Fiction
Always A Cowboy by Linda Lael Miller. The cover on this paperback romance cover does not have a shirtless cowboy. It does have a "cowboy" wearing a hat and long sleeved t-shirt.
Crash and Burn by Fern Michaels. Another Fern Michaels cover with lots of flowers.
The Road We Traveled by Jane Kirkpatrick. The cover says women in the wilderness make friends. The back cover says a mother follows her son along the Oregon trail and brings her daughter and granddaughter along.
Leave Me by Gayle Forman. The title reminds me of a king telling a servant to split. The dustcover blurb says harried mother has heart attack, splits town, and deals with her own secrets.
The Shattered Tree by Charles Todd. The cover says "A Bess Crawford Mystery". The Library Director says, "Is this one of those World War One novels, or a different series?"
NonFiction
Canoeing and Kayaking South Central Wisconsin by Timothy Bauer. We had some old kayaking guides I removed from the collection. One of those guides may have been twenty years old. Rock Lake is not listed. The Crawfish and Rock rivers are mentioned.
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
A Bunch of Movies
DVD
Batman v Superman:Dawn of Justice starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill. I was slow on ordering this one, I did not know it was on DVD already. We also have the BluRay.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett. I heard an interesting interview with Vardalos about her career and she and her husband recently adopting a child. Here is the interview.
The Huntsman: Winter War starring Charlize Therone and one of those Australian guys. Humans fights CGI creatures.
Eye in the Sky starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman. Thriller with drone operators deciding whether to kill someone. I think. I'm not really sure. Here, watch the trailer.
Blindspot: the complete first season starring [no names on box]. Tattooed woman is mysterious and does mysterious things. Or something.
Keanu starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Do you think Keegan-Michael Key ever wishes he had a shorter name? Something quicker to write? Maybe he signs his name "KM".
The Lobster starring Colin Farrel and Rachel Weisz. Dave has 45 days to remarry or he will be turned into a lobster.
Real Murders: an Aurora Teagarden mystery starring Candace Cameron Bure. These movies do well here.
The Big Bang Theory: the complete sixth season. Starring [actors]. I am pretty sure I have never watched a full episode of this. Here it is without the laugh track.
Batman v Superman:Dawn of Justice starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill. I was slow on ordering this one, I did not know it was on DVD already. We also have the BluRay.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 starring Nia Vardalos and John Corbett. I heard an interesting interview with Vardalos about her career and she and her husband recently adopting a child. Here is the interview.
The Huntsman: Winter War starring Charlize Therone and one of those Australian guys. Humans fights CGI creatures.
Eye in the Sky starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman. Thriller with drone operators deciding whether to kill someone. I think. I'm not really sure. Here, watch the trailer.
Blindspot: the complete first season starring [no names on box]. Tattooed woman is mysterious and does mysterious things. Or something.
Keanu starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Do you think Keegan-Michael Key ever wishes he had a shorter name? Something quicker to write? Maybe he signs his name "KM".
The Lobster starring Colin Farrel and Rachel Weisz. Dave has 45 days to remarry or he will be turned into a lobster.
Real Murders: an Aurora Teagarden mystery starring Candace Cameron Bure. These movies do well here.
The Big Bang Theory: the complete sixth season. Starring [actors]. I am pretty sure I have never watched a full episode of this. Here it is without the laugh track.
Friday, September 02, 2016
One Novel
Fiction
Black Iron Mercy by Eric Schlehlein. 1881 in small town Wisconsin and Civil War veteran Arlis wants to forget the war. When others start telling falsehoods about the war and his infantry unit Arlis has to step forward.
Black Iron Mercy by Eric Schlehlein. 1881 in small town Wisconsin and Civil War veteran Arlis wants to forget the war. When others start telling falsehoods about the war and his infantry unit Arlis has to step forward.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Three Novels and Lynyrd Skynyrd
Fiction
Rushing Waters by Danielle Steel. A romance. I guess. I still have never read a Steel novel. At least not that I know of. Maybe Steel penned something under another name and I loved it. I used to read the shoot'em series by Andy McNab and all those were ghost written. A couple of them were very, very good but I do not know the names of the real writers.
Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke. It's been a while since I've read one of Burke's novels. I haven't read any of his daughter's novels either. She shows up in my Facebook feed sometimes when someone else I am "freinds" with comments or shares her posts. I think she lives in NYC.
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny. This series has been a big deal ever since the first book came out in 2006. I read that novel, Still Life, but not enough to continue the series. I should try it again. These are set in Quebec. I have been to Quebec. Oh, wait! I have been to NYC if the airport counts. I had a plane transfer when I was traveling to Finland as an exchange student.
Long Ago Recorded Music Is Manipulated By Computers Into Slightly Different Sounds and Recorded Onto Plastic Discs That Carry the Digital Encoding That Allows Fancy Machines to Play Those Sounds Through Speakers
Lynyrd Skynyrd by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Floridians sings songs of rock'n'roll. This is a three disc set we split into separate discs. There are studio tracks, live tracks, and demo tracks.
Rushing Waters by Danielle Steel. A romance. I guess. I still have never read a Steel novel. At least not that I know of. Maybe Steel penned something under another name and I loved it. I used to read the shoot'em series by Andy McNab and all those were ghost written. A couple of them were very, very good but I do not know the names of the real writers.
Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke. It's been a while since I've read one of Burke's novels. I haven't read any of his daughter's novels either. She shows up in my Facebook feed sometimes when someone else I am "freinds" with comments or shares her posts. I think she lives in NYC.
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny. This series has been a big deal ever since the first book came out in 2006. I read that novel, Still Life, but not enough to continue the series. I should try it again. These are set in Quebec. I have been to Quebec. Oh, wait! I have been to NYC if the airport counts. I had a plane transfer when I was traveling to Finland as an exchange student.
Long Ago Recorded Music Is Manipulated By Computers Into Slightly Different Sounds and Recorded Onto Plastic Discs That Carry the Digital Encoding That Allows Fancy Machines to Play Those Sounds Through Speakers
Lynyrd Skynyrd by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Floridians sings songs of rock'n'roll. This is a three disc set we split into separate discs. There are studio tracks, live tracks, and demo tracks.
Monday, August 29, 2016
Cooking, Marl Crilley, and Other Things
NonFiction
How to Build Bookcases and Bookshelves edited by Scott Francis. Woodworking projects with directions. Including the "four-hour bookcase". In Gerard Time that means "24-hour bookcase". Especially if I have to cut dados and rabbets.
Mastering Manga 3: power up with Mark Crilley. I met Crilley when he visited my library system in Arizona. I really enjoyed his Akiko series of graphic novels. This is an instructional guide. He also does instructional videos online. I don't draw, I just ran across the videos once.
From Tweens to Teens: the parents' guide to preparing girls for adolescence by Maria Clark Fleshood. Incorporating rituals into your family life to help girls succeed and age.
Programming Arduino: getting started with sketches by Simon Monk.
Best Dollar Saving Dinners by Monica Sweeney. Page 50 says, "Preheat the oven to 450°F."
The Confident House Hunter:a home inspector's tips for finding your perfect house by Dylan Chalk. Page 156 says, "Buried oil tanks my be present - this was a common heat source."
The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook by Christina Dymock. Page 48 says, "Add the sugar and beat well."
Everyday Cakes, Pies, and Cookies by Gooseberry Patch. Page 190 says, " Top with remaining apple pieces."
The Science of Parenting, 2nd Edition by Margot Sunderland. Page 133 says, " Point out the wonders of the world."
Make-Ahead Kitchen by Annalise Thomas. Page - What?! No page numbers?!
How to Build Bookcases and Bookshelves edited by Scott Francis. Woodworking projects with directions. Including the "four-hour bookcase". In Gerard Time that means "24-hour bookcase". Especially if I have to cut dados and rabbets.
Mastering Manga 3: power up with Mark Crilley. I met Crilley when he visited my library system in Arizona. I really enjoyed his Akiko series of graphic novels. This is an instructional guide. He also does instructional videos online. I don't draw, I just ran across the videos once.
From Tweens to Teens: the parents' guide to preparing girls for adolescence by Maria Clark Fleshood. Incorporating rituals into your family life to help girls succeed and age.
Programming Arduino: getting started with sketches by Simon Monk.
Best Dollar Saving Dinners by Monica Sweeney. Page 50 says, "Preheat the oven to 450°F."
The Confident House Hunter:a home inspector's tips for finding your perfect house by Dylan Chalk. Page 156 says, "Buried oil tanks my be present - this was a common heat source."
The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook by Christina Dymock. Page 48 says, "Add the sugar and beat well."
Everyday Cakes, Pies, and Cookies by Gooseberry Patch. Page 190 says, " Top with remaining apple pieces."
The Science of Parenting, 2nd Edition by Margot Sunderland. Page 133 says, " Point out the wonders of the world."
Make-Ahead Kitchen by Annalise Thomas. Page - What?! No page numbers?!
A Bunch of Education Books
NonFiction
Preschool Math at Home: simple activities to build the best possible foundation for your child by Kate Snow. Multiple activities for counting and learning numbers.
50 Successful Stanford Application Essays by Gene and Kelly Tanabe. I know a kid who was seriously bummed when his early admission app was turned down by Stanford a couple years ago. He was in a funk for a couple months. He then visited M.I.T. and loved the place and the people. Now he rarely goes back home - even for Christmas and summer.
Ultimate Guide to America's Best Colleges 2017. Let's look up Gustavus Adolphus. Holy Mackerel! Tuition is $39,550. Zoinks!
SAT 2017. DO you remember your SAT score? I sure don't. I suppose it was an OK score, but obviously not good enough to remember.
ASVAB Premier 2017-2018. Six practice tests. I have never taken an ASVAB exam. I am tempted to try a practice exam but fear getting a low score and feeling like a fool.
The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2017. Including the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Awards Program (p.201) and Polish National Alliance Scholarship (p. 643).
ACT 2017. I do not remember my ACT score either. It was decent but not great.
How to Get Money for College 2017. I randomly opened a page and found the listing for Linfield College. I applied for a library job there almost 20 years ago. A few years after applying for that job I found my introductory letter in an old computer. Wow, was that letter a stinker; just plain awful.
Preschool Math at Home: simple activities to build the best possible foundation for your child by Kate Snow. Multiple activities for counting and learning numbers.
50 Successful Stanford Application Essays by Gene and Kelly Tanabe. I know a kid who was seriously bummed when his early admission app was turned down by Stanford a couple years ago. He was in a funk for a couple months. He then visited M.I.T. and loved the place and the people. Now he rarely goes back home - even for Christmas and summer.
Ultimate Guide to America's Best Colleges 2017. Let's look up Gustavus Adolphus. Holy Mackerel! Tuition is $39,550. Zoinks!
SAT 2017. DO you remember your SAT score? I sure don't. I suppose it was an OK score, but obviously not good enough to remember.
ASVAB Premier 2017-2018. Six practice tests. I have never taken an ASVAB exam. I am tempted to try a practice exam but fear getting a low score and feeling like a fool.
The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2017. Including the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Awards Program (p.201) and Polish National Alliance Scholarship (p. 643).
ACT 2017. I do not remember my ACT score either. It was decent but not great.
How to Get Money for College 2017. I randomly opened a page and found the listing for Linfield College. I applied for a library job there almost 20 years ago. A few years after applying for that job I found my introductory letter in an old computer. Wow, was that letter a stinker; just plain awful.
Saturday, August 27, 2016
Made-Up Stories With Made-Up Plots
Fiction Where I Invent a Plot
The Drowning Girls by by Paula Treick DeBoard. Australia is the land of surf and sun but a surge in drownings by teenage girls has some people worried. Not Bettina though, until a near miss by a slimey sea creature has her wondering what is really happening.
A Deadly Affection by Cuyler Overholt. Dr. Genevieve is a double rarity. She is a woman doctor in 1885 and she practices in the mine towns of Colorado. When local mine owner Gus Franks dies of poison Genevieve gets blamed. But, Gus's (very) young bride seems to leave a trail of bodies wherever she travels.
The Wish by Beverly Lewis. Elizabeth and Elizabeth share the same name, neighboring farms, and a tight friendship in Pennsylvania Amish country. When Elizabeth Miller's fiancee dies in a farming accident Elizabeth Martin tries to help her heal.
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. Ted and Alice are always friendly, always willing to chat, and keep there home and property tidy. But, Ted's grin can seem a little forced, Alice has a late night habit of checking her window locks, and both of them never stop looking around at everything near them.
Blue Labrynth by Preston and Child. It is the mystery of Mediterranean. A little know scuba diving spot featuring a submerged complex of buildings. Rumors of gold abound - of course - and at least three divers have never been seen again. Is the strong current to blame? Do the legends of an ancient, undersea labrynth hold truth?
Cold Vengeance by Preston and Child. In ancient Rome the eldest man holds final authority of life and death over his own family. Marissa's father-in-law kills Marissa's husband and sells her and her children into slavery. There is nothing to stop Marissa from returning to Rome and avenging her family.
Large Print
The Drowning Girls by by Paula Treick DeBoard. Australia is the land of surf and sun but a surge in drownings by teenage girls has some people worried. Not Bettina though, until a near miss by a slimey sea creature has her wondering what is really happening.
A Deadly Affection by Cuyler Overholt. Dr. Genevieve is a double rarity. She is a woman doctor in 1885 and she practices in the mine towns of Colorado. When local mine owner Gus Franks dies of poison Genevieve gets blamed. But, Gus's (very) young bride seems to leave a trail of bodies wherever she travels.
The Wish by Beverly Lewis. Elizabeth and Elizabeth share the same name, neighboring farms, and a tight friendship in Pennsylvania Amish country. When Elizabeth Miller's fiancee dies in a farming accident Elizabeth Martin tries to help her heal.
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. Ted and Alice are always friendly, always willing to chat, and keep there home and property tidy. But, Ted's grin can seem a little forced, Alice has a late night habit of checking her window locks, and both of them never stop looking around at everything near them.
Blue Labrynth by Preston and Child. It is the mystery of Mediterranean. A little know scuba diving spot featuring a submerged complex of buildings. Rumors of gold abound - of course - and at least three divers have never been seen again. Is the strong current to blame? Do the legends of an ancient, undersea labrynth hold truth?
Cold Vengeance by Preston and Child. In ancient Rome the eldest man holds final authority of life and death over his own family. Marissa's father-in-law kills Marissa's husband and sells her and her children into slavery. There is nothing to stop Marissa from returning to Rome and avenging her family.
Large Print
Big stack of NonFiction
NonFiction
I am most interested in the Scrooge McDuck and Spy vs. Spy. The small houses book is kinda neat, too.
Wisconsin Color
I was on vacation all of last week. Here is a picture from Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin.
We had a Cub Scout picnic a week and a half ago. There was a big grill on a trailer.
There was a kid stacking pretzels and putting them in his mouth.
I am most interested in the Scrooge McDuck and Spy vs. Spy. The small houses book is kinda neat, too.
Wisconsin Color
I was on vacation all of last week. Here is a picture from Peninsula State Park in Door County, Wisconsin.
We had a Cub Scout picnic a week and a half ago. There was a big grill on a trailer.
There was a kid stacking pretzels and putting them in his mouth.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
New Stuff, Part Two
I Am Still Covered In Bug Bites
I booked a medical appointment for 1:40PM. I've been very good about not scratching myself. I reapply the anti-itch medication (1% hydrocortisone) but the rubbing motion used to apply the stuff may what keeps the itch away, not the hydrocortisone.
Fiction
To the Bright Edge by Eowyn Ivey. The cover graphic has the silhouette of a bird with a photo of mountains filling the silhouette. Ivey lives in Alaska. I wonder where in Alaska. Out in the deep, deep boonies? Or in a ranch house in Juneau? Does she go fishing a lot? Moose hunting? Does she wear gaiters over her boots when in the woods?
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan. Something to do with horse racing. AAAARRRGGGH. I still itch!
The Golden Age by Joan London. This is a paperback. The black and white cover photo of a man and woman makes me think the author name is Jack London. London lives in Perth, West Australia. I spent a college semester at Murdoch University and loved my time there. I've not been back.
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy. Is hot milk a cure for bug bites? I'd try it, I'm going nuts.
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers. Maybe I should just stop thinking about the bug bites. Maybe I am obsessing and that draws more attention to the itch. Let's talk about this book, "I have never read an Eggers book and don't plan to."
Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon. The cover design is not to my taste. BUG BITES. Gideon lives in "the Bay Area". That covers a lot of ground and reminds me of a song by Cracker.
BUG BITES BUG BITES
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. This is an Oprah book. Whitehead has long hair, lives in New York, and was awarded some impressive honors.
Non Fiction
American Heiress: the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin. Someone I recently spoke to mentioned Hearst. Something about a friend or relative marrying Hearst's child.
Going for Wisconsin Gold: stories of our state Olympians by Jessie Garcia. Garcia will be speaking here at the library within a couple months. I cannot look up the date right now because I am itching so much.
Aw, nuts.
I probably have Poison Ivy from Scout camp over the weekend. I didn't even think of that because Poison Ivy starts out with small points like a bug bite. Over time the rash grows as the body reacts to the Ivy oils.
I booked a medical appointment for 1:40PM. I've been very good about not scratching myself. I reapply the anti-itch medication (1% hydrocortisone) but the rubbing motion used to apply the stuff may what keeps the itch away, not the hydrocortisone.
Fiction
To the Bright Edge by Eowyn Ivey. The cover graphic has the silhouette of a bird with a photo of mountains filling the silhouette. Ivey lives in Alaska. I wonder where in Alaska. Out in the deep, deep boonies? Or in a ranch house in Juneau? Does she go fishing a lot? Moose hunting? Does she wear gaiters over her boots when in the woods?
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan. Something to do with horse racing. AAAARRRGGGH. I still itch!
The Golden Age by Joan London. This is a paperback. The black and white cover photo of a man and woman makes me think the author name is Jack London. London lives in Perth, West Australia. I spent a college semester at Murdoch University and loved my time there. I've not been back.
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy. Is hot milk a cure for bug bites? I'd try it, I'm going nuts.
Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers. Maybe I should just stop thinking about the bug bites. Maybe I am obsessing and that draws more attention to the itch. Let's talk about this book, "I have never read an Eggers book and don't plan to."
Valley of the Moon by Melanie Gideon. The cover design is not to my taste. BUG BITES. Gideon lives in "the Bay Area". That covers a lot of ground and reminds me of a song by Cracker.
BUG BITES BUG BITES
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. This is an Oprah book. Whitehead has long hair, lives in New York, and was awarded some impressive honors.
Non Fiction
American Heiress: the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin. Someone I recently spoke to mentioned Hearst. Something about a friend or relative marrying Hearst's child.
Going for Wisconsin Gold: stories of our state Olympians by Jessie Garcia. Garcia will be speaking here at the library within a couple months. I cannot look up the date right now because I am itching so much.
Aw, nuts.
I probably have Poison Ivy from Scout camp over the weekend. I didn't even think of that because Poison Ivy starts out with small points like a bug bite. Over time the rash grows as the body reacts to the Ivy oils.
New Stuff, Part One
Bug Bites
My neck is covered in bug bites and it is driving me nuts. I'm guessing I am having a minor allergic reaction. I brought an tube of anti-itch cream to work and keep applying it. In fact, I sepped away from the keyboard for five minutes to deal with something and put more cream on the front of my neck.
Fiction
The Madness of Mercury by Connie di Marco. A paperback mystery with a cat. Maybe I developed a sudden allergy to cats.
What a Woman Must Do by Faith Sullivan. She must immediately develop a cure for me. That is what she must do. Get to work science!
Bright, Precious Days by Jay McInerney. In the late '80s I read all the McInerney novels. I don't know if he has any novels about bug bites that look like welts and cover your neck.
Last Days of Night by Graham Moore. My day has been filled with itching.
Damaged by Lisa Scottoline. Damaged. Like my neck is damaged. I think insects burrowed into my flesh and laid eggs.
Sting by Sandra Brown. Sting. Like the sting I will feel when the insects eggs hatch and the larvae start eating my flesh from the inside.
Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton. I read one of that Phoef guys books. I wonder if he, too, is covered in bug bites.
My neck is covered in bug bites and it is driving me nuts. I'm guessing I am having a minor allergic reaction. I brought an tube of anti-itch cream to work and keep applying it. In fact, I sepped away from the keyboard for five minutes to deal with something and put more cream on the front of my neck.
Fiction
The Madness of Mercury by Connie di Marco. A paperback mystery with a cat. Maybe I developed a sudden allergy to cats.
What a Woman Must Do by Faith Sullivan. She must immediately develop a cure for me. That is what she must do. Get to work science!
Bright, Precious Days by Jay McInerney. In the late '80s I read all the McInerney novels. I don't know if he has any novels about bug bites that look like welts and cover your neck.
Last Days of Night by Graham Moore. My day has been filled with itching.
Damaged by Lisa Scottoline. Damaged. Like my neck is damaged. I think insects burrowed into my flesh and laid eggs.
Sting by Sandra Brown. Sting. Like the sting I will feel when the insects eggs hatch and the larvae start eating my flesh from the inside.
Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton. I read one of that Phoef guys books. I wonder if he, too, is covered in bug bites.
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Crider!
Crider!
Survivors Will Be Shot Again by Bill Crider. Sheriff Dan Rhodes deals with more murder and more morons. I assume Sleepy Benton will play more music and interfere in an investigation. Great stuff.
Crider has been under the weather recently. Stop by his blog and give him your best. billcrider.blogspot.com.
Fiction
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller. I like this cover. Ploy Siripant did the jacket design. Let's look her up... She has done a lot of nice covers. http://ploy-siripant.format.com/
Insidious by Catherine Coulter. Hey, someone just placed a hold on this book.
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson. A bildungsroman with teenage girls. I think.Woodson lives in Brooklyn. I know a guy here in town who use AirBnB to rent a house in Brooklyn for a week when his family went on vacation there. He was very happy with it. There were at least five people who went - probably more with in-laws coming along - and they had plenty of room and did not have to eat out all the time.
Survivors Will Be Shot Again by Bill Crider. Sheriff Dan Rhodes deals with more murder and more morons. I assume Sleepy Benton will play more music and interfere in an investigation. Great stuff.
Crider has been under the weather recently. Stop by his blog and give him your best. billcrider.blogspot.com.
Fiction
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller. I like this cover. Ploy Siripant did the jacket design. Let's look her up... She has done a lot of nice covers. http://ploy-siripant.format.com/
Insidious by Catherine Coulter. Hey, someone just placed a hold on this book.
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson. A bildungsroman with teenage girls. I think.Woodson lives in Brooklyn. I know a guy here in town who use AirBnB to rent a house in Brooklyn for a week when his family went on vacation there. He was very happy with it. There were at least five people who went - probably more with in-laws coming along - and they had plenty of room and did not have to eat out all the time.
Monday, August 08, 2016
Three Novels and Local Color
FictionBelgravia by Julian Fellows. This title reminds me of a Dashiell Hammett story where the Continental Op goes to a fictional Balkan country. Let's check the dust cover... Nope. It's about the aristocracy having a ball in Brussels the night before the Battle of Waterloo and, then, what happens 25 years later.
Watching Edie by Camilla Way. The title makes me think of stalking. Let's check the dust cover... Maybe? The plot description is kinda vague.
Underground Airlines by Ben H.Winters. This makes me think of those CIA rendition flights. Let's check the dust cover... Nope. Modern day story but with no American Civil War. That means four slaves still have slavery and a black man works as a bounty hunter for slave owners.
Local Color
Sandy Beach
I took my children to Sandy Beach yesterday afternoon. Boy #1 got bored and biked home. Boy #2 swam, jumped, and covered himself in sand for 3 hours.
Cars and Coffee
Cars and Coffee is the first Sunday of every month in downtown Lake Mills. Yesterday's event had a lot of cars and people. I did not get any pictures of the Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Corvettes, etc. I did take a couple photographs of someone's Packer themed pick-up truck.This is not the only Packer themed vehicle I have seen around town. Or the state.
My wife took a photo of Boy #1 and I looking at a an old Corvette.
She also took of Photo of Boy #2 in his standard pose next to a very angular Lamborghini.
Thursday, August 04, 2016
Three Formats
Fiction
Star Wars: Before the Awakening by Greg Rucka. Finn, Poe and Rey's stories before the film. I keep confusing the character name Rey with the actress's name, Daisy.
Audiobook on CD
It's In His Smile by Shelly Alexander. 8 CDs at 9.33 hours. Some sort of romance.
DVD
The Messengers starring Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, John Corbett. Horror film from 2007. I figured this will circ'.
Star Wars: Before the Awakening by Greg Rucka. Finn, Poe and Rey's stories before the film. I keep confusing the character name Rey with the actress's name, Daisy.
Audiobook on CD
It's In His Smile by Shelly Alexander. 8 CDs at 9.33 hours. Some sort of romance.
DVD
The Messengers starring Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, John Corbett. Horror film from 2007. I figured this will circ'.
Monday, August 01, 2016
Three New Copies of Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. Adult Harry is overworked and his youngest son is having trouble at Hogwarts.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. See above.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. See above.
Fiction
A Time of Torment by John Connolly. This the Irish Connolly. I've never been to Ireland. I may have flown over on the way to Germany or Switzerland.
Smooth Operator by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall. Hall composed a song and made a video about not being a bestseller.
The Sixth Idea by P.J. Tracy. Something about murders in Minnesota and computer experts who help the police. P.J. Tracy is a mother-daughter team who "each live in rural Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis." You think they know Anthony Neil Smith? Am I just typing Smith's name to get web hits? Yes.
Brain Storm by Elaine Viets. I have not clue how to pronounce Viets. Investigator has a stroke. Her doctor is murdered and her surgeon is the suspect. Her bio says Viets has written 29 novels. That's a lot of writing. This novel is a "return to her hard-boiled roots" and her own experience having a stroke.
Bullseye by James Patterson Amalgamated Writing Services and Michael Ledwidge.
Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber. A lot of people enjoy Macomber's novels but they are not my bag.
Sunday Kind of Love by Dorothy Garlock. Garlock's novels are not my thing either. Oh, hey. She live sin Clear Lake, IA. I used to drive through there on the way to college. I'd go north from Iowa City and take 18 west. The map says 18 was updated and moved out of a few towns.
Photo Interlude
Sunset on Rock Lake a couple days ago. I've restarted swimming in the lake for exercise. I get bored after a half hour or so.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. Adult Harry is overworked and his youngest son is having trouble at Hogwarts.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. See above.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: parts one and two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. See above.
Fiction
A Time of Torment by John Connolly. This the Irish Connolly. I've never been to Ireland. I may have flown over on the way to Germany or Switzerland.
Smooth Operator by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall. Hall composed a song and made a video about not being a bestseller.
The Sixth Idea by P.J. Tracy. Something about murders in Minnesota and computer experts who help the police. P.J. Tracy is a mother-daughter team who "each live in rural Minnesota, just outside Minneapolis." You think they know Anthony Neil Smith? Am I just typing Smith's name to get web hits? Yes.
Brain Storm by Elaine Viets. I have not clue how to pronounce Viets. Investigator has a stroke. Her doctor is murdered and her surgeon is the suspect. Her bio says Viets has written 29 novels. That's a lot of writing. This novel is a "return to her hard-boiled roots" and her own experience having a stroke.
Bullseye by James Patterson Amalgamated Writing Services and Michael Ledwidge.
Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber. A lot of people enjoy Macomber's novels but they are not my bag.
Sunday Kind of Love by Dorothy Garlock. Garlock's novels are not my thing either. Oh, hey. She live sin Clear Lake, IA. I used to drive through there on the way to college. I'd go north from Iowa City and take 18 west. The map says 18 was updated and moved out of a few towns.
Photo Interlude
Sunset on Rock Lake a couple days ago. I've restarted swimming in the lake for exercise. I get bored after a half hour or so.
Friday, July 29, 2016
More Fiction Part 2 of 2 With a New Megan Abbott Novel.
Megan Abbott
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott. Teen gymnast on the Olympic track involved in a murder. For Abbott's last two novels I took frequent breaks because the tension and dread were too much for me to handle.
Fiction
Here's To Us by Elin Hilderbrand. Oooh, that other book from earlier this week was an older novel, The Island. This book is the new one. Something about people by the beach.
Falling: a love story by Jane Green. A romance? Author bio says Green has written sixteen NYT bestsellers. That's a lot.
Invincible Summer by Alice Adams. Close knit students graduate, grow older, and reunite.
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell. Reclusive Americans living in rural Ireland are "disrupted by an unexpected discovery about a woman [the guy] lost touch with twenty years ago." O'Farrell has curly red hair that looks very nice.
Deadly Fate by Heather Graham. Another one of Graham's Krewe of Hunters novels. Graham's author photo is super fancy. She has also written over 100 novels. That's a lot of books.
Engaged in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore. Paperback mystery with food and cats and a fixer-upper house. Blackmoore lives in Missouri. You know who else lives in Missouri? Blackmoore's husband and son.
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott. Teen gymnast on the Olympic track involved in a murder. For Abbott's last two novels I took frequent breaks because the tension and dread were too much for me to handle.
Fiction
Here's To Us by Elin Hilderbrand. Oooh, that other book from earlier this week was an older novel, The Island. This book is the new one. Something about people by the beach.
Falling: a love story by Jane Green. A romance? Author bio says Green has written sixteen NYT bestsellers. That's a lot.
Invincible Summer by Alice Adams. Close knit students graduate, grow older, and reunite.
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell. Reclusive Americans living in rural Ireland are "disrupted by an unexpected discovery about a woman [the guy] lost touch with twenty years ago." O'Farrell has curly red hair that looks very nice.
Deadly Fate by Heather Graham. Another one of Graham's Krewe of Hunters novels. Graham's author photo is super fancy. She has also written over 100 novels. That's a lot of books.
Engaged in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore. Paperback mystery with food and cats and a fixer-upper house. Blackmoore lives in Missouri. You know who else lives in Missouri? Blackmoore's husband and son.
More Fiction Part 1 of 2
Fiction
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt. Lawyer who spends as much time as possible with dogs has to help a client accused of murder. Rosenfelt lives in "Maine with twenty-five Golden Retrievers" and his wife. C'mon, man. That's crazy cat lady territory.
Murder on the Quai by Cara Black. I've intended to read of Black's books but have not done so. This is Black's sixteenth novel which means I am a bit behind. Plot: Parisian med student gets involved in her PI father's hunt for Nazi gold. Author bio says Black lives in San Francisco. Author photo says Black enjoys espresso in teeny-tiny cups.
White Bone by Ridley Pearson. Guy hurries to Africa to find his ex-partner who was investigating missing AIDS aid money. Pearson lives in St. Louis and Hailey, ID. St. Louis? Do you think he attends the Noir at the Bar readings? There is one this Saturday.
Foreign Agent by Brad Thor. Cover image says "manly Shoot-em-up Terrorist Thriller". Dust jacket says, "CIA... SEAL... Russian Caucasus... operative... kill as many Americans as it takes... clandestine... ambushed... informant... rogue player... deadlier... terror... White House..." Hey, Brad Thor has a full page author photo on the back cover. I don't think that's a sude jacket, but it's difficult to tell from the lighting.
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. Journalist voyages on an exclusive and expensive cruise ship. Journalist is sure a woman was thrown overboard but no one is missing. Ware's author photo is black and white and it must have been cold out because she is wearing a long coat. Ware graduated from Manchester University. But not the one in Indiana. I'm pretty sure I looked up the UK one within the past year or two and I cannot recall why. Maybe I saw a job advert for the place and was daydreaming about living there.
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt. Lawyer who spends as much time as possible with dogs has to help a client accused of murder. Rosenfelt lives in "Maine with twenty-five Golden Retrievers" and his wife. C'mon, man. That's crazy cat lady territory.
Murder on the Quai by Cara Black. I've intended to read of Black's books but have not done so. This is Black's sixteenth novel which means I am a bit behind. Plot: Parisian med student gets involved in her PI father's hunt for Nazi gold. Author bio says Black lives in San Francisco. Author photo says Black enjoys espresso in teeny-tiny cups.
White Bone by Ridley Pearson. Guy hurries to Africa to find his ex-partner who was investigating missing AIDS aid money. Pearson lives in St. Louis and Hailey, ID. St. Louis? Do you think he attends the Noir at the Bar readings? There is one this Saturday.
Foreign Agent by Brad Thor. Cover image says "manly Shoot-em-up Terrorist Thriller". Dust jacket says, "CIA... SEAL... Russian Caucasus... operative... kill as many Americans as it takes... clandestine... ambushed... informant... rogue player... deadlier... terror... White House..." Hey, Brad Thor has a full page author photo on the back cover. I don't think that's a sude jacket, but it's difficult to tell from the lighting.
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware. Journalist voyages on an exclusive and expensive cruise ship. Journalist is sure a woman was thrown overboard but no one is missing. Ware's author photo is black and white and it must have been cold out because she is wearing a long coat. Ware graduated from Manchester University. But not the one in Indiana. I'm pretty sure I looked up the UK one within the past year or two and I cannot recall why. Maybe I saw a job advert for the place and was daydreaming about living there.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Two Books and Audiobooks
NonFiction
The Elements of Pizza by Ken Forkish. One of the elements on page 111 is water. 1.5 cups worth of water.
Modern Potluck by Kristin Donnelly. Page 60 says "On using whole grain in salads." A few pages later there is a photo of a hand reaching down to a metal tub filled with ice and beer bottles. The beer bottles have a stylized B on the neck label so I figured, "Hey, I'm going to see what brewery that is." That was easy to do because I found a list of brewers and then checked to see where the author lived. She lives in Brooklyn, it's the Brooklyn Brewery.
Audiobooks on CD
The Silenced by Heather Graham. 8 CDs at 9.2 hours. Read by Phil Gigante, I think that guy does some good work.
Super Mind: how to boost performance and live a richer and happier life through transcendental meditation by Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. I suppose the subtitle tells the whole story, huh?
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. 12 CDs at 14.8 hours. You know who likes Hannah's books? Lots of people. That's why she is popular.
Killer Year: stories to die for... edited by Lee Child.7 CDs at 8.5 hours. Crime short stories by authors first published in 2007. Kind of an odd theme, but what the hey? Duane Swierczynski is in here. So is Ken Bruen. Ken Bruen? I that he had plenty of books before 2007. Let me check.. Yep, his fist book was in 1993.
Invincible by Diana Palmer. 8 CDs at 8 hours. Romance novel with a guy helping out a woman who saw a killer.
On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. More romance.
The Elements of Pizza by Ken Forkish. One of the elements on page 111 is water. 1.5 cups worth of water.
Modern Potluck by Kristin Donnelly. Page 60 says "On using whole grain in salads." A few pages later there is a photo of a hand reaching down to a metal tub filled with ice and beer bottles. The beer bottles have a stylized B on the neck label so I figured, "Hey, I'm going to see what brewery that is." That was easy to do because I found a list of brewers and then checked to see where the author lived. She lives in Brooklyn, it's the Brooklyn Brewery.
Audiobooks on CD
The Silenced by Heather Graham. 8 CDs at 9.2 hours. Read by Phil Gigante, I think that guy does some good work.
Super Mind: how to boost performance and live a richer and happier life through transcendental meditation by Norman E. Rosenthal, M.D. 9 CDs at 11.5 hours. I suppose the subtitle tells the whole story, huh?
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah. 12 CDs at 14.8 hours. You know who likes Hannah's books? Lots of people. That's why she is popular.
Killer Year: stories to die for... edited by Lee Child.7 CDs at 8.5 hours. Crime short stories by authors first published in 2007. Kind of an odd theme, but what the hey? Duane Swierczynski is in here. So is Ken Bruen. Ken Bruen? I that he had plenty of books before 2007. Let me check.. Yep, his fist book was in 1993.
Invincible by Diana Palmer. 8 CDs at 8 hours. Romance novel with a guy helping out a woman who saw a killer.
On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah. 9 CDs at 10.5 hours. More romance.
Killer, Dark, Guilty, Crimes. I sense a theme.
Fiction
Night and Day by Iris Johansen. Some woman is protecting a young girl from a serial killer. Or something.
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty. I'm not sure what this is about. Domestic drama or something. Moriarty is wearing a blue patterned top for her author photo. Isn't Moriarty a big deal? She needs a bigger author photo.
The Island by Elin Hildebrand. Wait a minute. I thought Hildebrand just had a new book a few months ago. Maybe I saw a prepub for this one.
Killer Look by Linda Fairstein. Hey, it looks like Fairstein has a new author photo and it's a nice one. Full page photo on the back cover and her watch says 4:16PM.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Crouch used to attend Murder and Mayhem in Muskego (now Milwaukee). I'm not sure if he still does. I watched the first season of the TV show Wayward Pines that is based off his novels. I enjoyed the show but have not watched the second season yet.
Guilty Minds by Joseph Finder. The cover image says 'legal thriller' or 'government conspiracy'. Finder's author photo is him with a black outfit against a black background. His head look like it is floating in space.
Miss Jane by Brad Watson. Woman grows up in early 1900s Mississippi unable to have children. I grew up in 1970s Illinois and need to walk my dog.
NonFiction
Chin: the life and crimes of Mafia boss Vincent Gigante.
Night and Day by Iris Johansen. Some woman is protecting a young girl from a serial killer. Or something.
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty. I'm not sure what this is about. Domestic drama or something. Moriarty is wearing a blue patterned top for her author photo. Isn't Moriarty a big deal? She needs a bigger author photo.
The Island by Elin Hildebrand. Wait a minute. I thought Hildebrand just had a new book a few months ago. Maybe I saw a prepub for this one.
Killer Look by Linda Fairstein. Hey, it looks like Fairstein has a new author photo and it's a nice one. Full page photo on the back cover and her watch says 4:16PM.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Crouch used to attend Murder and Mayhem in Muskego (now Milwaukee). I'm not sure if he still does. I watched the first season of the TV show Wayward Pines that is based off his novels. I enjoyed the show but have not watched the second season yet.
Guilty Minds by Joseph Finder. The cover image says 'legal thriller' or 'government conspiracy'. Finder's author photo is him with a black outfit against a black background. His head look like it is floating in space.
Miss Jane by Brad Watson. Woman grows up in early 1900s Mississippi unable to have children. I grew up in 1970s Illinois and need to walk my dog.
NonFiction
Chin: the life and crimes of Mafia boss Vincent Gigante.
Monday, July 25, 2016
I was on vacation, here are some movies
DVD
In the Heart of the Sea starring [one of those Australian brothers]. Whaling ship has trouble.
Allegiant starring [heartthrobs]. Something about invading aliens.
The 5th Wave starring Chloe Grace Moritz. More invading aliens.
Orange is the New Black: season three staring [actors]. More prison stories.
The Family Fang starring Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Wilken. Adult siblings deal with parents' death. Although the parents may have faked their deaths.
13 Hours starring John Krasinski, Max Martini. I enjoy Max Martini's work. Bang! Bang! K-Pow! Boom! Pow-pow-pow!
Bone Tomahawk starring Kurt Russel. Group of four men try to rescue a woman from cannibals. I saw this flick a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it.
Finest Hours starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana. Sea rescue.
Big Bang Theory: third season starring [people]. Sitcom jokes.
In the Heart of the Sea starring [one of those Australian brothers]. Whaling ship has trouble.
Allegiant starring [heartthrobs]. Something about invading aliens.
The 5th Wave starring Chloe Grace Moritz. More invading aliens.
Orange is the New Black: season three staring [actors]. More prison stories.
The Family Fang starring Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Christopher Wilken. Adult siblings deal with parents' death. Although the parents may have faked their deaths.
13 Hours starring John Krasinski, Max Martini. I enjoy Max Martini's work. Bang! Bang! K-Pow! Boom! Pow-pow-pow!
Bone Tomahawk starring Kurt Russel. Group of four men try to rescue a woman from cannibals. I saw this flick a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it.
Finest Hours starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana. Sea rescue.
Big Bang Theory: third season starring [people]. Sitcom jokes.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Four Musics and BIG LETTERS
Our Digital Overlords Present Us With Sound Encased Within Plastic
The 'Original': anthology by Bad Company. British musicians play the rock and roll music.
Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith. Bostonians play songs for an old album that will circ'.
Beethoven Symphonies 1-6 by Beethoven and Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.. German music played by German musicians.
Beethoven Symphonies 7-9 by Beethoven and Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. More German musicians doing Germanic musics.
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The 'Original': anthology by Bad Company. British musicians play the rock and roll music.
Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith. Bostonians play songs for an old album that will circ'.
Beethoven Symphonies 1-6 by Beethoven and Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.. German music played by German musicians.
Beethoven Symphonies 7-9 by Beethoven and Herbert Von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. More German musicians doing Germanic musics.
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Monday, July 11, 2016
Some Fiction and a James Sallis Musical Interlude
Fiction
Willnot by James Sallis. Small town doctor unsettled by dead bodies in the woods.
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I was looking Sallis up two weeks ago. He has a band that plays in Phoenix, Three Legged Dog. You can listen to a few tunes online. If you wonder what modern life in Phoenixx is like read Salli'ss novel Driven.
Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--
Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L Rosen. Do they all wear the dress at the same time? No, just stories as the dress passes from maker to sales to owner.
Jonathan Unleashed by Meg Rosoff. Guy with a personal crisis looks after his brother's pet dogs. My pet dog refused to come inside when I left home after lunch. She really likes to stay outside and loaf.
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne. The cover illustration says "wartime prison camp". The dust cover says, "Orphan lives with aunt in 1936 Austria."
Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan. Feehan writes a lot of romance-y looking fantasy novels. People enjoy her books.
Ridgerunner by Rusty Barnes. I think I bought this novel because someone on Facebook was plugging it. That or Bill Crider plugged the book. Hey, check that out, the front cover has a blurb by James Sallis. Sallis is all over this blog post.
Chance Developments by Alexander McCall Smith. Five short stories inspired by "vintage photographs."
Meet Me Halfway: Milwaukee stories by Jennifer Morales. A very diverse neighborhood after a boy hurts himself in someone's house.
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry. Wait, don't we have a copy of this? Or am I confusing this with something else? Let me check... Ooooh. We have the audio version.
Willnot by James Sallis. Small town doctor unsettled by dead bodies in the woods.
--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--
I was looking Sallis up two weeks ago. He has a band that plays in Phoenix, Three Legged Dog. You can listen to a few tunes online. If you wonder what modern life in Phoenixx is like read Salli'ss novel Driven.
Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--Musical Interlude--
Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L Rosen. Do they all wear the dress at the same time? No, just stories as the dress passes from maker to sales to owner.
Jonathan Unleashed by Meg Rosoff. Guy with a personal crisis looks after his brother's pet dogs. My pet dog refused to come inside when I left home after lunch. She really likes to stay outside and loaf.
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne. The cover illustration says "wartime prison camp". The dust cover says, "Orphan lives with aunt in 1936 Austria."
Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan. Feehan writes a lot of romance-y looking fantasy novels. People enjoy her books.
Ridgerunner by Rusty Barnes. I think I bought this novel because someone on Facebook was plugging it. That or Bill Crider plugged the book. Hey, check that out, the front cover has a blurb by James Sallis. Sallis is all over this blog post.
Chance Developments by Alexander McCall Smith. Five short stories inspired by "vintage photographs."
Meet Me Halfway: Milwaukee stories by Jennifer Morales. A very diverse neighborhood after a boy hurts himself in someone's house.
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry. Wait, don't we have a copy of this? Or am I confusing this with something else? Let me check... Ooooh. We have the audio version.
Some Audio Books and Some Photos
Audio Books on CD
Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton. 7CDs at 8 hours. Convict gets early release from prison and goes under the thumb of a crime lord.
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick. 11 CDs at 13.5 hours. in 1776 G. Washington was retreating across Manhattan while B. Arnold was winning battles up north. The divergent paths of both generals as the war continued.
Grunt: the curious science of humans at war by Mary Roach. 7CDs at 9 hours. The effect of hearing loss, zippers for snipers, etc.
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. 6CDs at 7.5 hours. More fiction from the fab duo.
The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer. 9CDs at 10 hours. Woman awakes with memory loss and rediscovers her immediate past was kinda sketchy.
Beer Money: a memoir of privilege and loss by Frances Stroh. 6CDs at 6.5 hours. A life of privilege as a beer heiress outside Detroit. As Detroit collapsed so did the family's business and fortune.
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry. 5CDs at 6 hours. Woman discovers her sister's murdered corpse. Woman does not trust the cops and starts to poke around.
Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay. 11CDs at 12.5 hours. 13-year-old boy disappears in a state forest and his mother, understandably, freaks out.
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Local Color
Scout Dunk Tank at Town and Country Days at the end of June.
I need to fix the staff kitchen sink.
We are hosting a John Muir exhibit of eight panels produced by Wisconsin Historical Society.
Summer Reading Program game day.
Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton. 7CDs at 8 hours. Convict gets early release from prison and goes under the thumb of a crime lord.
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick. 11 CDs at 13.5 hours. in 1776 G. Washington was retreating across Manhattan while B. Arnold was winning battles up north. The divergent paths of both generals as the war continued.
Grunt: the curious science of humans at war by Mary Roach. 7CDs at 9 hours. The effect of hearing loss, zippers for snipers, etc.
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. 6CDs at 7.5 hours. More fiction from the fab duo.
The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer. 9CDs at 10 hours. Woman awakes with memory loss and rediscovers her immediate past was kinda sketchy.
Beer Money: a memoir of privilege and loss by Frances Stroh. 6CDs at 6.5 hours. A life of privilege as a beer heiress outside Detroit. As Detroit collapsed so did the family's business and fortune.
Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry. 5CDs at 6 hours. Woman discovers her sister's murdered corpse. Woman does not trust the cops and starts to poke around.
Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay. 11CDs at 12.5 hours. 13-year-old boy disappears in a state forest and his mother, understandably, freaks out.
Large Print
Local Color
Scout Dunk Tank at Town and Country Days at the end of June.
I need to fix the staff kitchen sink.
We are hosting a John Muir exhibit of eight panels produced by Wisconsin Historical Society.
Summer Reading Program game day.
Saturday, July 09, 2016
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Some Audiobooks, Some Novels, Some NF DVDs
DVD
Stop Bullying with Mike Hall.
Keeping the Fire Alive. I thought this might go out.
Fiction
Magic by Danielle Steel. Romance in Paris with rich people doing rich people things. I've never been to Paris, but I've seen it on TV.
Someone Always Knows by Marcia Muller. A private eye novel.
Make Me Love You by Johanna Lindsey. Two feuding men are told to marry from each other's families to end the feud. Romance novel.
Audiobooks on CD
The Highland Countess by Marion Chesney.
Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt. OSwalt moved to Los Angeles and watched A LOT of old films at the New Beverly Cinema.
Schooled by Lorelei James. James's romances with sex get checked out a lot.
Patriot Threat by Steve Berry. A thriller filling a gap in our collection.
Stop Bullying with Mike Hall.
Keeping the Fire Alive. I thought this might go out.
Fiction
Magic by Danielle Steel. Romance in Paris with rich people doing rich people things. I've never been to Paris, but I've seen it on TV.
Someone Always Knows by Marcia Muller. A private eye novel.
Make Me Love You by Johanna Lindsey. Two feuding men are told to marry from each other's families to end the feud. Romance novel.
Audiobooks on CD
The Highland Countess by Marion Chesney.
Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt. OSwalt moved to Los Angeles and watched A LOT of old films at the New Beverly Cinema.
Schooled by Lorelei James. James's romances with sex get checked out a lot.
Patriot Threat by Steve Berry. A thriller filling a gap in our collection.
A Bunch of Discs
A Collection of Plastic Platters Embedded with Digital Data That Is Converted to Sound By Magic Computer Boxes
We had three boxes of donations. I pulled the discs that I thought would go out. Here is a selected list of tunes from the items shown.
We had three boxes of donations. I pulled the discs that I thought would go out. Here is a selected list of tunes from the items shown.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Stand Up Comics and a Murder
DVD
Uncle John starring John Ashton. Psychological thriller of a missing man and a surprise suspect. Filmed near Lodi, Wisconsin.
Daniel Tosh, People Pleaser by Daniel Tosh. Stan up comic does stand up comedy.
Brian Regan Live from Radio City Music Hall by Brian Regan. Stand up comic tells jokes while standing up.
Fiction
The Games: a Private novel by Mark Sullivan and James Patterson Amalgamated Literary Indisdustries. Security company guy works at the Olympics in Brazil.
Uncle John starring John Ashton. Psychological thriller of a missing man and a surprise suspect. Filmed near Lodi, Wisconsin.
Daniel Tosh, People Pleaser by Daniel Tosh. Stan up comic does stand up comedy.
Brian Regan Live from Radio City Music Hall by Brian Regan. Stand up comic tells jokes while standing up.
Fiction
The Games: a Private novel by Mark Sullivan and James Patterson Amalgamated Literary Indisdustries. Security company guy works at the Olympics in Brazil.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Fiction
Fiction
The Mandibles: a family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver. Family in the future lives through an economic collapse and depression.
We Were Never Here by Jennifer Gilmore. 16-year-old girl is in the hospitable when teenage boy visits as volunteer.
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler. Older daughter runs the house for her scientist father and uppity younger sister. Scientist father tries to convince her to marry his lab assistant to prevent the assistant's deportation.
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. Goldberg has a new novel? Gee, I'd never have guessed from his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
The Mandibles: a family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver. Family in the future lives through an economic collapse and depression.
We Were Never Here by Jennifer Gilmore. 16-year-old girl is in the hospitable when teenage boy visits as volunteer.
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler. Older daughter runs the house for her scientist father and uppity younger sister. Scientist father tries to convince her to marry his lab assistant to prevent the assistant's deportation.
The Pursuit by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. Goldberg has a new novel? Gee, I'd never have guessed from his Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Musical Musics
Composers Compose, Singers Sing, Musicians Play, Engineers Record and Magic Computer Discs Deliver the Sound
A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead. Englishmen sing songs of being hip and being mistaken for Robert Carlyle.
Last Year Was Complicated by Nick Jonas. Amerinan singer sings songs of pop and keeping short hair. I was listening to this and enjoyed the songs.
A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead. Englishmen sing songs of being hip and being mistaken for Robert Carlyle.
Last Year Was Complicated by Nick Jonas. Amerinan singer sings songs of pop and keeping short hair. I was listening to this and enjoyed the songs.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Two Flicks
DVD
The Driftless Area starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel.Guy meets mysterious woman and things happen. I just read the 2006 novel this is based off and I enjoyed the book quite a bit.
When Calls the Heart starring Erin Krakow, Lori Loughlin, others. Some sort of romance-y thing with a Canadian Mountie and women with nice hair. Several films based off Janette Oke stories. Oke was hugely popular at the public library I worked at in KS 20 years ago. I'm not sure if Canadians were hugely popular. Or Mounties.
The Driftless Area starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel.Guy meets mysterious woman and things happen. I just read the 2006 novel this is based off and I enjoyed the book quite a bit.
When Calls the Heart starring Erin Krakow, Lori Loughlin, others. Some sort of romance-y thing with a Canadian Mountie and women with nice hair. Several films based off Janette Oke stories. Oke was hugely popular at the public library I worked at in KS 20 years ago. I'm not sure if Canadians were hugely popular. Or Mounties.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
A Movie, Some Books
DVD
The Young Messiah starring Sean Freaking Bean. Sean Freaking Bean is in this, so you'll watch it anyway.
NonFiction
Give Us the Ballot: the modern struggle for voting by Ari Berman. The Voting Rights Act and what followed.
1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs - the election that changed the country by James Chace. I guess the subtitle tells you enough about the topic.
The Young Messiah starring Sean Freaking Bean. Sean Freaking Bean is in this, so you'll watch it anyway.
NonFiction
Give Us the Ballot: the modern struggle for voting by Ari Berman. The Voting Rights Act and what followed.
1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs - the election that changed the country by James Chace. I guess the subtitle tells you enough about the topic.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
A Bunch of Discs and Larry Watson
Recorded Sounds Are Played Back Through Electronic Gagdets
Love You To The Death by Tegan and Sara. Canadian women sing songs of love.
Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande. American woman sings songs of love. And danger.
I Still Do by Eric Clapton. English guitarist sings songs.
Now That's What I Call Music 58 by [various], [Various] sing songs of [various].
Ash and Ice by The Kills. English duo sing my recent earworm.
DVD
When Calls the Heart: heart of a hero starring [actors]. I'm not sure what this is about. The cover says, "Canadian Mountie gets married and bearded man argues with bowler hat wearing man."
Fiction
As Good As Gone by Larry Watson.
The Course of Love by Alain De Botton.
Love You To The Death by Tegan and Sara. Canadian women sing songs of love.
Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande. American woman sings songs of love. And danger.
I Still Do by Eric Clapton. English guitarist sings songs.
Now That's What I Call Music 58 by [various], [Various] sing songs of [various].
Ash and Ice by The Kills. English duo sing my recent earworm.
DVD
When Calls the Heart: heart of a hero starring [actors]. I'm not sure what this is about. The cover says, "Canadian Mountie gets married and bearded man argues with bowler hat wearing man."
Fiction
As Good As Gone by Larry Watson.
The Course of Love by Alain De Botton.
Monday, June 13, 2016
More Charlie Stella
Fiction
Tommy Red by Charlie Stella. Mob hit man gets into a snafu. This novel is only 165 pages long. Since this is a Stella novel you can bet it's 165 pages of greatness.
The Alaskan Laundry by Brendan Jones. Young woman flees Cleveland family trouble and works as commercial fisherman in Alaska.
The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Science fiction.
The Girls by Emma Cline. Young woman in Northern California is drawn to an exciting and free group of people. She doesn't realize she is getting involved with a cult.
Brighton by Michael Harvey. Guy goes to hometown to help a friend who 27-years-ago took the blame for a crime.
Barkskins by Annie Proulx. Two indentured servants go to Canada and work as woodcutters and Proulx follows their descendants over 300 years.
NonFiction
American Law 101: an easy primer on the U.S. legal system by Jasper Kim. #1, have lots of money.
Bills, Quills, and Stills: an annotated, illustrated, and illuminated history of the Bill of Rights by Robert J. McWhirter. Neat stuff.
Fairy Tale baking: more than 50 enchanting cakes, bakes, and decorations by Ramla Khna. Lots of pretty pictures.
Tommy Red by Charlie Stella. Mob hit man gets into a snafu. This novel is only 165 pages long. Since this is a Stella novel you can bet it's 165 pages of greatness.
The Alaskan Laundry by Brendan Jones. Young woman flees Cleveland family trouble and works as commercial fisherman in Alaska.
The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Science fiction.
The Girls by Emma Cline. Young woman in Northern California is drawn to an exciting and free group of people. She doesn't realize she is getting involved with a cult.
Brighton by Michael Harvey. Guy goes to hometown to help a friend who 27-years-ago took the blame for a crime.
Barkskins by Annie Proulx. Two indentured servants go to Canada and work as woodcutters and Proulx follows their descendants over 300 years.
NonFiction
American Law 101: an easy primer on the U.S. legal system by Jasper Kim. #1, have lots of money.
Bills, Quills, and Stills: an annotated, illustrated, and illuminated history of the Bill of Rights by Robert J. McWhirter. Neat stuff.
Fairy Tale baking: more than 50 enchanting cakes, bakes, and decorations by Ramla Khna. Lots of pretty pictures.
Thursday, June 09, 2016
Fiction, 8-14. With random passages!
Fiction
The Fireman by Joe Hill. "The fire whistled and seethed."
Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica. "I say that I like it."
A Hero of France by Alan Furst. "It was the jolly tune that did it."
I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan. "I let out a sigh of relief."
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. "The farmers market was busy already."
Winterings by Peter Geye. "Harry's my friend, and if he's divorcing you, it's because you've failed him and made him miserable."
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley. "Lily shakes her head and her ears flap and she licks her chops."
The Fireman by Joe Hill. "The fire whistled and seethed."
Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica. "I say that I like it."
A Hero of France by Alan Furst. "It was the jolly tune that did it."
I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan. "I let out a sigh of relief."
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. "The farmers market was busy already."
Winterings by Peter Geye. "Harry's my friend, and if he's divorcing you, it's because you've failed him and made him miserable."
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley. "Lily shakes her head and her ears flap and she licks her chops."
Fiction, 1-7. With author photo commentary!
Fiction
Haunted Destiny by Heather Graham. Something in the "Krewe of Hunters" series. Graham has glamorous hair in her author photo.
Cavendon Luck by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Nice cover design. Bradford's author photo is almost full body, that's kinda neat.
End of Watch by Stephen King. Trilogy sequel to Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers. Black and white author photo. The photo is tiny, too.
Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi. 300 years a Ghanian history from life in Ghana to the people sold into slavery overseas. Another black and white photo. It looks like Gyasi is wearing a grey shirt. But is she? There is no colors in the photo to tell.
Dishonorable Intentions by Stuart Woods. Snake on the cover. Same author photo on the back.
Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger. I like the title and the cover design. I have not yet read an Unger book. I have seen her photo. Looks like the photo was taken in late afternoon. I think she is wearing purple.
The Children by Ann Leary. Leary is wearing grey for her photo. The grey garment kinda looks like a rain coat. The photographer spells her first name "Cathrine". No, it's not a raincoat Leary has on, it's a duster. Another Leary photo is on White's webpage. According to that web page Leary does a lot of work in black and white and photos plenty of celebrities.
Haunted Destiny by Heather Graham. Something in the "Krewe of Hunters" series. Graham has glamorous hair in her author photo.
Cavendon Luck by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Nice cover design. Bradford's author photo is almost full body, that's kinda neat.
End of Watch by Stephen King. Trilogy sequel to Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers. Black and white author photo. The photo is tiny, too.
Homecoming by Yaa Gyasi. 300 years a Ghanian history from life in Ghana to the people sold into slavery overseas. Another black and white photo. It looks like Gyasi is wearing a grey shirt. But is she? There is no colors in the photo to tell.
Dishonorable Intentions by Stuart Woods. Snake on the cover. Same author photo on the back.
Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger. I like the title and the cover design. I have not yet read an Unger book. I have seen her photo. Looks like the photo was taken in late afternoon. I think she is wearing purple.
The Children by Ann Leary. Leary is wearing grey for her photo. The grey garment kinda looks like a rain coat. The photographer spells her first name "Cathrine". No, it's not a raincoat Leary has on, it's a duster. Another Leary photo is on White's webpage. According to that web page Leary does a lot of work in black and white and photos plenty of celebrities.
Wednesday, June 08, 2016
NonFic and Mystery
Mystery
The Highwayman by Craig Johnson. The cover says, "A Longmire story." This is 190 pages so maybe it is more of a novella.
Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon. That does not sound appetizing. Two retired women visit Maine for a 5-day cooking course. Murder happens.
NonFiction
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman. The cover is fantastic. The Clark's nutcracker can hide as many as 30,000 seeds of dozens of square miles and still find them.
A Good Month for Murder: the inside story of a homicide squad by Del Quentin Wilber. I read a nice review. The author hung out with a murder squad in Prince George's County outside D.C. He focuses on February, 2013 with twelve homicides. No photos. No photos?!
Ordinarily Well: the case for antidepressants by Peter D. Kramer. This had a nice review as well. Author works at Brown Medical School. I cannot recall where Brown is located. New Jersey? Connecticut? Rhode Island? It's somewhere over there and I am too busy to look it up. (But, not too busy to ponder and type.)
Grunt: the curious science of humans at war by Mary Roach. Roach is popular. I've never read one of the books but they sound neat. A photo at the head of each chapter.
The Highwayman by Craig Johnson. The cover says, "A Longmire story." This is 190 pages so maybe it is more of a novella.
Death at Breakfast by Beth Gutcheon. That does not sound appetizing. Two retired women visit Maine for a 5-day cooking course. Murder happens.
NonFiction
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman. The cover is fantastic. The Clark's nutcracker can hide as many as 30,000 seeds of dozens of square miles and still find them.
A Good Month for Murder: the inside story of a homicide squad by Del Quentin Wilber. I read a nice review. The author hung out with a murder squad in Prince George's County outside D.C. He focuses on February, 2013 with twelve homicides. No photos. No photos?!
Ordinarily Well: the case for antidepressants by Peter D. Kramer. This had a nice review as well. Author works at Brown Medical School. I cannot recall where Brown is located. New Jersey? Connecticut? Rhode Island? It's somewhere over there and I am too busy to look it up. (But, not too busy to ponder and type.)
Grunt: the curious science of humans at war by Mary Roach. Roach is popular. I've never read one of the books but they sound neat. A photo at the head of each chapter.
A Bunch of Movies, Some With Trailers
DVD
Peanuts Movie starring Charlie Brown. I've not seen this.
Jem and the Holograms starring Molly Ringwald. I've not seen this and I hope I never will.
Hyena Road starring Paul Gross. Canadian guy makes war movie about Afghanistan war.
Driftless Area starring Anton Yelchin. Guy goes to hometown for parents funeral, meets a woman, meets a criminal. Is this set in Wisconsin or not? "Driftless Area" can mean any place without glacial drift.
Man Up starring Simon Pegg. I don't know what this is about. The cover design says "Straight laced dude in London meets wacky woman."
Room starring Brie Larson. Man, this sure looks depressing.
The Vvitch starring [actors]. Hey, that's the way they spell the title on the cover. The title and font were not my idea.
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters starring Lori Laughlin. I guarantee this flick will circ.
Triple 9 starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The cover says, "Some sort of crime movie with case." Ejiofor is one heck of an actor.
The Program starring Ben Foster. The story of Lance Armstrong. Some guy who works at Trek said Armstrong would visit Waterloo and demand to see all the neat new stuff. The engineers would have a spare shelf of stuff for whenever Armstrong visited. Armstrong would make his demand and a guy would produce something and say, "Here is something brand new we've been working on."
Risen starring Joseph Fiennes. Something about Easter, I think.
Arrow: complete third season starring [actor with lots of muscles]. My wife watches this show and Flash. I cannot tell the two programs apart unless one of the heroes is on screen with his costume.
Hail, Caesar starring [big name actors]. Someone gets kidnapped? That's what the trailers implied.
Peanuts Movie starring Charlie Brown. I've not seen this.
Jem and the Holograms starring Molly Ringwald. I've not seen this and I hope I never will.
Hyena Road starring Paul Gross. Canadian guy makes war movie about Afghanistan war.
Driftless Area starring Anton Yelchin. Guy goes to hometown for parents funeral, meets a woman, meets a criminal. Is this set in Wisconsin or not? "Driftless Area" can mean any place without glacial drift.
Man Up starring Simon Pegg. I don't know what this is about. The cover design says "Straight laced dude in London meets wacky woman."
Room starring Brie Larson. Man, this sure looks depressing.
The Vvitch starring [actors]. Hey, that's the way they spell the title on the cover. The title and font were not my idea.
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters starring Lori Laughlin. I guarantee this flick will circ.
Triple 9 starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The cover says, "Some sort of crime movie with case." Ejiofor is one heck of an actor.
The Program starring Ben Foster. The story of Lance Armstrong. Some guy who works at Trek said Armstrong would visit Waterloo and demand to see all the neat new stuff. The engineers would have a spare shelf of stuff for whenever Armstrong visited. Armstrong would make his demand and a guy would produce something and say, "Here is something brand new we've been working on."
Risen starring Joseph Fiennes. Something about Easter, I think.
Arrow: complete third season starring [actor with lots of muscles]. My wife watches this show and Flash. I cannot tell the two programs apart unless one of the heroes is on screen with his costume.
Hail, Caesar starring [big name actors]. Someone gets kidnapped? That's what the trailers implied.
Wednesday, June 01, 2016
Rotating Plastic Discs
Rotating Plastic Discs Produce Music and Singing
Fallen Angels by Bob Dylan. Singer sings old songs in new album. Bill Crider posted to some dude's ranking of Dylan albums. I was okay with the dude's top three, he put this record at #29 of 37. I like this tune.
A Cure For Loneliness by Peter Wolf. Singer sings songs of rock. Wolf is 70 years old. That is five years younger than Dylan.
Rotating Plastic Discs Produce a Narrator's Voice.
The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr. Philip with one "l". I've heard one or two Kerr novels featuring character Bernard Gunther. I enjoyed the stories.
Rotating Plastic Discs Produce Sound and Images
Around the Corner with John McGivern: Lake Mills. The TV show that aired a few months ago and I still have not watched. Hey, Dunedin, it's available online, too, if you've got nothing else to do.
Fallen Angels by Bob Dylan. Singer sings old songs in new album. Bill Crider posted to some dude's ranking of Dylan albums. I was okay with the dude's top three, he put this record at #29 of 37. I like this tune.
A Cure For Loneliness by Peter Wolf. Singer sings songs of rock. Wolf is 70 years old. That is five years younger than Dylan.
Rotating Plastic Discs Produce a Narrator's Voice.
The Other Side of Silence by Philip Kerr. Philip with one "l". I've heard one or two Kerr novels featuring character Bernard Gunther. I enjoyed the stories.
Rotating Plastic Discs Produce Sound and Images
Around the Corner with John McGivern: Lake Mills. The TV show that aired a few months ago and I still have not watched. Hey, Dunedin, it's available online, too, if you've got nothing else to do.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Seven Super Slivers of Satisfying Stories
Fiction
Smoke by Dan Vyleta.Cover illustration makes it look like a novel about smoggy London. I was reading the other day how the famous London fog was a result of air pollution. Once Britain began improving air quality the fog went away.
Unloaded: crime writers writing without guns edited by Eric Beetner. I read something about this online. Patti Abbott has a story in here, so I probably saw something from her. I just saw a type error in the book. I should email someone and bitterly complain. Author love when you do that. Authors also really like you to email them about gun-related errors.
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler. Brokenn wine glass on the cover. We have a lot of chipped plates at home. The set we bought is not durable. We're not inclined to replace the dishes because are children are still young.
The Sorcerer's Daughter: the defenders of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Swords, daggers, women in wispy dresses. When I was in middle and high school I tore through Brooks's first novels. Lots of adventure and wizardy things.
Seven Days Dead by John Farrow. More great Canadian crime fiction from Farrow. Farrow also writes under his real name, Trevor Someorother. Let me look that up... Ferguson. Trevor Ferguson. The library owns the DVD of Ferguson's novel The Timekeeper. It's a pretty decent flick, too bad this trailer is poor quality.
The Last Ranch by Michael McGarrity. Another modern Western by McGarrity. A post-WWII rancher is facing a land grab from the federal government.
Smoke by Dan Vyleta.Cover illustration makes it look like a novel about smoggy London. I was reading the other day how the famous London fog was a result of air pollution. Once Britain began improving air quality the fog went away.
Unloaded: crime writers writing without guns edited by Eric Beetner. I read something about this online. Patti Abbott has a story in here, so I probably saw something from her. I just saw a type error in the book. I should email someone and bitterly complain. Author love when you do that. Authors also really like you to email them about gun-related errors.
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler. Brokenn wine glass on the cover. We have a lot of chipped plates at home. The set we bought is not durable. We're not inclined to replace the dishes because are children are still young.
The Sorcerer's Daughter: the defenders of Shannara by Terry Brooks. Swords, daggers, women in wispy dresses. When I was in middle and high school I tore through Brooks's first novels. Lots of adventure and wizardy things.
Seven Days Dead by John Farrow. More great Canadian crime fiction from Farrow. Farrow also writes under his real name, Trevor Someorother. Let me look that up... Ferguson. Trevor Ferguson. The library owns the DVD of Ferguson's novel The Timekeeper. It's a pretty decent flick, too bad this trailer is poor quality.
The Last Ranch by Michael McGarrity. Another modern Western by McGarrity. A post-WWII rancher is facing a land grab from the federal government.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Three Novels
Fiction
The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton. Guy gets out of prison twenty years early through help of a crime lord. Now he has to do whatever the crime lord says.I read Hamilton's Lock Artist, it was good. Oh, hey! I just found out I read another book of Hamilton's A Cold Day in Paradise. I have a paperback copy of that sitting around at home.
Tall Tail by Rita Mae Brown. I refuse to list a cat as a co-author.
The After Party by Anton DiSclafani. "After" party? Man, I never go to party parties. I exercise in the basement and then drink bar while wasting time online.
The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton. Guy gets out of prison twenty years early through help of a crime lord. Now he has to do whatever the crime lord says.I read Hamilton's Lock Artist, it was good. Oh, hey! I just found out I read another book of Hamilton's A Cold Day in Paradise. I have a paperback copy of that sitting around at home.
Tall Tail by Rita Mae Brown. I refuse to list a cat as a co-author.
The After Party by Anton DiSclafani. "After" party? Man, I never go to party parties. I exercise in the basement and then drink bar while wasting time online.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Stuff. Musical Interludes.
Fiction
The Sympathizer by Viet Thang Nguyen. Pulitzer for fiction. Former Vietnamese Army guy is a spy in the United States. that reminds me of the band Animal Logic. The drummer was Stewart Copeland.
Beyond the Ice Limit by Preston and Child. Something about water? That's what the cover says. Song reminder? How about another Neil Finn tune?
Boar Island by Nevada Barr. Where is Boar Island? Let's see... supposedly near Acadia National Park in Maine. Hmm, any Maine songs come to mind? Nope. What about bulls?
Blood Flag by Steve Martini. Flag songs, flag songs, flag songs. Nothing there either.
NonFic
Dehydrating at Home: getting the best from your dehydrator, from fruit leathers to meat jerkies by Michelle Keogh. Lots of pretty pictures. Good thing too, because I cannot think of dehydrator songs.
Menopause Solution by Stephanie S. Faubio, MD. Well, Faubio is kinda close to Fabian.
The Sympathizer by Viet Thang Nguyen. Pulitzer for fiction. Former Vietnamese Army guy is a spy in the United States. that reminds me of the band Animal Logic. The drummer was Stewart Copeland.
Beyond the Ice Limit by Preston and Child. Something about water? That's what the cover says. Song reminder? How about another Neil Finn tune?
Boar Island by Nevada Barr. Where is Boar Island? Let's see... supposedly near Acadia National Park in Maine. Hmm, any Maine songs come to mind? Nope. What about bulls?
Blood Flag by Steve Martini. Flag songs, flag songs, flag songs. Nothing there either.
NonFic
Dehydrating at Home: getting the best from your dehydrator, from fruit leathers to meat jerkies by Michelle Keogh. Lots of pretty pictures. Good thing too, because I cannot think of dehydrator songs.
Menopause Solution by Stephanie S. Faubio, MD. Well, Faubio is kinda close to Fabian.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Wisconsin History
Non Fiction
Wisconsin Agriculture: a history by Jerry Apps. Lots of photos. Cheese, wheat, wine, cranberries, honey, other things that are eaten. Ginseng is mentioned. So is muck farming. Good, I still don't know what the heck a muck farm is.
Polka Heartland: why the Midwest loves to polka by Dick Blau and Rick March. Page 143 says, "In the 1960s, the music of Lojze Slak was played frequently on Slovenian American ethnic radio programs."
Dickey Chapelle Under Fire: photographs by the first American female war corresponded killed in action by John Garofolo. A biography of Milwaukee native Chappele's told by using her photographs. Chappelle was killed in Vietnam in 1965.
Native People of Wisconsin by Patty Loew. A new, updated edition.
Ship Captain's Daughter: growing up on the Great Lakes by Ann M. Lewis. Her father worked, and then captained, ships on the Great Lakes starting in the '30s. A slim volume.
DVD
A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps. "Remembering country winters."
Remarkable Homes of Wisconsin. Video tour of fancy places. I tried to find a video of a jokey home tour Steve Martin gave back in the early to mid-'80s. I failed.
Large Print
Wisconsin Agriculture: a history by Jerry Apps. Lots of photos. Cheese, wheat, wine, cranberries, honey, other things that are eaten. Ginseng is mentioned. So is muck farming. Good, I still don't know what the heck a muck farm is.
Polka Heartland: why the Midwest loves to polka by Dick Blau and Rick March. Page 143 says, "In the 1960s, the music of Lojze Slak was played frequently on Slovenian American ethnic radio programs."
Dickey Chapelle Under Fire: photographs by the first American female war corresponded killed in action by John Garofolo. A biography of Milwaukee native Chappele's told by using her photographs. Chappelle was killed in Vietnam in 1965.
Native People of Wisconsin by Patty Loew. A new, updated edition.
Ship Captain's Daughter: growing up on the Great Lakes by Ann M. Lewis. Her father worked, and then captained, ships on the Great Lakes starting in the '30s. A slim volume.
DVD
A Farm Winter with Jerry Apps. "Remembering country winters."
Remarkable Homes of Wisconsin. Video tour of fancy places. I tried to find a video of a jokey home tour Steve Martin gave back in the early to mid-'80s. I failed.
Large Print
Monday, May 16, 2016
Deadpool and Some Novels
DVD
Deadpool starring Guy in Red. Cursing and violence and jokes. I've not yet seen it.
Blu-Ray
Deadpool starring High Definition Guy in Red. High definition cursing violence and jokes.
Fiction
Prayers The Devil Answers by Sharyn McCrumb. Widow becomes sheriff in 1936. Things happen.
LaRose by Louise Erdrich. Man kills his best friend's five-year-old son in hunting accident. Man ancient rules he gives his own son to the other family. Things happen.
Deadpool starring Guy in Red. Cursing and violence and jokes. I've not yet seen it.
Blu-Ray
Deadpool starring High Definition Guy in Red. High definition cursing violence and jokes.
Fiction
Prayers The Devil Answers by Sharyn McCrumb. Widow becomes sheriff in 1936. Things happen.
LaRose by Louise Erdrich. Man kills his best friend's five-year-old son in hunting accident. Man ancient rules he gives his own son to the other family. Things happen.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Monday, May 09, 2016
A Few NonFics, A SciFi and Fiction
NonFiction
The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. I'm not sure what this book is about but it is on the best seller list.
The Comedians: drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy by Kliph Nesteroff. I heard an interview with this guy. He had many neat stories about comedians and how the business worked from the days of burlesque and vaudeville through to radio and television.
Crochet 101: master basic skills and techniques easily through step-by-step instruction by Deborah Burger. Crochet and quilting books do fairly well here. A new beginner's guide like this one might do well.
Epilogue by Will Boast. Boast's short story collection of a few years ago was very good. After Boast's father died Boast found out the man had a first family in England.
Fiction
Brush of Wings by Karen Kingsbury. A romance? Kingsbury specializes in Christian romance doesn't she? The cover illustration is not for me. Kingsbury has a big smile for her author photo. She should have a full page author photo, she sells tons of novels.
Glory Over Everything by Kathleen Grissom. Ooh, this has a map on the endpapers. Escaped slave is living as white aristocrat in Philadelphia but has to travel back to North Carolina.
Archangel by Marguerite Reed. SciFi novel with people colonizing another planet running into money trouble and dealing with newcomers who may just pollute the new planet.
Reed's Facebook posts keep ending up on my feed because of JD Rhoades "likes" and comments. (We have a few Rhoades books here as well.) I suppose I could mess with the Facebook settings to stop all the "likes" from showing up. Yesterday's Facebook feed was filled with Mother's Day posts by people I have never met. Anyway. I ordered Reed's book.
I think Reed lives north of Wichita. My family's spring break visit to KS did not include driving all over the state like our usual summer visits. We've seen just about every dang zoo in the state. Plus the Kansas Cosmosphere. And Cowtown. And Exploration Place. And Aviation Museum. And Strataca Salt Mine. And Brookville Hotel. And Kansas Motorcycle Museum. And Coronado Heights. And every single Dala horse in Lindsborg.
I suppose we can try Abilene next time. The Greyhound Museum and Eisenhower Library are there. The coffee place in Lindsborg makes a nice Cuban Coffee.
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave. The cover says "World War Two in London."
American Blood by Ben Sanders. New Zealand crime novelist writes a novel set in New Mexico.
The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. I'm not sure what this book is about but it is on the best seller list.
The Comedians: drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy by Kliph Nesteroff. I heard an interview with this guy. He had many neat stories about comedians and how the business worked from the days of burlesque and vaudeville through to radio and television.
Crochet 101: master basic skills and techniques easily through step-by-step instruction by Deborah Burger. Crochet and quilting books do fairly well here. A new beginner's guide like this one might do well.
Epilogue by Will Boast. Boast's short story collection of a few years ago was very good. After Boast's father died Boast found out the man had a first family in England.
Fiction
Brush of Wings by Karen Kingsbury. A romance? Kingsbury specializes in Christian romance doesn't she? The cover illustration is not for me. Kingsbury has a big smile for her author photo. She should have a full page author photo, she sells tons of novels.
Glory Over Everything by Kathleen Grissom. Ooh, this has a map on the endpapers. Escaped slave is living as white aristocrat in Philadelphia but has to travel back to North Carolina.
Archangel by Marguerite Reed. SciFi novel with people colonizing another planet running into money trouble and dealing with newcomers who may just pollute the new planet.
Reed's Facebook posts keep ending up on my feed because of JD Rhoades "likes" and comments. (We have a few Rhoades books here as well.) I suppose I could mess with the Facebook settings to stop all the "likes" from showing up. Yesterday's Facebook feed was filled with Mother's Day posts by people I have never met. Anyway. I ordered Reed's book.
I think Reed lives north of Wichita. My family's spring break visit to KS did not include driving all over the state like our usual summer visits. We've seen just about every dang zoo in the state. Plus the Kansas Cosmosphere. And Cowtown. And Exploration Place. And Aviation Museum. And Strataca Salt Mine. And Brookville Hotel. And Kansas Motorcycle Museum. And Coronado Heights. And every single Dala horse in Lindsborg.
I suppose we can try Abilene next time. The Greyhound Museum and Eisenhower Library are there. The coffee place in Lindsborg makes a nice Cuban Coffee.
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave. The cover says "World War Two in London."
American Blood by Ben Sanders. New Zealand crime novelist writes a novel set in New Mexico.
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
Eleven Novels
Fiction
Giving Up The Ghost by Mac McCoy. Mystery paperback with a widow who can talk to dead victims and solve murders. I bought this because we don't get many paperback only books. I also bought this because the author is from KS.
Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian. Don't we have this already? Let me check ... Nope, this is our only copy. Orhan's grandfather dies and leaves the rug business to a woman in far away Los Angeles.
15th Affair by James Patterson Literary Industries, Amalgamated and Maxine Paetro. Paetro works a lot of Patterson. This series is popular.
Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo. Russo has a follow up to his novel Nobody's Fool. I watched the film version of Nobody's Fool and didn't see what the big deal was. The main character was not a lovable rascal, he was a deadbeat who left his family.
Unwound by Lorelei James. Romance novel by Lori Armstrong under her romance pen name. Oh, wait. Maybe Armstrong was the pen name. Let me check ... I was correct. Armstrong is her real name.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick. Widower travels the world to find out his wife's life before they met and married. Maybe she was a spy. Or an assassin. Or a bank robber. That is what happens in most of the books I read.
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman. Guess who hasn't read a Lippman book yet? [points at self] This guy. Megan Abbott speaks very highly of Lippman. I pay attention to Abbott's opinion.
The Girl From Summer Hill by Jude Deveraux. I like the cover. I don't like most romance-y covers.
Redemption Road by John Hart. I like this cover as well. Hart won two Edgar Awards in a row. Wow. That is impressive.
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman. Backman is Swedish. His author bio says his novels have been sold in twenty-five languages and that he lives with his wife and two children. I misread that as "He lives with his wife and 25 children."
The Apartment by Danielle Steel. I still want to stick and "e" on the end of Steel.
Giving Up The Ghost by Mac McCoy. Mystery paperback with a widow who can talk to dead victims and solve murders. I bought this because we don't get many paperback only books. I also bought this because the author is from KS.
Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian. Don't we have this already? Let me check ... Nope, this is our only copy. Orhan's grandfather dies and leaves the rug business to a woman in far away Los Angeles.
15th Affair by James Patterson Literary Industries, Amalgamated and Maxine Paetro. Paetro works a lot of Patterson. This series is popular.
Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo. Russo has a follow up to his novel Nobody's Fool. I watched the film version of Nobody's Fool and didn't see what the big deal was. The main character was not a lovable rascal, he was a deadbeat who left his family.
Unwound by Lorelei James. Romance novel by Lori Armstrong under her romance pen name. Oh, wait. Maybe Armstrong was the pen name. Let me check ... I was correct. Armstrong is her real name.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick. Widower travels the world to find out his wife's life before they met and married. Maybe she was a spy. Or an assassin. Or a bank robber. That is what happens in most of the books I read.
Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman. Guess who hasn't read a Lippman book yet? [points at self] This guy. Megan Abbott speaks very highly of Lippman. I pay attention to Abbott's opinion.
The Girl From Summer Hill by Jude Deveraux. I like the cover. I don't like most romance-y covers.
Redemption Road by John Hart. I like this cover as well. Hart won two Edgar Awards in a row. Wow. That is impressive.
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman. Backman is Swedish. His author bio says his novels have been sold in twenty-five languages and that he lives with his wife and two children. I misread that as "He lives with his wife and 25 children."
The Apartment by Danielle Steel. I still want to stick and "e" on the end of Steel.
Your New Ear Worm
Computer Magic Decodes Digital Information Into Sound Waves
The Hope Six Demolition Project by PJ Harvey. English Woman sings songs of economic inequity.
Harvey does not have tour dates for Wisconsin or New Zealand.
The Hope Six Demolition Project by PJ Harvey. English Woman sings songs of economic inequity.
Harvey does not have tour dates for Wisconsin or New Zealand.
Monday, May 02, 2016
More Harris Vampires
Fiction
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris. A surge in suicides in super small Midnight, TX (24 buildings, one is abandoned) gets vampire Lemuel investigating. Harris has her author photo taking the complete back cover. That makes sense, she's sold tons of books.
DVD
Jane Got A Gun starring Padme Amidala and Obi Wan-Kenobi. Padme is living on the western plains with her family. Her husband comes home riddled with bullets, courtesy Obi Wan. More trouble ensues.
Krampus starring Toni Collette. Scary things happen.
Audiobook on CD
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson. 14 hours at 11 CDs. Bryson goes around England and tells you what happened.
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris. A surge in suicides in super small Midnight, TX (24 buildings, one is abandoned) gets vampire Lemuel investigating. Harris has her author photo taking the complete back cover. That makes sense, she's sold tons of books.
DVD
Jane Got A Gun starring Padme Amidala and Obi Wan-Kenobi. Padme is living on the western plains with her family. Her husband comes home riddled with bullets, courtesy Obi Wan. More trouble ensues.
Krampus starring Toni Collette. Scary things happen.
Audiobook on CD
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson. 14 hours at 11 CDs. Bryson goes around England and tells you what happened.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Extrreme Secrets Hide Fast at the 42nd Street Library
DVD
Banshee: the complete 3rd season starring Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Frankie Faison. I watched the first season of this on Amazon Prime. It's a fun show. An ex-con assumes the identity of a newly hired Sheriff in Pennsylvania. Never mind how no one ever met the real guy, or that Sheriffs are elected, or how so many people keep getting killed. It's still fun.
Fiction
Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane. Here is everyone's first question, "Is this guy related to Dennis Lehane?" Heck if I know. This is his fourth crime novel. NYPL Librarian solves a crime at the central library with scholars and writers as suspects.
Extreme Prey by John Sandford. Someone gets killed.
City of Secrets by Stewart O'Nan. This is O'Nan's 17th novel. O'Nan's author photo is small and black-and-white.
Fast and Loose by Fern Michaels. The space bar on my key board has something stuck under it. Words keep running together asItype.
Hide Away by Iris Johansen. Same author as her last novel. I really like the cover art. Woman is striking a determiend hands-on-hips pose on a boulder at the water's edge of a fjord. Some guy is stanind up in a canoe and paddling over. Standing in a canoe? What the heck?
Banshee: the complete 3rd season starring Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Frankie Faison. I watched the first season of this on Amazon Prime. It's a fun show. An ex-con assumes the identity of a newly hired Sheriff in Pennsylvania. Never mind how no one ever met the real guy, or that Sheriffs are elected, or how so many people keep getting killed. It's still fun.
Fiction
Murder at the 42nd Street Library by Con Lehane. Here is everyone's first question, "Is this guy related to Dennis Lehane?" Heck if I know. This is his fourth crime novel. NYPL Librarian solves a crime at the central library with scholars and writers as suspects.
Extreme Prey by John Sandford. Someone gets killed.
City of Secrets by Stewart O'Nan. This is O'Nan's 17th novel. O'Nan's author photo is small and black-and-white.
Fast and Loose by Fern Michaels. The space bar on my key board has something stuck under it. Words keep running together asItype.
Hide Away by Iris Johansen. Same author as her last novel. I really like the cover art. Woman is striking a determiend hands-on-hips pose on a boulder at the water's edge of a fjord. Some guy is stanind up in a canoe and paddling over. Standing in a canoe? What the heck?
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Here Is A DVD
DVD
The Lady In The Van starring Prof. McGonagall, Alex Jennings. Older woman parks her van in a man's driveway and she stays there for 15 years. Here is the German trailer. German is not available on the DVD but you can listen to the French, Portuguese and Thai versions.
The Lady In The Van starring Prof. McGonagall, Alex Jennings. Older woman parks her van in a man's driveway and she stays there for 15 years. Here is the German trailer. German is not available on the DVD but you can listen to the French, Portuguese and Thai versions.
Monday, April 25, 2016
47 Discs with Musical Interludes
DVD
Skyfall starring James Bond. I shouldn't list this one. The DVD needed a replacement case and it was on our processing cart. But, I've typed this far so I might as well add a video clip.
Audiobooks on CD
Dictator by Robert Harris. 14 hours on 11 CDs. Cicero is exiled from Rome and his family but returns to Rome and prominence.
Deep Blue by Randy Wayne White. 8.5 hours on 7 CDs. Secret spy living in South Florida is threatened by ISIS.
The Wolves by Alex Berenson. 11.5 hours on 9 CDs. This novel and Deep Blue (above) have the same narrator, George Guidall. CIA guy looks for revenge on billionaire who tried to start a war with Iran.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. 1 hours on 9 CDs. Didn't we have this already? Guess not.
Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase. 12 hours on 10 CDs. English woman want sto marry at old family estate. Family history concerns her.
Skyfall starring James Bond. I shouldn't list this one. The DVD needed a replacement case and it was on our processing cart. But, I've typed this far so I might as well add a video clip.
Audiobooks on CD
Dictator by Robert Harris. 14 hours on 11 CDs. Cicero is exiled from Rome and his family but returns to Rome and prominence.
Deep Blue by Randy Wayne White. 8.5 hours on 7 CDs. Secret spy living in South Florida is threatened by ISIS.
The Wolves by Alex Berenson. 11.5 hours on 9 CDs. This novel and Deep Blue (above) have the same narrator, George Guidall. CIA guy looks for revenge on billionaire who tried to start a war with Iran.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins. 1 hours on 9 CDs. Didn't we have this already? Guess not.
Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase. 12 hours on 10 CDs. English woman want sto marry at old family estate. Family history concerns her.
Wisconsin Author Plus Four More People
Wisconsin
The Excellent Lombards by Jane Hamilton. I read a review of this novel this morning in the New York Times Book Review. Apple farmers and family dynamics. Hamilton's author photo does not show a wrist watch.
Fiction
'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick. That title just sounds like a romance, doesn't it? A woman match maker in Victorian England is getting odd threats and asks a crime novelist for help. The male novelist is skeptical. No wrist watch on Quick's author photo. Is quick her real name? I cannot keep all her real name and pen names separate.
The Last Mile by David Baldacci. No wrist watch for Baldacci's photo. His arms are not even showing.
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Curtis is a female. The only other Curtis I know is a 10-year-old who gets in trouble at Cub Scout Pack meetings because he and another child named Ian are mischievous. Ms. Sittenfeld's author photo is also missing a wrist watch. This is 'brilliant and playful' retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
Maestra by L.S. Hilton. Nope, no wrist watch for her photo. Woman turns femme fatale to climbup the ranks of London society.
The Excellent Lombards by Jane Hamilton. I read a review of this novel this morning in the New York Times Book Review. Apple farmers and family dynamics. Hamilton's author photo does not show a wrist watch.
Fiction
'Til Death Do Us Part by Amanda Quick. That title just sounds like a romance, doesn't it? A woman match maker in Victorian England is getting odd threats and asks a crime novelist for help. The male novelist is skeptical. No wrist watch on Quick's author photo. Is quick her real name? I cannot keep all her real name and pen names separate.
The Last Mile by David Baldacci. No wrist watch for Baldacci's photo. His arms are not even showing.
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld. Curtis is a female. The only other Curtis I know is a 10-year-old who gets in trouble at Cub Scout Pack meetings because he and another child named Ian are mischievous. Ms. Sittenfeld's author photo is also missing a wrist watch. This is 'brilliant and playful' retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
Maestra by L.S. Hilton. Nope, no wrist watch for her photo. Woman turns femme fatale to climbup the ranks of London society.
Friday, April 22, 2016
One Flick
DVD
The Revenant starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. I still have not seen this. I read the novel by Punke. The novel was recommended by someone who said it was the best book he ever read. Well... it wasn't that good but it was pretty decent. After I read the book I looked PUnk eup to see if he had any more novels. Nope, no novels but he has had an interesting careeer.
The Revenant starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. I still have not seen this. I read the novel by Punke. The novel was recommended by someone who said it was the best book he ever read. Well... it wasn't that good but it was pretty decent. After I read the book I looked PUnk eup to see if he had any more novels. Nope, no novels but he has had an interesting careeer.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Music Lingo
Notes Are Sung, Notes Are recorded, Notes Are Played Back For Your Enjoyment
Love Yes by TEEN. Singers sing something. I don't know what this is, I saw an advert and figured "What the hey."
Bang Zoom Crazy Hello by Cheap Trick. Singers from Rockford, Illinois sing rock with one of the greatest rock singers ever, Zander
Audiobooks on CD
Kiss Me in Christmas by Debbie Mason. 8 hours on 7 CDs. Big time actress still lusts for rugged high school quarterback.
X: the truth is out there: the X-Files series, book 2 edited by Jonathan Maberry. Short stories based on the TV show's characters. I heard the first edition and enjoyed it.
NonFiction
Lingo: around Europe in Sixty Languages by Gaston Dorren. All the multiple languages and dialects spoken in Europe and their relationships over time. Including Breton, Maltese, Frisian, Romansh, etc.
Large Print
Love Yes by TEEN. Singers sing something. I don't know what this is, I saw an advert and figured "What the hey."
Bang Zoom Crazy Hello by Cheap Trick. Singers from Rockford, Illinois sing rock with one of the greatest rock singers ever, Zander
Audiobooks on CD
Kiss Me in Christmas by Debbie Mason. 8 hours on 7 CDs. Big time actress still lusts for rugged high school quarterback.
X: the truth is out there: the X-Files series, book 2 edited by Jonathan Maberry. Short stories based on the TV show's characters. I heard the first edition and enjoyed it.
NonFiction
Lingo: around Europe in Sixty Languages by Gaston Dorren. All the multiple languages and dialects spoken in Europe and their relationships over time. Including Breton, Maltese, Frisian, Romansh, etc.
Large Print
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Lilac Girls Programming Obsession
Fiction
The Obsession by Nora Roberts. Photographer's father abducted a girl when photographer was also a girl. I think.
Most Wanted by Lisa Scottoline. Woman sees her sperm donor's photo on TV after his arrest for murder. Things happen, I suppose. Scottoline's author photo is the same as the last book or two.Her photo is on the inside of the dust cover to make room for all the praise on the back.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. The cover photo is three women walking arm in arm. That keeps making me think this book has multiple authors, but it doesn't. Kelly's author photo is by a guy named Jeffrey.
The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King. I almost always see King's name and try to remember if she is Stephen King's wife. She is not Stephen King's wife, that is Tabitha King. Laurie R. King's husband passed away in 2009. Her husband had a very interesting and varied career and a big beard.
The 14th Colony by Steve Berry. I'm not sure what this is about. The front cover says "historical fiction". The back cover says "author photo". Berry's photo has him wearing a grey suit coat. I'm not sure what you call that kind of material.
Musical Interlude
How has this CD circ'ed only one time? Sinkane's 2014 album is Mean Love.
NonFiction
Programming the Photon: getting started with the internet of things by Christopher Rush. Program your stuff.
Big Girl: how I gave up dieting and got a life by Kelsey Miller. The small bio says Miller lives in Brooklyn. The small author photo says Miller was outside for the photo.
Quicken: 2016 the official guide by Bobbi Sandberg. Learn your software. Sandberg has been teaching this stuff for over 30 years.
The Obsession by Nora Roberts. Photographer's father abducted a girl when photographer was also a girl. I think.
Most Wanted by Lisa Scottoline. Woman sees her sperm donor's photo on TV after his arrest for murder. Things happen, I suppose. Scottoline's author photo is the same as the last book or two.Her photo is on the inside of the dust cover to make room for all the praise on the back.
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. The cover photo is three women walking arm in arm. That keeps making me think this book has multiple authors, but it doesn't. Kelly's author photo is by a guy named Jeffrey.
The Murder of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King. I almost always see King's name and try to remember if she is Stephen King's wife. She is not Stephen King's wife, that is Tabitha King. Laurie R. King's husband passed away in 2009. Her husband had a very interesting and varied career and a big beard.
The 14th Colony by Steve Berry. I'm not sure what this is about. The front cover says "historical fiction". The back cover says "author photo". Berry's photo has him wearing a grey suit coat. I'm not sure what you call that kind of material.
Musical Interlude
How has this CD circ'ed only one time? Sinkane's 2014 album is Mean Love.
NonFiction
Programming the Photon: getting started with the internet of things by Christopher Rush. Program your stuff.
Big Girl: how I gave up dieting and got a life by Kelsey Miller. The small bio says Miller lives in Brooklyn. The small author photo says Miller was outside for the photo.
Quicken: 2016 the official guide by Bobbi Sandberg. Learn your software. Sandberg has been teaching this stuff for over 30 years.
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