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Called Again

Power Hiking... Author:  Jennifer Pharr Davis It’s a simple math problem.  You want to hike the 2,181 miles of the Appalachian Trail in 47 days.  How many miles of rugged terrain do you need to cover every day?  This is the harsh mathematical reality that Jennifer Pharr Davis faced when she set out to set a new speed record over the toughest trail east of the Mississippi River.  If you haven’t already found your long division app, I’ll save you the trouble and round up the daunting answer for you to a quadriceps curdling 47 miles per day.  That’s right, [...]

2016-12-31T17:55:47-07:00November 9th, 2013|Tags: |

Cold Tuscan Stone

Under the Tuscan Stone Author: David Wagner To be quite honest, I’m not a huge fan of mysteries (other than cozy mysteries with silly titles, of course). But a mystery novel that’s really a travelogue in disguise? Now we’re talking. In Cold Tuscan Stone, murders and abductions often take a back seat to a detailed description of a really fine meal — which is just fine with this carb-hungry reader. Rick Montoya, American-born but of Italian descent, has just relocated to Rome to work as a translator. Despite the profound cultural differences, he’s enjoying his new surroundings when his old [...]

2016-12-31T17:55:48-07:00November 8th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

Disaster Artist, The: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

What a Story, Mark! Author: Greg Sestero Ten years after its cinematic debut, The Room is popularly considered one of the worst movies ever made; it was famously dubbed “the Citizen Kane of bad movies” by Entertainment Weekly. Now, Greg Sestero (the actor who played Mark) has penned a tell-all about the making of a $6 million train wreck, and his curious, complex, vampiric friendship with the enigmatic man behind the movie, Tommy Wiseau. Note: If you haven’t seen the movie, I STRONGLY recommend that you do so before reading this book. Many of the infamously cringe-worthy scenes and shots [...]

2016-12-31T17:55:48-07:00November 8th, 2013|Tags: , , , , |
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