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Word to the wise: Kelly Link recommended fortune cookies for our book club on November 2nd, where we'll be reading Stranger Things Happen.

I am currently amassing fortunes for all of you (see blog title for example a).

Submissions from Team Book Club should be placed in the comments.

Meet Kelly Link!

Good news: Kelly Link, our October book club author, is reading in Brooklyn tomorrow night!

I'm pasting the details here. Megan and I will both be there, and we'd love to see you. I'm going to ask Kelly if she has any recommendations for what we should eat while reading Stranger Things Happen. I haven't read anything from it yet, but I'm secretly hoping for something weird and cool, like Hostess Snowballs.


10/7/08

Community Bookstore

7 PM

143 Seventh Ave (between Carroll St and Garfield Pl)
Park Slope, Brooklyn | Map

718-783-3075

Subway: B, Q to Seventh Ave; 2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza | Directions

http://www.cbjupiterbooks.com

Tickets: Free

Description
The celebrated author of the fabulistic story collections Stranger Things Happen and Magic for Beginners reads from her debut foray into YA lit, Pretty Monsters.

Some Exciting Kelly Link-Related News (Part 1)

Folks, there is exciting news! Kelly Link's press (by that I mean both the press that publishes her AND the press she runs) Small Beer is offering FREE downloads of October's book club selection and several other high-quality awesome books.

I really like the explanation the publisher gives for why these books are offered for free:

We love books. We want to keep on publishing good books. Weird books. Interesting books. We are curious about the future. If everyone downloads books straight to the Kindlenub in their head, we might be in trouble. But if there are still people who like to read books on paper, maybe some of them will read some of these downloads and then decide they would like the actual books. Therefore we're releasing some of our books.

That's great reasoning, and it seems like the onus is put on you, the reader. Small Beer offers these books for free because they believe in them SO MUCH that they're convinced you'll become a fan of the press, and ultimately buy more books.

Do with that what you will, Best Book Club in Brooklyn! If you fall in love with Kelly Link, as I have, I hope that you'll supplement the free downloads with a purchase or two from the press.

And even if you prefer your books in the more traditional way (ie, ink on paper), DEFINITELY check out the creative commons section of the Small Beer site, since they have audio downloads of stories from Stranger Things Happen that are very enjoyable.

October's Book Club...

...is actually happening in November--on November 2nd to be exact. But whatever, I hope you can still make it!

Because of Halloween, we'll be reading STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN by Kelly Link. It's a short story collection!

In the words of Jelly Ink press: " These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you."