Fiction
Prelude to Deadpool Corps by Victor Gischler. Comic book novel. I'll read this sometime later but, for now, I just don't get it. Judging by the cover there is a guy, a gal, and a kid plus a zombie dog and a rotting head (that flies using a beanie cap with propeller). Everyone has a sword, except for the kid who has lightsabers. Are the lightsabers called lightsabers or is that a copyright issue with the Titan of Modesto? Since this is a comic the guy has muscles on muscles and the gal has big bazooms.
Audiobook on CD
Beat by Stephen Jay Scwartz. Okay, now I remember why I ordered this. The hook for this series is that LAPD cop Hayden Glass is a sex addict. Glass's hooker girlfriend is kidnapped and Glass's attempts at rescue put him against the mob, FBI, and San Francisco PD.
NonFiction
Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex by Nina Hartley with I.S. Levine. This is not new but I just had the cataloging fixed. The dang thing was in 619.6. According to this 619 is unassigned so I moved Nina Hartley next to the other sex information books in 613 which is Personal Health & Safety.
Mississippi Mud by Edward Humes. True crime in Biloxi, MS. Adult daughter of murdered couple investigates leads to the Dixie Mafia that the police do not follow.
Music On CD
Charred Walls of the Damned by Charred Walls of the Damned. I figured to try out something from this heavy metal sub-genre to see if it circulates.
A Little Messed Up by The Dollyrots. Fun and loud rock and roll.
Friday, October 01, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
More Romances
Fiction
Shoulda Been A Cowboy by Lorelei James. James' other books have checked out well. Her romances focus on cowboy characters with lots of sex. I cannot recall the author's real name.
A Rancher's Brand of Justice by Ann Voss Peterson. Cowboy's young son is murder witness. Big-city, lady cop is there to protect the boy. I flipped through this one and I am guessing that it is free of sex scenes. It may have some shoot-outs.
Don't Blink by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. How do the co-authors get picked out for Paterson books? From a hat?
The Fort by Bernard Cornwell. Novel of the U.S. Revolutionary War. Sure to include many Brown Bess muskets.
Texas Standoff by Elmer Kelton. I need to read more westerns. Texas Rangers sent to central TX to investigate murders. Good thing this novel does not include Chuck Norris's singing.
Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, and Leslie Meier. Three Christmas themed novellas.
Me, Myself, and Why? by Mary Janice Davidson. "A modern threesome." There is a threesome in that Lorelei James novel I listed above. I am certain that the meanings are very different.
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber. 'Tis the season for Christmas novels.
Legacy by Danielle Steel.
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. I could try to think of a pun or joke mixing the novel's title and it's massive 985 pages but I will not. Follett still wears his hair big and fluffy. Not skyscraper fluffy like he used to.
Shoulda Been A Cowboy by Lorelei James. James' other books have checked out well. Her romances focus on cowboy characters with lots of sex. I cannot recall the author's real name.
A Rancher's Brand of Justice by Ann Voss Peterson. Cowboy's young son is murder witness. Big-city, lady cop is there to protect the boy. I flipped through this one and I am guessing that it is free of sex scenes. It may have some shoot-outs.
Don't Blink by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. How do the co-authors get picked out for Paterson books? From a hat?
The Fort by Bernard Cornwell. Novel of the U.S. Revolutionary War. Sure to include many Brown Bess muskets.
Texas Standoff by Elmer Kelton. I need to read more westerns. Texas Rangers sent to central TX to investigate murders. Good thing this novel does not include Chuck Norris's singing.
Gingerbread Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, and Leslie Meier. Three Christmas themed novellas.
Me, Myself, and Why? by Mary Janice Davidson. "A modern threesome." There is a threesome in that Lorelei James novel I listed above. I am certain that the meanings are very different.
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber. 'Tis the season for Christmas novels.
Legacy by Danielle Steel.
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. I could try to think of a pun or joke mixing the novel's title and it's massive 985 pages but I will not. Follett still wears his hair big and fluffy. Not skyscraper fluffy like he used to.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Non Fiction
Non Fiction
Rough Guide to Denmark. Knuds Garage "is packed with trendy, alternative-type young locals."
FFA Cookbook: favorite recipes from FFA members and alumni across America by Erin J. Petersilie. This better check-out.
Budget Dinners: 100 recipes your family will love by Rosemary Ellis, Editor in Chief.
Genealogy Online, 9th Edition by Elizabeth Powell Crowe.
Fix-it and Forget-It Cookbook, revised and updated by Phyllis Pellman Good. How will you be able to eat it if you forget it?
Kayaking for Everyone by Bill and Mary Burnham. Kayaks are expensive. I need some oars for my rowboat.
Best of Halloween Tricks and Treats by Better Homes and Gardens. "Pumpkins, parties, costumes, drinks, food, decor."
Norwegian Patterns for Knitting: classic sweaters, hats, vests, and mittens by Mette N. Handberg. Handberg is actually Norwegian. I am reading Billy Boyle by James R. Benn which features a Norwegian angle. I'm really enjoying those Boyle books.
Horror Characters and Science Fiction by Jacob Glasser. Learn to Draw Step by Step guides.
Rough Guide to Denmark. Knuds Garage "is packed with trendy, alternative-type young locals."
FFA Cookbook: favorite recipes from FFA members and alumni across America by Erin J. Petersilie. This better check-out.
Budget Dinners: 100 recipes your family will love by Rosemary Ellis, Editor in Chief.
Genealogy Online, 9th Edition by Elizabeth Powell Crowe.
Fix-it and Forget-It Cookbook, revised and updated by Phyllis Pellman Good. How will you be able to eat it if you forget it?
Kayaking for Everyone by Bill and Mary Burnham. Kayaks are expensive. I need some oars for my rowboat.
Best of Halloween Tricks and Treats by Better Homes and Gardens. "Pumpkins, parties, costumes, drinks, food, decor."
Norwegian Patterns for Knitting: classic sweaters, hats, vests, and mittens by Mette N. Handberg. Handberg is actually Norwegian. I am reading Billy Boyle by James R. Benn which features a Norwegian angle. I'm really enjoying those Boyle books.
Horror Characters and Science Fiction by Jacob Glasser. Learn to Draw Step by Step guides.
Fiction with Ann Voss Peterson
Fiction
Rocky Mountain Fugitive by Ann Voss Peterson. Rancher and pregnant woman flee through the Rocky Mountains.
A Previous Conversation by Gerard the Library Director
"Gerard?"
"Yes, Self?"
"Isn't Ann Voss Peterson co-teaching the writers workshop in November?"
"Yeah. Her and Konrath."
"Well, Gerard, we have a few Konrath books. What about Peterson's books?"
"Dang it! I'll have to order some."
Santa Fe Edge by Stuart Woods (or so they say). 6'7" attorney take son murder case. In Santa Fe.
A Nose for Justice by Rita Mae Brown. Brown writes those cat books. This is a new mystery series with a dog set out West. I may try and read this if there are no cats. Good for Brown.
Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry. Maberry wrote a 2009 zombie terrorist novel with cop Joe Ledger. Ledger remains working with the super-secret and powerful Department of Military Sciences in a fight against genetically enhanced monsters and soldiers. Shooting and sci-fi, and love scenes, and government intrigue.
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Stop! Stop beating that horse! He's dead! Dead, I tell you, DEAD!
Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay. America's cuddliest serial killer has more difficulty.
Bad Blood by John Sandford. Another Virgil Flowers detective story by Sandford. Flowers assists a rural Southern MN sheriff with a murder investigation.
Flawless: a pretty little liars novel by Sara Shepard. A YA novel from a popular series.
Large Print
Father of the Rain by Lily King.
Body Work by Sara Paretsky.
Rocky Mountain Fugitive by Ann Voss Peterson. Rancher and pregnant woman flee through the Rocky Mountains.
A Previous Conversation by Gerard the Library Director
"Gerard?"
"Yes, Self?"
"Isn't Ann Voss Peterson co-teaching the writers workshop in November?"
"Yeah. Her and Konrath."
"Well, Gerard, we have a few Konrath books. What about Peterson's books?"
"Dang it! I'll have to order some."
Santa Fe Edge by Stuart Woods (or so they say). 6'7" attorney take son murder case. In Santa Fe.
A Nose for Justice by Rita Mae Brown. Brown writes those cat books. This is a new mystery series with a dog set out West. I may try and read this if there are no cats. Good for Brown.
Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry. Maberry wrote a 2009 zombie terrorist novel with cop Joe Ledger. Ledger remains working with the super-secret and powerful Department of Military Sciences in a fight against genetically enhanced monsters and soldiers. Shooting and sci-fi, and love scenes, and government intrigue.
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Stop! Stop beating that horse! He's dead! Dead, I tell you, DEAD!
Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay. America's cuddliest serial killer has more difficulty.
Bad Blood by John Sandford. Another Virgil Flowers detective story by Sandford. Flowers assists a rural Southern MN sheriff with a murder investigation.
Flawless: a pretty little liars novel by Sara Shepard. A YA novel from a popular series.
Large Print
Father of the Rain by Lily King.
Body Work by Sara Paretsky.
Media: music, movies, audiobooks
DVD
The Good Wife starring Julianna Margulies and Det. Mike Logan. I watched a couple episodes over the summer. They were good.
Red Riding Trilogy: 1974, 1980, 1983 starring Sean Bean and [many people]. Three separate but interrelated films move unflinchingly through a turbulent and tragic decade in the West Riding region of Yorkshire, England - years of serial murders, child abductions and rampant police corruption in which no one escapes undamaged. I ordered this quite a while ago.
30 Rock: season 4 starring [you know the drill]. Comedic antics.
AudioBooks on CD
Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay. 9 CDs at 11 hours. I watched the first season of the tv show. I enjoyed the show but the novels and television program do not match. Correct?
Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. Private investigators in Cleveland.
Elisabeth Smith's Fast-Track Spanish by Elisabeth Smith. Two audio discs and a booklet.
Music on CD
Can't Be Tamed by Miley Cyrus. Twelve songs by teenage pop star.
The Good Wife starring Julianna Margulies and Det. Mike Logan. I watched a couple episodes over the summer. They were good.
Red Riding Trilogy: 1974, 1980, 1983 starring Sean Bean and [many people]. Three separate but interrelated films move unflinchingly through a turbulent and tragic decade in the West Riding region of Yorkshire, England - years of serial murders, child abductions and rampant police corruption in which no one escapes undamaged. I ordered this quite a while ago.
30 Rock: season 4 starring [you know the drill]. Comedic antics.
AudioBooks on CD
Dexter is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay. 9 CDs at 11 hours. I watched the first season of the tv show. I enjoyed the show but the novels and television program do not match. Correct?
Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. Private investigators in Cleveland.
Elisabeth Smith's Fast-Track Spanish by Elisabeth Smith. Two audio discs and a booklet.
Music on CD
Can't Be Tamed by Miley Cyrus. Twelve songs by teenage pop star.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Seven DVDs, One With Canadian Content
DVD
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: complete season 5 starring Danny DeVito and That Blond Girl. Three discs with 12 episodes.
Castle: Second Season starring Captain Hammer. Five discs with 24 episodes.
Death Comes to Town by Kids in the Hall. Two discs at three hours. Canadians making funny.
OSS 117: Lost in Rio starring [French people].
Shred-It with Weights by Jillian Michaels. One hour of exercises with hand weights or kettlebells.
Plain Truth starring Mariska Hargity. Hargitay is striking the exact same pose she does for Law and Order. Newborn found dead outside Amish town. Hargitay defends the 18 year old Amish suspect.
Madison starring James DeVita. War correspondent returns to Madison, WI and has trouble adjusting to domestic life. Not to be confused with the Jim Caviezel movie about boat racing in Indiana.
One of the producers, Nicholas Langholff, went to high school here and dropped this copy off. He hasn't emailed me an invoice yet, unless the email landed in junk mail. Let me check...nope not there. I could not quite remember the guy's name but he also worked on Feed the Fish so IMDB was helpful. Langholff graduated from Lakeside.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: complete season 5 starring Danny DeVito and That Blond Girl. Three discs with 12 episodes.
Castle: Second Season starring Captain Hammer. Five discs with 24 episodes.
Death Comes to Town by Kids in the Hall. Two discs at three hours. Canadians making funny.
OSS 117: Lost in Rio starring [French people].
Shred-It with Weights by Jillian Michaels. One hour of exercises with hand weights or kettlebells.
Plain Truth starring Mariska Hargity. Hargitay is striking the exact same pose she does for Law and Order. Newborn found dead outside Amish town. Hargitay defends the 18 year old Amish suspect.
Madison starring James DeVita. War correspondent returns to Madison, WI and has trouble adjusting to domestic life. Not to be confused with the Jim Caviezel movie about boat racing in Indiana.
One of the producers, Nicholas Langholff, went to high school here and dropped this copy off. He hasn't emailed me an invoice yet, unless the email landed in junk mail. Let me check...nope not there. I could not quite remember the guy's name but he also worked on Feed the Fish so IMDB was helpful. Langholff graduated from Lakeside.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
New Travel Guides
NonFiction
Fodor's Guides
Barcelona: with highlights of Catalonia and Bilbao, 3rd edition by Maria Teresa Hart.
DK Eyewitness guides
Arizona and the Grand Canyon edited by Aruna Ghose. I went in 2002.
Top 10 Orlando by Richard Grula. I don't know Victor Gischler but he is going to vacation at Disney World.
Loire Valley by Jack Tresidder. I don't know Jack Tresidder but I'll bet he speaks French.
New England by [could not find a main name]. I was married in New England. In either New Hampshire or Vermont. One of those two. They're the same thing anyway.
Walt Disney World Resort and Orlando edited by Arunda Ghose. I wonder if they have bumper cars. Those are fun.
California by [still no name]. Did I tell that story about going to San Francisco and getting sick as a dog with a bad ear infection. And we rented an Oldsmobile to go to Napa and the seat was horribly uncomfortable? I did? Want to hear it again?
Las Vegas by David Stratton. What about that story where I went to a free, half-day sub-machine gun class in Pahrump, NV? The class instruction was good and they supplied both weapon and ammo.
Bradt Guides
Rough Guide to Mexico by John Fisher, et al. Don't get kidnapped.
Croatia by Pers Letcher. Remember when the Springfield XD used to be the HS2000 and was $200 cheaper?
Insider's Guides
Twin Cities, seventh edition by Jay Gabler. We went to the Mall of America when car-loving Boy #1 was five. He went on the bumper car ride by himself and, since he was five, could not get the car to drive properly or get unstuck from the wall. He had a big meltdown afterwards.
Off The Beaten Path Guides
Minnesota by Mark R. Weinberger. I wonder if Barbara Fister ever does book promos outside of MN.
Fodor's Guides
Barcelona: with highlights of Catalonia and Bilbao, 3rd edition by Maria Teresa Hart.
DK Eyewitness guides
Arizona and the Grand Canyon edited by Aruna Ghose. I went in 2002.
Top 10 Orlando by Richard Grula. I don't know Victor Gischler but he is going to vacation at Disney World.
Loire Valley by Jack Tresidder. I don't know Jack Tresidder but I'll bet he speaks French.
New England by [could not find a main name]. I was married in New England. In either New Hampshire or Vermont. One of those two. They're the same thing anyway.
Walt Disney World Resort and Orlando edited by Arunda Ghose. I wonder if they have bumper cars. Those are fun.
California by [still no name]. Did I tell that story about going to San Francisco and getting sick as a dog with a bad ear infection. And we rented an Oldsmobile to go to Napa and the seat was horribly uncomfortable? I did? Want to hear it again?
Las Vegas by David Stratton. What about that story where I went to a free, half-day sub-machine gun class in Pahrump, NV? The class instruction was good and they supplied both weapon and ammo.
Bradt Guides
Rough Guide to Mexico by John Fisher, et al. Don't get kidnapped.
Croatia by Pers Letcher. Remember when the Springfield XD used to be the HS2000 and was $200 cheaper?
Insider's Guides
Twin Cities, seventh edition by Jay Gabler. We went to the Mall of America when car-loving Boy #1 was five. He went on the bumper car ride by himself and, since he was five, could not get the car to drive properly or get unstuck from the wall. He had a big meltdown afterwards.
Off The Beaten Path Guides
Minnesota by Mark R. Weinberger. I wonder if Barbara Fister ever does book promos outside of MN.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Great News! Guns, Beer, and Whiskey! In Print!
NonFiction
Shooter's Bible: 101st Edition. The usual but newer.
World's Best Beers: one thousand craft brews from cask to glass by Ben McFarland. They list Schell's (New Ulm, MN) Caramel Bock. Tyranena is listed for Devil over a Barrel Bourbon and Imperial Oatmeal Coffee. New Glarus and Sprecher are also included.
World Whiskey edited by Charles Maclean. Great big photos of bottles, distillers, distilleries. Also includes Japanese whiskeys. The Japanese distillers have been very successful.
World War II Battlefield Communications by Gordon L. Rottman. One of the many historical entries from Osprey Publishing which prints a huge variety of war topics.
Ultimate American V-8 Engine Data Book, 2nd Edition by Peter C. Sessler.
Countertop Book by Mary Anne Piccirillo. Designs and materials for kitchens, bathrooms, etc.
Modular Knitting Made Easy designs by Andra Knight-Bowman.
Sliding into Home: a memoir by Kendra Wilkinson. Autobio of the Playboy Playmate.
Access 2010 by John Cronan. User's guide.
Ultimate Scholarship Book, 2011 by Gen and Kelly Tanabe.
Fiction
Scarlet Sash by Garry Douglas Kilworth. Another historical military novel by Kilworth. Young soldier Sebastian Early is sent to South Africa during the Zulu Wars. Ends up investigating a murder.
Foreign Influence by Brad Thor. Spy novel of some sort.
Large Print
Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen.
Out of Sight by Stella Cameron.
Shooter's Bible: 101st Edition. The usual but newer.
World's Best Beers: one thousand craft brews from cask to glass by Ben McFarland. They list Schell's (New Ulm, MN) Caramel Bock. Tyranena is listed for Devil over a Barrel Bourbon and Imperial Oatmeal Coffee. New Glarus and Sprecher are also included.
World Whiskey edited by Charles Maclean. Great big photos of bottles, distillers, distilleries. Also includes Japanese whiskeys. The Japanese distillers have been very successful.
World War II Battlefield Communications by Gordon L. Rottman. One of the many historical entries from Osprey Publishing which prints a huge variety of war topics.
Ultimate American V-8 Engine Data Book, 2nd Edition by Peter C. Sessler.
Countertop Book by Mary Anne Piccirillo. Designs and materials for kitchens, bathrooms, etc.
Modular Knitting Made Easy designs by Andra Knight-Bowman.
Sliding into Home: a memoir by Kendra Wilkinson. Autobio of the Playboy Playmate.
Access 2010 by John Cronan. User's guide.
Ultimate Scholarship Book, 2011 by Gen and Kelly Tanabe.
Fiction
Scarlet Sash by Garry Douglas Kilworth. Another historical military novel by Kilworth. Young soldier Sebastian Early is sent to South Africa during the Zulu Wars. Ends up investigating a murder.
Foreign Influence by Brad Thor. Spy novel of some sort.
Large Print
Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen.
Out of Sight by Stella Cameron.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Guns, Bombs, Indulgences, Diabetes
NonFiction
Big Fat Book of the .45 ACP by Patrick Sweeney. Sweeney writes another gun book. Covers primers, brass, bullets, caliber variations and offshoots, competition, defensive use, reloading. With black and white photos.
U.S. Army Explosives and Demolitions Handbook by Department of the Army. Want to make a buck? Start a publishing company, take a government document with no copyright restrictions, throw your cover on it, sell. A neat book to look through but not very practical.
Martin Luther: a concise history of his life and works by John Schofield. Ever see that outtake story from Python's The Meaning of Life with Martin Luther and spoons? Neither have I but I just found a video clip.
Eating Well with Diabetes: more than 350 savory recipes and a special dessert section by Mary Jane Finsand. Too bad they don't have any desert recipes.
Low-Carb, Sugar-Free Desserts: everyday recipes for healthy living, diabetes and weight management by Victor Kline. Over 100 recipes.
Big Fat Book of the .45 ACP by Patrick Sweeney. Sweeney writes another gun book. Covers primers, brass, bullets, caliber variations and offshoots, competition, defensive use, reloading. With black and white photos.
U.S. Army Explosives and Demolitions Handbook by Department of the Army. Want to make a buck? Start a publishing company, take a government document with no copyright restrictions, throw your cover on it, sell. A neat book to look through but not very practical.
Martin Luther: a concise history of his life and works by John Schofield. Ever see that outtake story from Python's The Meaning of Life with Martin Luther and spoons? Neither have I but I just found a video clip.
Eating Well with Diabetes: more than 350 savory recipes and a special dessert section by Mary Jane Finsand. Too bad they don't have any desert recipes.
Low-Carb, Sugar-Free Desserts: everyday recipes for healthy living, diabetes and weight management by Victor Kline. Over 100 recipes.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Poorly Processed Paperback and a Large Print
NonFiction
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Answered Interview Questions by Matthew J. and Nanette F. DeLuca. I listed this before but sent it back to the Pages to have it covered. The Page needs more practice with the adhesive covers for paperbacks. I'm going to have him practice on some donations or withdrawn items.
Everyday Easy 30-Minute Dinners edited by Margaret Parrish. This is a DK book so even if the recipes are lousy the pictures will trick you.
Preserve It! by edited by Lynda Brown. I bought some canning and preserving books not too long ago and they have been circ'ing. So, I bought this one.
This, too, is a DK book. My favorite DK books are the motorcycle, gun, and sports car ones. I used to obsessively study DK's various motorcycle encyclopedias and guides. I still think of Hugo Wilson as a demi-god of motorcycling.
Large Print
Running Scared by Lisa Jackson.
Overton Window by Glenn Beck.
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares.
Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery. A Fool's Gold Trilogy novel.
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen.
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Answered Interview Questions by Matthew J. and Nanette F. DeLuca. I listed this before but sent it back to the Pages to have it covered. The Page needs more practice with the adhesive covers for paperbacks. I'm going to have him practice on some donations or withdrawn items.
Everyday Easy 30-Minute Dinners edited by Margaret Parrish. This is a DK book so even if the recipes are lousy the pictures will trick you.
Preserve It! by edited by Lynda Brown. I bought some canning and preserving books not too long ago and they have been circ'ing. So, I bought this one.
This, too, is a DK book. My favorite DK books are the motorcycle, gun, and sports car ones. I used to obsessively study DK's various motorcycle encyclopedias and guides. I still think of Hugo Wilson as a demi-god of motorcycling.
Large Print
Running Scared by Lisa Jackson.
Overton Window by Glenn Beck.
My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares.
Finding Perfect by Susan Mallery. A Fool's Gold Trilogy novel.
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Michael Caine, French Spies, Double Order, Comic Books
DVD
The Square starring [actors]. Wife and her boyfriend plot to steal from her husband. "A stroke of twisted genius!" says the back cover.
Harry Brown starring Michael Caine and lessers. Old guy takes revenge on druggies who killed his best pal.
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies starring [French actors]. 1955 French spy OSS 117 is sent to Cairo after another spy is killed. OSS 117 is put in charge of a poultry factory. Too bad he is clueless about everything. A comedy. In French.
Fiction
Vermilion Drift by William Kent Kruger. Vermilion is spelled with one "l"? I did not know that.
Portobello by Ruth Rendell. We have two copies of this. Not because Rendell is incredibly popular here but because I accidentally ordered two copies.
Immanuel's Veins by Ted Dekker. Immanuel has just one "n"? I did not know that.
The Thorn by Beverly Lewis. Another Lewis novel with a good looking gal on the cover dressed in black and wearing a head cover.
NonFiction
Marvel Encyclopedia: the definitive guide to the characters of the Marvel Universe: updated and expanded by Alastair Dougall, senior Editor. I looked up Deadpool because Victor Gischler has written some of the stories. I'm still not sure what the deal is with that character. Or any of the characters. I mean, c'mon, there is a guy named Plantman (page 257) who apparently lives in a submarine in the Atlantic.
The Square starring [actors]. Wife and her boyfriend plot to steal from her husband. "A stroke of twisted genius!" says the back cover.
Harry Brown starring Michael Caine and lessers. Old guy takes revenge on druggies who killed his best pal.
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies starring [French actors]. 1955 French spy OSS 117 is sent to Cairo after another spy is killed. OSS 117 is put in charge of a poultry factory. Too bad he is clueless about everything. A comedy. In French.
Fiction
Vermilion Drift by William Kent Kruger. Vermilion is spelled with one "l"? I did not know that.
Portobello by Ruth Rendell. We have two copies of this. Not because Rendell is incredibly popular here but because I accidentally ordered two copies.
Immanuel's Veins by Ted Dekker. Immanuel has just one "n"? I did not know that.
The Thorn by Beverly Lewis. Another Lewis novel with a good looking gal on the cover dressed in black and wearing a head cover.
NonFiction
Marvel Encyclopedia: the definitive guide to the characters of the Marvel Universe: updated and expanded by Alastair Dougall, senior Editor. I looked up Deadpool because Victor Gischler has written some of the stories. I'm still not sure what the deal is with that character. Or any of the characters. I mean, c'mon, there is a guy named Plantman (page 257) who apparently lives in a submarine in the Atlantic.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Bevy of NonFiction
NonFiction
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions, 2nd Edition by Matthew J. and Nanette F. DeLuca.
$3 Soups and Stews: delicious, low-cost dished for your family that everyone will love! by Ellen Brown. Everyone? I doubt that. Especially
Simple and Delicious Cookbook by Taste of Home Magazine. The Taste of Home cookbooks are usually popular here.
Ultimate Landlord Handbook by William A Lederer. A couple other books on this topic were out of date.
Real-Life Decorating: your look, your budget by Better Homes and Gardens. Hmm, here is the interesting warning included: Due to differing conditions, tools, and individual skills, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damages, injuries, or losses incurred as a result of following the information published in this book.
Scrubs and More: make four outfits, starting with ready-mades or your own sewn scrubs by Lorine Mason. Sew scrub uniforms for nurses, doctors, nursing assistants, dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, veterinarians, veterinary assistants, nurse practitioners, so on, so forth. Good looking brunette modeling some outfits.
Vintage Knits: 30 knitting designs from Rowan for women and men by [a bunch of people]. Make a sweater. Speak in a Sottish accent.
Bible Answer Book: over 260 of the most frequently asked questions by James Stuart Bell and Sam O'Neal.
Excel 2010: Quicksteps by John Cronan. User guide to Microsoft Excel 2010.
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions, 2nd Edition by Matthew J. and Nanette F. DeLuca.
$3 Soups and Stews: delicious, low-cost dished for your family that everyone will love! by Ellen Brown. Everyone? I doubt that. Especially
Simple and Delicious Cookbook by Taste of Home Magazine. The Taste of Home cookbooks are usually popular here.
Ultimate Landlord Handbook by William A Lederer. A couple other books on this topic were out of date.
Real-Life Decorating: your look, your budget by Better Homes and Gardens. Hmm, here is the interesting warning included: Due to differing conditions, tools, and individual skills, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any damages, injuries, or losses incurred as a result of following the information published in this book.
Scrubs and More: make four outfits, starting with ready-mades or your own sewn scrubs by Lorine Mason. Sew scrub uniforms for nurses, doctors, nursing assistants, dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, veterinarians, veterinary assistants, nurse practitioners, so on, so forth. Good looking brunette modeling some outfits.
Vintage Knits: 30 knitting designs from Rowan for women and men by [a bunch of people]. Make a sweater. Speak in a Sottish accent.
Bible Answer Book: over 260 of the most frequently asked questions by James Stuart Bell and Sam O'Neal.
Excel 2010: Quicksteps by John Cronan. User guide to Microsoft Excel 2010.
No Crider or Lee Goldberg or Victor Gischler
No Victor Gischler
Where the heck is our copy of The Deputy? How has that not been cataloged yet?
Fiction
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. Is this one of her romances? It's a hardcover. You know Evanovich is a big time author because her photo completely covers the back cover.
Warlord by Ted Bell. Spy works to foil assassination plot against the British royal family. A popular espionage and action series.
My Lost Daughter by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg. I really dislike the cover art on this one. Lily is a workaholic judge in Ventura County, California. Her daughter has a nervous breakdown at law school and Lily is split between overseeing a murder trial and caring for her institutionalized daughter. Turns the institution is poorly run, drugging the daughter without cause, and has a sociopath running the criminal organization within the hospital.
And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer. Former convict writes another novel. Seriously. Archer went to prison for perjury and perverting the curse of justice. Archer tells good stories though.
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. Sparks sells lots of books that are then made into motion pictures.
Speaking of Motion Pictures
Lee Goldberg is filming a short flick in Kentucky. Instead of writing novels. No cars involved unlike this one we already own,
Music on CD
The Suburbs by Arcade Fire. Music by band from Montreal. Don't let your irrational dislike of Canadians color your judgment of this one either.
Tin Can Trust by Los Lobos. What a great band. Here is a fantastic older tune (with poor quality sound).
No Bill Crider
He's probably guarding his lawn.
Where the heck is our copy of The Deputy? How has that not been cataloged yet?
Fiction
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. Is this one of her romances? It's a hardcover. You know Evanovich is a big time author because her photo completely covers the back cover.
Warlord by Ted Bell. Spy works to foil assassination plot against the British royal family. A popular espionage and action series.
My Lost Daughter by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg. I really dislike the cover art on this one. Lily is a workaholic judge in Ventura County, California. Her daughter has a nervous breakdown at law school and Lily is split between overseeing a murder trial and caring for her institutionalized daughter. Turns the institution is poorly run, drugging the daughter without cause, and has a sociopath running the criminal organization within the hospital.
And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer. Former convict writes another novel. Seriously. Archer went to prison for perjury and perverting the curse of justice. Archer tells good stories though.
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks. Sparks sells lots of books that are then made into motion pictures.
Speaking of Motion Pictures
Lee Goldberg is filming a short flick in Kentucky. Instead of writing novels. No cars involved unlike this one we already own,
Music on CD
The Suburbs by Arcade Fire. Music by band from Montreal. Don't let your irrational dislike of Canadians color your judgment of this one either.
Tin Can Trust by Los Lobos. What a great band. Here is a fantastic older tune (with poor quality sound).
No Bill Crider
He's probably guarding his lawn.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Musical Interlude
Musical Interlude
An older tune. I like the guitars. Don't let your irrational dislike of Canadians color your experience.
An older tune. I like the guitars. Don't let your irrational dislike of Canadians color your experience.
Autism Audio with the Spider Cobra
Audio Book on CD
The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Bait shack owner Frank is a former surf-bum and respected man in San Diego. He's also a former paid killer for the West Coast mob. A current mob boss demands Frankie's services.
Sidetracked by Henning Mankell. 12 CDs at 14.5 hours. Swedish cop Wallender witnesses a self-immolation by a teenage girl then investigates the murder of a former minister of justice who may have been killed by a serial killer.
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Audio version of the popular YA novel.
Large Print
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth. Remember that awful Stallone movie? No the other one. No, the one entitled Cobra. Yeah, that one.
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs. I always wanted to enjoy and read these books ever since I first read they were partly set in Montreal (see my previous blather). I tried reading the first in the series, Deja Dead, but I read something that made me shut the book and never return.
NonFiction
Islands of Genius: the bountiful mind of the autistic, acquired, and sudden savant by Darold A. Treffert. There are a number of autistic kids in the Lake Mills area. Or, at least all the families that do have autistic kids use the library and check out books on the topic. This book covers the phenomena of savants and the different people it effects, including some autistics.
The Winter of Frankie Machine by Don Winslow. 8 CDs at 9 hours. Bait shack owner Frank is a former surf-bum and respected man in San Diego. He's also a former paid killer for the West Coast mob. A current mob boss demands Frankie's services.
Sidetracked by Henning Mankell. 12 CDs at 14.5 hours. Swedish cop Wallender witnesses a self-immolation by a teenage girl then investigates the murder of a former minister of justice who may have been killed by a serial killer.
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Audio version of the popular YA novel.
Large Print
The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth. Remember that awful Stallone movie? No the other one. No, the one entitled Cobra. Yeah, that one.
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs. I always wanted to enjoy and read these books ever since I first read they were partly set in Montreal (see my previous blather). I tried reading the first in the series, Deja Dead, but I read something that made me shut the book and never return.
NonFiction
Islands of Genius: the bountiful mind of the autistic, acquired, and sudden savant by Darold A. Treffert. There are a number of autistic kids in the Lake Mills area. Or, at least all the families that do have autistic kids use the library and check out books on the topic. This book covers the phenomena of savants and the different people it effects, including some autistics.
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Vikings! Parker! Kostoff! Horses! Swings! Locksley!
Adult Fiction
Slayground by Richard Stark. Do I need to spell out my excitement over these reprints by The Univ. of Chicago press of the older Parker novels by Richard Stark. Parker, the consummate thief, is stuck in a "shuttered amusement park" after a heist goes wrong. A heist going wrong? In a Parker novel? Outrageous!
Late Rain by Lynn Kostoff. Local soft drink mogul is murdered by his son's wife. Alzheimer's patient witnesses the murder and a recent transplant to South Carolina investigates. This novel has two good things to recommend it. 1) The book was praised by Charlie Stella. 2) Tyrus Books published it.
White Raven by Robert Low. Viking ship crew, the Oathsworn, set out to rescue two members taken as hostages. I read the first book in the series, Whale Road, and and also ordered the second one. I ordered this when I saw the other two in order on the shelf. Order.
Large Print
Cure by Robin Cook. Medical mystery.
1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomber. A swing is on the cover behind a picket fence.
Crossfire by Dick Francis. Something to do with horses.
Locksley
I mentioned before that Little Steven likes Locksley and plays him frequently on the Underground Garage. I'm listening to a radio show excerpt from a Madison station and the guys from the band are a boring interview. But, they speak about playing with Ray Davies.
Slayground by Richard Stark. Do I need to spell out my excitement over these reprints by The Univ. of Chicago press of the older Parker novels by Richard Stark. Parker, the consummate thief, is stuck in a "shuttered amusement park" after a heist goes wrong. A heist going wrong? In a Parker novel? Outrageous!
Late Rain by Lynn Kostoff. Local soft drink mogul is murdered by his son's wife. Alzheimer's patient witnesses the murder and a recent transplant to South Carolina investigates. This novel has two good things to recommend it. 1) The book was praised by Charlie Stella. 2) Tyrus Books published it.
White Raven by Robert Low. Viking ship crew, the Oathsworn, set out to rescue two members taken as hostages. I read the first book in the series, Whale Road, and and also ordered the second one. I ordered this when I saw the other two in order on the shelf. Order.
Large Print
Cure by Robin Cook. Medical mystery.
1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomber. A swing is on the cover behind a picket fence.
Crossfire by Dick Francis. Something to do with horses.
Locksley
I mentioned before that Little Steven likes Locksley and plays him frequently on the Underground Garage. I'm listening to a radio show excerpt from a Madison station and the guys from the band are a boring interview. But, they speak about playing with Ray Davies.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
One Audio Book, a Daniel Woodrell Reprint, Earthquakes
Fiction
Tomato Red by Daniel Woodrell. Another down and out in the Ozarks novel by Woodrell.
I'm assuming Woodrell's books are getting reprinted because of the recent movie made off his novel.
This has a foreword by Megan Abbott. I only mention Abbott's foreword to see how long it takes for Abbott's mother to google her way over here.
EDIT: Took her 6 hours 57 minutes.
Audio Book on CD
Hard Candy by Andrew Vachss. 6 CDs at 7 hours 24 minutes. Private eye and tough guy Burke is after an evangelist who is mistreating runaways.
Earthquakes
Hey, Dunedin Are you getting earthquake damage? I assume not since you are quite a ways south of Christchurch.
Tomato Red by Daniel Woodrell. Another down and out in the Ozarks novel by Woodrell.
I'm assuming Woodrell's books are getting reprinted because of the recent movie made off his novel.
This has a foreword by Megan Abbott. I only mention Abbott's foreword to see how long it takes for Abbott's mother to google her way over here.
EDIT: Took her 6 hours 57 minutes.
Audio Book on CD
Hard Candy by Andrew Vachss. 6 CDs at 7 hours 24 minutes. Private eye and tough guy Burke is after an evangelist who is mistreating runaways.
Earthquakes
Hey, Dunedin Are you getting earthquake damage? I assume not since you are quite a ways south of Christchurch.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Six New DVDs
DVDs
Date Night starring Steve Carell and Tina Faye. Married couple encounter humorous predicaments when out on the town. With gratuitous pistol illustration on the front cover and gratuitous use of Mila Kunis on the back cover.
The Runaways starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. Biopic of the rock band. Supposed to be a good picture.
The Dollyrots are signed to Joan Jett's record label,Blackheart Records. We have their new CD but it is not on the shelf yet. They were scheduled to play in Milwaukee on September 7th but the show is listed as cancelled on the venue's website. Here is an old song.
Bounty Hunter starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. Bounty hunter gets job to go after his bail-skipping ex-wife. Gratuitous photoshopping of Aniston's waistline on front cover, gratuitous shotgun posing on back cover.
The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Writer assists former political leader in writing his memoirs. Bill Crider mentioned this one but I do not recall if he liked the flick. Ever see that Brosnan movie where he is a Russian spy order to do a terrorist attack?
Last Song starring Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear. Teen romance? Teen tragedy? Father and daughter reconnect at seashore? Hard to tell from the front cover which is surprisingly free of gratuitous Miley Cyrus images.
Prophet starring [French people]. Teenager goes to prison and falls into league with a Corsican gang. Teenager forced to do several dangerous jobs all while keep his own plans secret. Supposed to be a great crime picture. Crider status unknown.
Date Night starring Steve Carell and Tina Faye. Married couple encounter humorous predicaments when out on the town. With gratuitous pistol illustration on the front cover and gratuitous use of Mila Kunis on the back cover.
The Runaways starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. Biopic of the rock band. Supposed to be a good picture.
The Dollyrots are signed to Joan Jett's record label,Blackheart Records. We have their new CD but it is not on the shelf yet. They were scheduled to play in Milwaukee on September 7th but the show is listed as cancelled on the venue's website. Here is an old song.
Bounty Hunter starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. Bounty hunter gets job to go after his bail-skipping ex-wife. Gratuitous photoshopping of Aniston's waistline on front cover, gratuitous shotgun posing on back cover.
The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Writer assists former political leader in writing his memoirs. Bill Crider mentioned this one but I do not recall if he liked the flick. Ever see that Brosnan movie where he is a Russian spy order to do a terrorist attack?
Last Song starring Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear. Teen romance? Teen tragedy? Father and daughter reconnect at seashore? Hard to tell from the front cover which is surprisingly free of gratuitous Miley Cyrus images.
Prophet starring [French people]. Teenager goes to prison and falls into league with a Corsican gang. Teenager forced to do several dangerous jobs all while keep his own plans secret. Supposed to be a great crime picture. Crider status unknown.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Three AudioBooks on CD
AudioBooks on CD
Picasso Flop by Vince Van Patten and Robert J. Randisi. 5 CDs at 6.5 hours. Professional poker player Jimmy goes to prison and his wealthy cellmate strikes a deal to pay Jimmy to teach poker to the cell-mate's kid. Jimmy gets out of prison and things are working great with his acolyte when a competing player is murdered and the acolyte is under suspicion.
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison. 15 CDs at 19 hours. Books with vampire/witch/bounty hunter/sex/werewolf/fairy characters still check out well. The audiobooks check out well, too. This should check-out well. Do you think this will check-out well? Why will this check-out well? Check-out well, check-out well, check-out well, check-out well.
Brutal Telling by Louise Penny. 11 CDs at 13 hours. Quebec's Chief Inspector Gamache returns to Three Pines, Quebec to investigate another murder. I read the first book in this series and then never got back to the sequels.
My Trip to Quebec by Gerard the Reminiscing. I went to Quebec on my honeymoon. I brought my wife along. I really enjoyed Montreal. The Botanical Gardens was really, really impressive. We had dinner at a nice place, ate smoked meat, had coffee, took the subway, visited Mount Royal Park. After the trip I would tell people, only half-jokingly, that we were going to move there. I used to go online looking at real estate ads and job openings, reading novels, and watching movies.
Picasso Flop by Vince Van Patten and Robert J. Randisi. 5 CDs at 6.5 hours. Professional poker player Jimmy goes to prison and his wealthy cellmate strikes a deal to pay Jimmy to teach poker to the cell-mate's kid. Jimmy gets out of prison and things are working great with his acolyte when a competing player is murdered and the acolyte is under suspicion.
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison. 15 CDs at 19 hours. Books with vampire/witch/bounty hunter/sex/werewolf/fairy characters still check out well. The audiobooks check out well, too. This should check-out well. Do you think this will check-out well? Why will this check-out well? Check-out well, check-out well, check-out well, check-out well.
Brutal Telling by Louise Penny. 11 CDs at 13 hours. Quebec's Chief Inspector Gamache returns to Three Pines, Quebec to investigate another murder. I read the first book in this series and then never got back to the sequels.
My Trip to Quebec by Gerard the Reminiscing. I went to Quebec on my honeymoon. I brought my wife along. I really enjoyed Montreal. The Botanical Gardens was really, really impressive. We had dinner at a nice place, ate smoked meat, had coffee, took the subway, visited Mount Royal Park. After the trip I would tell people, only half-jokingly, that we were going to move there. I used to go online looking at real estate ads and job openings, reading novels, and watching movies.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
True Stories - Maybe, You'll Have to Verify That Yourself
NonFiction
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler. I thought we had this. We did not. I ordered it. It arrived. It has a handful of photographs.
Women Food and God by Geneen Roth. This was on the bestseller list.
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. "Qanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history."
Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory by Brad Hooper. Hooper works for Booklist. Or maybe Library Journal.
Angelina by Andrew Morton. Unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie.
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler. I thought we had this. We did not. I ordered it. It arrived. It has a handful of photographs.
Women Food and God by Geneen Roth. This was on the bestseller list.
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. "Qanah Parker and the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history."
Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory by Brad Hooper. Hooper works for Booklist. Or maybe Library Journal.
Angelina by Andrew Morton. Unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie.
Make Believe Stories
Fiction
Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie. Lady takes care of ex-husband's delinquent cousins.
Empire by Steven Saylor (no relation). Another historical Rome novel by Saylor (no relation). Saylor (no relation) always does a great job mixing characters, historical setting, and the particular aspects of Roman culture. (no relation).
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs. Doctor picks over the bones of the dead.
Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks. Let me guess: guy with black staff hits whacks forces of evil across the head.
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Franzen is supposed to be a living literary god. I have not yet read any of his books but I did enjoy the brouhaha over the NYT and Jodi Picoult.
Nemesis by Lindsey Davis. This lady's mysteries are supposed to be really good too. Also similar to Saylor's (no relation) with an ancient setting.
Lost Empire by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood. Boat sinks. Times passes. People find boat.
Large Print
Veil of Night by Linda Howard. On the cover: Girl wrapped in gauze and backlit. Reminds me of that awful movie with Orson Welles and Pia Zadora.
Tough Customer by Sandra Brown. Same cover as hardcover edition.
Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie. Lady takes care of ex-husband's delinquent cousins.
Empire by Steven Saylor (no relation). Another historical Rome novel by Saylor (no relation). Saylor (no relation) always does a great job mixing characters, historical setting, and the particular aspects of Roman culture. (no relation).
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs. Doctor picks over the bones of the dead.
Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks. Let me guess: guy with black staff hits whacks forces of evil across the head.
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Franzen is supposed to be a living literary god. I have not yet read any of his books but I did enjoy the brouhaha over the NYT and Jodi Picoult.
Nemesis by Lindsey Davis. This lady's mysteries are supposed to be really good too. Also similar to Saylor's (no relation) with an ancient setting.
Lost Empire by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood. Boat sinks. Times passes. People find boat.
Large Print
Veil of Night by Linda Howard. On the cover: Girl wrapped in gauze and backlit. Reminds me of that awful movie with Orson Welles and Pia Zadora.
Tough Customer by Sandra Brown. Same cover as hardcover edition.
Monday, August 30, 2010
New Stuff? Yes. But, not yet.
Musical Interlude
I'm listening to 6 Music while recording results of our user survey. This song played and I liked it.
I'm listening to 6 Music while recording results of our user survey. This song played and I liked it.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Three Fiction
Fiction
Fragile by Lisa Unger. Don't know.
Million Little Mistakes: you win $212 million, now what? by Heather McElhatton. Adult version a Choose Your Own Adventure book with the character winning a lottery.
I used to buy those books. I think I found some in a box recently and they smelled bad.
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman. Some sort of novel. According to the flyleaf Lippman has been given many writing awards.
Fragile by Lisa Unger. Don't know.
Million Little Mistakes: you win $212 million, now what? by Heather McElhatton. Adult version a Choose Your Own Adventure book with the character winning a lottery.
I used to buy those books. I think I found some in a box recently and they smelled bad.
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman. Some sort of novel. According to the flyleaf Lippman has been given many writing awards.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Books Made From Paper
Adult Fiction
Four Stories by Etgar Keret. Four short stories by the king of short stories involving depression, sex, ennui, modern Israeli life, fantastical elements, and sometimes dreamlike images. We have a movie, $9.99, based off Keret's stories.
Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund. Patterson is no longer a man, he has turned into a factory.
Crossfire by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. I assume Dick Francis was fully involved in this one and probably finished before he died.
Three Stations by Martin Cruz Smith. An Arkady Renko novel. Let me make a guess. Arkady has to deal with 1) Murder 2) Politics 3) Personal turmoil in his love life 4) Vodka swilling drunks 5) Corruption. I have enjoyed all the Renko novels but the last one, Stalin's Ghost, was a so-so effort.
Large Print
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton.
Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran. Hey, Dunedin, have you heard of this one? Accountant moves his family to Wellington in 1800s and his wife and kids are kidnapped by a Maori. Accountatn unable to find his family and moves to California. Accountant remarries and his family shows up.
Four Stories by Etgar Keret. Four short stories by the king of short stories involving depression, sex, ennui, modern Israeli life, fantastical elements, and sometimes dreamlike images. We have a movie, $9.99, based off Keret's stories.
Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund. Patterson is no longer a man, he has turned into a factory.
Crossfire by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. I assume Dick Francis was fully involved in this one and probably finished before he died.
Three Stations by Martin Cruz Smith. An Arkady Renko novel. Let me make a guess. Arkady has to deal with 1) Murder 2) Politics 3) Personal turmoil in his love life 4) Vodka swilling drunks 5) Corruption. I have enjoyed all the Renko novels but the last one, Stalin's Ghost, was a so-so effort.
Large Print
31 Hours by Masha Hamilton.
Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran. Hey, Dunedin, have you heard of this one? Accountant moves his family to Wellington in 1800s and his wife and kids are kidnapped by a Maori. Accountatn unable to find his family and moves to California. Accountant remarries and his family shows up.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
What to Read 39: Johnny Porno by Charlie Stella
What to Read 39: Johnny Porno by Charlie Stella
Another well-done novel by Stella. Stella's author's foreword about his life and writing life is also good reading.
Hey, Charlie. Embed this all you like.
Another well-done novel by Stella. Stella's author's foreword about his life and writing life is also good reading.
Hey, Charlie. Embed this all you like.
Three Audio on CD
AudioBooks on CD
The Search by Nora Roberts. Survivor of serial killer starts to get hot for newcomer to town while a copycat killer starts to strike.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls by Dean Koontz. Long awaited third novel in Koontz's Frankenstein story.
Cindy and the Prince by Debbie Macomber. Girl janitor crashes big-time executive's Christmas party and they hit it off. Too bad she didn't tell him what she does for a living...
The Search by Nora Roberts. Survivor of serial killer starts to get hot for newcomer to town while a copycat killer starts to strike.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls by Dean Koontz. Long awaited third novel in Koontz's Frankenstein story.
Cindy and the Prince by Debbie Macomber. Girl janitor crashes big-time executive's Christmas party and they hit it off. Too bad she didn't tell him what she does for a living...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Billy Boyle and a Stack of Large Print
Fiction
Rag and Bone: a Billy Boyle World War Two Mystery. Neat mystery series set in WWII with Boyle as a special investigator for his uncle, General Eisenhower. Boyle is in London investigating the murder of a Russian general who was murdered using the exact methods the Russians used to massacre Polish soldiers at the Katyn Forest.
I plugged these novels before.
Capitol Game by Brian Haig. I have nothing to say.
The Vigilantes by W.E.B.Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. Philadelphia homicide detective Matt is investigating a recent spike in killings of street thugs and thinks professional killers are behind it all.
Tough Customer by Sandra Brown. Photo of a long dock on the cover.
Cure by Robin Cook. Robin Cook is a man. I always think he is a she.
Large Print
Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke.
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner.
Austin by Linda Lael Miller.
Knife Music by David Carnoy.
Looking for a Love Story by Louise Shaffer. I may have read one of her books before. Let me check... Nope, not a one.
The Big Bang by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. Mike Hammer novel.
Live and Tell by Lisa Gardner.
The Perfect Happiness by Santa Montefiore.
Rag and Bone: a Billy Boyle World War Two Mystery. Neat mystery series set in WWII with Boyle as a special investigator for his uncle, General Eisenhower. Boyle is in London investigating the murder of a Russian general who was murdered using the exact methods the Russians used to massacre Polish soldiers at the Katyn Forest.
I plugged these novels before.
Capitol Game by Brian Haig. I have nothing to say.
The Vigilantes by W.E.B.Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. Philadelphia homicide detective Matt is investigating a recent spike in killings of street thugs and thinks professional killers are behind it all.
Tough Customer by Sandra Brown. Photo of a long dock on the cover.
Cure by Robin Cook. Robin Cook is a man. I always think he is a she.
Large Print
Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke.
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner.
Austin by Linda Lael Miller.
Knife Music by David Carnoy.
Looking for a Love Story by Louise Shaffer. I may have read one of her books before. Let me check... Nope, not a one.
The Big Bang by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. Mike Hammer novel.
Live and Tell by Lisa Gardner.
The Perfect Happiness by Santa Montefiore.
Surviving a Shoot Down Over Japan
NonFiction
Field of Spears: the last mission of the Jordan Crew by Gregory Hadley. True story of a B-29 crew shot down over Japan on July 20, 1945. Written by an American now living in Japan and teaching at Niigata University.
This was donated by a guy who lives around the corner from me. He came in to donate the book and mentioned he was shot down and in the book. I asked, "Where were you shot down?" He replies, "Over Japan." I was surprised he was still alive.
Field of Spears: the last mission of the Jordan Crew by Gregory Hadley. True story of a B-29 crew shot down over Japan on July 20, 1945. Written by an American now living in Japan and teaching at Niigata University.
This was donated by a guy who lives around the corner from me. He came in to donate the book and mentioned he was shot down and in the book. I asked, "Where were you shot down?" He replies, "Over Japan." I was surprised he was still alive.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010
A New Crider Novel and Other Things
My Vacation is Over
My Feelings Are Mixed by Gerard the Library Director.
Fiction
Murder in the Air by Bill Crider. A Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery. I do not know what the plot is. That doesn't matter, I'll read it anyway. I suppose wild hogs will be mentioned.
Cemetery Road by Gar Anthony Haywood. Handy returns to Los Angeles to attend his old friend's funeral. Handy thinks his pal's death is connected to a robbery they pulled 26 years ago.
Scarlet Nights by Jude Deveraux. A popular author.
Hangman by Faye Kellerman. Do all the Kellerman's ever get together and try to mix all their lead characters together?
Burn by Nevada Barr. An Anna Pigeon novel but with Pigeon on leave from the Park Service and visiting a friend in New Orleans.
Wolf's Bluff by W.D. Gagliani. Homicide cop - and werewolf - Nick Lupo has battled other werewolves before, killers who unlike Nick have no problem hunting human prey. So when a new series of savage animal attacks the area, Nick already has a suspect in mind...as he begins his surveillance, someone else is out there, watching them both. Someone with a very deadly plan. Someone who knows just what it takes to kill a werewolf.
I've spoken to Gagliani a couple times. He is a good dude.
NonFiction
Lies the Government Told You: myth, power, and deception in American history by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano. I never heard of Napolitano before I saw him on BookTV getting interviewed by Ralph Nader. Napolitano is a frequent guest on FOX News and leans to libertarianism. He lists 17 lies in his book, including: Judges are like umpires, We are winning the war on drugs, America has a free market, The Constitution applies in good times and in bad times.
Australian Radio
I'm listening to 6PR which is a talk radio station in Perth, Western Australia. They are currently discussing drinking problems in Perth. Coincidentally, they read a news item a few minutes ago about a guy who was at a Perth nightclub when his face was struck with a glass or bottle. The guy's arteries and veins were cut and he ended up with 80 stitches on his face.
My Feelings Are Mixed by Gerard the Library Director.
Fiction
Murder in the Air by Bill Crider. A Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery. I do not know what the plot is. That doesn't matter, I'll read it anyway. I suppose wild hogs will be mentioned.
Cemetery Road by Gar Anthony Haywood. Handy returns to Los Angeles to attend his old friend's funeral. Handy thinks his pal's death is connected to a robbery they pulled 26 years ago.
Scarlet Nights by Jude Deveraux. A popular author.
Hangman by Faye Kellerman. Do all the Kellerman's ever get together and try to mix all their lead characters together?
Burn by Nevada Barr. An Anna Pigeon novel but with Pigeon on leave from the Park Service and visiting a friend in New Orleans.
Wolf's Bluff by W.D. Gagliani. Homicide cop - and werewolf - Nick Lupo has battled other werewolves before, killers who unlike Nick have no problem hunting human prey. So when a new series of savage animal attacks the area, Nick already has a suspect in mind...as he begins his surveillance, someone else is out there, watching them both. Someone with a very deadly plan. Someone who knows just what it takes to kill a werewolf.
I've spoken to Gagliani a couple times. He is a good dude.
NonFiction
Lies the Government Told You: myth, power, and deception in American history by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano. I never heard of Napolitano before I saw him on BookTV getting interviewed by Ralph Nader. Napolitano is a frequent guest on FOX News and leans to libertarianism. He lists 17 lies in his book, including: Judges are like umpires, We are winning the war on drugs, America has a free market, The Constitution applies in good times and in bad times.
Australian Radio
I'm listening to 6PR which is a talk radio station in Perth, Western Australia. They are currently discussing drinking problems in Perth. Coincidentally, they read a news item a few minutes ago about a guy who was at a Perth nightclub when his face was struck with a glass or bottle. The guy's arteries and veins were cut and he ended up with 80 stitches on his face.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
To Keep a Blog Relevant You Must Keep It Current
Here are some current photos
Weird Looking Dog
Boy Petting A Cat
Box of Vacation Books
Weird Looking Dog
Boy Petting A Cat
Box of Vacation Books
Friday, July 23, 2010
I'm Leaving. Here Are Five Large Print. You May Cry While I Am Gone.
Large Print
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter.
In the Name of the Father by Richard North Patterson.
The Spy by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.
That Perfect Someone by Johanna Lindsey.
The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver.
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter.
In the Name of the Father by Richard North Patterson.
The Spy by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.
That Perfect Someone by Johanna Lindsey.
The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Dang, Missed Two
Fiction
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Vietnam novel that took 30 years to write and get published. Highly recommended by several sources.
Agents of Treachery edited by Otto Penzler. Short stories of intrigue and espionage from Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Stephen Hunter, and more.
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes. Vietnam novel that took 30 years to write and get published. Highly recommended by several sources.
Agents of Treachery edited by Otto Penzler. Short stories of intrigue and espionage from Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Stephen Hunter, and more.
Large Print
Large Print
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery.
Garrett by Linda Lael Miller. A McKettrick's of Texas novel.
Private Life by Jane Smiley.
Long Way Home by Robin Pilcher.
State Fair by Earlene Fowler.
Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard.
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery.
Garrett by Linda Lael Miller. A McKettrick's of Texas novel.
Private Life by Jane Smiley.
Long Way Home by Robin Pilcher.
State Fair by Earlene Fowler.
Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard.
Hoo-ray, Hoo-roo, Hoo-rah Cataloger Jim is back and New Books are ready
Christa Faust
Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire by Gabriel Hunt (Christa Faust). Part of the pulp throwback adventure series by Hard Case Crime. Modern day adventurer and playboy Gabriel Hunt is asked by the daughter of Dr. Lawrence Silver to find her missing father. Penned by the great and mighty Christa Faust. If Victor Gischler and Christa Faust were to collaborate on a child that child would rule the world of literature.
[Not Yet Ready] by Christa Faust. I ordered another Faust title but I could not find it in the stack of processed books. Wait.
Fiction
Dirty Laundry by Liz Osbourne. Mystery in a hospital with Patient relations manager Robyn finding a patient strangled by his IV tubes.
Savages by Don Winslow. Small time marijuana growers are challenged by a violent Mexican cartel. Growers say no and violence begins. The kidnapping of a grower's pal brings "a dizzying array of ingenious negotiations and gripping plot twists."
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. Yep. I'm late on ordering this.
The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle. Third novel about Irishman Henry Smart. Former IRA hitman Henry is in California's Monument Valley in 1946 and ends up working with movie director John Ford. Sent back to Ireland in 1951 to work on another film Henry ends up settling there.
The Search by Nora Roberts. Ghostwriter? I don't know.
Faithful Place by Tana French. Popular author of thrillers. In 1985 Dublin teen aged Frank and Rosie are going to run away to London. When Rosie never shows Frank figures he got dumped and heads out alone. 22 years later Rosie's old suitcase is found hidden behind a a fireplace in an old house and Frank is headed back home "whether he likes it or not."
The Whisperers by John Connolly. I cannot keep John Connolly and John Connelly straight. This is the Irish one.
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith. If you have trouble keeping Smith's series apart this is the African one.
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke. I'm about six novels behind in Burke's Dave Robicheaux series. I never got started on that Montana series.
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Another missed boat.
Undead and Unfinished by Mary Janice Davidson. Another vampire series I have not started. My wife reads these. You can ask you for a precis.
Live to Tell by Lisa Gardener. "A Detective D.D. Warren novel."
They're Watching by Gregg Hurwitz. Hollywood failure Patrick and his wife are being stalked and secretly recorded at home.
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner. Politician's wife, her daughter and her sister are drawn together and across the headlines when the politician is caught with another woman.
Quarry in the Middle by Max Allan Collins. Assassin Quarry is hired by rival casino owners. A great series.
A Murder of Crows by P.F. Chisholm. Sir Robert Carey wants to return from London to the Scottish border and his Deputy Warden. But 1592 family entanglements and politics require him to investigate a London murder.
Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire by Gabriel Hunt (Christa Faust). Part of the pulp throwback adventure series by Hard Case Crime. Modern day adventurer and playboy Gabriel Hunt is asked by the daughter of Dr. Lawrence Silver to find her missing father. Penned by the great and mighty Christa Faust. If Victor Gischler and Christa Faust were to collaborate on a child that child would rule the world of literature.
[Not Yet Ready] by Christa Faust. I ordered another Faust title but I could not find it in the stack of processed books. Wait.
Fiction
Dirty Laundry by Liz Osbourne. Mystery in a hospital with Patient relations manager Robyn finding a patient strangled by his IV tubes.
Savages by Don Winslow. Small time marijuana growers are challenged by a violent Mexican cartel. Growers say no and violence begins. The kidnapping of a grower's pal brings "a dizzying array of ingenious negotiations and gripping plot twists."
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson. Yep. I'm late on ordering this.
The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle. Third novel about Irishman Henry Smart. Former IRA hitman Henry is in California's Monument Valley in 1946 and ends up working with movie director John Ford. Sent back to Ireland in 1951 to work on another film Henry ends up settling there.
The Search by Nora Roberts. Ghostwriter? I don't know.
Faithful Place by Tana French. Popular author of thrillers. In 1985 Dublin teen aged Frank and Rosie are going to run away to London. When Rosie never shows Frank figures he got dumped and heads out alone. 22 years later Rosie's old suitcase is found hidden behind a a fireplace in an old house and Frank is headed back home "whether he likes it or not."
The Whisperers by John Connolly. I cannot keep John Connolly and John Connelly straight. This is the Irish one.
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith. If you have trouble keeping Smith's series apart this is the African one.
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke. I'm about six novels behind in Burke's Dave Robicheaux series. I never got started on that Montana series.
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. Another missed boat.
Undead and Unfinished by Mary Janice Davidson. Another vampire series I have not started. My wife reads these. You can ask you for a precis.
Live to Tell by Lisa Gardener. "A Detective D.D. Warren novel."
They're Watching by Gregg Hurwitz. Hollywood failure Patrick and his wife are being stalked and secretly recorded at home.
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner. Politician's wife, her daughter and her sister are drawn together and across the headlines when the politician is caught with another woman.
Quarry in the Middle by Max Allan Collins. Assassin Quarry is hired by rival casino owners. A great series.
A Murder of Crows by P.F. Chisholm. Sir Robert Carey wants to return from London to the Scottish border and his Deputy Warden. But 1592 family entanglements and politics require him to investigate a London murder.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Nothing New, Hang the DJ
Nothing New
We received a box of new books but our Cataloging Dude is on vacation.
Hang the DJ While You Wait
We received a box of new books but our Cataloging Dude is on vacation.
Hang the DJ While You Wait
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Barry Eisler, Part One
Fiction
Inside Out by Barry Eisler. This novel just came out. I won't write anything about it because Eisler's book tour brought him through Milwaukee last night and he was kind enough to speak on camera about the novel. Hopefully my software will not crash and you can watch Eisler on YouTube.
Broken by Karen Slaughter. Trees on the cover.
Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Liar's Lullaby by Meg Gardiner. Cover: background cityscape of San Francisco with lower quarter of woman's face.
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen. What is cooler than being cool anyway?
In the Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson. Cover illustration of flying helicopters, dusty sunset, dejected woman, and pensive guy.
Family Ties by Danielle Steel. Bird's nest with three eggs on the cover.
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich. I thought we had this already.
Work Song by Ivan Doig. Another novel about Montana.
Frozen Stiff by Mary Logue. Mystery with ice crystals on cover. This book is from Tyrus Books so it is probably pretty good. Logue does some teaching at Hamline. I am indifferent towards Hamline. I drove up there with Happy (photo at page 54) to a football game once.
Inside Out by Barry Eisler. This novel just came out. I won't write anything about it because Eisler's book tour brought him through Milwaukee last night and he was kind enough to speak on camera about the novel. Hopefully my software will not crash and you can watch Eisler on YouTube.
Broken by Karen Slaughter. Trees on the cover.
Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
Liar's Lullaby by Meg Gardiner. Cover: background cityscape of San Francisco with lower quarter of woman's face.
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen. What is cooler than being cool anyway?
In the Name of Honor by Richard North Patterson. Cover illustration of flying helicopters, dusty sunset, dejected woman, and pensive guy.
Family Ties by Danielle Steel. Bird's nest with three eggs on the cover.
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich. I thought we had this already.
Work Song by Ivan Doig. Another novel about Montana.
Frozen Stiff by Mary Logue. Mystery with ice crystals on cover. This book is from Tyrus Books so it is probably pretty good. Logue does some teaching at Hamline. I am indifferent towards Hamline. I drove up there with Happy (photo at page 54) to a football game once.
Friday, July 02, 2010
Kick Out the Hot Rats From the Hot Tub
Music on CD
The Big Bang!: the best of the MC5 by The MC5. From the booklet:
The West Coast was another story altogether. For the hippies, we were a big problem. West Coast hippie music had a gentleness; it was a goofy, "la-la" kind of electrified folk music that they all seemed to identify with. Bands like the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, and Quicksilver [Messenger Service], The Youngbloods, et al., represented mass-marketed peace-and-flower-power crap. Here come the MC5, from Detroit, with our sequined stage outfits and 100-watt Marshall stacks blasting. We just couldn't connect out West with our leaping, spinning, knee-dropping stage show, ranting and raving about gun-toting politics and "Kicking out the jams, motherfuckers!" We opened a free concert in Golden Gate park with a balls-out version of "Tutti-Frutti." The crowd stood there transfixed, dumbstruck. We thought it was great.
Hot Rats by Frank Zappa. No one else in the system has this album and I think it should check-out well.
DVD
Hot Tub Time Machine starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Crispin Glover, others. Middle-aged guys drink too much and end up in 1986.
The White Ribbon starring [Germans]. German village in pre-World War One has "strange accidents" and then more bad things happen. I think. I have not seen the picture.
NonFiction
War by Sebastian Junger. Junger spent a year of on-and-off living with an airborne unit on a mountain in Afghanistan. Boredom, boredom, boredom, boredom, SHOOTING!, boredom, boredom, boredom, boredom, boredom.
Medium Raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook by Anthony Bourdain.
Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush. I screwed up on this one. I never heard of the book until I saw it listed on the bestseller list.
Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories edited by Sarah A. Larsen and Jennifer M. Miller. Book version of the public television series. Extensive interviews with Badger veterans of the Vietnam War. There is a guy in town who was a Radar Officer on one of the destroyers during the Gulf Of Tonkin incident. Local guy Scott, the guy with the dog, mentioned that the correct answer on the SAT question on the Tonkin is that the whole thing was made up. Radar Officer guy says, "Baloney, I was there."
The Big Bang!: the best of the MC5 by The MC5. From the booklet:
The West Coast was another story altogether. For the hippies, we were a big problem. West Coast hippie music had a gentleness; it was a goofy, "la-la" kind of electrified folk music that they all seemed to identify with. Bands like the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, and Quicksilver [Messenger Service], The Youngbloods, et al., represented mass-marketed peace-and-flower-power crap. Here come the MC5, from Detroit, with our sequined stage outfits and 100-watt Marshall stacks blasting. We just couldn't connect out West with our leaping, spinning, knee-dropping stage show, ranting and raving about gun-toting politics and "Kicking out the jams, motherfuckers!" We opened a free concert in Golden Gate park with a balls-out version of "Tutti-Frutti." The crowd stood there transfixed, dumbstruck. We thought it was great.
Hot Rats by Frank Zappa. No one else in the system has this album and I think it should check-out well.
DVD
Hot Tub Time Machine starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Crispin Glover, others. Middle-aged guys drink too much and end up in 1986.
The White Ribbon starring [Germans]. German village in pre-World War One has "strange accidents" and then more bad things happen. I think. I have not seen the picture.
NonFiction
War by Sebastian Junger. Junger spent a year of on-and-off living with an airborne unit on a mountain in Afghanistan. Boredom, boredom, boredom, boredom, SHOOTING!, boredom, boredom, boredom, boredom, boredom.
Medium Raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook by Anthony Bourdain.
Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush. I screwed up on this one. I never heard of the book until I saw it listed on the bestseller list.
Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories edited by Sarah A. Larsen and Jennifer M. Miller. Book version of the public television series. Extensive interviews with Badger veterans of the Vietnam War. There is a guy in town who was a Radar Officer on one of the destroyers during the Gulf Of Tonkin incident. Local guy Scott, the guy with the dog, mentioned that the correct answer on the SAT question on the Tonkin is that the whole thing was made up. Radar Officer guy says, "Baloney, I was there."
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Book Excerpt: "Nature Noir" by Jordan Fisher Smith
Book Excerpt
Nature Noir by Jordan Fisher Smith, 2005.
Nature Noir by Jordan Fisher Smith, 2005.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wisconsin History, Neurotic Behavior, Canadian Mystery
NonFiction
A Short History of Wisconsin by Erika Janik. Recent publication from the WI Historical Press. State history in 200 pages with a long recommended reading list. Super Quentin says the Wisconsin state bird is the robin.
Badger Boneyards: the eternal rest of the story by Dennis McCann. Doug More wrote a column on the author and book. Not to be confused with the Boneyard.
People Their Places and Things: 50 more tales from Lake Mills, 2010 by Roland Liebenow, M.D. We have one copy to check out. A second copy in reference. A third copy hidden away if some weaselly jerk steals the first two copies. Thieving weasels.
DVD
Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories by Wisconsin Public Television. Interviews with Wisconsin veterans. A really good program.
Curb Your Enthusiasm: the complete seventh season starring Christian Slater, Rosie O'Donnell, Ted Danson, Richard Lewis, Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, others.
A Short History of Wisconsin by Erika Janik. Recent publication from the WI Historical Press. State history in 200 pages with a long recommended reading list. Super Quentin says the Wisconsin state bird is the robin.
Badger Boneyards: the eternal rest of the story by Dennis McCann. Doug More wrote a column on the author and book. Not to be confused with the Boneyard.
People Their Places and Things: 50 more tales from Lake Mills, 2010 by Roland Liebenow, M.D. We have one copy to check out. A second copy in reference. A third copy hidden away if some weaselly jerk steals the first two copies. Thieving weasels.
DVD
Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories by Wisconsin Public Television. Interviews with Wisconsin veterans. A really good program.
Curb Your Enthusiasm: the complete seventh season starring Christian Slater, Rosie O'Donnell, Ted Danson, Richard Lewis, Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, others.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Reminder: Bowie
David Bowie
We have the concert DVD of Bowie's Reality Tour.
Thin White Duke? Or Pale Scrawny Scarecrow?
We also have Absolute Beginners from 1986.
Adrian Belew played guitar for Bowie a few times. I didn't know Belew also worked with Frank Zappa.
We have the concert DVD of Bowie's Reality Tour.
Thin White Duke? Or Pale Scrawny Scarecrow?
We also have Absolute Beginners from 1986.
Adrian Belew played guitar for Bowie a few times. I didn't know Belew also worked with Frank Zappa.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Four DVDs: You've Only Heard of One
DVDs
Shutter Island with Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, others. Policeman investigates mystery at insane asylum on Shutter Island.
$9.99: the meaning of life on sale now! starring Geoffrey Rush and Anthony Lapaglia. Australian actors do voice over for stop-motion animation tale by Israeli author. Dave Peck, an unemployed 28-year-old with no goals or aspirations, finds an ad for a book promising the meaning of life for only $9.99. Wishing to share his discovery, his path crosses with those of his unusual neighbors, who, in their own bizarre ways, are all on their own search for hope and redemption.
We just received a short story collection by the Etgar Keret on whose stories the movie is based on.
Not the Messiah: he's a very naughty boy by Monty Python. Stage performance based off the Life of Brian by the Python troupe.
Capitaine Alatriste with Viggo Mortensen. 17th Century swordplay epic with Spanish soldier.
Shutter Island with Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, others. Policeman investigates mystery at insane asylum on Shutter Island.
$9.99: the meaning of life on sale now! starring Geoffrey Rush and Anthony Lapaglia. Australian actors do voice over for stop-motion animation tale by Israeli author. Dave Peck, an unemployed 28-year-old with no goals or aspirations, finds an ad for a book promising the meaning of life for only $9.99. Wishing to share his discovery, his path crosses with those of his unusual neighbors, who, in their own bizarre ways, are all on their own search for hope and redemption.
We just received a short story collection by the Etgar Keret on whose stories the movie is based on.
Not the Messiah: he's a very naughty boy by Monty Python. Stage performance based off the Life of Brian by the Python troupe.
Capitaine Alatriste with Viggo Mortensen. 17th Century swordplay epic with Spanish soldier.
Large Print
Large Print
Never Less Than A Lady by Mary Jo Putney.
Wrecked by Carol Higgins Clark.
Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron.
Out of Mind: a Court of Angels novel by Stella Cameron.
Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb.
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.
Never Less Than A Lady by Mary Jo Putney.
Wrecked by Carol Higgins Clark.
Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron.
Out of Mind: a Court of Angels novel by Stella Cameron.
Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb.
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.
Friday, June 25, 2010
What a combo: Stella's "Johnny Porno" and Cox's "Supersex"
Fiction
Johnny Porno by Charlie Stella. 1973 New York City and unemployed John Albano is collecting mob receipts for illegal showings of Deep Throat. The newly nicknamed Johnny Porno has to deal with a vengeful ex-cop, a crazy ex-wife, and an angry mobster's nephew. Getting this dang novel took forever. First, I had to wait for publication. Second, the novel took forever to ship. Third, getting the book cataloged took forever. Stella does good work.
Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst. Furst also does good work. Spy novel set in World War Two.
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter. How many novels a year feature cover photos or illustrations of D.C. landmarks like the White House, Capitol Building and various memorials?
Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes. Single mom with terminal illness returns home to try and find a permanent home for her young daughter. Daughter's father understandably shocked when he finds out he has a daughter.
Lowcountry Summer by Dorothy Benton Frank. Sequel to Plantation.
Our Red Hot Romance is Leaving Me Blue by Dixie Cash. When I was selecting (picking out books to purchase) I looked up this author in our catalog. The only other novel of Cash's that the library has is from 2005 but has checked out 33 freaking times! That is a lot for a small place like this.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls by Dean Koontz. What, no dogs?
That Perfect Someone by Johanna Lindsey. Shirtless guys from paperback romances sure have started to sneak onto hardcovers like this one. I first mistyped shirtless as shortless. Maybe that will be the next trend.
NonFiction
Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN by Gary Williams. What a punny title. Bio of the guy who was praised by Marcus Luttrell in Luttrell's own book.
Supersex for Life: the great sex guide for long-term lovers by Tracey Cox. Another DK book.
Quick-Fix Healthy Mix: 225 Healthy and affordable mix recipes to stock your kitchen by Casey Kellar and Nicole Kellar-Munoz.
Johnny Porno by Charlie Stella. 1973 New York City and unemployed John Albano is collecting mob receipts for illegal showings of Deep Throat. The newly nicknamed Johnny Porno has to deal with a vengeful ex-cop, a crazy ex-wife, and an angry mobster's nephew. Getting this dang novel took forever. First, I had to wait for publication. Second, the novel took forever to ship. Third, getting the book cataloged took forever. Stella does good work.
Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst. Furst also does good work. Spy novel set in World War Two.
Whiplash by Catherine Coulter. How many novels a year feature cover photos or illustrations of D.C. landmarks like the White House, Capitol Building and various memorials?
Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes. Single mom with terminal illness returns home to try and find a permanent home for her young daughter. Daughter's father understandably shocked when he finds out he has a daughter.
Lowcountry Summer by Dorothy Benton Frank. Sequel to Plantation.
Our Red Hot Romance is Leaving Me Blue by Dixie Cash. When I was selecting (picking out books to purchase) I looked up this author in our catalog. The only other novel of Cash's that the library has is from 2005 but has checked out 33 freaking times! That is a lot for a small place like this.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls by Dean Koontz. What, no dogs?
That Perfect Someone by Johanna Lindsey. Shirtless guys from paperback romances sure have started to sneak onto hardcovers like this one. I first mistyped shirtless as shortless. Maybe that will be the next trend.
NonFiction
Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN by Gary Williams. What a punny title. Bio of the guy who was praised by Marcus Luttrell in Luttrell's own book.
Supersex for Life: the great sex guide for long-term lovers by Tracey Cox. Another DK book.
Quick-Fix Healthy Mix: 225 Healthy and affordable mix recipes to stock your kitchen by Casey Kellar and Nicole Kellar-Munoz.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Music, Music, Music
Music on CD
Together by The New Pornographers. What this really means is that Neko Case has a new album out. Have you seen that one picture of Case? Here is an older tune:
Year of the Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria. This band seems to have a strong following. If you attend one of their concerts make sure you don't stand next to Richard Christie.
Brothers by The Black Keys. Endorsed by Bill Crider.
North Mississippi All Stars. We don't have a new album by the North Mississippi guys but the The Black Keys remind me of them.
Exile on Main St. by Th Rolling Stones. Remaster of the famous double album with extra tracks included. We have a book about the chaotic making of the album, Exile on Main Street: a season in hell with the Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield. I have not read the book but Artie Lange said it is quite interesting.
Little Steven has been playing Plundered My Soul every weekend on his show.
American Slang by Gaslight Anthem. I mentioned this several posts ago. Also getting airplay by Little Steven.
Together by The New Pornographers. What this really means is that Neko Case has a new album out. Have you seen that one picture of Case? Here is an older tune:
Year of the Black Rainbow by Coheed and Cambria. This band seems to have a strong following. If you attend one of their concerts make sure you don't stand next to Richard Christie.
Brothers by The Black Keys. Endorsed by Bill Crider.
North Mississippi All Stars. We don't have a new album by the North Mississippi guys but the The Black Keys remind me of them.
Exile on Main St. by Th Rolling Stones. Remaster of the famous double album with extra tracks included. We have a book about the chaotic making of the album, Exile on Main Street: a season in hell with the Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield. I have not read the book but Artie Lange said it is quite interesting.
Little Steven has been playing Plundered My Soul every weekend on his show.
American Slang by Gaslight Anthem. I mentioned this several posts ago. Also getting airplay by Little Steven.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Gun Book!, Drawing, Infant Care
Fiction
What Doesn't Kill You by Virgina DeBerry and Donna Grant. Forty-something single mom gets laid off, wakes up with a younger man after her daughter's wedding, and has to decide if her life is really just about working for a paycheck. DeBerry wrote a letter to Library Journal that sold me on buying this novel.
NonFiction
Personal Defense for Women by Gila Hayes. Avoiding conflict, defense techniques, fight back with non lethal tools, use a firearm with confidence. The author owns Firearms Academy of Seattle. I looked at their web page a few years ago and was impressed with their large range.
How to Draw from Photographs by Diane Cardaci. Learn how to create beautiful, lifelike drawings from your own photographs. Draw your dog. Or, draw my dog and all it's shedding fur that covers the floor at home.
The Political Zoo by Michael Savage. An older book but I had a customer request. I also pre-ordered the author's upcoming book which releases this fall.
Rough Guide to Paris by Ruth Blackmore and James McConnachie. With photos of summertime fun and pleasantness. As if it never snows or rains in Paris.
The Essential First Year by Penelope Leach. Planning, feeding, kicking, sleeping, etc. This is a DK book so you know it is pretty darn decent.
151 Ways to Help Your Child Have a Great Day at School by Robin McClure. #79: Eat lunch with your child at least once a month.
151 Ways to Start the School Year Off Right by Robin McClure. #43: Keep the "getting dressed" morning ritual as stress-free as possible.
What Doesn't Kill You by Virgina DeBerry and Donna Grant. Forty-something single mom gets laid off, wakes up with a younger man after her daughter's wedding, and has to decide if her life is really just about working for a paycheck. DeBerry wrote a letter to Library Journal that sold me on buying this novel.
NonFiction
Personal Defense for Women by Gila Hayes. Avoiding conflict, defense techniques, fight back with non lethal tools, use a firearm with confidence. The author owns Firearms Academy of Seattle. I looked at their web page a few years ago and was impressed with their large range.
How to Draw from Photographs by Diane Cardaci. Learn how to create beautiful, lifelike drawings from your own photographs. Draw your dog. Or, draw my dog and all it's shedding fur that covers the floor at home.
The Political Zoo by Michael Savage. An older book but I had a customer request. I also pre-ordered the author's upcoming book which releases this fall.
Rough Guide to Paris by Ruth Blackmore and James McConnachie. With photos of summertime fun and pleasantness. As if it never snows or rains in Paris.
The Essential First Year by Penelope Leach. Planning, feeding, kicking, sleeping, etc. This is a DK book so you know it is pretty darn decent.
151 Ways to Help Your Child Have a Great Day at School by Robin McClure. #79: Eat lunch with your child at least once a month.
151 Ways to Start the School Year Off Right by Robin McClure. #43: Keep the "getting dressed" morning ritual as stress-free as possible.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
New Processing From Our New Page: David the Page
Fiction
The Chief by Monica McCarty. Paperback romance set in Scottish Highlands.
On the Nickel by John Shannon. Private investigator Jack Liffey is in a wheelchair after a spinal injury and unable to walk or speak. Liffey's teenage daughter intercepts a call about a missing person and takes on the case herself.
NonFiction
Law of the Jungle: the hunt for Colombian guerrillas, American hostages, and buried treasure by John Otis. A 2003 plane crash in Colombia leaves three Americans captive of the FARC guerrillas who immediately swarm the crash site. A pursuing group of Colombian soldiers stumble upon a rebel cache of cash. $20,000,000 worth of cash. The hostages are facing death while the soldiers go on a spending spree. The hostages are rescued only after a risky helicopter mission that tricked FARC commanders.
One Colombian policeman was held for eight years by the FARC.
Large Print
Storm Prey by John Sandford.
The Chief by Monica McCarty. Paperback romance set in Scottish Highlands.
On the Nickel by John Shannon. Private investigator Jack Liffey is in a wheelchair after a spinal injury and unable to walk or speak. Liffey's teenage daughter intercepts a call about a missing person and takes on the case herself.
NonFiction
Law of the Jungle: the hunt for Colombian guerrillas, American hostages, and buried treasure by John Otis. A 2003 plane crash in Colombia leaves three Americans captive of the FARC guerrillas who immediately swarm the crash site. A pursuing group of Colombian soldiers stumble upon a rebel cache of cash. $20,000,000 worth of cash. The hostages are facing death while the soldiers go on a spending spree. The hostages are rescued only after a risky helicopter mission that tricked FARC commanders.
One Colombian policeman was held for eight years by the FARC.
Large Print
Storm Prey by John Sandford.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Two NonFiction
Adult NonFiction
Original Gangster: the real life story of one of America's most notorious drug lords by Frank Lucas with Aliya S. King. The life of a heroin dealer and organized crime boss in New York City. Lucas apprenticed to old-time gangster Bumpy Johnson and took over heroin distribution in the 1960s and through the 1970s. Why are there no photographs? It should be illegal to write a biography without photographs.
Silk Parachute by John McPhee. 10 nonfiction pieces by the great writer. Including stories on the U.S. Open and learning canoeing as a kid.
Original Gangster: the real life story of one of America's most notorious drug lords by Frank Lucas with Aliya S. King. The life of a heroin dealer and organized crime boss in New York City. Lucas apprenticed to old-time gangster Bumpy Johnson and took over heroin distribution in the 1960s and through the 1970s. Why are there no photographs? It should be illegal to write a biography without photographs.
Silk Parachute by John McPhee. 10 nonfiction pieces by the great writer. Including stories on the U.S. Open and learning canoeing as a kid.
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