th writing workshop with Anthony Neil Smith.
Reading to Your Baby by Alison LR Davies. No, you don't need read these 94 pages to read to your kid. This has tips for people unused to kids or looking for info on child development.
Creating Dairyland by Edward Janus. How Wisconsin became a dairy state.
Gotham Central: Book Four: Corrigan by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker. Cops in GOtham have to face off against crooks and "the city's biggest vigilante: Batman."
Thor of Godstorm by Kurt Busiek and Steve Rude. I bought this because I like Busiek's stories.
Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty. I bought this because of the new movie. Lots of bright colors.
Friday, July 08, 2011
Author Visits in November
Author Visits in November
I have spent several days trying to write a catchy title to include the four authors we scheduled for this November. I came up blank. If any of the three or four of you blog readers can think of something please let me know.
5 November 2011, 10 AM to 3 PM. Anthony Neil Smith's Crime Novel Writing Workshop. Join award winning crime novelist Smith as he walks participants through the novel writing process: outlining, research, character development, and plotting. $25 per person. Lunch from Water House Foods included.
12 November 2011, 1 PM to 3 PM. Novelist Larry Watson. Watson will speak about his writing career and latest novel, American Boy. Watson is a Milwaukee resident and famed for his tightly drawn stories about families in rural Montana. Watson's Montana 1948 was previously selected for the Jefferson County Reads program.
19 November 2011, 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Novelist Susanna Daniel. Madison resident Daniel's latest book is Stiltsville. Stiltsville is partially set among the stilt houses of Miami's Biscayne Bay and follows a Georgia transplant who falls in love with both Miami and one of the city's men. Afterwards, you can join the Main Street Program's Legendary Nights event for "deer season widows".
26 November 2011, 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Biographer Margot Peters. Lake Mills resident Peters has authored several biographies including books on Charlotte Bronte, Bernard Shaw, and famed stage actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Peters biography on Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker, Lorine Niedecker: A Poets Life, will be published in October.
I have spent several days trying to write a catchy title to include the four authors we scheduled for this November. I came up blank. If any of the three or four of you blog readers can think of something please let me know.
5 November 2011, 10 AM to 3 PM. Anthony Neil Smith's Crime Novel Writing Workshop. Join award winning crime novelist Smith as he walks participants through the novel writing process: outlining, research, character development, and plotting. $25 per person. Lunch from Water House Foods included.
12 November 2011, 1 PM to 3 PM. Novelist Larry Watson. Watson will speak about his writing career and latest novel, American Boy. Watson is a Milwaukee resident and famed for his tightly drawn stories about families in rural Montana. Watson's Montana 1948 was previously selected for the Jefferson County Reads program.
19 November 2011, 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Novelist Susanna Daniel. Madison resident Daniel's latest book is Stiltsville. Stiltsville is partially set among the stilt houses of Miami's Biscayne Bay and follows a Georgia transplant who falls in love with both Miami and one of the city's men. Afterwards, you can join the Main Street Program's Legendary Nights event for "deer season widows".
26 November 2011, 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Biographer Margot Peters. Lake Mills resident Peters has authored several biographies including books on Charlotte Bronte, Bernard Shaw, and famed stage actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Peters biography on Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker, Lorine Niedecker: A Poets Life, will be published in October.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Canoeing Crider Crow Court
NonFiction
Paddling Southern Wisconsin: 85 great trips by canoe and kayak by Mike Svob. I have a rowboat but no oars. I really need to get some oars for that thing.
Milan and the Lakes by DK Eyewitness Travel. Anthony Neil Smith went to Italy on some sort of book tour. He posted a link to photos but I'm not going to look the address up for you.
Fiction
Flashback by Dan Simmons. Guy gets addicted to new drug. Has trouble working.
Thunder of Heaven: a Joshua Jordan novel by Tim L. LaHaye. Another novel about the apocalypse. Apocalypse is difficult to type and spell.
Sarah Court by Craig Davidson. Why did I buy this? Was the book recommended? Well reviewed? Ohhh, this is that Canadian guy. I like his books. Story: five families living next to one another: How well do you know your neighbors? How well do you know your own family? Ultimately, how well do you know yourself?
White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick. A horror novel that looks like it should be in the YA section.
Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen seems like a nice lady but I still won't read this.
Brute Strength by Susan Conant. "A Dog Lover's Mystery" The cover illustration of a dog makes this look like a chapter book.
Escape by Barbara Delinsky. Young, lady lawyer has career and family ennui induced crisis. Skips work early, leaves Manhattan, goes to New Hampshire where she spent a summer during college.
A Dark and Stormy Night by Jeanne M. Dams. Beagle status unknown.
Betrayal of Trust by J.A. Jance. I'll bet someone gets betrayed.
Undead and Undermined by Mary Janice Davidson. I read a book about the underground war during World War One. The Limeys would dig deep under the Kraut lines to listen, defend against enemy mines, and plants tons of explosives. The miners would always want to dig lower than the enemy. That was undermining.
Wild Hog Murders by The Great and Marvelous Bill Crider, Chronicler of Crocodiles, Recorder of Rhodes, Paramour of Paris. Sheriff Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas has the usual trouble of idiots, dead bodies, feral hogs, motorcycle gangsters, county commissioners, etc. What is the death rate in Blacklin County?
Paddling Southern Wisconsin: 85 great trips by canoe and kayak by Mike Svob. I have a rowboat but no oars. I really need to get some oars for that thing.
Milan and the Lakes by DK Eyewitness Travel. Anthony Neil Smith went to Italy on some sort of book tour. He posted a link to photos but I'm not going to look the address up for you.
Fiction
Flashback by Dan Simmons. Guy gets addicted to new drug. Has trouble working.
Thunder of Heaven: a Joshua Jordan novel by Tim L. LaHaye. Another novel about the apocalypse. Apocalypse is difficult to type and spell.
Sarah Court by Craig Davidson. Why did I buy this? Was the book recommended? Well reviewed? Ohhh, this is that Canadian guy. I like his books. Story: five families living next to one another: How well do you know your neighbors? How well do you know your own family? Ultimately, how well do you know yourself?
White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick. A horror novel that looks like it should be in the YA section.
Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen seems like a nice lady but I still won't read this.
Brute Strength by Susan Conant. "A Dog Lover's Mystery" The cover illustration of a dog makes this look like a chapter book.
Escape by Barbara Delinsky. Young, lady lawyer has career and family ennui induced crisis. Skips work early, leaves Manhattan, goes to New Hampshire where she spent a summer during college.
A Dark and Stormy Night by Jeanne M. Dams. Beagle status unknown.
Betrayal of Trust by J.A. Jance. I'll bet someone gets betrayed.
Undead and Undermined by Mary Janice Davidson. I read a book about the underground war during World War One. The Limeys would dig deep under the Kraut lines to listen, defend against enemy mines, and plants tons of explosives. The miners would always want to dig lower than the enemy. That was undermining.
Wild Hog Murders by The Great and Marvelous Bill Crider, Chronicler of Crocodiles, Recorder of Rhodes, Paramour of Paris. Sheriff Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas has the usual trouble of idiots, dead bodies, feral hogs, motorcycle gangsters, county commissioners, etc. What is the death rate in Blacklin County?
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Travel Books, Coffee, Birds, Patterson Factory
Fiction
Now You See Her compiled by Unified Workers of the Patterson Factory for Literary Excellence. "A good wife and mother vanishes."
A Cup of Joe by Sandra Balzo. This came out in 2010 but I missed ordering it. Other books in the series have proven popular here.
Once Upon A River by Bonnie Jo Campbell. Girl takes boat down Michigan river to find her missing mother.
NonFiction
Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America by Jonathan Alderfer and Paul Hess. The call of the Scarlet Tanager is a hoarse chip-burr. "Sticky mud pellets allow the Barn Swallow to adhere to its nest directly to a vertical wall."
Rough Guide to Las Vegas by Greg Ward. If this is a rough guide does it include things like: best alleys to sleep in, best bail bondsmen, cheapest hooch, tips for pickpockets.
Hawaii by Eyewitness Travel.
Top 10 Las Vegas by Connie Emerson. Best family restaurant: Fatburger. Best getting around: foot power. Best hiking trail: Mouse's Tank, Valley of Fire.
Now You See Her compiled by Unified Workers of the Patterson Factory for Literary Excellence. "A good wife and mother vanishes."
A Cup of Joe by Sandra Balzo. This came out in 2010 but I missed ordering it. Other books in the series have proven popular here.
Once Upon A River by Bonnie Jo Campbell. Girl takes boat down Michigan river to find her missing mother.
NonFiction
Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America by Jonathan Alderfer and Paul Hess. The call of the Scarlet Tanager is a hoarse chip-burr. "Sticky mud pellets allow the Barn Swallow to adhere to its nest directly to a vertical wall."
Rough Guide to Las Vegas by Greg Ward. If this is a rough guide does it include things like: best alleys to sleep in, best bail bondsmen, cheapest hooch, tips for pickpockets.
Hawaii by Eyewitness Travel.
Top 10 Las Vegas by Connie Emerson. Best family restaurant: Fatburger. Best getting around: foot power. Best hiking trail: Mouse's Tank, Valley of Fire.
DVD: Sex, Violence, Lies, Bieber, B-Movie Cage
DVD
Hall Pass starring Jason Sudeikis, Owen Wilson. Two guys given "hall pass" by wives to screw around.
Sucker Punch starring Scott Glenn, Jon Hamm, Teenage Girls. Teenage girls escape from a CGI prison with CGI violence against CGI bad guys on a CGI battlefield.
Just Go With It starring Annoying Guy, Jennifer Aniston. Guy lies to girl and has friend's children pretend to be his.
Justin Bieber: never say never starring Justin Bieber and Bieber Fever. Concert film of teen heartthrob from Canada.
Drive Angry starring Crazy Nic Cage, William Fichtner, GirlWith BigHair. Guy escapes hell to wreak revenge. Didn't Cage already do this with a motorcycle? These seems to have lots of muscle cars and fiery explosions. I'll bet Tom Piccirilli liked it.
Hall Pass starring Jason Sudeikis, Owen Wilson. Two guys given "hall pass" by wives to screw around.
Sucker Punch starring Scott Glenn, Jon Hamm, Teenage Girls. Teenage girls escape from a CGI prison with CGI violence against CGI bad guys on a CGI battlefield.
Just Go With It starring Annoying Guy, Jennifer Aniston. Guy lies to girl and has friend's children pretend to be his.
Justin Bieber: never say never starring Justin Bieber and Bieber Fever. Concert film of teen heartthrob from Canada.
Drive Angry starring Crazy Nic Cage, William Fichtner, GirlWith BigHair. Guy escapes hell to wreak revenge. Didn't Cage already do this with a motorcycle? These seems to have lots of muscle cars and fiery explosions. I'll bet Tom Piccirilli liked it.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Musical Interlude
Musical Interlude
Nothing new on the processing cart. Here is Levon Helm. You can get the CD once I return it tomorrow.
Here is Elvis Costello's version, if you prefer. Costello does have Richard Thompson playing along.
Heck, while I'm at, here is Nick Lowe as well. Richard Thompson is best.
Nothing new on the processing cart. Here is Levon Helm. You can get the CD once I return it tomorrow.
Here is Elvis Costello's version, if you prefer. Costello does have Richard Thompson playing along.
Heck, while I'm at, here is Nick Lowe as well. Richard Thompson is best.
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