November book club book change decided

Hi Everyone,

For the November 1st book club, we will be discussing Sarah Dunant's "In the Company of the Courtesan," a wonderful historical novel set in 16th century Venice. Thanks to everyone who provided suggestions. We will read "Restless" by William Boyd for the December 6th discussion. We will have more copies of "Restless" available in the store in a few weeks.

Just a reminder that we will not be meeting next Thursday. We will meet on Thursday, October 11th.

See you soon,

Gretchen & Matthew

Neeed suggestions for bookclub book

Hi Everyone,

"Restless," our book club pick for November, has suddenly gone completely out of stock at the publisher and all of our distributors. We will not be able to get any for a few weeks, so we'll just make it the choice for December.

Anyway, I'm looking for suggestions of books you might like to read for November. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know right away, as I'll need to order the books by this Thursday.

Hope to hear from you,

Gretchen

One last reminder: Words from the Westside - TODAY!

WORDS FROM THE WESTSIDE: West Seattle Authors Speak Sunday, September 16, 1-5:30 p.m.

This is an opportunity to join your community in meeting and supporting local authors. The following West Seattle authors will be talking about their most recent works:

1 PM: Clay Eals and his book: STEVE GOODMAN: FACING THE MUSIC.

2:15: Carmela & Steven D'Amico, the creators of the ELLA THE ELEGANT ELEPHANT SERIES.

3:30 Beth Whitman; author of WANDERLUST & LIPSTICK: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR WOMEN TRAVELING ALONE

4:45 Judy Pigott & John Gibson; authors of PERSONAL SAFETY NETS: GETTING READY FOR LIFE’S INEVITABLE CHANGES AND CHALLENGES

This is a terrific example of a community pulling together: a non-profit theater, an independent bookstore, four sets of authors and a community of people coming to enjoy the presentations. The line-up offers something for every age and interest group. So come out and support local authors and see what the buzz about West Seattle writers is all about!

ArtsWest Theatre is hosting the event and is located at: 4711 California Avenue SW. For any questions, please call Square One Books at 935-5764.

Update: Words From the WestSide: West Seattle Authors Speak

I wanted to point out that West Seattle author, Clay Eals, is featured in a nationally syndicated Associated Press story about his recent book.

It was printed in today’s Seattle Times - here.

Clay is one of the West Seattle authors who will be appearing at Square One Books upcoming Words from the West Side: West Seattle Authors Speak event at Arts West. (see blog entry below)

Words From the WestSide: West Seattle Authors Speak

We thought you might be interested in an upcoming event we are planning to celebrate local West Seattle authors. The date and time are firmed up as is the list of authors. We’ll have more details soon…


Square One Books Special Author Event:

Words From the WestSide: West Seattle Authors Speak

Featuring:

Clay Eals: Steve Goodman: Facing the Music

Carmela and Steven D’Amico: Ella the Elegant Elephant series

Beth Whitman: Wanderlust and Lipstick

Judy Pigott and Dr. John W. Gibson: Personal Safety Nets

At Arts West, Sunday, September 16th beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Books will be available for purchase, and the authors will be on hand to sign them. Stay tuned for more details!

Upcoming Interview with Author Matt Ruff - You Can Participate

Many of you may remember Seattle writer, Matt Ruff from when he joined us for a discussion of his novel and bookstore favorite, Set This House in Order.

Matt has a fantastic new book, Bad Monkeys, coming out this week on July 24.

Matt has agreed to participate in an interview/ discussion with our readers, right here on the Square One Books Online Book Club. I'll be collecting questions from this blog and forwarding them all together to Matt.

Click on the comments button below to submit a question about Matt, his previous books or his forthcoming novel, Bad Monkeys.

In the interim, while you are waiting for the new book to arrive on Tuesday, July 24, you can read up on Matt and visit the super-secret Bad Monkeys web site.

We look forward to seeing your questions.

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob, now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

I'm very excited about discussing this fascinating and moving story - but maybe not as excited as Mia, who emailed me her comments to post to the blog. Check out what she has to say about the story by hitting the Comments button below...