Tucson book events this week: Top 3 picks and other events going on

Leo Baroon will be signing and discussing his book No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle For Bastogne at Barnes & Noble Foothills Mall from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2013.  This book is about the fighting that went on between the Germans and Allied Forces over Bastogne during Christmas in 1944.Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance is the eighth and latest book in the Ali Reynolds mystery series written by a local author.  She will be signing her book at Mostly Books at 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2013 and Costco Grant at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2013.View the list »
Gay Fraker will be discussing and signing Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit at the U of A Bookstore SUMC at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2013.  This book focuses on the often overlooked 23 years that Lincoln spent as a lawyer and how it helped lead him to the presidency.

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Book events going around Tucson for the week of February 4-10, 2013 include various book club meetings and author meetings. See below for more info.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

  • 1:30 p.m. at Dusenberry-River Library - Nonfiction Book Club Truth is Stranger Than Fiction: This month's book is The Golden Spruce: a True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

  • 2 p.m. at Joyner-Green Valley Library - Local Author Series: This event features Linda Laird, author of The American Grain Elevator: Function & Form.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

  • 2 p.m. at Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr Library - Abbett Mystery Book Club: This month's book is Defending Jacob by William Landay.
  • 5 p.m. at U of A Bookstore SUMC - Guy Fraker: This is an author event related to his book Lincoln’s Ladder to the Presidency The Eighth Judicial Circuit.
  • 7 p.m. at Mostly Books - Non-Fiction Discussion: This month's book is The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

  • 10 a.m. at Oro Valley Library - Leading Ladies of Literature: This month's selection is First Lady of the World by Eleanor Roosevelt.
  • 4 p.m. at Oro Valley Library - Crafty Readers: This is a book club for ages 6 to 8. This month's selection is The Mousery by Charlotte Pomerantz.

Friday, February 8, 2013

  • 12:30 p.m. at Miller-Golf Links Library - Booklinks an adult book club: This month's book is Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

  • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Foothills Mall - Leo Barron: This is an author event related to the book No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne.
  • 1 p.m. at Salazar-Ajo Library - Diana Gabaldon: This is an author event related to the Outlander series.
  • 2 p.m. at Joel D. Valdez Main Library - The Author Talks: This is an author event featuring Susan Cummins Miller and Elizabeth Gunn.
  • 4 p.m. at Antigone Books - Betty Webb and Donis Casey: This is an Arizona author event.
  • 5 p.m. at Mostly Books - J.A. Jance: This is an author signing related to her new book Deadly Stakes.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

  • 1 p.m. at Clues Unlimited - Clues Unlimited Book Club: This month's book is Death at the Chȃteau Bremont by L. M. Longworth.
  • 2 p.m. at Antigone Books - Second Sunday Book Group: This month's book is Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron.
  • 2 p.m. at Costco Grant - J.A. Jance: This is an author signing related to her new book Deadly Stakes.
  • 3:30 p.m. at Antigone Books - Steampunk Book Group: This month's book is Owl Dance by David Lee Summers.
  • 3:30 p.m. at Costco Grant - J.A. Jance: This is an author signing related to her new book Deadly Stakes.
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  • Gay Fraker will be discussing and signing Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit at the U of A Bookstore SUMC at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2013.  This book focuses on the often overlooked 23 years that Lincoln spent as a lawyer and how it helped lead him to the presidency.
  • Deadly Stakes by J.A. Jance is the eighth and latest book in the Ali Reynolds mystery series written by a local author.  She will be signing her book at Mostly Books at 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2013 and Costco Grant at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2013.
  • Leo Baroon will be signing and discussing his book No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle For Bastogne at Barnes & Noble Foothills Mall from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2013.  This book is about the fighting that went on between the Germans and Allied Forces over Bastogne during Christmas in 1944.
View the list

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Kjersti is an avid book reader. She enjoys reading most genres. Her favorite genres include mystery (especially culinary mystery) and history (especially Antarctic exploration and American Revolution). When possible she likes to get her books from local bookstores, especially Bookman's because...

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