Those Fellows with the Cellos
When it comes to music, I am unapologetically stuck in a hairspray-fogged 1980s time warp. That 1980s stuff is a hard habit to break; but I believe I’m high on a new thing! 2 Cellos!
As Seen on TV | These madcap, off-beat products speak to my heart
I’m a sucker for a good infomercial, but rarely do I actually order a product off the TV. I’m not down with that “just pay separate shipping and handling” line even if I can get not one, but two doohickies for the low, low price of $19.95.
Rocky Rates It: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
A Room with a View served as an effective sedative during the lengthy weeks it took me to trudge through it. Nothing to see here but a long overdue admission.
Rocky Rates It: The School of Night by Louis Bayard
Two stories; two centuries, told in inexorably woven tandem. The School of Night is a masterfully written novel that toys with the very context of history. This historical thriller makes a late run for my book of the year.
Rocky Rates It | The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Can de-cluttering bring a mother and daughter closer together? Rocky Rates It: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.
Rocky Rates It: Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice
The latest Rocky Rates It | Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice, a high stakes adventure that’s anything but wooden.
The Death Collector by Justin Richards
The Spooktacular continues with another scary story review. Check out the latest Rocky Rates It book review, “The Death Collector” by Justin Richards.
Rocky Rates It: Intensity by Dean Koontz
Bring on the scary stuff, but I’ll pass on the pumpkin spice
Rocky Rates It: Suffer the Children by Lisa Black
The soon-to-be released thriller from New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Black
Rocky Rates It: The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant read by Jenny Sterlin
Is it cheating, or have I been cheated?
Rocky Rates It: Uncle John’s Fully Loaded 25th Anniversary Bathroom Reader
Getting cheeky with informational text
Rocky Rates It: North and South by John Jakes
Who cares about Team Edward and Team Jacob? Before sparkly vampires and moody werewolves (yawn), I was thrilling to George and Orry. They were SO yesterday!
Rocky Rates It: Caroline, Little House Revisited by Sarah Miller
Which female characters defined my childhood? Princess Leia and Laura Ingalls. Could a book told from the perspective of Laura’s mother Caroline manage to re-capture the grit and grandeur that sparked my imagination back when I wore pigtails?
Rocky Rates It: Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor
My knowledge of A Prairie Home Companion being a notch up from abysmal, I decided to tackle the series of bound essays titled Leaving Home by a broadcaster whose reach spanned from the lakes of Minnesota to the shoreline of Lower Alabama. I’d dare say our political leanings are as equally far apart, but that didn’t …
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Rocky Rates It: French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Giuliano
Prepare for gushing, fan-girling, and mad props! This is the most common sense, effective, simply glorious non-diet diet book I’ve ever read! There, I’ve said it. Now, you need to understand I’m pretty well-versed in dietary lore. I’ve flirted with the likes of Pritikin, Atkins, and–Lord, help me–Suzanne Somers. I’ve sweat to the oldies, boogied …
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Rocky Rates It: Silence by Shusaku Endo
I don’t usually select a book by its cover, but the artwork depicting a priest at prayer against the backdrop of a bleeding sun was the catalyst for pulling this book off the shelf. That, and the title, which if you’re like me and are surrounded by hundreds of teenagers every day, was rather appealing. …
Rocky Rates It: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
I read Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible several years ago and decided a re-visit was in order. I was impressed when I approached it from a reader’s perspective, but from a writer’s perspective, the sheer magnitude of Kingsolver’s craft left me–for lack of a better term–fangirling my way through the novel. Kingsolver lays bare five souls, six …
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