NonFiction
Dad's Book of Awesome Science Experiments by Mike Adamick. Could I just give the book to my kids and let them go at it? Because I still need to reseal the driveway, add insulation to the attic, and figure out a cheap way to put in new windows. Those old windows really have to go. I also need to get some quick mix concrete and fix the crumbled corners on the stairs by the back door. The old railing base was set into the concrete and the ice cracked those corners away.
Complete Cat Care consultant Alison Logan. Couldn't I give the book to my kids and let them go at it? It's about time they help take care of those cat things. Rather than the way they just carry them around and get clawed. Or, using the cats as excuse to come out of their bedrooms at night and not go to bed.
Large Print
All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner. Couldn't I just give this book to my kids and let them make up smarmy, internet comments?
Above by Isla Morley. What smarmy things would they say about the books?
Driving With the Top Down by Beth Harbison. I'm not sure.
Safe Keeping by Barbara Taylor Sissel. I have some theories.
Deserves to Die by Lisa Jackson. "Fart, fart, fart."
Home Fires by Lois Greiman. That's one likely thing they would say.
Audiobooks on CD
Personal by Lee Child. 13 hours on 10 CDs. "Get a bunch of TNT and then put it in the building and BOOM!"
The Summer Wind by Mary Alice Monroe. 11.5 hours on 10 CDs. Or how about this one?
Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon. 17.5 hours on 14 CDs. "Those people have a TV for sale on the curb. We could get that for two dollars and take it home and I could have a TV in my room and if it doesn't work we could just throw it out anyway because it's only two dollars."
The Secret Place by Tana Fench. 20.5 hours on 16 CDs. It is best my kids do not run the blog.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Monday, September 08, 2014
Crime and Ghosts
Fiction
Haunted by Kay Hooper. One of those books with police officers who work with ghosts. Or something.
Act of War by Brad Thor. One of those books with international intrigue and action. Or something.
Audiobook on CD
The Son by Jo Nesbo. 14CDs at 17.5 hours. Some sort of Swedish death and dismemberment. Or something.
Haunted by Kay Hooper. One of those books with police officers who work with ghosts. Or something.
Act of War by Brad Thor. One of those books with international intrigue and action. Or something.
Audiobook on CD
The Son by Jo Nesbo. 14CDs at 17.5 hours. Some sort of Swedish death and dismemberment. Or something.
Friday, September 05, 2014
The Return of Billy Boyle
Fiction
The Rest is Silence by James R. Benn. Benn brings back Billy battling bad Bavarians. I presume Benn once again takes a lesser known tale of World War Two and writes another great mystery novel around it. I really enjoy this series.
The Drop by Dennis Lehane. Think of all the things the title could be describing. A tennis serve that spins low. A dropped pass in football. Male infant with testicle that are late to descend.
Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon. Think on that title. It sounds like a Stranger Danger instruction.
Personal by Lee Child. Jack Reacher beats people up and sleeps with good looking women.
Murder 101 by Faye Kellerman. What's the deal with Kellerman? I could have sworn she had curly blonde hair. Was she kidnapped by aliens and surgically altered? Maybe I was kidnapped by aliens who altered my memories. Did I really get out of bed at 12AM the other day to let the dang dog out? Maybe not.
The River by Beverly Lewis. More Amish romance and family drama.
Large Print
A Change in Altitude by Cindy Meyers. Heck, I do that every time I stand up.
The Sixteenth of June by Maya Lang. I was married in June. I think. It might have been July. Maybe it was July. Damn aliens.
Last to Know by Elizabeth Adler. Hey, that reminds me of a Neil Finn tune. Here ya go, Dunedin.
The Rest is Silence by James R. Benn. Benn brings back Billy battling bad Bavarians. I presume Benn once again takes a lesser known tale of World War Two and writes another great mystery novel around it. I really enjoy this series.
The Drop by Dennis Lehane. Think of all the things the title could be describing. A tennis serve that spins low. A dropped pass in football. Male infant with testicle that are late to descend.
Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon. Think on that title. It sounds like a Stranger Danger instruction.
Personal by Lee Child. Jack Reacher beats people up and sleeps with good looking women.
Murder 101 by Faye Kellerman. What's the deal with Kellerman? I could have sworn she had curly blonde hair. Was she kidnapped by aliens and surgically altered? Maybe I was kidnapped by aliens who altered my memories. Did I really get out of bed at 12AM the other day to let the dang dog out? Maybe not.
The River by Beverly Lewis. More Amish romance and family drama.
Large Print
A Change in Altitude by Cindy Meyers. Heck, I do that every time I stand up.
The Sixteenth of June by Maya Lang. I was married in June. I think. It might have been July. Maybe it was July. Damn aliens.
Last to Know by Elizabeth Adler. Hey, that reminds me of a Neil Finn tune. Here ya go, Dunedin.
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Two Quebec Novels and More
Quebec
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny. Another Inspector (retired) Gamache novel. He is retired in Three Pines, Quebec and asked to look for a missing man. He heads up the St. Lawrence.
The River Burns by Trevor Ferguson. Ferguson wrote a great crime series under the name John Farrow but gained fame writing literary novels under his own name. This is about the burning of a narrow covered bridge in 1984 in Quebec.
More Fiction
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet WEvanovich. I bought another copy.
Eyes Only by Fern Michaels. I bet the author photo is that same one with the dogs and Michaels on a couch. Let me check...yep, same photo and three dogs. The dogs are all looking off to the left. The photographer must have had an assistant distracting the mutts. The bookshelves in the background are out of focus, I can only read a few of the spines.
NonFiction
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction: build and master ninja weapons by John Austin. Including Cereal Box Blowgun, Chopstick Rubber Band Gun, and Cereal Box Boomerang.
The Nazi Occult War: Hitler's compact with the forces of evil by Michael Fitzgerald. Forces of evil? Hitler was the force of evil. This details a lot of the weirdness, pseudo-science, and outright baloney that was popular with the dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy, no-good nazis.
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny. Another Inspector (retired) Gamache novel. He is retired in Three Pines, Quebec and asked to look for a missing man. He heads up the St. Lawrence.
The River Burns by Trevor Ferguson. Ferguson wrote a great crime series under the name John Farrow but gained fame writing literary novels under his own name. This is about the burning of a narrow covered bridge in 1984 in Quebec.
More Fiction
Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet WEvanovich. I bought another copy.
Eyes Only by Fern Michaels. I bet the author photo is that same one with the dogs and Michaels on a couch. Let me check...yep, same photo and three dogs. The dogs are all looking off to the left. The photographer must have had an assistant distracting the mutts. The bookshelves in the background are out of focus, I can only read a few of the spines.
NonFiction
Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction: build and master ninja weapons by John Austin. Including Cereal Box Blowgun, Chopstick Rubber Band Gun, and Cereal Box Boomerang.
The Nazi Occult War: Hitler's compact with the forces of evil by Michael Fitzgerald. Forces of evil? Hitler was the force of evil. This details a lot of the weirdness, pseudo-science, and outright baloney that was popular with the dirty, rotten, stinking, filthy, no-good nazis.
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
Fiction For You, Not For Me
Fiction That Is Not For Me
(I'm working my way through books I've owned for years but never read)
Secret Place by Tana French. French is Irish. French writes popular mysteries with suspense. At least I think she does, I have not yet read her previous novels.
Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland. Lisette is a nice name. I am not certain how to pronounce Vreeland. Vreeland lives in San Diego. A couple weeks ago someone was talking about how nice the San Diego's baseball stadium is.
Private Down Under by James Patterson Literary Industries, Amalgamated, and Michael White. Patterson always gives his co-authors prominent credit but the publisher prints nothing about them. Let me check the internet machine...Nope, nothing.
Nightmare in Burgundy by Jean-Pieree Alaux and Noel Balen. Both authors live in France. Because they are French.
Her Last Whisper by Karen Robards. Robards lives in Kentucky and writes lots of books. The dust jacket bio says she has written 43 books.
Eye of Heaven by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake. Cussler lives in Arizona and owns really big wrist watches. Blake "lives on the Pacific coast of Mexico." Have the drug wars in Mexico cooled off? Or, has the media burned out on writing about countless torture victims and executions?
Lock In by John Scalzi. Scalzi lives in Ohio. I have not read Redshirts.
(I'm working my way through books I've owned for years but never read)
Secret Place by Tana French. French is Irish. French writes popular mysteries with suspense. At least I think she does, I have not yet read her previous novels.
Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland. Lisette is a nice name. I am not certain how to pronounce Vreeland. Vreeland lives in San Diego. A couple weeks ago someone was talking about how nice the San Diego's baseball stadium is.
Private Down Under by James Patterson Literary Industries, Amalgamated, and Michael White. Patterson always gives his co-authors prominent credit but the publisher prints nothing about them. Let me check the internet machine...Nope, nothing.
Nightmare in Burgundy by Jean-Pieree Alaux and Noel Balen. Both authors live in France. Because they are French.
Her Last Whisper by Karen Robards. Robards lives in Kentucky and writes lots of books. The dust jacket bio says she has written 43 books.
Eye of Heaven by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake. Cussler lives in Arizona and owns really big wrist watches. Blake "lives on the Pacific coast of Mexico." Have the drug wars in Mexico cooled off? Or, has the media burned out on writing about countless torture victims and executions?
Lock In by John Scalzi. Scalzi lives in Ohio. I have not read Redshirts.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Photo Updates
Updates and News
Four staff have recently left library employment.
Jim Braughler was the library's ILL/Cataloging Library Assistant for 8.5 years and did great work.
David Luehring was a Library Page for four years. David was the fourth Luehring sibling in a row to work here. He has graduated high school and left for school in Minnesota. (Davis is on the left.)
Emily Hoggatt and Caitlin Downey were both Library Pages. Emily worked at the library for one year and Caitlin for three. Both of Caitlin and Emily are attending school in Madison.
Four staff have recently left library employment.
Jim Braughler was the library's ILL/Cataloging Library Assistant for 8.5 years and did great work.
David Luehring was a Library Page for four years. David was the fourth Luehring sibling in a row to work here. He has graduated high school and left for school in Minnesota. (Davis is on the left.)
Emily Hoggatt and Caitlin Downey were both Library Pages. Emily worked at the library for one year and Caitlin for three. Both of Caitlin and Emily are attending school in Madison.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
More Sound, Not As Much Vision
Digital Information In Physical Form Is Impressed Onto A Thin Layer of Plastic For Playback
Now That's What I Call Country: Volume 7. Pop singers sing pop songs sold as country songs.
Now That's What I Call Music: volume 51. Pop singers sings pop songs sold to the top forty crowd.
(Weird Al is not on here but he parodies Fancy which is on here.)
Ultraviolence by Lana Del Ray. Pop singer sings pop songs of cruelty and violence.
DVD
300: rise of an empire starring Eva Green. All I know about this flick is that there are boats and a Bond Girl in the nude. At least, that's what I read.
Nurse Jackie: season five starring Edie Falco. All I know about this is what I read on the back cover. Junkie nurse finishes rehab, gets divorced, dates a policeman.
Now That's What I Call Country: Volume 7. Pop singers sing pop songs sold as country songs.
Now That's What I Call Music: volume 51. Pop singers sings pop songs sold to the top forty crowd.
(Weird Al is not on here but he parodies Fancy which is on here.)
Ultraviolence by Lana Del Ray. Pop singer sings pop songs of cruelty and violence.
DVD
300: rise of an empire starring Eva Green. All I know about this flick is that there are boats and a Bond Girl in the nude. At least, that's what I read.
Nurse Jackie: season five starring Edie Falco. All I know about this is what I read on the back cover. Junkie nurse finishes rehab, gets divorced, dates a policeman.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Large Print, 9 CDs, and Some Dude
Large Print
Support and Defend by Mark Greaney. Some sort of thriller with Tom Clancy characters.
Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods. Some sort of thriller with a lawyer.
Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke. Some sort of crime novel with a lawman.
Fast Track by Julie Garwood. Some sort of family drama and romance with a woman protagonist.
9 CDs
Herbie's Game by Timothy Hallinan. 11 hours on 9CDs. Professional burglar, Junior Bender, is once again pressed into investigating another crook's problems. I am currently listening to the first book in this series.
Some Dude
Remember Me Like This by Anthony Johnston. You can tell this is a literary novel because the cover has blurbs from John Irving, Tom Perrotta, and Andre Dubus III. I read an Irving book once, A Son of the Circus. That sucker was a doorstop. I think that might be the book where I checked out two copies by mistake. I returned one and still had an overdue notice. I was ticked off. "I know I returned that book!" Nope. I returned the one book and totally forgot I had a second book - at the bottom of a book stack - at home.
I'm not sure what this novel is about. How about a picture of a dog instead?
Support and Defend by Mark Greaney. Some sort of thriller with Tom Clancy characters.
Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods. Some sort of thriller with a lawyer.
Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke. Some sort of crime novel with a lawman.
Fast Track by Julie Garwood. Some sort of family drama and romance with a woman protagonist.
9 CDs
Herbie's Game by Timothy Hallinan. 11 hours on 9CDs. Professional burglar, Junior Bender, is once again pressed into investigating another crook's problems. I am currently listening to the first book in this series.
Some Dude
Remember Me Like This by Anthony Johnston. You can tell this is a literary novel because the cover has blurbs from John Irving, Tom Perrotta, and Andre Dubus III. I read an Irving book once, A Son of the Circus. That sucker was a doorstop. I think that might be the book where I checked out two copies by mistake. I returned one and still had an overdue notice. I was ticked off. "I know I returned that book!" Nope. I returned the one book and totally forgot I had a second book - at the bottom of a book stack - at home.
I'm not sure what this novel is about. How about a picture of a dog instead?
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Selected Non-Fiction Quotes
Non-Fiction
Loving Someone With An Addiction by Paraclete Press. DVD, so I guess I cannot quote this one.
Okay. I'll look for some quotes.
Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet by Donald Hensrud, MD, Medical Editor. "Split up the tasks to save time."
Weeknight Gluten Free: simple, healthy meals for every night of the week by Kristine Kidd. "Season to taste."
500 Potato Recipes by Elizabeth Woodland. "Today the potato is the staple food for two-thirds of the world's population and out third most important food crop."
Chic Home Interiors by Carles Broto. A big book with lots of great photos. "On the other hand it had no windows and received no natural light."
Not to be confused with Chic
Loving Someone With An Addiction by Paraclete Press. DVD, so I guess I cannot quote this one.
Okay. I'll look for some quotes.
Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet by Donald Hensrud, MD, Medical Editor. "Split up the tasks to save time."
Weeknight Gluten Free: simple, healthy meals for every night of the week by Kristine Kidd. "Season to taste."
500 Potato Recipes by Elizabeth Woodland. "Today the potato is the staple food for two-thirds of the world's population and out third most important food crop."
Chic Home Interiors by Carles Broto. A big book with lots of great photos. "On the other hand it had no windows and received no natural light."
Not to be confused with Chic
Nothing Much to Say, Here are Ten Novels
Fiction
Home Place by Carrie La Seur. Successful woman returns to Montana after sister dies. Woman thinks sister's death may not have been accident. Woman goes gooey for old boyfriend.
Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy. Yes, I read his name was Van Booty. I'm not sure what the plot is but the back cover says it is "gripping." So are ticks.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. This book says nothing about the plot either. There are just buzzwords: remarkable...haunted...unintended consequences...journey...mend...heartbreak for the ages.
Magician's Land by Lev Grossman. I don't know anything about this series but I like all the covers. The book is about magic and secret worlds.
The Reckoning by Rennie Arth. Murder mystery set in 1947 England. Okay, I'm burning out this morning.
When the World Was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney. Something about post-WWII life of a teen girl.
Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin. Something about a fortune hunter.
Mean Streak by Sandra Brown. Something about a mean streak.
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom. Something about lucky people.
Monday Monday by Elizabeth Crook. Something about repetition. Something about repetition.
Home Place by Carrie La Seur. Successful woman returns to Montana after sister dies. Woman thinks sister's death may not have been accident. Woman goes gooey for old boyfriend.
Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy. Yes, I read his name was Van Booty. I'm not sure what the plot is but the back cover says it is "gripping." So are ticks.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. This book says nothing about the plot either. There are just buzzwords: remarkable...haunted...unintended consequences...journey...mend...heartbreak for the ages.
Magician's Land by Lev Grossman. I don't know anything about this series but I like all the covers. The book is about magic and secret worlds.
The Reckoning by Rennie Arth. Murder mystery set in 1947 England. Okay, I'm burning out this morning.
When the World Was Young by Elizabeth Gaffney. Something about post-WWII life of a teen girl.
Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin. Something about a fortune hunter.
Mean Streak by Sandra Brown. Something about a mean streak.
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom. Something about lucky people.
Monday Monday by Elizabeth Crook. Something about repetition. Something about repetition.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Three Dudes and One Gal
Fiction
Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger. Krueger's novels are quite popular around here. They are set up in Duluth.
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay.It seems like I met Barclay at the 2012 Bouchercon in St. Louis. But, there was an open bar so I might be wrong.
Hounded by David Rosenfelt. Defense attorney Andy Carpenter is asked by a policeman friend to take in an orphaned 8-year-old and a basset hound. I'm not sure how old the basset is.
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little. Fairly decent cover photo. I don't like the title's typeface. I do like the typeface on the inside of the dust jacket. Formerly famous woman is not out of prison hoping to find who killed her mother. Formerly Famous woman was convicted for the crime. Formerly Famous woman had drug issues and may be looking for herself.
Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger. Krueger's novels are quite popular around here. They are set up in Duluth.
No Safe House by Linwood Barclay.It seems like I met Barclay at the 2012 Bouchercon in St. Louis. But, there was an open bar so I might be wrong.
Hounded by David Rosenfelt. Defense attorney Andy Carpenter is asked by a policeman friend to take in an orphaned 8-year-old and a basset hound. I'm not sure how old the basset is.
Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little. Fairly decent cover photo. I don't like the title's typeface. I do like the typeface on the inside of the dust jacket. Formerly famous woman is not out of prison hoping to find who killed her mother. Formerly Famous woman was convicted for the crime. Formerly Famous woman had drug issues and may be looking for herself.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Gischler? Again? Do We Really Need Every Gishler?
Yes. We Do Need Every Gishler.
Kiss Me, Satan!: New Orleans is a werewolf town by Victor Gischler and Juan Ferreyra. Werewolf mob boss puts a hit out on a witch. Bounty hunters arrive. Trouble ensues.
Fiction
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas. This is bound with some heavy paper, man. Thomas won the Graduate Essay Award at UC-Irvine. I don't know what that means. I was twice Wrestler of the Week in high school but I'm not putting it on my resume.
Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen. Oh, I read her other book The Bird Sisters for the WI Library Association literary awards committee. Bird Sisters was okay but definitely not my bag. This one is set in 1938 Minnesota.
Kiss Me, Satan!: New Orleans is a werewolf town by Victor Gischler and Juan Ferreyra. Werewolf mob boss puts a hit out on a witch. Bounty hunters arrive. Trouble ensues.
Fiction
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas. This is bound with some heavy paper, man. Thomas won the Graduate Essay Award at UC-Irvine. I don't know what that means. I was twice Wrestler of the Week in high school but I'm not putting it on my resume.
Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen. Oh, I read her other book The Bird Sisters for the WI Library Association literary awards committee. Bird Sisters was okay but definitely not my bag. This one is set in 1938 Minnesota.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Real Big Boat of Convict Koreans
DVD
Noah starring Russell Crowe, Hermione Granger, That Lady From Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Guy builds a real big boat.
Silmido starring [Korean actors you never heard of]. in 1968 North Korean commandos attempted to kill the President of South Korea. South Korea retaliated by creating Unit 684 which recruited convicts that would train to kill North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung. When Unit 684's mission was cancelled the South Korean government decided to kill all Unit members.
Here is a trailer of Koreans speaking in German but subtitled in English.
Noah starring Russell Crowe, Hermione Granger, That Lady From Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Guy builds a real big boat.
Silmido starring [Korean actors you never heard of]. in 1968 North Korean commandos attempted to kill the President of South Korea. South Korea retaliated by creating Unit 684 which recruited convicts that would train to kill North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung. When Unit 684's mission was cancelled the South Korean government decided to kill all Unit members.
Here is a trailer of Koreans speaking in German but subtitled in English.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Mike Hammer Reads Large Print
AudioBooks on on CD
King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. Hammer suspects an old man recently released from prison is coordinating the suspiciously frequent deaths of several cops. Read by Stacy Keach. Keach does a great job reading these Mike Hammer novels.
I bought three Hammer used paperback novels when I was on vacation last week.
Large Print
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand. Family with newly dead patriarch goes to annual three month summer vacation in Nantucket. Three months!? I wish.
The Plover by Brian Doyle. Something about a guy who decides to live at sea. What's a "plover"?
Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs. Some romance novel set in Northern California with cooking.
Talk by Michael Smerconish. Right wing talk radio host has power to way a key Florida demographic and win-or-lose the Presidential election.
Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok. Young lady takes receptionist job at ballroom dance school.
Watermelon Days and Firefly Nights by Annette Smith. Short stories that are supposed to be "heartwarming" and "charming" with "quirky and loveable characters."
Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout. Veterinarian takes over his dead father's small town practice in Vermont with it's "eccentric residents."
Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins. The cover is awful with weird photoshopping.
The Cursed by Heather Graham. Woman can see ghosts. Dead guy asks for help. FBI paranormal investigators investigate things.
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter. 1974 Atalanta, cops are on the hunt for a killer and rookie Officer Kate Murphy wants to prove herself.
King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. Hammer suspects an old man recently released from prison is coordinating the suspiciously frequent deaths of several cops. Read by Stacy Keach. Keach does a great job reading these Mike Hammer novels.
I bought three Hammer used paperback novels when I was on vacation last week.
Large Print
Summer People by Elin Hilderbrand. Family with newly dead patriarch goes to annual three month summer vacation in Nantucket. Three months!? I wish.
The Plover by Brian Doyle. Something about a guy who decides to live at sea. What's a "plover"?
Beekeeper's Ball by Susan Wiggs. Some romance novel set in Northern California with cooking.
Talk by Michael Smerconish. Right wing talk radio host has power to way a key Florida demographic and win-or-lose the Presidential election.
Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok. Young lady takes receptionist job at ballroom dance school.
Watermelon Days and Firefly Nights by Annette Smith. Short stories that are supposed to be "heartwarming" and "charming" with "quirky and loveable characters."
Dog Gone, Back Soon by Nick Trout. Veterinarian takes over his dead father's small town practice in Vermont with it's "eccentric residents."
Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins. The cover is awful with weird photoshopping.
The Cursed by Heather Graham. Woman can see ghosts. Dead guy asks for help. FBI paranormal investigators investigate things.
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter. 1974 Atalanta, cops are on the hunt for a killer and rookie Officer Kate Murphy wants to prove herself.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
The Crider Has Landed
Bill Crider
Half In Love With Artful Death by Bill Crider. Sheriff Dan Rhodes battles murder and the antics of local nitwits. Excellent stuff.
Lesser Lights
Top Secret by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. Shoot'em up.
Love Letters by Debbie Macomber. Love'em up.
Friendswood by Rene Steinke. Texas'em up.
Small Blessings by Martha Woodroof. Family drama'em up.
The Lost Island by Preston and Child. Treasure'em up.
NonFiction
Dogtripping: 25 rescues, 11 volunteers, and 3 RVs on our canine cross-country adventure by David Rosenfelt. Woof'em up.
Half In Love With Artful Death by Bill Crider. Sheriff Dan Rhodes battles murder and the antics of local nitwits. Excellent stuff.
Lesser Lights
Top Secret by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. Shoot'em up.
Love Letters by Debbie Macomber. Love'em up.
Friendswood by Rene Steinke. Texas'em up.
Small Blessings by Martha Woodroof. Family drama'em up.
The Lost Island by Preston and Child. Treasure'em up.
NonFiction
Dogtripping: 25 rescues, 11 volunteers, and 3 RVs on our canine cross-country adventure by David Rosenfelt. Woof'em up.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Monday is Media Day (Plus Two)
Compact Discs Are Primarily Used As A Delivery Method of Sound Recordings
The Voyager by Jenny Lewis. Californian sings songs about colorful clothes.
DVD
Divergent starring [teenagers and adults pretending to be teenagers]. Something about aliens. Vampires? Post apocalyptic sceanrios? I don't know. Watch the trailer.
Israel: royal tour with Benjamin Netanyahu and Peter Greenberg. Travel tour.
Super Skyscrapers by Frontline. The design and construction of four different buildings.
Audiobooks on CD
Torn Away by Jennifer Brown. 7 hours on 6 CDs. Woman survives tornado and lives with relatives she barely knows.
The Collector by Jeffery Deaver. 13 hours on 12 CDs. Murder.
The Fever by Megan Abbott. 9.5 hours on 8 CDs. More greatness from Abbott. I need to check and see if the book is here... Nope, it is out.
The Voyager by Jenny Lewis. Californian sings songs about colorful clothes.
DVD
Divergent starring [teenagers and adults pretending to be teenagers]. Something about aliens. Vampires? Post apocalyptic sceanrios? I don't know. Watch the trailer.
Israel: royal tour with Benjamin Netanyahu and Peter Greenberg. Travel tour.
Super Skyscrapers by Frontline. The design and construction of four different buildings.
Audiobooks on CD
Torn Away by Jennifer Brown. 7 hours on 6 CDs. Woman survives tornado and lives with relatives she barely knows.
The Collector by Jeffery Deaver. 13 hours on 12 CDs. Murder.
The Fever by Megan Abbott. 9.5 hours on 8 CDs. More greatness from Abbott. I need to check and see if the book is here... Nope, it is out.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Godzilla Hotels Companion by Duane Swierczynski
NonFiction
Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia by Vin . T Sparano. I ran across some photos of the park system in the Province of Quebec. This is more hunting and fishing than camping. Page 137 says, "Verify that the correct powder bushing and shot bar are installed in the press."
Weeknight Fresh and Fast: simple, healthy meals for every night of the week by Kristine Kidd. People like cookbooks. Page 173 says, "being organized does not mean being rigid."
Godzilla: history's greatest monster by Duane Swierczynski. Godzilla breathes fire and steps on things. Comic book novel. Swierczynski has written some good novels.
Unusual Hotels of the World by Steve Dobson. Page 183 says, "All the lakeside apartments are staggered so that they have an unobstructed view of the lake - from just about everywhere in the room - even the bath!"
The Western Front Companion: the complete guide to how armies fought for four devastating years, 1914-1918 by Mark Adkin. This is very cool.
Big Book of Vegetarian Recipes by Rachel Rappaport. Page 495 says, "For an Italian variation, add basil and Italian parsley."
Warman's Depression Glass, 6th Edition by Ellen T. Schroy. I'm going to put this in the regular stacks. I think it will be looked for there.
1914: voices from the battlefields by Matthew Richardson. Content from letters, diaries, and memoirs. Page 209 says, "6.20am precisely began the firing of our artillery."
Nixon Tapes edited and annotated by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter. Of the 3,700 hours of tapes only a smattering were unheard. Many our newly transcribed for this book. I heard one of these guys on either C-SPAN or a radio show and this sounds very interesting.
Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia by Vin . T Sparano. I ran across some photos of the park system in the Province of Quebec. This is more hunting and fishing than camping. Page 137 says, "Verify that the correct powder bushing and shot bar are installed in the press."
Weeknight Fresh and Fast: simple, healthy meals for every night of the week by Kristine Kidd. People like cookbooks. Page 173 says, "being organized does not mean being rigid."
Godzilla: history's greatest monster by Duane Swierczynski. Godzilla breathes fire and steps on things. Comic book novel. Swierczynski has written some good novels.
Unusual Hotels of the World by Steve Dobson. Page 183 says, "All the lakeside apartments are staggered so that they have an unobstructed view of the lake - from just about everywhere in the room - even the bath!"
The Western Front Companion: the complete guide to how armies fought for four devastating years, 1914-1918 by Mark Adkin. This is very cool.
Big Book of Vegetarian Recipes by Rachel Rappaport. Page 495 says, "For an Italian variation, add basil and Italian parsley."
Warman's Depression Glass, 6th Edition by Ellen T. Schroy. I'm going to put this in the regular stacks. I think it will be looked for there.
1914: voices from the battlefields by Matthew Richardson. Content from letters, diaries, and memoirs. Page 209 says, "6.20am precisely began the firing of our artillery."
Nixon Tapes edited and annotated by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter. Of the 3,700 hours of tapes only a smattering were unheard. Many our newly transcribed for this book. I heard one of these guys on either C-SPAN or a radio show and this sounds very interesting.
Here are a bunch of DVDs
DVD
A Young Doctor's Notebook starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe. "Insanely dark, and brilliantly hilarious four-part comedy noir." Clip will not embed.
Grand Budapest Hotel starring [bunch of famous people]. Max Allan Collins liked this one, in April he wrote, "the best movie I've seen this year." But, this is August so maybe he has a new favorite.
Joe starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. Kid ends up staying with an ex-con played by Cage. A Cage movie without Crazy Cage-ness.
Bad Words starring Jason Bateman. 40-year-old finds loophole to enter spelling contest. The guy is a jerk.
Cook's Country, Season Six. People cook food.
Poisoner's Handbook: killer chemistry produced by American Experience. Based off the book by a WI author.
Heaven is For Real starring Greg Kinnear. Also based off a book but the author is not from WI.
A Young Doctor's Notebook starring Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe. "Insanely dark, and brilliantly hilarious four-part comedy noir." Clip will not embed.
Grand Budapest Hotel starring [bunch of famous people]. Max Allan Collins liked this one, in April he wrote, "the best movie I've seen this year." But, this is August so maybe he has a new favorite.
Joe starring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. Kid ends up staying with an ex-con played by Cage. A Cage movie without Crazy Cage-ness.
Bad Words starring Jason Bateman. 40-year-old finds loophole to enter spelling contest. The guy is a jerk.
Cook's Country, Season Six. People cook food.
Poisoner's Handbook: killer chemistry produced by American Experience. Based off the book by a WI author.
Heaven is For Real starring Greg Kinnear. Also based off a book but the author is not from WI.
I was gone. I have returned.
Vacation
650' underground at the Strataca Salt Museum in Hutchinson, KS.
Llama at Rolling Hills Zoo in Salina, KS.
Caught that child on the left before he hid from the camera.
I let Boy #1 use the camera.
Toad on a turtle at Scout Camp outside Rice Lake, WI.
Compact Discs are the thin plastic discs used to store sound for replay using a fancy laser system
Mandatory Fun by Weird Al Yankovic. Polka man plays parody.
Meteorites by Echo and the Bunnymen. Quote-worthy Ian sings songs of cultish rock.
Counterfeit Blues by Corb Lund. Canadian sings songs of Copenhagen.
Remedy by Old Crow Medicine Show. Modern musicians sing songs of throw back country.
Fuego by Phish. Modern hippies play music. You'll have to find your own music clip.
Hypnotic Eye by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Audiobooks on CD
Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan. 17 hours on 14 CDs. Loving Frank was popular. This has a woman leaving her husband, landing in France, and meeting Robert Louis Stevenson.
HRC: state secrets and the rebirth of Hillary Clinton by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. 16 hours on 13 CDs. "HRC portrays a seasoned operator who negotiates political and diplomatic worlds with equal savvy."
Sons of Wichita: how the Koch brothers became America's most powerful and private dynasty by Daniel Schulman. 12.5 hours on 10 CDs. I did not go to Wichita this year. I did not want to spend an hour or more driving down there. My wife and I went to Salina instead.
Thankful: Return to Sugar Creek, Book Two by Shelley Shepard Gray. 6.75 hours on 6 CDs. Amish romance.
In the Morning I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty. 10 hours on 9 CDs. 1984 cop in Northern Ireland has to solve an "locked-room mystery" of a dead woman to get the dead woman's mother to tell him where a IRA bomber is hiding out.
Phantom Instinct by Meg Gardiner. 12.5 hours on 10 CDs. A nightclub shootout ended in disastrous fire. Two survivors are sure a surviving gunman is after the survivors.
Compact Discs are the thin plastic discs used to store sound for replay using a fancy laser system
Mandatory Fun by Weird Al Yankovic. Polka man plays parody.
Meteorites by Echo and the Bunnymen. Quote-worthy Ian sings songs of cultish rock.
Counterfeit Blues by Corb Lund. Canadian sings songs of Copenhagen.
Remedy by Old Crow Medicine Show. Modern musicians sing songs of throw back country.
Fuego by Phish. Modern hippies play music. You'll have to find your own music clip.
Hypnotic Eye by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Audiobooks on CD
Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan. 17 hours on 14 CDs. Loving Frank was popular. This has a woman leaving her husband, landing in France, and meeting Robert Louis Stevenson.
HRC: state secrets and the rebirth of Hillary Clinton by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. 16 hours on 13 CDs. "HRC portrays a seasoned operator who negotiates political and diplomatic worlds with equal savvy."
Sons of Wichita: how the Koch brothers became America's most powerful and private dynasty by Daniel Schulman. 12.5 hours on 10 CDs. I did not go to Wichita this year. I did not want to spend an hour or more driving down there. My wife and I went to Salina instead.
Thankful: Return to Sugar Creek, Book Two by Shelley Shepard Gray. 6.75 hours on 6 CDs. Amish romance.
In the Morning I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty. 10 hours on 9 CDs. 1984 cop in Northern Ireland has to solve an "locked-room mystery" of a dead woman to get the dead woman's mother to tell him where a IRA bomber is hiding out.
Phantom Instinct by Meg Gardiner. 12.5 hours on 10 CDs. A nightclub shootout ended in disastrous fire. Two survivors are sure a surviving gunman is after the survivors.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
NonFic: Sex, Sassoon, Bikes, Gischler Clowns
NonFic
The New Naked: the ultimate sex education for grown-ups by Harry Fisch, MD with Karen Moline. No pictures. Page 243 says, "That's way above average, especially with seven kids"
Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants by Jim Meuninck. Page 71 says, "This is a dangerous hallucinogen abused by unaware teenagers."
Working Class Foodie Cookbook: real food, for real people, real cheap by Rebecca Lando. Page 1 says, "One morning, I stepped out of the apartment and saw that Union Square Park had become a tent city."
Clown Fatale by Victor Gischler. "Its big-top chaos as four down-on-thei-luck, sexy clowns get caught up in the deadly world of organized crime!"
Healthy Cooker: second edition by Judith Finlayson. Page 17 says, "Do not reheat food in the slow cooker."
Art and Architecture of Insects by David M. Phillips. Lots of great photos. Page 62 says, "The sharp-pointed, pincer-like jaws of this larval neuropteran are designed to pierce the cuticle of small insects and mites and hold them firmly."
Roadside Road Bike Maintenance Manual by Guy Andrews. Lots of color photos. Page 52 says, "On Shimano and SRAM levers, you'll be able to see the white plastic cable-carrier."
Roadside Mountain Bike Maintenance Manual by Mike Davis and Guy Andrews. Page 25 says, "They need to have grease on them and be evenly tightened."
Mastering Online Genealogy: 3rd edition by W. Daniel Quillen. "Once there, go to the same hit."
Overcoming High Blood Pressure: the complete complementary health program by Dr. Sarah Brewer. Page 72 says, "The same is true of yams."
Siegfried Sasson: soldier, poet, lover, friend: a life in one volume by Jean Moorcroft Wilson. Page 157 says, "Just as he had been determined to win steeplechases before the War, he now wanted a medal to prove himself the equal of his contemporaries."
WIndows 8.1 Bible: the comprehensive tutorial resource by Wiley. Page 861 says, "Homegroups are a feature introduced in Windows 7 and carried over to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 that simplify setting up a home network and sharing resrouces on the network."
The White House: its historic furnishings and first families by Betty C. Monkman. Page 111 says, "Mary Todd Lincold selectred this "quite costly and exceedingly beautiful" rosewood table for a White House guest room in 1861."
The New Naked: the ultimate sex education for grown-ups by Harry Fisch, MD with Karen Moline. No pictures. Page 243 says, "That's way above average, especially with seven kids"
Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants by Jim Meuninck. Page 71 says, "This is a dangerous hallucinogen abused by unaware teenagers."
Working Class Foodie Cookbook: real food, for real people, real cheap by Rebecca Lando. Page 1 says, "One morning, I stepped out of the apartment and saw that Union Square Park had become a tent city."
Clown Fatale by Victor Gischler. "Its big-top chaos as four down-on-thei-luck, sexy clowns get caught up in the deadly world of organized crime!"
Healthy Cooker: second edition by Judith Finlayson. Page 17 says, "Do not reheat food in the slow cooker."
Art and Architecture of Insects by David M. Phillips. Lots of great photos. Page 62 says, "The sharp-pointed, pincer-like jaws of this larval neuropteran are designed to pierce the cuticle of small insects and mites and hold them firmly."
Roadside Road Bike Maintenance Manual by Guy Andrews. Lots of color photos. Page 52 says, "On Shimano and SRAM levers, you'll be able to see the white plastic cable-carrier."
Roadside Mountain Bike Maintenance Manual by Mike Davis and Guy Andrews. Page 25 says, "They need to have grease on them and be evenly tightened."
Mastering Online Genealogy: 3rd edition by W. Daniel Quillen. "Once there, go to the same hit."
Overcoming High Blood Pressure: the complete complementary health program by Dr. Sarah Brewer. Page 72 says, "The same is true of yams."
Siegfried Sasson: soldier, poet, lover, friend: a life in one volume by Jean Moorcroft Wilson. Page 157 says, "Just as he had been determined to win steeplechases before the War, he now wanted a medal to prove himself the equal of his contemporaries."
WIndows 8.1 Bible: the comprehensive tutorial resource by Wiley. Page 861 says, "Homegroups are a feature introduced in Windows 7 and carried over to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 that simplify setting up a home network and sharing resrouces on the network."
The White House: its historic furnishings and first families by Betty C. Monkman. Page 111 says, "Mary Todd Lincold selectred this "quite costly and exceedingly beautiful" rosewood table for a White House guest room in 1861."
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