It was a two-and-a-half hour drive from Denver to Edwards, but well worth it. The Bookworm is one of the best bookstores I’ve seen, and they really know how to put on an event: great advertising, good wine, exceptionally tasty appetizers.
Okay, this may sound silly, but I discovered the first sign of their savvy advertising in the washroom:
What a perfect place for an ad! It’s a universal truth known to all bookstore owners that book browsing and the need to use a washroom are mysteriously yet biologically linked. (Seinfeld confirmed this in a skit.)
It was a great audience. Many of them had already read—and loved!—Mistress of the Sun.
There were 51 in attendance, a number of them from book clubs. Here is another mother/daughter portrait: Therese and her lovely daughter, Rachel.
Another mother told me that she was looking forward to going to Paris with her daughter. They had read the Trilogy and would be tracing Josephine‘s route. What did I suggest? I recommended that she read Walks through Napoleon & Josephine’s Paris by Diana Reid Haig. This is a gorgeous book, recently given to me by a very special person, Janet Park Datema (more on Janet later), in St. Louis. Another good guide I recommend to Trilogy tourists (of whom there are a number!) is You Go Girl Paris. The authors list many Josephine B. sites to see.
All-in-all, a fabulous evening! Thank you, Bookworms all.
Jenn, thank you … and how wierd and wonderful to connect with you on different sites like this. I was thinking of what I had posted to Paper Cuts today — I feared it was a bit snarky of me!
Thank you again for posting here: very sweet of you.
I’ve enjoyed your trilogy on Josephine. I’ve been to Paris several times and the books come to mind each time I visit.
I will have to also read Ms. Haig’s book.
BTW: I’m the Jenn who commented on my decision to keep certain authors’ books off my bookshelves on Paper Cuts at the New York Times.
Yes, it’s seem quite Canadian to make a comment like that, doesn’t it, but I stand by it. I’ve read many of their novels/short stories and each time I hope I’m going to enjoy them. But I don’t. Maybe one day I will.
So, I have very good books by author’s like you and that makes up for it.