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OK, who is up for participating in this this year? If you are in indicate with a comment below
The 2010 reading challenge was here and the 2010 movie challenge was here. I'll start the 2011 movie challenge in a few days - meanwhile the last of my 2010 movie reviews are here, packaged together all tidy with a theme to boot.

The inspiration for this annual challenge came from livejournal where I temporarily blogged. They had challenges like these and I participated but gradually I reached the point where I was only posting there to participate in the challenge so I rarely post there anymore.

In 2007 I asked if there was interest in a challenge to Newsviners to read at least 50 books and/or watch 50 movies. I went ahead and set up topics to do exactly that.

That year there was a lot of initial interest but few actually participated.

In 2008 too there was some initial interest and more people writing book and movie reviews but few kept track. I even lowered the reading level from a minimum goal of 50 to 25 too.
The 2009 movie movie challenge was here and the reading challenge was here.
So if you like this idea and want to participate please indicate with a comment below.

Personally this will be the third year that I’m shooting to read between 50 and 100 books.

There are at least three ways you can do this? I make a point - learned the hard way while student teaching - of modelling (no, not like Vanna White but like a teacher) so...
You can link below to your reviews... or post mini-reviews below... or you can do what I do which is a list - updated regularly - of all of the movies I've seen so far this year.

The idea here is not “who can read the most?” or “who can see the most movies?” so much as motivating more of us to share what we are reading and watching. I LOVE reading reviews by other people and comparing their opinions of a work to my own. Or, better yet, reading about something and deciding to check it out.

Book #1 Howard Gordon, Gideon's War- interview here

Book # 2 - How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

This is a fascinating book. As I wrote about Pluto here I have my own opinions and thoughts on this but this book answers the question, "what exactly happened to Pluto?" The author is the guy who found a planet, temporarily dubbed Xena, which caused them to rethink what makes a planet a planet.
As with another fascinating scientist and writer, the late great Richard Feynman who I wrote about here, Mike Brown manages to reveal and explain while also entertain.
The book blurbs are also hilarious from Sandra Tsing Loh: "Mike Brown is the funniest, smartest, and most surprisingly poetic Caltech astronomer who ever made my daughters cry. Certainly their happy nine-planet childhoods were worth sacrificing for this truly fascinating and engaging read." Neil DeGrasse Tyson says, "Now I have someone to whom I can forward the hate mail I get from school-children."
The book received some criticism in the New York Times; review because the author also writes about having his first daughter and what that experience is like but, for me at least, that worked.
Sample excerpt:
"Throughout the hour, the host collected suggestions for a new mnemonic for remembering the order of the planets. Some gave a slight modification of the previous standard - My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas - by turning "Nine Pizzas" into "Nachos" or into "Nothing," which was a bit funnier. But the best mnemonic, and the one that I still tell people to use to this day, sent in by an anomymous listener, sums up the feelings that would envelope much of the world over the next days, weeks and months:
Mean, Very Evil Men Just Shortened Up Nature."

Book #3- Identity Man by Andrew Klavan- Identity Man - I wanted to like this book, really I did. I saw it praised in Entertainment Weekly and I asked for a copy and an interview with the author. Then two things happened - the author refused (a rare thing lately as i've been pretty lucky in getting interviews with authors that interest me.) Second, you know how they say not to judge a book by its cover? Well, what about judging a cover by its blurbs. The top blurb is by Glenn Beck, who I despise. And reading a bit about the author I learned he seems to have some conservative views. But I put those
thoughts aside - or tried to - and tried to get into this book but it just seemed
to plod along... the characters didn't really interest me and neither did the plot.
Normally I have a Butki 100 page rule, namely if the book hits page 100 and
I don't care what happens with the characters or the plot by then I then move
on to the next book. But I carve out an exception when it's a book I've promised
to review. So here it is. The author HAS written some good books. I really liked
his earlier book, True Crime, which was also made into a good movie by Clint Eastwood. but this one
is, to me, underwhelming. Others will disagree as this whole reviewing thing is,
of course, subjective and, yeah, I know I should not let the politics get in the way
of reading but oh well.

Book #4-Robert Parker,the Professional- This is far from Parker at his best - and it's a bit weird to read books written before his death but published since it (especially knowing there's at least one to come. But he's still fun to read more for his characters than for the plot. I'm lucky enough to have interviewed him here and wrote, in a prior review linked to from that interview, how I felt I was similar to Spenser

Book #5 - The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy (Hardcover) - This book was enjoyable. It tells - with lots of details and quotes from the insiders and the players (direct quotes even from Conan and Jay) about what it was like when Jay went to 10 p.m. then they decided to try to move him to 11:30 and move Conan back and Conan said no... if you think you know all the details from reading newspaper or magazine accounts - well, you don't. This book is engaging and tells the full story.

Book #6 -The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Audiobook): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
- Review to come - A prior piece here is an appreciation on the daily show and this a review of the colbert report book and a review of the teachers edition of the last book

Book #7 - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea (Hardcover) - i'm reading this for a book discussion group

Book #8 -Douglas Rushkoff, Program Or Be Programmed - interview is here

Book #9 - An interview with Jo Scott, who I went to high school with and who has written a book about her teaching experiences there.

Book #10 - Craig McDonald - Toros and Torsos - I wasn't sure if I'd like this book and, frankly, I'm still deciding. It mixes noir with historical figures like Hemingway, with an examination of surreal art and it works at more than one level which is part of what makes it interesting and compelling. I'd probably have given this book a B - until I participated in a discussion (via phone) with this author at a monthly book discussion group and came away much more impressed with the author and the book. For example, the book's characters appear a bit misogynistic and it's hard to tell as a reader if the author is making a statement about the noir and surrealism stereotype/tradition of misogyny vs being sexist himself but after hearing him explain it (put simply, yes he was making a statement) I came away more interested. That said I'm not really into crime fighting alongside Hemingway and Dos Passos as he does so I may take a pass on reading his other books.

#11 - Jimmy Carter - White House Diaries - Finished this book this morning - well, afternoon. It's quite a fascinating look at the Carter presidency from the man himself. Even if you know how it's going to end - i kept thinking "watch out for the Iranians! Watch out for Reagan!" it's still fun of surprise and insight... and quite engrossing

I wrote here about how I could have gotten hurt when getting the book autographed by Carter.

Providing a lighter yet more cynical look at world affairs was - a book I was reading at the same time -
#12 - Earth by the Daily Show - While not as funny as America, the book, http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/09/655286-book-review-america-the-book-teachers-edition-is-underwhelming, this is pretty hilarious at times. It's like a textbook for aliens in case they come take over our world - so it has everything from explaining sex and politics and religion and such. Definitely worth checking out.

Book #13 -

An Interview With Seth Mnookin, Author of The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Book #14 -
An Interview With Mark Alpert, Author of The Omega Theory
Book #15 -

An Interview With Former Reporter Brad Parks, Author of Eyes of the Innocent, About His Book and The News Media

Book #16 - An Interview With James Thompson about his two books

Book #17 - An Interview With Lisa Lutz and David Hayward - Heads You Lose

Book #18 - interview: Donovan Hohn, Author of Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them

Book #19 - interview: The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius

#20 - Interview With Kate Atkinson, Author of Started Early, Took My Dog

and

21 - An Interview with Belinda Bauer, Author of Darkside

22 - An Interview with Lawrence Block, Author of A Drop of the Hard Stuff

#23 and 24 - The Big Book of Zonker and 40 Years of Doonsbury

I'm a long time doonesbury fan and read all of his books up until about a few years ago - i'm catching up with the last few years' worth via the library and local bookstores. I did an interview here with an author who wrote a book about Doonesbury style of satire

#25 - Interview with Mark Richards, Author of House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer's Journey Home

#26 and 27 - Heat Wave and Naked Heat - Read this for two reasons - ok, three if you include the curiousity factor. Reason 1 is I really enjoy the show and was curious how the books were. The second is it's the book my mystery book discussion group at Bookpeople is discussing for May.
As with the show the book is light, fun and amusing. If you're looking for depth or brilliance this will be a disappointment - if you're looking for something enjoyable that doesn't require much thought this book will delight you.

and last for now #28 - Hunger Games - I enjoyed this book - and have book two (both via audio from the library) ready to be consumed in a week or two.

I see now why some have been praising this series

good stuff

and I think the casting for the movie (the girl who played the sister on Winter's Bone, a brilliant book and movie) is perfect to play this book's heroine

#28 - Sophie Littlefield - a Bad Day for Sorry - http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Day-Sorry-Crime-Novel/dp/0312643233/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

Here's how i summed up it over at good reads:

Finished this book today just in time for the discussion of it at Bookpeople in Austin - an hour-long phone conversation with the author. It has a kick-ass premise - the protagonist, Stella, killed her abusive husband and now helps women in her region of Missouri - they tell her when their male companion
is being physically abusive and she goes and threatens them with harm if they continue their errant ways. In this first of the series she's helping a woman track down her infant son. But it's all done with a sense of humor and it helps that the men don't seem worried at first that Stella can really hurt them since she could be their mother but then she demonstrates she really can.

#29 -

My Interview With Bryan Alexander, Author of The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media

#30 - My Interview With About Gyles Brandreth About His Novel, Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders

#31 and 32 - Catching Fire and Mockingjay Finishing up this week the Hunger Games trilogy. Very compelling - fascinating. Definitely worth checking out.

#33 -

An Interview With Ace Atkins, Author of The Ranger

# 34 -

My Interview With Author Jan Burke About Her Latest Irene Kelly Mystery, Disturbance

#35 - An interview with Ron Liebman about his book Jersey Law-

http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/11/7055590-an-interview-with-ron-liebman-about-his-novel-jersey-law

#36 - No Rest for the Dead (interview) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/09/7048932-an-interview-with-andrew-gulli-editor-of-no-rest-for-the-dead

#37, 38 and 39 - Hunger Game, Catching Fire and Mockingjay

Finished the last of the Hunger Games books on the way home from work (listened to all three on audio). Very good stuff. A demonstration
that just because something gets lumped into the YA category doesn't mean it can't be more rich in details and thought and
commentary on life and governments than many "adult" or contemporary literature.

# 40 The Eyre Affair - I read this for the mystery book discussion group I participate in at BookPeople here in Austin.
I've read one or two of this author's books - he's pretty clever. Those were part of the Nursery Crime division - one involved why Humpty Dumpty REALLY fell off the way.

This is pretty good mind candy and I mean that in a positive way, as in coming up with concepts in which people can enter into other stories and so kidnap characters from famous novels.

It adds a whole another level to classics when you have police reporters investigating criminals who are messing with classic books.

#41 - Lars Keplar, The Hypnotist (interview)

#42 - Jeff Abbott, Adrenaline (interview)=

Coming up in the next month - interviews with Jeffrey Deaver about his James Bond novel, with Will Lavender about his novel, Dominance and one with Roger Ebert about his memoir.

#43 - Will Lavender - interview - thriller with lots of puzzles

#44 Marcia Clark - interview

#45 -

An Interview With Jeffrey Deaver, Author of Carte Blanche (the new James Bond book)

#46 Michael Connelly,Fifth Witness -

I've been reading Michael Connelly's latest, The Fifth Witness, with some dread.
I really got into Connelly for two reasons - he wrote great police mysteries and I think one reason for that was he came from a police reporter background. I think that background informed and improved his writing about the John Grishams and Scott Turows of the world.
But with his Lincoln Lawyer series he seems to become more derivative, less interesting (at least to me). Maybe i'm biased because I want him to return to the character I prefer. I mean this is a guy who, as I told him in an interview, I and 100 other reporters swarmed a seminar at a journalism conference hoping he'd give us "the secret" on how to make the jump from journalist to crime
novelist (his answer was work 8 hours as a reporter, write for 8 hours as a novelist and if you get a chance get some sleep... not the answer we were hoping for.)
The Lincoln Lawyer was turned into a movie and did well enough that I fear he's going to continue with this series, which is a loss because he could do a lot better than what he's put out with this new one and his last Lincoln Lawyer book.
Bummer
The last 75 pages ARE pretty good and improve the book's grade from a
c- to a b-.

INDEX OF INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS

So I'm a bit of a prolific writer (yes that's a joke) so I decided a year or so ago that it might be a good idea to index some of my articles but then I was torn between it appearing too pompous and egotistical and then having no time to do it. I ended up deciding to do it at first with just an index of my writing advice pieces and seeing what the reaction was to that. It was here and people seemed to like it.

So I have spent some rare free time in recent months doing another index, this one: a collection of all of my reviews.I am also working on compiling indexes of my fiction and satire pieces and of my memoir pieces.

Oh and I also collected here (and just updated) most of my music rants via seeds and articles- http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/30/867343-my-music-writing-and-seeds-and-interviews

Author interviews - Fiction and non-fiction mixed together

Anderson,Patrick- http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/27/804338-interview-with-patrick-anderson-author-of-the-triumph-of-the-thriller-how-cops-crooks-and-cannibals-captured-popular-fiction

Auletta, Ken - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/06/3468880-my-interview-with-new-yorker-writer-ken-auletta-about-his-new-book-googled-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it

Baldacci, David - The Collectors - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/592147-interview-with-david-baldacci-author-of-the-collectors

Bauer, Belinda - Blacklands - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_m1/04/3713036-my-interview-with-author-belinda-bauer-about-her-fantastic-novel-blacklands

Bazell, Josh - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/12/2301989-my-interview-with-josh-bazell-author-of-beat-the-reaper-the-funniest-weirdest-book-ive-read-in-five-years

Beaton, M.C. - Death of a Maid http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/675418-interview-with-author-mc-beaton

Blunt, Giles - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/21/910802-interview-with-giles-blunt-author-of-by-the-time-you-read-this

Brown, Sandra - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/06/1960182-my-interview-with-sandra-brown-about-her-new-novel-smoke-screen

Carr, David -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/20/1765724-scotts-interview-with-david-carr-author-of-the-night-of-the-gun-a-memoir-about-drugs-and-journalism

Bryan, Bill - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/11/1018339-interview-with-bill-bryan-author-of-keep-it-real-about-reality-shows

Burke, James Lee - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/29/808818-interview-with-mystery-writer-james-lee-burke-part-

Brown, Sandra - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/06/1960182-my-interview-with-sandra-brown-about-her-new-novel-smoke-screen

Carr, David -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/20/1765724-scotts-interview-with-david-carr-author-of-the-night-of-the-gun-a-memoir-about-drugs-and-journalism

Burke, Jan - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/22/2343725-my-interview-with-jan-burke-author-of-the-irene-kelly-series

Burnett, John - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/24/799491-interview-with-john-burnett-author-of-uncivilized-beasts-and-shameless-hellions-travels-with-an-npr-correspondent-part-1

Carey, Mike - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/925350-an-interview-with-mike-carey-author-of-the-devil-you-know-part-one-

Cartooncat - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/11/1219785-scoop-interviews-cartooncat-about-her-book-planet-germany

Chrome, Cheetah - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/05/5237489-an-interview-with-cheetah-chrome-author-of-a-dead-boys-tale-from-the-front-lines-of-punk-rock

Colbert, Stephen - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/06/1146610-stephen-colberts-book-will-help-you-get-through-the-writers-strike

Crais, Robert - The Watchmen http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/589417-interview-with-robert-crais-author-of-the-watchman

Crais, Robert - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/01/1629074-interview-with-thriller-author-robert-crais-about-his-new-book-chasing-the-darkness

Connelly, Michael - Scarecrow - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377352-an-interview-with-michael-connelly-about-his-two-new-books-9-dragons-and-scarecrow

Connelly, Michael - Crime Beat http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588427-interview-with-michael-connelly-author-of-crime-beat

Connelly, Michael - Overlook - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/21/732026-interview-with-michael-connelly-author-of-the-overlook

Crosley, Sloan - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/14/4675993-an-interview-with-sloane-crosley-author-of-how-did-you-get-this-number

Cummings, John Michael - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/12/1858335-scotts-interview-with-john-michael-cummings-author-of-the-night-i-freed-john-brown-

Dangle, Lloyd - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/31/869646-interview-with-lloyd-dangle-author-of-troubletown

Deaver, Jeffrey - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/17/2121263-my-interview-with-jeffrey-deaver-about-his-latest-novel-the-bodies-left-behind

Deaver, Jeffrey - Sleeping Doll - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/22/912203-an-interview-with-jeffrey-deaver-author-of-sleeping-doll

Deaver, Jeffrey - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/15/4511234-an-interview-with-jeffrey-deaver-about-his-new-book-the-burning-wire

Denby, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/29/2369134-an-interview-with-david-denby-about-his-book-snark-its-mean-its-personal-and-its-ruining-our-conversation

Earles, Andrew - Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5561654-an-interview-with-andrew-earles-author-of-husker-du-the-story-of-the-noise-pop-pioneers-who-launched-modern-rock

Ebert, Roger - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/20/847277-interview-with-film-critic-roger-ebert-author-of-your-movie-sucks-part-2

Egan, Jennifer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/09/5435236-an-interview-with-jennifer-egan-author-of-a-visit-from-the-goon-squad

Eisenhower, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5552407-interview-david-eisenhower-author-of-going-home-to-glory-a-memoir-of-life-with-dwight-d-eisenhower-1961-1969

Eisler, Barry - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/06/15/784763-interview-with-barry-eisler-author-of-thriller-requiem-for-an-assassin-

Friedman, Kinky - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/14/1097006-part-2-a-newsvine-interview-with-writer-kinky-friedman-author-of-you-can-lead-a-politician-to-water-but-you-cant-make-him-think-ten-commandments-for-texas-politics

Frost, Sandy - Her Writings At Newsvine - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593970-an-interview-with-newsvine-journalist-sandy-frost-about-her-writings-about-the-shriners-and-them-coming-here-to-criticize-her

Fulghum - Robert - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/19/972669-an-interview-with-robert-fulghum-author-of-what-have-i-done

Getze, Jack - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/20/907014-interview-with-jack-getze-author-of-big-number

Gordon, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/08/4131273-an-interview-with-david-gordon-author-of-the-serialist

Green, Tim http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/18/726750-interview-with-tim-green-author-of-american-outrage-

Hall, M.R. - The Disappeared - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/14/3758005-an-interview-with-mr-hall-about-his-novel-the-disappeared

Harley, Bill - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/25/2351796-an-interview-with-authormusician-bill-harley-

Hanson, Karen - Today's Chicago Blues - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/18/844102-interview-with-karen-hanson-author-of-todays-chicagos-blues-part-2

Harding, John Wesley - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/18/1034431-an-interview-with-wesley-stace-aka-john-wesley-harding-about-his-novel-by-george

Herblock - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/23/3668782-good-news-theres-a-great-book-retrospective-of-herblocks-career-an-interview

Higgins, Jack - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/09/3874353-my-interview-with-author-jack-higgins-about-his-latest-novel-the-wolf-at-the-door

Horwitz, Tony - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/16/1580093-my-interview-with-tony-horwitz-author-of-confederates-in-the-attic-and-a-new-book-a-voyage-long-and-strange-rediscovering-the-new-world

Hunter, Stephen - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/29/3692525-a-newsvine-interview-with-stephen-hunter-about-his-new-book-i-sniper-and-his-career-as-a-novelist-and-film-critic

Huston, Charlie - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/14/1020365-interview-with-charles-huston-author-of-the-shotgun-rule-part-2

Huston, Charlie - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/05/3983570-a-conversation-with-charlie-huston-author-of-sleepless-and-the-mystic-arts-of-erasing-all-signs-of-death

Isaacson, Rupert - Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2875490-an-interview-with-rupert-isaacson-author-of-the-horseboy-a-fathers-quest-to-heal-his-son

Isaacson, Kristin - Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2875490-an-interview-with-rupert-isaacson-author-of-the-horseboy-a-fathers-quest-to-heal-his-son

Isaacson, Walter - Einstein - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/14/836679-interview-with-walter-isaacson-author-of-einstein-his-life-and-universe

Jacobs, A. J. - Guinea Pig Diaries - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3434663-good-news-im-interviewing-aj-jacobs-about-his-latest-crazy-adventure-chronicled-in-the-guinea-pig-diaries-my-life-as-an-experiment-part-1-of-2

Jacobs, A.J. - The Know-It-All - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/22/675419-interview-with-aj-jacobs-author-of-the-know-it-all"

Jacobs, A.J. - Year of Living Biblically - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/14/1024652-newsvine-interview-with-aj-jacobs-author-of-the-year-of-living-biblically

Karp, Marshall - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/27/5191430-an-interview-with-marshall-karp-author-of-cut-paste-kill-a-lomax-biggs-mystery

Katovsky, Bill - Patriots Act - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675420-interview-bill-katovsky-author-of-patriots-act

Keen, Andrew - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/18/844927-interview-with-andrew-keen-author-of-the-cult-of-the-amateur

Kephart, Beth - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/09/1152491-my-newsvine-interview-with-beth-kephart-author-of-zenobia-and-undercover

Kimes, Martha - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/10/709095-interview-with-martha-kimes-author-of-ivy-briefs-a-privileged-and-confidential-law-school-story

Knipfel, Jim - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/31/4444445-an-interview-with-jim-knipfel-author-of-these-children-who-come-at-you-with-knives-and-other-fairy-tales-stories

Kortya, Michael - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4680224-an-interview-with-michael-koryta-author-of-so-cold-the-river

Kurtz, Howard - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/27/1124582-an-interview-with-howard-kurtz-author-of-reality-show-inside-the-last-great-television-news-war-part-two

Lassica, J.D. - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/01/2986864-an-interview-with-author-jd-lasica-about-his-new-joint-web-venture-the-site-socialbriteorg

Leopold, Jason - News Junkie -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/28/637017-interview-with-jason-leopold-author-of-news-junkie

Leota, Alisson - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5398878-an-interview-with-allison-leota-author-of-the-novel-law-of-attraction

Liang - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/25/1324133-my-newsvine-interview-with-chinese-mystery-writer-diane-wei-liang-part-2

Lippman, Laura - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/29/4994670-an-interview-with-laura-lippman-author-of-id-know-you-anywhere-a-novel

Lippman, Laura - No Good Deeds - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/590951-interview-with-laura-lippman-author-of-no-good-deeds

Lopate, Philip - American Movie Critics - An Anthology From the Silents Until Now - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/23/676763-interview-with-phillip-lopate-editor-of-american-movie-critics-an-anthology-from-the-silents-until-now

Lutz, Lisa - The Spellman Files - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593409-interview-with-lisa-lutz-author-of-the-spellman-files

Lutz, Lisa - Revenge of the Spellmans - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/23/2856650-interview-with-lisa-lutz-hilariousbrilliant-author-of-revenge-of-the-spellmans

Lutz, Lisa - Curse of the Spellmans - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/21/1316350-my-newsvine-interview-with-lisa-lutz-author-of-curse-of-the-spellmans

Lutz, Lisa - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/27/4209317-an-interview-with-lisa-lutz-about-her-new-book-the-spellmans-strike-again-a-novel

McNamara, Mary - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/14/4506785-an-interview-with-mary-mcnamara-author-of-the-starlett

Maraniss, David - Rome 1960 - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/27/1618209-a-newsvine-interview-with-author-david-maraniss-about-his-new-book-rome-1960-the-olympics-that-changed-the-world

Marks, Stephen - Confessions of a Political Hit man - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/13/1485848-a-newsvine-interview-with-stephen-marks-author-of-confessions-of-a-political-hitman-part-1-

Masannek, Joachim - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4533997-an-interview-with-joachim-masannek-author-of-the-wild-soccer-bunch

McFarland, Nora - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/14/4888728-an-interview-with-nora-mcfarland-author-of-a-bad-days-work-a-novel

Meltzer, Brad - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/19/4531223-an-interview-with-brad-meltzer-author-of-new-issues-of-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-comic-books

Meltzer, Brad - Book of Fate - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/05/599486-interview-with-brad-meltzer-author-of-the-book-of-fate

Meltzer, Brad - Heroes for my Son - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/12/4271175-an-interview-with-brad-meltzer-about-his-new-book-heroes-for-my-son

Morris, Roy - Author of Lighting Out For The Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/20/4043388-an-interview-with-roy-morris-jr-author-of-lighting-out-for-the-territory-how-samuel-clemens-headed-west-and-became-mark-twain

Morrison, Boyd - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/23/4337172-an-interview-with-boyd-morrison-author-of-the-ark

O'Connell - Carol - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/08/1150473-book-review-find-me-by-carol-oconnell

O'Neil, Dennis: Helltown - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/20/624493-interview-with-dennis-oneil-author-of-helltown

Paretsky, Sara - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/01/5023914-an-interview-with-sara-paretsky-author-of-body-work

Parker, Robert - High Profile http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/15/721351-interview-with-mystery-writer-robert-parker

Parkhurst, Carolyn - Lost and Found - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/05/599475-interview-with-carolyn-parkhurst-author-of-lost-and-found

Pelecanos, George - The Night Gardener - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588446-interview-with-mystery-writer-george-pelecanos

Pelecanos, George - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/22/1896462-my-interview-with-george-pelecanos-author-of-the-turn-around

Penzler, Otto - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/18/3514307-good-news-theres-a-new-collection-of-pieces-by-my-favorite-mystery-writers-an-interview-with-otto-penzler-editor-of-the-lineup

Phillips, Glasgow - The Royal Nonesuch - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/29/691206-an-interview-with-glasgow-phillips-author-of-the-royal-nonesuch-or-what-will-i-do-when-i-grow-up

Phillips, Lisa - Public Radio: Behind the Voices - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/590345-interview-with-lisa-phillips-author-of-public-radio-behind-the-voices

Plotz, David - The Best of Slate - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/602759-interview-with-david-plotz-deputy-editor-of-slate-on-the-best-of-slate

Poole, Eric - Wheres My Wand? - http://www.newsvine.com/_m1/edit/- http:/sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/12/4498271-an-interview-with-eric-poole-author-of-wheres-my-wand-one-boys-magical-triumph-over-alienation-and-shag-carpeting

Portman, Frank - King Dork - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/592137-interview-with-frank-portman-author-of-king-dork
Portman, Frank - Andromeda Klein - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/13/3497842-an-interview-with-frank-portman-author-of-king-dork-about-his-new-book-andromeda-klein-part-1

Quinn, Spencer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/09/2412777-an-interview-with-spencer-quinn-author-of-dog-on-it

Quinn, Spencer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_m1/07/3725140-an-interview-with-spencer-quinn-about-his-new-novel-thereby-hangs-a-tail

Rachman, Tom - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/29/4419802-an-interview-with-tom-rachman-about-his-novel-the-imperfectionists

Rankin, Ian - Bleeding Hearts - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588450-interview-with-mystery-writer-ian-rankin

Rankin, Ian - Naming of the Dead - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/31/641402-interview-with-ian-rankin-author-of-the-naming-of-the-dead

Richtel, Matt - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/13/834760-interview-with-matt-richtel-author-of-hooked-a-thriller-about-love-and-other-addictions

Rosenberg, Howard - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/31/2262177-my-interview-with-the-authors-of-no-time-to-think-the-menace-of-media-speed-and-the-24-hour-news-cycle

Rule, Ann - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/07/823233-interview-with-ann-rule-author-of-too-late-to-say-goodbye

Rushkoff, Douglas -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3740434-an-interview-with-douglas-rushkoff-about-his-fascinating-book-life-inc-how-the-world-became-a-corporation-and-how-to-take-it-back

Sanford, John - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/29/3330167-newsvine-interview-with-thriller-author-john-sandford-about-his-new-book-rough-country

Segura, Jonathan - Occupational Hazards - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/28/1701352-interview-with-author-jonathan-segura-about-his-debut-novel-occupational-hazards

Shrum, Robert - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/23/1688576-my-newsvine-interview-with-political-consultant-robert-shrum-over-his-memoir-no-excuses-concessions-of-a-serial-campaigner-part-1-

Shuman, George - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/25/1910351-an-interview-with-george-shuman-about-his-new-novel-lost-girls

Shuman, George - Second Sight - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/14/3265309-an-interview-with-author-george-shuman-about-his-novel-second-sight

Simon, Scott - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5216521-an-interview-with-npr-host-scott-simon-author-of-baby-we-were-meant-for-each-other

Slaughter, Karin - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/08/4844341-an-interview-with-karin-slaughter-author-of-broken

Soper, Kerry: Garry Trudeau and the Aesthetics of Satire http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/12/3745873-an-interview-with-kerry-soper-about-his-book-garry-trudeau-doonesbury-and-the-aesthetics-of-satire-

Specter, Michael - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/09/3473326-an-interview-with-michael-specter-about-denialism-how-irrational-thinking-hinders-scientific-progress-harms-the-planet-and-threatens-our-lives-

Spencer, Scott - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/12/5281673-an-interview-with-scott-spencer-author-of-man-in-the-woods

Stone, David - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/08/4257716-interview-with-david-stone-author-of-the-skorpion-directive

Sullivan, Bob - Gotcha Capitalism - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/06/1282334-a-newsvine-interview-with-bob-sullivan-a-msnbc-blogger-author-of-gotcha-capitalism-how-hidden-fees-rip-you-off-every-day-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

Straw, Tom - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/23/980530-an-interview-with-tom-straw-author-of-the-trigger-episode-part-2

Symynkywicz, Jeffrey - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/19/1761870-interview-with-jeffrey-symynkywicz-author-of-the-gospel-according-to-bruce-springsteen-rock-and-redemption

Tillman, Barrett - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/02/3970316-an-interview-with-barrett-tillman-about-his-book-whirlwind-the-air-war-against-japan-1942-1945

Tinley, Scott - Things To Be Survived - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/27/635254-interview-with-scott-tinley-author-of-things-to-be-survived-

Vitzthum, Virginia - I Love You - Lets Meet - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/591319-interview-with-virginia-vitzthum-author-of-i-love-you-lets-meet

Voorhees, Sara - Lumiere Affair - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/679948-interview-with-sara-voorhees-author-of-the-lumiere-affair

Vowell, Sarah - l - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/14/1997360-my-interview-with-sarah-vowell-over-her-new-book-the-wordy-shipmates

Walsh, Jim - The Replacements: An Oral History - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/03/3849559-an-interview-with-jim-walsh-about-his-book-the-replacements-all-over-but-the-shouting-an-oral-history-

Wambaugh - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/25/1388871-my-newsvine-interview-with-joseph-wambaugh-about-his-new-novel-hollywood-crows

Westlake, Donald - What's So Funny - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/03/699899-interview-with-donald-westlake-author-of-whats-so-funny

Wilson, Charles - Chew on This - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/28/590388-interview-with-charles-wilson-co-author-of-chew-on-this

Young, Thomas - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/08/5071282-an-interview-with-thomas-young-about-the-mullahs-storm

Young, Toby - No Hands Clapping - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675856-interview-toby-young-author-of-the-sound-of-no-hands-clapping-a-memoir

Zooborns - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5395638-an-interview-with-andrew-bleiman-co-author-of-zooborns-

Music interviews

Africa Dreamland - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/25/1511740-interview-with-putumayo-about-their-new-albums-african-dreamland-and-african-party

Asian Dreamland (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/678798-interview-with-dan-storper-executive-producer-of-all-putumayo-world-music-albums-on-asian-dreamland-cd

Barney Salzberg - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/13/717152-interview-with-barney-saltzberg-musiciansongwriter of-crazy-hair-day-

Beatles Tribute - All Together Now - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675431-interview-with-kevin-salem-producer-of-beatles-tribute-all-together-now

Bottle Rockets - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/18/1171807-a-newsvine-interview-with-brian-henneman-singer-of-the-bottle-rockets

Brazil (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/22/1041018-interview-regarding-putumayo-kids-album-brazilian-playground-

Clem Snide band interview - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/06/2645400-an-interview-with-clem-snides-lead-singer-and-a-review-of-the-bands-austin-show-april-4-2009

Morgan Taylor - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/13/715750-interview-with-morgan-taylor-creator-of-gustafer-yellowgold

Sesame Street interview - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/21/2136195-a-newsvine-interview-with-a-sesame-street-executive-about-putumayos-sesame-street-cddvd

Vic Bondi - Report Suspicious Activity - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/04/2072812-scoops-interview-with-vic-bondi-singer-of-political-punk-band-report-suspicious-activity

Cafe Cubano (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/29/1801121-interview-with-putumayo-about-their-new-album-cafe-cubano

Quebec (Putumayo) http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/28/1702780-my-interview-with-the-producer-of-putumayos-album-quebec

Mosaic of Stories and Music from Around the World – World Tales Volume 2 - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/02/1198757-a-newsvine-interview-with-the-makers-of-a-mosaic-of-stories-and-music-from-around-the-world-world-tales-volume-2

Harmonica Pocket - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/24/1386939-my-newsvine-interview-with-the-harmonica-pocket-about-its-new-album-ladybug-one

Harding, John Wesley - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/18/1034431-an-interview-with-wesley-stace-aka-john-wesley-harding-about-his-novel-by-george

Justin Towne Earle - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1401791-my-newsvine-interview-with-singer-justin-townes-earle-about-his-album-the-good-life

Peter Himmelman - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/05/676752-interview-with-peter-himmelman-singer-songwriter

Leaving, TX - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/29/993719-interview-chris-patterson-lead-singer-of-leaving-tx

Polyphonic Spree - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/06/600117-interview-with-tim-delaughter-of-the-polyphonic-spree

Putumao for Animal Playground - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/19/728111-interview-with-putumayo-kids-manager-mona-kayhan-about-animal-playground-cd

Hawaiian playground (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/11/1293060-a-newsvine-interview-for-the-putumayo-kids-album-hawaiian-playground

Reggae Playground (Putumayo) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/26/678733-interview-jacob-edgar-on-reggae-playground-family-cd

Robert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine aka Robert Schneider of Apples in Stereo - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/03/2770929-an-interview-with-robbert-bobbert-and-the-bubble-machine-aka-robert-schneider-of-apples-in-stere

Justin Townes Earle - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/31/1401791-my-newsvine-interview-with-singer-justin-townes-earle-about-his-album-the-good-life

Mae Robertson - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/927156-interview-singer-mae-robertson-talks-about-hew-new-album-dream

Bob Schneider - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/09/887065-interview-bob-schneider-musiciansongwriter-part-1

Sam Hinton - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/26/676744-an-interview-with-folk-singer-sam-hinton:

Beatles Tribute - All Together Now - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/21/675431-interview-with-kevin-salem-producer-of-beatles-tribute-all-together-now

Waco Brothers - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/03/1340401-a-newsvine-interview-with-the-waco-brothers-about-their-new-live-album

Jamshied-sharif - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/14/1429710-an-interview-with-jamshied-sharifi-about-his-album-one

Justin Roberts - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/07/1415939-an-interview-with-songwriter-justin-roberts-about-his-new-album-pop-fly

Movie interviews

911 Dust and Deceit - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/633452-interview-with-penny-little-director-of-911-dust-and-deceit

Along Comes Kinky (Friedman) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2563742-interview-with-david-hartstein-director-of-the-documentary-along-came-kinky-friedman-that-is

Happiness Is - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3163699-an-interview-with-andrew-shapter-director-of-the-documentary-happiness-is-

The Horse Boy (movie) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/28/2740325-a-conversation-with-the-director-of-the-documentary-the-horse-boy-chronicling-a-familys-trip-to-mongolia-with-their-son-who-has-autism

Maz Jobrani (comedian) - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3808038-an-interview-with-comedian-maz-jobrani-about-his-show-and-dvd-brown-and-friendly

Book Catch-Alls

Why I, Your Intrepid Reader, Love Airports and Airplanes
http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/01/812882-why-i-your-intrepid-reader-love-airports-and-airplanes

My Relationship With Bookcrossing (warning: this story has implied nudity) -
http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/23/1248576-my-relationship-with-bookcrossing-warning-this-story-has-implied-

Books You Should Hate But Love aka Guilty Pleasures - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/23/629316-books-you-should-hate-but-love-aka-guilty-pleasures

Books You Should Love But Hated - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/21/626052-books-you-should-love-but-hated

Is listening to an audiobook inferior to reading a book - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/02/594456-is-listening-to-an-audiobook-inferior-to-reading-a-book

Jump the Shark - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/11/2299617-reviewed-jump-the-shark-and-television-without-pity-and-752-things-we-love-to-hate-and-hate-to-love-about-tv

Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) About TV - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/11/2299617-reviewed-jump-the-shark-and-television-without-pity-and-752-things-we-love-to-hate-and-hate-to-love-about-tv

Book Reviews

Atkinson, Kate - When Will There Be Good News - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/26/2355557-reviewed-kate-atkinsons-novel-when-will-there-be-good-news

Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/22/3935468-forced-to-rethink-some-punk-memories-thoughts-prompted-by-the-book-radio-silence-a-selected-visual-history-of-american-hardcore-music

Bryson, Bill - A Short History - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/16/616689-book-review-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything-by-bill-bryson

Buckley, Christopher - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/25/738468-book-reviews-thank-you-for-smoking-and-boomsday-by-christopher-buckley

Connelly, Michael - Brass Verdict - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2312027-review-of-michael-connelly-and-ian-rankins-latest-books-exit-music-and-brass-verdict-respectively

Connelly, Michael - The Closers - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/13/659529-book-review-the-closers-by-michael-connelly

Connelly, Michael - The Lincoln Lawyer - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/11/657810-book-review-the-lincoln-lawyer-by-michael-connelly
(Interview with Connelly Over Crime Beat - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588427-interview-with-michael-connelly-author-of-crime-beat
and Scarecrow and 9 Dragons - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/13/3377352-an-interview-with-michael-connelly-about-his-two-new-books-9-dragons-and-scacecrow

Cornwell, Patricia - Unnatural Exposure - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/21/623819-book-review-unnatural-exposure-by-patricia-cornwell

Dunning, John - The Bookman's Promise - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612132-book-review-the-bookmans-promise-by-john-dunnin

Eggers, Dave -Best American Non Required Reading 2006 http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/601778-review-best-american-nonrequired-reading-2006

Elleree, Linda - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/681740-book-review-girl-reporter-sinks-school-by-linda-ellerbee

Fisher, Carrie - Wishful Drinking - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/25/2246546-newsviners-will-you-take-the-2009-reading-challenge?commentId=6474149

Gantos, Jack - Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/19/621996-book-review-joey-pigza-swallowed-the-key

Gleick, James - Faster http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/08/603569-book-review-faster-by-james-gleick

Groening, Matt- The Huge Book of - Hell http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/25/738411-book-review-the-huge-book-of-hell

Hiaasen, Carl - Sick Puppy- http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/22/626922-book-review-sick-puppy-by-carl-hiaasen

Hornby, Nick - A Long Way Down - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/14/569070-review-a-long-way-down-is-not-really-a-downer

Isaacson, Rupert - The Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/19/3170394-good-news-i-finally-finished-that-great-book-about-horse-boy

Katz, Jon - Geeks -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612123-book-review-geeks-by-jon-katz

Keen, Andrew - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/04/876964-my-rantreview-of-andrew-keens-cult-of-the-amateur
Interview of him is here: http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/18/844927-interview-with-andrew-keen-author-of-the-cult-of-the-amateur

Martin, Steve - Born Standing Up - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2591516-the-curious-case-of-steve-martins-comedy-career-reflecting-on-his-memoir-born-standing-up"

McCourt, Frank - Tis - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/633078-book-review-tis-by-frank-mccourt

O'Connell -Carrol - Shell Game - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/06/601260-book-review-shell-game-by-carol-oconnell

Parker, Robert - Blue Screen - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/13/661563-author-robert-parker-does-good-experimenting-in-blue-screen

Parker, Robert - High Profile - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/20/729500-book-review-high-profile-spare-change-and-edenville-owls-by-robert-parker

Parker, Robert - Hush Money - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/06/678808-book-review-hush-money-by-robert-parker

Parker, Robert - Cold Service - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/26/676753-book-review-cold-service-by-robert-parker
Parker, Robert - Small Vices - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/678005-review-small-vices-by-robert-parker
(Parker interviwe here -

Rankin, Ian - Exit Music - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2312027-review-of-michael-connelly-and-ian-rankins-latest-books-exit-music-and-brass-verdict-respectively
(My interviews with Rankin include this one - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/27/588450-interview-with-mystery-writer-ian-rankin

Sacks, Oliver - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/22/1246311-my-newsvine-review-musicophilia-tales-of-music-and-the-brain-by-oliver-sacks

Schlosser, Eric - Fast Food Nation - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/17/667637-book-review-fast-food-nation

Sedaris, David - Me Talk Pretty One Day - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/02/595006-book-review-me-talk-pretty-one-day-by-david-sedaris

Siegel, James - Deceit - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/600100-interview-with-james-siegel-author-of-deceit

Spiegelman, Art - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612065-book-review-in-the-shadow-of-no-towers-by-art-spiegelman

Stephanopoulos, George - All too Human http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/07/603524-book-review-all-too-human

Stewart, Jon - The Daily Show's Book America: The Teacher's Edition - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/09/655286-book-review-america-the-book-teachers-edition-is-underwhelming

Swain, James - Loaded Dice - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612137-book-review-loaded-dice

Turow, Scott - Personal Injuries - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/04/645179-book-review-personal-injuries-by-scott-turow

Vowell, Sarah - Take the Cannoli - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/681760-book-review-take-the-cannoli-stories-from-the-new-world-by-sarah-vowell
(My interview with Vowell on a later book is here - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/14/1997360-my-interview-with-sarah-vowell-over-her-new-book-the-wordy-shipmates

Wambaugh, Joseph - Hollywood Station - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/678724-review-hollywood-station-shows-wambaugh-is-still-master-of-crime-fiction
My Interview With Wambaugh - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/25/1388871-my-newsvine-interview-with-joseph-wambaugh-about-his-new-novel-hollywood-crows

Westlake, Donald - The Ax - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/10/656929-book-review-the-hook-by-donald-westlake

Westlake, Donald - Comeback - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593522-book-review-comeback-by-richard-starkdonald-westlake

Westlake, Donald - Comeback - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593522-book-review-comeback-by-richard-starkdonald-westlake
(My interview with Westlake is here - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/03/699899-interview-with-donald-westlake-author-of-whats-so-funny?threadId=100060

Wambaugh, Joseph - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/06/600113-book-review-hollywood-station-by-joseph-wambaugh

Wilson, Cintra - A Massive Swelling - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/14/569070-review-a-long-way-down-is-not-really-a-downer

Wolfe, Tom - A Man In Full - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/26/626931-book-review-a-man-in-full-by-tom-wolfe

Movie Catch-Alls
Favorite documentaries - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/05/701776-what-are-your-favorite-documentaries-and-why

Movie Reviews

Alice's Restaurant - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/17/669137-dvd-review-alices-restaurant-

American Hardcore - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/28/2253695-dvd-review-american-hardcore-the-history-of-american-punk-rock-1980-1986

Australia and Quantum Solace - A Writing Experience - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/01/2165137-what-do-the-movies-australia-and-quantum-of-solace-have-in-common-a-writing-experiment

Barbara & Tibby A Love Story in the Face Of Hate - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/593600-barbara-tibby-a-love-story-in-the-face-of-hate

Bill Hicks -http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/23/4057383-thinking-about-comedian-bill-hicks-an-unorthodox-review-of-a-new-documentary-about-him-as-well-as-some-of-his-performances

Bowling For columbine - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/611414-movie-review-bowling-for-columbine

Bus 174 - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/17/669125-documentary-movie-review-bus-174

Butch Cassidy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/28/1702283-thoughts-on-paper-moon-and-butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid

Carter Family Documentary - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/22/1505970-carter-family-documentary-is-underwhelming

Control Room - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/23/583154-control-room-makes-you-think

Crash - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/29/691727-movie-review-crash

Devil's Playground - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/20/1242493-dvd-review-devils-playground-about-the-amish

Dixie Chicks - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/15/838368-movie-review-dixie-chicks-shut-up-sing

Down from the Mountain, Heart of Gold and Storefront Hitchcock - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/01/694105-music-dvd-reviews-down-from-the-mountain-heart-of-gold-storefront-hitchcock

Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/612559-documentary-reviews-enron-electric-cars-why-we-fight-and-road-to-911

The Horse Boy - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/28/2740325-a-conversation-with-the-director-of-the-documentary-the-horse-boy-chronicling-a-familys-trip-to-mongolia-with-their-son-who-has-autism

Five things The Last Indiana Jones Movie Did Wrong - http://sbutki.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/28/1516458-five-things-the-indiana-jones-movie-did-wrong-warning-spoilers