Monthly Archives: June 2007
The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved
So as I passed the umpteenth book under the scanner this afternoon it occurred to me it might be fun to write about the oddest, most unusual or most interesting book that passes through my hands each day. Thus I … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction
Crazy In Alabama
So I finally finished Crazy in Alabama. Loved it. Lucille, a frustrated and emotionally abused housewife in Cornelia Alabama finally gets fed up with her husband Chester and spikes his coffee with DeaCon rat poison. He keels over dead and … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Fiction
The Commute
I am so looking forward to having my regular gig at Lakewood, though I am realizing I will miss working so much at Eatonville, which is about 20 miles south of here, along the road to Mt. Rainier. Once you … Continue reading
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I got the job
After nearly a dozen interviews, eight months as a substitute and umpteen books checked in and shelved, today I had yet another interview at 9:30 am during an 8-3:30 shift. At 2:30 they called me into the supervisor’s office to … Continue reading
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From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
So it’s Sunday and I am off and I should be doing laundry but am blogging instead. I always thought of audiobooks as being for the old and blinding, the Large Print crowd and am always at little amazed at … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Juvenile Fiction
Leaping To The Stars
My intention to post about a different book every day has come to seem hopelessly optimistic. I have been temping at the libraries more or less full time and just have not found much time to read or blog lately. … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Science Fiction
New Orleans Mon Amour
I vaguely remember reading, not too long before I left New Orleans in the mid–late eighties of the arrival of Andrei Codrescu, though I don’t recall hearing anything of him since and had not previously read anything he wrote. So … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, New Orleans, Short Takes
3 from Ron's stack
Ron and I have very different tastes in books and bring home very different stacks of books. But sometimes I read some of his or vice versa. Here’s three of his choices that I read or skimmed but didn’t put … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Humor and Memes, Non-Fiction
Bayou Farewell
In June 2002 my father passed away and Joel and I went to New Orleans for the funeral. While we were there, The Times Picayune, published a series of articles titled Washing Away that discussed the changes to Louisiana’s coastline … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Non-Fiction
Metzger's Dog
When I started blogging I had said I was only going to write about new releases here. I realized a bit later that I meant new releases as libraries define them (we may consider a book "new" for up to … Continue reading
Filed under Book Reviews, Books, Fiction
