Slog - Comments on Reading Tonight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26 Wow. Just, wow. We're looking at a lot of fallow ground to cover here tonight. Candace Sandy, Dawn Marie Daniels, who read at Elliott Bay Book Company last night, are at the University Bookstore tonight with Souls Revealed: A Souls of My Sisters Book of Revelations and Tools for Healing Your Spirit, Soul, and Life. Mary J. Blige will still not be in attendance. Kathleen O'Brien and Kathleen Smith will also be in attendance at the University Bookstore with The Northwest Green Home Primer, about building a greener home. Laura Flynn is at Elliott Bay Book Company tonight with... Copyright 2008 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:15:23 -0800 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:59:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Peter F Will pie be served?

]]> Peter F http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972679 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972679 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:30:55 -0800 Comment by Gay Seattle That was kind of annoying. I would prefer 2 side-by-side images but I think you were trying to make a point about so many books.

]]> Gay Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972690 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:43:06 -0800 Comment by leek More people will come if we tell 'em there'll be punch and pie!!

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972693 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:47:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So how does this compare to the books about Serge Storm?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972698 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972698 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:49:31 -0800 Comment by cml I read one of those goddamn recipe mysteries once and I'm still mad about it. I hate them SO MUCH. And now I hate myself for reading one. And talking about it...

]]> cml http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972710 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972710 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:00:34 -0800 Comment by Chris I think I just gained 5 pounds just reading the titles.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972727 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:13:10 -0800 Comment by Paulus God, those are the ugliest covers ever.

Die, Lithos, die!

]]> Paulus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972736 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:19:31 -0800 Comment by julia Fudge cupcake murder sounds delicious.

]]> julia http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972744 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:22:41 -0800 Comment by exelizabeth Wait. Are those real books?

Okay, I feel vindicated in my refusal to read mysteries now. Good job, Joanne Fluke, you just ruined it for everybody.

]]> exelizabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972750 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:29:49 -0800 Comment by Aislinn So, we're an up-and-coming "book city," but these are the kind of readings we attract? That doesn't look promising...

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972761 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:39:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Oh, come on, the advantage of being a book city is that we get everything, Aislinn.

Not just one choice, but many.

Not everyone exists on a diet of poetry and graphic novels or manga ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972852 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:00:56 -0800 Comment by Aislinn @11: Taking Lisa's comment to heart?

These look awful. It's great to have choices, sure, but there should also be some good choices.

And if you're implying that I exist "on a diet of poetry and graphic novels or manga," you are sorely mistaken. I read way more short stories than poetry, more trade paperbacks than graphic novels, and no manga at all. I'm currently reading How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker, whom I went to see at Town Hall last Fall, because he's, you know, good. Sometimes we luck out.

We're never going to be New York, obviously; we're little more than a small town in big city pants. I just think it refutes our second-to-New-York status (http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/new_york_acknowledges_seattles_existence) when this is what we have going on. Granted, it's a random Tuesday. We don't have enough readers to sustain a seven-days-a-week readings smorgasbord of quality. I guess that's my point.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c972955 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:12:51 -0800 Comment by In MN Just a heads up, the book by Laura Flynn is very good. She read in Minneapolis (where she lives) a few weeks ago. The book is excellent and she's a good reader.

While it may sound a little, um... dramatic that it is about growing up with a mother with schizophrenia, there is much more to be gleaned.

Really, anyone interested in novelistic nonfiction should check it out.

]]> In MN http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c973043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/reading_tonight_26#c973043 Books Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:08:45 -0800 Comment by Rain Monkey Does Kathleen Smith have any pointers on fireproofing your new, greener home? In case it is just not green enough?

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