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Synopsis
Gerald Everett Jones is a freelance writer who lives in Santa Monica, California. Christmas Karma is his ninth book for LaPuerta Books and media. His first was the tongue-in-cheek business title How to Lie with Charts. His previous humorous novels include the boychik lit series of Rollo Hemphill Misadventures, as well as Mr. Ballpoint, a father-son comedy based on the true story of the Pen Wars of 1945. Jones is a top reviewer on Goodreads.com and hosts a weekly book review segment on KRLA radio in Los Angeles. He blogs about fiction and humor at BoychikLit.com.
Episodes
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Christmas Karma - Audiobook Sample
04/12/2015 Duration: 04minNarrated by Aundrea Mitchell. Old stuff comes knocking during the holidays. An homage to Anne Tyler.
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Mr Ballpoint - Audiobook Sample
26/11/2015 Duration: 04minThe oh-so-droll Michael Gilboe narrates. In 1945, Milton Reynolds introduced the ballpoint to the United States and triggered the biggest single-day shopping riot in history at Gimbels in Manhattan. The Reynolds International Pen Company made $5 million in eight weeks during the first non-wartime Christmas season. Thereafter, increasing competition from established companies such as Eversharp triggered several years of the "Pen Wars".
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Bonfire of the Vanderbilts - Audiobook Sample
13/11/2015 Duration: 04minRebecca Roberts narrates Gerald Everett Jones's novel about an art scandal in 1892 Paris.
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My Inflatable Friend - Audiobook Sample
11/11/2015 Duration: 04minStuart Appleton narrates Gerald Everett Jones's humorous novel My Inflatable Friend about a young man who lusts too much and fails by falling upward.
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Bonfire Of The Vanderbilts Vromans 020815
16/08/2015 Duration: 07minGerald reads the Prologue and part of Chapter 1 from his historical novel Bonfire of the Vanderbilts at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena at an event sponsored by the Independent Writers of Southern California.
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Bonfire Of The Vanderbilts Vromans 080915
16/08/2015 Duration: 04minGerald reads from Chapter 21 of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts.
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Radio Book Review The Art Thief 040 080115
01/08/2015 Duration: 02minGerald's review of The Art Thief by Noah Charney. (KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles reviews are on summer hiatus.)
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Radio Book Review The Forgery of Venus (Reprise) 039 072515
23/07/2015 Duration: 01minReprise of Gerald's radio book review of The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber.
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Radio Book Review The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 038 071815
17/07/2015 Duration: 01minGerald's radio book review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley. Airs on The Mark Isler Show, Saturday, July 18, 2015 on KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles.
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Radio Book Review Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind 037 062715
26/06/2015 Duration: 02minGerald's book review of The Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind by Anne Roiphe. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, Saturday, June 27, 2015.
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Radio Book Review I Do and I Don't 036 062015
19/06/2015 Duration: 02minGerald's book review of I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies by Jeanine Basinger. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, June 20, 2015.
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Radio Book Review Adultery by Paulo Coelho 035 061315
12/06/2015 Duration: 01minGerald's book review of Adultery by Paulo Coelho, aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM, Saturday, June 13, 2015.
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Radio Book Review The Professor of Desire 034 060615
04/06/2015 Duration: 02minGerald's book review of The Professor of Desire by Philip Roth. Aired Saturday, June 6, 2015 on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM, Los Angeles.
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Radio Book Review BMW 5-Series M Car 033 052315
22/05/2015 Duration: 02minGerald's book review of The Classic BMW 5-Series M Car by Robert P. Hall. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, May 23, 2015.
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Radio Book Review Prague Cemetery 032 051615
15/05/2015 Duration: 02minGerald's book review of The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, May 16, 2015.
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Radio Book Review Forgery of Venus 031 050915
08/05/2015 Duration: 01minGerald's book review of The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, May 10, 2015.
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Radio Book Review Prime Rib & Boxcars 030 050215
01/05/2015 Duration: 02minHere's my book review of Prime Rib & Boxcars: Whatever Happened to Victoria Station? by Tom Blake. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, May 2, 2015, 9:40 pm PT.
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Radio Book Review My Voice Will Go with You Revisted 029 041115
10/04/2015 Duration: 01minStories are more powerful after they are forgotten. Gerald revisits his book review of his most popular podcast so far - My Voice Will Go with You by Sidney Rosen, about the healing storytelling of psychiatrist Milton Erickson, pioneer of neurolinguistic programming. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 9:40 pm.
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Radio Book Review Musicianship 028 040415
03/04/2015 Duration: 02minGerald reviews three stories that have musicianship as their theme: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth, A Late Quartet (movie), and The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 9:40 pm PT.
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Radio Book Review Invisible by Paul Auster 028 032815
27/03/2015 Duration: 02minRadio book review of literary fiction novel Invisible by Paul Auster. Aired on The Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 9:40 PM PT.