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Recap of the Blog Tour, Week 5

By jim_snowden October 17, 2014Books

Two positive reviews this time around, the first from No More Grumpy Bookseller: Snowden's Summer of Long Knives was really an impressive historical thriller. In a lot of ways it brought to…

We’re In This. How the Hell Do We Get Out Of This?

By jim_snowden October 17, 2014The Larger World

//storify.com/snowdenlit/this-is-happening/embed?header=false Okay. My six years of life in Utah taught me that if you expect the worst from Utah, then subtract 17.5%, you'll never be disappointed in the place. But sadly…

Thanks to Venice, A New Toy Has Arrived

By jim_snowden October 16, 2014Autobio

In the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, my last Enterprise model went the way of the American Passenger Pigeon. Now, thanks to a birthday present from my sweetie, the rebuilding can begin. Thank…

Movies That I Like For No Sensible Earthly Reason

By jim_snowden October 13, 2014Criticism, Movies

After doing 42 after '71, I got to thinking about what #43 ought to be. (My odometer turned over a few days ago). I'm not prepared to name that one…

The Obersalzberg On Film

By jim_snowden October 13, 2014Uncategorized

Adolf Hitler and his secret mistress, Eva Braun, spent a great deal of time at the Berghof, Hitler's retreat at the Obersalzberg. I've posted at length about the place here, but…

Recap of the Book Blog Tour, Week Four

By jim_snowden October 10, 2014Books2 Comments

Three reviews came in this week. They varied: one positive, one mixed, one negative. Such is life. Sara's Organized Chaos endorsed Summer of Long Knives: "Definitely not a book I…

The Movie That Can’t Be Saved

By jim_snowden October 8, 2014Criticism, Movies

On occasion, I've tried the Pixar exercise that suggests taking a movie you disliked and reimagining it as something you would like. I love the idea of repurposing crap--and I'm…

Steve Shives’s Five Stupid Things About Poverty

By jim_snowden October 8, 2014The Larger World

Because I've been on the edge of poverty a few times, this particular installment in the Five Stupid Things series really spoke to me. Preach on, Brother Steve. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piCzwg4Qd5c?list=UUD4qMoFPUEzSn4CurFLJkIQ]

Summer of Long Knives Blog Tour Week 3 Recap

By jim_snowden October 6, 2014Books

Sorry for my lateness on this. I'd been holding for Sara's Organized Chaos's review, which was supposed to come out on Friday, but it seems that life has intervened in…