The End Of The Year
Yes, the end of the year always makes you begin sentences with “Hard to believe, but…”
Last newzine of 2014 – hard to believe! It’s been quite a year for us with the move back to our original space. As JB’s been saying, for us 2014 was about going Forward Into the Past. What’s 2015 hold for us? The only think we can be sure of is not a move!
As usual, we’ve all read a tall stack of great books, some new, some we’ve read before. We’ll begin posting our Best of the Year lists on the website soon and you can compare them to your own. We anticipate some great ones in 2015 (some we know about and some we’ve read) and we hope to see others. Ya never know.
Thanks for your support in 2014. We’ll see you next year- if not before!
~ The Crew
You don’t have to tell us to stick with the printed page: study finds reading e-books before bed alters your sleep cycle
Special Request to Those of You Who Have Books on Hold
We’d very much like to clear the hold shelves before the end of the year. If you can’t make it in to get what you’ve asked us to hold, please make arrangements to have them mailed to you. - many thanks!
End of the Year Sale!
For the month of December, we are offering 10% off all used hardcovers, including collectibles. Here’s your chance to find something truly special to put under the tree for a booklover on your shopping list! Or maybe you’ve had your eye on something and Santa’s money will make it affordable…(Just 5 and a half days to take advantage of this offer!)
AND TOO! Even more great reasons to come see us!
We got this notice from our local Pioneer Square Association, designed to entice you to come visit us, and not just on the weekends, either:
“Pioneer Square Retailers,
Through December 31, your customers can get 2-HOURS FREE PARKING at the 1st & Columbia Garage!!! Please share this information with your customers via newsletter, Facebook, Twitter or other ways! Here is the link for you to share: http://www.pioneersquare.org/discover/first-two-hours-free-parking-in-pioneer-square.
How to Get Free Parking:
1. Park at the First and Columbia Garage (721 First Ave).
2. Keep the ticket issued from the garage.
3. Shop, dine, and enjoy holiday events in Pioneer Square (at your establishment!)
4. Go to Milepost 31, the SR 99 tunnel project information center at 211 First Ave S (Hours: Tues-Sat, 11 am- 5 pm), to pick up a free two-hour voucher ticket.
5. After retrieving the vehicle, drive to the exit and put the garage-issued ticket into the machine FIRST for balance, then insert the free parking voucher ticket to apply discount.
The Fine Print:
Valid ONLY at First and Columbia Garage (721 First Ave, Seattle, WA 98104). You may park for two hours for free. After that, posted rates apply. Not valid when special events or gameday rates are in effect. Valid through 12/31/2014. No cash value. Limit one per car per visit. No purchase necessary. While supplies last.
We are very excited about this holiday season and hope this promotion helps to draw additional shoppers to your business.
Thank You!”
Holiday Calendar:
For future reference, our calendar of holidays and our hours as we head toward the end of the year:
Wed, Dec 31 – New Year’s Eve: Closing at 2pm
Thurs, Jan 1 – New Year’s Day: Closed
Fri Jan 2 – Our Regular Hours will change!
The 5-6pm hour doesn’t see much action – very few sales. So, from Jan 2nd to maybe sometime in March, if then (depends on tourist season and over-all sales):
Sunday stays the same, noon – 5
Mon – Sat: 10 to 5
If there are people in the shop at 5pm, we won’t kick them out. By the same token, if you can be here by just a few minutes after 5, call and we can see if someone can stay. But Call First!
Gift Certificates:
They’re available in Whatever Denomination You Want; They Don’t Expire; You can Order Them by Phone, e-mail or through the Website, and we can Mail them directly to the Recipient if you’d like. Perfect for all sorts of occasions. And they make GREAT stocking stuffers!
Links of Interest:
New Jersey Strip Club Featured in “The Sopranos” Robbed of $30,000
Baddies in Books: Rosa Klebb, the Spy Filled with Ian Fleming’s Poison
Sherlock Holmes heading to Broadway in 2017
While we specialize in mystery and crime books, we can order virtually any new book that you might want, no matter what its topic.
See the calendar of all currently-scheduled events on our website. The website calendar contains plot synopses. At the bottom of it is the updated, complete list of signed copies that we’ll be getting from other sources. Click Here.
Jayne Ann Krentz, Jan 6 –This Event has been Cancelled
Tracy Weber & M.A. Lawson, Jan 10
Jeanne Matthews, Jan 14
Thomas Perry, Jan 16
Pamela Christie, Jan 17
Tessa Arlen, Jan 24
Yasmine Galenorn, Jan 31, drop-by, time uncertain
Gigi Pandian, Jan 31, drop-by, time uncertain
Burt Weissbourd, Jan 31 at 3:00pm
Cara Black, Mar 2
Glen Erik Hamilton, Mar 3
C.S. Harris, Mar 7
Leslie Budewitz, Mar 10
And there are always more on the way!
Remember, too, that while it is always fun to come in and meet the author in person, that isn’t always possible. So reserve a signed copy to be mailed to you or for you to pick up later. Those who reserve in advance get the copies in the best condition!
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Word of the Week: (just to refresh your memories)
cahoots (n.) From 1829, American English, of unknown origin; said to be perhaps from French cahute "cabin, hut" (12th C.), but U.S. sources credit it to French cohorte (see cohort), a word said to have been in use in the U.S. South and West with a sense of "companions, confederates." (thanks to etymonline.com)
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What We’ve Been Reading:
Amber Recommends:
Amber’s project for 2014: My 52 Weeks of Agatha Christie. Here’s her explanation.
This Week: Wedding Cake
We have two Tumblr blogs, in addition to our regular shop blog:
Hardboiled, maintained by JB – pulp covers, film noir and other images of crime and mystery, and
Reviews and Events – just what it sounds like!
On This Date:
Dec 27, 1879 - 'the fat man', Sidney Greenstreet was born in Kent (England, not Washington)
Dec 27, 2007 - former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in Rawalpindi
Dec 28, 1881 – Marshal Virgil Earp was wounded in an ambush in the dark streets of Tombstone, two months after the famous gunfight
Dec 28, 1907 – Veronica Parker Johns was born in NYC
Dec 28, 1922 - co-creator of many of your friendly-neighborhood super heroes, Stan Lee, was born in NYC
Dec 28, 1927 – mystery novelist Mary Kelly was born in London
Dec 28, 1936 – notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine was born in Clichy-la-Garenne
Dec 28, 1945 - the film noir classic Scarlet Street premiered
Dec 28, 1954 - the always wonderful and wonderfully varied Denzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, NY
Dec 28, 1986 - John D. MacDonald died
Dec 29, 1170 – Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Beckett is murdered
Dec 29, 1890 – Over 600 Oglala Lakota people are murdered by US government forces at Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Dec 29 - a posse of Hollywood stars were born: Jon Voight (1938, Yonkers – The Odessa File, Mission Impossible and Heat), Ted Danson (1947, San Diego - why Sam Malone? Body Heat and The Onion Field), Jon Polito (1950, Philadelphia – “Homicide” and Miller's Crossing), and Jude Law (1972, London - Dr. John Watson)
Dec 29, 1947 – Hitchock’s The Paradine Case premiered in LA
Dec 30 – 1066 – angered by rumors that Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela would assassinate the king and rule Grenada himself, a Muslim mob captured him and crucified him, then went on to massacre most of the Jewish citizens, perhaps 4,000, on that day
Dec 30, 1920 - Jack Lord was born, far away from the beaches of Hawaii, as John Joseph Patrick Ryan in NYC
Dec 30, 1922 – Jane Langton was born in Boston. The one time she was in to sign, she took the time to do a little drawing in each book with each signature
Dec 30, 1942 – actor Fred Ward was born in San Diego
Dec 31, 1916 – future Edgar-winner Helen Eustis was born in Cincinnati
Dec 31, 1944 – Eleanor Taylor Bland, creator of Chicago Det. Marti McAllister, was born in Boston
Dec 31 - a bundle of Hollywood stars were born: ex-con, actor and writer Edward Bunker (1933, Hollywood), Anthony Hopkins (1937, Port Talbot, Wales), Ben Kingsley (1943, Snainton, Yorkshire - Sexy Beast and Shutter Island), Barbara Carrera (1945, San Carlos, Nicaragua - any babe who can take on Bond...), James Remar (1953, Boston - Lethal Weapon and “Dexter”), Val Kilmer (1959, LA - The Saint and Kill Me Again), and Lance Reddick (1969, Baltimore – “The Wire”)
Dec 31, 1955 – Fred Huebner was born in Harvey, IL. A bulldog in the courtroom, he’s known there as well as the spines of his mysteries as Fredrick D. Huebner
Dec 31, 2008- the late, great Donald E. Westlake died
Happy Boxing Day!
And Have a Relaxing and Book-Filled Weekend!
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