Birdman by Mo Hayder - This was the debut novel (2000) by Hayder and it became a bestseller. Since then she has been cranking out best selling novel after best selling novel. This year the British author snagged an Edgar Allen Poe award for best mystery novel. So yeah she can write. Fans of forensic... Continue Reading →
Stars Don't Earn Stripes, Olympic Love and New Old People
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Book Review – Sweat
I don't think I will ever be invited to be the President of the Mark Gilleo fan club. "Sweat" is the second book by Gilleo I've read ("Love Thy Neighbor") and my reaction is consistent. Gilleo is an adequate story teller and an inadequate writer. He creates interesting characters and story lines then offers a... Continue Reading →
RIP Richard Zanuck, Wearing Technology and Learning the Ropes
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Book Review – Twelve Months
Twelve Months by Steven Manchester (The Story Plant - 2012) - I honestly had no idea what I was getting into when I opened this book. When I realized it was the story of a man just my age facing the sudden end of his life long before he was prepared I almost put the... Continue Reading →
50 Shades, Best or Worst, Olympic Failure
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Marketing Chains, Strange Movies, New Indecency
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Movies for June
Hugo (2011) - OK let's see just how brave I am. Take one of the greatest directors of my lifetime, add in 11 Oscar nominations and 5 wins and what do you get? A nice if rather underwhelming movie. This is Martin Scorsese's first 3D movie and his first family movie in many years. It... Continue Reading →
Books – June
The Art of the Steal - Christopher Mason (2005) What's the sign of a truly fine writer? Taking a topic as unexciting as the collusion between the world's two great auction houses to fix prices and turning it into a fascinating story is no small feat. Mason does have several large personalities at the center... Continue Reading →
Taming Trolls, Lies and Facebook and Old School Outrage
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