October 22, 2006

It's time for another edition of The Biblio Philes. This is the time when I talk about all the books that are coming out this week. Book which I have never read. Books that I will still give you my opinion on.
Books in italics will come out on Tuesday. All other books are just scheduled to come out this upcoming week and may already be out.
HIGHLIGHTED BOOKS:

Andrew Carnegie (TC) – David Nasaw

Andrew Carnegie was a very rich man. More than that, Andrew Carnegie looked like a plastic toy. Seriously, look at the picture of him on the book. He doesn't even look real. Aside from that, I'm sure that this is an interesting book, I just have nothing to say about it.

English Roses Too, Good To Be True (TC) – Madonna

Madonna can't even sing, what made her think that she could write? This no talent hack has been schlepping her kabalistic cult for long enough now that we should see anything she does as proselytizing.

Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II - Jeff Foxworthy

The fact that Jeff Foxworthy has decided to release a sequel to a dictionary should speak for itself. This isn't the Oxford English Dictionary. The first of these books was no more than 200 pages long. This means one of two things (and probably both). 1) Mr Foxworthy has decided to force his 'fans' to sell off one of the broken down cars in their yard so that he can add another working car (or 8) to his garage. 2) His 'fans' wouldn't have been able to handle reading a book which had more than 200 pages in it and he had to separate it into two books (who knows, there may be more on the way).

Lisey's Story (TC) – Stephen King

Some of you know how I feel about Stephen King already. Those of you who don't are in for a real treat, here. I may piss some people off. This is a chance I'm willing to take. Stephen King is one of the single worst writers out there. And people actually buy his books. Suckers! He has no ability to build characters. Every character is the same as the next one and they are all static. If you enjoy mindless drivel then, by all means, go buy this book. By the way, I've heard from a person who actually likes Stephen King, and got an Advance Copy of the book, that this one sucks. I can only imagine what that means if I think that all of his writing sucks. The most overrated author writes another muddled mess. That should be the tagline for this one. That being said I think that his column at the end of Entertainment Weekly is great. I read it everytime it's in there.

I would also like to point out that Mr King has stated that he's trying to write different with this book. Maybe that means he has actually tried to write some characters with depth. If anybody reads this one, and actually likes it, please tell me. I may even think about reading it. Just so you know…I think about reading a lot of books, even if I don't get around to reading them.

Redneck Woman: Stories From My Life (TC) – Gretchen Wilson

I found out the other day that I don't speak 'hick'. This book came into the bookstore and I found myself singing the song in my head. The problem was that I only knew a few words of it. I was later informed that I wasn't even singing the right words in my head. I take this to mean that I don't understand 'hick'. Maybe I'm too much of a yankee. I think I'll be happy about that. This one goes out to all of you who think that reading the Foxworthy book will be funny. I already know that I'm gonna catch some hell for my treatment of these two books. And then when you add on my treatment of Stephen King, wow…I may get death threats.

I would also like to point at that, if you go to the books page by following the link, you will find a very eclectic selection of books in the 'customers who bought this book also bought...' section. Go ahead, go there just to look at some of the other books.

THE OTHER BOOKS:


At Home With Kate: Growing Up In Katherine Hepburn's Household (TC) – Eileen Considine-Meira

Barefoot Contessa At My Home (TC) – Ina Garten

Celebrations (TC) – Maya Angelou

The Collectors (TC) – David Baldacci

Darwin Awards 4 (TP) – Wendy Northcutt

Hundred Dollar Baby (TC) – Robert Parker

Jesus Land (TP) – Julia Scheeres

The Lay of the Land (TC) – Richard Ford

Lessons In Becoming Myself (TC) – Ellen Burstyn

Miracle On 49th Street (TC) – Mike Lupica

Mitford Bedside Companion (TC) – Jan Karon

Mysteries of the Middle Ages (TC) – Thomas Cahill

Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America (TC) – Lynn Cheney

Forgotten Realms: Road of the Patriarch (TC) – R.A. Salvatore

Thunderstruck (TC) – Erik Larson

Trump 101: The Way to Success (TC) – Donald Trump

STUFF YOU MAY HAVE MISSED:

The Book of Fate (TC) - Brad Melzer

For anybody who liked The Da Vinci Code, this one may be up your alley. When this one came out I was really excited to read it. My enthusiasm hasn't lasted but that doesn't mean that it's not any good. Give it a try. I would bet that the writing is better than Dan Brown's writing.


The Known World (TP) – Edward P Jones

This guy has some of the best prose out there. This one was also named one of the best books of the past 25 years by The New York Times. You should give this one a shot.

BOOKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO:

Dear John - Nicholas Sparks

Dirty Blonde - Courtney Love

The Pop-Up Book of Sex - Melcher Media

BOOKS I'M READING THIS WEEK:

I'm not really reading anything different than last week so I'll just list the same things again.

thirteen moons - Charles Frazier

Restless - William Boyd