Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Sex, Jazz, and a Serial Killer Empire of Sin – Sex, Jazz, Murder and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist (2014) Long before Las Vegas carried the name of “Sin City”, that “crown” might have belonged to New Orleans, Louisiana. Crime flourished in a city with a lax police force and politicians... Continue Reading →
Maybe Starting At The Beginning Would Be Better A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green (2022) –Extraterrestrial robots, dubbed the Carls, appear on Earth, create chaos, and then disappear. In the aftermath, humanity is desperate to understand the new structure of life and knowledge. The death of their friend April, who was popularly identified with... Continue Reading →
Murder in An Irish Bookshop by Carlene O’Connor (2021) Garda Siobhán O’Sullivan has got plenty to keep her busy. She’s the matriarch of her generation of the O’Sullivan clan, engaged to her sergeant (and trying to put off setting a wedding date), training a brand-new Garda, and deal with the usual issues of a small... Continue Reading →
Nine Lives - Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum (2010) - There is no other city in the United States like New Orleans. It has gone its own way for centuries, and the rest of the nation knows little about it. In 1965, Hurricane Betsy changed New Orleans. Forty years... Continue Reading →
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig (2015) - With the lightest touch of skin on skin, Miriam Black will know the where, when, and how of your death. She will know in gruesome, soul-searing detail. And there is nothing she can do to change the vision. Three men will discover her “gift”, two may be doorways to... Continue Reading →
The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem (2020) - When the fundamental forces in our lives stop-electricity, electronics, cars, guns, airplanes, telephones, what happens? There’s no cataclysm, just “The Arrest”, and then life goes on. But the world that Journeyman knew as a writer in Hollywood is gone. Eventually, he makes his way to his sister’s organic... Continue Reading →
To The Vanishing Point by Alan Dean Foster (1988) - The Sonderberg family doesn’t know it yet, but this will not be an ordinary road trip. A quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality where they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker. It turns out the family has given a ride... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 