Via Adam Salsman.

It looks like this is going to be made into a movie.

The thing about every live Union Station show I’ve ever seen or heard is: They sound just like they do on their studio albums. There is very little improvisation, even vocally, but they are very tight, and the songs are beautifully and masterfully executed.

I read Vox, and I liked it a lot. I read Checkpoint, and liked it. I read this, and, while it had some good ideas, I’m undecided. If these three books are indicative of Baker’s style, it is very low-key and laid-back, dialog-heavy, and fairly slow-paced. That just wasn’t what I needed when I started this point. I will definitely come back to it in the future, though; I didn’t dislike it, it just didn’t grab me like I hoped it would.

This caught my eye, and I almost didn’t get it, but the temptation was too much. It’s actually pretty good, and it does a good job of showing that some of Metallica’s songs are actually good songs, not just good metal songs. The songs are mostly older, with quite a few from before the Black album.

I don’t know anything about this one yet, but every time I see something new by Elmore Leonard, I grab it.

Operation: Mindcrime is the story of Nikki, a kid who aligns himself with an underground revolutionary group. This order is lead the mysterious Doctor X, peddler of anarchy and heroine. Nikki becomes a hitman for the order, and falls in love with Sister Mary, a prostitute-turned-nun who works for the order. When album opens, Nikki is in a hospital bed, heavily drugged, after having been caught by the police next to Mary’s dead body.

Forever offers an interesting view of New York through the ages. I don’t know how much of the history is accurate (some of it, at least, seems to be fairly so), but it definitely is entertaining, and manages to bring to life people and events that might otherwise be simply names and dates to memorize.

This book was reviewed by The Patriot Ledger a few months ago, and it sounded interesting. I enjoyed it, and I think I’m going to go back and read her other book as well.

I really enjoyed this book, and have reread it a few times.