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 2009-11-20T11:12:58-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/20/who_the_heck_is_don_brown.html Amazon.com continues to push the envelope for their Amazon Kindle eBook readers. This electronic book reader is for sale only through Amazon and Amazon is the only company that can sell you downloads for the Kindle. Downloading books is where... 15786103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ in the Amazone 2009-11-20T11:12:58-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/19/robert_crais_is_coming_to_dayt.html Crais will amaze Robert Crais is one of my all time favorite crime writers. I have been reading his books practically from the beginning of his career and his stuff just keeps getting better. And darker. Very dark. Crais sets... 15780303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ scribbles and scraps 2009-11-19T21:38:24-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/18/coming_friday_sarah_palin.html Governor Sarah Palin will be signing copies of her memoir “Going Rogue” this Friday during two Ohio appearances. Here’s the info: She will be in Cincinnati at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood at noon and she will be in Columbus at Borders... 15754703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-11-18T11:31:54-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/18/flashing_back_to_1966.html I just finished reading “Hard Rain Falling” (New York Review Books Classics) by Don Carpenter. Wow! What an amazing novel. Written in 1966 and long out of print it was recently reissued. I probably would not have noticed this book... 15750603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2009-11-18T02:14:43-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/17/going_rouge_published_today.html not a typo Sarah Palin’s book isn’t the only one out this week. Look at this play on words from Palin’s book title. click HERE: Vick Mickunas... 15743903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-11-17T14:01:40-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/16/mccain_campaign_manager_calls.html They don’t like it. Sarah Palin’s memoir is coming out tomorrow and some former McCain campaign staffers are not too pleased about how she has portrayed them. Or is that because she has somehow betrayed them? For more click HERE:... 15725703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ politicked 2009-11-16T12:55:52-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/15/a_review_of_sarah_palins_new_b.html Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue will be out on Tuesday. She will be on Oprah on Monday. She has two confirmed dates in Ohio: 11/20: Cincinnati - Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood at noon and 11/20: Columbus - Borders bookstore on Sawmill... 15716603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ that's what they say 2009-11-15T11:31:17-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/14/so_is_manny_ramirez_going_to_s.html If so, you heard it here first….(I know, he is already signed with the Dodgers but some joker on Facebook who claims he is Manny sez he is going to the Yankees). Slow news day. How bout them Buckeyes? Read... 15711003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ The melting slushpile 2009-11-14T19:23:04-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/13/my_interview_with_barbara_ehre.html Q Your latest book explores themes that you touched upon in the books “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch.” A “There certainly is a connection. During that research I kept running into positive thinking ideology that was being applied... 15699803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2009-11-13T19:46:53-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/12/will_sarah_palin_be_giving_rea.html Sarah Palin’s much-hyped and ballyhooed memoir “Going Rogue” will be released next Tuesday. What do you think? Will Palin be offering her readers any juicy tidbits in her book? Will it be worth the price of admission? Vick Mickunas... 15682903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ what do you think? 2009-11-12T16:32:01-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/11/remembering_their_sacrifices.html we honor them On Veterans Day we reflect upon the noble sacrifices of those who have served in our armed forces. I remember my dad. He was USMC, Second Division. He saw horrors on Saipan that he never wanted to... 15661003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ we remember 2009-11-11T09:36:33-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/10/timeless_lithuania.html Lately I have been buying some obscure books on eBay. Today I received my copy of “Timeless Lithuania” by Dr. Owen J.C. Norem. Published in 1943, the author was named “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of... 15655403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ confessions of a galley slave 2009-11-10T20:45:31-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/09/the_most_unimportant_things_yo.html did you know? Some trivia is more trivial than other trivia. Don Voorhees is an expert on trivia that is so trivial you might wonder why he even bothers. But he does. His book “The Essential Book of Useless Information”... 15639303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ clearing the cobwebs 2009-11-09T22:11:45-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/08/maybe_the_casino_will_return_y.html “More Information Than You Require” by John Hodgman (Riverhead Books, 656 pages, $15). In 2005, John Hodgman wrote a book called “The Areas of My Expertise.” Then he appeared on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” to promote it. He... 15618503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ laughable 2009-11-08T12:38:53-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/entries/2009/11/07/the_pumpkin_catapult.html smashing pumpkins My neighbor has a catapult. We spent some time over at his farm today firing jack-o-lanterns at a target across the field. It was fairly amazing. I took this photo of a pumpkin flying out of the catapult.... 15609003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/booknook/ booms and busts 2009-11-07T19:21:14-04:00 somatomes@gmail.com