Sunday, March 30, 2014

LIVE BY NIGHT by Dennis Lehane

Finished Sa 3/30/14

Some of the characters in this book were first introduced in Lehane's 2008 novel, THE GIVEN DAY. I think that I heard this on disc when I was working, but I plan to get the book sometime in the future.

LIVE BY NIGHT was first-rate Noir, and I read it in just a couple of days.

Link at Amazon-
http://www.amazon.com/Live-Night-Novel-Dennis-Lehane/dp/0062197754

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

THE SHACK by Wm. Paul Young

The March, 2014 selection for The Contemporary Book Club
Finished Tu 3/25/14

Wikipedia entry-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shack

More sites and opinions-

http://subversiveinfluence.com/2007/09/blog-interview-william-p-paul-young-author-of-the-shack/

http://windblownmedia.com/about-wbm/is-the-shack-heresy.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shack


http://theshackbook.com/discuss/
http://bestsellers.about.com/od/bookclubquestions/a/shack_questions.htm
http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/13-fiction/925-shack-young?start=1

THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM by Gabriel Sherman

HOW THE BRILLIANT, BOMBASTIC ROGER AILES BUILT FOX NEW-AND DIVIDED A COUNTRY

Finished Tu 3/25/14

Wikipedia link-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Sherman

Excellent NY Times book review-
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/books/review/gabriel-shermans-loudest-voice-in-the-room.html?_r=1

Friday, March 14, 2014

SATORI by Don Winslow

Finished Th 3/14/14

Link to Trevanian on Wikipedia-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevanian

THE ALCOHOLIC REPUBLIC by W.J. Rorabaugh

Finished Th 3/14/14

Friday, March 7, 2014

COUNT ZERO by William Gibson

Finished We 3/5/14

Link to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Zero

LOST IN SHANGRI-LA by Mitchell Zuckoff

Finished Th 3/6/14 (Library book recommended by Dr. Floyd)

 The adventures of WAC corporal Margaret Hastings, sergeant Kenneth Decker and lieutenant John McCollom who were the only survivors of a flight over New Guinea on May 13,1945. 

The Baliem Valley
The Gremlin Special

The high-altitude rescue was performed using Waco CG-4 gliders towed by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Three separate rescues were performed by towing a glider with single pilot into the valley. The glider was then loaded and configured for a live capture by the tow plane which recovered the survivors, towing them back to a base in Hollandia.

Monday, March 3, 2014

DELIBERATE INTENT- A Lawyer Tells the True Story of Murder by the Book by Rod Smolla

Finished 2/28/14

Link to the Hit Man book at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_Man:_A_Technical_Manual_for_Independent_Contractors

Short piece about the Rice case
http://tiffany-mckenzie.blogspot.com/2012/01/rice-v.html

Brandenburg v. Ohio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio