![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “‘Ol-lay-lewyer!” people hollered, and jumped up and down and did the hornpipe in a maybe-slightly-more-than-metaphorical sense. (For the record, I haven’t seen either of them, so this is all hearsay – but it’s pretty darn prevalent hearsay.) It was looking like Seuss was pure poison on the big screen. First there’d been the Grinch movie, which was awful, then there was the Cat in the Hat movie, which was even worse. See, it had been a bad few years for Seuss. (I may be exaggerating just a tad, but not by much.) Seuss adaptation in yonks and yonks that didn’t… er, how shall I put this… ah, heck with it – that didn’t suck like a vacuum cleaner in a black hole halfway up the cosmic milkshake straw. It was called Horton Hears a Who, and it was being lauded to the skies. ![]() Horton, you poor, poor fool…ĭeneb’s rating: Seuss does sci-fi – and it works! It works very well!ĭeneb’s review: You may recall, a few years back, there being a lot of hoopla over a certain animated film. Summary Capsule: There is a tiny community of eensy-weensy people that only Horton the elephant can detect in any way. Tagline: If there is one, I don’t know about it. The Scoop: 1970 G, directed by Chuck Jones and starring Hans Conreid, June Foray, Chuck Jones and Thurl Ravenscroft. “You’re a dastardly, gastardly, shnastardly shnook!” ![]()
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![]() Homer Price by Robert McCloskey (J FIC McCLOSKEY) (not at Montclair) – Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one about a donut machine on the rampage. But it’s not long before the competition arrives and a battle of the bakers ensues. The Donut Chef by Bob Staake (J PICBK STAAKE) – In this delicious tale, a baker hangs out his shingle on a small street and soon the line for his donuts stretches down the block. Panda has a plate of doughnuts to share, but most of the other animals forget to say “Please.” Panda by Steve Antony (J PICBK ANTONY) (not at Montclair) – Mr. The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller (J 641.8653 MILLER) (not at Montclair) – How a 19th-century cabin boy with a knack for creative problem-solving invented the donut. Here, to help you celebrate, are a dozen children’s books featuring donuts: ![]() ![]() They may be a little biased, but a month devoted to donuts doesn’t sound like a bad thing. According to the sign in the donut shop window, October is National Donut Month. ![]() ![]() This was Derek’s first memoir, his second was titled – Fifty Years Adrift and a third book, It Was Twenty Years Ago Today, about the anniversary of Sgt. This is a review of his first book, As Time Goes By.Īs Time Goes By by Derek Taylor is a 181 page memoir of Derek’s life in the music business from 1968-1971, with a lot of stories before and after those years. One author even went so far as to say Derek is the real fifth Beatle! Derek was Brian Epstein’s personal assistant before becoming the press agent for the Beatles. Enjoy the review.ĭerek…Derek…Derek! Every book I’ve read about the Beatles mentions Derek Taylor. ![]() ![]() I considered taking another Beatles book with me to review, but decided to leave work at home while I contemplate world peace. By the time this review is scheduled to post, I’ll be on a 4 day silent retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, KY. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you are a local customer with store credit, please call or email, as our current system does not link customer data. You can choose to buy online and have it shipped to you, or pick up your purchase in store. Now a painstaking 15-year restoration is bringing out more of its architectural. Our online inventory updates every 30 minutes during business hours. The Harvard Lampoon is based in a mini-castle whose quirks are neatly suited to the world’s oldest humor magazine. We are a general interest bookstore with a variety of titles and genres to fit every type of reader, especially children! Check out our genre-themed rooms, as well as our Picture Books room for kids, and our literary themed gift shop. We are HideAway Books, a used bookstore with a passion for gently used books and book themed gift items! We love reading and we love sharing our passion for books with our community. (Our Facebook page is currently in Facebook Jail - probably for a stupid reason, we don't know.) Please go to our Instagram or American Fork page to get the latest information.īook Lover Gifts also available in our Painted Tree Boutique Kiosk at 86 E. For the most up to date information, check us out on Instagram. ![]() ![]() ![]() GREER HENDRICKS is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Wife Between Us. Twisted and deliciously chilling, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen's The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage - and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle.Īssume nothing. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement - a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. In Touch Weekly When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. ![]() The best domestic suspense novel since Gone Girl. The instant New York Times Bestseller! A fiendishly smart cat-and-mouse thriller - New York Times Book Reviewīuckle up, because you won't be able to put this one down. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her business is now suffering, and her daughter won’t speak to her, believing every negative comment the press says about Victoria. Victoria Adley may appear cool and untouchable, but behind the façade is a woman who is hurting after a lie drags her name and reputation through the tabloids. Little does she know that one act of kindness is about to put her on the path to not only doing that but also introduce to a once-in-a-lifetime love. All she can focus on right now is fixing her situation one step at a time. ![]() Her dreams of graduating from culinary school and working at the best restaurant in town, Adley’s, seem a distant memory. For the last five years, she’s been couch surfing with friends and working every menial job there is just to make ends meet. ![]() This one stuck out to me because even with Tereze’s dramatic style - the push and pull of sexual tension, and the steamy physical scenes when they finally get together - this one had a warmth to it that really showed even the simplest act of kindness can reward you with the love you deserve and cherish.Ībi is the prime definition of “down on her luck.” After her mother disowned her, she was left with no money and no place to stay. Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze is a rich girl/poor girl, age gap romance. ![]() ![]() Now, with only days to spare until the dybbuk takes over Alter’s body completely, the two boys must race to track down the killer–before the killer claims them next. ![]() A boy who means more to Alter than anyone knows. While the rest of the city is busy celebrating the World’s Fair, Alter is now living a nightmare: possessed by Yakov’s dybbuk, he is plunged into a world of corruption and deceit, and thrown back into the arms of a dangerous boy from his past. But when Alter’s best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a long line of murdered Jewish boys, his dream begins to slip away. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. You can read this before The City Beautiful PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ĭhicago, 1893. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The City Beautiful written by Aden Polydoros which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As troubling rumors about her parents trickle in from the front, Olga dares to hope that a budding romance might survive whatever the future may hold. Olga and her sisters trade their gowns for nursing habits, assisting in surgeries and tending to the wounded bodies and minds of Russia's military officers. Olga's only escape from the seclusion of Alexander Palace comes from the grand tea parties her aunt hosts amid the shadow court of Saint Petersburg-a world of opulent ballrooms, scandalous flirtation, and whispered conversation.īut as war approaches, the palaces of Russia are transformed. But even as unrest simmers in the capital, Olga is content to live within the confines of the sheltered life her parents have built for her and her three sisters: hiding from the world on account of their mother's ill health, their brother Alexei's secret affliction, and rising controversy over Father Grigori Rasputin, the priest on whom the tsarina has come to rely. Grand Duchess Olga Romanov comes of age amid a shifting tide for the great dynasties of Europe. ![]() This sweeping novel takes readers behind palace walls to see the end of Imperial Russia through the eyes of Olga Nikolaevna Romanov, the first daughter of the last tsar an intimate and unforgettable tale that transports the reader to the heart of Imperial Russia." -Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba ![]() ![]() ![]() He arrives at his destination, finds a hotel, checks in, meanders around the neighbourhood, visits any museums or public monuments he happens to encounter, has a couple of drinks, eavesdrops on a conversation or two, then goes to bed. He's painted a masterpiece in travel literature Globe & Mail Toronto when it comes to travel's peculiars the man still has no peers The Timesīill Bryson is a very talented writer and an enormously funny and perceptive one. It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and. They're a perfect fit The New York Times Book Reviewīryson is the perfect travelling companion. Bill Brysons travels in a sunburned country- Australia will never look the same again. The thing that Bryson most loves about Australia - its "effortlessly dry, direct way of viewing the world" - is, in fact, his own. Bryson makes you laugh out loud.Down Under is filled with quirky stories', Sunday Express ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Taking place "25 years ago" in "Michigan," The Virgin Suicides tells the story of a group of teenage boys and the Lisbon sisters, whose suicides changed them forever. So Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford, decided to do something unexpected: She made a gem of a movie that's easy to like and complex enough to savour. Jeffrey Eugenides's book The Virgin Suicides is one of the underappreciated gems of the 1990s and surely Sophia Coppola must have known that the critics would have it out for anything she did (see reviews listed under "acting: Part 3, The Godfather"). I'm uncertain why the daughter of a Hollywood icon would select as her first director effort a nearly unfilmable book of linguistic time bombs and nearly unspeakable tragedy. ![]() |