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March 24, 2008

Get Your Lit On: The Last Week to Attend an Author Reading at Dutton's Week in Bookish LA

Griffith Observatory | Photo by alburn.binkley via Flickr Monday Elisa Albert presents The Book of Dahlia 7pm @ Dutton's Lisa See presents Peony In Love 7pm @ Vroman's Tuesday Richard Price discusses The Lush Life: A Novel 7pm @ Central Library Lisa Lutz presents The Curse of the Spellmans 7pm @ Borders, Century City Susan Vreeland discusses and signs Luncheon of the Boating Party 7pm @ Vroman's Elisa Albert presents The Book of Dahlia......

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Tags: a.m. homes, anne lamont, book soup, caille milner, dutton's, elizabeth gilbert, jodi picoult, joshua ferris, rachel cline, vroman's

December 28, 2007

LAist Recommends: Editors Pick Their Favorite Books of the Year

It was a great year of new books, re-discovered books, and books we meant to get to last year but didn't. The end of the year is nearly here and before we look forward, we'll take a look back. LAist Editors share their favorite book they read this year: Who: Zach Behrens, Editor What: The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris Why: Inspiring words on how to improve workflow, automate tasks, and get more......

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Tags: Adam Rose, America, best of 2007, Books, books, Callie Miller, Carolyn Kellogg, city government, Colbert, David, David Kamp, dining out, Elise Thompson, Elizabeth Gilbert, farmer's markets, Hour Work Week, I Am, India, Italy, Jennifer Egan, junot diaz, l.a. rex, LAist, laist recommends, Love, Night, Night Together, Rose, Sloane Berrent, Special, Sports, stephen colbert, Stephen Colbert, The Four, The United States, Tom McCarthy, United States, You Can, Zach Behrens

December 10, 2007

Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish L.A.

Monday Maggie Nelson presents The Red Parts: A Memoir 7pm @ Pomona College, Claremont Rich Eisen presents Total Access 7pm @ Book Soup Sue Grafton signs T is for Trespass 7:30pm @ Barnes & Noble, 3rd Street Promenade Tuesday Sue Grafton signs T is for Trespass 6pm @ Vroman's Steve Schapiro presents Schapiro's Heroes 7pm @ Book Soup Christine Pelosi presents Campaign Book Camp 7pm @ Book Soup Deborah Landis presents Dressed: A Century......

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Tags: A Century, A Memoir, bar, Bar, baseball, Baseball, Book Soup, Books, books, Century City, Christine Pelosi, Christmas, City, college, David, David Halberstam, Design, design, Elizabeth Gilbert, Events, events, film, Flickr, George Carlin, Get Your Lit On, Golden Age, Golf, Good Luck, Good Luck Bar, Heroes, Hot, Julius Shulman, Just In Time, LA, love, Love, Maggie Nelson, Malibu, Metropolis Books, Padma Lakshmi, photos, Pomona College, Rachael Ray, Restaurant, Soup, Street Promenade, The Day, the Game, The Golden Age, The Grove, The Red, The Week, Village Books, Wednesday, White Christmas

June 11, 2007

Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

Monday Elizabeth Gilbert discusses and signs Eat Pray Love 7pm @ Vroman's Sasha Abramsky presents American Furies 7pm @ Book Soup Bruce Dern signs Things I've Said, But Probably Shouldn't Have 7pm @ Dutton's Tuesday Michael Ondaatje presents Divisadero 7pm @ Central Library James St. James presents Freak Show 7pm @ Book Soup Ann Brashares discusses and signs The Last Summer (of You and Me) 7pm @ Vroman's Robert Ellis presents City of Fire......

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Tags: Black Book, Book Soup, Bookish LA, books, Books, Central Library, City, Elizabeth Gilbert, events, fire, Fire, Flickr, Freak Show, get your lit on, Glendale, Hate Mail, Hollywood, House, Iraq, Jim Ruland, John Burdett, LA, library, Long Beach, love, Love, Malibu, Michael Ondaatje, Murder, murder, photos, Rancho Cucamonga, Sarah, Skylight Books, Soup, Summer, Suns, The Black, The Last, The Strand, The Week, the week in bookish la, The Week in Bookish LA, Village Books, Wednesday, When I

June 4, 2007

Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA

Monday Portia Iversen & Jane Kaczmerek present Strange Son 7pm @ Vroman's Christopher Hitchens discusses God is Not Great 7pm @ Central Library Diane Lefer signs California Transit: Stories and a Novella 7pm @ Dutton's Larry Doyle presents I Love You Beth Cooper 7pm @ Borders, Westwood Tuesday Ron Carlson signs Five Skies: A Novel 7pm @ Dutton's Larry Doyle presents I Love You Beth Cooper 7pm @ Book Soup Aurelia Scott presents Otherwise......

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Tags: A Novel, Andrew O, Book Soup, Bookish LA, Books, books, California, Central Library, Christopher Hitchens, David, Elizabeth Gilbert, events, Flickr, Fowler Museum, Get Your Lit On, gun, I Love, I Love You, It Takes, James Morrison, LA, library, Lost, love, Love, Museum, people, People, photos, Prince, Soup, stalker, The Prince, The Writer, Transit, UCLA, Village Books, Wednesday

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