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Saturday, October 31, 2009
GRAVEYARD PARTY!
DON'T YOU DARE FORGET, the Graveyard Party is tonight, 5-7 p.m., downtown at the store! Come one, come all and remember to dress up as your favorite character! (And I get to be Bod!)
See you there!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
PS
UNTIL NEXT TIME: Maholo! Mazel Tov! Nostroevyna! Salud! XOXO
Monday, October 26, 2009
OKBEEROK!-FEST?
A bit late but here it is!:
Harlen Coben’s Tell No One and Fat Tire’s Hoptoberfest (Fort Collins, CO)
I like this match because it’s really a free for all, full of thrills and wit and suspense and mystery and of course, hops. Neither is new or any of that so to speak, but really, what’s the fun in having to figure everything out all the time? Isn’t a little of the commonplace perfected just as you like it just the thing sometimes? If that’s what you’re looking for, and I think we all are a lot of the time, this is a really good match for you. I can honestly say that Tell No One is a pretty perfect thriller that’s a ton of fun to read (and definitely packed with the twists and turns and the magic of a great pulp book), just as Hoptober is a pretty perfect beer (and equally crafted to excellence, with balanced malts, a rich nose, and the magic of hops!). I’d call this one safe, fun, and, well, pretty perfect, especially when dealing with the October doldrums!
(And ps, here's a clip from the excellent French film adaptation which among others stars Kristin Scott Thomas. Winner of 4 Cesar's (French Oscars))
Roberto Bolano’s Savage Detectives and Del Maguey Chichicapa Mezcal (Rancho de Taos, New Mexico)
Don’t laugh. I read this book a long time ago and sort of stumbled into it just the other day while drinking a Peeber… and you know what: I think it fit! it really did! Eggers’ mild and always entertaining brand of intellectual hijinks is ripe with questions of the sentimental -- perfect for that hipster-beer (don't deny it) which makes us so so emo when we want it most. At least for me anyways. Maybe this is a bit of a reach and maybe not. Try it!
xoxo
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
CHILDREN'S BOOKS!
Wild Things Are (October 16: see the trailer once more here), it's fair to say that kids books are a little en vogue at the moment, and we say rightfully so. Because really (and it's forgotten all too often), who would we be without the characters, the plots, the people, the very pictures of our youths?