Things have been quiet on the weather since the heavy rain on August 9-10. Water river levels are down, streets are back open. However, as I drive around I see piles of stuff sitting at the curb for trash pickup. Often carpeting and padding from finished basements that had water.
Lots of watching baseball games lately. The Milwaukee Brewers have been playing great baseball. Best record in baseball as well. Had several winning streaks in the past weeks of 11, 12 and 14 games. Is this their year to win it all? Especially for the late Bob Uecker? I hope so.
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, starts with Ben Franklin and ends up in the twenty-first century. Covers the ups and downs of book sellers, the big stores, chains, little shops on the corner as well as independent specialty stores for Blacks, gays, various religions and political movements.
A Cookbook Conspiracy Bibliophile Mystery, Brooklyn's sister Savannah is in town to do a celebrity chef dinner with a former classmate Baxter. She wants Brooklyn to freshen up an 18th century cookbook to gift to Baxter. After the dinner Brooklyn and Derek take off planning to pick up Savannah later. When they come back they find Savannah holding a bloody knife and standing over Baxter's bloody body. The rare cookbook is also missing. Who done it and who has the cookbook? Introduces Derek's brother Dalton who is a MI-6 cryptographer.
Amazon Unbound is the author's second book on Amazon. This covers more of the history over the period of roughly 2005-2020. Details the hits and misses of the company in terms of how it is run, product introductions such as the Echo (Alexa). Also delves into management style of the business and personal life including his extra marital affair and divorce of Jeff Bezos.
Happy Reading.
A win for Bob Uecker now that would be interesting. My team moved away and the Giants are not doing well ... bahhh... Maybe I should start watching the Brew Crew! If they get into playoffs I bet they will be on my channel!
ReplyDeleteSorry, but we Detroiters are hoping that our team goes all the way this season.
ReplyDeleteJust finished a non-fiction book, "ArtCurious", which includes some brief tidbits about famous artists and their art, and it was a lot of fun.
Now, I'm listening to a monster fantasy audiobook, and next in the queue is a Glasgow, Scotland police procedural.
Like to keep a nice mix.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I go to people's homes and they don't have a ton of books, I wonder what they do with their time.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to the Brewers and here's to no more flooding.