Category Archives: Library

A Handful of New Books

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Ok this time I was just running around the house with a note pad – not quite as many new books.

Hannibal – Thomas Harris
Dune: House Harkonnen – Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson
Dune : House Atreides – Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Greatest Salesman in the World Pt.II – Og Mandino
Kiss My Tiara How to Rule the World As a Smartmouth Goddess – Susan Jane Gilman
Making Faces – Kevyn Aucoin
Reengineering Management – James Champy
The 10-Minute L.E.A.P.: Lifetime Exercise Adherence Plan – Richard L. Brown
The Captain Is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship -Charles Bukowski
The Curious Sofa – Edward Gorey
The Epiplectic Bicycle – Edward Gorey
The Kinship of Women : A Celebration of Enduring Friendship – Pat Ross
The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live – Sarah Susanka
The Sacred Heart : An Atlas of the Body Seen Through Invasive Surgery – Max Aguilera-Hellweg
The Saskiad – Brian Hall
Music for Torching – A.M. Homes
The Evil that Men Do – Stephen G. Michaud and Roy Hazelwood
Mind Hunter : Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit – John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Cybertalk – Gordon Lewis
Many Lives, Many Masters – Brian L. Weiss
Only Love Is Real : A Story of Soulmates Reunited – Brian L. Weis
Messages from the Masters : Tapping into the Power of Love – Brian L. Weiss
Cults in Our Midst – Margaret Thaler Singer
The Pop-Up Book of Phobias – Gary Greenberg
All I Really Need to Know in Business I Learned at Microsoft – Julie Bick
Combatting Cult Mind Control – Stephan Hassen
Digital Darwinism – Evan I. Schwartz

And a ton more that I’ll have to save for another time!

a.m. homes

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I’m fully addicted to the new library here in Wilsonville and all the amazing books they are featuring. Grabbed a few new ones to take with me this week as well as a few older ones. One of the older one I just finished was an a.m. homes book in the country of mothers. Not as adventurous as some of her more recent work. maybe it’s because i wasn’t as thrilled with the ending. anyone read “the end of alice” or “music for torching”? what did you think?

More From The Reading Corner

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whew i’ve been offline for like a whole week now!! i’ve been visiting the local library that’s just been renovated. grab a whole slew of books and been reading up a storm. i’ve been reading about a book a day it seems. here are the latest

bitch goddess by robert rodi
naked by david sedaris
barrel fever by david sedaris
i thought my father was god – a short story collection from weekend all things considered edited by paul auster
dune – house harkonenn by brian herbert (yes his son)
dune – house corrino by brian herbert

i’ve got some more reading to do, it’s been almost 100 degrees all week but i’ve got the top down in the car and now i’m outta here

Puss in Books: Adventures of the Library Cat

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“Puss in Books” takes a humorous and thought-provoking look at cats from throughout the United States that call a library their home. Most of these cats and the librarians who care for them belong to the Library Cat Society, an organization whose mission is “to promote the establishment of a cat or cats in a library setting.” Want more?


Dewey Readmore Books
Cat in Residence
Spencer Public Library
Spencer, IA

“Puss in Books” goes behind the scenes and between the stacks to tell the story of this burgeoning movement. Also, the film explores the issue of the ethics of keeping cats in libraries, considering the needs of allergic and ailurophobic patrons. For more information about the film, some interesting articles and of course pictures of all the kitties, visit these sites:


Map of the Libraries in the USA and Canada with cats
Press coverage about “Puss in Books”
Interviews and Information
The Library Cat Society
An article from the AVMA

Diving Into The Dirt with Motley Crue

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Was trying to figure out what I ordered and forgotten about after a package arrived from Amazon this morning. Usually I am waiting eagerly for new books to arrive, so I was a little perplexed. I opened it up to find “The Dirt” the collaborative autobiography from Motley Crue. Mr O’Neil had send it to me from New York. He said it made him think of me and my big hair when I used to hang out on Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard with all the rockers when I worked in the music industry.

Jeez, talk about the fun flashbacks I had thinking about when I moved to LA.

I fondly recall my first day in Los Angeles when I saw Don Henley at the Tower Records buying his own album. I knew LA was the place for me, quickly relocating from San Deigo after about 3 weeks. Of course all the clubs that have changed since then, Gazzari’s isn’t there anymore it’s became the Billboard Live and then the Key Club. I wanna the big haired boys of the Eighties back and I want them to come swing by Boardners for a cocktail with me.

When I got to town I shared a house in Silverlake and immediately wanted to see all the Hollywood night spots I’d read about. The “Riot house” (Hyatt Hotel) from Hammer of the Gods, The Whiskey from No One Here Gets Out Alive, The Rainbow Room from all those GnR videos. It was certainly exciting to be around the places so many rock legends had played. Played hard.

Well flashback Friday is being cut short I’ve got a ton to do today, but I’m sure to be back reminiscing again another day.