Here’s a doozie of a sentence
“He was certainly one of his men, he had wanted to sign him at any cost after being won over by his performances at the World Cup in South Africa, but he had been excluded from his inner circle, because his detractors — probably correctly — say, he wasn’t part of the group of players…
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Book Review: On Power
Unfortunately, On Power: My Journey Through the Corridors of Power and How You Can Get More Power by KISSman Gene Simmons doesn’t pack a very powerful punch. As a massive fan of the band, I’m just not sure who this book benefits. On Power is a how-to book, but there isn’t much beyond “work hard,…
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The Alienist finally gets its screen debut
I was surprised to learn that Caleb Carr?s novel “The Alienist” will soon be a TNT miniseries?not because it lacked fans (it reached the top 10 of The New York Times? Bestseller list in 1994), but because filming had been held up for years. Paramount Pictures had optioned the screen rights in 1993 and Curtis…
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Hillary Clinton wins!
Apparently there?s no Electoral College at Time Magazine, so Hillary Clinton topped their 2017 list of best nonfiction books with ?What Happened,? a memoir whose title wavers between declarative and interrogative, almost like it were lenticular. What happened is anyone?s guess, but Clinton puts forth a shooting gallery of guilty parties, besides Donald Trump: there?s…
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Ravenmasters and cults
A couple of cool book deals caught my attention this week, via Publishers Marketplace. First up, how cool would it be to have “ravenmaster” on your business card? Seems that’s a real job and Christopher Skaife has it. He had previously signed a book deal back in March and just added some international deals this…
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