FOR THE HELL OF IT. Vol. 2, Number 4. 02/14/11 By Johnny Heller Happy Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is upon us! Quick, go martyr a Christian! Or you could just go get a nice box of suddenly super expensive chocolates. Let us consider today the interesting cultural phenomenon known as Valentine’s Day. Each year we are asked to surrender ourselves to bizarre rituals of romance that have nothing whatever to do with St. Valentine and everything to do with Hallmark Cards and other clever business enterprises that have covertly banded together in an ingenious plot to put two people together while parting one person from his true love – money. …
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February 9th, 2011 / By Jo Anna Perrin /
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The Sherlockian
Written by Graham Moore, Narrated by James Langton -an audio book review- Jo Anna Perrin Sherlock Holmes, in both the enduring reality of the character and the ambivalent appreciation expressed towards him by his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a rift that caused Doyle to actually kill Holmes off at one point, becomes the stuff of fiction. Literally. It is the jumping off point in Graham Moore’s paean to Holmesiana, The Sherlockian. If you are addicted to Sherlock Holmes, and even if you just have a passing interest, it would be hard not to be charmed by this clever and nimble romp through the annals of the great detective. The …
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January 2nd, 2011 / By Jo Anna Perrin /
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Written by Steve Martin, Narrated by Campbell Scott -an audio book review- Jo Anna Perrin I have always been a Steve Martin fan, but like many, a Steve Martin Hollywood fan. I have to admit, I have a problem with the ease that celebrities seem to have, deservedly or not, in obtaining publishing contracts. Consequently it has taken me a while to dip my ambivalent toe into the Steve Martin as author category, regardless of how endearing I might find Steve Martin, the public icon. So it was with reservations that I picked up Martin’s An Object of Beauty as read by Campbell Scott. And now, you might ask? Well, …
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December 20th, 2010 / By Jo Anna Perrin /
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Three Pines
Written by Louise Penny, Narrated by Ralph Cosham -An audio book review- Jo Anna Perrin I arrived slightly out of sync to Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache/Three Pines series. I started with her fourth novel, A Rule Against Murder, and thence thoroughly hooked, happily retreated to the first book in the series and worked my way forward. If you are unfamiliar with Penny’s well crafted series starring the intelligent and empathetic Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and the absolute confection of the town of Three Pines and its quirky inhabitants, I suggest you give her a listen. The sixth installment, Bury Your Dead, is in my opinion, the most brilliantly …
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