Chong, of Cheech and Chong fame, will light up the ‘ham this weekend. He’s signing at the Brookwood Books-A-Million. I missed this little calendar event until I checked in over at McGrew’s Musings, whose thoughts and music rec’s I enjoy. Now if I could just get him to blog more about books and bookstores…
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A ying to that yang
Now, after that last post ranting on the state of new books, I have to say I am most excited about Michael Chabon’s 2007 release! It’s titled The Yiddish Policeman’s Union and is set to hit bookshelves on May 1st. Being a cover-guy, I usually wait until Amazon has covers posted before linking. But I feel as if I need some balance after that last post.
Chabon’s new story has and “alternate reality” twist to it as it takes place in Israel which is in Alaska…
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Namath Naysayers
We talked about Joe Namath coming to town to sign books.
Well, one local blogger has the inside scoop on what Mr. Namath is like behind the scenes.
I can imagine famous people get tired of “having” to do “famous people stuff” and slum with all of us commoners. But there is no need to be a butt about it, ya know? I mean if you are so busy that you can’t sign a few extra books for fans who stood in line forever, then you really shouldn’t bother. Just ruins the whole thing.
Maybe it’s cause he’s not a real writer. He’s an athlete. So maybe that’s why his booksigning didn’t crank his tractor. I dunno.
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Don’t forget…
to check out this weekend’s BookTV schedule. They seem to be having probelms right at the moment. But I’m sure they’ll have it fixed soon.
I have to say I’m pretty stoked about Michael Crichton’s speaking. Not sure I’ll read his new one Next, but I love hearing about all of the new advances in genetics research it’s for real science non-fiction!
