The first edition of Veg Out Vegetarian Guide to Seattle and Portland leaves much to be desired. Published in 2004, a handful of the Seattle restaurants that are listed in the book have since closed. I also found the Seattle section of the book to be too short. They could have made an entire book [...]

Nancy Pearl’s “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book” program, which began in 1998, is now called Seattle Reads. Luckily, the Seattle Public Library thinks ahead and has already chosen the author/book for 2006. Seattle will be reading Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. Satrapi will visit Seattle March 1-4 for the [...]

Last night Nancy Pearl did not disappoint her audience at the University Book Store. Pearl had just returned from a whirlwind trip to Miami for a book fair and still managed to deliver a slew of book recommendations for the holiday season (or for yourself!). Below is the list of books she recommended. I’ve placed [...]

Nancy Pearl will be at the University Bookstore tonight at 7 PM. Sadly, I have nothing left for her to sign! Every time I see her speak, she recommends a new list of books I haven’t read and in some cases have never even hear of. I’m looking forward to adding more books to my [...]

I just finished listening to Writer’s Voice Radio podcast of David Rakoff. He begins by reading a piece from his new book Don’t Get Too Comfortable. He then takes questions from the audience. Most people roll their eyes when someone asks an author “What do you read?”, but I like hearing the answers. Rakoff reads: [...]

I decided to spend Sunday at home doing as little as possible. Since I don’t own a TV, I watched movies on my laptop instead: We Don’t Live Here Anymore: it has its moments, but it was just average Seeing Other People: don’t bother; it’s not even worth it to see Lauren Graham Mysterious Skin: [...]

When: 2-4 PM Where: Ballard Public Library I’ll also hit Cupcake Royale while I’m in Ballard. For autumn, they have a pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese icing. It’s too delicious to pass up!

I miss you! Hope you are loving NYC.

I was in Queen Anne Books a few days ago and thought I saw A. Alvarez’s book The Writer’s Voice. However, it was actually Not Me by Michael Lavigne. How odd to have two books with the same cover art.

Since I officially know Kristin now, I’ve moved Kristin’s Book Log into the “friends’ blogs” category on the sidebar. I’m also adding a few more blogs under “other blogs”. UptownSeattle has named Restless Reader (that’s me!) #9 of 15 Great Seattle Blogs. Technorati currently has Restless Reader as the 33rd most relevant Seattle blog. 2045 [...]