Lifelong faves: mysteries, camp, cookbooks, young adult literature, satire. Niches: early film history, lifehacks, The Shadow, codes and ciphers, 20th-c. comic strip compilations, programming/data manuals for nonprogrammers, neurodivergent bright female characters, help for ADHD undiagnosed people. Growing interest in French literature, early 20th century psychological fiction. Top five at present: E. Waugh, R. Chandler, Alan Bradley, Agatha Christie, Gyles Brandreth, T. Sharpe Finished From the Abyss by D K Broster but unable to import it.
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Having had enough of life on board the ship that saved her from a watery …
Yaaaar, this be a rippin' yarn, with brave hearts, some asleep in the deep.
tbh I read 40% of this, the practical essays whose techniques I could use right away. But I was moved enough to borrow a book written by one contributor, and have slated for later in the month a project based on the topic of another essay. Change the inner world, the outer world will change as well.
Simon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue …
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
A short sci-fi novel that kept me riveted is a five-star novel.
I read this because I am, like Paul, hungry for interaction with real people who present themselves as they are, and because I am, like Leonard, bereaved and cooped up for years because people felt they would die or bring death onto others if they smiled at me. Not much opportunity for getting out in the world and not much reward for doing so. I'm glad Mr. Hession knows people like us exist, even in real life, I wish I knew more who are.
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family …
A BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF HAUNTED LOS ANGELES
Why did Cecil B. DeMille really …
Dear Mr. Powers, I love your imagination and the places it takes me to. Occultism, old Hollywood, Los Angeles landmarks, Catholicism: I vibrate to this combination. However, your publishing house does not respect you and assigns shoddy proofreaders to your works. Because of the Guy Kibbee eggs recipe I am giving this a four. If you want someone to do more than spell-check your manuscripts, if they are like this, Three Days to Never, and Medusa's Web, please consider me.
sort of finished. Read the stories reviewers deemed decent/good. Horror isn't my thing I guess, even with film-making as a theme.
Released in USA as "Stick Your Neck Out".
I seriously wonder if whoever thought up Bob and Doug McKenzie for "SCTV" upon CRTC requirements for "more Canadian content" had read The Incomparable Atuk first.
Exciting action in The Blue Lotus, a thrill or a twist on every page.
Incongruous assortment of Studio 58 retrospective photos with vague and/or common advice.
When Julia is cleaning a 15th century Flemish painting, in a corner she finds the words: "Who killed the knight?" …
Fredric Brown's The Fabulous Clipjoint comes from a now-vanished world of crime fiction that once …
Since Night of the Jabberwock, Fredric Brown's style and imaginative plots awakened my desire to read more of his improbable grit and wacky noir. This tale didn't disappoint.
A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female …
Fast entertaining read, with real-life powerful women in early Hollywood as characters and closely accurate reporting of historical events and persons.
This book offers beginner a smart way to learn qigong (chi kung), the ancient Chinese …
Want to know the history of Qigong? Here it is.
Want to know the posture, stance, movements of each exercise? He Pre they are.
Want to know what organs are stimulated or treated in each exercise? Read and learn.
Want the sitting position for each? Dr. Jwing-Ming Yang supplies.
Want a glossary of translated terms? Granted.
