Holy crap, these months just keep on flying by, it’s practically September already and I have no clue where they time has gone. I can say though, that no matter where the time has gone, it’s been time well spent.
I’ve been reading quite a bit recently and it’s felt really good. Admittedly most of what I’ve been reading recently have been “best sellers” which always kind of frustrates me but there’s not much I can do there. At least they are quick reads. I was actually pretty shocked to see a recent list of paperback bestsellers and find out that I’ve read quite a few of them. Unfortunately on top of that list is Eat, Pray, Love. I just don’t get it, how could a piece of crap like that still be read by soooo many?? Honestly, I would rather have someone tell me they don’t read books than tell me they are reading that drivel. Oh well, people aren’t always that bright, right? Alright, I’ll stop venting.
Monday, August 30th
@ 7pm
- Mary Roach, author, will be at M is for Mystery in San Mateo talking about her latest and greatest book Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Roach, who has written several other books including Stiff, this time tackles space and the strange and interesting methods undertaken to train future astronauts. I was incredibly close to buying this one the other day at the bookshop and undoubtedly will sooner or later. Given her previous work, I am sure this one will be interesting.
Thursday, September 2nd
@ 7pm
- Mike Padilla, author, will be at Books, Inc. at Opera Plaza discussing his book Girls from the Revolutionary Cantina. Because I like Cantina’s, and really no other reason than that, I’ve decided to include this in my post this week. It would be seem that that would really be the only likely reason for the inclusion of this novel seeing as it’s a story about a bunch of women. Not that there’s anything wrong with that but it’s just not something that typically pop up on my radar.
Friday, September 3rd
@ 7pm
- Rick Moody, author, will be signing copies of his book The Four Fingers of Death at Books, Inc. in Berkeley. I’ve been seeing copies of this book everywhere so there must be something to it right? The cover looks intriguing and although I have yet to pick a copy up and read the sleeve it looks as though it could be a good one. Set in the not too distant future this book is essentially a book about the novelization of a 1963 horror flick. While my little summary here does pretty much no good at all, I would recommend reading the sleeve and taking it from there. At least, that’s what I plan on doing.
Alright, clearly the events this week are a little bit underwhelming, I’m sure there are other fascinating things happening this week so get out there and explore for yourselves.
