In case you were still wondering things are still going splendidly for me at the moment, minus the whole joblessness thing. That will of course change in due time, that much I’m sure of. Everything else going on in my life right now, well, I’d be perfectly happy if it all just stayed the exact same.
Anyways, here we are with this weeks exciting happenings. Who would have thought that this week would see so many decent events happening in the Bay Area? I sure as hell didn’t.
Monday, July 19th
@ 7pm
- Justin Cronin, author, will be at Books, Inc. in Berkeley where he will be singing copies of and reading from his latest book Passage. Although billed as yet another vampire book, Cronin’s vampire’s are not the sort that you would either cheer for or willing watch on television. They are glow in the dark, hairless mutants that would be more than likely to scare the crap out of you instead of steal your girlfriend. Although it’s not my style to do so, I’ve taken the time to read a couple of reviews of this book and have found myself pretty intrigued. Keep your eyes peeled, you may see a review of this one on my blog sooner or later.
Tuesday, July 20th
@ 7PM
- Scott Sigler, author, will be at Books, Inc. in Corte Madera discussing his latest book Ancestor. It’s pretty rare that advocate a sci-fi signing but I figured it was about time that I mentioned another one. I think I got a little mixed up when I was mentioning Sigler’s signing last week. I had mentioned his book Infected thinking it was his latest. I was only to be proved wrong when I went to the bookstore to pick it up and realized that it was actually published in 2008. Regardless, I’m looking forward to reading it. Ancestor is a new take on horror from Mr. Sigler, this time around he centers his book on a maniacal group of genetic researchers and their attempts to harvest organs from an ancient human. I’ll have to see how I do with Infected before I delve into this one, but I’m kind of into the whole horror writing thing at the moment so I wouldn’t be surprised if this one ends up in the stack to be read in due time.
Wednesday, July 21st & Thursday, July 22nd
@ 12pm, 7pm & 730pm
- David Mitchell, author, will be at M is for Mystery (12pm on Wednesday), Book Passage in Corte Madera (7pm on Wednesday) & The Booksmith (730pm on Thursday) signing copies of his latest book The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. When I first saw Mr. Mitchell’s name there wasn’t a whole lot of recognition from me. Then, it dawned on me that I’d read something by Mitchell before.Although I didn’t recognize his name he is the author of the ever incredible Cloud Atlas, one of my all time favorite books. His latest novel is a historical piece set in Japan at the turn of the 19th century. I assume that this book, like Mitchell’s others will be full of vibrant language and characters and will, without doubt, be highly lauded as his others all have been.
Saturday, July 24th
@ 7pm
- Tori Spelling, author and probable awful author will be at Books, Inc. in San Francisco signing copies of her book Uncharted TerriTORI. Um, you’ve got to be kidding me. Is this for real? Do people really read this garbage? God help us all.
Friday, July 23rd & Saturday, July 24th
@ 730pm & 530pm
- Don Winslow, actor, author and several other things, Mr. Winslow will be at M is for Mystery on Friday and Book Passage in Corte Madera on Saturday signing copies of his book Savages. Set in Laguna Beach this mystery novel involves a pair of Americans running a marijuana operation until there action is interrupted by Mexican drug cartels. Sounds like a pretty good thriller with it’s fair share of twist and turns and… who doesn’t love a good fictional tale of drugs and the violence they cause.
Sunday, July 25
@ 7pm
- David Herlihy, author, will be at Book Passage in Corte Madera talking about and signing copies of his book The Lost Cyclist. Back in the 1880′s a gent from Pittsburgh named Frank Lenz had the insane idea of cycling around the world. As Mr. Lenz neared the end of his two year cycle he disappeared. What happened and was the mystery ever solved? Well, looks like you and I will need to read the book in order to find out.
