Meet local authors @ your Tustin Library
April Wednesdays @ 7:00 P.M.
All library programs are FREE
Register at the Information Desk
714-544-7725
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Tustin Library "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
We have 15 copies just purchased by the Friends group and available for our Tustin Library BookBite group. If you will be attending the April 19 meeting, please pick up a copy at the Information Desk while supplies last.
From Publishers Weekly
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by Niels Arden Oplev and starring Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, and Peter Haber. It's based on Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage, 978-0307473479, $7.99; RH Audio abridged CD, $29.95), which PW's starred review considered "at once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets."
See you April 19, 7:00 P.M.
Nancy Pe'a
Adult Services Librarian
Tustin Library
345 East Main Street
Tustin, CA 92780
We'll always have Paris @ Literary Orange
. . .but you only have 4 days left to purchase tickets online
Cara Black, part of our “Mysteries: Around the World” panel, writes compelling, entertaining, and fun mysteries featuring her chic, vintage-clothed Parisian sleuth, Aimée Leduc.
Literary Orange. April 10
Online registration ends MARCH 29
Tickets available at the door but the price goes up!
Hurry before we are sold out!
Cara Black, part of our “Mysteries: Around the World” panel, writes compelling, entertaining, and fun mysteries featuring her chic, vintage-clothed Parisian sleuth, Aimée Leduc.
I can't top this panel @ Literary Orange
SAMURAI RABBITS IN FEUDAL JAPAN
Graphic Novelist Stan Sakai
One-on-One with ComicCon’s own Jill Patterson
At Literary Orange, UC Irvine Student Center, 4.10.10.
Tickets available online until MARCH 29
Murder Comes Softly @ Literary Orange
Killer Capers. Kate Carlisle, Cozy Mysteries Panel
Literary Orange, April 10.
Register online at Literary Orange
A haunted city, a forbidden masterpiece, and a deadly threat are all in a day's work in the life of brilliant bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright…
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
That's some serious chic lit
Let's get serious for a minute.
You need to read a good book.
You need to read a good book.
You really do.
Find the authors of these fine reads at Literary Orange.
Buy your tickets today!
"Part period piece, part family saga, The Cure is a particularly American story and an achingly beautiful one at that." -- Mary Morris, author of The River Queen
"Waters is a graceful, subtle writer, gifted at limning the intricate connections between women bound together by blood or marriage. This is a novel of extraordinary beauty."-- Booklist, starred review
"Though it might seem strange to praise a writer for the things she doesn't do, what really sets Meloy apart is her restraint. She is impressively concise, disciplined in length and scope. And she's balanced in her approach to character, neither blinded by love for her creations, nor abusive toward them. . . . She's such a talented and unpredictable writer that I'm officially joining her fan club; whatever she writes next, I'll gladly read it."-Curtis Sittenfeld, The New York Times Book Review
Booklist, *Starred Review* Shaw’s piercingly insightful first novel depicts a woman in her thirties redefining her life. Shaw’s graceful prose and razor-sharp observations—at one point, Lacey observes her brother is “like a house burning down before our eyes”—make this absorbing debut a true standout. --Kristine Huntley
Marley and Me and Trixie and Dean @ Literary Orange
Did you know that Dean is a dog lover?
Dean Koontz.
Keynote Speaker.
Keynote Speaker.
Literary Orange. 4.10.10.
Find out about Trixie and Dean at http://trixie.deankoontz.com/
Kermit was wrong
It’s easy to be green
Let Chris Prelitz show you how!
Literary Orange is easy to sign up for:
Register today at http://www.literaryorange.org/
It’s good for you!
"Remember, this comes from a man who receives a credit from his utility company every month instead of a bill!"
— Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Top ten reasons or stupid pet tricks? Literary Orange
Merrill Markoe created "Stupid Pet Tricks” for the David Letterman show. She now writes what she calls “funny books about dogs.” Is she the number one reason to attend Literary Orange?
From Publishers Weekly
These humorous essays are the literary equivalent of snack food: they're not always substantial but they're difficult to put down and quickly devoured.
Find out on April 10 at the UC Irvine Student Center
Tickets on sale until March 29 at www.literaryorange.org
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
From Outer Space to Inner Space @ Literary Orange 2010!
Can we get dark for a moment? Dark, urban fantasy? Dark as outer space? Find your inner and outer limits at Literary Orange. 
OC Noir @ Literary Orange
Romancing the Orange @ Literary Orange
Are you a good witch or a Hexy Witch? Find out at our Romance panel.
Or maybe you like this:
Literary Orange, April 10, 2010, UC Irvine Student Center. Register now at http://www.literaryorange.org/
Or maybe you like this:
Literary Orange, April 10, 2010, UC Irvine Student Center. Register now at http://www.literaryorange.org/
Literary Orange is good Karma
Burglary! Secrets! The OC!
From Publishers Weekly
When California crook Robert Rivers sets his sights on a diamond necklace worth $250,000 belonging to socialite Evelyn Evermore in Thomas's entertaining second caper novel (after Criminal Paradise), Rivers soon learns he's not the only one with designs on it. After a rival thug foils Rivers's first attempt to steal the necklace, Rivers and his rough-hewn partner, Reggie England, regroup and learn that Evermore has become a follower of Baba Raba, a charismatic guru based in sunny Venice, Calif. From posh hotels to flop houses, from ashram meetings to complicated burglaries, Rivers keeps his eye on the prize, but not without an appealing touch of knight errantry. Baba Raba, charlatan or not, has impressive powers as well as his own agenda. Rivers is a cunning and resourceful thief capable of blending into his surroundings like a chameleon or meeting force with force when necessary. He does both with charm, wit and surprising decency. (July) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Norman Ollestad's Crazy For The Storm: Memoir of Survival @ Literary Orange
Did you love this book? What are you waiting for? Meet Norman Ollestad at Literary Orange on our memoir panel.
Tickets available at http://www.literaryorange.org/.
In a spare, brisk prose, Ollestad tells the tragic story of the pivotal event of his life, an airplane crash into the side of a mountain that cost three lives, including his father's, in 1979. Only 11 years old at the time, he alone survived, using the athletic skills he learned in competitive downhill skiing, amid the twisted wreckage, the bodies and the bone-chilling cold of the blizzard atop the 8,600-foot mountain. Although the narrative core of the memoir remains the horrifying plane crackup into the San Gabriel Mountains, its warm, complex soul is conveyed by the loving relationship between the former FBI agent father and his son, affectionately called the Boy Wonder, during the golden childhood years spent in wild, freewheeling Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s. Ollestad's unyielding concentration on the themes of courage, love and endurance seep into every character portrait, every scene, making this book an inspiring, fascinating read. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Heidi Durrow: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky @ Literary Orange!
Interested in this book, an Amazon Best Book for February, 2010? Attend Literary Orange and meet author Heidi Durrow. Tickets available for $60 at http://www.literaryorange.org/
From Publishers Weekly
Durrow's debut draws from her own upbringing as the brown-skinned, blue-eyed daughter of a Danish woman and a black G.I. to create Rachel Morse, a young girl with an identical heritage growing up in the early 1980s. After a devastating family tragedy in Chicago with Rachel the only survivor, she goes to live with the paternal grandmother she's never met, in a decidedly black neighborhood in Portland, Ore. Suddenly, at 11, Rachel is in a world that demands her to be either white or black. As she struggles with her grief and the haunting, yet-to-be-revealed truth of the tragedy, her appearance and intelligence place her under constant scrutiny. Laronne, Rachel's deceased mother's employer, and Brick, a young boy who witnessed the tragedy and because of his personal misfortunes is drawn into Rachel's world, help piece together the puzzle of Rachel's family. Taut prose, a controversial conclusion and the thoughtful reflection on racism and racial identity resonate without treading into political or even overtly specific agenda waters, as the story succeeds as both a modern coming-of-age and relevant social commentary.
Durrow's debut draws from her own upbringing as the brown-skinned, blue-eyed daughter of a Danish woman and a black G.I. to create Rachel Morse, a young girl with an identical heritage growing up in the early 1980s. After a devastating family tragedy in Chicago with Rachel the only survivor, she goes to live with the paternal grandmother she's never met, in a decidedly black neighborhood in Portland, Ore. Suddenly, at 11, Rachel is in a world that demands her to be either white or black. As she struggles with her grief and the haunting, yet-to-be-revealed truth of the tragedy, her appearance and intelligence place her under constant scrutiny. Laronne, Rachel's deceased mother's employer, and Brick, a young boy who witnessed the tragedy and because of his personal misfortunes is drawn into Rachel's world, help piece together the puzzle of Rachel's family. Taut prose, a controversial conclusion and the thoughtful reflection on racism and racial identity resonate without treading into political or even overtly specific agenda waters, as the story succeeds as both a modern coming-of-age and relevant social commentary.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
4th Annual Literary Orange 2010
OC Public Libraries and UCI Libraries proudly present ... Literary Orange 2010 , Orange County's premier literary event, on Saturday, April 10, 8:30 - 5 pm, at the UCI Student Center ... Best-selling authors Dean Koontz and Karen Joy Fowler are keynote speakers. For more information, visit http://www.literaryorange.org/
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