Also, Mighty Reader and I are going to go see Neil Gaiman's traveling circus on Sunday night, where he'll discuss/read from the new edition of his novel American Gods. Neil seems like a right decent chap and his accent, as everyone knows, is just dreamy, so it should be a good time.
And now, I owe Davin and Michelle an email so I'm off to write that. Happy Friday, you pixies!
UPDATE: The results of our excursion yesterday. Mighty Reader and I pumped about $300 into the local economy. And then we had crepes for dinner. No photos of the crepes, but they were magnifique.
I was planning on sitting in the local Barnes & Noble coffee area and downloading a new book to my Kindle, does that count?
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. I'm running a 5k at 8:30 am, and now I'm planning to take my kids out to update their summer reading lists. And I'll get a nice old-fashioned real book for myself, too.
I will go to a local bookstore tomorrow as well and get some books.
ReplyDeleteI'll be at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, which coincidentally is having a 40% off-all-used-titles sale. I expect to come out of there with a bag'o'books.
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I am so jealous you get to see Neil Gaiman. You lucky dog, you!
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, I will go shopping tomorrow! Sadly, it's getting more difficult now since the local bookstores have closed except for the Psychic Eye bookstore, which I probably won't be going to. But yet! And pixies!
ReplyDeleteRick: Bound paper books are totally cutting edge! Buy two!
ReplyDeleteJulia: Good on ya! And spread the word!
Alex: I don't think we'll make it that far north, but I do see bags o'books in our future!
Michelle: I confess that I'm not a huge fan of NG's writing (I liked Neverwhere and Coraline best) but he really does seem like a Genuine Nice Guy and I must show my solidarity with other middle-aged men who once sang in punk rock bands.
Davin: Drive across town if you must, you pixies!
'Save Bookstores Day' feels alarmingly like the flag on a ship going down ...
ReplyDeleteI just bought a hardcover copy of 'The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain' and 'Where's Strawberry Moshi?' for my daughter. Hope that counts toward plugging up the holes starboard.
Scott, I've never read his writing aside from short stories. I'm a fan of his for how he treats his readers and writing in general. It's admirable. :)
ReplyDeleteSuze: It's first aid for bookstores! The ship's not necessarily sinking.
ReplyDeleteMichelle: Yeah, that's really it, who he is as a person more than what he's written. I love Gaiman's blog. He's such a Regular Guy. A Regular Guy with a lot of cash and a legion of fans, that is.
Michelle and Scott: I got to see Neil Gaiman some years back when he was promoting "Stardust", and he was fabulous, funny, and incredibly kind to his fans. You should give "Stardust" a try - it is a sheer delight.
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I think with our efforts to "Save Bookstores", those of us that are parents should also remember to buy a book for our kids as well as ourselves, to try and pass the habit onto the next generation. Even with the combined efforts of us book lovers I'm afraid I think that there'll be alot less of them around in 5 years time, but we've got to make the attempt anyway.
ReplyDeleteBooks and crepes sound like a lovely combination.
ReplyDeleteI gave my wife, "The Boss" a hard thime Saturday at B&N,, she was going to download on her Kindle and I asked if she was having a good time. She said, "Yes". I then told her we might now get to sit in B&N Coffee Shop if it closed down. She got the picture, do you?
ReplyDeleteglnroz: I confess that I have absolutely no idea what you're getting at.
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