NonFiction
Doctor Who: the essential guide by Justin Richards. Page 67 has a gal in a skimpy outfit. Page 123 has Cheetah People
Fiction
Going Dark by James W. Hall. Thorn finds out his newly discovered adult son has joined an eco-terrorist group. Thorne has to join to the group to save his son.
Prince of Risk by Christopher Reich. Legal thriller? Financial thriller?
Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly. I have really enjoyed this series about Los Angeles defesne attoreny Mickey Haller.
Hostage by Kay Hooper. Hooper's author photo is in black and white. She is striking a pensive pose.
DVD
Breaking Bad: Final Season starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. I've never seen any of these. I'll get around to season one some day.
In the Fog starring [Russians]. 1942 and Russian rail worker is accused by partisans of collusion with the Germans.
Friday, December 06, 2013
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Movie and a Song
Movie
Clear History starring Jon Hamm, Larry David, Bill Hader. Guy has big vote with boss and quits company and all his shares. Company makes billions of dollars.
Song
iTunes was playing and this tune came up. I heard if off the library's copy of Putumayo Presents: Latin Lounge.
Clear History starring Jon Hamm, Larry David, Bill Hader. Guy has big vote with boss and quits company and all his shares. Company makes billions of dollars.
Song
iTunes was playing and this tune came up. I heard if off the library's copy of Putumayo Presents: Latin Lounge.
Wednesday, December 04, 2013
Coffe, Conway, Peanuts, Dekker, Musical Interlude
Coffee and Peanuts
Audiobooks on CD
Outlaw by Ted Dekker. 11 hours on 9 CDs. "Full of harrowing twists, sweeping violence, and wild love."
What's So Funny?: my hilarious life by Time Conway with Jane Scovell. 8.75 hours on 8 CDs. Like the print edition but without the photo section.
Musical Interlude
The eternal question.
Audiobooks on CD
Outlaw by Ted Dekker. 11 hours on 9 CDs. "Full of harrowing twists, sweeping violence, and wild love."
What's So Funny?: my hilarious life by Time Conway with Jane Scovell. 8.75 hours on 8 CDs. Like the print edition but without the photo section.
Musical Interlude
The eternal question.
Monday, December 02, 2013
Audio
AudioBooks on CD
Mad About the Boy by by Helen Fielding. 11.5 hours on 10 CDs. The reader has acted in three James Bond films.
Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith. 8 hours on 7 CDs. Russian policeman Arkady Renko has more trouble and heartbreak. The reader's head shot looks to be from a webcam.
Good Boy by Theresa Schwegel. 12 hours on 10 CDs. Schwegel cop novel. I still have not read any of Schwegel's books but her Chicago set novels are supposed to be pretty good. She won an Edgar Award and received this personalized trophy.
Dust by Patricia Cornwell. 14 hours on 12 CDs. I was chatting to someone last week about Cornwell. I said I had not read any of her books - I may have read or listened to one years ago - and that all I recall about Cornwell is that she was involved in a marriage scandal. The wife had an affair with Cornwell. When the husband found out about the affair he used that as an excuse to go nutso and he kidnapped his wife, he then kidnapped a minister. Law and Order riffed on the story for an episode.
Let the Dead Sleep by Heather Graham. 9.8 hours on 8 CDs. Part of a series.
The Outpost: an untold story of American valor by Jake Tapper. 22.5 hours on 18 CDs. Untold? Are you kidding, this had been told lots of times because one soldier was award the Medal of Honor for his actions there. I'm not saying you shouldn't listen to the book, but it's not untold.
Sycamore Row by John Grisham. 20.5 hours on 16 CDs. Ugliest cover ever.
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich. 6 hours on 5 CDs. This cover is also awful.
Deadly Heat by Richard Castle. 11.5 hours on 9 CDs. My left ear hurts. Those headphones must have been on way too loud.
Accused by Lisa Scottoline. 11 hours on 9 CDs. Scottoline leads a secret life staring at a computer screen in her home. Wait, that's a not a secret. That's every author.
Melissa Explains it All: tale from my abnormally normal life by Melissa Joan Hart. 7 hours on 6 CDs. Good cover.
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom. 17.5 hours on 14 CDs.
DVD
Mad Men: season 6 starring [people]. Hair, clothes, cocktails.
NonFiction
A Passion to Teach: fifty-eight years of humorous, weird, and engaging tales by Richard W. Knowles. Page 138 says, "Research can be son much fun, or so exasperating, so exciting, or so dull, so productive, or wasting of time. Most importantly, research activity offers one a chance to be truly creative."
Mad About the Boy by by Helen Fielding. 11.5 hours on 10 CDs. The reader has acted in three James Bond films.
Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith. 8 hours on 7 CDs. Russian policeman Arkady Renko has more trouble and heartbreak. The reader's head shot looks to be from a webcam.
Good Boy by Theresa Schwegel. 12 hours on 10 CDs. Schwegel cop novel. I still have not read any of Schwegel's books but her Chicago set novels are supposed to be pretty good. She won an Edgar Award and received this personalized trophy.
Dust by Patricia Cornwell. 14 hours on 12 CDs. I was chatting to someone last week about Cornwell. I said I had not read any of her books - I may have read or listened to one years ago - and that all I recall about Cornwell is that she was involved in a marriage scandal. The wife had an affair with Cornwell. When the husband found out about the affair he used that as an excuse to go nutso and he kidnapped his wife, he then kidnapped a minister. Law and Order riffed on the story for an episode.
Let the Dead Sleep by Heather Graham. 9.8 hours on 8 CDs. Part of a series.
The Outpost: an untold story of American valor by Jake Tapper. 22.5 hours on 18 CDs. Untold? Are you kidding, this had been told lots of times because one soldier was award the Medal of Honor for his actions there. I'm not saying you shouldn't listen to the book, but it's not untold.
Sycamore Row by John Grisham. 20.5 hours on 16 CDs. Ugliest cover ever.
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich. 6 hours on 5 CDs. This cover is also awful.
Deadly Heat by Richard Castle. 11.5 hours on 9 CDs. My left ear hurts. Those headphones must have been on way too loud.
Accused by Lisa Scottoline. 11 hours on 9 CDs. Scottoline leads a secret life staring at a computer screen in her home. Wait, that's a not a secret. That's every author.
Melissa Explains it All: tale from my abnormally normal life by Melissa Joan Hart. 7 hours on 6 CDs. Good cover.
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic Age of Flight by Winston Groom. 17.5 hours on 14 CDs.
DVD
Mad Men: season 6 starring [people]. Hair, clothes, cocktails.
NonFiction
A Passion to Teach: fifty-eight years of humorous, weird, and engaging tales by Richard W. Knowles. Page 138 says, "Research can be son much fun, or so exasperating, so exciting, or so dull, so productive, or wasting of time. Most importantly, research activity offers one a chance to be truly creative."
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Almost Done: Last of the New Pile
Fiction
Tremble: erotic tales of the mystical and sinister by Tobsha Learner. Erotic fiction. Page 177 says, "She woke to find her husband [...redacted...] already creating a whirlwind of [...redacted...] trembling."
Others of My Kind by James Sallis. Girl is kidnapped at eight-years-old and kept captive for two years. As an adult she is asked to help a girl who survived similar circumstances. Sallis wrote the crime novels Drive and Driven. Driven was a great look at Phoenix with the dust, the brown colors, the spread out spaces and high walls separating all the homes.
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2013 edited by Paula Guran. We have the 2011 edition and that sucker keeps going out. That and Lansdale has a story in this one, too.
Large Print
Loss of Innocence by Richard North Patterson. Picture of a lighthouse on the cover.
Non Fiction
Van Meter Visitor: a true and mysterious encounter with the unknown by Chad Lewis, Noah Voss, and Kevin Lee Nelson. "For several nights in 1903, the small town of van Meter, IA was terrorized by a giant bat-like creature that emerged from an old abandoned mine."
The Need to Say "No": the importance of setting boundaries in love, life, and your world by Jill Brooke. Page 95 says, "Here is how you can take the bull by the horns."
Garfield's Sunday Finest: 35 years of my best Sunday funnies by Jim Davis. My kids have been waiting for this one. They love Garfield. A lot. The read the comics out loud to one another and cackle with laughter.
State of Wisconsin Blue Book, 2013-2014. No one will read it. But, it's here anyway.
Audio Book on CD
Self-Help Messiah: Dale Carnegie and success in modern America by Steven Watts. 17 hours on 14 CDs. "The story of Carnegie's personal journey and how it gave rise to the movement of self-help and personal reinvention."
Tremble: erotic tales of the mystical and sinister by Tobsha Learner. Erotic fiction. Page 177 says, "She woke to find her husband [...redacted...] already creating a whirlwind of [...redacted...] trembling."
Others of My Kind by James Sallis. Girl is kidnapped at eight-years-old and kept captive for two years. As an adult she is asked to help a girl who survived similar circumstances. Sallis wrote the crime novels Drive and Driven. Driven was a great look at Phoenix with the dust, the brown colors, the spread out spaces and high walls separating all the homes.
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2013 edited by Paula Guran. We have the 2011 edition and that sucker keeps going out. That and Lansdale has a story in this one, too.
Large Print
Loss of Innocence by Richard North Patterson. Picture of a lighthouse on the cover.
Non Fiction
Van Meter Visitor: a true and mysterious encounter with the unknown by Chad Lewis, Noah Voss, and Kevin Lee Nelson. "For several nights in 1903, the small town of van Meter, IA was terrorized by a giant bat-like creature that emerged from an old abandoned mine."
The Need to Say "No": the importance of setting boundaries in love, life, and your world by Jill Brooke. Page 95 says, "Here is how you can take the bull by the horns."
Garfield's Sunday Finest: 35 years of my best Sunday funnies by Jim Davis. My kids have been waiting for this one. They love Garfield. A lot. The read the comics out loud to one another and cackle with laughter.
State of Wisconsin Blue Book, 2013-2014. No one will read it. But, it's here anyway.
Audio Book on CD
Self-Help Messiah: Dale Carnegie and success in modern America by Steven Watts. 17 hours on 14 CDs. "The story of Carnegie's personal journey and how it gave rise to the movement of self-help and personal reinvention."
Dang, Even More New Books
Fiction
Total War Rome: destroy Carthage by David Gibbins. Fancy cover for a video game tie-in novel. Gibbins has Ph.D. and taught archeology and history so I assume this will be an accurate and realistic historical novel. Except for all that video game stuff. Ka-Boom!
Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis. Authors of Boy in the Suitcase. Boy's large print copy checked out 15 times. Danish authors.
Night Film by Marisha Pessl. I listened to the audio version of this novel. It was fantastic. A journalist investigates the suicide of a famous and reclusive film director's daughter.
NonFiction
Hidden Warbirds: the epic stories of finding, recovering & rebuilding WWII's lost aircraft by Nicholas A. Veronico. Lots and lots of neat color photos. Wrecks recovered from jungle and ice and many restored to flying condition.
Large Print
Total War Rome: destroy Carthage by David Gibbins. Fancy cover for a video game tie-in novel. Gibbins has Ph.D. and taught archeology and history so I assume this will be an accurate and realistic historical novel. Except for all that video game stuff. Ka-Boom!
Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis. Authors of Boy in the Suitcase. Boy's large print copy checked out 15 times. Danish authors.
Night Film by Marisha Pessl. I listened to the audio version of this novel. It was fantastic. A journalist investigates the suicide of a famous and reclusive film director's daughter.
NonFiction
Hidden Warbirds: the epic stories of finding, recovering & rebuilding WWII's lost aircraft by Nicholas A. Veronico. Lots and lots of neat color photos. Wrecks recovered from jungle and ice and many restored to flying condition.
Large Print
James Patterson Word Production Industries
Fiction
Cross my Heart by James Patterson. Well, that's weird. Patterson wrote this one by himself. Another entry in the Alex Cross series. Patterson has a new photo on the back cover.
Fringe: the burning man by Christa Faust. Based on characters from the Fringe TV show. I never saw the show but read the first novel because Faust wrote it. Olivia Dunham's turn for a prequel novel. No author photo of Faust but there are photos of actors from the series.
Venom Business by Michael Crichton. From 1966 to 1972 Crichton wrote eight books under the pen John Lange name, all while still in medical school. Before Crichton died in 2008 he was working with Charles Ardai at Hard Case Crime to bring those novels back into print. Here is this one.
Odds On by Michael Crichton. Here is the other one.
The Lost Stars: the perilous shield by Jack Campbell. Military SF. We have another book in the series still awaiting processing. Campbell's author photo says his real name is John G. Henry.
Doc Savage: the Miracle Menace by Kenneth Robeson. Bill Crider told me to buy it.
Cross my Heart by James Patterson. Well, that's weird. Patterson wrote this one by himself. Another entry in the Alex Cross series. Patterson has a new photo on the back cover.
Fringe: the burning man by Christa Faust. Based on characters from the Fringe TV show. I never saw the show but read the first novel because Faust wrote it. Olivia Dunham's turn for a prequel novel. No author photo of Faust but there are photos of actors from the series.
Venom Business by Michael Crichton. From 1966 to 1972 Crichton wrote eight books under the pen John Lange name, all while still in medical school. Before Crichton died in 2008 he was working with Charles Ardai at Hard Case Crime to bring those novels back into print. Here is this one.
Odds On by Michael Crichton. Here is the other one.
The Lost Stars: the perilous shield by Jack Campbell. Military SF. We have another book in the series still awaiting processing. Campbell's author photo says his real name is John G. Henry.
Doc Savage: the Miracle Menace by Kenneth Robeson. Bill Crider told me to buy it.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Lansdale's Secret Erotica Funnel Cake
Fiction
Bleeding Shadows by Joe R. Lansdale. Anotehr collection of horror suspense by Lansdale. Printed by Subterranean Press which uses really heavy paper.
Fatal Funnel Cake by Livia J. Washburn. Bill Crider liked it. 28 people liked the other one we one, that's how many times it circ'ed.
The Naughty Corner by Jasmine Haynes. Erotica novel with a bondage/discipline bent.
Secret Lives of Married Women by Elissa Wald. Two reasons to check this one out: 1) printed by Hard Case Crime, 2) plugged by Megan Abbott.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Collins was the narrator of the novel Drood. I found out that Collins's Moonstone was one of the first, and most successful, detective novels. I bought a new edition.
Non Fiction
In My Shoes by Tamara Mellon with William Patrick. One of the co-founders of Jimmy Choo shoes writes a memoir. Shoes?
I bought these on clearance a year or so ago. I thought, "Hey, they've got zippers! I'll never have to tie my shoes again." Not so, the zipper just make them easier to slip on and off.
Bleeding Shadows by Joe R. Lansdale. Anotehr collection of horror suspense by Lansdale. Printed by Subterranean Press which uses really heavy paper.
Fatal Funnel Cake by Livia J. Washburn. Bill Crider liked it. 28 people liked the other one we one, that's how many times it circ'ed.
The Naughty Corner by Jasmine Haynes. Erotica novel with a bondage/discipline bent.
Secret Lives of Married Women by Elissa Wald. Two reasons to check this one out: 1) printed by Hard Case Crime, 2) plugged by Megan Abbott.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Collins was the narrator of the novel Drood. I found out that Collins's Moonstone was one of the first, and most successful, detective novels. I bought a new edition.
Non Fiction
In My Shoes by Tamara Mellon with William Patrick. One of the co-founders of Jimmy Choo shoes writes a memoir. Shoes?
I bought these on clearance a year or so ago. I thought, "Hey, they've got zippers! I'll never have to tie my shoes again." Not so, the zipper just make them easier to slip on and off.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
NonFic: Money and Travel
NonFiction
The $1,000 Challenge by Brian J. O'Connor. Trying to cut living expenses by $1,00 a month "without sacrificing anything truly important?...O'Connor tackles the frustrations and fears of controlling your own financial fate."
13 Things Rich People Won't Tell You by Jennifer Merritt with Roe D'Angelo. Numerous tips to save money or cut costs.
Fordor's Walt Disney World, 2014 edited by Arabella Bowen. Victor Gischler says, "Book, I don't need no stinking book. I'm there all the time."
Fodor's Las Vegas, 2014 edited by Amanda D'Acierno. Greard Saylor says,"I've been there three times but never had any money to spend on the fancy stuff."
Fodor's Florida, 2014 edited by Amanda D'Acierno. Gerard Saylor says, "I've never been to Florida. The closest I've been is Myrtle Beach, SC.
Walt Disney World with Kids, 2014 by Kim Wright Wiley and Leigh C.W. Jenkins.
Band of Angels: the forgotten world of early Christian women by Kate Cooper. Inspiring history... vivid picture... lived almost invisibly... painstaking... influential... understanding... rapid.... unlike... sharing... more. EDIT: Cooper sent me an email with a link to interviews http://kateantiquity.com/interviews/.
Floating City: a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy by Sudhir Venkatesh. More of the economy of crime by Venkatesh.
Creamy and Crunchy: an informal history of peanut butter, the all-American food by Jon Krampner. In 1914 twenty-one brands of Peanut Butter were sold in Kansas.
Wilson by A. Scott Berg. Woodrow Wilson spent six months in Europe after the War. The White House Rose Garden was planted by his wife.
The $1,000 Challenge by Brian J. O'Connor. Trying to cut living expenses by $1,00 a month "without sacrificing anything truly important?...O'Connor tackles the frustrations and fears of controlling your own financial fate."
13 Things Rich People Won't Tell You by Jennifer Merritt with Roe D'Angelo. Numerous tips to save money or cut costs.
Fordor's Walt Disney World, 2014 edited by Arabella Bowen. Victor Gischler says, "Book, I don't need no stinking book. I'm there all the time."
Fodor's Las Vegas, 2014 edited by Amanda D'Acierno. Greard Saylor says,"I've been there three times but never had any money to spend on the fancy stuff."
Fodor's Florida, 2014 edited by Amanda D'Acierno. Gerard Saylor says, "I've never been to Florida. The closest I've been is Myrtle Beach, SC.
Walt Disney World with Kids, 2014 by Kim Wright Wiley and Leigh C.W. Jenkins.
Band of Angels: the forgotten world of early Christian women by Kate Cooper. Inspiring history... vivid picture... lived almost invisibly... painstaking... influential... understanding... rapid.... unlike... sharing... more. EDIT: Cooper sent me an email with a link to interviews http://kateantiquity.com/interviews/.
Floating City: a rogue sociologist lost and found in New York's underground economy by Sudhir Venkatesh. More of the economy of crime by Venkatesh.
Creamy and Crunchy: an informal history of peanut butter, the all-American food by Jon Krampner. In 1914 twenty-one brands of Peanut Butter were sold in Kansas.
Wilson by A. Scott Berg. Woodrow Wilson spent six months in Europe after the War. The White House Rose Garden was planted by his wife.
Six Paperbacks, Elvis Mythology, Photos
Paperbacks
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean. Romance with a "scoundrel". MacLean sounds like a pen name to me. The author bio says MacLean "loves to hear from readers" so you should ask her if her name is real.
Lucky Stiff by Annelise Ryan. Huh. This is set in Wisconsin? Must be why I bought it. That and people like cozy mysteries in paperback. The author bio says Ryan is a pen name. I remember her now. She is an emergency medicine RN. Maybe up in Wausau. I knew someone in college named Analisa. I think she teaches up at UW- Stevens Point or Eau Claire
Words With Fiends by Ali Brandon. Another cozy mystery. I like the title. Ali Brandon is also a pen name. Her real name is Diane A.S. Stuckert.
Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay. Cozy mystery with a librarian. Ugh. McKinlay lives in Scottsdale. Not sure of pseudonym status. Her website does not say if she still works as a librarian or where. There is a nice gun shop in Scottsdale, Bear Arms.
Shadow Catcher by James R. Hannibal. Military spy thriller with dudes looking to recover a B2 that crashed and sank in the Persian Gulf. Hannibal sounds fake but looks to be real.
The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard. Another Wisconsin setting. Woman returns to here small town and the disappearance of her best friend comes up again. I think the cover looks a lot like a Crider cover.
Fiction
Seven Deadlies by Gigi Levangie. This had a great review. A teenager in Beverly Hills is hired as a babysitter for other teenagers.
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson. Because everyone loves Johnson's Walt Longmire series.
Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield. A kind of horror novel. I think. Setterfield livesin Oxford. My parents visited Oxford a few years ago. It seems like my dad was meeting someone at one of the universities but I do not recall for certain.
Murder on the Orient Express by Sandra Balzo. Balzo's coffee mysteries check out real well here, over 80 times.
Fame Thief by Timothy Hallinan. Someone returned one of Hallinan's books and said she really enjoyed the novel. I think I bought the first one because Crider told me to.
Lights in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian. Is this supposed to be "important literary work"? The author's name is uncommon and he lives in Vermont. The plot sounds pretty neat. I should see if there is an audio version.
NonFiction
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm. A topic that always checks out and many of our titles are aging.
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean. Romance with a "scoundrel". MacLean sounds like a pen name to me. The author bio says MacLean "loves to hear from readers" so you should ask her if her name is real.
Lucky Stiff by Annelise Ryan. Huh. This is set in Wisconsin? Must be why I bought it. That and people like cozy mysteries in paperback. The author bio says Ryan is a pen name. I remember her now. She is an emergency medicine RN. Maybe up in Wausau. I knew someone in college named Analisa. I think she teaches up at UW- Stevens Point or Eau Claire
Words With Fiends by Ali Brandon. Another cozy mystery. I like the title. Ali Brandon is also a pen name. Her real name is Diane A.S. Stuckert.
Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay. Cozy mystery with a librarian. Ugh. McKinlay lives in Scottsdale. Not sure of pseudonym status. Her website does not say if she still works as a librarian or where. There is a nice gun shop in Scottsdale, Bear Arms.
Shadow Catcher by James R. Hannibal. Military spy thriller with dudes looking to recover a B2 that crashed and sank in the Persian Gulf. Hannibal sounds fake but looks to be real.
The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard. Another Wisconsin setting. Woman returns to here small town and the disappearance of her best friend comes up again. I think the cover looks a lot like a Crider cover.
Fiction
Seven Deadlies by Gigi Levangie. This had a great review. A teenager in Beverly Hills is hired as a babysitter for other teenagers.
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson. Because everyone loves Johnson's Walt Longmire series.
Bellman and Black by Diane Setterfield. A kind of horror novel. I think. Setterfield livesin Oxford. My parents visited Oxford a few years ago. It seems like my dad was meeting someone at one of the universities but I do not recall for certain.
Murder on the Orient Express by Sandra Balzo. Balzo's coffee mysteries check out real well here, over 80 times.
Fame Thief by Timothy Hallinan. Someone returned one of Hallinan's books and said she really enjoyed the novel. I think I bought the first one because Crider told me to.
Lights in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian. Is this supposed to be "important literary work"? The author's name is uncommon and he lives in Vermont. The plot sounds pretty neat. I should see if there is an audio version.
NonFiction
Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm. A topic that always checks out and many of our titles are aging.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Gluten Free Brain Injury
NonFiction
Gluten-Free Bread: more than 100 artisan loaves for a healthier life by Ellen Brown. I'm still not sure what a gluten is but some people consider it very important so I bought a couple glutenous books.
Coping With Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Diana Roberts Stoler, Ed.D. and Barbara Albers Hill. I know a 3rd grader who was playing at recess when he and another kid collided. 3rd Grader kid was knocked unconscious and was vomiting after his injury. His parents had to watch him closely for a couple days.
Unintimidated by Scott Walker with Marc Thiessen. Oh, do we want that argument again? Both sides will be letting the insults fly.
What's So Funny? by Tim Conwaywith Jane Scovel. Why did I buy this? Because Conway is a freaking genius. Harvey Korman was also a freaking geniusand is also in here.
50 Fantastic Things to Do With Babies by Sally and Phil Featherstone. #51: get them to nap.
Little Sweets and Bakes: easy-to-make cupcakes, cake pops, whoopie pies, macarons, and decorated cookies by Daniela Klein. Make all the whoopie pies you want but I won't eat them, they are gross.
Fiction
A Christmas Hope by Anne Perry. Christmas murder, you mean.
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich. Page 141 says, "My father looked over at Gordon."
The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom. Why would heaven place a phone call? Couldn't heaven send a note on the back of a silver unicorn sliding down a golden rainbow? A phone call seems banal. If you do not answer will heaven leave a message? What is the call back number?
Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith. I thought Smith died. I was confusing him with Stuart M. Kaminsky who also did a Russian detective series. I really enjoy these Arkady Renko novels but I might be a couple behind.
Dust by Patricia Cornwell. I don't care.
Stella Bain by Anita Shreve. Woman awakens in WWI field hospital with memory loss.
King and Maxwell by David Baldacci. Private detectives detect dangerous doings.
Gluten-Free Bread: more than 100 artisan loaves for a healthier life by Ellen Brown. I'm still not sure what a gluten is but some people consider it very important so I bought a couple glutenous books.
Coping With Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Diana Roberts Stoler, Ed.D. and Barbara Albers Hill. I know a 3rd grader who was playing at recess when he and another kid collided. 3rd Grader kid was knocked unconscious and was vomiting after his injury. His parents had to watch him closely for a couple days.
Unintimidated by Scott Walker with Marc Thiessen. Oh, do we want that argument again? Both sides will be letting the insults fly.
What's So Funny? by Tim Conwaywith Jane Scovel. Why did I buy this? Because Conway is a freaking genius. Harvey Korman was also a freaking geniusand is also in here.
50 Fantastic Things to Do With Babies by Sally and Phil Featherstone. #51: get them to nap.
Little Sweets and Bakes: easy-to-make cupcakes, cake pops, whoopie pies, macarons, and decorated cookies by Daniela Klein. Make all the whoopie pies you want but I won't eat them, they are gross.
Fiction
A Christmas Hope by Anne Perry. Christmas murder, you mean.
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich. Page 141 says, "My father looked over at Gordon."
The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom. Why would heaven place a phone call? Couldn't heaven send a note on the back of a silver unicorn sliding down a golden rainbow? A phone call seems banal. If you do not answer will heaven leave a message? What is the call back number?
Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith. I thought Smith died. I was confusing him with Stuart M. Kaminsky who also did a Russian detective series. I really enjoy these Arkady Renko novels but I might be a couple behind.
Dust by Patricia Cornwell. I don't care.
Stella Bain by Anita Shreve. Woman awakens in WWI field hospital with memory loss.
King and Maxwell by David Baldacci. Private detectives detect dangerous doings.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Winners Filling Good Amazement
Fiction
Winners by Danielle Steel. Does Steel write these or not? Some authors crank'em out. Some hire ghosts.
Good Boy by Theresa Schwegel. I still have not read any of Schwegel's novels. I've been taking a while to get around to it seeing as how her first novel Officer Down came out eight years ago and this is her fifth cop novel.
Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan. Supposed to be good. I won't read it anyway.
All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie "All Novels Should be Sentence-Length" Length.
Large Print
Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George.
Fifteen Minutes by Karen Kingsbury.
Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith.
Accused by Lisa Scottoline.
Winners by Danielle Steel. Does Steel write these or not? Some authors crank'em out. Some hire ghosts.
Good Boy by Theresa Schwegel. I still have not read any of Schwegel's novels. I've been taking a while to get around to it seeing as how her first novel Officer Down came out eight years ago and this is her fifth cop novel.
Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan. Supposed to be good. I won't read it anyway.
All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie "All Novels Should be Sentence-Length" Length.
Large Print
Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George.
Fifteen Minutes by Karen Kingsbury.
Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith.
Accused by Lisa Scottoline.
Friday, November 15, 2013
Finally! New Stuff! And Coffee!
Coffee!
I have brewed the strongest coffee in existence. Don't be fooled by the color. I put a spoon in the mug and the spoon stuck straight up and down...until the acids burned the metal away.
Fiction
Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer Fleming. The dustcover says: On a frigid January night...a raging fire...needs...a scolding.
Accused by Lisa Scottolin. The dustcover says: Mary...has just been...beekeeping...and...seen fleeing...an underdog.
Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith. The dustcover says: Precious Ramotswe...has...a...Minor Adjustment...at the office.
No Man's Nightingale by Ruth Rendell. The dustcover says: A female vicar...has...a...murky...eye.
Audiobook on CD
Abominable by Dan Simmons. 24 CDs at 29.5 hours. Climbers paid to climb Mount Everest in 1925 to find a missing man. They are followed by something.
Large Print
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts.
Mirage by Clive Cussler.
I have brewed the strongest coffee in existence. Don't be fooled by the color. I put a spoon in the mug and the spoon stuck straight up and down...until the acids burned the metal away.
Fiction
Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer Fleming. The dustcover says: On a frigid January night...a raging fire...needs...a scolding.
Accused by Lisa Scottolin. The dustcover says: Mary...has just been...beekeeping...and...seen fleeing...an underdog.
Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith. The dustcover says: Precious Ramotswe...has...a...Minor Adjustment...at the office.
No Man's Nightingale by Ruth Rendell. The dustcover says: A female vicar...has...a...murky...eye.
Audiobook on CD
Abominable by Dan Simmons. 24 CDs at 29.5 hours. Climbers paid to climb Mount Everest in 1925 to find a missing man. They are followed by something.
Large Print
Dark Witch by Nora Roberts.
Mirage by Clive Cussler.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Monday, November 04, 2013
Shattered Golden List
AudioBooks on CD
October List by Jeffery Deaver. 7 hours on 6 CDs. I am reading a short story by Deaver in Best American Noir of the Century. The book is pretty good overall but is 752 pages. I took a break from it over the weekend and read a 200 page novel.
Golden Eyes by Maya Banks. 4 hours on 4 CDs. Some sort of romance-thriller-shapeshifter novel.
Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander. 10.5 hours at 8 CDs. Murder!
October List by Jeffery Deaver. 7 hours on 6 CDs. I am reading a short story by Deaver in Best American Noir of the Century. The book is pretty good overall but is 752 pages. I took a break from it over the weekend and read a 200 page novel.
Golden Eyes by Maya Banks. 4 hours on 4 CDs. Some sort of romance-thriller-shapeshifter novel.
Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander. 10.5 hours at 8 CDs. Murder!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Two Foreign Flicks
DVD
This is the End starring [same pack of guys as always]. Some zombie or alien invasion leaves a bunch of actors stuck in a house.
The Heat starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy. Cop buddy comedy. You know the drill.
This is the End starring [same pack of guys as always]. Some zombie or alien invasion leaves a bunch of actors stuck in a house.
The Heat starring Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy. Cop buddy comedy. You know the drill.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
23 Feet and 10 Inches of Joe Sacco
Sacco
The Great War:July 1, 1916: the first day of the Battle of the Somme by Joe Sacco. Joe Sacco is an illustrator and comic-journalist (like a photo-journalist but requiring more lead time) who has covered conflicts and news stories around the world. His latest book is an historical look at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Sacco did one illustration - 23' 10" long - folded into a book.
There are no descriptions within the illustration, Sacco tells the story from one continuous panel to the next from initial battle planning, to the massive week-long bombardment, to the disastrous first day of fighting. A separate booklet has a brief history of the Battle and a smaller, annotated version of the full illustration.
AudioBooks on CD
1356 by Bernard Cornwell. 12 hours on 10 CDs. Cornwell's latest novel about English killing French and French killing English.
Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen. 12.6666666 hours on 11 CDs. Johansen's latest novel about novel about character Eve Duncan.
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. 17 hours on 14 CDs. Bryson latest book about things that happened many years ago, with jokes.
Police by Jo Nesbo. 17 hours on 14 CDs. Nesbo's latest novel about a Norwegian policeman.
The Great War:July 1, 1916: the first day of the Battle of the Somme by Joe Sacco. Joe Sacco is an illustrator and comic-journalist (like a photo-journalist but requiring more lead time) who has covered conflicts and news stories around the world. His latest book is an historical look at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Sacco did one illustration - 23' 10" long - folded into a book.
There are no descriptions within the illustration, Sacco tells the story from one continuous panel to the next from initial battle planning, to the massive week-long bombardment, to the disastrous first day of fighting. A separate booklet has a brief history of the Battle and a smaller, annotated version of the full illustration.
AudioBooks on CD
1356 by Bernard Cornwell. 12 hours on 10 CDs. Cornwell's latest novel about English killing French and French killing English.
Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen. 12.6666666 hours on 11 CDs. Johansen's latest novel about novel about character Eve Duncan.
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson. 17 hours on 14 CDs. Bryson latest book about things that happened many years ago, with jokes.
Police by Jo Nesbo. 17 hours on 14 CDs. Nesbo's latest novel about a Norwegian policeman.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Gagnon, Gischler, Grisham
Fiction
The Shadow: Volume Two: Revolution by Victor Gischler and Aaron Campbell. Gischler writes another comic. Gischler adds in things like "Ka-Klik" and "Whump".
Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon. Gagnon writes a YA thriller. Gagnon adds in things like, "She decided to ignore the warning and went back to her laptop." Gagnon has a raccoon problem.
Sycamore Row by John Grisham. Grisham writes another lawyer book. Grisham writes things like, "Anotehr women sobbed loudly in response."
The Litter of the Law by Rita Mae Brown. Brown writes another mystery novel with a cat. Gerard refuses to write the cat as co-author.
We Are Water by Wally Lamb. Lamb writes another family drama. Lamb writes things like, "To rescue the mood I tell her that on of the late night hosts - Jimmy Kimmel, I think it was - referred to Ahmadinejad at Scruffy McWindbreaker."
Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson. Johnson writes a Christmas story with his Walt Longmire character. Johnson writes things like, "The blonde, ignoring the sarcasm, looked at Lucian."
The Abominable by Dan Simmons. Simmons writes another scary historical novel. These words appear in this order, "Summer...is just...when Professor Hall...rubbed his forehead...outside...Nepal."
Guests on Earth by Lee Smith. 13-year-old girl goes to mental hospital in 1936. Smith writes things like, "I left it there."
Cross and Burn by Val McDermid. Scotswoman writes of more killing and psychology. Page 44 says, "Full bear, neatly trimmed."
Outlaw by Ted Dekker. Dekker writes another spiritual fiction novel. Dekker writes, "You bled?"
The Creeps by John Connolly. Connolly writes a "clever and quirky follow-up." Connolly toured Australia and you missed it.
Ask Not by Max Allan Collins. Collins writes another period mystery. Collins writes these words in this order, "She laughed...holding up a palm...and...drowning...the exotic dancer."
The Shadow: Volume Two: Revolution by Victor Gischler and Aaron Campbell. Gischler writes another comic. Gischler adds in things like "Ka-Klik" and "Whump".
Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon. Gagnon writes a YA thriller. Gagnon adds in things like, "She decided to ignore the warning and went back to her laptop." Gagnon has a raccoon problem.
Sycamore Row by John Grisham. Grisham writes another lawyer book. Grisham writes things like, "Anotehr women sobbed loudly in response."
The Litter of the Law by Rita Mae Brown. Brown writes another mystery novel with a cat. Gerard refuses to write the cat as co-author.
We Are Water by Wally Lamb. Lamb writes another family drama. Lamb writes things like, "To rescue the mood I tell her that on of the late night hosts - Jimmy Kimmel, I think it was - referred to Ahmadinejad at Scruffy McWindbreaker."
Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson. Johnson writes a Christmas story with his Walt Longmire character. Johnson writes things like, "The blonde, ignoring the sarcasm, looked at Lucian."
The Abominable by Dan Simmons. Simmons writes another scary historical novel. These words appear in this order, "Summer...is just...when Professor Hall...rubbed his forehead...outside...Nepal."
Guests on Earth by Lee Smith. 13-year-old girl goes to mental hospital in 1936. Smith writes things like, "I left it there."
Cross and Burn by Val McDermid. Scotswoman writes of more killing and psychology. Page 44 says, "Full bear, neatly trimmed."
Outlaw by Ted Dekker. Dekker writes another spiritual fiction novel. Dekker writes, "You bled?"
The Creeps by John Connolly. Connolly writes a "clever and quirky follow-up." Connolly toured Australia and you missed it.
Ask Not by Max Allan Collins. Collins writes another period mystery. Collins writes these words in this order, "She laughed...holding up a palm...and...drowning...the exotic dancer."
Donald Driver, German Zombie Attorney
NonFiction
Driven by Donald Driver with Peter Golenbock. Growing up poor in Houston. Playing for the Packers.
DVD
Mad Men: Season 5 starring That One Dude, That Other Dude With Grey Hair, That Redheaded Lady With Bosoms. Advertising people drink too much and dress nicely.
World War Z starring Brad Pitt, CGI Zombies, CGI Explosions, CGI Helicopters. German zombies almost take over the world.
AudioBooks on CD
David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants by Malcolm Gladwell. 6 CDs at 7 hours. Why do underdogs win? Or something like that. I'm too distracted by the author's crazy hair.
The Black Book by Ian Rankin. 9 CDs at 10 hours. John Rebus digs deadly dirt in cold case of arson.
Identical by Scott Turow. 11 CDs at 12 hours. "Tangle of deception" with politics and murder.
Driven by Donald Driver with Peter Golenbock. Growing up poor in Houston. Playing for the Packers.
DVD
Mad Men: Season 5 starring That One Dude, That Other Dude With Grey Hair, That Redheaded Lady With Bosoms. Advertising people drink too much and dress nicely.
World War Z starring Brad Pitt, CGI Zombies, CGI Explosions, CGI Helicopters. German zombies almost take over the world.
AudioBooks on CD
David and Goliath: underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants by Malcolm Gladwell. 6 CDs at 7 hours. Why do underdogs win? Or something like that. I'm too distracted by the author's crazy hair.
The Black Book by Ian Rankin. 9 CDs at 10 hours. John Rebus digs deadly dirt in cold case of arson.
Identical by Scott Turow. 11 CDs at 12 hours. "Tangle of deception" with politics and murder.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Three Flicks: Spartan Pain Company
DVD
Pain and Gain starring Tony Shalhoub and Blond Actress In Slinky Outfit. Personal trainers go into crime. Trouble ensues.
The Company You Keep starring Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci's Bald Head. Former domestic terrorist is unveiled. Or something.
Go Tell The Spartans starring Burt Lancaster, the Beast Master. I read a very positive review of this overlooked war flick from 1978. The DVD was only $5.18 so I bought it.
Pain and Gain starring Tony Shalhoub and Blond Actress In Slinky Outfit. Personal trainers go into crime. Trouble ensues.
The Company You Keep starring Robert Redford, Stanley Tucci's Bald Head. Former domestic terrorist is unveiled. Or something.
Go Tell The Spartans starring Burt Lancaster, the Beast Master. I read a very positive review of this overlooked war flick from 1978. The DVD was only $5.18 so I bought it.
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