The Pig Did It by Joseph Caldwell [Book]
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If you want to fall all over your self with sheer glee then get this book post haste. A stirring Irish shaggy pig story and free-for-all from start to finish.
Tagged: Fiction
Staff Picks
Jake Fades: A novel of impermanence by David Guy [Book]
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A Zen novel – what a concept! I read it in one sitting (no pun intended). This is about a funny little Zen master who gets Alzheimers. A book that is sad and wonderful. I loved the characters so much I wanted them to be real.
Tagged: Fiction
Look Me In The Eye by John Elder Robison [Book]
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This book details the fascinating life of John Elder Robison growing up with Asperger’s syndrome, before it had a name. As if that weren’t hard enough, he does this with Augusten Burroughs parents. True, John Elder Robison is Augusten’s brother. His life is just as exciting with a stint as a sound magician for KISS, fiery inferno bathtubs and wacky stunts, I couldn’t put it down.
Tagged: Autism spectrum, Memoir, Non-fiction
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick [Book]
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This is a very engaging and readable recounting of the Pilgrims’ trip to America and their early years in Plymouth. It gives a vivid account of what life was like and the issues they had to deal with.
Tagged: History, Non-fiction
Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott [Book]
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As an expecting first time parent, this book was recommended to me and it is just superb. Lamott, in her honest and insightful way, journals the first year of life with her son. She writes about all the fears and frustrations of raising a baby (in her case as a single parent) that most people are afraid to talk about. It is very encouraging and funny.
Tagged: Babies, Memoir, Motherhood, Non-fiction
Nice Place To Be by The Fawns [Music CD]
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Catchy, easy to groove to pop with lots of gentle melodies and enchanting beats.
Tagged: Pop music
Garden State Soundtrack [Music CD]
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From the Shins to Simon and Garfunkel to Iron and Wine this soundtrack has lots of shining moments.
Tagged: Pop music, Rock music
Gentleman Ruffin by David Ruffin [Music CD]
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Ex-Temptation David Ruffin was is in mighty fine form on this 1980 solo offering. Don’t be afraid of the disco production and don’t hesitate to dust off your dancing shoes.
Tagged: Pop music
Dans Les Airs by Le Vent du Nord [Music CD]
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I picked up this CD because of the album cover—I was intrigued because one of the band members was shown playing the hurdy gurdy. As it turns out, there is some great hurdy gurdy playing, but there is much more: wonderful vocal harmonies, great fiddling, Québécois foot percussion, and always infectious melodies and driving rhythms. A great album.
Tagged: Folk music
The Time Traveler’s Wife [DVD]
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A time bending tale of love trying to stretch to its limits. This science fiction film has characters who win you with their believability and their commitment never to give up on love.
Tagged: Feature film, Science fiction
The poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer [Book]
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In 1925, given only a year to live by his doctor, Henry Stuart leaves his home and grown sons in Idaho to move to the woods on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, Alabama, where he builds a round house and lives for more than two decades, while visitors make a pilgrimage to visit him on the property he names after Leo Tolstoy. Very quirky, yet lovable character.
Tagged: Fiction
Emerson & Eros by Len Gougeon [Book]
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Emerson is considered to be a man of mythic proportions. His influence on his era was incalculable and extends forward into our own. What made a man who was unremarkable and uninspired into a legend who started a philosophy (Transcendentalism) and spurred others into action on large causes (women’s suffrage, anti-slavery, etc…)? Gougeon explores these tantalizing questions.
Tagged: Biography, Non-fiction