Wednesday, June 3, 2026

St Louis Sound

Title: St Louis Sound: An Illustrated Timeline

Author: Steve Pick

Publisher: Reedy Press
 
ISBN: 9781681061160
 
Thoughts: Very cool look at music in St Louis, but the last few decades were very artist-heavy with coverage not as broad as some of the earlier decades.
 
Rating: 4/5

The Essential It's a Wonderful Life

Title: The Essential It's a Wonderful Life: A Scene-by-Scene Guide to the Classic Film

Author: Michael Willian

Publisher: Chicago Review Press
 
ISBN: 9781556526367
 
Thoughts: Very unique way to look at a movie and I would be interested in seeing more like this.
 
Rating: 3/5

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

St Louis Radio and Television

Title: St Louis Radio and Television

Author: Frank Absher

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
 
ISBN: 9780738590578
 
Thoughts: Through pictures and detailed captions, this slim book covers St Louis radio and television from the start until the turn of the millennium, but I wish there was more from the latter part of the century.
 
Rating: 3/5

Monday, June 1, 2026

Peer Gynt

Title: Peer Gynt

Author: Henrik Ibsen

Publisher: Signet
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts: Peer Gynt is very different from any other Ibsen I have read, and it feels like it was not written by the Father of Modern Theatre being a.) in verse, b.) a fairytale-like fantasy, and c.) absurd (in the theatrical sense).
 
Rating: 2/5

Sunday, May 31, 2026

People of Means

Title: People of Means

Author: Nancy Johnson

Publisher: William Morrow
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts: Johnson does a stellar job of creating a highly character-driven story that covers both the Civil Rights sit-ins and the LA riots.
 
Rating: 4/5