From the Families Like Mine Book Tour Dates page:
June 8, Tuesday
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Kieran's Irish Pub
330 Second Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN
612-339-4499
If you're not a big fan of the standard reading/signing in a bookstore, this event might be more your style. Co-Sponsored by The Rake and The Loft, "Raking Through Books" features a local author once a month in a fun and informal setting. There are happy hour drink specials, and if you arrive on the early side you can enjoy a free buffet. Kieran's validates parking in the Midtown ramp on 4th Street. Books will be available at the event at a 10% discount from Ruminator Books.
Free food. Free parking. Cheap drinks. Discounted books. Everybody wins.
I still owe Abigail a beer, so if one of the Twin Cities contingent wants to buy the girl a drink for me, I'd be much appreciative.
Meanwhile, the previous evening, and equally if not a greater distance away, Kathy Y Wilson will be doing a reading at West End Library in Cincinnati, OH on Monday, June 7 at 6pm. You may remember Ms. Wilson as author of the column Your Negro Tour Guide, or the book of the same title.
I don't owe her a drink.
I don't think the library has a bar, anyway.
Then again, since Columbus has drive-through liquor stores, guess Cincinnati does t-- never mind.
This is not a classy, high-falutin' literary blog, by the bye. You want that, go annoy Jessa at Blog of a Bookslut.
I've been meaning to post about Charlize Theron's casting as Jinx. She's playing the lead in the adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis's brilliant comic Jinx. But every time I try to write about it, it usually ends up along the lines of "AHHHHRRRRGGGTTKJLADLJKLA. STUPID MOTHERFUCKERS. She's not anything like the goddamn comic book. God Fucking Damn It."
See?
Classy.
Charlize Theron? Just damn.