tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28913912024-03-13T21:19:03.986-05:00Fly By Nightcorvid flights of fancyRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.comBlogger783125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-35354364852581985132016-07-14T14:13:00.000-05:002016-07-14T14:13:18.346-05:00Everything I Never Told YouBy Celeste Ng, pub. by Penguin, 2014
This book is about the death of a girl. A Chinese American family living in 1970s Ohio. The oldest daughter Lydia disappears. Later we find she has drowned. The rest of the book tells us the backstory and the reality of what occurred. There are some twists and race is a huge factor. The family is so extraordinarily mixed up and unkind. I don't recommend this Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-7601571821497881082016-07-14T13:54:00.002-05:002016-07-14T13:54:43.359-05:00Our Souls at Nightwritten by Kent Haruf, Publ by Vintage, 2015
Kent Haruf wrote several novels based in small town Holt, Colorado. I've read a few of them. My favorite was Plainsong. This takes on two elderly neighbors, both widows. One day, Addie Moore stops over at the house of Louis Waters. They've only talked a few times, Addie and Louis's wife were friends. Addie takes a brave step: realizing that they were Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-72600166421831710212016-07-14T13:45:00.002-05:002016-07-14T13:45:53.148-05:00The Boy in The Suitcase book reviewAuthors: Kene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis, Pub: Soho Crime, 2011. Translated from the Danish by Lene Kaaberbol.
This is a Nordic fiction mystery that got great reviews when it was published in English in 2011 by Soho Crime. This novel has several awesome female characters, including Nina Borg a flawed, edgy, broken woman with extraordinary emergency medical skills. She's wonderful in crisis mode Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-33842536618484926922016-07-08T14:58:00.000-05:002016-07-14T13:55:14.413-05:00The Pope's Daughterby Dario Fo
Translated form the Italian by Anthony Shugaar
Published by Europa editions
2015
I have very little education in European history. My only knowledge of the Borgias is a couple of previews of HBO programming. I had a general feeling of their deviousness and not much else.
So reading the life of Lucrezia Borgia painting her as an heroic woman is a delight. Dario Po is a comedian and aRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-2493968531827225332011-10-11T23:01:00.000-05:002011-10-11T23:02:04.923-05:00Combining our event with Occupy Mn!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-71678283240964843602011-03-29T22:00:00.000-05:002011-03-29T22:01:28.933-05:00New flyer and eventRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-86471224667105125562011-02-20T17:56:00.005-06:002011-02-20T17:59:00.545-06:00More flyers I've madeRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-67212597036243577152011-01-30T21:02:00.000-06:002011-01-30T21:03:33.690-06:00Newest version. Now with date and times!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-12084422834863454422011-01-13T21:56:00.002-06:002011-01-13T21:56:42.963-06:00First DraftRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-23084975658666810252010-12-14T22:34:00.000-06:002010-12-14T22:36:14.971-06:00New poster based on a Canadian posterRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-90914671413838939262010-11-10T17:14:00.003-06:002010-11-10T17:15:38.735-06:00Making SignsSign-making party at Mayday Books last night. Nicely kerned type!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-36412399571423272122010-11-07T09:28:00.003-06:002010-11-07T09:47:01.201-06:00Jane GardamMy first encounter with Jane Gardam was at the MinnPost's Book Club Blast, last March. Magers & Quinn was sellling books and I picked up a copy of Old Filth. The man staffing the book table was delighted that I bought it and told me I'd love it. He was right.Today I've finished reading Flight of the Maidens, the story of three 17-year-old girls in 1946 England that begins on the day Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-91701056370351789652010-09-12T20:50:00.002-05:002010-09-12T20:51:18.722-05:00Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-34089976499783940522010-09-12T20:50:00.001-05:002010-09-12T20:50:40.722-05:00Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-25102144056242929202010-09-12T20:49:00.000-05:002010-09-12T20:50:04.582-05:00Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-45562163912133180912010-09-05T17:28:00.000-05:002010-09-05T17:29:33.891-05:00Latest flyerRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-21904473594587835982010-08-20T23:07:00.002-05:002010-08-20T23:07:58.242-05:00Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-73486746924050612642010-07-28T14:03:00.001-05:002010-07-28T14:04:46.010-05:00Relaxing on the BadgerWe took the ferry across Lake Michigan last Tuesday on our way to Albany, NY. Alan looks relaxed and happy!My Main ManRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-38032462662222594582010-07-28T13:47:00.006-05:002010-07-28T13:53:47.802-05:00International Crane Foundationhref="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYm7Q7cn93t-Xqq7FkXVVi3jK6mbh0XHAqOfuk8zc96VY-zGqsYAIPSe-P-ub0waP8q1j8TtHpNAs-Z1oAe1EPAXV9Bjb__fCtF7asyEtAtGda6jWpZACNiYiydYkprFJ4-UT/s1600/WhooperReachinglr.jpg">Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-74633412013849057332010-07-06T20:38:00.004-05:002010-07-06T20:49:11.598-05:00The Book ThiefJust finished reading Markus Zusak's, The Book Thief, a novel about a young girl living in Germany during the Third Reich. I was reluctant to read this book. I tend to hate authors who place child characters in dangerous circumstances. Children get enough shit in reality, why compound it in fiction? Also reminds me far too much of my childhood.However, this book drew me. The writingRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-51496368026612649772010-06-16T07:58:00.000-05:002010-06-16T07:59:35.965-05:00Oh, no!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-86133116023925242502010-05-14T14:50:00.004-05:002010-05-14T15:06:30.585-05:00Tight Type from the late 80s and early 90sSome of the work I did back in the day:Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-84482565560601610562010-05-02T09:47:00.000-05:002010-05-02T09:48:07.503-05:00Mayday March in MinneapolisRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-24030827209899493962010-04-29T16:01:00.008-05:002010-04-29T16:06:00.382-05:00Jess, Steff and Leila's army is hard at work!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-22340208630125259352010-04-18T09:20:00.000-05:002010-04-18T09:21:18.316-05:00Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0