Musical Interlude
From a group that I think disbanded, Ex-Lovers.
The dudes starting at 2:34 have to be trained dancers because they are sharp on that routine.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Wednesday, July 09, 2014
I Never Told You QuickBooks, Len Price
Fiction
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. A family starts to fall apart after a daughter dies. Ng attended the University of Michigan. Bleah.
NonFiction
Setting Up and Running QuickBooks 2014 by Thomas E. Barich and Philip B. Goodman CPA. Page 348 says, "Proceed through the wizard one step at a time until you've configured all the necessary items."
Musical Interlude
There is no Len Price in the Len Price 3.
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. A family starts to fall apart after a daughter dies. Ng attended the University of Michigan. Bleah.
NonFiction
Setting Up and Running QuickBooks 2014 by Thomas E. Barich and Philip B. Goodman CPA. Page 348 says, "Proceed through the wizard one step at a time until you've configured all the necessary items."
Musical Interlude
There is no Len Price in the Len Price 3.
Thursday, July 03, 2014
More Items
DVD
Freedom Riders. Produced by The American Experience. 1961 freedom ride brought federal attention to desegregation efforts.
Slavery by Another Name. After slavery was outlawed people were legally forced into unpaid labor as part of imprisonment.
The Abolitionists. "What began as a pacifist movement fueld by persuasion and prayer became a fiery and furious struggle that forever changed the nation."
The Loving Story. Tale of the landmark 1967 court decision legalizing interracial marriage.
Fiction
Night Searchers by Marcia Muller.
Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear.
The City by Dean Koontz.
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes.
For All Time by Jude Deveraux.
Take Me Home by Dorothy Garlock.
Large Print
For All Time by Jude Deveraux.
The City by Dean Koontz.
Take Me Home by Dorothy Garlock.
Freedom Riders. Produced by The American Experience. 1961 freedom ride brought federal attention to desegregation efforts.
Slavery by Another Name. After slavery was outlawed people were legally forced into unpaid labor as part of imprisonment.
The Abolitionists. "What began as a pacifist movement fueld by persuasion and prayer became a fiery and furious struggle that forever changed the nation."
The Loving Story. Tale of the landmark 1967 court decision legalizing interracial marriage.
Fiction
Night Searchers by Marcia Muller.
Care and Management of Lies by Jacqueline Winspear.
The City by Dean Koontz.
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes.
For All Time by Jude Deveraux.
Take Me Home by Dorothy Garlock.
Large Print
For All Time by Jude Deveraux.
The City by Dean Koontz.
Take Me Home by Dorothy Garlock.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
First-Degree Minecraft Arsonist
Fiction
Nine Lives to Die by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. Another cat mystery. The author phot is a picture of a cat. Not this photo.
Invisible by James Patterson Literary Industries and David Ellis. I'm pretty sure I read an Ellis novel before. Let me check...nope. The dude won an Edgar Award though, that's a big deal. Patterson has a new author photo, I cannot see his watch in this one.
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter. I've never read a slaughter book. I think this is her 17th novel. Unless she did some ghost writing. Oh, I remember her author photo. He photographer did that thing where the face is in focus and everything else is in soft focus. That's a neat effect.
The Arsonist by Sue Miller. A guy I know on the local volunteer fire department never joined the fire department until after he stopped working for the Sheriff's Department. He used to investigate arson crimes and since arsonists may, and sometimes are, be firefighters he wanted to avoid that entanglement.
First-Degree Murder by Christine DeSmet. Doesn't DeSmet teach at UW-Madison. Let me check...yep, she does screenwriting and fiction and her author photo is a small black and white one.
NonFiction
Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Jeez, she stepped in it when saying her family was broke after Pres. Clinton left office.
Learn to Program with Minecraft Plugins: create flying Creepers and Flaming Cows in JAVA by Andy Hunt. Page 97 says, "List listOfStrings = new ArrayList();"
Nine Lives to Die by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. Another cat mystery. The author phot is a picture of a cat. Not this photo.
Invisible by James Patterson Literary Industries and David Ellis. I'm pretty sure I read an Ellis novel before. Let me check...nope. The dude won an Edgar Award though, that's a big deal. Patterson has a new author photo, I cannot see his watch in this one.
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter. I've never read a slaughter book. I think this is her 17th novel. Unless she did some ghost writing. Oh, I remember her author photo. He photographer did that thing where the face is in focus and everything else is in soft focus. That's a neat effect.
The Arsonist by Sue Miller. A guy I know on the local volunteer fire department never joined the fire department until after he stopped working for the Sheriff's Department. He used to investigate arson crimes and since arsonists may, and sometimes are, be firefighters he wanted to avoid that entanglement.
First-Degree Murder by Christine DeSmet. Doesn't DeSmet teach at UW-Madison. Let me check...yep, she does screenwriting and fiction and her author photo is a small black and white one.
NonFiction
Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Jeez, she stepped in it when saying her family was broke after Pres. Clinton left office.
Learn to Program with Minecraft Plugins: create flying Creepers and Flaming Cows in JAVA by Andy Hunt. Page 97 says, "List
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Pseudonym Slings Silkworm
Fiction
Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. English private eye Cormoran Strike hired to look for missing novelist. Novelist is killed and Strike has to stop the killer.
Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. English private eye Cormoran Strike hired to look for missing novelist. Novelist is killed and Strike has to stop the killer.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Dyeing in the Hole
DVD
True Detective starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.
Ace In the Hole starring Kirk Douglas. "One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker...a no-holds-barred expose of the American media's appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time."
Dyeing with Gene Shepherd: volume 1: your dye kitchen and equipment; dyeing basics.
Dyeing with Gene Shepherd: volume 2: how to dye with acid dyes; spots and textures, pots and casseroles.
Dyeing with Gene Shepherd: volume3: dyeing without dye; marrying and marbleizing colors.
Audiobooks on CD
White Fire by Preston and Child. 11CDs at 13 hours.
Robert B. Parker's Bull River by Robert Knott. 6CDs at 7.5 hours.
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett. 10 CDs at 12.5 hours.
Killer by Jonathan Kellerman. 9 CDs at 11 hours.
The Chase by Lee Goldberg and Janet Evanovich. 8 CDs at 9 hours.
Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber. 9 CDs at 11 hours.
True Detective starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.
Ace In the Hole starring Kirk Douglas. "One of the most scathing indictments of American culture ever produced by a Hollywood filmmaker...a no-holds-barred expose of the American media's appetite for sensation that has gotten only more relevant with time."
Dyeing with Gene Shepherd: volume 1: your dye kitchen and equipment; dyeing basics.
Dyeing with Gene Shepherd: volume 2: how to dye with acid dyes; spots and textures, pots and casseroles.
Dyeing with Gene Shepherd: volume3: dyeing without dye; marrying and marbleizing colors.
Audiobooks on CD
White Fire by Preston and Child. 11CDs at 13 hours.
Robert B. Parker's Bull River by Robert Knott. 6CDs at 7.5 hours.
Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett. 10 CDs at 12.5 hours.
Killer by Jonathan Kellerman. 9 CDs at 11 hours.
The Chase by Lee Goldberg and Janet Evanovich. 8 CDs at 9 hours.
Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber. 9 CDs at 11 hours.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Seventeen with KoKo Kieran
Fiction
Koko Takes a Holiday by Kieran Shea. SciFi with guns. Former mercenary runs a island holiday resort and a former colleague sends assassins after her. No author photo.
Red Room by Ridley Pearson. Espionage in Constantinople, Turkey with private security guy. Wait. Istanbul, I meant Istanbul. Small black and white photo of author.
Lincoln Myth by Steve Berry. Some stuff about President Lincoln, modern day Utah and some secret. Color author photo across the whole back cover with Berry leaning on a pillar.
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Part of her Outlander series in 1778 during the Revolutionary War. Color photo on back with Gabaldon in the snow.
One and Only by Emily Giffin. Didn't Giffin just have another book come out? Nope, last one was 2012. Why is her name so familiar. Oh, well. Her author photo covers the back and I like her photographer's work. The photo has nice color and her face is in focus but her hands and shoulders seem to be just slightly out of focus drawing your eye to her face.
The Dog Year by Ann Garvin. Tightly wound surgeon has to go into twelve step program. Garvin teaches at UW-Whitewater and has a black and white author photo. But, who cares about the author photo when there is a dog nose on the cover. Woof!
One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern. Woman researches a list of names left behind by her dead friend. Ahern has a fancy author photo but it's a real tiny one.
Goodnight June by Sarah Jio. Fictionalization of the writing of Goonight, Moon.
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson. Social worker in Montana helps out feral kid with crazy, survivalist dad. Author has Henderson in a pocket T looking unhappy.
What is Visible by Kimberly Elkins.Girl in 19th Century loses four sense to Scarlet Fever and becomes famous. Elkins has a small color photo like Ahern does.
Smoke at Dawn by Jeff Shaara. More Civil War. This novel has some nice, heavy paper. Shaara lives in Gettysburg. Brett, the Library Director for Waupun Public Library, went with his re-enactor group to Gettysburg last year.
Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet. Cozy mystery set in Door County. We conversed with DeSmet about her teaching a writing workshop here but she was unavailable.
The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Some sort of SciFi with Yellowstone erupting.
The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett. Boy Charlie not a girl Charlie.
Large Print
Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler.
Resistant by Michael Palmer.
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King.
Koko Takes a Holiday by Kieran Shea. SciFi with guns. Former mercenary runs a island holiday resort and a former colleague sends assassins after her. No author photo.
Red Room by Ridley Pearson. Espionage in Constantinople, Turkey with private security guy. Wait. Istanbul, I meant Istanbul. Small black and white photo of author.
Lincoln Myth by Steve Berry. Some stuff about President Lincoln, modern day Utah and some secret. Color author photo across the whole back cover with Berry leaning on a pillar.
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon. Part of her Outlander series in 1778 during the Revolutionary War. Color photo on back with Gabaldon in the snow.
One and Only by Emily Giffin. Didn't Giffin just have another book come out? Nope, last one was 2012. Why is her name so familiar. Oh, well. Her author photo covers the back and I like her photographer's work. The photo has nice color and her face is in focus but her hands and shoulders seem to be just slightly out of focus drawing your eye to her face.
The Dog Year by Ann Garvin. Tightly wound surgeon has to go into twelve step program. Garvin teaches at UW-Whitewater and has a black and white author photo. But, who cares about the author photo when there is a dog nose on the cover. Woof!
One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern. Woman researches a list of names left behind by her dead friend. Ahern has a fancy author photo but it's a real tiny one.
Goodnight June by Sarah Jio. Fictionalization of the writing of Goonight, Moon.
Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson. Social worker in Montana helps out feral kid with crazy, survivalist dad. Author has Henderson in a pocket T looking unhappy.
What is Visible by Kimberly Elkins.Girl in 19th Century loses four sense to Scarlet Fever and becomes famous. Elkins has a small color photo like Ahern does.
Smoke at Dawn by Jeff Shaara. More Civil War. This novel has some nice, heavy paper. Shaara lives in Gettysburg. Brett, the Library Director for Waupun Public Library, went with his re-enactor group to Gettysburg last year.
Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet. Cozy mystery set in Door County. We conversed with DeSmet about her teaching a writing workshop here but she was unavailable.
The Long Mars by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Some sort of SciFi with Yellowstone erupting.
The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett. Boy Charlie not a girl Charlie.
Large Print
Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler.
Resistant by Michael Palmer.
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Nine Garfields and Two Marvels and No Gischler
NonFiction
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 5 by Jim Davis. Includes Food for Thought, Swallows His Pride, Worldwide.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 2 by Jim Davis. Includes Weighs In, Takes the Cake, Eats His Heart Out.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 14 by Jim Davis. Includes Survival of the Fattest, Older and Wider, Pigs Out.
Marvel Encyclopedia Updated and Expanded edited by Alastair Dougall. 2014 update. We bought two copies, one for children and one for adults. No mention of Victor Gischler in the index.
Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: a step-by-step legal guide, 3rd edition by Peri Pakroo, JD. Replacing an old copy. No mention of Victor Gischler in this one either.
Audiobooks on CD
Bill Cosby ...Far From Finished by Bill Cosby. This is actually a comedy album, not an audiobook. But, I put comedy albums in the audiobook section. I doubt Victor Gischler is mentioned.
Obsessed by Jim Gaffigan. Another comedy album.
White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. 11 CDs at 13 hours. Some sort of mystery or thriller.
DVD
Lone Survivor starring Mark Wahlberg. Shoot-em-up in Afghanistan.
Robocop starring Shoot-em-up in Detroit.
Jack Irish: set 1 starring Guy Pearce. Noir-em-up in Australia.
Veronica Mars starring Kristen Bell. Noir-em-up in Neptune.
Loves Her Gun starring Trieste Kelly Dunn. Shoot-em-up in Austin.
The Hobbit: desolation of Smaug starring Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves. Sword-em-up in Middle Earth. Still no Victor Gischler.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 5 by Jim Davis. Includes Food for Thought, Swallows His Pride, Worldwide.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 2 by Jim Davis. Includes Weighs In, Takes the Cake, Eats His Heart Out.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 14 by Jim Davis. Includes Survival of the Fattest, Older and Wider, Pigs Out.
Marvel Encyclopedia Updated and Expanded edited by Alastair Dougall. 2014 update. We bought two copies, one for children and one for adults. No mention of Victor Gischler in the index.
Women's Small Business Start-Up Kit: a step-by-step legal guide, 3rd edition by Peri Pakroo, JD. Replacing an old copy. No mention of Victor Gischler in this one either.
Audiobooks on CD
Bill Cosby ...Far From Finished by Bill Cosby. This is actually a comedy album, not an audiobook. But, I put comedy albums in the audiobook section. I doubt Victor Gischler is mentioned.
Obsessed by Jim Gaffigan. Another comedy album.
White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. 11 CDs at 13 hours. Some sort of mystery or thriller.
DVD
Lone Survivor starring Mark Wahlberg. Shoot-em-up in Afghanistan.
Robocop starring Shoot-em-up in Detroit.
Jack Irish: set 1 starring Guy Pearce. Noir-em-up in Australia.
Veronica Mars starring Kristen Bell. Noir-em-up in Neptune.
Loves Her Gun starring Trieste Kelly Dunn. Shoot-em-up in Austin.
The Hobbit: desolation of Smaug starring Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves. Sword-em-up in Middle Earth. Still no Victor Gischler.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Megan Abbott's New Book, Other Stuff, Smiths Obsession
Abbott
The Fever by Megan Abbott. A mysterious illness strikes the girls in a small town high school. Panic happens when no one can diagnose the cause. Another assuredly engrossing Abbott novel.
Wait a Minute
Did you say Panic?
Panic - The Smiths from Larry Darrell on Vimeo.
Fiction
Stormy Persuasion by Johanna Lindsey. Muscular male model with long hair has blond
woman groping him on a rainy sailing ship as they hang the blessed DJ.
All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner. Roller coaster in the clouds of a provincial town.
The Possibilities by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Nice illustration by Christopher Lin who slides down leaf lined streets.
That Night by Chevv Stevens. Leaf in water. Burn down the disco.
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer. Large fabric bags on the beach with flip flop shoes. It says nothing to me about my life.
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman. Womans legs from the shins down with fallen ice cream cone on pavement. But, Honey Pie, you're not safe here.
Mystery
Terminal City by Linda Fairstein. Elevated view of big stone building in some city. So you run down to the safety of the town.
Prayer by Philip Kerr. Wind vane with a dragon on top of the provincial towns you jog around.
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich. But there's panic on the streets of Carlisle.
The Fever by Megan Abbott. A mysterious illness strikes the girls in a small town high school. Panic happens when no one can diagnose the cause. Another assuredly engrossing Abbott novel.
Wait a Minute
Did you say Panic?
Panic - The Smiths from Larry Darrell on Vimeo.
Fiction
Stormy Persuasion by Johanna Lindsey. Muscular male model with long hair has blond
woman groping him on a rainy sailing ship as they hang the blessed DJ.
All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner. Roller coaster in the clouds of a provincial town.
The Possibilities by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Nice illustration by Christopher Lin who slides down leaf lined streets.
That Night by Chevv Stevens. Leaf in water. Burn down the disco.
Nantucket Sisters by Nancy Thayer. Large fabric bags on the beach with flip flop shoes. It says nothing to me about my life.
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman. Womans legs from the shins down with fallen ice cream cone on pavement. But, Honey Pie, you're not safe here.
Mystery
Terminal City by Linda Fairstein. Elevated view of big stone building in some city. So you run down to the safety of the town.
Prayer by Philip Kerr. Wind vane with a dragon on top of the provincial towns you jog around.
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich. But there's panic on the streets of Carlisle.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Whoops, More Music, More Music, More Music
Compact Discs Continue To Spin and a Laser Continues to Read Digital Signals
Nobody Knows by the Len Price 3. British singer sings more great rock tunes.
Ready Steady Go by Jake Bell. Former kid actor sings songs of modern rockabilly. I saw a reference of this guy on the Allmusic.com page.
Stockholm by Chrissie Hynde. Ohio woman sings songs of Sweden.
Platinum by Miranda Lambert. Country pop singer sings songs country twang.
Nobody Knows by the Len Price 3. British singer sings more great rock tunes.
Ready Steady Go by Jake Bell. Former kid actor sings songs of modern rockabilly. I saw a reference of this guy on the Allmusic.com page.
Stockholm by Chrissie Hynde. Ohio woman sings songs of Sweden.
Platinum by Miranda Lambert. Country pop singer sings songs country twang.
Music old and new
Compact Discs Are Decoded by Lasers and Computers To Play Music
The Best of Three Dog Night by Three Dog Night. 1970s singing by 1970s singers. This is a replacement copy for the one that went out all the time.
Repeat After Me by Los Amigos Invisibles. Peruvian Disco Men From Outer Space sing songs in Spanish.
The Best of Three Dog Night by Three Dog Night. 1970s singing by 1970s singers. This is a replacement copy for the one that went out all the time.
Repeat After Me by Los Amigos Invisibles. Peruvian Disco Men From Outer Space sing songs in Spanish.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Sam Hawken Repeat
Fiction
Tequila Sunset by Sam Hawken. I ordered a second copy by mistake. Since all paperbacks are processed by the vendor I cannot send them back. Oh well. More opportunity for you to read this crime novel set in Northern Mexico. I read Hawken's first novel but cannot recall which characters survived or if they appear in here.
Audiobook on CD
Hollow City: the second novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. 11.5 hourson 10 CDs. Weirdness with last books characters traveling to London. Includes a disc of PDF images.
Tequila Sunset by Sam Hawken. I ordered a second copy by mistake. Since all paperbacks are processed by the vendor I cannot send them back. Oh well. More opportunity for you to read this crime novel set in Northern Mexico. I read Hawken's first novel but cannot recall which characters survived or if they appear in here.
Audiobook on CD
Hollow City: the second novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. 11.5 hourson 10 CDs. Weirdness with last books characters traveling to London. Includes a disc of PDF images.
Monday, June 09, 2014
Many New Things. Package 3 of 3.
NonFiction
I Don't Know Where You Know Me From: confessions of a co-star by Judy Greer. I know her from Archer for which she voices the character Cheryl Trunt. Page 138 says, "Like if you see a photo of a celeb walking down the street holding an Arby's shake, first of all, those shakes are delicious, so celebrities should walk around with them, but second of all, they were probably paid by Arby's to do it. They, most likely, had their hair and makeup done too, and I'll bet you my entire brass snail collection that there is water in that shake cup (Smartwater because Coca-Cola has deals with celebrities, and celebrities don't eat dairy). I know that some oft-papped stars drive miles and miles out of their way so they can be photographed at pre-arranged locations."
Social Security, Meidcare and Government Pensions: get the most out of your retirement and medical benefits by Joseph Matthews.
Mayo Clinic Book of Alternative Medicine and Home Remedies, second edition edited by Brent Bauer, M.D.
Everything Guide to Online Genealogy, 3rd edition by Kimberly Powell.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 8 by Jim Davis. Because kids love Garfield.
Large Print
I Don't Know Where You Know Me From: confessions of a co-star by Judy Greer. I know her from Archer for which she voices the character Cheryl Trunt. Page 138 says, "Like if you see a photo of a celeb walking down the street holding an Arby's shake, first of all, those shakes are delicious, so celebrities should walk around with them, but second of all, they were probably paid by Arby's to do it. They, most likely, had their hair and makeup done too, and I'll bet you my entire brass snail collection that there is water in that shake cup (Smartwater because Coca-Cola has deals with celebrities, and celebrities don't eat dairy). I know that some oft-papped stars drive miles and miles out of their way so they can be photographed at pre-arranged locations."
Social Security, Meidcare and Government Pensions: get the most out of your retirement and medical benefits by Joseph Matthews.
Mayo Clinic Book of Alternative Medicine and Home Remedies, second edition edited by Brent Bauer, M.D.
Everything Guide to Online Genealogy, 3rd edition by Kimberly Powell.
Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack, Volume 8 by Jim Davis. Because kids love Garfield.
Large Print
Many New Things. Package 2 of 3.
Fiction
Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst. More excellent European espionage in 1938.
Mr. Merecdes by Stephen King. Megan Abbott wrote a review.
Euphoira by Lily King. Huh, this King lives in Maine. I don't think there is a connection unless it's one of Tabitha and Stephen King's kids or kids-in-law. Anthropologists in 1930s New Guinea. Sounds neat as lonely scientists are wearying of their work.
The Vacationers by Emma Straub. Former Wisconsinite writes another novel. A family on vacation in Mallorca bring their problems along.
Vertigo 42 by Martha Grimes. What color is that sweater Grimes is wearing in her author photo? Violet? Pink? Pink-Violet? Mauve? It's a nice color but I should cannot name it.
The Keeper by John Lescroart. I can name Lescroart's shirt colors. Grey and black. Because the author photo is black and white.
Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch. Famous actor dies on operating table and the doctor tells tale of doctor's bad vacation in France at actor's home.
China Dolls by Lisa See. Ethnic Chinese women meet in 1939 San Francisco. Lisa See wore blue and white for her photo.
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. Adult child is split between his father and mom and father says mom is psychotic and mom says dad is a villain.
A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton. Same photo for Hamilton. She is dressed in black and sitting sideways in a director's chair. One over the knew, high-heeled boot is kicked up high.
Mystery
Tequila Sunset by Sam Hawken. Crime novel set in Ciudad Juarez. I read the first in the series and it was fairly decent.
Strangling on the Stage by Simon Brett. Brett's books have been big here.
Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst. More excellent European espionage in 1938.
Mr. Merecdes by Stephen King. Megan Abbott wrote a review.
Euphoira by Lily King. Huh, this King lives in Maine. I don't think there is a connection unless it's one of Tabitha and Stephen King's kids or kids-in-law. Anthropologists in 1930s New Guinea. Sounds neat as lonely scientists are wearying of their work.
The Vacationers by Emma Straub. Former Wisconsinite writes another novel. A family on vacation in Mallorca bring their problems along.
Vertigo 42 by Martha Grimes. What color is that sweater Grimes is wearing in her author photo? Violet? Pink? Pink-Violet? Mauve? It's a nice color but I should cannot name it.
The Keeper by John Lescroart. I can name Lescroart's shirt colors. Grey and black. Because the author photo is black and white.
Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch. Famous actor dies on operating table and the doctor tells tale of doctor's bad vacation in France at actor's home.
China Dolls by Lisa See. Ethnic Chinese women meet in 1939 San Francisco. Lisa See wore blue and white for her photo.
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith. Adult child is split between his father and mom and father says mom is psychotic and mom says dad is a villain.
A Shiver of Light by Laurell K. Hamilton. Same photo for Hamilton. She is dressed in black and sitting sideways in a director's chair. One over the knew, high-heeled boot is kicked up high.
Mystery
Tequila Sunset by Sam Hawken. Crime novel set in Ciudad Juarez. I read the first in the series and it was fairly decent.
Strangling on the Stage by Simon Brett. Brett's books have been big here.
Many New Things. Package 1 of 3.
DVD
Easy Money: Life Deluxe starring [Swedes]. More Swedish crime based off the Swedish series of Swedish novels by a Swede. I really enjoyed the first novel in the series. I bet the second would have sold better in the U.S. if the translated title was not kept as Never Fuck Up.
Anchorman 2: The legend continues starring [comic actors]. Dang, I missed pre-ordering this one.
Pompeii starring Keifer Sutherland and [bunch of B actors]. Muscular guy plays gladiator saves girl as volcano Explooooodes!
Jack Irish: Set 2 starring Guy Pierece and [Australians]. Recommended by Max Allan Collins. I read one of the original books, Bad Debts, and this series is based off the novels featuring an Australian P.I. Set 1 (Season 1) is in transit to us
Eastbound and Down starring Danny McBride. Washed up major league pitcher still a jackape.
Audiobooks on CD
Joe Ledger: Special Ops by Jonathan Maberry. More mad scientists, terrorists, assassins, and evil politicians are defeated by Captain Joe Ledger. Ledger should go after Maberry for Maberry's Facebook posting mania. The Ledger series is fun and the narrator, Ray Porter, really chews up the narration.
Bad Wolf by Nele Neuhaus. I'm not sure what this is. Something about a serial killer in Frankfurt.
Sniper's Honor by Stephen Hunter. Sniping snipers snipe.
Suspicion by Joseph Finder. Guy needing money for his daughter's tuition accepts personal loan and DEA goes after him for taking drug money.
Easy Money: Life Deluxe starring [Swedes]. More Swedish crime based off the Swedish series of Swedish novels by a Swede. I really enjoyed the first novel in the series. I bet the second would have sold better in the U.S. if the translated title was not kept as Never Fuck Up.
Anchorman 2: The legend continues starring [comic actors]. Dang, I missed pre-ordering this one.
Pompeii starring Keifer Sutherland and [bunch of B actors]. Muscular guy plays gladiator saves girl as volcano Explooooodes!
Jack Irish: Set 2 starring Guy Pierece and [Australians]. Recommended by Max Allan Collins. I read one of the original books, Bad Debts, and this series is based off the novels featuring an Australian P.I. Set 1 (Season 1) is in transit to us
Eastbound and Down starring Danny McBride. Washed up major league pitcher still a jackape.
Audiobooks on CD
Joe Ledger: Special Ops by Jonathan Maberry. More mad scientists, terrorists, assassins, and evil politicians are defeated by Captain Joe Ledger. Ledger should go after Maberry for Maberry's Facebook posting mania. The Ledger series is fun and the narrator, Ray Porter, really chews up the narration.
Bad Wolf by Nele Neuhaus. I'm not sure what this is. Something about a serial killer in Frankfurt.
Sniper's Honor by Stephen Hunter. Sniping snipers snipe.
Suspicion by Joseph Finder. Guy needing money for his daughter's tuition accepts personal loan and DEA goes after him for taking drug money.
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Wisconsin Stuff and WWII
DVD
Monuments Men starring Bill Murrary, John Goodman. Famous actors pretend to be museum curators and art historians while carrying guns.
NonFiction
One Room Schools: stories from the days of 1 room, 1 teacher, 8 grades by Susan Apps-Bodilly. APage 89 says, "However, he came to the school's program each year."
Wheel Fever: how Wisconsin became a great bicycling state by Jesse J. Gant and Nicholas J. Hoffman. Page 106 says,"Not all clubs were competitive."
Indian Nations of Wisconsin: histories of endurance and renewal by Patty Loew. Page 150 says, "As had occurred following the Pequot War, surviving Natives who had opposed the colonists were sold into slavery or absorbed into other tribes."
Monuments Men starring Bill Murrary, John Goodman. Famous actors pretend to be museum curators and art historians while carrying guns.
NonFiction
One Room Schools: stories from the days of 1 room, 1 teacher, 8 grades by Susan Apps-Bodilly. APage 89 says, "However, he came to the school's program each year."
Wheel Fever: how Wisconsin became a great bicycling state by Jesse J. Gant and Nicholas J. Hoffman. Page 106 says,"Not all clubs were competitive."
Indian Nations of Wisconsin: histories of endurance and renewal by Patty Loew. Page 150 says, "As had occurred following the Pequot War, surviving Natives who had opposed the colonists were sold into slavery or absorbed into other tribes."
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
Scott Phillips Returns With A New Novel
Fiction
Hop Alley by Scott Phillips. I missed the pre-publication notices on this one and lucked out by seeing a review in the New York Times Book Review. Phillips specializes in unsavory male protagonists who do good despite their own selfish natures. It's 1890 Denver and low-rent photographer Bill Ogden, from Phillips's Cottonwood, is dodging trouble with a drug addicted girlfriend and violent neighborhood.
Dead Lil' Hustler by Victoria Houston. Another fishing themed mystery in Wisconsin's Northwoods.
Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. That's weird. This Cussler cover doesn't have big fiery explosions all over the front.
Suspicion by Joseph Finder. Finder is not wearing a tie for his author photo. You know who Finder reminds me of? Allison Moorer. Only because this Moorer song is playing right now on my computer.
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Hayes scripted The Road Warrior. The Lord Humongous is a reasonable man.
SciFi/Fantasy
Ancillary Justice by Ann Lecke. This just won a big award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Future artificial intelligence lives inside people. Or something.
Skin Game by Jim Butcher. Guy on the cover has a Colt revolver with an 8" barrel. I don't know those revolvers well enough to identify the model.
Hop Alley by Scott Phillips. I missed the pre-publication notices on this one and lucked out by seeing a review in the New York Times Book Review. Phillips specializes in unsavory male protagonists who do good despite their own selfish natures. It's 1890 Denver and low-rent photographer Bill Ogden, from Phillips's Cottonwood, is dodging trouble with a drug addicted girlfriend and violent neighborhood.
Dead Lil' Hustler by Victoria Houston. Another fishing themed mystery in Wisconsin's Northwoods.
Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. That's weird. This Cussler cover doesn't have big fiery explosions all over the front.
Suspicion by Joseph Finder. Finder is not wearing a tie for his author photo. You know who Finder reminds me of? Allison Moorer. Only because this Moorer song is playing right now on my computer.
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Hayes scripted The Road Warrior. The Lord Humongous is a reasonable man.
SciFi/Fantasy
Ancillary Justice by Ann Lecke. This just won a big award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award. Future artificial intelligence lives inside people. Or something.
Skin Game by Jim Butcher. Guy on the cover has a Colt revolver with an 8" barrel. I don't know those revolvers well enough to identify the model.
Monday, June 02, 2014
Orange Blues
DVD
Orange is the New Black: Season One starring [no actorr names on box]. Woman goes to prison and has adventures.
Computerized Music Sounds For You to Listen To If You Have a "CD Player"
Storyline by Hunter Hayes. Is this a TV actor turned musician? Am I thinking of someone else? Nope. Allmusic.com says he was first signed up when he was 19. This video if the first result off a YouTube search. Lousiana singer sings songs without Louisiana accent.
In My Soul by The Robert Cray Band. Blues singer sings songs of sadness and joy. I heard about this because I follow The Verbs online. The lead "Verbie" is married to this album's producer.
Huh, Speak of the devil. The producer is in this album promo at 1:06
Album track.
Orange is the New Black: Season One starring [no actorr names on box]. Woman goes to prison and has adventures.
Computerized Music Sounds For You to Listen To If You Have a "CD Player"
Storyline by Hunter Hayes. Is this a TV actor turned musician? Am I thinking of someone else? Nope. Allmusic.com says he was first signed up when he was 19. This video if the first result off a YouTube search. Lousiana singer sings songs without Louisiana accent.
In My Soul by The Robert Cray Band. Blues singer sings songs of sadness and joy. I heard about this because I follow The Verbs online. The lead "Verbie" is married to this album's producer.
Huh, Speak of the devil. The producer is in this album promo at 1:06
Album track.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Awkward Garden Sale
DVD
Garage Sale Mystery starring Lori Loughlin. Garage sale shopper walks into a murder mystery.
Good Witch's Garden starring Catherine Bell. Some woman, her boyfriend, and a guy claiming ownership of her home.
That Awkward Moment starring Zac Efron, Miles Teller. Sex comedy for twenty year olds.
About Time starring Bill Nighy. Sappy chick-flick.
Garage Sale Mystery starring Lori Loughlin. Garage sale shopper walks into a murder mystery.
Good Witch's Garden starring Catherine Bell. Some woman, her boyfriend, and a guy claiming ownership of her home.
That Awkward Moment starring Zac Efron, Miles Teller. Sex comedy for twenty year olds.
About Time starring Bill Nighy. Sappy chick-flick.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Digital Wedding Music
NonFiction
The Essential Digital Interview Handbook by Paul J. Bailo. Strategies for online and video interviews.
Complete Guide to a Traditional Wedding by Diane Warner. Page 119 says, "One of the best ways to find a rabbi who will officiate at an interfaith marriage is to ask around."
Performers in a Room Record Their Sounds Into Microphones That Relay That Sound Into Computers That Transcribe Those Sounds Into Digital Language Then Transcribe That Digital Language Onto a Thing Layer of Metal Which is Embedded into a Round Piece of Plastic.
Rewind by Rascal Flatts. Singers with expensive haircuts sing country songs.
A Dotted Line by Nickel Creek. Country singers sing songs saying, "No, that's Nickelback, we're Nickel Creek."
Recess by Skrillex. Computer guy with bad hair makes computer sounds.
Put Your Needle Down by Secret Sisters. Sisters sing songs they wrote plus a Dylan cover.
Turn Blue by The Black Keys. Guys from Ohio sings songs of modern blues.
Ghost Stories by Coldplay. English singers sing in English.
Indie Cindy by The Pixies. Punkey singers sing songs.
The Essential Digital Interview Handbook by Paul J. Bailo. Strategies for online and video interviews.
Complete Guide to a Traditional Wedding by Diane Warner. Page 119 says, "One of the best ways to find a rabbi who will officiate at an interfaith marriage is to ask around."
Performers in a Room Record Their Sounds Into Microphones That Relay That Sound Into Computers That Transcribe Those Sounds Into Digital Language Then Transcribe That Digital Language Onto a Thing Layer of Metal Which is Embedded into a Round Piece of Plastic.
Rewind by Rascal Flatts. Singers with expensive haircuts sing country songs.
A Dotted Line by Nickel Creek. Country singers sing songs saying, "No, that's Nickelback, we're Nickel Creek."
Recess by Skrillex. Computer guy with bad hair makes computer sounds.
Put Your Needle Down by Secret Sisters. Sisters sing songs they wrote plus a Dylan cover.
Turn Blue by The Black Keys. Guys from Ohio sings songs of modern blues.
Ghost Stories by Coldplay. English singers sing in English.
Indie Cindy by The Pixies. Punkey singers sing songs.
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