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Chef Nancy Silverton talks Mozza, La Brea Bakery bread and restaurants after lockdown

Kristen Loken’s new book “Food People (Are the Best People)” is an homage to the California food and beverage industry. Loken traveled the state, connecting with industry pros and focusing on how they’ve managed the pandemic, summer wildfires, and more over the past year. “Crisis breeds creativity, and connections make us all feel better, no matter what we’re going through,” says the storyteller-photographer, who crafts photo and word portraits of 129 chefs and restaurateurs, farmers, winemakers...
Tags: Books, California, La, Los Angeles, Sport, Netflix, Things To Do, Soccer, Berkeley, Highland, Southern California, Chez Panisse, Los Gatos, San Fernando Valley, Silverton, Manresa

Here are the bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

The SoCal Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and CALIBA, for the sales week ended Sunday, Jan. 10. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Vanishing Half: Brit Bennett 2. The Midnight Library: Matt Haig 3. Ready Player Two: Ernest Cline 4. Mexican Gothic: Silvia Moreno-Garcia 5. Anxious Peop...
Tags: Books, Matthew Mcconaughey, Barack Obama, Sport, Fox, Things To Do, Soccer, George Orwell, Moscow, William Gibson, Philip K Dick, Brit Bennett, Southern California, Frank Herbert, Katherine, Matt Haig

Michael Connelly’s ‘Lincoln Lawyer’ books to become a Netflix TV series

Author Michael Connelly, producer David E. Kelley and Netflix announced on Jan. 11 that they are teaming up to adapt Connelly’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” series for a TV series. The news comes as “Bosch,” the Amazon series that adapted Connelly’s Harry Bosch books, is set to end later this year after a seventh and final season. In a post to the Netflix blog, Connelly noted one of his few bright spots in an otherwise dreary 2020 came in November with the publication of “The Law of Innocence,” the sixt...
Tags: Books, Los Angeles, Sport, Netflix, Things To Do, Soccer, Prada, Lincoln, Orange County, Msnbc, Joe Scarborough, Connelly, Haller, Manuel, Michael Connelly, Mickey Haller

Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, Sept. 14-21

  A man leaves a homeless encampment along San Fernando Road in Sun Valley on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The East Valley Alliance and the NoHo Home Alliance hold a Forum on Homelessness on Sept. 17. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)     Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences plus the potential for positive personal and community enrichment. Here is a sampling of upcoming online meetings.   Wings Over Wendy’s: Veteran...
Tags: Cooking, Facebook, Gardening, Movies, Jobs, California, Trees, Los Angeles, Sport, Homelessness, Soccer, Veterans, Glendale, Wildlife, Community, Homeless

Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, Sept. 7-14

  A pair of monarch butterflies sit and swirl on a milkweed plant at the California Botanic Garden in Claremont on June 25, 2020. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)     Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences plus the potential for positive personal and community enrichment. Here is a sampling of upcoming online meetings.   Wings Over Wendy’s: Veterans of all services and their supporters meet online on Zoom. Mee...
Tags: Facebook, Gardening, Movies, Trees, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Veterans, Wildlife, Community, Book Club, Local News, Council, Parks, Northridge, Wendy

Virtual event with authors Michael Connelly, Karen Grigsby Bates, Attica Locke, Joe Ide and Tod Goldberg

Best-selling author Michael Connelly – and creator of the popular Amazon TV series “Bosch”now entering its seventh season – will join the all-star lineup this Friday for the Mystery andCrime episode of Southern California News Group’s virtual “Lit Up: Summer Reading Series” hosted by NPR commentator, author and performer Sandra Tsing Loh. The weekly salon-style program, held via Zoom Friday at 5 p.m., features wide-rangingconversations on books, ideas and literary life with established authors a...
Tags: Amazon, Books, Sport, Netflix, Things To Do, Soccer, Npr, Orange County, Hulu, Karen Grigsby Bates, Michael Connelly, Sandra Tsing Loh, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Southern California News Group, Susan Straight, Charlayne Woodard

Virtual event with authors Michael Connelly, Karen Grigsby Bates, Attica Locke, Joe Ida and Tod Goldberg

Best-selling author Michael Connelly – and creator of the popular Amazon TV series “Bosch”now entering its seventh season – will join the all-star lineup this Friday for the Mystery andCrime episode of Southern California News Group’s virtual “Lit Up: Summer Reading Series” hosted by NPR commentator, author and performer Sandra Tsing Loh. The weekly salon-style program, held via Zoom Friday at 5 p.m., features wide-rangingconversations on books, ideas and literary life with established authors a...
Tags: Amazon, Books, Sport, Netflix, Things To Do, Soccer, Npr, Orange County, Hulu, Karen Grigsby Bates, Michael Connelly, Sandra Tsing Loh, Joe Ida, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Southern California News Group, Susan Straight

Lost series info on Kobo Libra

I have several Michael Connelly books from the Harry Bosch detective series. In Calibre they appear to have the series correctly labeled. And when I originally loaded them onto my Kobo Libra, in the device's interface they showed the series names/numbers correctly. But somewhere along the line, all of that series data disappeared from the Libra. I can't say for certain, but it appears to be the only series data that was lost on the device. Trying to fix it, I went into Calibre, deleted the book...
Tags: Books, Calibre, Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch, Kobo Libra

Search for an Author often fails

Before buying/getting a new eBook, I first do an author search in the Library to see if I already have it. This often fails because a click on the Authors column-heading in Library often responds to the author's first name rather the surname. For example, Jo Nesbo may appear as a 'J', Michael Connelly, as an 'M' and Bernard Cornwell, as a 'B'. As a result, I have sometimes obtained a book only to find, on trying the "Add Books", that I already have it in the library!! Thus, I need to check...
Tags: Books, Calibre, Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Bernard Cornwell

How Steph Cha’s ‘Your House Will Pay’ was inspired by a racially charged shooting and the LA Riots

Author Steph Cha had just finished the third book in her series about Juniper Song, a Korean-American private eye in Los Angeles, when a conversation on the radio captured her attention. The topic under discussion was the case of Latasha Harlins, an African-American teenager shot dead in 1991 in South Los Angeles by a Korean-American shopkeeper named Soon Ja Du. And Cha, 33, was shocked that she’d never heard about the killing. It was, along with the beating of Rodney King two weeks earlier, one...
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One book in 2 series

How can i manage 1 book into 2 series? "Die Rückkehr des Poeten" by Michael Connelly is the 10th book in series" Harry Bosch" and the second in "Cassie Black". "Teufelsbande" by Andreas Franz is the 14th book in series "Julia Durant" and the 6th in "Peter Brandt". "Das Todeskreuz" by Andreas Franz is the 10th book in series "Julia Durant" and the 4th in "Peter Brandt". Only these 2 books are in both series "Julia Durant" and "Peter Brandt" .
Tags: Books, Calibre, Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch, Julia Durant, Peter Brandt, Cassie Black, Andreas Franz

The search for the woman who designed the ‘Creature of the Black Lagoon’ monster led to this ‘Lady’

With her debut book “The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick,” Mallory O’Meara set out to right a wrong. The harm was done more than 60 years ago to Milicent Patrick, the Universal Studios special effects shop artist who was denied credit for designing the Creature from the 1954 horror film, “Creature From the Black Lagoon.” Could this be the stuff of a motion picture? “I have to keep my lips zipped on that one,” said O’Meara, a Los Angeles-base...
Tags: Books, Hollywood, Mexico, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Guillermo Del Toro, Walt Disney, Patrick, Burbank, Black Lagoon, Claremont Graduate University, Michael Connelly, Reseda, Don Winslow

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Nov. 9-16

  The Autry Museum of the American West presents an American Indian Arts Marketplace, a celebration of traditional and contemporary cultural expression in arts, crafts, dance and music, Nov. 10-11. (Photo courtesy of Autry Museum of the American West)   There’s always something fascinating to do in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles area. Here is a sampling of entertainments this week and also save-the-date events to put on your calendar.   EVENTS   Extreme mountain climbe...
Tags: Local News, Art, Books, Comedy, Dance, Events calendar, Movies, Museum, Music, San Fernando Valley, Theater, Things to Do, Top Stories LADN

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Oct. 12-19

  Loretta Tearney Warner’s “Equus” is on exhibit on October 12 at Stephanie’s Art Gallery in La Canada Flintridge. (Photo courtesy of Loretta Tearney Warner)   There’s always something fascinating to do in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles area. Here is a sampling of entertainments this week and also save-the-date events to put on your calendar.   EVENTS   Nights of the Jack: The Halloween event includes thousands of hand-carved, illuminated jack-o-lanterns in more than 2...
Tags: Local News, Art, Books, Comedy, Dance, Events calendar, Movies, Museum, Music, San Fernando Valley, Theater, Things to Do, Top Stories LADN

Summer book stunts are the perfect way to recapture the freedom and fun of reading

In the summer of 1978, I walked to the library one afternoon and checked out every single Nancy Drew book they had. Though I was using my grandmother’s library card, the librarian ignored the obvious deception, as well as the well-posted loan limit, and I spent June, July and August in the fictional town of River Heights solving cases. Nancy Drew covers (courtesy of Penguin Random House) My love of both detective stories and reading stunts was born. Fast forward to the summer of 2018, and I’...
Tags: Books, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Penguin Random House, Stephen, Nancy, Santa Barbara, Southern California, Nancy Drew, Anne, Bernie, Jacobs

Six Free Books – July Amazon First Reads Prime Day Deal

Tonight and tomorrow only, those with Amazon Prime can pick up all six of this month’s Amazon First Reads selections for free, even if you have already picked a selection earlier in the month. In other Prime Day Deals: If you don’t have a , you can sign up today and tomorrow and get 3 months for only 99 cents, which will let you read any of the past First Reads for free, as well choose from as thousands of other books during the trial subscription. If you , you’ll get a credit of 30% of the ...
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Amazon Kindle

The Kindle Million Club recognizes authors whose books have sold over 1 million paid copies in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). Below is a list of authors who have been inducted into the Kindle Million Club. 1. Stieg Larsson: Inducted on July 26, 2010. 2. James Patterson: Inducted on October 26, 2010. 3. Nora Roberts: (books written under her suspense-oriented pseudonym J.D.Robb also included) Inducted on January 12, 2011. 4. Charlaine Harris: Inducted on May 11, 2011. Sale...
Tags: Amazon, Books, Suzanne Collins, Amazon Kindle, Stieg Larsson, James Patterson, George R R Martin, Lee Child, Charlaine Harris, KDP, John Locke, Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, Nora Roberts, Janet Evanovich, Stephenie Meyer

As ‘Bosch’ returns for a fourth season, Titus Welliver talks about the dream job of its title role

Detective Harry Bosch, played by Titus Welliver, is armed and on the job. (Photo courtesy of Amazon) Detective Harry Bosch, played by Titus Welliver, considers the scene of the murder on the Angels Flight funicular that kicks off season four of the Amazon series “Bosch.” (Photo courtesy of Amazon) Detective Harry Bosch, played by Titus Welliver, is on the job. (Photo courtesy of Amazon) Sound The gallery will resume in seconds Actor Titus Welliver found a dream job in the part...
Tags: Amazon, Books, TV, New York, La, Angels, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Harry, Kevin Spacey, Tom Cruise, Lapd, Samuel L Jackson, Clark Johnson

Your holiday gift book guide for every kind of reader: mystery, history, sci-fi and more

So many books, so little column space! Here’s a speed round of SoCal literary holiday gifts for everyone on your list. THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly: The writer’s fans must have been nice this year. Santa brought us a new Harry Bosch crime novel from the New York Times-bestselling author and honorary Angeleno. Black Dahlia, Red Rose: The Crime, Corruption, and Cover-Up of America’s Greatest Unsolved Murder by Piu Eatwell. Hollywood’s most famous cold case gets revi...
Tags: Books, California, America, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, New York Times, Ed Ruscha, Frank Gehry, Santa, Pasadena, Grant, Hamilton, Northern California, Boyle

Author Michael Connelly returns with the 20th Harry Bosch book in ‘Two Kinds of Truth’

ldn Author Michael Connelly will appear in Orange on Tuesday, Oct. 31, to discuss his latest novel, “Two Kinds of Truth.” (File photo by Ed Crisotomo, Orange County Register/SCNG) Author Michael Connelly will discuss and sign his newest novel, “Two Kinds of Truth,” at Book Carnival. (Photo Courtesy of Michael Connelly) Author Michael Connelly will discuss and sign his newest novel, “Two Kinds of Truth,” at Book Carnival. (Photo Courtesy of Michael Connelly) Show Caption of Expa...
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Review: The Late Show

Summary: #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces Renee Ballard, a fierce young detective fighting to prove herself on the LAPD’s toughest beat–the Late Show.Renee Ballard works the midnight shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing few, as each morning she turns everything over to the daytime units. It’s a frustrating job for a once up-and-coming detective, but it’s no accident. She’s been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassm...
Tags: Books, Hollywood, New York Times, Lapd, Connelly, Ballard, Renee, Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch, Julie P, Renee Ballard, Washington Post Little BrownOne

The Best Mysteries And Thrillers of August

Here are four of our favorite thrillers of August. You can find all ten favorites in our list of the Best Mysteries & Thrillers of August.     Shop on AmazonPrint Book | Kindle Book Two sisters disappear. Three years later, the youngest reappears on her mother’s doorstep with an incredible story of where they’ve been and information on how to find her older sister. To quote Amazon Senior Editor Seira Wilson in her Best of the Month Top 10 review, Walker has "brought her A-game of cat an...
Tags: Books, Editor, Mystery, PERCY, Lists, Portland Oregon, Best Books, Mark, Walker, Claire, Michael Connelly, Best of the Month, Seira Wilson, Karin Slaughter, Thriller + Suspense, Benjamin Percy

Celebrity Picks: Michael Connelly Recommends LA Stories

Some writers are associated with specific places. An obvious connection would be Raymond Chandler writing about Los Angeles. Another obvious one would be Michael Connelly writing about Los Angeles. So it's no surprise that Connelly recommends a story by Chandler in this edition of Celebrity Picks. But which story does he recommend and why? And who else does he love? Check out all of Michael Connelly's picks below. You couldn't find a better author to recommend great LA Stories. Since it would b...
Tags: Books, Hollywood, La, Los Angeles, Mystery, Lists, Raymond Chandler, Connelly, Chandler, Michael Connelly, Chris Schluep, Thriller + Suspense, Celebrity Picks, Hollywood Now, Renee Ballard, Fante

Thriller Writer Matt Richtel in Conversation with Lee Child

Back in 2014, Matt Richtel wrote a mesmerizing, compulsive, and very well-researched nonfiction book about a young man who drifted out of his lane on a Utah highway while texting and killed two rocket scientists coming the opposite way. The book was called A Deadly Wandering, and Amazon Senior Editor Jon Foro described the book this way: "Richtel has combined his savvy as a New York Times science reporter with his skill as a writer of technology-infused thrillers to weave two separate, if rela...
Tags: Amazon, Utah, Books, New York Times, Times, Michael Crichton, Jim Thompson, Lee, Lee Child, Crichton, Michael Connelly, Lee You, Matt Richtel, Richtel, Jefferson Parker, Don Winslow

Michael Connelly’s new book is his 30th, and it’s (mostly) Bosch-free

In his 30th book, “The Late Show,” crime-fiction author Michael Connelly introduces a new character, LAPD Detective Renée Ballard, who works the night shift at Hollywood Station.
Tags: Books, News, Entertainment, Lapd, Bosch, Michael Connelly, Renee Ballard

The Best Mysteries and Thrillers of 2017 So Far

It's a lot of fun picking the Best Mysteries & Thrillers of the Year So Far, but it's not easy. Here are four selections below, but there are standouts all through the list. Check out the full list here.   Shop on AmazonPrint Book | Kindle Book Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles - At this point, you have probably heard of Greg Iles' "Natchez Burning" trilogy. But if you haven't, consider this: out of 1,128 customer reviews for Mississippi Blood on Amazon.com (as of this writing), 82% of th...
Tags: Amazon, Books, London, Mississippi, Australia, Germany, Mystery, Lists, Hitler, Avon, Best Books, Agatha Christie, Harper, Anthony Horowitz, Susan, Kerr

This Week in Books: Comic-Con is on, Kermit gets fired and Antarctica is breaking up

Pop quiz: Where can you go to hang out with director Steven Spielberg, Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot and a slew of Stormtroopers? If you said San Diego’s Comic-Con, then you’re probably already there. The once-humble gathering of geeks and cosplayers is now a massive showcase for some Hollywood’s splashiest blockbusters. Even if you’re sitting this one out, you can still get into the spirit of the event. Here are three stellar books making the leap from page to screen and generating buzz at this year...
Tags: Amazon, Europe, Books, Hollywood, News, Julianne Moore, Disney, Muppets, Britain, Queens, Editor, Antarctica, San Diego, Alan Turing, Bletchley Park, Turing

Michael Connelly Talks about his New Series (and his Brand New Character)

One of my favorite reads last month was an early copy of Michael Connelly's new novel The Late Show. The book is the start of a new series, featuring Renée Ballard of the LAPD, and fans of Connelly are going to love it. In my opinion, he just keeps getting better and better. I reached out to the author to talk a little about his new series, his new protagonist, his writing schedule, and even what shows he likes to watch.     Chris Schluep: First of all, congratulations on a great third season of...
Tags: Books, Hollywood, Entertainment, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Mystery, Lincoln, Lapd, Bosch, Maui, Connelly, Jeffrey Tambor, Bosch Season, Renee, Michael Connelly, Mickey Haller

Books In Flight: Mysteries, Thrillers, and a Little Suspense

Previously I brought you the nonfiction edition of Books in Flight - recommended digital reads for any flight time. Today we are diving into (maybe that's not the right word… exploring!) mystery, thrillers, and suspense novels for those of you who like a little thrill in the air. The object here is to find that perfect suspense novel to keep you occupied from taxiing to touchdown, and to makes sure that it doesn't have anything to do with airplanes. So - less Before the Fall and more The DaVinci...
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series crossovers.

Is there a way to add a 2nd series to a book so that I can read books in the correct order. Michael Connelly has a series of Harry Bosch books and Mickey Haller books. In the books that both characters appear but one is clearly the main character I'd like to give that a full number in that series and give it a half number in the supporting characters series. I hope this makes sense to you.
Tags: Books, Calibre, Michael Connelly, Mickey Haller, Harry Bosch