Count Rushdie
There is some kind of vampire book coming out today for kids or tweens and/or moms or something like that. Bookstores everywhere are apparently having midnight parties to celebrate the release. Wordsmiths is having a Black and Red Prom with acoustic goth music by Ferosha Akoustika (the band formerly known as The Wayne Fishell Experiment). Across Decatur Square, The Little Shop of Stories will be hosting their own Twilight Party as well. I think there are going to be a lot of young vampires milling around the Square tonight. Mrs. Got Books has read all of the Twilight Series books and will definitely be there. I haven’t read any of the books yet, but I loved that one guy on Sesame Street.
These guys have got to be related.
In other news, the longlist for the Booker Prize was announced this week. Big surprise – Count Sir Salman Rushdie made the cut. I think that even if he hadn’t released a novel this year, his grocery list might have still made it. The actual big surprise on the list is Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith, which I am told is a straight up thriller. Netherland is the most likely to end up in my TBR pile.
Here are the twelve books that made the first cut:
- The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
- Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
- The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
- From A to X by John Berger
- The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser
- Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
- The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
- The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
- Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
- The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
- Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
- A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Also: Sir Salman is interviewed (podcast) on KCRW’s Bookworm.
Awards, Books, Happenings | Tim | 
August 1, 2008 9:03 am
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