Tim Dorsey and Serge Storms returns! This is Dorsey’s best book in a few years. Hilarious and very well written. Lots of chills, thrills and laughs!
Though it may seem an odd segway, reading ‘Obama Nation’ just before had me more aware for Dorsey’s signature literary twist and turns. As ‘Obama Nation’s author Corsi had the […]
While in the swamps, I finished ‘Obama Nation’ which I think is a fair overview of Barack Obama’s life. Author Corsi has made his way into the dark and murky waters of Obama’s past. Since he has accomplished so little, you can see how Corsi struggles to find out just what a Barack Obama is. […]
I’m not nutty about two page chapters and this book is pretty much all two page chapters. Something else I don’t care for is pretty much figuring out what was going on and who-done-it within a few chapters (or pages, as it is with this book). I think the story is very humorous and fun […]
Just finished a book I’ve heard many recommend, ‘America Alone’ by Mark Steyn. This is a bit of a horror story of the potential future of the planet. Many of us have read about the changing demographics in America and around the world. Steyn brings a focus to this and implies its repercussions. Those are […]
Sandra and I headed to Orange County. Her for a conference. Me for a haircut at Jim’s Barber Shop. Unfortunately for me, Jim’s ill and his shears are taking a break, too.
That gave me time I didn’t expect, so I hit the bookstores. Picked up lots of goodies. Below are the best covers. All books […]
After taking in the five books about Dean Martin, I thought I’d follow with a Matt Helm book. Donald Hamilton’s ‘The Menacers’ was part of one of Dean Martin’s Helm films. I like the sketchy style used on the Matt Helm covers. Very different from the more full-blown illustrations that were around at the time […]
I was reading this great book by Dean Martin’s son Ricci and decided to catch up with four other books about Dino that I’ve picked up in the last several years. So, for me, it’s been a Dino Book Fest. Kinda like last Summer I read a slew of books about and by Bob Hope.
‘Martini […]
This is one of two John D. MacDonald novels of “salvage consultant” Travis McGee I put off reading for a future date. I read the other 19 back in the late ’70s through the mid-80s. Back then I was concerned I would never be able to read a new McGee novel after the death of MacDonald in […]
We spent the day visiting Sarasota and the bookstores there. From the old Charlie’s Newstand (or whatever it’s called today) to Parker Books to Helen’s Books to The Main Street Bookstore. We had a very good lunch at El Greco Cafe. I drew the drawing on the right looking out the window to this building down the […]
It’s been years since I read a Shell Scott mystery. This is an early story by Richard Prather and, I would believe, an early story about California religious cults. Many literary detectives have chased around these independent groups following a materialistically distorted view of Eastern myhos, what we now call ‘New Age’. One of the best […]
Yep! This is one fast read! However it is also reference and I will be returning again and again to this volume. This book is by The New Yorker cartoon editor, Robert Mankoff, and is an outstanding book to learn how gags are written or to be reminded to those of us who get way […]
Author Peter Pavia has begun an extremely promising writing career with a top notch read of what most face in South Florida: Various varieties of crime. For the rest of the review, click here to read it at Genuine Florida.
The cover looks better reduced here. I’ve got a good bunch of the series, Hard Case […]
I’m about as close as I can get to speed reading. Gee Whiz! Here’s the latest: ‘The First 100 Years of the Rosalind Club’ by Betty Pfeiffer. I’m only showing a part of the book cover for a very big reason I learned last week: The club is private and wants no publicity. So I’ll […]