http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ Book Nook provides readers with insights into the world of books. Vick Mickunas takes you into the center of the publishing world with the latest book buzz, book reviews, and exclusive chats with authors..Vick Mickunas reviews books for the Dayton Daily News. Find things to do In a hurry? ActiveDayton.com's twice-a-week e-mail newsletter lets you know the top five things to do in the area twice a week. Sign up en-us somatomes@gmail.com 2009-07-02T21:20:05-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/07/02/come_down_and_see_me.html I’ll be introducing some bands on Friday night at the Cityfolk Festival in downtown Dayton. I’ll be at the Dance Pavilion. Stop by. Say hi…..... 13675403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2009-07-02T21:20:05-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/07/01/how_many_were_tortured_to_deat.html During the Bush/Cheney years the United States government authorized the use of torture. Have you ever wondered if anybody was tortured to death? How many died after being tortured by the C.I.A. and those other entities authorized by the US... 13646503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ midnight confessions 2009-07-01T14:43:10-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/30/sleazin_with_john_edwards.html Political sex scandals seem to be popping up on a weekly basis. Last week it was the Republican governor of South Carolina’s affair with a woman in Argentina. The week before it was a Republican senator from Nevada’s affair with... 13623003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ midnight confessions 2009-06-30T11:24:50-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/29/eddie_van_halen_was_a_nice_guy.html After Michael Jackson died I was reading some of the tributes. A guy I know back in Des Moines wrote something about one of Michael’s songs that had a fabulous guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen. Billie Jean I think?... 13615303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2009-06-29T21:25:11-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/29/some_new_baseball_books.html My friend Paul Dickson knows as much about baseball as anybody I know. This year he has already published two new baseball books, a new revised edition of The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (WW Norton) and The Unwritten Rules of Baseball... 13603203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ secret passions 2009-06-29T12:26:47-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/28/glenn_becks_common_sense.html Every day I check the list of best-selling books over at Amazon.com. Amazon sells a lot of books so knowing what books are topping their sales charts is very important to me. I need to know what people are reading.... 13594003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ in the Amazone 2009-06-28T16:01:42-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/27/lisa_marie_presley_blogs_about.html It appeared at MySpace on her page. To read what she said click HERE:... 13588303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ that's what they say 2009-06-27T15:48:22-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/27/in_the_cemetary_of_forgotten_b.html an instant classic “The Angel’s Game” by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves (Doubleday, $26.95) Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a Spanish writer who began his career by writing children’s books. His first novel for adults, “The... 13587603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2009-06-27T12:34:38-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/26/is_the_dayton_area_ground_zero.html the strong will survive There’s a fascinating article in the New York Times today about the Dayton region. The title of the piece is: As Plants Close, Teenagers Focus More on College. Here’s an excerpt: “Far beyond Dayton — where... 13573303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-06-26T11:17:55-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/25/michael_jackson_dies.html a martyr to fame? According to the celebrity website TMZ, Michael Jackson might have died of an overdose of prescription drugs. TMZ refers to a mysterious doctor who apparently lived at the Jackson residence, a doctor who cannot be located... 13564203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-06-25T17:58:52-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/25/he_was_on_the_appalachian_trai.html all the way to Argentina Yesterday the stuff hit the fan as the governor of South Carolina, Mark Sanford admitted that the whole thing was a lie. When he vanished for a week his office claimed that he was “on... 13551503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ laughable 2009-06-25T10:46:50-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/24/dick_cheney_memoirs_sold_for_2.html 13546403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-06-24T20:56:47-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/24/the_subtlety_of_michael_savage.html with salt? or roasted? An article this morning on the website Examiner.com states that: “Right wing talker Michael Savage vowed yesterday during his broadcast that he will retaliate against media watchdog Media Matters for America by posting pictures and “pertinent... 13528703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2009-06-24T09:55:02-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/23/leniency_for_madoff.html throw away the key Convicted swindler Bernard Madoff is awaiting sentencing for ripping off his clients to the tune of 50+ billion dollars. The Wall Street con artist stole the life savings from many Americans. He could be locked up... 13513003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-06-23T12:53:51-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/06/22/save_our_libraries.html This just in: Friends, Family and Associates, Please accept my apologies in advance for sending a broadcast message. I don’t think I’ve done that before but the need to contact you is urgent. Last Friday Governor Strickland proposed a $227.3... 13503403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ that's what they say 2009-06-22T23:38:14-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com