Monday, March 19, 2012

"On The Road" - Jack Kerouac



"On The Road" - Jack Kerouac


Eddie and Floyd are Topeka's hottest comedy duo but things are starting to get a little stale around these parts so they've decided to pack up and hit the road, only to find they're not in kansas anymore!

After floyd loses their car and all their money in a poker game, Eddie's fast talkin' streetwise mouth gets them booked at new york's famous "Downtown Car Wash Comedy Club" for a one night only extravaganza that could a major break for their career, if they can get there on time. Will they make it to the show or will they become the laughingstock of Topeka?



Monday, March 12, 2012

"Everybody Poops" - Taro Gomi


"Everybody Poops" - Taro Gomi


In a world where art galleries are opening on every corner and everyone claims to be a starving artist only one group of people can regulate all that is right in the world, The Art Critic. Critic Davy Takahashi is about to find out what it's like to walk a mile in someone else's shoes when he accidentally becomes the worlds next Andy Warhol.

Hell bent to prove a point that not everybody can (or should) paint, he creates the masterpiece "Self, Ass, Duck, Apple". Things start getting out of hand when his world becomes a never-ending party, filled with sham friends and endless women. Is Davy meant for the artist life or will his pessimistic soul tear himself apart.


Sunday, March 4, 2012

"What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel




"What to Expect When You're Expecting" by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel

Detective Mandy Anderson has a reputation of always getting her perps and has no problem doing whatever it takes to get them. This time she's going deep undercover in the seedy world of black market baby smuggling and has no idea how dirty she's about to get.

Armed with only a prosthetic baby bump molded onto her body and a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson taped to her leg,
she sets out to get answers and wont stop until she reaches the top. But when things start to get heated will Anderson keep this bun in the oven or will the kitchen be too hot to handle?


Saturday, February 25, 2012

Neuromancer - William Gibson




Neuromancer - William Gibson


Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll don't always come easy, especially when you're in a new wave techno pop band. Sometimes you just have to hit the pavement with a song in your heart and a demo tape in your back pocket and that's what "The Johnny-come-latelies" have set out to do, fronted by a power female vocalist, Shannon Holmes, and her brother "Mad" Maxwell laying down sick bass.

This brother and sister pop duo are determined to ride their new single "Neuromancer (love hate love song)" all the way to number one or die trying to fight the powers that have risen against them. Will they reach superstardom or will Mad Maxwell's addiction to online gaming take them to the darkest sides of the music industry.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

"The Hunger Games" - Suzanne Collins


Tammy Schroeder is the top chef/Owner of "Pardonnez mon Français", the hottest spot in town, but things start getting cold in her kitchen when a new restaurant opens right across the street! She bites off more than she can chew when she accidentally falls in love with the rival restaurant's Maitre D and things start to get steamy. Now she must choose between kicking her love life up a notch or turning up the heat on her dreams, even if it means putting her heart on the rocks.

This modern day Romeo and Juliet will have hungry for the sequel and is definitely a MUST READ for Valentines Day!

Friday, November 20, 2009

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald


Johnny and Sandra have had enough with the east side of paradise so they load up the car with food, good tunes and about 12 of there closest friends with a sign that reads "west side of paradise or bust".

but they bite off more than they can chew when the figure out that a 2 seater car is really only supposed to hold 2 people and they get stranded in between the east & west sides of town. Do they turn around and go back or do they keep going, never giving up?

This book holds so many different emotions that sometimes its hard to follow. One min Sandra is all bout life then the next she emo's out about it. so confusing. not a good read for anybody who only wants to read it once.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger

Farm boy Sam never wanted to do anything more in life than play baseball but his father, a famous baseball catcher on the local farm team years before, had different dream for his child. A dream of farming rye!

But news of Sam's amazing skills behind the plate doesn't stay in farm town for long. A scout for the Chicago Cubs has his eye on Sam and wants to show him what his talent can mean to the world. Will Sam choose to follow his dream or end up farming rye with his old man to save the family farm from creditors and bank foreclosers.

This book is a powerful representation of how life is like on a rye farm. I've never been on a rye farm nor do I know if there is truly such a thing but that's the power of books!