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Manly Men Doing Manly Things

The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte

November 3, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

It didn’t take too long for me to realize who this author reminded me of. Not particularly his style, but more his content. Hemingway. Coming from me, that is not a complement. Faulques is a professional photographer who specializes in the battlefield. In Serbia, he photographs a young Croatian fighter, Markovik, and the picture wins a prestigious award, and is also published widely. Unfortunately, it also makes Markovik himself famous, and his wife and child are killed. Thus, he is searching for Faulques. Meanwhile, Faulques […]

Art Show

Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti

Yves Klein painted Everything Blue and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti

Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti

September 3, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Fausto Gilberti has a (currently) four book series of modern artists. These contemporary people are profiled in a simple, hit the highlights manner. The cover of each one tells you all you need to know about the artwork that is inside. Gilberti has their own style they use to help give you a look into people like Banksy, Jackson Pollock, Yves Klein, and Yayoi Kusama. I recently read the Pollock, Klein, and Banksy books. I think I have seen Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots […]

CBR12 Book Bingo – Fresh Start

Still Life by Louise Penny

September 4, 2020 by randirock 5 Comments

“This book is stupid,” I said to my husband as I finished the last page of Still Life and closed the book. Needless to say, I was not a fan. It was boring and weird. I honestly cannot even remember why this was in my pile of books to read. My best guess is that the library accidentally added it to my pile of check-out requests. I’m going to share the summary from the book jacket because the only thing I remember is that the murder victim is […]

Capturing the American spirit

Hi, I’m Norman: The Story of American Illustrator Norman Rockwell by Robert Burleigh

December 24, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Hi, my name is Norman Rockwell. My friend, Robert Burleigh decided to write this picture book about me. Who am I? I am an illustrator. I am …. Well, I will let Robert tell you in his book, Hi, I’m Norman: The Story of American Illustrator Norman Rockwell. As I (Raven) was reading this picture book about an artist I have an odd connection to (more on that later), I heard a voice telling me Rockwell’s story. It is told in the first person, so […]

Come along for the ride

September 17, 2018 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is my Home, Something, Home read. Jessie Haas is a Vermont author and a patron of the bookstore I work at. She and her husband, Michael Daley (also an amazing author), stopped by the store one day and I had the pleasure of becoming friendly with them both. Saige is a very typical an American Girl story. This young girl is spunky, nervous, must deal with family and friends issues. Plus, she will grow and make mistakes along the way. She has interests […]

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