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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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Radio Book Review "Elizabeth the First Wife" 009 102514
24/10/2014 Duration: 01minGerald's review of "Elizabeth the First Wife" by Lian Dolan, first aired on the Mark Isler Show, KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles, Saturday, October 25, 2014.
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Radio Book Review "The Woody" 008 101814
17/10/2014 Duration: 01minGerald's one-minute book review on KRLA 870 AM of "The Woody" by Peter Lefcourt, a boychik-lit political satire about a senator who gets caught with his pants down.
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Radio Book Review "My Voice Will Go with You" 007 101114
10/10/2014 Duration: 01minGerald's one-minute book review on KRLA 870 AM of "My Voice Will Go with You" by Sidney Rosen, about psychiatrist Milton Erickson and his powerful technique of using storytelling to achieve emotional healing and mental health.
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Radio Book Review "Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson 006 100414
03/10/2014 Duration: 01minIn episode six of his Boychik Lit book reviews on KRLA, Gerald covers "Shakespeare" by Bill Bryson and comments on how the Bard made up new words as he went along.
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Radio Book Review P. G. Wodehouse 005 092714
26/09/2014 Duration: 01minGerald's book review of "Right Ho, Jeeves" by P. G. Wodehouse, aired Saturday, September 27, 2014 on KRLA 870 AM radio Los Angeles.
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Radio Book Review "Sweet Tooth" by Ian McEwan 004 091314
12/09/2014 Duration: 01minIn episode four of his Boychik Lit book reviews on KRLA, Gerald covers "Sweet Tooth" by British author Ian McEwan. Like all good spy stories, it's about relationships and betrayals.
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Radio Book Review "Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes 003 090214
05/09/2014 Duration: 01minGerald reviews "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes on his weekly Boychik Lit segment on KRLA 870 AM Los Angeles
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Radio Book Review "The Marriage Plot" 002 082314
22/08/2014 Duration: 01minSecond segment of Boychik Lit book reviews. "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides. Aired on KRLA 870 AM on August 23, 2014.
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Radio Book Review "Forever Panting" 001 081614
15/08/2014 Duration: 01minFirst in a series of one-minute Boychik Lit book reviews aired on KRLA 870 AM radio in Los Angeles. Gerald defines "boychik lit" and recommends the scandalous and funny "Forever Panting" by Peter De Vries.
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Mr Ballpoint Chapter 1
16/07/2014 Duration: 08minAuthor Gerald Everett Jones reads the first chapter of Mr. Ballpoint, humorous fiction about the Pen Wars of 1945.
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Mr Ballpoint Chapter 7
16/07/2014 Duration: 07minReading at Barnes & Noble Santa Monica Promenade on Oct 19, 2014 by author Gerald Everett Jones.
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WCAP Midday Cafe Interview "Mr. Ballpoint"
15/07/2014 Duration: 20minChris Poublon interviews Gerald Everett Jones on WCAP Midday show about his new book Mr. Ballpoint, the Pen Wars of 1945, and father-son relationship comedy. September 15, 2014
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Gerald Everett Jones Reads Chapter 9 of Farnsworth's Revenge
30/03/2014 Duration: 06minThe author reads from the third book in the Rollo Hemphill series of comic misadventures. Find out who has the secret to cold fusion and what he wants to trade.
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Gerald Everett Jones Reads Chapter 5 of Farnsworth's Revenge
30/03/2014 Duration: 07minThe author reads and excerpt from the third Rollo Hemphill misadventure. A life-sized replica of a famous soap star has been kidnapped. Who stands to benefit?
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Gerald Everett Jones Reads from Chapter 8 of Farnsworth's Revenge
30/03/2014 Duration: 06minAuthor appearance at Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, Calif., March 16, 2014 sponsored by Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC.org).
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Rubber Babes Chapter 1
29/06/2008 Duration: 06minAuthor Gerald Everett Jones reads from Rubber Babes, the sequel to My Inflatable Friend, at Barnes & Noble bookstore, Santa Monica, California
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My Inflatable Friend Chapter 2
25/03/2007 Duration: 09minAuthor Gerald Everett Jones and actress Georja Umano read from his comic novel My Inflatable Friend at Dutton's Bookstore, Brentwood, California