The Known World by Edward P. Jones; 2004; 388 pages; Amistad Press, New York, NY; 0-06-055755-9; 5/2/09-5/7/09 I told someone earlier today that The Known World sucked, but I have since reconsidered that conclusion. It is a good story, not told in the manner that I usually like to read something. I like my books [...]
Bone by Bone by Carol O’Connell; 2008; 340 pages; G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, NY; 978-0-399-15514-7; 5/2/09-5/2/09 Oren Hobbs left home shortly after his brother disappeared, he spent almost 20 years in the US Army in the Criminal Investigation Division. He is led back home by his families housekeeper. Someone is leaving pieces of his [...]
World Wrestling Insanity, Shoot First Ask Questions Later by James Guttman; 2008; 202 pages; ECW Press, Toronto, ON, Canada; 978-1-55022-836-6; 4/30/09-5/1/09 I thought this was going to be transcriptions or abridgements of Guttmans’ shoot interviews with wrestlers from his website. What it turned out to be is a tease to get you to listen to [...]
Rain Check, Baseball in the Pacific Northwest, Edited by Mark Armour, Photos from the David Eskenazi Collection; 2006; 128 pages; The Society for American Baseball Research, Inc, Cleveland, OH; 1-933599-02-2; 4/27/09-4/30/09 My good friend Cammie Garcia gave me a Barnes and Noble gift card for Christmas and I chose this book. It is a series [...]
The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, Titanic’s Last Secret by Brad Matsen; 2008;325 pages; Twelve, New York, NY; 978-0-446-58205-6; 4/24/09-4/27/09 John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, who had discovered a German U-boat off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, were contacted by a Titanaic who had dove around Titanic before. [...]
