Book Review: Find Momo Across Europe by Andrew Knapp

Find Momo Across Europe: A Hide-and-Seek Photography Book
by Andrew Knapp [jPB (Picture Book) Knapp]

This is the newest publication in the Find Momo series, a collection of photographs by the author of his adorable dog, Momo. This book was more challenging than the first two books due to the complexity of the photographs. Momo and his sidekick Andrew travelled across Europe looking for dog-friendly venues and eateries (this information is provided by the author as well). I was very thankful for the “clues” section in the back of the book. The photographs are smaller in this publication which makes it a little harder to find Momo. I enjoyed looking at the photos so much I sometimes forgot to look for Momo! This book made me want to book a trip to Europe to see some of these places. I highly recommend this book.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Find Momo: My Dog is Hiding in This Book: Can You Find Him?, Find Momo Coast to Coast: My Dog is Taking a Road Trip : Can You Find Him?; Another Hide-and-Seek Photography Book, and Let’s Find Momo!, all by Andrew Knapp.]

[ official Let’s Find Momo web site ]

Read Kim J.’s review of the previous two Find Momo books from May 2019

Recommended by Kim J.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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Book Review: Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix

Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction
by Grady Hendrix with Will Errickson [808.386 Hen]

This large, glossy, thick volume is a marvelous look back at the boom in publishing paperback horror novels in the 1970s and 1980s, when publishers put out literally hundreds of new horror novels every year, frequently follow trends in tastes and popularity. By the end of that time period, changes in how the publishing industry operated led to a massive decrease in horror output — but this book is a celebration of the crazy, macabre world of horror publishing at its height.

Author Hendrix breaks the field of horror publishing into categories — “Hail, Satan”, “Creepy Kids”, “When Animals Attack”, “Real Estate Nightmares”, “Weird Science”, “Gothic and Romantic”, “Inhumanoids” and “Splatterpunks, Serial Killers and Super Creeps”. Full-color reproductions of literally hundreds of lurid and exotic book covers accompany detailed articles about each of these horror sub-genres, with lots of information I’d never been aware of before. Appendixes at the back of the book include short but helpful “Publisher and Creator Biographies”, and a horror Recommended Reading list by Will Errickson.

Recommended for anyone who’s a fan of the horror genre, or who grew up during the ’70s and ’80s, and remembers seeing this plethora of gaudy covers on book spinners at your neighborhood drug store or the B. Dalton’s Booksellers and Waldenbooks in the local shopping malls!

[ official Paperbacks From Hell page on the official Grady Hendrix web site ]

Recommended by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library

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Book Review: The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie

A tale of mistaken and multiple identities would describe this book. While the victim is found on a golf course as the title implies, but there is actually nothing more about golf in the story. A wealthy family move into a small French village and soon the husband begins to show signs of anxiety and nervous behavior; he writes to Poirot to come to his aid, but it is too late as when he arrives the man is dead. With all the mysterious identities of several characters it is a pretty engaging novel. It is also one that features Captain Hastings as Poirot’s side kick, which I always enjoy as it’s reminiscent of Sherlock and Watson (whose stories I’d also recommend). So if you are looking for a historical mystery set in Britain, this is a good pick.

[ official The Murder on the Links page on the official Agatha Christie web site ]

Recommended by Kristen A.
Gere Branch Library

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