DVD
World War Z starring Brad Pitt and CGI Danger. Zombies take over.
The Firm: Hi-Def Sculpt with Annie Lee.
Star Trek: Into Darkness starring [Scowling Actors]. Science Fiction.
Big Cats: revealing the leopard: Siberian Tiger quest by PBS Nature. Cats slink around, pounce, and eat raw meat.
Homeland: the complete second season starring Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin.
Fiction
Ghost Gone Wild by Carolyn Hart. I don't like the cover.
Loss of Innocence by Richard North Patterson. I don't like this cover either.
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert. This cover is okay, but just ok.
The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini. This cover has the feel of a lot of those Amish romances because of the color and composition.
Large Print
Finding Colin Firth by Mia March. Huh? That's easy.
Robert B. Parker's Damned If You Do by Michael Brandman. Lame cover.
NonFiction
Miller's Antiques Handbook and Price Guide 2014-2015 by Judith Miller.
Friday, October 04, 2013
More, More, More.
NonFiction
Eating For Two: the complete guide to nutrition during pregnancy and beyond by Annabel Karmel. Page 140 says,"Put the bulger wheat...in the cold water...serve with...hum-...an-...s."
AudioBooks on CD
The Night Is Watching by Heather Graham. 8 CDs at 9.6333 hours. FBI investigates paranormal "stuff" The actress named Heather Graham is from the Milwaukee area.
Killing Jesus: a history by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. 5 CDs at 6 hours.
Second Watch by J.A. Jance. 9 CDs at 10.75 hours. Murder!
Large Print
I'm not typing everything in, so here.
Eating For Two: the complete guide to nutrition during pregnancy and beyond by Annabel Karmel. Page 140 says,"Put the bulger wheat...in the cold water...serve with...hum-...an-...s."
AudioBooks on CD
The Night Is Watching by Heather Graham. 8 CDs at 9.6333 hours. FBI investigates paranormal "stuff" The actress named Heather Graham is from the Milwaukee area.
Killing Jesus: a history by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. 5 CDs at 6 hours.
Second Watch by J.A. Jance. 9 CDs at 10.75 hours. Murder!
Large Print
I'm not typing everything in, so here.
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Media
DVD
Attack Force Z starring Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, John Waters. What a great WWII movie. Australian commandos land on a Japanese controlled island to pull out a defecting Japanese official.
Girls: the complete second season starring Lena Dunham, Albanian Lady. Twenty-somethings in the big city. Saturday Night Live made a parody.
Australia: animals Down Under by PBS Nature. 240 minutes of Koalas, Kangaroos, Pelicans and animals escaping a bushfire.
Musical Notes and Voices Are Recorded With Computers and The Sounds Digitally Restructured For Processing and Playback From Flat Plastic Discs
Night Visions by Imagine Dragons. They have had a popular pop song. I don't like the song and won't find a video clip.
Magna Carta, Holy Grail by Jay-Z. This guy is famous. You probably don't need a audio clip for him either.
AudioBooks on CD
This Time is Different: eight centuries of financial folly by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. 8 CDs at 9 hours. "Presents a comprehensive look at the varieties of financial crises, and guies us through eight astonishing centuries of government defaults, banking panics, and inflationary spikes - from medieval currency debasements to today's subprime catastrophe."
Tales From the Dugout: the greatest true baseball stories ever told by Mike Shannon. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours. I don't follow baseball.
And Then She Fell by Stephanie Laurens. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. According to the cover she also fell into a light blue dress.
Famous and the Dead by T. Jefferson Parker. 12 CDs at 13.9 hours. The last Charlie Hood novel. I thought we had this already.
Attack Force Z starring Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, John Waters. What a great WWII movie. Australian commandos land on a Japanese controlled island to pull out a defecting Japanese official.
Girls: the complete second season starring Lena Dunham, Albanian Lady. Twenty-somethings in the big city. Saturday Night Live made a parody.
Australia: animals Down Under by PBS Nature. 240 minutes of Koalas, Kangaroos, Pelicans and animals escaping a bushfire.
Musical Notes and Voices Are Recorded With Computers and The Sounds Digitally Restructured For Processing and Playback From Flat Plastic Discs
Night Visions by Imagine Dragons. They have had a popular pop song. I don't like the song and won't find a video clip.
Magna Carta, Holy Grail by Jay-Z. This guy is famous. You probably don't need a audio clip for him either.
AudioBooks on CD
This Time is Different: eight centuries of financial folly by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. 8 CDs at 9 hours. "Presents a comprehensive look at the varieties of financial crises, and guies us through eight astonishing centuries of government defaults, banking panics, and inflationary spikes - from medieval currency debasements to today's subprime catastrophe."
Tales From the Dugout: the greatest true baseball stories ever told by Mike Shannon. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours. I don't follow baseball.
And Then She Fell by Stephanie Laurens. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. According to the cover she also fell into a light blue dress.
Famous and the Dead by T. Jefferson Parker. 12 CDs at 13.9 hours. The last Charlie Hood novel. I thought we had this already.
Ultimate Goliath Summer
NonFiction
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. More research and writing. Author Duane Swierczynski wrote, "#nowreading Bill Bryson's amazing ONE SUMMER. Pretty much every paragraph is jammed with surprising or eyebrow raising details." Swierczynski also wrote "Had to bite my tongue when nice older lady complained to me about the proliferation of social media. 'All this twittering and twatting...'"
David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants by Malcom Gladwell.
A House in the Sky by Amanda Linhout and Sara Corbett. Linhout was captured in Somalia and held captive for 460 days.
Ultimate Harely-Davidson: new edition by Hugo Wilson. Wilson has been writing motorcycle books for Dorling Kindersley for years. These are always fun.
Fiction
Gone by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Same author photo of Patterson where the camera shutter snapped at 12:52.
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. More research and writing. Author Duane Swierczynski wrote, "#nowreading Bill Bryson's amazing ONE SUMMER. Pretty much every paragraph is jammed with surprising or eyebrow raising details." Swierczynski also wrote "Had to bite my tongue when nice older lady complained to me about the proliferation of social media. 'All this twittering and twatting...'"
David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants by Malcom Gladwell.
A House in the Sky by Amanda Linhout and Sara Corbett. Linhout was captured in Somalia and held captive for 460 days.
Ultimate Harely-Davidson: new edition by Hugo Wilson. Wilson has been writing motorcycle books for Dorling Kindersley for years. These are always fun.
Fiction
Gone by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Same author photo of Patterson where the camera shutter snapped at 12:52.
Wednesday, October 02, 2013
Hey, I've Met Nine of These People
Fiction
Sea Creatures by Susanna Daniel. Daniel came out here a year or two ago for a book talk. Unfortunately the weather was lousy and another event was going on downtown so the only audience was one dude, a Friend of the Library, and myself. More family drama set in Florida. Try it out.
Kwik Krimes edited by Otto Penzler. "Contributions by more than 80 authors." Short crime stories of "no more than one thousand words." I have spoken to:
1. Bill Crider. Very briefly because I had nothing of interest to say and did not want to fanboy-gush at him.
2. Tasha Alexander. Very nice lady who's husband just received permanent U.S. residency. Her novels do well here.
3. Raymond Benson. Who I probably bored the heck out of.
4. Reed Farrell Coleman. I am very certain I said "hello" at some point.
5. Christa Faust. She asked if there was creamer for the coffee and I said, "No." Again, I had nothing of interest to provide.
6. Chris Grabenstein. I spoke to him quite a bit. Grabenstein is personable and has experience as a performer, including as a stand-up comic, so he has the skill to keep a conversation going.
7. Parnell Hall. I spoke to him on an escalator and asked if he was filming another video.
8. Sean Doolittle. I've seen him around at a couple events but I had nothing to say.
9. Patti Abbott. I read her blog and have sent some emails.
Three Can Keep A Secret by Archer Mayor. I used to read all these New Hampshire based novels featuring policeman Joe Gunther. I got off track when I read one that I thought was lame.
October List by Jeffrey Deaver. He was at Murder and Mayhem in Muskego and I asked him, "Are you up next?"
Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson. Fantasy fiction fun.
Catch and Release by Lawrence Block. Short stories by the expert writer.
Deadline by Sandra Brown. Brown has an honorary Doctorate from TCU. I went to the Aggie football game there in 1993.
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Page 357 says, " The man in the chinos and t-shirt fired his weird pistol at Dan."
The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot. Page 319 says, "She nods."
Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen. page 239 says, "Silence."
Sea Creatures by Susanna Daniel. Daniel came out here a year or two ago for a book talk. Unfortunately the weather was lousy and another event was going on downtown so the only audience was one dude, a Friend of the Library, and myself. More family drama set in Florida. Try it out.
Kwik Krimes edited by Otto Penzler. "Contributions by more than 80 authors." Short crime stories of "no more than one thousand words." I have spoken to:
1. Bill Crider. Very briefly because I had nothing of interest to say and did not want to fanboy-gush at him.
2. Tasha Alexander. Very nice lady who's husband just received permanent U.S. residency. Her novels do well here.
3. Raymond Benson. Who I probably bored the heck out of.
4. Reed Farrell Coleman. I am very certain I said "hello" at some point.
5. Christa Faust. She asked if there was creamer for the coffee and I said, "No." Again, I had nothing of interest to provide.
6. Chris Grabenstein. I spoke to him quite a bit. Grabenstein is personable and has experience as a performer, including as a stand-up comic, so he has the skill to keep a conversation going.
7. Parnell Hall. I spoke to him on an escalator and asked if he was filming another video.
8. Sean Doolittle. I've seen him around at a couple events but I had nothing to say.
9. Patti Abbott. I read her blog and have sent some emails.
Three Can Keep A Secret by Archer Mayor. I used to read all these New Hampshire based novels featuring policeman Joe Gunther. I got off track when I read one that I thought was lame.
October List by Jeffrey Deaver. He was at Murder and Mayhem in Muskego and I asked him, "Are you up next?"
Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson. Fantasy fiction fun.
Catch and Release by Lawrence Block. Short stories by the expert writer.
Deadline by Sandra Brown. Brown has an honorary Doctorate from TCU. I went to the Aggie football game there in 1993.
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Page 357 says, " The man in the chinos and t-shirt fired his weird pistol at Dan."
The Bride Wore Size 12 by Meg Cabot. Page 319 says, "She nods."
Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen. page 239 says, "Silence."
Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Big Book Back-Up
Big Book Back-Up
NonFiction
Taste of Home: Recipes Across America by Catherine Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief. The copyright is by Reiman Media Group which is in Greendale, WI. I don't know where Greendale is. Somewhere in Milwaukee I suppose. Page 291 sayd, "Gooseberry Meringue Pie...In another saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch."
Women's Health Big Book of Yofa by Kathryn Budig. I ordered this after someone received a copy from another library. I did not order this because of models in tight yoga outfits. Page 278 says, "You are unique, talented and blessed."
New Midwestern Table by Amy Thielen. "200 Heartland Recipes" Page 128 says, "The eelpout, a silly-looking-fish, is a fitting mascot for these shenanigans."
Si-Cology: tales and wisdom from Duck Dynasty's favorite uncle by Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach. My wife watches that show sometimes. Si is the one who carries around a gallon container of iced tea wherever he goes.
Salinger by David Shields and Shane Salerno. Biography of the famous and famously reclusive author. Except, Salinger was not all that reclusive. He was active in his own town, he just never gave interviews.
Ava Gardner: the secret conversations by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner. Ava interviewed with Evans and was so candid and forthcoming she canceled publication until after her death. Page 166 says, "It was always a mistake to tell Peter Lawford anything. I liked him but he was a terrible gossip."
Who-ology: Doctor Who: the official miscellany by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. Page 181 says, "Five full-body models were made plus a large T-Rex head for close-ups and a pterodactyl hand puppet, and these were contracted out to a model-making company."
Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. Page 54 says, "Their two powerful armies, consisting of more than three dozen legions and two hundred thousand men combined, face each other across this flat Balkan plain."
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays, Volume One, "Call of the Wild" by Floud Gottfredson. Page 135 says, " Hmmmm! Nice-lookin's apples, those!"
Birnbaum's Disneyland Resort, 2014 edited by Jill Safro. Page 98 says, "Check out the virtual Disneyworld Experience to view author Victor Gischler drinking beer at the Rose & Crown in Florida." [Page 98 does not really say that.]
NonFiction
Taste of Home: Recipes Across America by Catherine Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief. The copyright is by Reiman Media Group which is in Greendale, WI. I don't know where Greendale is. Somewhere in Milwaukee I suppose. Page 291 sayd, "Gooseberry Meringue Pie...In another saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar and cornstarch."
Women's Health Big Book of Yofa by Kathryn Budig. I ordered this after someone received a copy from another library. I did not order this because of models in tight yoga outfits. Page 278 says, "You are unique, talented and blessed."
New Midwestern Table by Amy Thielen. "200 Heartland Recipes" Page 128 says, "The eelpout, a silly-looking-fish, is a fitting mascot for these shenanigans."
Si-Cology: tales and wisdom from Duck Dynasty's favorite uncle by Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach. My wife watches that show sometimes. Si is the one who carries around a gallon container of iced tea wherever he goes.
Salinger by David Shields and Shane Salerno. Biography of the famous and famously reclusive author. Except, Salinger was not all that reclusive. He was active in his own town, he just never gave interviews.
Ava Gardner: the secret conversations by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner. Ava interviewed with Evans and was so candid and forthcoming she canceled publication until after her death. Page 166 says, "It was always a mistake to tell Peter Lawford anything. I liked him but he was a terrible gossip."
Who-ology: Doctor Who: the official miscellany by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright. Page 181 says, "Five full-body models were made plus a large T-Rex head for close-ups and a pterodactyl hand puppet, and these were contracted out to a model-making company."
Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. Page 54 says, "Their two powerful armies, consisting of more than three dozen legions and two hundred thousand men combined, face each other across this flat Balkan plain."
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays, Volume One, "Call of the Wild" by Floud Gottfredson. Page 135 says, " Hmmmm! Nice-lookin's apples, those!"
Birnbaum's Disneyland Resort, 2014 edited by Jill Safro. Page 98 says, "Check out the virtual Disneyworld Experience to view author Victor Gischler drinking beer at the Rose & Crown in Florida." [Page 98 does not really say that.]
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Paint the Town on Saturday, September 28th.
Paint the Town
The Main Street program's annual Paint the Town is this Saturday evening from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The library is participating and showing off our new interior renovation. If you are attending please come by. The party at the American Legion won't start until 7:30 PM anyway.
That is why I have been cleaning any marks off the new carpet and will touch up the dings in the new paint.
The Main Street program's annual Paint the Town is this Saturday evening from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The library is participating and showing off our new interior renovation. If you are attending please come by. The party at the American Legion won't start until 7:30 PM anyway.
That is why I have been cleaning any marks off the new carpet and will touch up the dings in the new paint.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Parental Advisory CDs
Music Is Electronically Recorded and The Stored Within An Out Of Date Plastic Format
Why did it take a while to get these popular CDs? Please, don't ask.
Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke. There are about 50 parody videos of the Blurred Lines video.
Welcome to the Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Embedded video has cursing. I approve of the silliness.
Why did it take a while to get these popular CDs? Please, don't ask.
Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke. There are about 50 parody videos of the Blurred Lines video.
Welcome to the Heist by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Embedded video has cursing. I approve of the silliness.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
How Could I Not Order That?
Fiction
Murder of a Stacked Librarian by Denise Swanson. Skye had noticed that although the temporary librarian had the hourglass figure of a Playboy Bunny, her outlook on life was more like Margaret Thatcher's than one of Hugh Hefner's average cottontails.
Final Cut by Catherine Coulter. Another Coulter. Another blah cover. Coulter has a real nice author photo. They should have put that on the front.
Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks. Same dreamy cover style as usual.
Something Borrowed, Something Dead by M.C. Beaton. A very yellow cover. My eyes hurt now.
Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb. Same style cover as all the other Robb books by Nora Roberts. Keep that brand moving.
Deadly Heat by Richard Castle. Ghosted by Tom Straw. If you like this Straw book and what non-Castle books you're out of luck. He mostly writes for television.
AudioBook on CD
That's That by Colin Broderick. 7 CDs at 9 hours. Born in Northern Ireland in 1968 Broderick grew up in a the weirdly schismed world of the Troubles. Not allowed to speak to the neighbor kids on teh other side of the fence. Not allowed to walk in one neighborhood or you'd disappear. "Why?" he asks his mom. His mom says, "That's that." Narrator Gerard Doyle looks like this. Library Director Gerard Saylor looks like this.
Murder of a Stacked Librarian by Denise Swanson. Skye had noticed that although the temporary librarian had the hourglass figure of a Playboy Bunny, her outlook on life was more like Margaret Thatcher's than one of Hugh Hefner's average cottontails.
Final Cut by Catherine Coulter. Another Coulter. Another blah cover. Coulter has a real nice author photo. They should have put that on the front.
Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks. Same dreamy cover style as usual.
Something Borrowed, Something Dead by M.C. Beaton. A very yellow cover. My eyes hurt now.
Thankless in Death by J.D. Robb. Same style cover as all the other Robb books by Nora Roberts. Keep that brand moving.
Deadly Heat by Richard Castle. Ghosted by Tom Straw. If you like this Straw book and what non-Castle books you're out of luck. He mostly writes for television.
AudioBook on CD
That's That by Colin Broderick. 7 CDs at 9 hours. Born in Northern Ireland in 1968 Broderick grew up in a the weirdly schismed world of the Troubles. Not allowed to speak to the neighbor kids on teh other side of the fence. Not allowed to walk in one neighborhood or you'd disappear. "Why?" he asks his mom. His mom says, "That's that." Narrator Gerard Doyle looks like this. Library Director Gerard Saylor looks like this.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Books
Book One
Coming Clean by Sue Margolis. Married couple separate.
Book Two
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Our first copy went missing. I have no clue where it went but suspect theft.
Book Three
Secret Keeper by Beverly Lewis. Amish anguish. Again. Someone goes to live with them or something.
Book Four
Secret Keeper by Beverly Lewis. "Wait a minute?" you say. "Isn't this the same as the previous book?" No. This is a paperback and the automated check for duplicates when I make orders does not give a result when the titles are different formats.
Book Five
Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler. Another Cussler novel. Another cover with exploding vehicles and massive clouds of flames. Ka-Bloooeeyeyeyeye!
Coming Clean by Sue Margolis. Married couple separate.
Book Two
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Our first copy went missing. I have no clue where it went but suspect theft.
Book Three
Secret Keeper by Beverly Lewis. Amish anguish. Again. Someone goes to live with them or something.
Book Four
Secret Keeper by Beverly Lewis. "Wait a minute?" you say. "Isn't this the same as the previous book?" No. This is a paperback and the automated check for duplicates when I make orders does not give a result when the titles are different formats.
Book Five
Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler. Another Cussler novel. Another cover with exploding vehicles and massive clouds of flames. Ka-Bloooeeyeyeyeye!
Friday, September 13, 2013
What to Read 51: Bill Crider's "Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen"
What to Read 51: Bill Crider's Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen.
With Aggie jokes!
With Aggie jokes!
Wasted Elements Watch
DVD
Hunting the Elements by NOVA. Where do Nature's building blocks, called the elements, come from?
Fiction
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton. Milhone is called to the morgue for a John Doe who had her name and number in his pocket.
Second Watch by J.A. Jance. Mystery novel.
Hunting the Elements by NOVA. Where do Nature's building blocks, called the elements, come from?
Fiction
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton. Milhone is called to the morgue for a John Doe who had her name and number in his pocket.
Second Watch by J.A. Jance. Mystery novel.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Large Print Never Ends
The Pile Just Keeps Growing
The Rosary by Florence Barclay.
Wednesday Daughters by Meg Waite Clayton.
Resurrection in May by Lisa Samson.
Touch of Sage by Marcia Lynn McClure.
A Little Love Story by Roland Merullo.
Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe.
Tell Me by Lisa Jackson.
Large Print Nonfiction
Dear Mrs. Kennedy: the world shares its grief: letters, November, 1963 by Jay Mulvaney and Paul De Angelis.
You're Old, I'm Old...Get Used To It: 20 reasons why growing old is great by Virginia Ironside.
The Rosary by Florence Barclay.
Wednesday Daughters by Meg Waite Clayton.
Resurrection in May by Lisa Samson.
Touch of Sage by Marcia Lynn McClure.
A Little Love Story by Roland Merullo.
Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe.
Tell Me by Lisa Jackson.
Large Print Nonfiction
Dear Mrs. Kennedy: the world shares its grief: letters, November, 1963 by Jay Mulvaney and Paul De Angelis.
You're Old, I'm Old...Get Used To It: 20 reasons why growing old is great by Virginia Ironside.
Larry, Lee, Lansdale,
Fiction
The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale. You know how I knew Lansdale had a new book coming out? He wouldn't stop posting about it on Facebook. When does that guy have time to write? He's as bad as Bill Crider.
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell. Everyone's favortie Missouri crime author writes a fictionalized account of a 1929 explosion in a dance hall and Megan Abbott does a literary swoon.
A Blind Goddess by James R. Benn. Benn writes another WWII mystery and the Library Director want to read it.
Homeland: Carrie's Run by Andrew Kaplan. Kaplan is hired to pen a tie-in novel and fans of the show run to take it off the shelf (hopefully).
Happy in Hell by Tad Williams. Williams writes a fantasy novel about an angel going to Hell to visit his demon girlfriend then Williams rushes back inside to sunscreen his shaved head.
Let Him Go by Larry Watson. Watson delivers another plains novel with grandparents trying to take their dead son's boy. Literary fiction fans fuss for fabulous fable.
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood. Canadian writes a novel whose dustcover precis makes no sense. Library Director is reminded of full frontal nudes by Obi Wan Kenobi in Young Adam.
The Good Wife by Jane Porter. A baseball player's wife worries,the novelist Porter thanks her husband, Ty, and the book goes back to processing because the spine label is incorrect.
Never Go Back by Lee Child. Jack Reacher punches people and has sex.
The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale. You know how I knew Lansdale had a new book coming out? He wouldn't stop posting about it on Facebook. When does that guy have time to write? He's as bad as Bill Crider.
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell. Everyone's favortie Missouri crime author writes a fictionalized account of a 1929 explosion in a dance hall and Megan Abbott does a literary swoon.
A Blind Goddess by James R. Benn. Benn writes another WWII mystery and the Library Director want to read it.
Homeland: Carrie's Run by Andrew Kaplan. Kaplan is hired to pen a tie-in novel and fans of the show run to take it off the shelf (hopefully).
Happy in Hell by Tad Williams. Williams writes a fantasy novel about an angel going to Hell to visit his demon girlfriend then Williams rushes back inside to sunscreen his shaved head.
Let Him Go by Larry Watson. Watson delivers another plains novel with grandparents trying to take their dead son's boy. Literary fiction fans fuss for fabulous fable.
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood. Canadian writes a novel whose dustcover precis makes no sense. Library Director is reminded of full frontal nudes by Obi Wan Kenobi in Young Adam.
The Good Wife by Jane Porter. A baseball player's wife worries,the novelist Porter thanks her husband, Ty, and the book goes back to processing because the spine label is incorrect.
Never Go Back by Lee Child. Jack Reacher punches people and has sex.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Filming a TV Show in the Magazine Room
TV Show
Committee Films came to town last week to film an episode of America Unearthed for History Channel. On Friday afternoon they used the library's reading room to film an interview between the show's host and a guest. On Thursday they used mini-submarines to explore Rock Lake. I did not get photos of the submarines.
Host is in the blue shirt.
Commercial for the television program.
America Unearthed from Splice Here on Vimeo.
Committee Films came to town last week to film an episode of America Unearthed for History Channel. On Friday afternoon they used the library's reading room to film an interview between the show's host and a guest. On Thursday they used mini-submarines to explore Rock Lake. I did not get photos of the submarines.
Host is in the blue shirt.
Commercial for the television program.
America Unearthed from Splice Here on Vimeo.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Morgan Freeman Double Feature
Television Programs That Are Sold On DVD and Make Lots of Money For Snotty Network Executives
Single-Handed: Set 2 starring [Irish].
Walking Dead: the complete third season starring Andrew Lincoln, David Morrisey. I never finished watching the second season.
Motion Pictures Made for Millions and Millions of Dollars
Oblivion starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, and Olga Kurylenko. I was watching Quantum of Solace last night, Kurylenko is in that.
Mud starring Matthew McConaughey and some kid actors. Guy is hiding out on island in the Mississippi.
Olympus Has Fallen starring Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler. Boy, this sure looks like a terrible movie. Hey, Angela Bassett is in this, she does good work. Still looks terrible.
42: the Jackie Robinson story starring Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman, Christopher Meloni's muscles. Biopic of the ball player.
Single-Handed: Set 2 starring [Irish].
Walking Dead: the complete third season starring Andrew Lincoln, David Morrisey. I never finished watching the second season.
Motion Pictures Made for Millions and Millions of Dollars
Oblivion starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, and Olga Kurylenko. I was watching Quantum of Solace last night, Kurylenko is in that.
Mud starring Matthew McConaughey and some kid actors. Guy is hiding out on island in the Mississippi.
Olympus Has Fallen starring Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler. Boy, this sure looks like a terrible movie. Hey, Angela Bassett is in this, she does good work. Still looks terrible.
42: the Jackie Robinson story starring Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman, Christopher Meloni's muscles. Biopic of the ball player.
Friday, September 06, 2013
Fern Michaels. Again.
Fiction
Blindsided by Fern Michaels. Vigilante group Sisterhood goes after judges who are getting kickbacks for sending juveniles to prison.
Blind Justice by Anne Perry. Victorian crime.
Whole Enchilada by Diana Mott Davidson. Nice cover.
Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs. Criminal conspiracy and family turmoil. My family still has not visited Montreal again. Maybe I should take a week in the summer, stick the kids in the car, and drive over. If my wife doesn't go we could camp in a tent. Maybe drive North, across the U.P., go into Canada then head East.
Blindsided by Fern Michaels. Vigilante group Sisterhood goes after judges who are getting kickbacks for sending juveniles to prison.
Blind Justice by Anne Perry. Victorian crime.
Whole Enchilada by Diana Mott Davidson. Nice cover.
Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs. Criminal conspiracy and family turmoil. My family still has not visited Montreal again. Maybe I should take a week in the summer, stick the kids in the car, and drive over. If my wife doesn't go we could camp in a tent. Maybe drive North, across the U.P., go into Canada then head East.
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Nothing New, Plenty of Car Photos
Super Cars and Coffee's Concourse on the Green from September 1st, 2013.
Third annual event surrounding two sides of the Commons Park triangle in downtown Lake Mills. The regular Cars and Coffee event is one Sunday a month on Church St. I sometimes go down with my kids and father, when he is in town. Sweet Lips art gallery sells coffee and espresso drinks. I usually buy an Americano.
View down Madison St. The Library is off to the right.
View down Madison St. The Library is to the left of the photographer.
1962 Lancia Zagato. A beautiful car.
HRG Convertible. A very rare car.
Three Ford GTs were parked on the corner. A fourth GT was on Lake street.
Nine Acura NSX sports cars lined up on Lake St.
A cute kid in the police car.
Third annual event surrounding two sides of the Commons Park triangle in downtown Lake Mills. The regular Cars and Coffee event is one Sunday a month on Church St. I sometimes go down with my kids and father, when he is in town. Sweet Lips art gallery sells coffee and espresso drinks. I usually buy an Americano.
View down Madison St. The Library is off to the right.
View down Madison St. The Library is to the left of the photographer.
1962 Lancia Zagato. A beautiful car.
HRG Convertible. A very rare car.
Three Ford GTs were parked on the corner. A fourth GT was on Lake street.
Nine Acura NSX sports cars lined up on Lake St.
A cute kid in the police car.
Tuesday, September 03, 2013
Nothing New, Here Is A Song
Musical Interlude
A 2001 performance from some guy with fancy hair.
Don't Forget
Author and researcher Chad Lewis will speak at the library on September 26th at 7 PM on Haunted Places in Wisconsin.
A 2001 performance from some guy with fancy hair.
Don't Forget
Author and researcher Chad Lewis will speak at the library on September 26th at 7 PM on Haunted Places in Wisconsin.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Wisconsin Atlas and Bruce Campbell's Chin
DVD
Evil Dead: the ultimate edition starring Bruce Campbell's Chin.. Three discs with the a full frame disc, a wide screen disc, and Ladies of Evil Dead disc.
NonFiction
Southern Wisconsin All Outdoors Atlas and Field Guide by managing editor Todd Whitesel. Map icons for National Forests, Indian Reservations, Ranger stations, drinking water, designated trout lakes, waterfowl production areas, so on, so forth.
Evil Dead: the ultimate edition starring Bruce Campbell's Chin.. Three discs with the a full frame disc, a wide screen disc, and Ladies of Evil Dead disc.
NonFiction
Southern Wisconsin All Outdoors Atlas and Field Guide by managing editor Todd Whitesel. Map icons for National Forests, Indian Reservations, Ranger stations, drinking water, designated trout lakes, waterfowl production areas, so on, so forth.
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