Tag! You're it! You are one of my choices for the following:
"List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now, shaping your summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to."
Thanks dude, I like your blog, just discovered it today of course, cause of all the cool LA info it has. I just moved here so it's nice to get a head's up on things.
I guess I'm really good at disappearing for weeks at a time. My apologies to anyone who had actually been waiting for a new review (all one of you!). I'm going to try my best to not let weeks go by between reviews, but I can't make any promises. To make it up to you, there are some awesome things to do this month.
Jack O'Connell and James Ellroy (writer of L.A. Confidential) appear together for O'Connell's latest The Resurrectionist. A can't-miss for noir fans. (nerdy fact: I wrote my senior thesis about noir)
FREE April 30, 7pm at Book Soup
8818 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
310-659-3110
One of my favorite writers, Tobias Wolff has two upcoming appearances in L.A. Check him out if you can!
First, a reading of his new short story collection Our Story Begins for Word Theatre.
$25 April 26, 8pm at M Bar
1253 Vine Street
Los Angeles, CA 90038
310-915-5150
Second, another reading as well as a discussion of Wolff's writing and teaching. This one's free so there are no excuses!
FREE April 28, 7pm at the Los Angeles Central Library
630 W. 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213-228-7000
Saving the best for last, one of the few things I truly love about L.A., the annual Festival of Books! There are over 300 exhibitors and 100 author panels and lots and lots of books.
FREE April 26 10am-6pm and April 27 10am-5pm at Royce Hall in UCLA.
340 Royce Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
310-825-2101
Their website has specific information on what events there will be and who will be appearing. You can't miss it if you love books!
Tagline: Happiness is in the well-worn creases of favorite books.
Favorite Books:
Anything by J.D. Salinger and Bret Easton Ellis, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Fountainhead, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, High Fidelity, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and so much more.
