DrPat is the blog signature used by an old coot who hoards books, dances Argentine Tango, cooks a mean venison chili, and is happy to be along for the sag while my spouse does a marathon bicycle ride. All that is in my spare time — and my work life is classified...
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Next YEAR in the Bookstore: Numbers, Napa Valley and Not Being a Victim
Make a New Year's Resolution to include some of these publications on your reading list!
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Lateral Thinking Challenges
Some puzzles require you to think sidewise, not harder...
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Blogcritics Name the Best Books of 2005
Here they are - the books chosen as the best they read in 2005 by eleven selected BlogCritics. What was yours?
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Next Week in the Bookstore: No New Books?
It's holiday time in the publishing biz, too - so don't expect many brand-new books next week.
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Bestsellers: Patterson, Carter, Friedman, Grisham
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Two Phils, a Miller and a Bill
It's quiet at the publishing houses, busy at the bookstores, as we move deeper into holiday shopping season.
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DVD Review: Madagascar Is Delightful
Taken as a whole, the movie is wonderful, the sum of a myriad small, sweet, funny, referential moments.
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Bestsellers: James Patterson and Frank McCourt Top Lists
Patterson's _Mary, Mary_ tops fiction sales this week, while McCourt's _Teacher Man_ takes top honors in non-fiction.
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Taxes, (Ono!), an Odd Koontz, and Paperback Blitz
Hint: Have Amazon deliver your gift book order to an alternate address to avoid a pre-Christmas unwrapping.
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Where Did November Go? NaNoWriMo Knows
For the last month, I've been living in Indigo, a small town, accompanying a rural sheriff named Art Whiddick...
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