Let’s a take a look at the week in review: Number of books read, 1 (weak); Midterms taken, 1 (aced); number of people who left my work to go to another company, 5 maybe 6 could be 7, who knows (weak); Rumors spread about when we will have to close up shop, 2 (ok, at least it’s dwindling); number of reviews written, 0 (very weak); Posts on the blog, 4 (decent); Book events attended, 0 (lame); Odds of getting to one this week, slim (going to SD, maybe there?). Ok, enough of that, here’s your week ahead SF.
Monday, October 19th
@ 7pm
- Allison Bartlett, author of The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession will be discussing and signing copies of her book at M is for Mystery in San Mateo. From what I can tell this book appears to be similar to my very first post except instead of examining the theft of maps, she addresses the theft of rare books. Sounds pretty fascinating. And indeed this book was that and more, feel free to read my review of the book here!
Tuesday, October 20th
@ 6pm
- Alicia Silverstone, actress and author will be signing her book at Book Passage in San Francisco. Seriously, I am not writing down the name of her book. I can’t bring myself to. The only reason I would go is to see her not the book. I mean, she’s no Natalie Portman is she? If Natalie were to put her name on this book I would be ranting and raving (I think). Yes, it’s biased, but that’s what you get.
Thursday, October 22nd
@ 12pm
- Michael Connelly, author, will be at M is for Mystery in San Mateo where he will be signing and discussing his latest book Nine Dragons. I’ve read a few Connelly books in my day and have marginally enjoyed them for what they are, detective/mystery novels. It looks like in this one Connelly’s LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets mixed up in more antics. I’m sure this book will bring more of Bosch’s personal and professional conflicts into the light, in other words more of the same.
Friday, October 23rd
@ 7pm
- Barbara Ehrenreich, author, will be at Dominican University in San Rafael (I believe this event is being put on by Book Passage). She’ll be there to promote and certainly discuss her new book Bright-Sided. If you’re not familiar with Ms. Ehrenreich, you should be. I had read Nickle and Dimed while studying economics and more recently read Bait and Switch and Ms. Ehrenreich has certainly proven to me to write with honesty and vision. This latest book of her’s attempts to challenge the American way of positive thinking and urges for a commitment to realism. Not entirely certain of where she is going with this one but I’m sure it will be an interesting and thought provoking read. She will also be appearing at the CommonWealth Club in San Francisco on Saturday, October 24th at 2pm.
