Blogger makes a photo gallery
An update [already] on Hawaii's classic ukulele
Bestsellers at SoCal independent booksellers, through Aug. 21. More lists.
Hardcover Fiction
State of Wonder, Ann Patchett
Rules of Civility, Amor Towles
The Magician King, Lev Grossman
House of Holes, Nicholson Baker
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson
Hardcover Nonfiction
Go the F**k to Sleep, Adam Mansbach & Ricardo Cortes
Prime Time, Jane Fonda
A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard
Bossypants, Tina Fey
Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
The new season of conversations at Live Talks Los Angeles opens Sept. 8 with Hal Holbrook and Robert Patrick, followed Sept. 22 by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Later: Jane Lynch, John Lithgow. LA Observed is a media sponsor of LTLA.
Author note: Greg Critser ("Fat Land," "Generation Rx," and "Eternity Soup") has sold "City of Genius," an oral history of "extreme innovation, extreme wealth,and extreme personalities in Silicon Valley."
Plus: Happy 50th anniversary to Joseph Heller's "Catch-22." Truthdig
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Downtown's Metropolis Books to close Sept. 30
More nice tributes to Scott Wannberg