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CRUD Challenge List: December 2024

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:35:08 GMT

This is a list of movies I've had lying around for ages and never got around to watching, so I am participating in the CRUD Challenge. A member of the CRUD Buddies community will be picking four of these movies for me to watch during each month, and post reviews of same.

20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009) dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi

The Accidental Spy (2001) dir. Teddy Chan
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996) dir. Albert Pyun
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) dir. Lotte Reiniger
The Alien Factor (1978) dir. Don Dohler
Alien Prey (1977) dir. Norman J. Warren
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) dir. Mark Atkins
All Over Town (1937) dir. James W. Horne
All-Star Superman (2011) dir. Sam Liu
Anna Karenina (1948) dir. Julien Duvivier
Apocalypse (2007) dir. Justin Jones
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Attack of the Moon Zombies (2011) dir. Christopher R. Mihm
At the Gate of the Ghost (2011) dir. Pundhevanop Dhewakul
The Avenger (1962) dir. Giorgio Venturini
The Avengers (1998) dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik
Azumi 2 (2005) dir. Shusuke Kaneko

The Bat (1926) dir. Roland West
The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) dir. Michael Goguen
The Battle of El Alamein (1969) dir. Giorgio Ferroni
Battleship Potemkin (1925) dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein
The Beguiled (1971) dir. Don Siegel
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) dir. William Wyler
Blonde for a Day (1946) dir. Sam Newfield
Blood Mania (1970) dir. Robert Vincent O'Neil
Blood Thirst (1971) dir. Newt Arnold
The Bloody Fists (1972) dir. Ng See-Yuen
The Body Snatcher (1945) dir. Robert Wise
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) dir. Blake Edwards
Breakout from Oppression (1978) dir. Lau Kar-leung
The Buddy Holly Story (1978) dir. Steve Rash
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West (1965) dir. Mario Costa
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952) dir. Bernard B. Ray
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) dir. James P. Hogan

Calling Philo Vance (1940) dir. William Clemens
Call of the Wild (1935) dir. William A. Wellman
Captain Kidd (1945) dir. Rowland V. Lee
The Case of the Black Cat (1936) dir. William C. McGann
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) dir. William Clemens
The Cave (2005) dir. Bruce Hunt
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) dir. Phil Rosen
The Chase (1946) dir. Arthur Ripley
Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) dir.Tay Garnett
Child Bride (1938) dir. Harry Revier
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) dir. Ken Hughes
The Cocaine Fiends (1935) dir. William A. O'Connor
The Cowboys (1972) dir. Mark Rydell
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) dir. Michael Carreras

A Date With the Falcon (1942) dir. Irving Reis
Deadfall (1993) dir. Christopher Coppola
The Dead Matter (2010) dir. Edward Douglas
The Dead Pool (1988) dir. Buddy Van Horn
Death Walks at Midnight (1972) dir. Luciano Ercoli
Demonia (1990) dir. Lucio Fulci
The Devil Bat (1940) dir. Jean Yarbrough
Devil Girl from Mars (1954) dir. David MacDonald
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) dir. Silvio Narizzano
Dishonored Lady (1947) dir. Robert Stevenson
Dogman (2012) dir. Richard Brauer
Dracula 2000 (2000) dir. Patrick Lussier
Dracula II: Ascension (2003) dir. Patrick Lussier
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) dir. John S. Robertson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) dir. Rouben Mamoulian
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) dir. Victor Fleming
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) dir. Fritz Lang

Election (1999) dir. Alexander Payne
Election (2005) dir. Johnnie To
Elmer Gantry (1960) dir. Richard Brooks

A Farewell to Arms (1957) dir. Charles Vidor
The Farmer's Wife (1928) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Fast Track: No Limits (2008) dir. Axel Sand
Father's Little Dividend (1951) dir. Vincente Minnelli
Ferris Bueller's Day Off I1986) dir. John Hughes
Flash Gordon: Rocketship (1936) dir. Ford Beebe
The Flying Deuces (1939) dir. A. Edward Sutherland
The Flying Scotsman (1929) dir. Castleton Knight
For Me and My Gal (1942) dir. Busby Berkeley
The Forsaken (2001) dir. J.S. Cardone
Funny Face (1957) dir. Stanley Donen
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum (1966) dir. Richard Lester

Gamers (2006) dir. Christopher Fallon
The Garden Murder Case (1936) dir. Edwin L. Marin
The Gay Falcon (1941) dir. Irving Reis
Genocide (1968) dir. Kazui Nihonmatsu
The Giant Gila Monster (1959) dir. Ray Kellogg
Great American West (1973) dir. Denis Sanders
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) dir. Mark Gustafson

The House of Mystery (1921) dir. Alexandre Volkoff
Imitation of Life (1934) dir. John M. Stahl
Imitation of Life (1959) dir. Douglas Sirk
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) dir. Steven Spielberg
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) dir. Steven Spielberg
Inner Sanctum (1948) dir. Lew Landers
An Inspector Calls (1954) dir. Guy Hamilton
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002) dir. Toshiya Shinohara
The Invisible Ray (1935) dir. Lambert Hillyer
Ip Man 3 (2015) dir. Wilson Yip
Isle of the Dead (1945) dir. Mark Robson

Jamaica Inn (1939) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Jodhaa Akbar (2008) dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
Joe Kidd (1972) John Sturges
Jungle Book (1942) dir. Zoltan Korda
Jungle Jim (1937) dir. Ford Beebe
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) dir. Sam Liu
Justice League Doom (2012) dir. Lauren Montgomery
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) dir. Wes Gleason

Kentucky Rifle (1955) dir. Carl Hittleman
Kill! (1968) dir. Kihachi Okamoto
King and the Cowboy (1932) dir. Kurt Neumann
Kiss and Make-up (1934) dir. Harlan Thompson
Kung Fu Mahjong 2 (2005) dir. Wong Jing
Kunpan: Legend of the Warlord (2002) dir. Tanit Jitnukul

The Land that Time Forgot (2009) dir. C. Thomas Howell
The Last Laugh (1924) dir. F.W. Murnau
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) dir. Richard Brooks
Law of the Wild (1934) dir. B. Reeves Eason
Lean On Me (1989) dir. John G. Avildsen
The Lightning Warrior (1931) dir. Benjamin J. Kline
Live and Let Die (1973) dir. Guy Hamilton
Lost Canyon (1942) dir. Lesley Selander
Lover Come Back (1961) dir. Delbert Mann
The Lucky Texan (1934) dir. Robert N. Bradbury

Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) dir. Charles Lamont
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) dir. Charles Lamont
Mad Love (1935) dir. Karl Freund
Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) dir. Jim Monaco
The Maggie (1954) dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Maggie (2015) dir. Henry Hobson
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) dir. Otto Preminger
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) dir. Guy Hamilton
Maze (1996) dir. Atsushi Aono
The Medicine Man (1930) dir. Scott Pembroke
Meera (1992) dir. P.C. Sreeram
The Milky Way (1936) dir. Leo McCarey
The Mouse that Roared (1959) dir. Jack Arnold
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) dir. Frank Capra
Mrs. Miniver (1942) dir. William Wyler
Murder by Death (1976) dir. Robert Moore
Murder Is My Business (1946) dir. Sam Newfield
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) dir. Robert Florey
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) dir. William Nigh
The Mystic (1925) dir. Tod Browning

Night Key (1937) dir. Lloyd Corrigan
Nosferatu (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) dir. Sergio Leone
OSS 117 Is Unleashed (1963) dir. Andre Hunebelle
OSS 117 Panic in Bangkok dir. Andre Hunebelle
Outlaws of the Desert (1941) dir. Howard Bretherton

Passport to Pimlico (1949) dir. Henry Cornelius
Pelt (2010) dir. Richard Swindell
Phantom from Space (1953) dir. W. Lee Wilder
Pillow Talk (1959) dir. Michael Gordon
The Plague of the Zombies (1966) dir. John Gilling
Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000) dir. Matsamitsu Hidaka
Private Snuffy Smith (1942) dir. Edward F. Cline
Prodigal Boxer (?) dir. Unknown, stars Fei Meng

Quicksand (1950) dir. Irving Pichel
Rage at Dawn (1955) dir. Tim Whelan
Rear Window (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Red Heat (1988) dir. Walter Hill
Reign of Fire (2002) dir. Rob Bowman
The Return of Doctor X (1939) dir. Vincent Sherman
Revolt of the Zombies (1936) die. Victor Halperin
River's End (2005) dir. William Katt
Robin Hood (1973) dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
Rocketship X-M (1958) dir. Kurt Neumann

Sagebrush Trail (1933) dir. Armand Schaefer
Samurai Princess (2009) dir. Kengo Kaji
Samurai Spy (1965) dir. Masahiro Shinoda
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) dir. Allan Dwan
The Scarlet Clue (1945) dir. Phil Rosen
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) dir. Charles Frend
Secret of the Andes (1998) dir. Alejandro Azzano
The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick
A Shriek in the Night (1933) dir. Albert Ray
Sitting Bull (1954) dir. Sidney Salkow
Skyfall (2012) dir. Sam Mendes
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) dir. Henry King
Spaceballs (1987) dir. Mel Brooks
Spies (1928) dir. Fritz Lang
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) dir. Lewis Gilbert
Swamp Diamonds (1955) dir. Roger Corman
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) dir. Terence Fisher

Tales from the East (unknown) dir. Manfred Wong
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) dir. Charles F. Haas
Tarzan's Revenge (1938) dir. D. Ross Lederman
Thirty Day Princess (1934) dir. Marion Gering
Thunderball (1965) dir. Terence Young
Tokyo! (2008) dir. Leos Carax
Tower of London (1939) dir. Rowland V. Lee
Triad Election (2006) dir. Johnnie To
Tulsa (1949) dir. Stuart Heisler

The Unknown (1927) dir. Tod Browning
Vertigo (1958) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Victims of Sin (1951) dir. Emilio Fernandez

When Worlds Collide (1951) dir. Rudolph Mate
Winds of the Wasteland (1936) dir. Mack Wright
Without Honor (1949) dir. Irving Pichel
The Woman in Green (1945) dir. Roy William Neill
Wonder Woman (1974) dir. Vincent McEveety

The X from Outer Space (1967) dir. Kazui Nihonmatsu
Yuma (1970) dir. Ted Post
Zoltan...Hound of Dracula (1977) dir. Albert Band

I've now moved "previously watched for challenge" movies to another post.

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YARPP Stats

Sat, 11 Jul 2020 13:26:30 GMT

Over at my SKJAM! Reviews blog, one of the widgets I have installed is YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plug-in), which gives a list at the end of each post of other posts on the blog that may be relevant to the reader's interests if they liked this post. Now that I have well over a thousand review posts to choose from, I decided to check which posts were the most recommended by this tool.

Patterns I noticed: Anthologies do well, probably because having multiple stories means that I've used multiple tags that will then intersect with other post's tags. Having common words in the title helped too, like "stories" or "death." (Books in the genres I read tend to have a lot of death.) Posts tend to be recommended much more after the date they were posted on than before that date.

Single word titles did poorly as a group; almost all posts got at least one reference link; the notable exception being the eighth volume of Vinland Saga, which was completely overshadowed by the other nine volumes.

The most referenced posts were seldom the most viewed, or necessarily the best-reviewed items. I'm posting the list of posts that got at least ten reference links for your possible amusement or comment. Stats as of July 11 2020.

Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales-119
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales-104
Classic American Short Stories-103

The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories-68
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014-45
Showcase Presents: Super Friends-33
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch Volume 3-32
Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Vol 1-30

Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents Superman Team-Ups-28
Sisters of the Revolution: a Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology-28

Jewish Noir-26
Showcase Presents: Robin the Boy Wonder Vol 1-26

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 9: the Millenium Express (1995-2009)-18
Essential Defenders Vol 6-18
Shonen Jump Weekly (2016)-18

Black Jack the Movie-17
Dick Tracy-17
Insurrections of the Mind-17
Urusei Yatsura-17
Weekly Shonen Jump (2015)-17
Writers of the Future, Volume 34-17

The 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies for Modern Business-16
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories-16
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries-16
The Blue Fairy Book-16
Case Closed Vol 62-16
Headstrong-16
Rad Women Worldwide-16
Rin-Ne Volumes 21, 24 & 26-16

The Book of Cthulhu-15
Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories-15
Conjunctions 51: the Death Issue-15
Essential Ms. Marvel Vol 1-15
Futaba-kun Change! Vol 1-15
The Good, the Bad and the Mad-15
Rin-Ne Volume 25-15
Showcase Presents: Superman Family Volume 4-15
War Wings-15

The Black Bat 1: Brand of the Black Bat & Murder Calls the Black Bat-14
Showcase Presents: the Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights-14

Essential Tomb of Dracula Volume 2-13
Galaxy Science Fiction July 1951-13
High Adventure 160: Ten Detective Aces Special-13
Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?-13
Lapham's Quarterly Spring 2015: Swindle & Fraud-13
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror-13
The Phantom: the Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume Two 1937-1939-13
Showcase Presents: the Brave and the Bold Batman Team-ups Volume 1-13
UQ Holder! Vol 1-13
Weekly Shonen Jump (2017)-13
Weekly Shonen Jump (USA)-13

Azumanga Daioh Vol 1-12
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine July 2016-12
Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus 1-12
Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics-12
Showa: A History of Japan 1953-1989-12
The Superman Chronicles Volume One-12

2000 AD 2020-24-11
Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings-11
Action Presidents: George Washington-11
Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2015-11
The Batman Adventures Volume 2-11
Batman & the Justice League Vol 2-11
The Best of Planet Stories 1-11
Case Closed Volume 56-11
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 14 1951-1953-11
The Chinese Cat-11
Destroy All Monsters-11
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January 1977-11
Essential Captain Marvel Vol 2-11
The Jail Gates Are Open-11
Octavia's Brood-11
The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution-11
A Storm of Swords-11
A Weird and Wild Beauty: the Story of Yellowstone, the World's First National Park-11
Wounded Tiger-11

Batman Archives Volume 1-10
Boy Scouts of the Air on the French Front-10
Case Closed Vol 42-10
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard-10
A Curious Man-10
Essential Rampaging Hulk Vol 1-10
From the Cross to the Church-10
Great Historical Coincidences-10
Master Keaton, Volume 1-10
Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun 1-10
Phantom Detective 2: Dealers in Death | The Yacht Club Murders-10
Project A-10
Rin-Ne Volumes 7, 8 & 9-10
Shonen Jump Weekly USA 2014-10
Showcase Presents: Batman Volume 6-10
Twin Cities Noir the Expanded Edition-10
Vampire Princess Miyu Volume Two: Encounters-10
The Wanderer and the New West-10
Woochi the Demon Slayer-10
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches 1-10

Your thoughts and comments?

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Goodreads Recommends--the letter B!

Sat, 20 Dec 2014 21:50:44 GMT

Hi folks!

It's been quite a while, but I hope some of you are still reading Livejournal.

Today we look at the books Goodreads has recommended to me based on books I've read from authors with a B in their name.

The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin HIcks
Almuric by Robert E. Howard
Astonishing X-Men Trilogy Collection by Joss Whedon

Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola
Big Questions #1 by Anders Nilsen
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster Keaton by Matt Phelan
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis
The Dumbest Idea Ever! by Jimmy Gownley

East of West #1 by Jonathan Hickman
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Land That Time Forgot by Russ Manning

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

Hildafolk by Luke Pearson
How to Win at Everything: Even Things You Can't or Shouldn't Try to Win At by Daniel Kibblesmith

The Instrumentality of Mankind by Cordwainer Smith

The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr

The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

Many Moons by James Thurber
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell
The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jannson
Mosses from an Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale
Northlanders, Vol. 1: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood

Out of the Depths: An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival, Courage, and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis by Edgar Harrell

Radio Free Albemuth by Philip K. Dick
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin

Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition by Shane Lacy Hensley
Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit by Wayne F. Hill
Sleeper, Vol. 1: Out in the Cold by Ed Brubaker
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Spider-Men #1 by Brian Michael Bendis
The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy by Stanisław Lem
Stumptown, Vol. 1 by Greg Rucka
Surrender None by Elizabeth Moon

The Terro-Human Future History Omnibus by H. Beam Piper
They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton
The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories by Nicholas Gurewitch

The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions by Arthur Bennett

The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
Who is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson

Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

And now, the authors who inspired this list, in order of times cited:

Chris A. Bolton-7

Cece Bell-6

Edgar Rice Burroughs-5

Alfred Bester-4
Terry Brooks-4
Jeffrey Brown-4
John Brunner-4

L. Frank Baum-3
Kate Beaton-3
Anthony Bourdain-3
Ray Bradbury-3
Lois McMaster Bujold-3
Cullen Bunn-3
John Bunyan-3

Zac Bissonnette-2
James Blish-2
Deborah Blum-2

Brian Michael Bendis
T. Martin Bennett
Jason Bulmahn
Virginia Lee Burton
Kurt Busiek

As always, let me know if you've read any of these books or heard interesting buzz, or you're puzzled as to who this Chris A. Bolton buy is.
SKJAM!
http://www.skjam.com

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Mix CD--By Your Command

Sat, 29 Nov 2014 14:53:24 GMT

I changed my mind and decided that this year's holiday mix CD will be a tribute to the recently departed Glen A. Larson, who brought the young me such entertainment as "Battlestar Galactica" and "Knight Rider." The tracks relate to the shows he was involved with in tangential ways; see if you can guess which one is which.

BY YOUR COMMAND: A TRIBUTE TO GLEN A. LARSON

1. After the Fall--Two Steps from Hell
2. Theme from Lupin III '97--OST
3. Let's All Help the Cowboys--Cowboy Jack Clement & Pam Tillis
4. The Virginian--OST
5. Forever Fugitives--Final Fantasy XIII Soundtrack
6. Fighting--Maurice White & Bill Meyers
7. I Got a Woman--Jimmy Smith
8. I Will Not Stand Alone--Kayhan Kallor & Ali Bahrami Fard
9. Corpse in the Rafters--Robert O Ragland
10. Brothers--Nostromo Pilots
11. Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Star Blazers)--Maria Kawamura
12. Cardboard King--The Martin Harley Band
13. The NBC Mystery Movie--OST
14. Escape in the Truck--Mary Beth Magallanes
15. Limpin Gobbler/Crippled Turkey--Sean Orr
16. As Time Goes By--Rudy Vallee
17. Across the Sea--Ho'oheno
18. Hawaii 5-0--Sammy Davis, Jr.
19. Mon Super Heros--AM
20. Dragon Knight--Yasunori Mitsuda
21. All Along the Watchtower--Eliades Ochoa
22. I'll Fly Away/I Saw the Light--Joe Bethancourt

Not surprisingly, several of these are themselves television show themes.

Your thoughts, comments or favorite Glen A. Larson show memories?
SKJAM!

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Upcoming Mix CD

Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:37:35 GMT

It's almost time to send out my yearly mix CDs for the holiday season.

This year I've decided to commemorate the centennial of the beginning of World War One. Any suggestions for what songs would fit? (They do not need to be period songs or about WWI, but if not, feel free to explain why they're relevant.)

Work is busy.

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Goodreads Recommends the Letter "A"!

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:15:01 GMT

Let's try something different, since I have been away so long. This time, the Goodreads recommendations are based on books I've read with A-named authors. This gives us a rather wide selection of genres. I'll also list which authors got cited--see if you can figure out which book was suggested by fans of which author!

Books

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Aria, Volume 1 by Kozue Amano

Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Born to Kill by Peter J. Tomasi
Batman: Arkham Unhinged, Vol. 1 by Paul Dini
Batman: Gothic by Grant Morrison
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace

The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks

Descendants of Darkness, Volume 1 by Yoko Matsushita
Digital Knight by Rik E. Spoor

Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen
Fallen Hopes, Taken Dreams by J.M. Barlog
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
For the Thrill of It by Simon Baatz
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
From Far Away, Vol. 1 by Kyoko Hikawa

Gateway by Frederik Pohl
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry
The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder and Stupefy by Rick Beyer

How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin
Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Imadoki! Nowadays, Vol. 01: Dandelion by Yuu Watase
Isaac Asimov's Caliban by Roger MacBride Allen

Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Vol. 01 by Arina Tanemura

Legacy by James H. Schmitz
The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven
The Lion of Comarre & Other Stories by Arthur C. Clarke
A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster
Love Monster, Volume 1 by Riko Miyagi

Mistress Fortune by Arina Tanemura
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell

The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc

Pandora's Legions by Christopher Anvil
Peter Panzerfaust, Vol. 1: The Great Escape by Kurtis J. Wiebe
Pixie Pop: Gokkun Pucho, Vol. 01 by Ema Toyama
The Princess and the Pea by Janet Stevens

Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
Saving the World by Julia Alvarez
Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets
Smallville Season 11, Volume 1: Guardian by Bryan Q. Miller
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen

The Tales of Mother Goose by Charles Perrault
The Tarot Cafe, #1 by Sang-Sun Park
That's Not in My American History Book by Thomas Ayres
Them Bones by Carolyn Haines
Thumbelina by Brad Sneed
The Times We Had: Life with William Randolph Hearst by Marion Davies

The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

Authors (by how influential they were on the list)

Asimov, Isaac-8

Aesop-4
Allston, Aaron-4
Andrews, Donna-4

Acker, Ben-3
Alcott, Louisa May-3
Anno, Moyoco-3
Azzarello, Brian-3

Abbott, Karen-2
Akino, Matsuri-2
Albert, Susan Wittig-2
Allende, Isabel-2
Andersen, Hans Christian-2
Aoyama, Gosho-2
Aron, Paul-2

Adachi, Mitsuru
Adams, Douglas
Aida, Yu
Anonymous
Austen, Jane
Azuma, Kiyohiko

So, thoughts on any of the suggested books, or on the authors beginning with A?

Have a good week,
SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Business!

Sun, 13 Apr 2014 23:04:44 GMT

I am busy trying to get an Associate's degree in Business Management from Rasmussen College, so I have been reading rather more business-related books than I would prefer to. As a result, Goodreads has some suggestions based on my "business" shelf.

I don't know how many of these are likely to have been read by my Dreamwidth and LJ friends, but let's find out.

Brand Failures: The Truth about the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time by Matt Haig
Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success by Penelope Trunk
Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You by John Warrillow

Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping by Paco Underhill
Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Confessions of an Advertising Man by David Ogilvy

Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon
Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger

Fascinate: Unlocking the Secret Triggers of Influence, Persuasion, and Captivation by Sally Hogshead

The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America by Marc Levinson

Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature by Mark Earls

Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm by Verne Harnish

Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do by Kaiser Fung

The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success by Nicholas Lore
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game by Paul Midler
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value by William Poundstone
The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do by Eduardo Porter
Propaganda by Edward L. Burnays

Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry by John Stauber

Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential by Dan Pallotta
Unthinking: The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy by Harry Beckwith

Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit by Laura Penny

Zag: The #1 Strategy of High-Performance Brands by Marty Neumeier
Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design by Laurence G. Boldt

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Note the tendency towards overly long titles. Let me know if you've read any of these, heard some interesting buzz, or have a business-related book you really enjoyed.
SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Art!

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 12:46:06 GMT

Today's Goodreads recommendations are based on my "art" shelf, where I put books about art, books about artists and books about the artistic process. I don't have all that many books on this shelf, thus this will be a short post.

The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators by Richard Williams
Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! by Art Spiegelman
Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures by Jessica Abel
Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing
Frank, Vol. 1 by Jim Woodring
Mythology: The DC Comics Art by Alex Ross
Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork by David Chelsea
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America by David Hajdu
What It Is by Lynda Barry

See if you can spot the odd book out. You know what to do otherwise.

Back at school,
SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Young Adult!

Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:19:42 GMT

And now it's time to look at what Goodreads suggests based on my young adult shelf. I've been around since this category was called "juveniles", but most of the YA books I've read in the last decade or so were either manga or Harry Potter. So we're going to see a lot of manga and fantasy on here. (And a lot of what I read when I was actually back in junior high/high school was books off the adult shelves, which the librarian let pass because I was so clean-cut and a very strong reader.)

Alice 19th, Vol. 01: Lotis Master by Yuu Watase
Alichino by Kouyu Shurei
Angelic Layer, Vol. 01 by CLAMP
Angel Sanctuary, Vol. 1 by Kaori Yuuki
+ Anima 1 by Natsumi Mukai
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Belgarath the Sorceror by David Eddings
Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 1 by Yoko Kamio
A Bride's Story 01 by Kaoru Mori

Chibi Vampire: The Novel, Volume 1 by Tohru Kai
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Vol. 1 by Ichirou Ohkouchi

Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 01 by Rei Toma
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Descendants of Darkness, Volume 1 by Yoko Matsushida
The Devil Does Exist, Volume 1 by Mitsuba Takanashi
Dramacon, Volume 1 by Svetlana Chmakova

Electric Daisy, Vol. 1 by Kyousuke Motomi

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
From Far Away, Vol. 1 by Kyoko Hikawa

Gakuen Alice, Vol. 01 by Tachibana Higuchi

Hana-Kimi, Vol. 1 by Hisaya Nakajo
Hetalia: Axis Powers, Vol. 1 by Hidekaz Himaruya

Kamichama Karin, Vol. 01 by Koge-Donbo
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Vol. 01 by Arina Tanemura
Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 1 by Masami Tsuda
Kekkaishi, Vol. 01 by Yellow Tanabe

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Love*Com, Volume 1 by Aya Nakahara
Love Monster, Volume 1 by Riko Miyagi

Mars, Volume 01 by Fuyumi Soryo
MeruPuri, Vol. 01 by Matsuri Hino

Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 1 by Tomoko Ninomiya
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 01 by Hiroshi Shiibashi

Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Oresama Teacher, Vol. 1 by Izumi Tsubaki
Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 01 by Bisco Hattori

Peach Girl, Vol. 1 by Miwa Ueda
The Prince of Tennis, Vol. 1 by Takeshi Konomi

Red River, Vol. 1 by Chie Shinohara

Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
Skip Beat!, Vol. 01 by Yoshiki Nakamura
The Story of Saiunkoku, Vol. 1 by Kairi Yura

The Tarot Cafe, #1 by Sang-Sun Park
Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo Kouno

Ultra Maniac, Vol. 01 by Wataru Yoshizumi

V.B. Rose Volume 1 by Banri Hidaka

Wandering Son: Volume One by Shimura Takako
We Were There, Vol. 1 by Yuuki Obata
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There's a lot of overlap here with previous lists, but if you find anything you know about we haven't discussed to death, let me know. (Oh, I should mention that I finally moved Love Hina to "to-read" status.)

SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Sports & Games!

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:24:15 GMT

Welcome to the list of books Goodread suggests based on my "sports and games" shelf. Here I put game rulebooks, books about games, books that have sports and games as a major focus or are about athletes. and gamers.

For some reason, this shelf breaks the usual rule and allows more than fifty books.

Another, Vol. 01 by Hiro Kiyohara
The Antipope by Robert Rankin

Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
Black Bird, Vol. 1 by Kanoko Sakurakouji
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
A Bride's Story 01 by Kaoru Mori

City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams
City of Masks by Mary Hoffman

Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart
Demon Love Spell, Vol. 1 by Mayu Shinjo
The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
Dragon's Milk by Susan Fletcher
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis

Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller

Feed by Mira Grant
Flight from the Dark by Joe Dever
The Forests of Silence by Emily Rodda
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman

Geekomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Generous Death by Nancy Pickard
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Happy Cafe, Vol. 1 by Kou Matsuzuki
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Hooked by Liz Fichera
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber

Ink by Amanda Sun
In the Last Analysis by Amanda Cross

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron

Magyk by Angie Sage
Malice in Maggody by Joan Hess
The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

One Coffee With by Margaret Maron

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Search for Senna by Katherine Applegate
The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters
Shadowland by Meg Cabot
The Shamer's Daughter by Lene Kaaberbol
Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair by David Stuart Davies
So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
Spirited Away, Volume 1 by Hayao Miyazaki
Stepping on Roses, Vol. 1 by Rinko Ueda
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Strobe Edge, Vol. 1 by Io Sakisaka

Terrier by Tamora Pierce
Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell
The Twins at St. Clare's by Enid Blyton

vN by Madeline Ashby

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackson
Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens

The Year of Jubilo by Ruth Sawyer

As always, let me know if you have read any of these or heard interesting buzz. (I am a bit saddened that more RPG books didn't get suggested.)
SKJAM!

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News! And Goodreads Recommends--Romance!

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:13:28 GMT

First, I finished the last of my homework, now it's just waiting to hear back if I did well enough to earn my Associates' degree. If so, it's time off from college and hopefully a new job somewhere!

And now, let's take a look at what Goodreads recommends based on my romance shelf. Here I put not only category romances, but non-fiction books about love and relationships, and fiction books where the romantic relationship is a major theme. (As opposed to, "oh, and the hero got the girl too."

You're going to see a lot of shoujo manga on this list.

Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Alice 19th, Vol. 01: Lotis Master by Yuu Watase
All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga
Angel Sanctuary, Vol. 1 by Kaori Yuki

Bitter Virgin 1 by Kei Kusunoki
Body Movers by Stephanie Bond
Boys Over Flowers: Hana Yori Dango, Vol. 1 by Yoko Kamio

Cherry Juice, Vol. 01 by Haruka Fukushima
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 01 by Rei Toma
A Devil and Her Love Song, Vol. 1 by Miyoshi Tomori
The Devil Does Exist, Volume 1 by Mitsuba Takanashi
Dramacon, Volume 1 by Svetlana Chmakova

Electric Daisy, Vol. 1 by Kyousuke Motomi

Forbidden Dance: Volume 1 by Hinako Ashihara
From Far Away, Vol. 1 by Kyoko Hikawa

The Gentlemen's Alliance +, Vol. 01 by Arina Tanemura

Hana-Kimi, Vol. 1 by Hisaya Nakajo
Happy Hustle High, Vol. 1 by Rie Takada
High School Debut, Vol. 01 by Kazune Kawahara
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

I, Spy? by Kate Johnson

Kamichama Karin, Vol. 01 by Koge-Donbo
Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, Vol. 01 by Arina Tanemura
Kitchen Princess, Vol. 01 by Natsumi Ando

Love*Com, Volume 1 by Aya Nakahara
Love Hina, Vol. 01 by Ken Akamatsu

Maid-sama! Vol. 01 by Hiro Fujiwata
Mars, Volume 01 by Fuyumi Soryo
The Measure of Katie Calloway by Serena B. Miller
Melusine by Sarah Monette

The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde
Nodame Cantabile, Vol. 1 by Tomoko Ninomiya

The One I Love by CLAMP
Oresama Teacher, Vol. 1 by Izumi Tsubaki
Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 01 by Bisco Hatori

Phantom by Susan Kay
Pita Ten, Vol. 01 by Koge-Donbo
Pixie Pop: Gokkun Pucho, Vol. 01 by Ema Tōyama

Rasetsu, Vol. 1 by Chika Shiomi
Red River, Vol. 1 by Chie Shinohara
Rosario + Vampire, Vol. 1 by Akihisa Ikeda

Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura, Vol. 01 by Arina Tanemura
Skip Beat!, Vol. 01 by Yoshiki Nakamura
Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday
The Story of Saiunkoku, Vol. 1 by Kairi Yura
Suppli, Volume 1 by Mari Okazaki
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Tramps Like Us, Vol. 1 by Yayoi Ogawa

We Were There, Vol. 1 by Yuuki Obata

As always, let me know if you're read any of these, heard some interesting buzz, or know a romance book that you think will fit my tastes.
SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Religion and Philosophy!

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:05:30 GMT

Hi folks!

This time we'll look at what Goodreads recommends based on my "Religion & Philosophy" shelf. Here I put religious texts, philosophical works, books with heavy religious or philosophical themes, and works where a religious figure or philosopher is the main character.

Abide in Christ by Andrew Murray
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
American Men on Being Muslim by Wajahat Ali
The Antipope by Robert Rankin
Axiomatic by Greg Egan

The Big Time/The Mind Spiders and Other Stories by Fritz Leiber
The Black Tower by Louis Bayard
Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore

The Call by Michael Grant
Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 by Linda Medley
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris

Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 01 by Rei Toma
Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Doctor Mirabilis by James Blish

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Far Side by Gary Larson
The Forgotten Realms: Campaign Set by Ed Greenwood
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson
Grace's Pictures by Cindy Thomson

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

Leaves of Grass: First and "Death-Bed" Editions by Walt Whitman
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
The Light Princess by George MacDonald

Maid-Sama! Vol. 01 by Hiro Fujiwara
Marzi by Marzena Sowa
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell
Murder and Magic by Randall Garrett

The New Teen Titans Archive, Vol. 1 by Marv Wolfman
The New Testament and the People of God by N.T. Wright

Only the River Runs Free by Bodie Thoene
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Pearl of Great Price by Joseph Smith Jr.
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Pursuit of Lucy Banning by Olivia Newport

Sanctorum Communio: A Theological Study of the Sociology of the Church by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Scarlet Ibis: The Collection of Wonder by James Hurst
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Sexual Ethics in Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence by Kecia Ali
Spirit Nudges: Proof that Spirit Is Never Far Away by Michelle Rathore
Stranger at Stonewycke by Michael Phillips

Tune: Vanishing Point by Derek Kirk Kim

The Wednesday Witch by Ruth Chew
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Windchaser by Scott Ciencin
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne (I would have thought "The Tao of Pooh" would be more apropos.)
Winnie the Pooh Treasury by A.A. Milne

I think some of these wander far afield from the subjects of philosophy and religion, to be honest. As always, let me know if you've read any of these, or heard interesting buzz.

SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Military and War!

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 00:30:00 GMT

Hi folks!

This time we're looking at what Goodreads recommends based on my "military & war" shelf. Here I put both factual works and fiction about weaponry, armed forces and mass combat. So there's a mix of history, science fiction, war novels and other oddities. Let's see how many of the suggestions would also go on the shelf!

Armor by John Steakley

Battle Angel Alita, Volume 1: Rusty Angel by Yukito Kishiro
The Big Time/The Mind Spiders and Other Stories by Fritz Leiber
Blame!, Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei
Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson

Castle Perilous by John DeChancie
Child of Fire by Harry Connolly

La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas-fils
The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson
Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg
Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio
Duncan's War by Douglas Bond

Firefox by Craig Thomas
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
The Fortune of the Rougons by Emile Zola
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos
From Here to Eternity by James Jones

Gateway by Frederik Pohl
Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow

Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis
The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell

The Incompleat Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton
It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi

Kingdom's Dawn by Chuck Black
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
Misspent Youth by Peter F. Hamilton
The Mortification of Sin by John Owen

Night of the Fox by Jack Higgins

Of Men and Monsters by William Tenn
On Basilisk Station by David Weber
Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
Rasetsu, Vol. 1 by Chika Shiomi
Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach

Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
The Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey
The Story of Saiunkoku, Vol. 1 byKairi Yura

The Trouble Twisters by Poul Anderson
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow

The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection by Gardner R. Dozois
Young Lonigan by James T. Farrell

Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm

As always, please let me know if you've read any of these, heard interesting buzz or have other military & war suggestions.

Also, please visit my blog SKJAM! Reviews at http://www.skjam.com to see what I've actually been reading.

SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Foodie!

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:02:25 GMT

Hi folks!

One of the less populated shelves on my Goodreads account is "foodie." Cookbooks, books about cooks, books about food and drink, books that include a recipe for something or other, that sort of thing. So the list of books Goodreads recommends to me based on it is rather short. On the other hand, it's a very different selection from my other shelves.

Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Eating Alone by Jenni Ferrari-Adler
Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin

Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris by A.J. Liebling

A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain

French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle

The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher

Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker and Apprentice to Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg

The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber
Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat by Grant Achatz

The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten

On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town by Susan Herrmann Loomis

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection by Michael Ruhlman
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City by David Lebovitz

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones

The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation by David Kamp

In related news, I'm currently reading a book about energy drinks. Oh and the book "Frances Elizabeth Willis" I reviewed recently at my blog had a surprise guest appearance by Julia Child.

Let me know if you've read any of these, or heard any interesting buzz. Or failing that, just plug your favorite book about food.

SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Martial Arts!

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 04:44:41 GMT

Hi folks! Busy busy busy, but need a break, so here's a look at what Goodreads recommends to me based on my "Martial Arts" shelf. What I put here is books that revolve around styles of personal combat, be that Eastern martial arts, boxing & wrestling or fencing. As you might guess, this includes a lot of shounen manga. But there are some surprises as well.

The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
Agents of Atlas by Jeff Parker
All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga
Annihilation: Book One by Keith Giffen
Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes

Basilisk: the Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Vol. 1 by Masaki Segawa
Battle Angel Alita, Volume 1: Rusty Angel by Yukito Kushiro
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
Black and White, Vol. 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto
Blame!, Vol. 1 by Tsutomu Nihei

Cerebus by Dave Sim
Crayon Shinchan, Vol. 1 by Yoshito Usui

La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas-fils
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio

Eberron Campaign Setting by Keith Baker
Eden: It's an Endless World, Volume 1 byHiroki Endo

Finder, Vol. 01: Sin-Eater 1 by Carla Speed McNeil
The Forgotten Realms: Campaign Set by Ed Greenwood
From Far Away, Volume 1 by Kyoko Hikawa

Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1: Legacy by Dan Abnett

The Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 1: The Five Nightmares by Matt Fraction

Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 1 by Masami Tsuda
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
King of Thorn 1 by Yuji Iwahara

Lady Snowblood, Vol. 1: The Deep-Seated Grudge, Part 1 by Kazuo Koike
Love Hina, Vol. 01 by Ken Akamatsu

The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery, Vol. 1 by Stan Lee
Monster Manual II by Ed Bonny

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Vol. 01 by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper

Rave Master, Vol. 1 by Hiro Mashima

Samurai Deeper Kyo, Volume 01 by Akimine Kamijyo
Samurai Executioner, Vol. 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps by Kazuo Koike
Saturn Apartments, Vol. 1 by Hisae Iwaoka
The Sea Wolf by Jack London
Secret Warriors, Vol. 1: Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing by Brian Michael Bendis
S.H.I.E.L.D.: Architects of Forever by Jonathan Hickman

Thor by Dan Jurgens & John Romita Jr. Volume 1 by Dan Jurgens
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumio Kouno
The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf
Twin Spica, Volume: 01 byKou Yaginuma

Uncanny X-Factor: Apocalypse Solution by Rick Remender

Wandering Son: Volume One by Shimura Takako
What a Wonderful World!, Volume 1 by Inio Asano

X-Factor: Madrox - Multiple Choice by Peter David

As always, let me know if you've read any of these, heard interesting buzz, or just have something to say.

Stay warm,
SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--British Isles!

Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:26:28 GMT

Been a while since the last one. This time, we'll look at the books Goodreads is suggesting based on my British Isles shelf. Here I place books that either take place in Great Britain and Ireland, or have authors from those lands. Since it isn't a genre as such, there should be a wide variety of books, some good.

The Antipope by Robert Rankin
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley
A Christmas Carol, the Chimes and the Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Doctor Mirabilis by James Blish
The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson
Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint
Drinking at the Movies by Julia Wertz

The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
Essential Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Firefox by Craig Thomas
Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George

Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis

King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales by Thomas Malory
Kingdom's Dawn by Chuck Black

Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story by Michael Dibdin
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Lucifer, Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey

Mairelon the Magician by Patricia C. Wrede
The Mansion by Henry van Dyke
Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin
The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint

Night of the Fox by Jack Higgins

Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. LeGuin

Selected Stories by O. Henry
Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street by William S. Baring-Gould
Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye by Frank Miller
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis
The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories by Nicholas Gurewitch

The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John William Polidori

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Kind of an emphasis on Vertigo Comics there.

As always, let me know if you've read any of these, have heard interesting buzz, or just have something to say. Also, check out http://www.skjam.com for reviews of books I've actually read.

Happy Holidays,
SKJAM!

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Goodreads Recommends--Anthologies!

Fri, 04 Oct 2013 19:52:49 GMT

Hi folks!

I've enjoyed the last couple of weeks while recovering from the summer session of Rasmussen. Fall quarter starts Monday, bringing me classes in Finance, Economics, (more) Accounting and something called Business Capstone. Ouch.

Today, we look at a list of books recommended to me by Goodreads based on my anthology shelf. An anthology combines the pleasure of holding a good thick book in your hands with the convenience of a quick reading experience. And if you don't like one story, another will soon be along.

As always, let me know if you've read a book on this list, heard buzz about it, or have an anthology you'd plug.

Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison
Axiomatic by Greg Egan

Bewere the Night by Ekaterina Sedia
Beyond Armageddon by Martin H. Greenberg
Blood and Smoke by Stephen King
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Book of the Dead by John Skipp
Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens
The Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
The Complete Stories and Poems by Lewis Carroll
The Complete Tales by Beatrix Potter

Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essential Tales and Poems by Edgar Allen Poe

Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology by James Patrick Kelly
Filter House by Nisi Shawl

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr.

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams
In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstital Writing by Delia Sherman
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by W. B. Yeats

The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving
Leviathan Wept and Other Stories by Daniel Abraham
Looking for Jake by China Mieville
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures by Mike Ashley
Mapping the World of Harry Potter: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Explore the Bestselling Series of All Time by Mercedes Lackey
Mothers & Other Monsters: Stories by Maureen F. McHugh

The Necklace and Other Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant

The Past through Tomorrow by Robert A. Heinlein
Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
Persistence of Vision by John Varley
Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume 1 by Robert Silverberg
Shadows Over Baker Street by Michael Reaves
Sherlock Holmes in America by Martin H. Greenberg
Sherlock Holmes in Orbit by Mike Resnick
A Study in Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes by Joseph R.G. DeMarco

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

The Way of the Wizard by John Joseph Adams
What I Didn't See: Stories by Karen Joy Fowler
When the Hero Comes Home by Gabrielle Harbowy
The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories by Connie Willis
Wireless by Charles Stross
Worlds that Weren't by Harry Turtledove

You know, other than the overemphasis on Sherlockania, this would make a really good bookshelf for someone shut off from the world for a few years.

Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!

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Listmania: Goddreads Recommends--Adventure!

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:45:54 GMT

As most of you know, I'm on Goodreads. Based on the books I've put on various shelves, Goodreads makes suggestions of other books it thinks I might like. Some I've read but it was so long ago that I can't remember enogh to rank them. Others I am unsure of, or even downright suspicious about.

So, I would like you to look over a typical recommendations list (this is from my "Adventure" shelf) and if you've read one of these or are familiar with the buzz, give me some info. I'm sorting these into alphabetical by title.

The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
Almuric by Robert E. Howard
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori

Castle Waiting, Vol. 1 by Linda Medley
Children of the Sea, Volume One by Daisuke Igarashi
Crogan's Vengeance by Chris Schweizer
Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford
Dragons of the Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis

Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle

Foiled by Jane Yolen

Grandville by Bryan Talbot

The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith
Hunt at the Well of Eternity by Gabriel Hunt

In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne

Jellaby by Kean Soo
Jhereg by Steven Brust

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales by Thomas Malory
Kull: Exile of Atlantis by Robert E. Howard

The Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Lord Brocktree by Brian Jacques
Lord of the Silver Bow by David Gemmell

Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Northlanders, Vol. 1: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Precipice by John Jackson Miller
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis
The Return of the Shadow: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part One by J.R.R. Tolkein

Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
The Sword In the Stone by T.H. White
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber

Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
Thor Visionaries: Walt Simonson Vol. 1 by Walt Simonson
The Time Traders by Andre Norton

The Whale Road by Robert Low
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Slema Lagerlof

X'ed Out by Charles Burns

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