- The Stranger reports on a reading by Junot Diaz in Seatlle the other night. Diaz recommends reading Out by Natsuo Kirino, The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, and anything by Edwidge Danticat.
- Here’s an interesting article in North by Northwestern on why independent bookstores have so much trouble. The author really tries to get at the heart of the problem.
- The New York Times covers Europa Editions, whose The Elegance of the Hedgehog has hit bestseller lists all over the place. The sales on this book increase so much each week at my store, it amazes me.
- E-Books! Both Rich at Malaprops (his blog is personal and does not represent the store. I just know he works at Malaprops.) and Patrcick at Vromans have posted about e-books. I’m going with the hyphenated spelling for “e-book” because I really like hyphens.
- I really liked this post on The Millions about literature in lieu of the tour guide. I’m off to Mexico next week. Can anyone recommend me some books about Mexico?
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Luis Alberto Urrea’s 2005 novel The Hummingbird’s Daughter is an astounding book and should not be missed.
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Bolaño’s The Savage Detectives is what jumps out at me, at least if the DF is where you’re coming. A number of names of places are changed, though; for instance, Café Quito is really Café La Habana.
David Lida’s book, while not fiction, was pretty good too—again, assuming you’re coming to the DF.
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what a very sad article about bookstores that was. maybe because I can’t really figure out what to argue against….
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