by Site Owner | Aug 31, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Film, TV & Theater
by Brian Boone Penguin, $13.95, 210 pages Oregon-based author, Brian Boone’s excellently named book I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll {Except When I Hate It}: Extremely Important Stuff About the Songs and Bands You Love, Hate, Love to Hate, and Hate to Love is a book...
by Site Owner | Aug 31, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography
by Tom Ang DK Books, $30.00, 360 pages Anyone can take a picture, but not everyone can take a great picture. If you want to boost your camera skills to the next level, then the beautifully illustrated book Digital Photography Essentials by Tom Ang is for you. Ang...
by Site Owner | Aug 31, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's
by Thom Wiley Scholastic, $6.99, 24 pages The arrival of autumn is a cause for celebration. The changing colors of falling leaves make for a stunning landscape. Adventure waits when the weather changes and kids love to be out in the crisp, cool air. Author Thom Wiley...
by Site Owner | Aug 31, 2011 | Writers on Writing
Write What You Hate By Bill Cameron, Author of County Line I have a problem with authority. When Stephen King said, “the road to hell is paved with adverbs,” my initial reaction was to lard up my own work with these pestilent parts of speech. It’s...
by Site Owner | Aug 31, 2011 | Words from the Root Cellar
Loss Growing up on the farm, we learn about loss early. Unfortunately, we live longer than most of our animals and eventually we are faced with their demise. Some of these losses hit harder than others, as they should. The small kinds of loss are easier, a baby chick...