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LOCAL LITERARY EVENTS:
Joyce sends 2 San Gabriel Writers' League events at Georgetown Public Library:
(1) Georgetown Public Library March 3rd, 6:00 PM
Hear the stories and personal journeys of three new female authors: A former Catholic nun, a genocide survivor, and a retired manager and director in the corporate and non-profit sectors - all telling their stories.
(2) On March 6th at 6:30 p.m., the San Gabriel Writers' League will have Amanda Skenendore as a guest speaker. She is an award-winning author of historical fiction and a registered nurse. Her books have been translated into multiple languages and garnered accolades from the American Library Association, Reader’s Digest, Silicon Valley Reads, and Apple Books. In 2024, she was awarded the Nevada Arts Council Literary Fellowship. Her writing explores lesser-known corners of history and often includes themes of medicine, justice, and belonging. She is speaking on how to write historical fiction. Please contact Joyce (jmunsch@csun.edu) if you would like to attend as her guest.
Texas Book Festival and BookPeople are excited to welcome Lawrence Wright in conversation with Rebecca McInroy to celebrate the release of Wright’s new book, The Human Scale.
🗓️ Tuesday, March 11, 2025
⏰ 7 PM 📍 BookPeople, 603 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703
🔗 Free with RSVP, with books for sale thanks to BookPeople.
💫 A portion of all sales will be donated to TBF for Day of Sales.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Good Books That I Won't Nominate
This placeholder is for books that you like, but that you feel are inappropriate for nomination; too specialized, too strange, too kinky, too expensive or hard to get, or for any other reason. Just add a reference for the book in a comment!
The Road to Reality, by Roger Penrose. Its subtitle is A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe. (Nobody can accuse Penrose of shyness.) He discusses many aspects of physics, from the behavior of the tiniest subparticles to cosmology and the structure and history of the universe. Even though there are some mathematical chapters that are slow going, anyone who took one or two college-level science courses should be able to gain lots of insight from the book (though I expect to take several years to complete it).
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Anything by Neil Gaimon...currently Coraline. Gaimon is quirky. His books differ from each other a lot. Coraline is in theaters now in 3D. It's a children's story, but the 3D makes it a pleasure for everyone. It's a good story and a beautiful movie. I always loved 3D movies. There are several of them in the works for mainstream theaters now. I have a copy of the book Coraline that belongs to my daughter. I will probably look around in it to see how it relates to the movie. The movie is so visual, it's hard to imagine the book. Claudia
At the meeting, Patty S. suggested 2 books she has enjoyed recently. (1) The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Biggest Texas Oil Fortunes, by Byron Burrough and (2) The Guernsey Literary Society & Potato Peeling Club, by Mary Ann Shaffer. These 2 books are as different from each other as any 2 can be!
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The Road to Reality, by Roger Penrose. Its subtitle is A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe. (Nobody can accuse Penrose of shyness.) He discusses many aspects of physics, from the behavior of the tiniest subparticles to cosmology and the structure and history of the universe. Even though there are some mathematical chapters that are slow going, anyone who took one or two college-level science courses should be able to gain lots of insight from the book (though I expect to take several years to complete it).
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Anything by Neil Gaimon...currently Coraline. Gaimon is quirky. His books differ from each other a lot. Coraline is in theaters now in 3D. It's a children's story, but the 3D makes it a pleasure for everyone. It's a good story and a beautiful movie. I always loved 3D movies. There are several of them in the works for mainstream theaters now. I have a copy of the book Coraline that belongs to my daughter. I will probably look around in it to see how it relates to the movie. The movie is so visual, it's hard to imagine the book.
Claudia
At the meeting, Patty S. suggested 2 books she has enjoyed recently. (1) The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Biggest Texas Oil Fortunes, by Byron Burrough and (2) The Guernsey Literary Society & Potato Peeling Club, by Mary Ann Shaffer. These 2 books are as different from each other as any 2 can be!
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