Cannonball Read 18

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40 years old. New Jersey resident. Fan of mystery novels, classic literature, and non-fiction about movies, television, sports, and American history.

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Almost Almost Famous

The Uncool by Cameron Crowe

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Though it’s been a while since he last had a big hit movie, Cameron Crowe’s name still has a resume that would make any pop culture fiend seethe with envy. From his impossibly early start as a teenage rock-and-roll journalist for Rolling Stone magazine to his award-winning career as a screenwriter and director, Crowe has lived a fascinating life full of encounters with the biggest names in show business. In The Uncool, his first memoir, he concentrates on his early life and journalism career. The […]

It’s a Not So Wonderful Life

Vigil by George Saunders

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In a sprawling Dallas mansion, 87-year-old oil company executive K.J. Boone is dying. In addition to his wife and staff, there are some unseen attendants in the room for his final hours. One is Jill “Doll” Blaine. Since dying herself years ago, Jill has been elevated in the afterlife, and now is sent to accompany dying people to provide comfort at the end. She is not expecting any other visitors of her kind, so she is surprised when a Frenchman barges into the room, demanding […]

Horsing Around

Tom's Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski

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To address the elephant in the room right off the bat, this is a 1200-page novel that is certainly not for everyone. Set in 1982 in the fictional Orvop, Utah (the town name anagrams to Provo), the plot is rather simple for a novel of that length. Two boys who both love horses hatch a plan to save two neglected animals from being slaughtered by the richest man in town. One of the boys, Tom Gatestone, is the son of one of the town’s leading […]

Well, It Ain’t Ozzie and Harriet

Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Niven

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Jennifer Niven’s titular Newmans are a family comprised of father Del, mother Dinah and sons Guy and Shep. They’re a typical American family, or at least they play one on TV. The setting is 1964, and Meet the Newmans has been on radio and then television for over a decade, presenting wholesome entertainment for all ages. But in the turbulent 1960s, the Newmans are starting to seem more than a little out of touch. When a brutal pan appears in the New York Times, and […]

Second Read, First Listen

Long Island by Colm Toibin

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I read this book a couple of years ago when it was published, but I wanted to give the audiobook a listen after finding out it was done by Jessie Buckley, an actress whose voice I find very appealing. Last year I did a similar thing with Toibin’s Brooklyn, listening to the new edition of the audiobook narrated by Saoirse Ronan. What won’t I do for talented and lovely Irish women? Brooklyn is one of my favorite novels, and listening to it in Ronan’s voice […]

Emily Gilmore Tells Some

The Third Gilmore Girl by Kelly Bishop

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This is a pretty breezy show-biz memoir by someone who’s done it all, but without all that much to say about it unfortunately. As the title gets at, she is best known today for her role as Emily Gilmore, matriarch of the title family on Gilmore Girls. As a domineering, patrician mother with a strained relationship with her daughter Lorelai, and as a doting, supportive grandmother to her granddaughter Rorry, Bishop was note-perfect. Gilmore Girls fans will be pleased to learn that Bishop remains close […]



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