Forging an Art

Latest review up at BSCReview.com.

I just adore bibliographies in old books:

Miss Mallows Among the Publishers: A Sad Literary Experience.  By Miss Mallows’ Friend (1881).  ” A little book composed mainly of rejection slips.”

“The Brain-Sucker: Or, the Distress of Authorship.” (British Mercury, 1787). ” A farmer recounts how his son went mad and then went to London and became a hack writer.”

Um, there seems to be an awful lot of “Miss Mallows” out and about on the Internet.  A few sites were more than questionable, and did not merit – at least from the work computer – a click.

I didn’t actually read Causing a Scene in its entirety, as in “word for word” - but my son did.  Some of these pranks are funny, some are kind of lame, but the book is worth a look, even for browsing purposes.  A bathroom title, if you will.  Must reads – the Anton Chekhov book signing and the pantsless subway ride.  Yes, there are police involved in the second event.  I don’t think I’d want to be present at that one . . .

Go Like Hell is so not random at all.  A powerful story of great men in contention and the sport that drove them to compete, this is well-written and informative.  The web site has a great YouTube video of the Le Mans 1964 start which is worth a look – I love to watch old races of any sort, as long as they involve four wheels.  This is a must for Ford, Ferrari, and racing fans.  I particularly liked the details on Mario Andretti‘s involvement, the details of which I was unaware until now.

Tony’s Car Decaled - time lapse video

The list of nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame inaugural class of 2010 are:

Fun with summer reading suggestions right here.

This month focuses on Darren Shan’s Cirque du Freak.