Why was this one week before Halloween? I have no idea.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Witches Night Out 2012
Witches Night Out 2012
Why was this one week before Halloween? I have no idea.
Why was this one week before Halloween? I have no idea.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Onion Book of Blood
NonFiction
Onion Book of Knowledge: 183rd Imperial Edition edited by Joe Randazzo. Shipped without a paper cover and embossed in gold colored ink to make it look fancy. Hard Hat, protective metal or plastic helmet worn by construction workers and the pussy architects who sometimes stop by for a peek.
Fiction
Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber. I'm thinking this is a Christmas themed novel. No trees on the cover but lots of shiny lights and red color.
The Racketeer by John Grisham. What do you care about the plot? You'll read it anyway.
Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith. Mma Ramotswe visits England to speak with Isabel Dalhousie about why Library Director, Gerard Saylor, has never read any of these Smith books.
Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe. Yes, Tom Wolfe is still alive. Yes, Tom Wolfe is still writing books. Yes, Tom Wolfe is still dressing like a frippery ponce.
Onion Book of Knowledge: 183rd Imperial Edition edited by Joe Randazzo. Shipped without a paper cover and embossed in gold colored ink to make it look fancy. Hard Hat, protective metal or plastic helmet worn by construction workers and the pussy architects who sometimes stop by for a peek.
Fiction
Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber. I'm thinking this is a Christmas themed novel. No trees on the cover but lots of shiny lights and red color.
The Racketeer by John Grisham. What do you care about the plot? You'll read it anyway.
Uncommon Appeal of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith. Mma Ramotswe visits England to speak with Isabel Dalhousie about why Library Director, Gerard Saylor, has never read any of these Smith books.
Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe. Yes, Tom Wolfe is still alive. Yes, Tom Wolfe is still writing books. Yes, Tom Wolfe is still dressing like a frippery ponce.
Friday, October 19, 2012
More
More AudioBooks
Winter of the World by Ken Follett. 25 CDs at 31.75 hours. Interview with Follett from BookTV.
Hexed by Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn, Allyson James, Jeanne C. Stein. "Four all new stories of magic and mayhem" by four authors with oddly spelled first names.
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin. 12 CDs at 14.5 hours. Old bachelor helps out pregnant teen girls.
Into the Woods by Kim Harrison. 16 CDs at 20 hours. Scary stories.
Bailout: an inside account of how Washington abandoned Main Street while rescuing Wall Street by Neil Barofsky. 8 CDs at 9.5 hours. More scary stories.
More Books
Double Vision by F.T. Bradley. Troublemaker kid Linc is a ringer for a kid super agent. Linc gets hired. Book bio says Bradley is from the Netherlands. That means she wears wooden shoes, hates Germans, and panics when hearing water leaks.
The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. Bones. Dead people. Bad guys.
Winter of the World by Ken Follett. 25 CDs at 31.75 hours. Interview with Follett from BookTV.
Hexed by Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn, Allyson James, Jeanne C. Stein. "Four all new stories of magic and mayhem" by four authors with oddly spelled first names.
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin. 12 CDs at 14.5 hours. Old bachelor helps out pregnant teen girls.
Into the Woods by Kim Harrison. 16 CDs at 20 hours. Scary stories.
Bailout: an inside account of how Washington abandoned Main Street while rescuing Wall Street by Neil Barofsky. 8 CDs at 9.5 hours. More scary stories.
More Books
Double Vision by F.T. Bradley. Troublemaker kid Linc is a ringer for a kid super agent. Linc gets hired. Book bio says Bradley is from the Netherlands. That means she wears wooden shoes, hates Germans, and panics when hearing water leaks.
The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. Bones. Dead people. Bad guys.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
3 Print 3 Plastic
Print
Into the Woods by Kim Harrison. Short story collection of fantasy tales set in the woods. Harrison has long red hair.
The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Apocalyptic zombies. Cronin taught at Rice. That means he is a nerd. We were going to go by Rice during our family trip to Houston but since my father, the only Rice alumnus in the group, was not there we skipped it. I was happy to go and visit the cheap bar there.
Sleep No More by Iris Johansen. Series character Eve Duncan experiences thrills and chills. Johansen was born in 1938. Her son has an Edgar nomination. The Edgar Award is a big deal.
Plastic
Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. 10 CDs at 13 hours. Scarpetta researches missing paleontologist.
Tales From the Fire Zone by Jonathan Maberry. 3 CDs at 3 hours. Zombie tales from zombie man.
Fatal Dive: solving the World War II mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F. Stevens. 6 CDs at 7 hours. Submarine Grunion sunk in 1942 with 70 crew aboard. Found in 2006. What caused the sinking?
Into the Woods by Kim Harrison. Short story collection of fantasy tales set in the woods. Harrison has long red hair.
The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Apocalyptic zombies. Cronin taught at Rice. That means he is a nerd. We were going to go by Rice during our family trip to Houston but since my father, the only Rice alumnus in the group, was not there we skipped it. I was happy to go and visit the cheap bar there.
Sleep No More by Iris Johansen. Series character Eve Duncan experiences thrills and chills. Johansen was born in 1938. Her son has an Edgar nomination. The Edgar Award is a big deal.
Plastic
Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell. 10 CDs at 13 hours. Scarpetta researches missing paleontologist.
Tales From the Fire Zone by Jonathan Maberry. 3 CDs at 3 hours. Zombie tales from zombie man.
Fatal Dive: solving the World War II mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F. Stevens. 6 CDs at 7 hours. Submarine Grunion sunk in 1942 with 70 crew aboard. Found in 2006. What caused the sinking?
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Romans and a Comic with Mixed Reviews
NonFiction
The Guy Under the Sheets: the unauthorized biography by Chris Elliott. Since no one else was writing an unauthorized biography of Chris Elliott he did so himself. Mixed reviews but second one is entertaining.
Booklist's David Pitt wrote: This hugely entertaining pack of lies reads like a Woody Allen essay from the New Yorker, but, buried among the silliness, there is a nugget or two of legitimate autobiography. Wildly weird and hugely entertaining.
Library Journal's Barry X. Miller wrote: a clunker...readers...will come away disappointed...ridiculous parody, jokes that go over like a lead balloon, and hyperbole of migrain-inducing dimensions. There is no narrative through-line, and everything, including all semblance of a coherent story or point of interest, is sacrificed on the altar of cheap laughs. VERDICT: Not funny! Recommended only for the hardest of the hardcore Chris Elliott fanboys.
Fiction
Centurion by Simon Scarrow. Adventure novel of the Roman Legions. A fun series featuring centurions Macro and Cato. Similar read to Bernard Cornwell.
The Guy Under the Sheets: the unauthorized biography by Chris Elliott. Since no one else was writing an unauthorized biography of Chris Elliott he did so himself. Mixed reviews but second one is entertaining.
Booklist's David Pitt wrote: This hugely entertaining pack of lies reads like a Woody Allen essay from the New Yorker, but, buried among the silliness, there is a nugget or two of legitimate autobiography. Wildly weird and hugely entertaining.
Library Journal's Barry X. Miller wrote: a clunker...readers...will come away disappointed...ridiculous parody, jokes that go over like a lead balloon, and hyperbole of migrain-inducing dimensions. There is no narrative through-line, and everything, including all semblance of a coherent story or point of interest, is sacrificed on the altar of cheap laughs. VERDICT: Not funny! Recommended only for the hardest of the hardcore Chris Elliott fanboys.
Fiction
Centurion by Simon Scarrow. Adventure novel of the Roman Legions. A fun series featuring centurions Macro and Cato. Similar read to Bernard Cornwell.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Bloodline Delusion From The Shoe Hive
NonFiction
The Shoe: best foot forward by Tamsin Blanchard. Because women like shoes. Hopefully they will like this book even though the plastic cover has a bunch of dang air bubbles in it.
A Family's Guide to Tourette Syndrome edited by John T. Walkup, MD, et al. This has air bubbles all over it, too.
Comic Book Novel
The Hive by Charles Burns. Not covered in air bubbles. Not to be confused with The Hives.
Large Print
Dick Francis's Bloodline by Felix Francis. Horses. Murder. Thrills
Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb. Does Nora Roberts use a ghost writer or does she write really fast? I watched part of an interview with Ken Follett and he works six days a week from about 7 AM to 4 PM. Sometimes he works seven days a week. You can watch the interview here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308209-1.
DVD
30 Rock: season 6 starring Alec Baldwin. "She's like a little human tumbler of scotch." You can check out the DVD (for free) to watch the full episode. Or, pay two bucks for every 22 minutes of show.
The Shoe: best foot forward by Tamsin Blanchard. Because women like shoes. Hopefully they will like this book even though the plastic cover has a bunch of dang air bubbles in it.
A Family's Guide to Tourette Syndrome edited by John T. Walkup, MD, et al. This has air bubbles all over it, too.
Comic Book Novel
The Hive by Charles Burns. Not covered in air bubbles. Not to be confused with The Hives.
Large Print
Dick Francis's Bloodline by Felix Francis. Horses. Murder. Thrills
Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb. Does Nora Roberts use a ghost writer or does she write really fast? I watched part of an interview with Ken Follett and he works six days a week from about 7 AM to 4 PM. Sometimes he works seven days a week. You can watch the interview here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/308209-1.
DVD
30 Rock: season 6 starring Alec Baldwin. "She's like a little human tumbler of scotch." You can check out the DVD (for free) to watch the full episode. Or, pay two bucks for every 22 minutes of show.
Friday, October 12, 2012
95 hours
Music on Shiny Flat Disc With Centered Hole
Love at the Bottom of the Sea by The Magnetic Fields. I heard Andrew In Drag on BBC6. I then heard other songs. I then decided other people might be interested.
Audiobooks on CD
Dearie: the remarkable life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz. 20 CDs at 25'29". "It's rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It's even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot-three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station."
Phantom by Jo Nesbo. 13 CDs at 16'18". Harry Hole leaves Hong Kong to return to Oslo and help his former stepson who is accused of murder.
Into the Fire by Dakota Meyer and Bing West. 5 CDs at 5'51". Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan.
No Easy Day: the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. 6 CDs at 7'00". Doesn't the subtitle explain everything?
Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie. 22 CDs at 26'30". Rushdie writes novel. Rushdie has Iranians trying to kill him. Rushdie uses the name Joseph Anton. Rushdie hides out for nine years. Rushdie dates good looking women.
Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams. 11 CDs at 13'03". Thriller with a killer.
Far From the Farm: stories and poems by Eunice Wagner. 1 CD at 0' 43". Humorous tales by local lady.
Love at the Bottom of the Sea by The Magnetic Fields. I heard Andrew In Drag on BBC6. I then heard other songs. I then decided other people might be interested.
Audiobooks on CD
Dearie: the remarkable life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz. 20 CDs at 25'29". "It's rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It's even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot-three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station."
Phantom by Jo Nesbo. 13 CDs at 16'18". Harry Hole leaves Hong Kong to return to Oslo and help his former stepson who is accused of murder.
Into the Fire by Dakota Meyer and Bing West. 5 CDs at 5'51". Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan.
No Easy Day: the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer. 6 CDs at 7'00". Doesn't the subtitle explain everything?
Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie. 22 CDs at 26'30". Rushdie writes novel. Rushdie has Iranians trying to kill him. Rushdie uses the name Joseph Anton. Rushdie hides out for nine years. Rushdie dates good looking women.
Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams. 11 CDs at 13'03". Thriller with a killer.
Far From the Farm: stories and poems by Eunice Wagner. 1 CD at 0' 43". Humorous tales by local lady.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Parenting Advice
Books on CD
You Can't Make Me [but I can be persuaded]: strategies for bringing out the best in your strong-willed child by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias. 3.5 hours on 3 CDs. "Difficult to discipline and seemingly impossible to motivate, these children present unique, exhausting, and often-frustrating challenges to those who love them." Was the hyphen between often and frustrating really necessary?
You Can't Make Me [but I can be persuaded]: strategies for bringing out the best in your strong-willed child by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias. 3.5 hours on 3 CDs. "Difficult to discipline and seemingly impossible to motivate, these children present unique, exhausting, and often-frustrating challenges to those who love them." Was the hyphen between often and frustrating really necessary?
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Android Owls Unmoored by Night
Fiction
Girl Unmoored by Jennifer Goodrich Hummer. Yes, I ordered this book and I have no memory of it. I'll check the back...let' see...nope, still do not remember. Something to do with a girl named Apron.
Live By Night by Dennis Lehane. Crook joins the mob in 1920s Boston and rises through the ranks of prohibition crime.
NonFiction
Owls of the World: a photographic guide by Heimo Mikkola. Really nice photos. #114 is the Rock Eagle Owl from India. The Rock Eagle has big honking eyebrows sticking straight up.
Droid 4 for Dummies by Dan Gookin. Learn how to use that fancy-schmancy phone, Mr. Big Shot. If that phone is so fancy-schmancy why do you need a book to learn it? Huh? Shouldn't that phone be teaching you? What do you say to that Mr. Texty Bluejaw?
Girl Unmoored by Jennifer Goodrich Hummer. Yes, I ordered this book and I have no memory of it. I'll check the back...let' see...nope, still do not remember. Something to do with a girl named Apron.
Live By Night by Dennis Lehane. Crook joins the mob in 1920s Boston and rises through the ranks of prohibition crime.
NonFiction
Owls of the World: a photographic guide by Heimo Mikkola. Really nice photos. #114 is the Rock Eagle Owl from India. The Rock Eagle has big honking eyebrows sticking straight up.
Droid 4 for Dummies by Dan Gookin. Learn how to use that fancy-schmancy phone, Mr. Big Shot. If that phone is so fancy-schmancy why do you need a book to learn it? Huh? Shouldn't that phone be teaching you? What do you say to that Mr. Texty Bluejaw?
Monday, October 08, 2012
Canadian Chair Cover?
Fiction
Trinity Game by Sean Chercover. Dabiel Byrne works for the Vatican "debunking false miracle claims." Byrne is sent to the U.S. where Byrne's estranged uncle has turned televangelist and is predicting the future. Chercover's previous private eye novels were well done.
Round House by Louise Erdrich. Woman living on South Dakota Indian reservation is attacked and the traumatized withdraws into depression. Her 13-year-old son sets out to find out what happened.
Mad River by John Sandford. Thriller featuring Sandford's Virgil Flower's character trying to catch criminals tearing through rural Minnesota.
NYPD Red by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Cranking'em out.
NonFiction
Launch Pad: inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's most exclusive school for startups by Randall Stross. Big-time Y Combinator funds startups and provides guidance.
More Large Print Than I Know What to Do With. Seriously, We Are Running Out of Room
Last Man by P.T. Deutermann. Thriller.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain.
Meryl Street Movie Club by Mia March.
St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell.
A Cowboy Under My Christmas Tree by Janet Dailey.
These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen. Pekkanen? Is that Finnish?
First Warm Evening of the Year by Jamie M. Saul.
Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs.
A Place in the Country by Elizabeth Adler.
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
Trinity Game by Sean Chercover. Dabiel Byrne works for the Vatican "debunking false miracle claims." Byrne is sent to the U.S. where Byrne's estranged uncle has turned televangelist and is predicting the future. Chercover's previous private eye novels were well done.
Round House by Louise Erdrich. Woman living on South Dakota Indian reservation is attacked and the traumatized withdraws into depression. Her 13-year-old son sets out to find out what happened.
Mad River by John Sandford. Thriller featuring Sandford's Virgil Flower's character trying to catch criminals tearing through rural Minnesota.
NYPD Red by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. Cranking'em out.
NonFiction
Launch Pad: inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's most exclusive school for startups by Randall Stross. Big-time Y Combinator funds startups and provides guidance.
More Large Print Than I Know What to Do With. Seriously, We Are Running Out of Room
Last Man by P.T. Deutermann. Thriller.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain.
Meryl Street Movie Club by Mia March.
St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell.
A Cowboy Under My Christmas Tree by Janet Dailey.
These Girls by Sarah Pekkanen. Pekkanen? Is that Finnish?
First Warm Evening of the Year by Jamie M. Saul.
Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs.
A Place in the Country by Elizabeth Adler.
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter.
56 Discs
12 discs
A Wanted Man by Lee Child. 14.5 hours. Reacher ends up hitchhiking his way into trouble. I heard the song before.
24 discs
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. 30.5 hours. Another long historical novel by Follett and his hair. Read by the great John Lee.
12 discs
A Wanted Man by Lee Child. 14.5 hours. "Wait a moment. Is this the same book as above?" Yes, it is. One of these was ordered early and bought the second one by mistake. However, since Child's books are popular I figured to keep both copies.
4 discs
Homeland: the complete first season starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. Lewis is English?
2 discs
Project X starring [bunch of kids and a dwarf]. Teen party gets out of control.
2 discs
The Lucky One starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling. Infantryman looks for woman whose photo was his good luck charm.
A Wanted Man by Lee Child. 14.5 hours. Reacher ends up hitchhiking his way into trouble. I heard the song before.
24 discs
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett. 30.5 hours. Another long historical novel by Follett and his hair. Read by the great John Lee.
12 discs
A Wanted Man by Lee Child. 14.5 hours. "Wait a moment. Is this the same book as above?" Yes, it is. One of these was ordered early and bought the second one by mistake. However, since Child's books are popular I figured to keep both copies.
4 discs
Homeland: the complete first season starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis. Lewis is English?
2 discs
Project X starring [bunch of kids and a dwarf]. Teen party gets out of control.
2 discs
The Lucky One starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling. Infantryman looks for woman whose photo was his good luck charm.
Friday, October 05, 2012
Three Supreme Flicks and Two Supreme Series
DVD
The Dictator starring Supreme Leader Aladeen. Supreme Leader Aladeen protects his nation from democracy.
The Avengers starring [lots of people]. Supreme super heroes protect the nation from aliens or something.
Dawn of the Dragonslayer starring [more people]. Supreme orphan protects nation from dragons.
TV Series
Strike Back: season one starring [even more people]. Supremely disgraced soldiers protect the nation from terrorists.
Boardwalk Empire: second season starring [yes, more people]. Supreme mobster protects his gambling business from the police and rivals.
The Dictator starring Supreme Leader Aladeen. Supreme Leader Aladeen protects his nation from democracy.
The Avengers starring [lots of people]. Supreme super heroes protect the nation from aliens or something.
Dawn of the Dragonslayer starring [more people]. Supreme orphan protects nation from dragons.
TV Series
Strike Back: season one starring [even more people]. Supremely disgraced soldiers protect the nation from terrorists.
Boardwalk Empire: second season starring [yes, more people]. Supreme mobster protects his gambling business from the police and rivals.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
What to Read 49: Mark Kraushaar Poetry
What to Read 49
The Uncertainty Principle by Mark Kraushaar. Some poems and questions.
The Uncertainty Principle by Mark Kraushaar. Some poems and questions.
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Casual Cat Died Again
AudioBook on CD
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. 15 CDs at 18 hours. I was listening ti BBC news yesterday and there was a conversation guessing what reader reactions would be to this, Rowling's first adult novel. Especially since the novel has sex scenes. Phooey, her work was already popular with adults.
Fiction
What the Cat Saw by Carolyn Hart. We have a saying in my house, "Cats are evil." Okay, I have that saying in my house and the others say, "Aww, he's [one of two cats] is so cute and lovey."
The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde. Fjords? New Zealand has those.
NonFiction
America Again: re-becoming the greatness we never weren't by Stephen Colbert. 3-D photos in color. 3-D glasses to go with. Great, libraries loooove it when little extra things like glasses and cards are added to books and have to be tracked. We really love it when we have to bill people for losing those pieces. We really, really love it when people contest those bills. Because of that I'm not going to worry if the little cardboard and plastic glasses go missing.
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling. 15 CDs at 18 hours. I was listening ti BBC news yesterday and there was a conversation guessing what reader reactions would be to this, Rowling's first adult novel. Especially since the novel has sex scenes. Phooey, her work was already popular with adults.
Fiction
What the Cat Saw by Carolyn Hart. We have a saying in my house, "Cats are evil." Okay, I have that saying in my house and the others say, "Aww, he's [one of two cats] is so cute and lovey."
The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde. Fjords? New Zealand has those.
NonFiction
America Again: re-becoming the greatness we never weren't by Stephen Colbert. 3-D photos in color. 3-D glasses to go with. Great, libraries loooove it when little extra things like glasses and cards are added to books and have to be tracked. We really love it when we have to bill people for losing those pieces. We really, really love it when people contest those bills. Because of that I'm not going to worry if the little cardboard and plastic glasses go missing.
Monday, October 01, 2012
Nothing New. Here Is A Photo.
Photo
The Black Hawk War of 1932 was brief. In may of 1832 Chief Black Hawk led his tribe of Sac and Fox from Iowa back to Illinois and Wisconsin to the land that was ceded in an 1802 treated. The U.S. sent troops after the tribe and pursued them across Wisconsin. A battle at the Wisconsin River in July and a slaughter at the Mississippi River in August of 1832 ended the war. The band's retreat included passage through present-day Lake Mills.
There are several books about Black Hawk and the war including 2007's Black Hawk: the battle for the heart of America by Kerry Trask.
This marker is in the Northwest corner of Commons Park across the street from the library. You can see the library in the upper left corner.
The Black Hawk War of 1932 was brief. In may of 1832 Chief Black Hawk led his tribe of Sac and Fox from Iowa back to Illinois and Wisconsin to the land that was ceded in an 1802 treated. The U.S. sent troops after the tribe and pursued them across Wisconsin. A battle at the Wisconsin River in July and a slaughter at the Mississippi River in August of 1832 ended the war. The band's retreat included passage through present-day Lake Mills.
There are several books about Black Hawk and the war including 2007's Black Hawk: the battle for the heart of America by Kerry Trask.
This marker is in the Northwest corner of Commons Park across the street from the library. You can see the library in the upper left corner.
Friday, September 28, 2012
2012 Lake Mills High School Homecoming
Photos
I would take more photos but I feel like "creepy, old guy" when standing on the sidewalk with a camera.
I would take more photos but I feel like "creepy, old guy" when standing on the sidewalk with a camera.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Erotic Chaos
Fiction
Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Erotica edited by Maxim Jakubowski. "A selection of 30 outstanding stories from the leading writers of the past 20 years." That Grey stuff has been checking out so you may as well read this one. Several years ago I read Jakubowski's novel It's You That I Want to Kiss but I do not remember what it was about..
Brink of Chaos by Tim Lahaye and Craig Parshall. The flyleaf's plot description is very confusing. This is part of the The End series featuring character Joshua Jordan.
Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Erotica edited by Maxim Jakubowski. "A selection of 30 outstanding stories from the leading writers of the past 20 years." That Grey stuff has been checking out so you may as well read this one. Several years ago I read Jakubowski's novel It's You That I Want to Kiss but I do not remember what it was about..
Brink of Chaos by Tim Lahaye and Craig Parshall. The flyleaf's plot description is very confusing. This is part of the The End series featuring character Joshua Jordan.
Monday, September 24, 2012
The Godforsaken Mad Madame of Philadelphia
DVD
Godforsaken starring [Dutch]. Teen boy hooks up with nutjob crook and they go on a killing spree in Hollamd while wearing wooden shoes.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: season 6 starring [people]. Five dirtbags in Philadelphia cause mayhem and drink a lot. A funny sitcom. Interesting note: The character named Dee is often ridiculed by other characters for being ugly or weird looking. One of her regular tormenters is played by that actress's real-life husband. I find that humorous.
Murder!
Mad Madame Lalaurie: New Orleans' most famous murderess revealed by Victoria Cosner Love and Lorelei Shannon. A customer asked me to search the catalog for this one. No one in our library system owns it but it looked interesting enough for me to purchase. The charming society matron Lalaurie beat and murdered several slaves.
Godforsaken starring [Dutch]. Teen boy hooks up with nutjob crook and they go on a killing spree in Hollamd while wearing wooden shoes.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: season 6 starring [people]. Five dirtbags in Philadelphia cause mayhem and drink a lot. A funny sitcom. Interesting note: The character named Dee is often ridiculed by other characters for being ugly or weird looking. One of her regular tormenters is played by that actress's real-life husband. I find that humorous.
Murder!
Mad Madame Lalaurie: New Orleans' most famous murderess revealed by Victoria Cosner Love and Lorelei Shannon. A customer asked me to search the catalog for this one. No one in our library system owns it but it looked interesting enough for me to purchase. The charming society matron Lalaurie beat and murdered several slaves.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Must You Critique Author Photos? Yes, I Must.
Fiction
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington does something in an airplane. Author phot looks to be taken in a restaurant. Photo is by Harry Benson who HOLY-MOLY! took these Beatles photos!
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown. A thriller. Brown's photo completely covers the back cover. That means she is a Big Deal. Probably because lots of people enjoy her books. Author photo by Andrew Eccles. Go to Eccles's obscurities section for shots of chimpanzees and nudes. And nude chimpanzees.
Winter of the World by Ken Follett. "Book Two of the Century Trilogy." Follett got a haircut. Remember those 1980s author photos with the bouffant? A relative of his, Barbara Follett, took his author photo.
Hiss and Hers by M.C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin. M.C. Beaton is also a Big Deal, not that you could tell by the tiny black-and-white shot inside the flyleaf. Heck, the photo does not even receive an author credit.
Large Print
Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman. Parker has returned from the grave, inhabited Brandmand, and written a Jesse Stone novel.
Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs. No they are not.
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. Sounds like the title to a John Irving novel.
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods.
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington does something in an airplane. Author phot looks to be taken in a restaurant. Photo is by Harry Benson who HOLY-MOLY! took these Beatles photos!
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown. A thriller. Brown's photo completely covers the back cover. That means she is a Big Deal. Probably because lots of people enjoy her books. Author photo by Andrew Eccles. Go to Eccles's obscurities section for shots of chimpanzees and nudes. And nude chimpanzees.
Winter of the World by Ken Follett. "Book Two of the Century Trilogy." Follett got a haircut. Remember those 1980s author photos with the bouffant? A relative of his, Barbara Follett, took his author photo.
Hiss and Hers by M.C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin. M.C. Beaton is also a Big Deal, not that you could tell by the tiny black-and-white shot inside the flyleaf. Heck, the photo does not even receive an author credit.
Large Print
Robert B. Parker's Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman. Parker has returned from the grave, inhabited Brandmand, and written a Jesse Stone novel.
Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs. No they are not.
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. Sounds like the title to a John Irving novel.
Severe Clear by Stuart Woods.
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