SINNERMAN by Jonathan M. Cook February 14, 2013 Amazon Digital Services Kindle format, 186 pages From the Amazon editorial review: “Love makes sinners of us all.”In the sleepy Midwestern town of Vespers… In the sweltering summer heat… Julian Sane, high school teacher and cad’s cad, is a man at war with himself. But a chance…
House of Earth by Woody Guthrie HarperCollins Publishers, New York February 5, 2013 Hardback, 233 pages –cover for House of Earth I feel like I’m late to the ballgame (I’m listening to the World Series), but I’m glad I finally read Woody Guthrie’s novel, House of Earth, that was published earlier in the year.…
Last night I watched House of Wax (1953) with Vincent Price. I had probably seen it before, but remembered nothing. Carolyn Jones also starred. Guess who played Igor? Interesting . . . and then TCM showed The Mad Magician (1954) with Price. One of the Gabors gets murdered by him in that one. Price’s characters start…
flack1 informal noun noun: flack; plural noun: flacks 1. a publicity agent. “a public relations flack” verb verb: flack; 3rd person present: flacks; past tense: flacked; past participle: flacked; gerund or present participle: flacking 1. publicize or promote (something or someone). “a crass ambulance-chaser who flacks himself in TV ads” Ok, today I am Amanda Vaill‘s flack. Let’s proceed. Ms. Vaill…
The Outcasts by Kathleen Kent Little, Brown and Company New York September 24, 2013 Paperback, 336 pages After reading, enjoying, and reviewing Ms. Kent’s first two books of historical fiction entitled The Heretic’s Daughter and The Traitor’s Wife, I was anticipating another intriguing read from this Dallas author. She did not disappoint. The Outcasts is…
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