Saving up for a Rainy Day

[jedusor]

Rainy Day Books, here in Kansas City, brings in authors to speak and sign books. Just after I'd discovered Fight Club, I was told that Chuck Palahniuk had been here. I have gone to one of these events: Brian Greene, author of "The Fabric of the Cosmos."

I just checked out the website and found out that, since August 2004, I have missed:
Sandra Boynton (author of Opposites and a bunch of Link's other favorite books)
Anne Rice
Jimmy Carter
Christopher Paolini (author of Eragon)
Dennis Moore
John Irving (author of A Prayer For Owen Meany, one of my favorite books ever)
Karen Joy Fowler (author of The Jane Austen Book Club)
Mary Pipher (author of Reviving Ophelia)
Bob Dole
Susie Bright (if you don't know, you probably don't want to)
Jane Fonda
Sarah Vowell (who voiced Violet in the movie The Incredibles)
Jared Diamond (author of The Third Chimpanzee, which I haven't yet read but which I've heard is excellent)
Mary Engelbreit
Tamora Pierce (author of the Immortals and Song of the Lioness series- my favorite author when I was eleven or so)

I'm thinking I should check the Rainy Day website more often, no?

Comments

[imagines.livejournal.com]

Sandra Boynton! Anne Rice! Mary Engelbreit!

*whiiiine* I wish I could have met Sandra Boynton, at least. That one book about dogs was my favourite when I was little.

...I feel old.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it makes me sad. I'm going to start checking it more often.

[saffroncisco.livejournal.com]

I would have shown up for Sandra Boynton and Jimmy Carter, but I would have been most excited about Susie Bright. I suppose that says about me what we think it says.

Thanks for the reminder... I should keep better tabs on the bookstores near me that have frequent signings. I saw Anne Lamott last year, but mostly because I knew she had a new book out and I went looking for appearances; and I saw Wil Wheaton, but he advertised that one on WWDN.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

I once saw Brian Jacques. That was most definitely 100% worth it.

I want to see Susie Bright too! You live in the Bay Area, though- doesn't she ever do local appearances?

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

i signed up for the email list, so we'll have a bit of a heads-up for the future.

[cometcrazie113.livejournal.com]

Ahh, I just started reading Fight Club!