Milwaukee Music
Power Ballads by Will Boast. I read this book and enjoyed it. Only one or two stories are actually set in Milwaukee. Short stories that revolve around a professional drummer in Chicago. The drummer loves jazz music but makes money by playing in various bands and playing on a big name tour. A neat look at working musicians.
Swedish Serbs
Easy Money by Jens Lapidus. One of the few members of the Nordic crime wave I have read. Well, listened to. I heard the audio version of this Stockholm crime drama and enjoyed it. A business student rises in the drug trade while ostensibly searching for his missing sister. A native Serbian is stuck in middle management of a Stockholm crime ring and does not mind the brutality. An Argentinian convicted for drug trafficking escapes prison with an eye for revenge.
South Dakota Sniper
Merciless by Lori Armstrong. Former Army sniper Mercy Gunderson is a newly hired FBI Special Agent assigned to Rapid City. Her job is boring and disappointing. I have not read this book but did enjoy talking with Lori Armstrong at Bouchercon in St. Louis.
Others
Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns. Small town Rhode Island is newly haunted by supernatural or mysterious events. I read a good review. I think.
Shadow and the Crown by Patricia Bracewell. The cover image says Female protagonist in swords and knights romance. The flyleaf says Yeah, that guess is about right.
Robert's Rules of Order: newly revised: 11th edition by Henry M. Robert III. We needed a new one.
Friday, March 01, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Wny Did I Order This?
Why Did I Order This?
Scaling Force: dynamic decision-making under threat of violence by Rory Miller and Lawrence A. Kane. Why did I order this? I'm sure I took someone's online recommendation but I cannot recall where. Maybe from that comic strip's (Unshelved) weekly recommendations. Let me see. Yeah, they did.
Anyway, the authors list six levels of force from presence to lethal. This looks pretty good.
Large Print
The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter. Bob Lee Swagger solves the assassination of President Kennedy.
Magnificence by Lydia Millet. The fly leaf says a widow inherits a mansion with stuffed animals and meets "uniquely damaged humans". Let's lay on some thick sarcasm and say, "Oh, what an original idea. A widow moves and meets wacky people and they all heal each other."
Fiction
Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas. One of our romance paperbacks written by Kleypas has gone out 42 times.
Scaling Force: dynamic decision-making under threat of violence by Rory Miller and Lawrence A. Kane. Why did I order this? I'm sure I took someone's online recommendation but I cannot recall where. Maybe from that comic strip's (Unshelved) weekly recommendations. Let me see. Yeah, they did.
Anyway, the authors list six levels of force from presence to lethal. This looks pretty good.
Large Print
The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter. Bob Lee Swagger solves the assassination of President Kennedy.
Magnificence by Lydia Millet. The fly leaf says a widow inherits a mansion with stuffed animals and meets "uniquely damaged humans". Let's lay on some thick sarcasm and say, "Oh, what an original idea. A widow moves and meets wacky people and they all heal each other."
Fiction
Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas. One of our romance paperbacks written by Kleypas has gone out 42 times.
Monday, February 25, 2013
I've Actually Read Three of These Authors
Ones I've Read
Benediction by Kent Haruf. He writes tales of rural life, old rancher dudes, and families with generational gaps. This novel has a guy with terminal cancer, a new pastor in town, and other stuff. The book is probably worth your time.
A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks. I read Faulks's Birdsong and liked it. Birdsong was a World War One tale and well done. I have the movie version at home on DVD but that thing is three hours long and I'm not sure I want to tackle it.
Suspect by Robert Crais. Crais writes good thrillers and is best know for his series characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. This is the PTSD one with a PTSD Police Officer and a PTSD Army dog teaming up to fight PTSD and bad guys. I wonder if the dog dies in the end.
I've Never Read These People
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb. Does Nora Roberts farm these out to ghost writers? Maybe she collaborates with ghost writers. I write this because she really cranks them out.
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Picoult has curly hair.
Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow. I have a theory that Stabenow's whole career exists as a way to write off her trips to Alaska and all the National Parks as business expenses.
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke. Ugh. Red velvet birthday cake. That's what I got every year at school. My mother would order one for me from through the Gustavus Adolphus cafeteria. Not that the cake was bad but it's not to my taste. Each year I'd eat some and put it in my dorm room mini-fridge where the cake would dry out. I'd cut off the dried bit and eat the inside and finally throw away the husk.
The Unofficial Guide: Disneyland 2013 by Bob Sehlinger, Seth Kubersky and Len Testa. Once again they neglected to hire Victor Gischler for this series.
Benediction by Kent Haruf. He writes tales of rural life, old rancher dudes, and families with generational gaps. This novel has a guy with terminal cancer, a new pastor in town, and other stuff. The book is probably worth your time.
A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks. I read Faulks's Birdsong and liked it. Birdsong was a World War One tale and well done. I have the movie version at home on DVD but that thing is three hours long and I'm not sure I want to tackle it.
Suspect by Robert Crais. Crais writes good thrillers and is best know for his series characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. This is the PTSD one with a PTSD Police Officer and a PTSD Army dog teaming up to fight PTSD and bad guys. I wonder if the dog dies in the end.
I've Never Read These People
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb. Does Nora Roberts farm these out to ghost writers? Maybe she collaborates with ghost writers. I write this because she really cranks them out.
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Picoult has curly hair.
Bad Blood by Dana Stabenow. I have a theory that Stabenow's whole career exists as a way to write off her trips to Alaska and all the National Parks as business expenses.
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke. Ugh. Red velvet birthday cake. That's what I got every year at school. My mother would order one for me from through the Gustavus Adolphus cafeteria. Not that the cake was bad but it's not to my taste. Each year I'd eat some and put it in my dorm room mini-fridge where the cake would dry out. I'd cut off the dried bit and eat the inside and finally throw away the husk.
The Unofficial Guide: Disneyland 2013 by Bob Sehlinger, Seth Kubersky and Len Testa. Once again they neglected to hire Victor Gischler for this series.
Be Saddened, Cheer Up, Go For A Walk
Be Saddened
Kill Anything That Moves: the real American war in Vietnam by Nick Turse. Policies set at the top of the chain of command resulted in widespread killings and murders of noncombatants on the ground. Including children.
Cheer Up
Monty Python's Flying Circus: all the bits: complete and annotated annotations by Luke Dempsey. Script of each television episode with annotations and screenshots. 880 pages of very heavy paper meaning this book will start to fall apart after 2-3 checkouts.
Go For A Walk
Ice Age Trail Atlas by the Ice Age Trail Alliance. "105 detailed color hiking maps". This is a reference copy. Do Not Steal The Maps! We have a photocopy machine you jackape.
Kill Anything That Moves: the real American war in Vietnam by Nick Turse. Policies set at the top of the chain of command resulted in widespread killings and murders of noncombatants on the ground. Including children.
Cheer Up
Monty Python's Flying Circus: all the bits: complete and annotated annotations by Luke Dempsey. Script of each television episode with annotations and screenshots. 880 pages of very heavy paper meaning this book will start to fall apart after 2-3 checkouts.
- "Accident Black Spot" is a regular sign on British roads.
- Richie Benaud, former Australian cricketer, was a longstanding Australian cricket commentator in the U.K. and around the cricketing world.
- The lawn mowers are both called "Betta-Cutta."
- Tooting is about 12 miles east of Hounslow.
- "My brain hurts" is a phrase still heard regularly in the U.K., and all because of this sketch.
- British people enjoy criticizing the French whenever possible, and one of the chief knocks is to question their personal hygiene.
- Yes. Yes. Yes. (a maniacal look in his eyes) Yes, yes Mr Phipps. I love seeing the customers when they come in to complain about some book being damaged, and ask to see the chief librarian and then...you should see their faces when the proud beast leaps from his tiny office, snatches the book from their hands and sinks his fangs into their soft er...(collects himself) Mr Phipps...Kong! You can be our next librarian - you're proud majestic and fierce enough...will you do it?
Go For A Walk
Ice Age Trail Atlas by the Ice Age Trail Alliance. "105 detailed color hiking maps". This is a reference copy. Do Not Steal The Maps! We have a photocopy machine you jackape.
Friday, February 22, 2013
First Poetry Postcards of the Ice Age Trail
Large Print
First Prophet by Kay Hooper. FBI psychics solve crime with psychic powers and predict what's on TV tonight.
Postcards from Cedar Key by Terri DuLong. A chocolatier knits the wool from her pet alpacas. Chocolatier reads mom's dead papers. Chocolatier meets English guy.
The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk. Something about Moses. The description on the back cover is confusing.
NonFiction
Ice Age Trail Companion Guide 2011 by Ice Age Trail Alliance. Guide to the 1,000 mile trail that winds around Wisconsin. We also bought a map binder that will go into reference.
Library's Least Popular YouTube Video
The least popular YouTube video the library has done with only 16 views. We have both of Kraushaar's poetry collections. I think poetry is often best when read aloud. But, a reader's interpretation, or misinterpretation, can vary so greatly from the author's intent. So, I asked Mark to share a reading with both of us reading the same poems.
First Prophet by Kay Hooper. FBI psychics solve crime with psychic powers and predict what's on TV tonight.
Postcards from Cedar Key by Terri DuLong. A chocolatier knits the wool from her pet alpacas. Chocolatier reads mom's dead papers. Chocolatier meets English guy.
The Lawgiver by Herman Wouk. Something about Moses. The description on the back cover is confusing.
NonFiction
Ice Age Trail Companion Guide 2011 by Ice Age Trail Alliance. Guide to the 1,000 mile trail that winds around Wisconsin. We also bought a map binder that will go into reference.
Library's Least Popular YouTube Video
The least popular YouTube video the library has done with only 16 views. We have both of Kraushaar's poetry collections. I think poetry is often best when read aloud. But, a reader's interpretation, or misinterpretation, can vary so greatly from the author's intent. So, I asked Mark to share a reading with both of us reading the same poems.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Lansdale Novella, Football, Spying On Hippies, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Fiction
Dead Aim by Joe R. Lansdale. Lansdale is a Facebook posting maniac. He recently commentd that Amazon sold out on this new novella featuring a young Hap and Leonard. Hap and Leonard agree to guard a woman going through a divorce. Things go badly because everything Hap and Leonard do goes badly. Except screwing up and having bad luck. Hap and Leonard are great at screwing up and having bad luck.
Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson Literary Industries Amalgamated. Huh, look a that. Patterson is listed as the sole author.
NonFiction
Subversive: the FBI's war on student radicals and Reagan's rise to power by Seth Rosenfeld. 250,000 of FBI documents showing "surveillance, illegal breakins, infiltration, planted news stories, poison-pen letters, and secret detention lists" aimed at groups in Berkeley, CA.
How the SEC Became Goliath: the making of college football's most dominant conference by Ray Glier. Short version: the SEC spends tons of dough on recruiting and coaching and facilities and other conferences are jealous. I'll withhold commentary seeing as how the Big 10 lets anyone with a pulse join. The Big 10 just hasn't been the same since the University of Chicago dropped out.
Gods of Mischief: my undercover vendetta to take down the Vagos outlaw motorcycle gang by George Row. Guy in California desert town goes undercover for three years. Guy then goes into witness protection.
Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel. Underwater photos of dogs jumping into water after tennis balls. No greyhounds.
Dead Aim by Joe R. Lansdale. Lansdale is a Facebook posting maniac. He recently commentd that Amazon sold out on this new novella featuring a young Hap and Leonard. Hap and Leonard agree to guard a woman going through a divorce. Things go badly because everything Hap and Leonard do goes badly. Except screwing up and having bad luck. Hap and Leonard are great at screwing up and having bad luck.
Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson Literary Industries Amalgamated. Huh, look a that. Patterson is listed as the sole author.
NonFiction
Subversive: the FBI's war on student radicals and Reagan's rise to power by Seth Rosenfeld. 250,000 of FBI documents showing "surveillance, illegal breakins, infiltration, planted news stories, poison-pen letters, and secret detention lists" aimed at groups in Berkeley, CA.
How the SEC Became Goliath: the making of college football's most dominant conference by Ray Glier. Short version: the SEC spends tons of dough on recruiting and coaching and facilities and other conferences are jealous. I'll withhold commentary seeing as how the Big 10 lets anyone with a pulse join. The Big 10 just hasn't been the same since the University of Chicago dropped out.
Gods of Mischief: my undercover vendetta to take down the Vagos outlaw motorcycle gang by George Row. Guy in California desert town goes undercover for three years. Guy then goes into witness protection.
Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel. Underwater photos of dogs jumping into water after tennis balls. No greyhounds.
Monday, February 18, 2013
New Items by Old Authors
You've Heard of Them
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy. A painting for the cover. Binchy died in July of 2012. No information in the book is she wrote all of this, part of this, or if her name is now a corporate moniker. I took three tries to type moniker without a keystroke error. Monkier is a good word though.
Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner. Gardener is not dead. She has a well done author photo. The photo looks to edited with everything around her lit face blacked out. An appropriately dramatic presentation for a thriler novel.
Guilt by Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman has a beard in his author photo. His photo follows the same style as Gardner's with Kellerman wearing black and having a dark grey, mottled background behind him. Maybe this is the new style.
Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance. One of those AZ desert based novels rather than a Northwest US based novels. Jance lives by Tucson. Forgotten Weapons posted a match video from north of Tucson.
Hit Me by Lawrence Block. Block's photo looks new also. His is bright and cheery though. I suppose that fits with this bright and cheery series of a paid killer. I'm not sure if I read the novel preceding this one or not. The Baker and Taylor slip of paper in this book says the whole shipment was processed with pride by Judith Trail.
You've Never Heard of Him
Bark River Chronicles: stories from a Wisconsin watershed by Milton J. Bates. the Bark River begins northwest of Milwaukee and empties into Lake Koshkonong by Fort Atkinson. Milton details his many canoeing trips along the river. Amy Lutzke at Dwight Foster PL in Fort is listed in the acknowledgments. Milton writes "this is not a guidebook."
Large Print
Vintage Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball. What the heck does that mean?
The Road to Cardinal Valley by Earlene Fowler. It means I am a robot.
Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnette Friis. A Danish robot.
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy. A painting for the cover. Binchy died in July of 2012. No information in the book is she wrote all of this, part of this, or if her name is now a corporate moniker. I took three tries to type moniker without a keystroke error. Monkier is a good word though.
Touch and Go by Lisa Gardner. Gardener is not dead. She has a well done author photo. The photo looks to edited with everything around her lit face blacked out. An appropriately dramatic presentation for a thriler novel.
Guilt by Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman has a beard in his author photo. His photo follows the same style as Gardner's with Kellerman wearing black and having a dark grey, mottled background behind him. Maybe this is the new style.
Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance. One of those AZ desert based novels rather than a Northwest US based novels. Jance lives by Tucson. Forgotten Weapons posted a match video from north of Tucson.
Hit Me by Lawrence Block. Block's photo looks new also. His is bright and cheery though. I suppose that fits with this bright and cheery series of a paid killer. I'm not sure if I read the novel preceding this one or not. The Baker and Taylor slip of paper in this book says the whole shipment was processed with pride by Judith Trail.
You've Never Heard of Him
Bark River Chronicles: stories from a Wisconsin watershed by Milton J. Bates. the Bark River begins northwest of Milwaukee and empties into Lake Koshkonong by Fort Atkinson. Milton details his many canoeing trips along the river. Amy Lutzke at Dwight Foster PL in Fort is listed in the acknowledgments. Milton writes "this is not a guidebook."
Large Print
Vintage Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball. What the heck does that mean?
The Road to Cardinal Valley by Earlene Fowler. It means I am a robot.
Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnette Friis. A Danish robot.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Photo Update
Renovation Update
This morning the concrete floor for the lower level's new toilet was cut for plumbing. I was not in the building this morning so I did not hear the noise or breath the dust.
Tomorrow I haul off the old shelving. I had to cancel this task last Friday because of the snow storm.
Photos
The layout had to change to allow access to the water meter (located by the dark vertical pipe in the center left of the photo).
The pipes in the upper right of this photo have to be rerouted up and over the new room's ceiling.
This morning the concrete floor for the lower level's new toilet was cut for plumbing. I was not in the building this morning so I did not hear the noise or breath the dust.
Tomorrow I haul off the old shelving. I had to cancel this task last Friday because of the snow storm.
Photos
The layout had to change to allow access to the water meter (located by the dark vertical pipe in the center left of the photo).
The pipes in the upper right of this photo have to be rerouted up and over the new room's ceiling.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Nothing New, Musical Interlude
Nothing New
We did get Joe R. Lansdale's most recent book in today's mail but it is not yet ready for your hands.
No Renovation News
The contractor starts tearing up concrete tomorrow. I will take photos.
Musical Interlude
Welshman Sweet Baboo pretends to be a cat. I do not know if his real name is Linus.
We did get Joe R. Lansdale's most recent book in today's mail but it is not yet ready for your hands.
No Renovation News
The contractor starts tearing up concrete tomorrow. I will take photos.
Musical Interlude
Welshman Sweet Baboo pretends to be a cat. I do not know if his real name is Linus.
Friday, February 08, 2013
More Photos
Photos
That kid looks familiar. Did he do work here before?
Temporary Layout
New Toilet Location in Lower Level
That kid looks familiar. Did he do work here before?
Temporary Layout
New Toilet Location in Lower Level
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Another Renovation Update
Update
Today's first moving day went extremely well. Almost everything is done. We'll still be closed Thursday to get everything squared away and cleaned up. We re-open on Friday and will continue with normal operating hours.
Photos
Relevant Musical Interlude
We will be recycling a lot of substandard metal shelving. (The thin gauge metal is not that heavy.)
Today's first moving day went extremely well. Almost everything is done. We'll still be closed Thursday to get everything squared away and cleaned up. We re-open on Friday and will continue with normal operating hours.
Photos
Relevant Musical Interlude
We will be recycling a lot of substandard metal shelving. (The thin gauge metal is not that heavy.)
Monday, February 04, 2013
Quarterly Danille Steel Release
Fiction
Until the End of the World by Danielle Steel. Lawyer lives Manhattan to be a minister in Wyoming.
Musical Interlude(s)
Tales From Turnpike House was released by Saint Etienne in 2006. I really enjoyed this when first listening a few years ago. A concept album - not that it matters - about residents in a London apartment building. The album contains lighter tunes like this one:
, dancey tunes like this:
, and a louder one like this:
Until the End of the World by Danielle Steel. Lawyer lives Manhattan to be a minister in Wyoming.
Musical Interlude(s)
Tales From Turnpike House was released by Saint Etienne in 2006. I really enjoyed this when first listening a few years ago. A concept album - not that it matters - about residents in a London apartment building. The album contains lighter tunes like this one:
, dancey tunes like this:
, and a louder one like this:
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Library Closed Feb 6 and 7 for Start of Renovation
Library Closed
Feb 6 and 7 we are closed. The renovation begins with moving out lots of books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, chairs, so on, so forth. To do this we have to close on February 6 and 7.
The front door will be blocked to the public during all of Phase One of the renovation project. Phase One will last about 6 weeks. East side door and back door will still be open for you, the public.
Volunteering
Yes, you can help move us in the move on Feb 6 and 7. Call me at 648-2166 (excluding Dunedin and that guy in St. Paul) to volunteer.
Other News
I have no other news of note
Musical Interlude
I just ran across the Jim White CD with this song. I have this from when I paid more attention to alternative and traditional country music.
Feb 6 and 7 we are closed. The renovation begins with moving out lots of books, CDs, DVDs, magazines, chairs, so on, so forth. To do this we have to close on February 6 and 7.
The front door will be blocked to the public during all of Phase One of the renovation project. Phase One will last about 6 weeks. East side door and back door will still be open for you, the public.
Volunteering
Yes, you can help move us in the move on Feb 6 and 7. Call me at 648-2166 (excluding Dunedin and that guy in St. Paul) to volunteer.
Other News
I have no other news of note
Musical Interlude
I just ran across the Jim White CD with this song. I have this from when I paid more attention to alternative and traditional country music.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Further Commentary
DVD
The Simpsons: the fourteenth season starring voices [not in your head]. I stopped watching a few years ago. I don't even watch reruns all the way through.
Fiction
Suspect by Robert Crais. New characters. PTSD patrolman and PTSD Army dog are partnered. Robert Crais's author photo does not include one of those ugly Hawaiian shirts.
Private Berlin by Patterson Literary Production, Amalgamated. Some novel about something that happens to someone in some place.
NonFiction
Naked Statistics: stripping the dead from the data by Charles Wheelan. No photos. A handful of charts. Author photo includes some dog chewing on a stick. The dog is intently looking off camera at whoever is trying to get him to stay still as the shutter opens.
I just looked this guy up to find more dog photos. No dog photos. Wheelan teaches at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. I got married in New Hampshire. Or, maybe Vermont. I'm not sure which is which. Residents of Vermont and New Hampshire like to pretend there is a difference between the two but they're wrong.
AC/DC: high voltage rock'n'roll: the ultimate history by Phil Sutcliffe.
Morrisey on Tour. I was thinking of attending one of his shows but don't know it I will or not. I need to decide soon. I thought about driving to Clear Lake, IA for that show but need to decide quick since it is February 5th.
Or, maybe not.
The Simpsons: the fourteenth season starring voices [not in your head]. I stopped watching a few years ago. I don't even watch reruns all the way through.
Fiction
Suspect by Robert Crais. New characters. PTSD patrolman and PTSD Army dog are partnered. Robert Crais's author photo does not include one of those ugly Hawaiian shirts.
Private Berlin by Patterson Literary Production, Amalgamated. Some novel about something that happens to someone in some place.
NonFiction
Naked Statistics: stripping the dead from the data by Charles Wheelan. No photos. A handful of charts. Author photo includes some dog chewing on a stick. The dog is intently looking off camera at whoever is trying to get him to stay still as the shutter opens.
I just looked this guy up to find more dog photos. No dog photos. Wheelan teaches at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. I got married in New Hampshire. Or, maybe Vermont. I'm not sure which is which. Residents of Vermont and New Hampshire like to pretend there is a difference between the two but they're wrong.
AC/DC: high voltage rock'n'roll: the ultimate history by Phil Sutcliffe.
Morrisey on Tour. I was thinking of attending one of his shows but don't know it I will or not. I need to decide soon. I thought about driving to Clear Lake, IA for that show but need to decide quick since it is February 5th.
Or, maybe not.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Multiple Choice Question
Multiple choice question.
Why is the Library Director happy?
A. Wearing a sweater negates ironing his shirt.
B. His hair is sticking up less than normal.
C. The City Council accepted the general contracting bid by Advanced Building Corporation for the library's interior renovation.
D. His sweater makes him look like Count Dracula vacationing on the Dalmatian Coast.
Answer: All of the above.
Why is the Library Director happy?
A. Wearing a sweater negates ironing his shirt.
B. His hair is sticking up less than normal.
C. The City Council accepted the general contracting bid by Advanced Building Corporation for the library's interior renovation.
D. His sweater makes him look like Count Dracula vacationing on the Dalmatian Coast.
Answer: All of the above.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
More. Less.
It's All the Same
NonFiction
Hell-Bent: obsession, pain, and the search for something like transcendence in competitive yoga by Benjamin Lorr.
Read My Lips: a complete guide to the vagina and vulva by Debby Herbenick and Vanessa Schick. I looked for an author interview and the only things I found were Herbenick talking about other stuff besides the book.
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini. Fictionalized bio. Why doesn't someone write a bio of me? I'm mostly fictional.
Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter.
AudioBook on CD
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard.8 CDs at 10 hours.
Two For Texas by James Lee Burke. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours.
DVD
Hit and Run starring Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Tom Arnold. Max Allan Collins says:
HIT AND RUN is a great crime comedy melodrama that stars Veronica Mars herself, Kristen Bell (wasted on Showtime’s unpleasant HOUSE OF LIES) opposite her significant other, Dax Shepard, who also wrote and co-directed. Shepard, besides being the lucky bastard who gets to live with Kristen Bell (I say this as the lucky bastard who gets to live with the former Barbie Mull), is mostly known for playing villains in film comedies like EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH as well as holding down one of the leads on the TV series, PARENTHOOD. This is the kind of movie I used to see all the time in the ‘70s – quirky, walking the line between comedy and drama, with sharp, natural dialogue, lots of interesting characters, plus plenty of action (it’s a car chase movie). I’m also reminded of Don Westlake’s ‘60s and ‘70s comedy novels. You want to know how good this movie is? Tom Arnold is hilarious in it. So, in a much different way, are Bradley Cooper and Beau Bridges. It is in times in wonderfully poor taste, but in a much smarter way than most bad taste movies – including gags involving prison rape and racial stereotyping. It’s also a tender love story. I haven’t checked Rotten Tomatoes, but I bet at least half the critics hate this. Don’t listen to them.
NonFiction
Hell-Bent: obsession, pain, and the search for something like transcendence in competitive yoga by Benjamin Lorr.
Read My Lips: a complete guide to the vagina and vulva by Debby Herbenick and Vanessa Schick. I looked for an author interview and the only things I found were Herbenick talking about other stuff besides the book.
Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini. Fictionalized bio. Why doesn't someone write a bio of me? I'm mostly fictional.
Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter.
AudioBook on CD
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard.8 CDs at 10 hours.
Two For Texas by James Lee Burke. 5 CDs at 5.5 hours.
DVD
Hit and Run starring Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Tom Arnold. Max Allan Collins says:
HIT AND RUN is a great crime comedy melodrama that stars Veronica Mars herself, Kristen Bell (wasted on Showtime’s unpleasant HOUSE OF LIES) opposite her significant other, Dax Shepard, who also wrote and co-directed. Shepard, besides being the lucky bastard who gets to live with Kristen Bell (I say this as the lucky bastard who gets to live with the former Barbie Mull), is mostly known for playing villains in film comedies like EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH as well as holding down one of the leads on the TV series, PARENTHOOD. This is the kind of movie I used to see all the time in the ‘70s – quirky, walking the line between comedy and drama, with sharp, natural dialogue, lots of interesting characters, plus plenty of action (it’s a car chase movie). I’m also reminded of Don Westlake’s ‘60s and ‘70s comedy novels. You want to know how good this movie is? Tom Arnold is hilarious in it. So, in a much different way, are Bradley Cooper and Beau Bridges. It is in times in wonderfully poor taste, but in a much smarter way than most bad taste movies – including gags involving prison rape and racial stereotyping. It’s also a tender love story. I haven’t checked Rotten Tomatoes, but I bet at least half the critics hate this. Don’t listen to them.
"Where does all this large print come from?"
"No one knows. No one."
Threat Vector by Tom Clancy. International intrigue and violence.
Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz. Same as the regular print but with larger letters.
Incognito by Gregory Murphy. I just bent over the corner of my calendar and now it will not lie flat.
Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods. I've been reading Sunset and Sawdust by Joe R. Lansdale. I stayed up too late reading the book.
Kinsey and Me by Sue Grafton. The Lansdale book is from about eight years ago and dedicated to his daughter.
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard. His daughter has her own career and work but helps her dad out. Lansdale found some copies of his novels and was posting them for sale on Facebook. I bought a couple for Christmas presents and his daughter handles those orders.
Nano by Robin Cook. The books have not arrived yet. But, Lansdale's daughter sent an email yesterday asking if the books were delivered and she seems to be on it. I have this image of Lansdale finding some dusty box full of Devil Red in his garage and thinking, "Where did these come from?"
Facebook by Speaking Of. Lansdale posts a lot on Facebook. His topics are writing related but when does he actually write? Let alone kung the fu?
Threat Vector by Tom Clancy. International intrigue and violence.
Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz. Same as the regular print but with larger letters.
Incognito by Gregory Murphy. I just bent over the corner of my calendar and now it will not lie flat.
Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods. I've been reading Sunset and Sawdust by Joe R. Lansdale. I stayed up too late reading the book.
Kinsey and Me by Sue Grafton. The Lansdale book is from about eight years ago and dedicated to his daughter.
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard. His daughter has her own career and work but helps her dad out. Lansdale found some copies of his novels and was posting them for sale on Facebook. I bought a couple for Christmas presents and his daughter handles those orders.
Nano by Robin Cook. The books have not arrived yet. But, Lansdale's daughter sent an email yesterday asking if the books were delivered and she seems to be on it. I have this image of Lansdale finding some dusty box full of Devil Red in his garage and thinking, "Where did these come from?"
Facebook by Speaking Of. Lansdale posts a lot on Facebook. His topics are writing related but when does he actually write? Let alone kung the fu?
Monday, January 14, 2013
Computers, Combat, Ken, Crazies, Kennedy
Computers
Windows 8 for the Older and Wiser by Adrian Arnold and Richard Millett. Computers.
Windows 8 Bible: the comprehensive tutorial resource by Jim Boyce and Rob Tidrow. Are.
Quickbooks 2013 by Thomas Barich. Stupid.
Combat
The Generals: American military command from World War II to today by Thomas E. Ricks. Changes in command and responsibility over the past 70 years. From common firings in WWII to command whitewashing of Vietnam to command of today. Command.
Pacific Time on Target: memoirs of a Marine artillery officer, 1943-1945 by Christopher S. Donner. This is what happens when the Library Director reads catalogs from Kent State University Press.
Viper Pilot: a memoir of air combat by Dan Hampton. A review said that flying descriptions were gripping. I just noticed that the author is a Texas A&M graduate. I congratulate Hampton on exceeding his Aggie peers and learning how to read. (giggle).
- What's the best selling underarm deodorant in College Station? Raid.
- There was an Aggie who wore the same pair of socks every day. His mother finally told him to put on a new pair of socks on every day. A few days later, he couldn't put his shoes on.
- My cousin Andrew said his dorm was infested with roaches. He told me he sprayed bug killer into his clock radio and took the cover off to find a dozen or so roaches in there. That grossed out the middle-school-aged me.
Ken
Because I Said So!: the truth behind the myths, tales & warnings every generation passes down to its kids by Ken Jennings. Don't chew you ice, it's bad for your teeth. If you touch that baby bird, it's mommy will abandon it. Never run the microwave empty.
Crazies
Brooklyn Zoo: the education of a psychotherapist by Darcy Lockman. I read a promo, thenI read a review, then ordered it. Psychologist in training at a understaffed and overfilled public institution.
Kennedy
The Patriarch: the remarkable life and turbulent times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw. BookTV coverage.
The Rest
Prescription for Herbal Healing, 2nd Edition by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC. You know what the library does not have? An acronym dictionary. I much prefer that over using the stupid internet.
Tap dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on practically everything, 1966-2012 by Warren Buffett.
Windows 8 for the Older and Wiser by Adrian Arnold and Richard Millett. Computers.
Windows 8 Bible: the comprehensive tutorial resource by Jim Boyce and Rob Tidrow. Are.
Quickbooks 2013 by Thomas Barich. Stupid.
Combat
The Generals: American military command from World War II to today by Thomas E. Ricks. Changes in command and responsibility over the past 70 years. From common firings in WWII to command whitewashing of Vietnam to command of today. Command.
Pacific Time on Target: memoirs of a Marine artillery officer, 1943-1945 by Christopher S. Donner. This is what happens when the Library Director reads catalogs from Kent State University Press.
Viper Pilot: a memoir of air combat by Dan Hampton. A review said that flying descriptions were gripping. I just noticed that the author is a Texas A&M graduate. I congratulate Hampton on exceeding his Aggie peers and learning how to read. (giggle).
- What's the best selling underarm deodorant in College Station? Raid.
- There was an Aggie who wore the same pair of socks every day. His mother finally told him to put on a new pair of socks on every day. A few days later, he couldn't put his shoes on.
- My cousin Andrew said his dorm was infested with roaches. He told me he sprayed bug killer into his clock radio and took the cover off to find a dozen or so roaches in there. That grossed out the middle-school-aged me.
Ken
Because I Said So!: the truth behind the myths, tales & warnings every generation passes down to its kids by Ken Jennings. Don't chew you ice, it's bad for your teeth. If you touch that baby bird, it's mommy will abandon it. Never run the microwave empty.
Crazies
Brooklyn Zoo: the education of a psychotherapist by Darcy Lockman. I read a promo, thenI read a review, then ordered it. Psychologist in training at a understaffed and overfilled public institution.
Kennedy
The Patriarch: the remarkable life and turbulent times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw. BookTV coverage.
The Rest
Prescription for Herbal Healing, 2nd Edition by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC. You know what the library does not have? An acronym dictionary. I much prefer that over using the stupid internet.
Tap dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on practically everything, 1966-2012 by Warren Buffett.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Why Yes, I Do Agree That Robin Zander Is A Vocal Genius
Zander
Downed
Fiction
Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods. New Mexico lawyer Stone Barrington rights wrongs and circ's mightily.
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier. The cover reminds me of Rikki Tikki Tavi.
Kinsey and Me by Sue Grafton. Short stories of a private detective with a VW.
1356 by Bernard Cornwell. Cornwell continues creating corpses of killed continental creeps. [Dead French.]
Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz. Jayne Ann Krentz and Amanda Quick should use different author photos.
Downed
Fiction
Collateral Damage by Stuart Woods. New Mexico lawyer Stone Barrington rights wrongs and circ's mightily.
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier. The cover reminds me of Rikki Tikki Tavi.
Kinsey and Me by Sue Grafton. Short stories of a private detective with a VW.
1356 by Bernard Cornwell. Cornwell continues creating corpses of killed continental creeps. [Dead French.]
Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz. Jayne Ann Krentz and Amanda Quick should use different author photos.
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