This is for anyone who is or has been a bookcrosser

Here is a list of books from Simon & Schuster for football fans:

I Feel Like Going On: Life Game and Glory by Ray Lewis

It is Good to be Gronk by Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski

No Excuses, Growing Up Deaf and Achieving My Superbowl Dreams by Derrick Coleman, Jr.

Touchdown Tony, Running with a Purpose by Tony Nathan

Saban The Making of a Coach by Monte Burke

Their Life's Work The Brotherhood of the 1970's Pittsburgh Steelers Then & Now by Gary M. Pomerantz

Paterno by Joe Posnanski

When Pride Still Mattered The Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss

Did you know these 8 comic book characters that are also Thanksgiving food?  This is a list posted by David Winnick on the Quirk Books blog  In case you don't recognize them, I posted the links to their bios.

          Howard the Duck 

      Agent Breadman - not much info on him anywhere

    Buttery Pat - he is the 4th one down

      Milk and Cheese

Sass Squash is a vegetable like creature in My Little Pony comics.

  Eye-Scream from Marvel

     Mervyn Pumpkinhead

   Too Much Coffee Man

Isn't this the coolest thing ever?????????  I think more cities and towns should have them!  It is called a Story Pod.  Info is below the pic.

From MyModernMet.com

Architecture studio AKB is bewitching Toronto's book lovers with an inviting design known as the Story Pod. As its name suggests, it's a pod for stories. Located near Main Street in the town of Newmarket, the compact construction serves its purpose as a book exchange where visitors can take a book, leave a book, or lounge on the built-in seating for a relaxing reading session. Regardless of the reasoning behind a person's visit to the pod, each person is met with an artistically designed structure with a series of vertical slats. When the slats are closer together, they look like an opaque wall, but they reveal book stacks when the openings are widened. There are also gaps backed by transparent plastic, which allows light to filter through and add to the piece's dynamic nature. 

To invite readers into the space, Story Pod's doors pivot open in the morning to mimic the covers of a book. Once nighttime falls and the doors are locked to protect the books, energy efficient LED lights (which are powered by the roof's solar panels) make the structure look like a lantern. For those who are walking around at night, the Story Poddoubles as a beacon of illumination.

REVISITING THE NEWVEMBER

Friday, Newvember 20th

In the dark

I spent Thursday walking around in a crazy love-struck stupor. Even though I knew it was far too early in the game to use the “L” word, I felt a strong link between us, an invisible thread holding us together. Granted, showing up for work with only a couple hours’ sleep didn’t help matters, either. No doubt, there would be complaints of mixed up mail; I could barely see the sidewalk in front of me, forget about scrawled addresses on envelopes. Hopefully, no one would bother calling in, and the recipients would think the mix ups were the result of a newbie, or substitute, or something.

By the time I had finished work, all I wanted to do was heat up a frozen dinner and find my bed. I was so very exhausted. Yet at the same time, I had this adrenaline rushing through me every time I thought of what had occurred between Sawyer and me. Sex in the stairwell – who would have thought? Laid out like that it sounded crass and vulgar, but in my mind it was something else entirely. Erotic, romantic, passionate, exciting – all rolled into a dreamy movie that kept playing through my head, making me hot and flushed every time I thought about it.

The first thing I did when I returned home was turn on my computer. While the settings were loading, I popped a President’s Choice frozen entree into the microwave, and then headed to my room to change out my uniform. Normally, I would go from uniform to workout clothes to pyjamas, but I went straight for comfort. I knew that even with all those images floating through my mind I would still easily drift off to sleep long before my usual bed time.

Angela had set my browser to open Facebook as my homepage. The moment I clicked on the program, I was logged in and ready to go. The live newsfeed indicated quite a bit of activity, considering all the people who had updated their statuses were supposed to be at work. I had a number of requests and something waiting for me in my inbox. Lucky me.

When I clicked on the message bubble, I could see it had come from Olive. Thinking it was probably “an about time” kind of message, I opened on it. Had I realized sooner what it was, I would have ignored it. As per usual, her timing was horrible.

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Stan Lee has written his memoir with David Peter & Colleen Doran.  The publishers are Simon and Schuster and here is what they have to say about it:

In this gorgeously illustrated, full graphic memoir, Stan Lee-comic book legend and co-creator of Spiderman, the X-Men, Avengers and the Hulk, and a legend of Marvel super heroes-shares his iconic legacy and how modern super heroes came to be.

Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction.  The most legendary  name in the history of comic books, he has been the leading creative force behind Marvel comics and has brought to life - and into the mainstream - some of the world's best-known heroes and most infamous villians throughout his career.  His stories-filled with super heroes struggling with personal hang-ups and bad guys who possessed previously unseen psychological complexity-added wit and subtlety into a field previously locked into flat portrayals of good vs. evil.  Lee put the human in superhuman and in doing so-created a new mythology for the 20th century.

In this beautifully graphic memoir-illustrated by celebrated artist Colleen Doran-Lee tells the story of his life with the same inimitable wit, energy and off-beat spirit that he brought to the world of comics,  Moving from his impoverished childhood in Manhattan to his early days writing comics, through his military training films during World War II and the rise of the Marvel empire in the 1960's to the current resurgence in movies Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible documents the life of a man and the legacy of an industry and career.

This funny, moving and incredibly honest memoir is a must have for collectors and fans of comic books and graphic novels of every age.

 

 

Ok, I've heard everything now.  There is video game for book worms.  It is called Fallout 4 set in post apocalyptic Boston.  Overdue library books must be returned in order to complete the game.  Check it out here:  Video Game - Fallout 4

Here is the actual game trailer  Fallout 4

Oxford Dictionaries word for the year 2015 has been chosen and it is not a word but an emoji.  This is the first time ever it hasn't been an actual word.  Which emoji was picked?    Tears of Joy

To read the article regarding how it was chosen and why check out 

Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year

Author spotlight.................Juliet Hulme aka Anne Perry, born in London in 1938

Did you know?

1.   She had TB as a child?  She was sent away to live in a warmer climate till she was 13.
2.   She helped a friend when she was 15 beat the friend's mother to death and served 5 years in     prison.
3.   Peter Jackson's film Heavenly Creatures is based on that story.
4.   When she got out of prison she changed her name to Anne Perry.
5.   Anne became a flight attendant and published her first book, The Cater Street Hangman, in    1979.
6.   Since she has written more than 50 novels.
7.   She is most known for her historical detective series (Thomas Pitt and Monk) but has also        branched out to YA and Fantasy.
8.   In case you are wondering the TV series Monk has nothing to do with her books.
9.   She won an Edgar award for Heroes (Most Wanted) in 2000
10.   For more info about Anne Perry check out:  News from Anne Perry

I gathered info for this from Wikipedia, Anne Perry's website (listed above), and  The Guardian - older article, 

Here is an article with Ian Rankin and Anne Perry  2007 Interview regarding her crime (very wise words)

Thank you to all who serve & all who have served!

Happy Veteran's Day! 

For baseball fans everywhere, Vox Magazine of Columbia, MO has come up with a list of books to keep baseball alive till the next season starts.  (I am and always will be a diehard Cardinals fan - - I mean really is there a better team?)  LOL  Anyway before I get myself in trouble here is their list:
Keeping Baseball Alive  I will say that I would add one book and that is The Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig  The link is to my review!

Isn't this the truth!

I found an interesting article on school libraries. I spent lots of time in school libraries and public libraries.  We had a great public library that was huge in the town where I grew up.  Once a week my Mom would take us to check out and returns books.  This was say 50 years ago and they had programs we participated in too.  I loved my school's library too.  As you can tell I read a LOT!

Anyway back to the article it is here New Report from Scholastic Shows School Libraries Work  I don't know if they have a period during a child's day where they take the kids to the school library or not anymore.  We did in graade school and I think it is a great thing to do to encourage young readers.

Isn't this an awesome school library.  It is Bowden Primary school but I don't know where that is.

Ok this doesn't have a lot to do with books  -- oh wait there are Dr. Who books.  I am a major fan of Dr. Who and look what I got in the mail from Amazon (super quick shipping, I might add)  Excuse the pic I'm in the middle of a revamp of my house.  lol

Here are the highlights of an interview with Leah Remini about her experiences in the Church of Scientology.  The actress has starred in  films and TV shows such as Diagnosis Murder and The King of Queens. She had been a member of the Church for 30 years before leaving and writing her book Troublemaker.  A 'Troublemaker' Leaves her life in Scientology  I think I'm going to put this on Mt. TBR

This is absolutely so true!

What do you think of Amazon's review policies?  I haven't given them much thought except that I do believe they should allow reviews to be posted prior to the release date so that perspective buyers can read them.  Here is a link to an article on what some authors think.  Authors call on Amazon to Review Reviews process.  They do have some valid points that I had never thought about.  I do have a pet peeve that really irritates me and that is when a reviewer totally tears apart a book negatively and makes negative comments about the author.  As a reviewer I may not like a book but I don't have to tear it apart.  I can constructively say what I did and didn't like about it and not be nasty.

Ok, I am stepping off my little rant box.  lol

 

5 star		51%
4 star		33%
3 star		12%
2 star		4%
1 star		0%

Well my goal this year was to read 80 books!  I have already read 140 according to Goodreads and I still have 2 months to go!!!!   I'm amazing myself.

Lots and lots of author interviews.  How did they get started?  Some interviews are on specific books.  Some of the authors:  Dan Brown, Stephen King, Fern Michaels, Neil Gaiman, Jung Chang as well as children's authors:  Judy Blume, Eric Carle and many, many more in 50 Famous author interviews that shouldn't be missed