Book Report: About those book covers…
I was told years ago by my English teacher Sara Keeler that one should never judge a book by its cover, but I couldn’t resist the wrapping of Minnesota author Carla Hagen’s new book from North Star Press of St. Cloud, “Hand Me Down My Walking Cane.”
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Try authors with an edgy twist 
I’ve been a big fan of female humorists for years, starting from the days when I first read about Dorothy Parker and her antics at the Algonquin Hotel. That’s where she parried with the male wits like Alexander Woolcott and Robert Benchley to great acclaim.
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Murder, mayhem and other delights
How’s this for a plot? Mild-mannered accountant Walter Cousins puts his wife Lydia in a sanatorium when she becomes temporarily unbalanced, then takes on a 15-year-old British girl, Diane, as an au pair to take care of his kids.
RELATED CONTENTBook Review: Author aims at straight-laced Minnesotans
It’s always eye-opening to read a foreigner’s take on life in these United States.
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Keep reading, keep discovering
Just when you think you know all you need to know about a subject, a new book pops up and you’re able to learn much more.
RELATED CONTENTBook Review: How it all ends: Writers keep probing, reinventing
Readers can’t seem to get enough of dystopian stories.
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Old standbys make great gifts
Last week I mentioned several notable books of 2011 readers might like to consider when they’re out shopping for gifts.
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Books make great gifts, put these on your list
Gift giving time has once again rolled around and today we’ll talk about some notable books I’ve read and reviewed over the past year. We’ll start with some books from the region, then move on to books published in New York City, (some of them from authors in our region):
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Eisenhower: An in-depth look
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a much admired and likeable president who accomplished much during his presidency. But he wasn’t much of a speaker. There’s an old story that wonders what Ike would have said had he the opportunity to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
RELATED CONTENTA few years with a famous author, jazz in the Twin Cities, life in the Dakotas in 1936 for this week
Ernest Hemingway is by no means a beloved American author in the minds of many people.
RELATED CONTENTA Hollywood upbringing, cows, Vietnam War on tap as this week’s selections
Even before Michael Lindsay-Hogg made his name as a director of films like “Brideshead Revisited” and the Beatles’ “Let it Be,” he led an exciting life as the son of the talented actress Geraldine Fitzgerald (“Wuthering Heights,” et al.) and a father who was a baronet.
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Death, travel, voodoo will interest readers
Here’s a book that should make it from the region all around the country. It’s “A New Billy Collins: Keeping an Eye on Death,” by Joy Lee Davis (Trade Press, Inc., 4312 Pond View, White Bear Lake, 55110, $20.)
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Read about revolutionaries, get spooked, too
I remember my political science professor telling us naïve freshmen that if you took strip of plastic and bent it into a hula hoop, fascists and communists would end up together at the juncture where the two ends meet.
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: With winter months approaching, read about Antarctica’s explorers
Two months from last Friday marks the 100th anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s historic arrival at the South Pole.
RELATED CONTENTBook Report: Imagine: Holocaust in comic book form
Several years ago, my more sophisticated colleagues on the National Book Critics Circle Board were raving about a new book.
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Weekend planner
- VFW will hold steak fry to raise funds for Warrior to Citizen Saturday, other events are scheduled
- Your weekend: Community Expo highlights a busy weekend
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Your weekend: KC free throw contest is Saturday
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Your weekend: Kids can work on their letter skills Friday at the library
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Your weekend: Military mothers and grandmothers can have coffee together Thursday
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