First and foremost, as I said last week, book reviews will return to this space as of tomorrow. Yes, now is the time to rejoice. Thank you for your patience.
It’s been tough for me to get back into the reading swing but, of late, it’s been in full effect. I just polished off Cronin’s The Passage and I can honestly say it was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. But more on that when my review surfaces in a few weeks time.
Anyways, here is what’s going down in book related events this week in San Francisco.
Monday, August 2nd
@ 7:30 PM
- Michael Scott Moore, author, will be at The Booksmith discussing and signing his book Sweetness & Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results. A veritable history of surfing with as the book title explains “some unexpected results.” Find out what it’s all about on your own.
Thursday, August 5th & Friday, August 6th
@ 7pm & 7pm
- Gary Shteyngart, author, will be at Books, Inc. in Berkeley (on Thursday) and Book Passage in Corte Madera (on Friday) discussing and signing copies of his book Super Sad True Love Story. I knew I recognized Shteyngart’s name from somewhere and only until I did a search from him did I discover that he is also the author of Absurdistan. Although I haven’t read it yet, I’ve been meaning to. As for Super Sad True Love Story I saw it at a bookstore the other day I must say it does look to be pretty entertaining.
Sunday, August 8th
@ 2pm
- With Discovery Channel’s Shark Week nearly upon us I thought it only right that I inform you that Margaret Kathrein and Jonathan Kathrein will be at Book Passage in Corte Madera discussing their book Far From Shore: A Mother’s Memoir of a Shark Attack. I can’t really say that the book looks or sounds all that exciting but shark attacks always make for entertaining news bits so who’s to say it can’t make for an interesting book. It’d also be pretty hard for me to pimp this book without mentioning this weeks latest internet sea-creature attack meme. The picture below was taken after this poor girl, Koral Wira, was attacked on the arm by a barracuda. Before taking her in and to the hospital her father decided to have a photo shoot with Koral. There are some nasty images of her arm but I’m sparing those and only sharing the only wherein her father is holding the lovely barracuda and Koral is beaming with happiness.
Koral Wira, clearly not smiling for the camera with her father and the barracuda that bit her.
