"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
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 Week in the Bookstore: Pope John Paul, P.D. James and Paperback Pleasures
While drooling over December releases, I view deliberately-destroyed buildings in Las Vegas, or explore deeper meanings of Batman...
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Questions of Love for Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt and Alex Cross
There may be only four new books this week, but there's still plenty to generate excitement.
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Weekly BlogScan: Flu Shots and Fears
In the northern hemisphere, flu season is upon us. Eat healthy food, get exercise and a flu shot - and don't sleep with any poultry!
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Crow-Feast, Utter Bloody Rudeness, and Unnecessary Men
Tempting new books will be rather thin on the ground next week, as publishers focus on boxed collections for holiday gifting.
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Blogcritics on NaNoWriMo
BlogCritics are writing demons (or perhaps are ridden by them) — it should be no surprise that November sees lots of participation in NaNoWriMo...
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Ten Great Halloween DVDs
Psycho's great, and so is Halloween, of course. But how about a little more "cerebral" fare?
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Next Week in the Bookstore: Rice's Christ, Piazza's Elvis, and a Holiday Princess
Anne Rice's genre-breaking tale of the early years in the life of Jesus Christ tops the list this week...
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TV Review: Jumping Up to Jive in Ballroom Bootcamp
Jive uses "fast twitch" muscle fibers and demands a high level of fitness, to bounce, spring, and twist vigorously.
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Weekly BlogScan: Lost in Translation
Dead kittens, rejuvenated corpses, Satanic verses, and lossy translations confound Internet communications, sometimes deliberately.
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Sin and Redemption in The Natural
It is in the development of its smaller sinners and weaker saints that The Natural transcends cartoonish simplicity.
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