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THE FANTASTIC ART OF ROY G. KRENKEL – Craig Yoe
I am the person for whom this book is intended. I have been a fan of Roy Krenkel’s art work since the 1970’s. As a high school student, I thought I was destined for a career in art and my preferred medium was pen and ink and while I loved Frank Frazetta’s work, it was Continue reading
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REACHER: THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES – Lee Child
I love reading introductions. One of my favorite parts when reading a collection of short stories or an anthology, is reading the editor or author’s introduction to each story. Same goes for novels, biographies, histories, etc. I think it’s because this is the place where we really get the author’s voice. Not the author writing Continue reading
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MY FRIENDS – Fredrik Backman
The strength of a long-lasting friendship shines through this beautiful tale – possibly the best book yet by Fredrik Backman. I’m not sure if there’s any author out there writing today that is better at capturing what it means to be human, than Fredrik Backman. I think I’ve said the same thing about Anne Tyler, Continue reading
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ANIMA RISING – Christopher Moore
What happens when you put Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Frankenstein together in one book? In the hands of author Christopher Moore it becomes an absolutely beautiful, mesmerizing tale. It is 1911 in Vienna. Gustav Klimt is perhaps the best known artist in all of Austria. Late one night he discovers the body Continue reading
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THE DELIVERY – K.M. Halpern
Wilbur lives a quiet life with his wife in an unassuming home somewhere in the United States. Life is disrupted when a package is delivered for Wilbur. It’s a HUGE package – too big to have fit through the door or any windows. His wife only remembers that a delivery came. It takes some time Continue reading
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THREE DAYS IN JUNE – Anne Tyler
I have been reading Anne Tyler books since the early 1980’s when a college professor had us read Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant for a modern lit class and I then went and found and read everything she’d written prior to that. You could call me a fan. She captures the extraordinary moments of ordinary people better Continue reading
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BIG IN SWEDEN – Sally Franson
Paulie Johansson is in a long-term relationship with Declan. It’s comfortable, but hardly exciting. On a lark, Paulie auditions to be on a Swedish reality television show, Sverige och Mig (Sweden and Me) in which contestants participate in a number of contests, someone gets eliminated and the ultimate winner gets to connect with Swedish ancestral relatives. Paulie Continue reading
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YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE – Ian Fleming
Well this was a surprise. I am by no mean a big James Bond fan. I was, however, a teenage boy in the 1970’s so spies, action, and beautiful-falling-out-of-their-skimpy-costumes-women were the kinds of movies I went to see with my friends. And while the movie version of You Only Live Twice came out a little early for Continue reading
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THE FELLOWSHIP OF PUZZLEMAKERS – Samuel Burr
Pippa Allsbrook is a 50+ year old, unmarried, crossword puzzle enthusiast. She she feels a bit empty in her life, and would like to socialize with others who share her interest in puzzles. She starts a club and recruits a number of other puzzle enthusiasts with diverse interests and talents. Still, though, Pippa doesn’t quite Continue reading
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BLUE RUIN – Hari Kunzru
At one time, Jay was a working artist in London. A graduate of a prominent London art school, he was heading toward greatness and everyone he knew seemed to have his path as a celebrated artist already paved for him. But now Jay is living out of a car in upstate New York, an undocumented Continue reading
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RAY VS THE MEANING OF LIFE – Michael F. Stewart
Death is inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any easy to accept, and when Ray loses his grandmother Ray examines the meaning of life. … Not because he’s typically philosophical, but because his grandmother instructed him to do so in her will. Ray stands to inherit his grandmother’s $1Million estate – a success trailer park Continue reading
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MODESTY BLAISE – Peter O’Donnell
The 1960’s were a very popular time for spies in literature. Post WWII and the Cold War at its peak, when no one trusted anyone else. It was perfect for a man (of woman) to secretly gather intel on an enemy. James Bond, of course, is the cream of the crop – one of the Continue reading
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