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Book Club Notes
March 2018
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Literary Events for March...
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These events may be of particular interest to book clubs. Bring your group to meet an author you've read, or discover new books to add to your reading list.
Check out our
Event Calendar
for more information on upcoming events and follow us on Flowh to stay up-to-date!
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TODAY: Friday, March 9, 7:00 pm, Aspen Grove
Charlie Lovett, the
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Bookman's Tale
and former antiquarian bookseller, will discuss and sign
The Lost Book of the Grail
($16.00 Penguin Books), about an obsessive bibliophile's quest through time to discover a missing manuscript, the unknown history of an English Cathedral, and the secret of the Holy Grail.
Immediately after the book talk and signing, Charlie will walk across the parking lot of the Aspen Grove shopping center to introduce
a special screening of
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
at the Alamo Drafthouse.
Purchase tickets for the film in advance and get 15% off the purchase of
The Lost Book of the Grail
at Tattered Cover during the event, and/or show your receipt from Tattered Cover for Charlie's book and get a free popcorn during the movie.
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Tuesday, March 13, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Tayari Jones,
author of
Silver Sparrow
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will discuss and sign
An American Marriage
($26.95 Algonquin Books), a stirring love story and insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control.
An American Marriage
was recently named an Oprah's Book Club pick.
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Thursday, March 15, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Local author Tiffany Quay Tyson will discuss and sign
The Past Is Never
($24.99 Skyhorse Publishing), a compelling addition to contemporary Southern Gothic fiction, deftly weaving together local legends, magical realism, and the search for a missing child.
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Friday, March 23, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
There are so many great books being published, it can be difficult to decide what to read with your book club. Join us as Tattered Cover staff members offer their favorite choices for book club reading and discussing. Find out what other book clubs are reading and mingle while enjoying wine and light refreshments.
Registration available NOW!
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Saturday, March 24, 7:00 pm, Colfax Avenue
Luis Alberto Urrea, a Pultizer prize finalist for his nonfiction book
The Devil's Highway
, will discuss and sign his novel
The House of Broken Angels
($27.00 Little Brown and Company), a powerful and unforgettable portrait of one Mexican American family and the American dream.
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Book Clubs!
TC LoDo Book Club
Travel Lovers'
Book Club
Third Thursday Book Club
Aspen Grove
Fiction Book Club
Aspen Grove Non-Fiction Book Club
Mystery Book Club
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Thursday, March 29, 6:00 pm, Aspen Grove
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Mexican-American Author Finds Inspiration In Family,...
Growing up with a Mexican father and an American mother, author Luis Alberto Urrea often felt like there was a border wall running through his family's San Diego apartment. "The kitchen was the United States; the living room was Mexico," Urrea says.
Read more
www.npr.org
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Every now and then we encounter a new book that we're so excited about we want to shout it from the rooftops, so we have this special designation to distinguish it from the rest:
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March V.I.B...
by Uzodinma Iweala
“
Speak No Evil
is a timely and heartbreaking coming-of-age story, shared between two privileged Harvard friends who are struggling to express their truths against expectations that seem to define them. Niru, a Nigerian immigrant aspiring to be a doctor, can’t tell his religious, conservative parents he is gay. Meredith, daughter of D.C.’s political elite, is unable to speak out about what really happened in an alley outside a bar one night. Their stories are in the hands of critically acclaimed author, Uzodinma Iweala, who exposes the realities of our society in this beautifully written compact piece of contemporary fiction!” --
Stephanie Coleman, Director of Buying
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On shelves now
by Lisa Halliday
"Lisa Halliday's
Asymmetry
begins with a clever Alice in Wonderland parallel, and justifiably so--both main characters, Mary Alice (our obvious Alice avatar) and Amar (our perhaps less obvious Alice avatar), find themselves lost inside their own respective rabbit holes. Mary Alice's is her relationship with a much older, much-decorated novelist. Amar's is an overnight detainment by immigration officials in Heathrow. Mary Alice and Amar may have seemingly little in common, but the firm, balletic hand Halliday uses to draw them sucked me into each of their obsessions like they were my own. I fell headlong into Mary Alice's MLB play-by-plays, her readings from the likes of Camus, Dickens, Genet, Joyce, and Levi, and the myriad songs her lover, Ezra, recommends to her. (In fact, I made a playlist of every one he mentions to keep the book with me after finishing it.) Likewise, I found myself in thrall to Amar's fears for his brother and extended family back in Iraq.
Asymmetry
is, in the end, an affirmation of a life's inevitable lopsidedness. I loved it for its refusal to moralize, and I love Halliday for refusing to impose order on our orderless world. This is a debut to savor." --
Lainie Formby, Associate Book Buyer
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Meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo not only knows the weather, she knows great books, and is an avid reader! Check out her picks each month and read along with Lisa!
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Dom Testa is an author, advocate for children's education and the host of Dom in the Morning on Mix 100.3. He loves reading and we love sharing his book reviews with you. Check out
his blog
and happy reading!
This month's selection is
The Godfather
by
Mario Puzo.
Mention Dom's Book Club when making your purchase in-store to receive 20% off the current selection.
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