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2020 LA Times Festival of Books: Week 2 Preview
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020 Marlon James, Author of “Black Leopard Red Wolf”, Winner of the Inaugural Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, in Conversation with Tananarive Due 6:00pm “Marlon James, winner of the inaugural 2019 L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize … Continue reading
2020 LA Times Festival of Books: Week 1 Review
Happy Monday Beat Fam. We hope you had a great time last week participating in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Let us know your thoughts on your event(s) in the comments below! Keep an eye out later today … Continue reading
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Tagged 25th Annual LA Times Festival of Books, biography, Books, Events, festival, LA Times Festival of Books, literacy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Reading, USC, writing
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2020 LA Times Festival of Books: Week 1 Preview
Happy Sunday, L.A.! This morning the Los Angeles Times and the University of Southern California will push forward with the LA Times Festival of Books. In honor of the festival’s 25th anniversary, organizers have arranged twenty-five virtual events featuring an … Continue reading
Book-Ness with K.P.-Ness: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
“We all need to create the story that will make sense of our lives.” – “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City,” by Nick Flynn I will often choose a book based on the title or the dedication alone. With this … Continue reading
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Tagged another bullshit night in suck city, Bookness, Books, KPRennie, Memoir, Nick Flynn, Reading
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Book-Ness with K.P.-Ness: Chuck Palahniuk
Here are two more suggestions from my “List of books I have read more than once, from authors I adore.” These are by Chuck Palahniuk, author of “Fight Club” and many other books. “CHOKE” Chuck Palahniuk holds a special place … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookness, Books, Choke, Chuck Palahniuk, KPRennie, Reading, Survivor
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Book-Ness with K.P.-Ness: “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
“Miss Peregrine’s” by Ransom Riggs has been on my “to read” list for a while, but I kept putting it off – until I saw the commercial for the movie that Tim Burton is directing. I grabbed this 350 page … Continue reading
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Tagged Book-ness, Books, fiction, K.P. Rennie, Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs, Reading, young adult
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Book-Ness with K.P.-Ness: “Furiously Happy”
As a fan of Jenny Lawson’s New York Times bestselling memoir, “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened,” I was looking forward to “Furiously Happy” coming out in September 2015. “Furiously Happy” is a collection of humorous essays with topics ranging from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookness, Books, essays, humor, Jenny Lawson, Memoir, Reading
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Book-ness with KP-Ness: “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened”
Since reading this memoir a few years ago, I have gifted five copies to friends. Although this book came out in 2012, I’ve decided to write about it here – that way I feel like I am gifting it to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookness, Books, humor, Jenny Lawson, Lets Pretend This Never Happened, Memoir, Reading
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