Category Archives: Books and Art

People Who Eat Darkness, Richard Lloyd Parry, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.00.

Posted on April 26, 2012 by ubu507

It’s no mystery – a book, any kind of book, has to contain certain key ingredients to be good and generally the more of these ingredients it has, the better it’s going to be. Look at the case of People … Continue reading →

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The Little Black Book

Posted on April 24, 2012 by ubu507

He reached for her. His hands closed over her flesh. “Pick me up Tom. Carry me to an island of love and enchantment.”

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Apocalyptic Landscape

Posted on April 24, 2012 by ubu507

 1913 Ludwid Meidner The aspect of the landscape was dark and fantastic, the war had erased anything attractive or appealing from the scene, and etched its own brazen features to appal the lonely onlooker. Ripped haversacks, broken rifles, scraps of cloth, … Continue reading →

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Black Wings Has My Angel

Posted on April 14, 2012 by ubu507

So, the worst that could happen for me would be a good long sleep, this on the heels of a blaring final scene, replete with smell of cordite and criminal courage. — Elliott Chaze

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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Clue Of The Tapping Heels (More Nancy in Bondage)

Posted on April 12, 2012 by ubu507

Nancy, who is an accomplished a tap dancer, helps cat fancier and actress Miss Carter with the theft of her cats and the administration of a will by sending Morse code signals with her feet while tied up. [1939]

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Hardy Boys

Posted on March 26, 2012 by ubu507

The Missing Chums, 1962 edition

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Presented In Association With The Great Lakes Literary Farts Center for Literary Farts In Order To Promote Literacy Among Literary Farts

Posted on March 22, 2012 by ubu507

Dick was very nervous, but the thought that he had become part of the sexual underground made him deliriously happy, as though he were finally to shed all the frustrations of his lackluster sex life with his wife. He looked at … Continue reading →

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Now that’s what I call a cover…

Posted on March 9, 2012 by ubu507

Popular Library 167, 1948 Cover Art by Rudolph Belarski

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The Hardy Boys finally had proof that Nancy Drew wore a padded bra

Posted on March 1, 2012 by ubu507
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Three Keys To A Successful Robbery

Posted on February 24, 2012 by ubu507

The Hardy Boys Detective Handbook (1959)

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