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It looks like we are back into the swing of things after the winter break, a brief remodel in the department and a new semester of events on the horizon. This Saturday Nalini Nadkarni will be attending the Saturday Morning Science event and we will be there with her book Between Earth and Sky, Our Intimate Connections to Trees.
Of course there is always the Halloween season also! How can a book lover resist this October with the Where the Wild Things Are movie coming out in T minus 15 days and did you Eggers fans know that this October there is also a novel that he is releasing that is loosely based on the Where the Wild Things Are story. You can get the standard version or the snazzy fur covered edition! Here is a sneak peek at that the New York Times from the novel to wet your montser appetite.
Be sure to join us this Wednesday as we welcome journalist Lisa Ling in the store for a book signing as part of the Delta Gamma Lecturship on Values and Ethics. She will be giving a lecture later in the day at Jesse Hall. Doors open at 7 and the lecture begins at 7:30.
here is a fun read on a couple takes on the current vampire craze, now that explain why I am having a hard time getting my friends to do things after 8:00 on Sunday nights!
Still hankering for something to read this summer? Never really sure what the buzz was about the National Book Award? The National Book Foundation has been established over the years for recognizing great works of literature and since the first National Book Award ceremony in the spring of 1950 in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel this organization has been giving out annual awards.
The Red Leather Diary is a work of non-fiction written when a NY Times journalist discovers a discarded old diary, and embarks on a journey with the woman Florence Wolfson. A stunning picture of the 1930's New York.
The Blue Notebook is a work of fiction written by James Levine. It is the story of Batuk, an Indian girl who is taken to Mumbai from the countryside and sold into prostitution by her father; the blue notebook is her diary, in which she recalls her early childhood, records her life on the Common Street. I have not read this yet, but ordered some copies in for the store as it just released this July.
Who knows, maybe blogs will be this little picture of our culture and lives, though I am not sure if they look quite as cool as a neat old red or blue journal tucked away or left behind that we discover years later. If you are a bit nostalgic like me, you might just pick up a journal to start. i recommend the book Note to Self by O'Shea Samara if you embark on that journey!
And just for all of us Potterheads I added the countdown clock for the movie that comes out next week! 
Another book suggestion for this summer is the book that was chosen as the Mizzou Freshman Reads pick, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and set in Afghanistan. The incoming freshman are recommended a book to read over the summer and then there is a variety of discussion groups and programing that happens in the fall.
Looking for something to read this summer on the beach? Here are a couple suggestions that folks in Columbia might be reading. Columbia began the One Read Community Reading program 8 years ago and the public votes on a book for the community to read together and then there are a variety of programs throughout town in the fall. This year the book that was choosen by the public is The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett. Set in a sanatorium in the fall of 1916, the novel takes a look at the patient's lives.
David Sedaris is coming to a sold out performance on April 8 at Jesse Hall- bummed that you missed out on getting a ticket? There will be another chance . . .well actually 5 more chances! Sign up starting today for you chance to win one of 5 pairs of tickets to see David Sedaris!
In case you up for more another quiz- click here to test your knowledge of Women's History. Resolutions have passed each year since 1987 proclaiming March to be National Women's History month. Every year the President issues a special Women's History Month Proclamation. This year women have been honored who stand out in their commitment and leadership in the green environmental movement.
Well it seems like Stephenie Meyer really got folks uhmmm thristy for some more bloody good reads! This semester it has been interesting to see the Sookie Stackhouse vampire novels by Charlaine Harris really explode- particularly the past couple of weeks. Ahhh the power of vampires! 
But I stray from the vampire thread- but the connection is an interesting foreign movie is Let the Right One In- I believe this is the last night in February that it is showing. We just got in the novel that inspired the movie if you are up for some more vampire reading. Pick up the book, eat some garlic and head down to RagTag tonight to watch the movie!
Yesterday we had our first author event in the new space and had a great crowd for Animal Rights activist and author Karen Dawn. Thanks to everyone who came, thanks to Karen for coming to the store and writing "Thanking the Monkey"- hearing her stories was eye opening indeed as we think about animal rights. 
Hallmark holiday or not, I actually don't mind Valentines Day! As there are many people scrambling to get the roses, some yummy chocolate, little red teddy bear- how about some calorie free books! I am secretly hoping that someone will open a Cupcake Cafe here in town, but until then I get to browse at the gorgeous cupcake cookbooks that are available now. At least there is not calorie intake for looking at these right?
