Tuesday • July 5 • 1pm

Join Becky on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 1pm to discuss an alternating selection of titles.

THIS MONTH'S SELECTION: The Good Rain by Timothy Egan

Tuesday • July 5 • 6:30pm

The Vault (SIMON & SCHUSTER)

Reading & Book Signing

In The Vault, Tyler Locke is on board a Washington State ferry when he receives an anonymous call informing him that a bomb is set to detonate on deck in ten minutes -- long before the boat reaches port. Classics professor Stacey Benedict has received the very same tip; in order to disarm the bomb, the two must work together to solve an engineering puzzle written in ancient Greek. The two soon discover that they are working on a challenge created by a terrorist cell intent on using them to undertake an incredible mission: uncovering King Midas' legendary lost riches.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 5 • 7pm

Betrayal of Trust: A J. P. Beaumont Novel (WILLIAM MORROW)

Reading & Book Signing

Meet the Author at the King County Library. Spend an evening with perennial favorite J.A. Jance to celebrate the release of her newest book featuring Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont. In Betrayal of Trust, Beaumont investigates a dark and deadly conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls of state government.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 5 • 7pm

Reading & Book Signing

Margo Lanagan invokes the primal power of fairy tales through characters driven by joy, sorrow, and heart-clenching secrets. Her collection Black Juice received two World Fantasy awards; she also won World Fantasy awards for her novel Tender Morsels and her novella "Sea-hearts." Making a rare visit from her native Australia, Lanagan will share her writing live and fresh with the storyseekers in all of us.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Wednesday • July 6 • 7pm

Honeyed Words (TOR)

Reading & Book Signing

In this sequel to Pitts's hip urban fantasy, Black Blade Blues, readers get another adventure with Sarah Beauhall, blacksmith and low-budget movie props manager caught in the middle of a supernatural war. With her ancient sword in hand and her Doc Martens on her feet, Beauhall must negotiate her way through a reality she never would've expected.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Thursday • July 7 • 4pm

Stupid Smelly Bus Tour

Reading & Book Signing

The one and only Junie B. Jones (and her bus driver Mr. Woo) will stop by our Mill Creek store for a very special Trunk of Junk interactive show and tell presentation. Bring the kids out to say hello to everyone's favorite first grader.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

• A signing ticket is required to stand in the signing line. Tickets are free with the purchase of any Junie B. Jones book.
• Junie will be autographing the book with a special stamp. There will be no personalization.
• Though all books purchased the day of the event will be stamped, Junie will only stamp one book from home per child.

Thursday • July 7 • 7pm

Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House (OXFORD)

Reading & Book Signing

Eddie James "Son" House Jr. was a seminal figure of the Delta blues, and a direct influence of Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, but much of his life has remained obscure—mostly because he was inconsistent in his own accounts of it. Daniel Beaumont has done his best to untangle the truth and the fables, and has written a definitive guide to House's life and landscape.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 12 • 5:30pm

Join us to discuss an alternating selection of fiction and non-fiction titles, including classic and modern literature, history and contemporary culture, philosophy, biography, and just about everything in between.

Tuesday • July 12 • 7pm

A Game of Lies (TOR)

Reading & Book Signing

In this, the third book in Rebecca Cantrell's Hannah Vogel books, the enterprising journalist and part-time spy finds herself in Berlin before the 1936 Olympic Games. There, the Nazis have done their best to clean the streets of all anti-Semitic propaganda to show the world a gentler face. Vogel, though, knows better, and under a guise, she plies an SS officer for his secrets in a dangerous attempt to show the world what's really going on.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 12 • 7pm

Reading & Book Signing

Minister Faust is coming to Seattle to blow minds and chew bubblegum–and he's all out of gum. A performance poet and radio broadcaster, Faust bends genres with his offbeat, innovative, satirical blend of pop culture, politics, and social justice issues. His most recent novel, From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain, received the Carl Brandon Kindred Award and a Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 12 • 7pm

Reading & Book Signing

The World Affairs Council presents Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. As both a scholar and investigative journalist, Parenti will discuss the connection between climate change and increased social and political conflict. Join us as we discuss why climate change is fundamentally a political problem that requires political solutions in order to prevent climate-change driven violence and increased global disparity. Registraion through world-affairs.org.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Wednesday • July 13 • 5:30pm

Join Abby on the second Wednesday of each month for a discussion of the mystery genre's gems.

THIS MONTH'S SELECTION: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Wednesday • July 13 • 7pm

Naamah's Blessing (GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING)

Reading & Book Signing

The third part of the Moirin Trilogy, and the ninth book in Jacqueline Carey's sweeping, deeply imagined Kushiel's Legacy series, Naamah's Blessing is a must-read for fans of Terre d'Ange. In it, Moirin finds the royal family broken by events in the previous titles, and is asked to become the protector of Desirée, the three-year-old daughter of King Daniel and his dead wife, Queen Jehanne, of whom the young girl is the very image.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Thursday • July 14 • 7pm

Reading

Please join beloved booksellers Brad Craft, Pam Cady and Michael Vader for an evening of selections from the work of the author of the immortal Vanity Fair.

Monday • July 18 • 7pm

Today & Tomorrow (MAGIC HELICOPTER PRESS)
& The Girl with Brown Fur (STARCHERONE)

Reading & Book Signing

Portland author Ofelia Hunt's new novel is a dark, surreal, detached story about a young woman marking her birthday with a violent, unhinged couple of days. It's a bizarre–and quite satisfyingly madcap—debut from an author to watch out for. Appearing with Ofelia will be Seattle's own fiction force to be reckoned with, Stacey Levine.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 19 • 6pm

Reading & Book Signing

Best-selling young adult author Meg Cabot has moved from princesses to vampires with Insatiable and its brand new sequel Overbite. Meena Harper, precognitive soap opera writer and Vatican-backed demon hunter, still carries a torch for her old boyfriend. Unfortunately, Lucien Antonescu is the son of the one and only Count Dracula, and what with she and her partner being tasked with hunting down all vampires, she's going to have a heck of a time convincing the Palatine guard that the souls of their blood-sucking prey can actually be redeemed. Registration at thewoodmark.com.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 19 • 7pm

Reading & Book Signing

L. Timmel Duchamp challenges the status quo with passionate science fiction short stories focusing on sex, gender roles, music, and the life cycles of institutions. Her five-volume Marqu'ssan Cycle received a James Tiptree, Jr. special citation and she's the founder of Seattle's Aqueduct Press, home to other award-winning authors. A perceptive writer and courageous reader, Duchamp offers a humorous, clear-voiced take on current and recurrent world affairs.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Monday • July 25 • 6pm

Join our own resident writer, Nick DiMartino, for a lively discussion of this month's selection.

Monday • July 25 • 7pm

Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks (PANTHEON)

Reading & Book Signing

So much about the world of the shark is hidden from us, and not simply by the depth of the water in which they swim. Sharks are surrounded by the mystique of our fear about them—that they are the "demon fish"— and they are surrounded by a hidden world of trading in their fins and flesh. Journalist Juliet Eilperin peers deep into the world of the shark to move us beyond a "Shark Week" mentality to an understanding of just how important and extraordinary they are.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Tuesday • July 26 • 7pm

Reading & Book Signing

Charles Stross is the author of some of the past decade's most exciting and idea-rich works of science fiction, including The Atrocity Archives and Singularity Sky. A three-time Hugo Award winner, he is an imaginative, savvy prognosticator of the effect of technology on society. The reading is a rare opportunity for Seattle audiences to hear this dynamic British writer. Stross is the 2011 Susan C. Petrey Fellow.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Friday • July 29 • 7:30pm   SOLD OUT

A Dance with Dragons (BANTAM)

Discussion & Signing

Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for A Song of Ice and Fire, his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in this landmark series–A Dance with Dragons–wherein familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. Tickets are $35 (includes one copy of A Dance with Dragons); $40 for admission for two and one copy of A Dance with Dragons. Available July 12th. Tickets can be reserved by calling 206.545.4363.

• George will sign books/comics/calendars. He will not be signing memorabilia, swords, etc.
• There is a 3 book limit per person.
• Due to the number of people, George will be not personalizing.
• George will not pose for pictures, but pictures from line are fine.

Signing guidelines are subject to change.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.