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Rainy Day Books
Rainy Day Books is located in
The Fairway Shops
2706 W 53rd Street
Fairway, Kansas 66205-1705
Phone: 913-384-3126

Store Hours:
Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 10 to 6 and Saturdays 10 to 5
Sundays we are Home with our families and friends when we read and rest!

In This Newsletter
SAVE THE DATE: 2013 Author Events!
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SAVE THE DATE!

Our 2013 Author Events Calendar is starting to shape up!

 

Jojo Moyes, Tuesday, January 15

 

Rilla Askew, Tuesday, January 22

 

Karen Thompson Walker, Wednesday, January 30

 

John Mackey, Thursday, January 31

 

Bobby Deen, Monday, February 11

 

Susan Cain, Tuesday, February 12

 

Ernest Freeberg, Tuesday, March 12

 

Richard Ford, Thursday, March 14

 

Jenny Lawson, AKA, The Bloggess, Thursday, March 21

 

Anne Lamott, First Week of April, Date TBA

 

Cheryl Strayed, Tuesday, April 23

 

Michael Pollan, Friday, May 10

 

Rick Atkinson, Monday, May 20

 

Jennie Fields, Thursday, June 6

Merry Christmas!       December 25, 2012

 Greetings!, 

 

HolidayWreath We wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

We are truly thankful that so many faithful loyal Customers brought their Families & Friends to Rainy Day Books and shared the Holiday Spirit!  Our Staff enjoyed helping Customers select the Gift of Reading as a present that can be opened again and again.  We provided complimentary Gift Wrapping Service for a record number of Gift Books!  We so appreciate receiving cookies, candies, chocolates, flowers and compliments!  Your continued support is a wonderful Gift this Holiday Season!

 

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Our Hours This Week and Next Week: 

Tuesday, December 25, and Wednesday, December 26, we will be at our Homes celebrating a Merry Christmas with our Families & Friends! 

Thursday, December 27, we will be back to normal OPEN Hours.

Friday, December 28, we will be back to normal OPEN Hours.

Saturday, December 29, we will be back to normal OPEN Hours.

Sunday, December 30, we will wrap up the Week and we will be at our Homes with our Families and Friends.

Monday, December 31, New Year's Eve, we will be at our Homes celebrating a Happy New Year!

Tuesday, January 01, we will be at our Homes celebrating a Happy New Year!

Wednesday, January 02, we will back to normal OPEN Hours. 

 

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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

Vivien & Roger

 

2013 AUTHOR EVENTS:  Save the Date!  Full Author Event details are coming soon!

 

Jojo Moyes, author of the Bestseller The Last Letter from Your Lover, will appear for her new novel Me Before You on Tuesday, January 15, 2013.

 

Rilla Askew, author of the new novel Kind of Kin, will appear on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.

 

Karen Thompson Walker, author of the Bestseller Age of Miracles, will appear on Wednesday, January 30, 2013.

 

John Mackey, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Whole Foods and author of his new Book Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, will appear on Thursday, January 31, 2013.

 

Bobby Deen, Food Network star, will appear for his new Cookbook From Momma's Table to Mine on Monday, February 11, 2013.

 

Susan Cain, author of The New York Times Bestseller, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, will appear on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

 

Ernest Freeberg, author of his new Book The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America, will appear on Tuesday, March 12, 2013.

 

Richard Ford, author of The New York Times Bestseller Canada, will appear on Thursday March 14, 2013.

 

Jenny Lawson, AKA, The Bloggess, author of The New York Times Bestseller Let's Pretend This Never Happened, will appear on Thursday, March 21, 2013.

 

Anne Lamott, author of The New York Times Bestsellers Traveling Mercies and Help, Thanks, Wow, will appear for her newest Book Some Assembly Required: A Journey of My Son's First Son.  This Event will take place the first Week of April, at a Date & Time to be announced.

 

Cheryl Strayed, author of The New York Times Bestseller Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, will appear on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

 

Michael Pollan, author of The New York Times Bestseller The Omnivore's Dilemma and the new Book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, will apear on Friday, May 10, 2013.

 

Rick Atkinson, author of The New York Times Bestsellers An Army at Dawn and The Day of Battle returns with his highly-anticipated final chapter in The Liberation Trilogy: The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 on Monday, May 20, 2013.

 

Jennie Fields, author of The New York Times Bestseller The Age of Desire, will appear on Thursday, June 6, 2013.

 

There will be many more Author Event Updates to come!  Watch & Read our Weekly E-mail Newsletters!

Give the gift of reading to someone new! Sign up for World Book Night 2013 before New Year's Day!

 

WORLD BOOK NIGHT 2013 INVITES YOU!

 

WBN 2013  

 

Apply now to be a World Book Night giver!  Be part of this great campaign to give free Books to light and non-readers on April 23, 2013. 

 

Learn more at www.us.WorldBookNight.org

Thank You for supporting Your Community Bookseller, Rainy Day Books!

Since 1975, we have pursued our Legacy of Literacy: 38 years of helping match readers to great books, bringing famous and soon-to-be-famous names to Kansas City, and enjoying the excitement of sharing so many experiences.

 

Take the time to tell someone new about Rainy Day Books.  Each book that you purchase at Rainy Day Books makes Rainy Day Books a place authors ask to visit, a vibrant part of Kansas City's arts community, and a bookstore where people love books enough to talk about them all day long.  Please encourage your fellow readers to sign up for this E-Newsletter.  We have an exciting schedule of upcoming Author Events, and this is the first place to hear about them!  We also take Orders for Author Autographed Books, so your friends far and wide can share in the experience.

 

Rainy Day Books is located in The Fairway Shops, at the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Belinder Road.  Our address is 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas (KS) 66205.

 

Get directions to Rainy Day Books and our Event venues by clicking here. 

 

Store Hours:  Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 10 AM to 6 PM, Sat 10 AM to 5 PM, and Sundays we read, rest and enjoy our families and friends.

 

When you shop at Rainy Day Books you're a part of our Legacy of Literacy for Kansas City.  We provide full service, knowledgeable recommendations and priceless Author Event experiences, all at a fair price.  To our customers, 

thank you for your support. 

 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

 

Vivien Jennings & Roger Doeren  


Vivien, Roger, and all of your friends at Rainy Day Books