Fiction
Never Love a Lawman by Jo Goodman. Beautiful newcomer to Reidsville, CO must marry the local sheriff to claim her inheritance of the local railway.
Rio Chama by Johnny D. Boggs. Gunfighter Britton Wade takes on the challenge to transport a priest lynching condemned man to the gallows. But, the condemned man's father is the wealthy and powerful Senator Cole and the Senator does not want his son to hang. I read Boggs' Spur Award winner Camp Ford, it was good.
Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay. I've never seen the television series but have really enjoyed the books. The third book in the series, preceding this one, diverted from the usual storyline and involved demon possession. This fourth novel is back again to Dexter's usual problems of trying hard pass as a normal person while still following his hobby of murder.
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood. Sequel to Atwood's Oryx and Crake and set in a post-apocalyptic land.
The Inheritance by Tamera Alexander. Inspirational romance. All these inspirational titles have the same cover designs. There will be a demurely dressed, pretty gal in her early to mid-twenties in the front and a rugged but handsome dude in the background. Both figures are outdoors in a field or the mountains or both.
Beyond This Moment by Tamera Alexander. A different series with the same dang cover style.
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander. Newlyweds Lady Emily and Colin Hargreaves are honeymooning in Constantinople when a harem girl is murdered. A local diplomat recognizes the victim as his daughter, who was kidnapped twenty years earlier, and Emily and Colin promise to investigate. Alexander was at last year's Murder and Mayhem in Muskego (and also scheduled for this year's) and her books sounded interesting. I bought this one since her other book we have A Fatal Waltz circ'ed well.
Rough Country by John Sandford. The usual.
Evil for Evil by James R. Benn. Another World War Two mystery by Benn featuring former Boston policeman Billy Boyle. Boyle is sent to Northern Ireland to track down some missing BARs that the IRA plans to use in an uprising and maybe ally themselves with the Axis. This is a good series, I recommended it before.
Red's Hot Honky-Tonk Bar by Pamela Morsi. Fortysomething Red is suddenly the guardian of two grandkids she barely knows. How will she mix the kids into her late-nights, bar owning lifestyle, and boy-toy boyfriend?
The Siege by Stephen White. Children of the Sec. of the Army and a Supreme Court Justice are captive inside the Skull and Bones building.
Stardust by Joseph Kanon. 1945 Hollywood where a returned veteran does not believe his successful movie-making brother killed himself.
Blood Safari by Deon Meyer. Emma sees a picture of her brother on the evening news as a murder suspect. But, her brother disappeared 20 years earlier in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Emma makes some inquiries and is attacked, so she hires a personal security guy and goes searching.
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo. I don't care enough to read the description.
All the Dead Voices by Declan Hughes. Dublin private investigator investigates. This series has been popular here.
The Puzzle King by Betsy Carter. Woman works to rescue her relatives from 1936 Germany.
Friday, October 02, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Great News! New Gun Books! (Not Processed Yet However)
DVD
The Mentalist: season one starring Simon Someoneorother, and ThatReallyFitChick, and TheMuscularAsianDude. Celebrity psychic who is really just an expert on body language and human behavior helps California police solve crimes.
Fiction
Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke. Another recipe mystery.
NonFiction
Have A Little Faith by Mitch Albom. Albom has an 88-year-old rabbi ask Albom to do his eulogy. Meanwhile Albom gets involved with an urban Christian Pastor in Detroit. "Albom and the two men of God explore issues that perplex modern man."
The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding: everything a nursing mother needs to know by Marianne Neifert, MD. Some lady returned a breastfeeding book just yesterday.
Why We Buy: the science of shopping by Paco Underhill. Updated and revised version. How do people approach sales, move through stores, read signs, touch items to determine purchase?
Large Print
Pilgrims: a Wobegon romance by Garrison Keillor.
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom.
Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods.
The Mentalist: season one starring Simon Someoneorother, and ThatReallyFitChick, and TheMuscularAsianDude. Celebrity psychic who is really just an expert on body language and human behavior helps California police solve crimes.
Fiction
Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke. Another recipe mystery.
NonFiction
Have A Little Faith by Mitch Albom. Albom has an 88-year-old rabbi ask Albom to do his eulogy. Meanwhile Albom gets involved with an urban Christian Pastor in Detroit. "Albom and the two men of God explore issues that perplex modern man."
The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding: everything a nursing mother needs to know by Marianne Neifert, MD. Some lady returned a breastfeeding book just yesterday.
Why We Buy: the science of shopping by Paco Underhill. Updated and revised version. How do people approach sales, move through stores, read signs, touch items to determine purchase?
Large Print
Pilgrims: a Wobegon romance by Garrison Keillor.
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom.
Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
I Should Only Buy Mediocre Music CDs Because That's All That Seems to Check Out
Fiction
Blood's A Rover by James Ellroy. The great one returns! Crime and politics intersect in 1960's Los Angeles. Read it.
Intervention by Terri Blackstock. Young drug addict disappears on way to rehab and her interventionist is found murdered. Addict's mom tries to convince investigating cop that the missing girl is innocent.
Dark Tiger by William G. Taply. Stoney woke up in the VA with no memory of his past life. But, Stoney retained memory expertise, languages, etc. Seven years later he gets infrequent checks from shadowy government men checking on his memory while working as a fishing guide in Maine. One of those government types has Stoney work undercover at a fishing lodge to see why an agent was killed in a faked murder-suicide pact.
Pilgrims: a Wobegon romance by Garrison Keillor. Do you think there are people who write Wobegon fan faction? That would be sad.
Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith. "An Isabel Dalhousie Novel." Scottish mom helps in financial investigation while dealing with a niece, her would-be-husband, and a crabby professor.
Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Sing along with me: I don't care, I don't care, I don't care at all.
A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve. Young married couple move to Kenya for a year. Husband practices medicine and wife does photography. The two climb Mount Kenya and a friend dies in accident.
Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods.
NonFiction
High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips. Did it happen or not? I say "Yes," because that dude was messed up.
Reagan's Secret War: the untold story of his fight to save the world from nuclear disaster by Martin and Annelise Anderson. "Reagan intendedfrom his first days in office to bring down the Soviet Union, that he considered eliminating nuclear weapons his paramount objective, and that he - no his subordinates - was the principal architect of the policies that ultimately brought the Soviets to the nuclear-arms negotiating table."
No Time for Tact: 365 days of the wit, words, and wisdom of Larry Winget by Larry Winget. I have no idea who this guy is but his books sell well and circ elsewhere in our system.
Why Fish Fart: and other useless or gross information about the world by Francesca Gould. Including: where can you find "the mound of ears", why do skunks stink, which infection causes bleeding from the eyes.
Arguing with Idiots: how to stop small minds and big government by Glenn Beck. I've only seen this guy for about five minutes worth of television but he seems to be a real tool.
Lord of the Rings: weapons and warfare by Chris Smith, Forewaord by Christopher Lee. A replacement for our worn-out copy.
Blood's A Rover by James Ellroy. The great one returns! Crime and politics intersect in 1960's Los Angeles. Read it.
Intervention by Terri Blackstock. Young drug addict disappears on way to rehab and her interventionist is found murdered. Addict's mom tries to convince investigating cop that the missing girl is innocent.
Dark Tiger by William G. Taply. Stoney woke up in the VA with no memory of his past life. But, Stoney retained memory expertise, languages, etc. Seven years later he gets infrequent checks from shadowy government men checking on his memory while working as a fishing guide in Maine. One of those government types has Stoney work undercover at a fishing lodge to see why an agent was killed in a faked murder-suicide pact.
Pilgrims: a Wobegon romance by Garrison Keillor. Do you think there are people who write Wobegon fan faction? That would be sad.
Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith. "An Isabel Dalhousie Novel." Scottish mom helps in financial investigation while dealing with a niece, her would-be-husband, and a crabby professor.
Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Sing along with me: I don't care, I don't care, I don't care at all.
A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve. Young married couple move to Kenya for a year. Husband practices medicine and wife does photography. The two climb Mount Kenya and a friend dies in accident.
Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods.
NonFiction
High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips. Did it happen or not? I say "Yes," because that dude was messed up.
Reagan's Secret War: the untold story of his fight to save the world from nuclear disaster by Martin and Annelise Anderson. "Reagan intendedfrom his first days in office to bring down the Soviet Union, that he considered eliminating nuclear weapons his paramount objective, and that he - no his subordinates - was the principal architect of the policies that ultimately brought the Soviets to the nuclear-arms negotiating table."
No Time for Tact: 365 days of the wit, words, and wisdom of Larry Winget by Larry Winget. I have no idea who this guy is but his books sell well and circ elsewhere in our system.
Why Fish Fart: and other useless or gross information about the world by Francesca Gould. Including: where can you find "the mound of ears", why do skunks stink, which infection causes bleeding from the eyes.
Arguing with Idiots: how to stop small minds and big government by Glenn Beck. I've only seen this guy for about five minutes worth of television but he seems to be a real tool.
Lord of the Rings: weapons and warfare by Chris Smith, Forewaord by Christopher Lee. A replacement for our worn-out copy.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Those Reissued Beatles CDs. Fogerty, Cornell Hurd.
The Beatles Remasters (in order of how stacked on my desk)
Abbey Road by The Beatles.
Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles.
Beatles for Sale by The Beatles.
Rubber Soul by The Beatles.
Let It Be by The Beatles.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles.
With the Bealtes by The Beatles.
Revolver by The Beatles.
Help! by The Beatles.
CDs
American Shadows: the songs of Moon Mullican by the Cornell Hurd Band. I was looking at a Bob Wills CD and remembered Bill Crider mentioning the Cornell Hurd Band. I think Hurd plays a kind of Texas Swing and honky-tonk. Although Crider's main reason for mentioning the band is probably that his son does sound work for them.
The Blue Ridge Rangers by John Fogerty. I presume he complains about politics on this one too.
Joy by Phish. I don't smoke marijuana so I have never heard their music.
Abbey Road by The Beatles.
Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles.
Beatles for Sale by The Beatles.
Rubber Soul by The Beatles.
Let It Be by The Beatles.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles.
With the Bealtes by The Beatles.
Revolver by The Beatles.
Help! by The Beatles.
CDs
American Shadows: the songs of Moon Mullican by the Cornell Hurd Band. I was looking at a Bob Wills CD and remembered Bill Crider mentioning the Cornell Hurd Band. I think Hurd plays a kind of Texas Swing and honky-tonk. Although Crider's main reason for mentioning the band is probably that his son does sound work for them.
The Blue Ridge Rangers by John Fogerty. I presume he complains about politics on this one too.
Joy by Phish. I don't smoke marijuana so I have never heard their music.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
One Chick Book, TV You've Seen, GED, Large Print
DVD
30 Rock: Season Two starring [people you've heard about already]. Includes deleted scenes, Muppets, making of an episode, audio commentary.
Fiction
Miranda's Big Mistake by Jill Mansell. Miranda plans revenge on her ex-boyfriend when she "discovers he left his wife when he found out she was pregnant."
NonFiction
Master the GED: 2010 by Peterson's.
Large Print
The Signal by Ron Carlson. Mack and Vonnie are soon to be divorced but still on a backpack trip to Wyoming. This supposed to be a goodbye trip but criminal minded Mack is tracking a signal deeper and deeper into the woods.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. "A remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a penetrating look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant."
Bleah.
30 Rock: Season Two starring [people you've heard about already]. Includes deleted scenes, Muppets, making of an episode, audio commentary.
Fiction
Miranda's Big Mistake by Jill Mansell. Miranda plans revenge on her ex-boyfriend when she "discovers he left his wife when he found out she was pregnant."
NonFiction
Master the GED: 2010 by Peterson's.
Large Print
The Signal by Ron Carlson. Mack and Vonnie are soon to be divorced but still on a backpack trip to Wyoming. This supposed to be a goodbye trip but criminal minded Mack is tracking a signal deeper and deeper into the woods.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. "A remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a penetrating look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant."
Bleah.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Honor Murders, Adoption, Coffee Drinking Madisonian, Humping Vampires
AudioBooks
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. 8 CDs at 10 hours. This is the first Anita Blake novel with a 1993 copyright. That makes 16 years of vampires having group sex right? Or was that some fairys and werewolves thing?
Fiction
No Time to Wave Goodbye by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Some sort of sequel to that Ocean book. The bio on the cover says Mitchard has seven kids. Seven?!
Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. Do all his book's need to have a beach or water scene on the cover? Teen of divorce spends summer with dad in NC and meets local hunk.
Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid. McDermid's crime novels have a big following. Psychologist Dr. Tony Hill assists the police in the murder of soccer star and then in the bombing of a stadium.
Over-Easy by S. Kay Weber. Vacationers in Door County, WI get drawn into a mystery.
Night Monster by James Swain. Former cop, and current private investigator, Jack Carpenter is asked by his daughter to help with a creep following her college basketball team around. Carpenter runs across a connection to a cold case from his cop days.
NonFiction
Murder in the Name of Honor: the true story of one woman's heroic fight against an unbelievable crime by Rana Husseini. Investigation into honor killings which happen about 5000 times a year around the world.
You Can Adopt by Susan Caughman and Isolde Motley. "From deciding to homecoming - practical advice and real-life stories from adoptive families."
Spanish for Gringos, 2nd Edition by William C. Harvey.
Large Print
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs.
Surrender Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee.
Chosen to Die by Lisa Jackson.
Ian Says
"You're so fluffy, I'm going to eat your nose."
Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. 8 CDs at 10 hours. This is the first Anita Blake novel with a 1993 copyright. That makes 16 years of vampires having group sex right? Or was that some fairys and werewolves thing?
Fiction
No Time to Wave Goodbye by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Some sort of sequel to that Ocean book. The bio on the cover says Mitchard has seven kids. Seven?!
Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. Do all his book's need to have a beach or water scene on the cover? Teen of divorce spends summer with dad in NC and meets local hunk.
Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid. McDermid's crime novels have a big following. Psychologist Dr. Tony Hill assists the police in the murder of soccer star and then in the bombing of a stadium.
Over-Easy by S. Kay Weber. Vacationers in Door County, WI get drawn into a mystery.
Night Monster by James Swain. Former cop, and current private investigator, Jack Carpenter is asked by his daughter to help with a creep following her college basketball team around. Carpenter runs across a connection to a cold case from his cop days.
NonFiction
Murder in the Name of Honor: the true story of one woman's heroic fight against an unbelievable crime by Rana Husseini. Investigation into honor killings which happen about 5000 times a year around the world.
You Can Adopt by Susan Caughman and Isolde Motley. "From deciding to homecoming - practical advice and real-life stories from adoptive families."
Spanish for Gringos, 2nd Edition by William C. Harvey.
Large Print
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs.
Surrender Becomes Her by Shirlee Busbee.
Chosen to Die by Lisa Jackson.
Ian Says
"You're so fluffy, I'm going to eat your nose."
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Two Actors Demoted to B-List with a Stunt Casting and Michael Biehn
DVD
Streets of Blood starring Val Kilmer, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Sharon Stone, Michael Biehn. Six months after Hurricane Katrina two corrupt New Orleans cops are cutting loose. Like I said before, Val Kilmer DVDs always check out.
Streets of Blood starring Val Kilmer, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Sharon Stone, Michael Biehn. Six months after Hurricane Katrina two corrupt New Orleans cops are cutting loose. Like I said before, Val Kilmer DVDs always check out.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Four Large Print Novels
Large Print
Fragment by Warren Fahy. The library barcode is right on top of the author's name and now his last name looks like "Fart".
The Shortest Distance Between Two Women by Kris Radish. Crappy cover. I'm guessing this is a best-friends-forever novel and not a women-being-mean-to-each-other novel.
Vanished by Joseph Finder. Some thriller.
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner. The library barcode is right on top of this author's name and makes it look like "penis". Just kidding.
Fragment by Warren Fahy. The library barcode is right on top of the author's name and now his last name looks like "Fart".
The Shortest Distance Between Two Women by Kris Radish. Crappy cover. I'm guessing this is a best-friends-forever novel and not a women-being-mean-to-each-other novel.
Vanished by Joseph Finder. Some thriller.
Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner. The library barcode is right on top of this author's name and makes it look like "penis". Just kidding.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
I'm Going to Get Those New Beatles Albums
The Beatles
I'm going to order those remastered albums on CD. I think I'll place the order tonight.
Update: I just ordered (6:54 PM pm) ABBEY ROAD, BEATLES FOR SALE, HARD DAY'S NIGHT, HELP!, LET IT BE, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR, PLEASE PLEASE ME, REVOLVER, RUBBER SOUL, SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, WITH THE BEATLES, YELLOW SUBMARINE.
Second update: Crap. I just noticed I missed the White Album.
Fiction
The Missing by Beverly Lewis. One of those Amish books.
Day After Night by Anita Diamant. Snap Judgment from Cover: Teenage girls live and learn love on a Jewish Kibbutzz in the 1950s. Real Plot: Hey! I was kinda close. Four women tell story of 1945 escape from English prison near Haifa by Holocaust survivors.
NonFiction
Master of War: the life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick. Thomas was a very successful Union general during the Civil War, "The Rock of Chickamagua". Both Sherman and Grant derided him as "Slow Trot Thomas". But he "Thomas was methodical and careful, and always prepared...he was quick to analyze every situation and always knew what to do and when to do it."
I looked for a video of Uncle Tupelo playing Chickamagua but YouTube only has a Son Volt version.
I'm going to order those remastered albums on CD. I think I'll place the order tonight.
Update: I just ordered (6:54 PM pm) ABBEY ROAD, BEATLES FOR SALE, HARD DAY'S NIGHT, HELP!, LET IT BE, MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR, PLEASE PLEASE ME, REVOLVER, RUBBER SOUL, SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, WITH THE BEATLES, YELLOW SUBMARINE.
Second update: Crap. I just noticed I missed the White Album.
Fiction
The Missing by Beverly Lewis. One of those Amish books.
Day After Night by Anita Diamant. Snap Judgment from Cover: Teenage girls live and learn love on a Jewish Kibbutzz in the 1950s. Real Plot: Hey! I was kinda close. Four women tell story of 1945 escape from English prison near Haifa by Holocaust survivors.
NonFiction
Master of War: the life of General George H. Thomas by Benson Bobrick. Thomas was a very successful Union general during the Civil War, "The Rock of Chickamagua". Both Sherman and Grant derided him as "Slow Trot Thomas". But he "Thomas was methodical and careful, and always prepared...he was quick to analyze every situation and always knew what to do and when to do it."
I looked for a video of Uncle Tupelo playing Chickamagua but YouTube only has a Son Volt version.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Two Television Series on DVD with Scotch
DVD
Mad Men: Season Two starring [pretty people]. You probably heard of this show.
The Middleman starring [actors and hair gel]. Artist is recruited by secret agency for fight evil.
Badgers starring [badgers]. Badgers.
Mad Men: Season Two starring [pretty people]. You probably heard of this show.
The Middleman starring [actors and hair gel]. Artist is recruited by secret agency for fight evil.
Badgers starring [badgers]. Badgers.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Two Sex Books with Victor Gischler
Fiction
Vampire a Go-Go by Victor Gischler. The latest from the writer of Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse. The back of the book says little about the plot. Something about werewolves, alchemists and gun-toting Jesuits. None of that matters because every on of Gischler's books have been quite good. He always has a good bit of humor within a quickly moving story. So try it out.
The Spire by Richard North Patterson. Mark Darrow grew up poor but brilliant. A local college prof mentored Darrow who became a "superb trial lawyer". Darrow is asked to be the college President and finds that a murder case from when Darrow was a student there may have resulted in a wrong conviction.
Green by Ted Dekker. Thriller of some kind. Something about a guy falling asleep and waking up two thousand years later in a new Eden split by the Green and the Black Forest.
Enchanted Dreams: erotic tales of the supernatural by Nancy Madore. Our other Madore book, Enchanted Again, checks out pretty well so I ordered this one. Seven stories.
Random page:
As I was settling into the warm, sudsy water of Vincent's bathtub, there came a tap on the bathroom door.
"Yes?"
The door slipped open a few inches, "Would you like more wine?"
"I would, and company, too, if you care to stay," I heard myself responding. The warm water and wine were having their effect.
He closed the lid of the toilet and sat down there.
"How old are you?" I asked him.
"Eighty-five." he said with a smug smile. He look like a man in his early thirties.
"Still in your prime," I murmured. He laughed.
"Is it true vampires live forever?" I asked.
Vampires? O crap, not again.
NonFiction
Domestic Sex Goddess by Kate Taylor. Some sex themed nonfiction goes out and some doesn't. There is no telling. Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex and Confessions of a Naughty Mommy checked out okay. But, Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Women has done twice as well. Some things never check out. Like Staying Safe: a teen's guide to sexually transmitted diseases, we've had that for four years and it has never left the shelf. This one shows boobs and buttocks.
Large Print
Even Money by Felix Frances and Dick Frances.
Intervention by Robin Cook.
92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber.
Vampire a Go-Go by Victor Gischler. The latest from the writer of Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse. The back of the book says little about the plot. Something about werewolves, alchemists and gun-toting Jesuits. None of that matters because every on of Gischler's books have been quite good. He always has a good bit of humor within a quickly moving story. So try it out.
The Spire by Richard North Patterson. Mark Darrow grew up poor but brilliant. A local college prof mentored Darrow who became a "superb trial lawyer". Darrow is asked to be the college President and finds that a murder case from when Darrow was a student there may have resulted in a wrong conviction.
Green by Ted Dekker. Thriller of some kind. Something about a guy falling asleep and waking up two thousand years later in a new Eden split by the Green and the Black Forest.
Enchanted Dreams: erotic tales of the supernatural by Nancy Madore. Our other Madore book, Enchanted Again, checks out pretty well so I ordered this one. Seven stories.
Random page:
As I was settling into the warm, sudsy water of Vincent's bathtub, there came a tap on the bathroom door.
"Yes?"
The door slipped open a few inches, "Would you like more wine?"
"I would, and company, too, if you care to stay," I heard myself responding. The warm water and wine were having their effect.
He closed the lid of the toilet and sat down there.
"How old are you?" I asked him.
"Eighty-five." he said with a smug smile. He look like a man in his early thirties.
"Still in your prime," I murmured. He laughed.
"Is it true vampires live forever?" I asked.
Vampires? O crap, not again.
NonFiction
Domestic Sex Goddess by Kate Taylor. Some sex themed nonfiction goes out and some doesn't. There is no telling. Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex and Confessions of a Naughty Mommy checked out okay. But, Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Women has done twice as well. Some things never check out. Like Staying Safe: a teen's guide to sexually transmitted diseases, we've had that for four years and it has never left the shelf. This one shows boobs and buttocks.
Large Print
Even Money by Felix Frances and Dick Frances.
Intervention by Robin Cook.
92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Two DVDs, Three Picture Books, Four CDs, Six Open Windows
DVD
Extreme Rules 2009 starring [lots of wrestler dudes]. The back cover says that Big Show weighs in at 485 pounds! Hokey smokes!
Suerveillance starring Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond. Two FBI agents assisting in a murder case have to detangle three varying eyewitness stories.
Music CDs
Back From the Dead by Spinal Tap. New songs and old songs. Do you think anyone ever tries that old joke with Christopher Guest, "Do you have any naked pictures of your wife? Want to buy some?"
Lotusflow3r by Prince. This actually three discs: Elixer by Bria Valente, Lotusflow3r by Prince, and MPLSound by Prince.
Lines, Vines and Trying Times by The Jonas Brothers. As I said in the bat video, I would have bought this sooner but I thought we already had it. I've heard portions of that Paranoid song and liked what I heard. I have not yet heard the full thing. I still like the Kinks best anyway.
Sunny Side Up by Paolo Nutini. Scottish guy with Italian name with strumming acoustic guitars.
Picture Books
Stretch by Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin. Subject headings are: 1. Stories in rhyme. 2. Stretching exercises - Fiction.
What Really Happened to Humpty? by Jeanie Franz Ransom and Stephen Axelsen. From the LOC cataloging info: Detective Joe Dumpty rushes to investigate the mysterious circumstances under which his older brother, Humpty, fell from a wall on his first day as captain of the new Neighborhood Watch program. Where is Sheriff Rhodes when you need him? He's coming up for election you know.
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Cynthia Rylant and Gustaf Tenggren. I just read Mr. Monk Goes to Germany where Monk and his assistant go to the Lohr region of Germany from where the fairy tale originated.
Extreme Rules 2009 starring [lots of wrestler dudes]. The back cover says that Big Show weighs in at 485 pounds! Hokey smokes!
Suerveillance starring Bill Pullman and Julia Ormond. Two FBI agents assisting in a murder case have to detangle three varying eyewitness stories.
Music CDs
Back From the Dead by Spinal Tap. New songs and old songs. Do you think anyone ever tries that old joke with Christopher Guest, "Do you have any naked pictures of your wife? Want to buy some?"
Lotusflow3r by Prince. This actually three discs: Elixer by Bria Valente, Lotusflow3r by Prince, and MPLSound by Prince.
Lines, Vines and Trying Times by The Jonas Brothers. As I said in the bat video, I would have bought this sooner but I thought we already had it. I've heard portions of that Paranoid song and liked what I heard. I have not yet heard the full thing. I still like the Kinks best anyway.
Sunny Side Up by Paolo Nutini. Scottish guy with Italian name with strumming acoustic guitars.
Picture Books
Stretch by Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin. Subject headings are: 1. Stories in rhyme. 2. Stretching exercises - Fiction.
What Really Happened to Humpty? by Jeanie Franz Ransom and Stephen Axelsen. From the LOC cataloging info: Detective Joe Dumpty rushes to investigate the mysterious circumstances under which his older brother, Humpty, fell from a wall on his first day as captain of the new Neighborhood Watch program. Where is Sheriff Rhodes when you need him? He's coming up for election you know.
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Cynthia Rylant and Gustaf Tenggren. I just read Mr. Monk Goes to Germany where Monk and his assistant go to the Lohr region of Germany from where the fairy tale originated.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ghost Written, No Such Agency, Pigeon Detectives
Fiction
Heaven's Keep by William Kent Krueger. Krueger's books are supposed to be pretty good. The body of Cork O'Connor's wife went missing in a plane crash in the Wyoming mountains. A few months later he learns the pilot may have been a fraud. Cork goes looking for evidence and runs into DANGER!
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs. Temperance Brennan awakes, with her hands and feet bound, in a cold, dark, enclosed place. She traces back through a series of Montreal area murders and the possibility that a colleague may have sabotaged laboratory work. Will she escape the DANGER?!
Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. The Fargos, a fortune hunting wife and husband, find a German U-Boat in a Maryland swamp that holds a map piece leading to an ancient treasure. A rich half-Persian, half-Russian millionaire wants the treasure and puts the Fargos in DANGER!
Large Print
Smash Cut by Sandra Brown. Lawyer takes on case of a nephew murdering his own wealthy uncle. The uncle's mistress tries to interfere with the lawyer's case. Mistress is caught in several lies and puts everyone in DANGER!
Pigeon Detectives
Wait For Me by The Pigeon Detectives. I'm in DANGER! of listening to this album and Richard Thompson music all afternoon instead of weeding old books.
NonFiction
Beading with Filigree by Cynthia Deis. A replacement for a copy that was either mangled through negligence or mutilated when someone stole some pages. If I find the person responsible she is in DANGER!
Unmasked: the final years of Michael Jackson by Ian Halperin. I heard a radio interview with Halperin. Halperin intended an expose on Jackson that would give final proof of Jackson's guilt as a pedophile. Instead, Halperin became convinced of Jackson's innocence of all sex allegations. Halperin did find out Jackson was gay and weird and in DANGER! from drug abuse.
Post-death updates to the book seem to have been very rushed. The picture captions are incomplete and resultingly bizarre.
The Secret Sentry: the untold story of the National Security Agency by Matthew M. Aid. The history of the super-secret NSA from it's post-war inception to today's mission of protecting us from DANGER!
Heaven's Keep by William Kent Krueger. Krueger's books are supposed to be pretty good. The body of Cork O'Connor's wife went missing in a plane crash in the Wyoming mountains. A few months later he learns the pilot may have been a fraud. Cork goes looking for evidence and runs into DANGER!
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs. Temperance Brennan awakes, with her hands and feet bound, in a cold, dark, enclosed place. She traces back through a series of Montreal area murders and the possibility that a colleague may have sabotaged laboratory work. Will she escape the DANGER?!
Spartan Gold by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood. The Fargos, a fortune hunting wife and husband, find a German U-Boat in a Maryland swamp that holds a map piece leading to an ancient treasure. A rich half-Persian, half-Russian millionaire wants the treasure and puts the Fargos in DANGER!
Large Print
Smash Cut by Sandra Brown. Lawyer takes on case of a nephew murdering his own wealthy uncle. The uncle's mistress tries to interfere with the lawyer's case. Mistress is caught in several lies and puts everyone in DANGER!
Pigeon Detectives
Wait For Me by The Pigeon Detectives. I'm in DANGER! of listening to this album and Richard Thompson music all afternoon instead of weeding old books.
NonFiction
Beading with Filigree by Cynthia Deis. A replacement for a copy that was either mangled through negligence or mutilated when someone stole some pages. If I find the person responsible she is in DANGER!
Unmasked: the final years of Michael Jackson by Ian Halperin. I heard a radio interview with Halperin. Halperin intended an expose on Jackson that would give final proof of Jackson's guilt as a pedophile. Instead, Halperin became convinced of Jackson's innocence of all sex allegations. Halperin did find out Jackson was gay and weird and in DANGER! from drug abuse.
Post-death updates to the book seem to have been very rushed. The picture captions are incomplete and resultingly bizarre.
The Secret Sentry: the untold story of the National Security Agency by Matthew M. Aid. The history of the super-secret NSA from it's post-war inception to today's mission of protecting us from DANGER!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Two Ghostwriters and the DVDs I Opened with the Bat
Fiction
Even Money by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. British bookie is approached by man claiming to be his father. Bookie's parents were supposed to have died when the Bookie was an infant. Hours later the Bookie's father is stabbed to death. What a warm and uplifting story.
Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. Character Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle who was fighting the Ku Klux Klan in 1900 Mississippi. You know what I always say about Nazis, right? Dirty, filthy, stinking, rotten Nazis? The same goes for the Klan.
DVD
The Great Buck Howard starring Steve Zahn, Ricky Jay, John Malkovich, Tom Hanks Son. Former bigshot mentalist is on the bottom of a career slump. His new assistant and a new publicist get him back in the limelight.
I Love You Man starring [Apatow regulars], Lou Ferrigno. Guy with no friends tries to find guy to be his best man. Meets a dude he gets along with.
Taken starring Liam Neeson. Former spy's daughter is kidnapped in Paris. Spy has hissy fit with guns.
Hannah Montana: the movie starring Miley Cyrus. Snotty and self-important teen pop star gets sent to the family farm to get her to behave. Her 20-year-old boyfriend then moves into the family home.
Inkheart starring that Mummy Guy. Mummy Guy reads stories and they come to life. He and daughter have to put the characters back. Someone should do a study of how many real characters versus CGI characters Mummy Guy has had to perform with.
Sunshine Cleaning starring Amy Adams, Alan Arkin. Single mom and her slacker sister start a business as biohazard cleaners for crime scenes and accidents.
Duplicity starring who cares? Opposing corporate spies are hot for each other.
Even Money by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. British bookie is approached by man claiming to be his father. Bookie's parents were supposed to have died when the Bookie was an infant. Hours later the Bookie's father is stabbed to death. What a warm and uplifting story.
Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. Character Alex Cross writes a novel about his great-uncle who was fighting the Ku Klux Klan in 1900 Mississippi. You know what I always say about Nazis, right? Dirty, filthy, stinking, rotten Nazis? The same goes for the Klan.
DVD
The Great Buck Howard starring Steve Zahn, Ricky Jay, John Malkovich, Tom Hanks Son. Former bigshot mentalist is on the bottom of a career slump. His new assistant and a new publicist get him back in the limelight.
I Love You Man starring [Apatow regulars], Lou Ferrigno. Guy with no friends tries to find guy to be his best man. Meets a dude he gets along with.
Taken starring Liam Neeson. Former spy's daughter is kidnapped in Paris. Spy has hissy fit with guns.
Hannah Montana: the movie starring Miley Cyrus. Snotty and self-important teen pop star gets sent to the family farm to get her to behave. Her 20-year-old boyfriend then moves into the family home.
Inkheart starring that Mummy Guy. Mummy Guy reads stories and they come to life. He and daughter have to put the characters back. Someone should do a study of how many real characters versus CGI characters Mummy Guy has had to perform with.
Sunshine Cleaning starring Amy Adams, Alan Arkin. Single mom and her slacker sister start a business as biohazard cleaners for crime scenes and accidents.
Duplicity starring who cares? Opposing corporate spies are hot for each other.
Monday, August 24, 2009
New Stuff for 24 August 2009
Some new DVDs and CDs. Plus a special guest appearance from a local bat found floating in the toilet bowl this morning.
Two Audiobooks, A Dead Bat in the Toilet
AudioBooks
Blindman's Bluff by Faye Kellerman. 10 CDs. "LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, will be blindsided by a brutal multiple murderer in this twisting tale of suspense."
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz. 7 CDs at 9 hours. Dude who talks to the dead goes to small CA seaside town when he gets dreams of an "all encompassing red tide."
Dead Bat in Toilet
Dead Bat in Upstairs Toilet
Blindman's Bluff by Faye Kellerman. 10 CDs. "LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina Lazarus, will be blindsided by a brutal multiple murderer in this twisting tale of suspense."
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz. 7 CDs at 9 hours. Dude who talks to the dead goes to small CA seaside town when he gets dreams of an "all encompassing red tide."
Dead Bat in Toilet
Dead Bat in Upstairs Toilet
Friday, August 21, 2009
Not Many New Books. I Should Do Another Video.
Adult Fiction
Vanishing Act by Fern Michaels. What are the chances I will ever read a Fern Michaels novel? Very, very low. Maybe if I were to be kidnapped and locked in a room with nothing but a Michaels novel.
Filler
Jonas Brothers by Maggie Maron. Joe's favorite drink is Orange Gatorade. Kevin's favorite drink is coffee. Coffee!? Hey, I like that guy now!
I Love Dirt: 52 activities to help you and your kids discover the wonders of nature by Jennifer Ward. Divided by season. We were playing outside yesterday afternoon and the dog wanted to go back inside. I told her to stop whining.
Fractured Fairy Tales by Rocky and Bullwinkle. I'm listening to the Underground Garage (advance to track 5 of 10 for the story). They are playing the audio of Fractured Fairytale's version of Rumpelstitskin. Rumpelstiltskin is a PR man.
Simply Delicious! by Margaret Mahy. A resourceful father engages in all kinds of acrobatic moves to keep an assortment of jungle creatures from getting the double-dip-chocolate-chip-and-cherry ice cream cone he is taking home to his son.
Hey, Crider. There is a crocodile in this one.
Donut Holes by Jim Braughler. Jim brought in donut holes this morning. The sour cream kind.
Oops, Missed Two Comics
Unstoppable: Astonishing X-Men by Josh Whedon and John Cassaday. Super heroes save the world
Dangerous: Astonishing X-Men by Josh Whedon and John Cassaday. A powerful enemy [is] living among the X-Men.
Vanishing Act by Fern Michaels. What are the chances I will ever read a Fern Michaels novel? Very, very low. Maybe if I were to be kidnapped and locked in a room with nothing but a Michaels novel.
Filler
Jonas Brothers by Maggie Maron. Joe's favorite drink is Orange Gatorade. Kevin's favorite drink is coffee. Coffee!? Hey, I like that guy now!
I Love Dirt: 52 activities to help you and your kids discover the wonders of nature by Jennifer Ward. Divided by season. We were playing outside yesterday afternoon and the dog wanted to go back inside. I told her to stop whining.
Fractured Fairy Tales by Rocky and Bullwinkle. I'm listening to the Underground Garage (advance to track 5 of 10 for the story). They are playing the audio of Fractured Fairytale's version of Rumpelstitskin. Rumpelstiltskin is a PR man.
Simply Delicious! by Margaret Mahy. A resourceful father engages in all kinds of acrobatic moves to keep an assortment of jungle creatures from getting the double-dip-chocolate-chip-and-cherry ice cream cone he is taking home to his son.
Hey, Crider. There is a crocodile in this one.
Donut Holes by Jim Braughler. Jim brought in donut holes this morning. The sour cream kind.
Oops, Missed Two Comics
Unstoppable: Astonishing X-Men by Josh Whedon and John Cassaday. Super heroes save the world
Dangerous: Astonishing X-Men by Josh Whedon and John Cassaday. A powerful enemy [is] living among the X-Men.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Colonel Volkovoy Returns
DVD
Eastbound and Down: complete first season starring Danny McBride. A drunken lout lives too hard and loses his skills as a big-league pitcher. Lout ends up living with his brother and teaching PE at the local middle school while he "wreaks havoc with his boorish behavior and even makes a pre-emptive romantic strike on his former high school squeeze, now a teacher engaged to the school principal."
Fiction
The Venona Cable by Brent Ghelfi. Col. Volkovoy is a covert Russian Army officer and a leader in Moscow's crime world. Volk is taken to the crime scene of a murdered Hollywood cinematographer implicated in the '50s as a spy. Among the dead man's possessions is a photograph is Volk's long-missing father.
Vanished by Joseph Finder. Lauren and her husband, Roger, are mugged. Lauren is knocked out and Roger is missing. Lauren calls Rogers brother, Nick, to find Roger.
Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks. Some fantasy thing.
Obsession: an erotic tale by Gloria Vanderbilt. Lady finds secret letters hidden among her recently deceased husband's possessions.
Eastbound and Down: complete first season starring Danny McBride. A drunken lout lives too hard and loses his skills as a big-league pitcher. Lout ends up living with his brother and teaching PE at the local middle school while he "wreaks havoc with his boorish behavior and even makes a pre-emptive romantic strike on his former high school squeeze, now a teacher engaged to the school principal."
Fiction
The Venona Cable by Brent Ghelfi. Col. Volkovoy is a covert Russian Army officer and a leader in Moscow's crime world. Volk is taken to the crime scene of a murdered Hollywood cinematographer implicated in the '50s as a spy. Among the dead man's possessions is a photograph is Volk's long-missing father.
Vanished by Joseph Finder. Lauren and her husband, Roger, are mugged. Lauren is knocked out and Roger is missing. Lauren calls Rogers brother, Nick, to find Roger.
Princess of Landover by Terry Brooks. Some fantasy thing.
Obsession: an erotic tale by Gloria Vanderbilt. Lady finds secret letters hidden among her recently deceased husband's possessions.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Crazy Library Customer
A story from Stephanie about a crazy lady who came in a year or two ago. More stories as they become available.
In reference to a couple comments I have had on the nature of this video: One of the great things about Libraries, and there are many, is that anyone can come and use the Library. Libraries get the whole of society including the homeless, mentally ill, socially tactless, and generally clueless. They are all welcome. But, sometimes, bizarre and inappropriate behavior is part of the package. This incident occurred in the center of the Library in front of staff and several customers.
Remembering this incident is not intended to belittle the lady but to laugh about the situation and the whole event. My intent was not to mock a someone with a mental illness. The customer is entirely welcome to return and use the Library.
In reference to a couple comments I have had on the nature of this video: One of the great things about Libraries, and there are many, is that anyone can come and use the Library. Libraries get the whole of society including the homeless, mentally ill, socially tactless, and generally clueless. They are all welcome. But, sometimes, bizarre and inappropriate behavior is part of the package. This incident occurred in the center of the Library in front of staff and several customers.
Remembering this incident is not intended to belittle the lady but to laugh about the situation and the whole event. My intent was not to mock a someone with a mental illness. The customer is entirely welcome to return and use the Library.
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