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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 to read and rest!

In This Newsletter
Wednesday Night: Bryn Greenwood!
Thursday Night: Laura McHugh!
Next Tuesday Night: Michael Swanwick!
Next Friday Night: George R. R. Martin and The Wild Cards!
Advance Screening: The Light Between Oceans!
Great New Books arrive on our Shelves each Week!
HERE THEY COME!
Our World-Famous Author Events Calendar!

Bryn Greenwood, Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Laura McHugh, Thursday, August 11, 2016

Michael Swanwick, Tuesday, August 16, 2016


Louise Penny, Thursday, September 01, 2016

Erich Wurster, Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Margaret Peterson Haddix, Thursday, September 15, 2016

Jonathan Safran Foer, Friday, September 16, 2016

Monday, September 19, 2016

Candice Millard, Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Loren Long, Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Liane Moriarty, Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Monday, September 26, 2016

Sue Lowell Gallion, Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Gayle Forman, Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Jamie Metzl, Saturday, October 01, 2016

Sunday, October 02, 2016

Ridley Pearson, Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Thursday, October 06, 2016

Friday, October 07, 2016

Ann Patchett, Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Friday, October 21, 2016

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Peter Cozzens, Thursday, November 03, 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Volume 807                        August 08, 2016
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On Tuesday, August 02, Vivien Jennings gave her in-depth Book Club Reading Recommendations for 3 of the Rolling Hills Presbyterian Book Clubs.  These faithful loyal Book Clubs really appreciate Vivien's Reading Recommendations!
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On Wednesday, August 03, Liz Pryor Presented her New Hardcover Memoir Look at You Now: My Journey from Shame to Strength at Rainy Day Books.  Liz Pryor was the Life Advice Guru for ABC's Good Morning America in 20011 & 2012.  Liz studied Journalism at the University of Kansas (KU), and now lives in Los Angeles, California.  Liz's life story is in her New Book.
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We work smart & hard to create exciting and unique opportunities as we celebrate the beginning of 41 Years of bringing Authors, Books and Customers together for memorable experiences!
WEDNESDAY NIGHT!
Bryn Greenwood will Present her New Hardcover 
 All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Bryn Greenwood will Present her New Hardcover All the Ugly and Wonderful Things.  A Booksigning will follow the Presentation. 

Bryn Greenwood, Lawrence, Kansas native, celebrates the release of her debut novel. "A memorable coming-of-age tale about loyalty, defiance, and the power of love under the most improbable circumstances." ~ Publishers Weekly

This is a Complimentary OPEN House Event on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 6:30 PM at Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205.  Reservations are Requested.  Seating is Limited.  Please call Rainy Day Books at 913-384-3126 to make your Reservation.

THURSDAY NIGHT!
Laura McHugh will Present her New Hardcover 
 Arrowood 
Laura McHugh will be In Conversation with Becci West, Manager of Rainy Day Books as Laura Presents her New Hardcover Novel Arrowood.  A Booksigning will follow the Presentation. 

Laura McHugh is the Author of The Weight of Blood, that Won both the 2015 International Thriller Writers Award and a Silver Falchion Award for Best First Novel, and was Nominated for a Barry Award and an Alex Award.  She lives in Columbia, Missouri.

This is a Complimentary OPEN House Event on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Mid-Continent Public Library, Woodneath Library Center, 8900 NE Flintlock Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64157.  Registration is Required.  Visit www.MyMCPL.org/Events to Register or Call the Library 816-883-4900.  Seating is General Admission.  Rainy Day Books will provide Laura McHugh's Books for Sale at this Event.

NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT!
Michael Swanwick will Present his New Softcover 
 "Not so Much" Said the Cat
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Michael Swanwick will Present his New Softcover "Not so Much" Said the Cat.  A Booksigning will follow the Presentation. 

Michael Swanwick, is one of the most acclaimed Science-Fiction and Fantasy Short-Story Writers of his generation, having received an unprecedented five consecutive Hugo Awards.  He is also the Winner of the Theodore Sturgeon and World Fantasy Awards.

This Event is Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Rainy Day Books in The Fairway Shops, 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas 66205.

NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT!
George R. R. Martin and The Wild Cards
will Celebrate the Publication of
 High Stakes: Wild Cards #13 
George R. R. Martin will Celebrate the Publication of the New Hardcover High Stakes: A Wild Cards Novel with a Gathering and Booksigning by Wild Cards Contributing Authors. 

George R. R. Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of A Song of Ice and Fire Series (adapted into the Television Series Game of Thrones), and Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy Awards-Winning Author; and Assistant Editor of the Wild Cards Series Melissa M. Snodgrass, High Stakes Contributors David Anthony Durham, Stephen Leigh, John Jos. Miller, Caroline Spector, Plus Special Guests Carrie Vaughn, Max Galdston, David D. Levine, Ian Tregillis, Parris, Pat Cadigan, Marko Kloos, Gail Gerstner Miller, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Diana Rowland, Walton (Bud) Simons, Bob Wayne, Walter Jon Williams, and Michael Cassutt will all appear together at one SPECIAL EVENT!

This SPECIAL EVENT is Friday, August 19, 2016, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM at Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Count Basie Ballroom, 200 W 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105. 

Catch an Advance Screening of
The Light Between Oceans! 

Catch an Advance Screening of the New Motion Picture The Light Between Oceans, inspired by the Bestselling Novel The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman.



DreamWorks Pictures' The Light Between Oceans is a heart-breaking drama about fate, love, moral dilemmas and the lengths to which one couple will go to see their dreams realized.

Starring Academy Award� Nominee Michael Fassbender, Oscar� Winner Alicia Vikander, Oscar and Golden Globe Winner Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown and Jack Thompson, the Film is written for the screen and Directed by Derek Cianfrance based on the acclaimed Novel by M. L. Stedman. 

The Producers are Academy Award Nominee David Heyman, P.G.A., and Jeffrey Clifford, P.G.A., with Tom Karnowski, Rosie Alison, Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King serving as Executive Producers. 

STORY: In the years following World War I, Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), a young veteran still numb from his Years in combat, takes a job as Lighthouse Keeper on Janus Rock, a remote Island off the coast of Western Australia.  As the Island's sole inhabitant, he finds comfort in the monotony of the chores and the solitude of his surroundings.  When he meets the daughter of the school's Headmaster, Isabel Graysmark (Alicia Vikander), in the local town of Partageuse on the mainland, Tom is immediately captivated by her beauty, wit and passion, and they are soon married and living on the Island. 

As their love flourishes, he begins to feel again, their happiness marred only by their inability to start a family, so when a rowboat with a dead man and infant girl mysteriously washes ashore, Isabel believes their prayers may have finally been answered.  As a man of principle, Tom is torn between reporting the lost child and pleasing the woman he loves, and against his better judgment he agrees to let Isabel raise the child as their own, making a choice with devastating consequences. 

DreamWorks Pictures' The Light Between Oceans OPENS in U.S. Theaters on Friday, September 02, 2016.

This Advance Screening is Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at 7:00 PM at The Cinemark Palace on The Plaza, 526 Nichols Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.  A Limit of Two Passes Per Person, while supplies last.  Additionally, Seating will be on a First-Come, First-Served Basis.

Great New Books arrive on our Shelves each Week! 

Carousel Court

Carousel Court

Joe McGinniss

Simon & Schuster

 

Carousel Court is a shot-to-the-jaw takedown of modern America. Few pieces of fiction qualify for the heavyweight class, this one is a title contender. A scorching peek into the lives of one couple, transplanted from the East Coast to suburban Los Angeles. He needs the change of scenery for his ego, she's just trying to keep it together for the sake of her toddler. Together they chase the hollow promise of upward mobility. Nothing goes according to plan. Very quickly, the couple finds themselves pushed further to the margins: of society, of their relationship, of humanity. Everyone has a breaking point. When the blistering summer sun sets on Carousel Court, all the demons come out to play. McGinnis displays a master's touch everywhere: scene, dialogue, pacing, denouement. A major moment in contemporary fiction.

 

 I Will Send Rain

I Will Send Rain

Rae Meadows

Henry Holt

 

A luminous, tenderly rendered novel of a woman fighting for her family's survival in the early years of the Dust Bowl; from the acclaimed and award-winning Rae Meadows. Annie Bell can't escape the dust. It's in her hair, covering the windowsills, coating the animals in the barn, in the corners of her children's dry, cracked lips. It's 1934 and the Bell farm in Mulehead, Oklahoma is struggling as the earliest storms of The Dust Bowl descend. All around them the wheat harvests are drying out and people are packing up their belongings as storms lay waste to the Great Plains. As the Bells wait for the rains to come, Annie and each member of her family are pulled in different directions. Annie's fragile young son, Fred, suffers from dust pneumonia; her headstrong daughter, Birdie, flush with first love, is choosing a dangerous path out of Mulehead; and Samuel, her husband, is plagued by disturbing dreams of rain. As Annie, desperate for an escape of her own, flirts with the affections of an unlikely admirer, she must choose who she is going to become.

 

Arrowood

Arrowood

Laura McHugh

Spiegel and Grau

 

Laura McHugh will Present her New Novel Arrowood this Thursday, August 11, 2016!

  

When her father dies, Arden inherits Arrowood, her childhood home. Set on the Mississippi River, the little town of Keokuk, Iowa, has seen more prosperous days, as has Arrowood, which has stood vacant for years. Arden decides to move back to Keokuk and re-establish the search for her two-year-old twin siblings who disappeared 20 years earlier under her watch. With the help of Ben, her childhood friend and a longtime resident of Keokuk, Arden re-examines the disappearance, hoping to not only find the twins, but also to make peace with her own deep-rooted secrets.

 

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Bryn Greenwood

Thomas Dunne Books

  

Bryn Greenwood will Present her New Novel All the Ugly and Wonderful Things this Wednesday, August 10, 2016! 

  

A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives. As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world.

 

Three Sisters, Three Queens

Three Sisters, Three Queens

Philippa Gregory

Touchstone Books

 

When Katherine of Aragon is brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret, takes her measure. With one look, each knows the other for a rival, an ally, a pawn, destined with Margaret's younger sister Mary to a sisterhood unique in all the world. The three sisters will become the queens of England, Scotland, and France. United by family loyalties and affections, the three queens find themselves set against each other. Katherine commands an army against Margaret and kills her husband James IV of Scotland. But Margaret's boy becomes heir to the Tudor throne when Katherine loses her son. Mary steals the widowed Margaret's proposed husband, but when Mary is widowed it is her secret marriage for love that is the envy of the others. As they experience betrayals, dangers, loss, and passion, the three sisters find that the only constant in their perilous lives is their special bond, more powerful than any man, even a king.

 

The Last Days of New Paris

The Last Days of New Paris

China Mieville

Del Rey Books

 

1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer and occult disciple Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including Surrealist theorist Andre Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope. But what he unwittingly unleashes is the power of dreams and nightmares, changing the war and the world forever. 1950. A lone Surrealist fighter, Thibaut, walks a new, hallucinogenic Paris, where Nazis and the Resistance are trapped in unending conflict, and the streets are stalked by living images and texts and by the forces of Hell. To escape the city, he must join forces with Sam, an American photographer intent on recording the ruins, and make common cause with a powerful, enigmatic figure of chance and rebellion: the exquisite corpse. But Sam is being hunted. And new secrets will emerge that will test all their loyalties to each other, to Paris old and new, and to reality itself.

 

Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Dutton Books

 

In the ten years since the publication of her beloved, groundbreaking Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, #1 New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal has been quietly tinkering away. Using her distinct blend of nonlinear narrative, wistful reflections, and insightful wit, she has created a modest but mighty new work. Why the title Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal? Because the book is organized into chapters with classic subject headings such as Social Studies, Music, Language Arts, Math, etc. Because "textbook" is an expression meaning quintessential, as in, "Oh, that wordplay and unconventional format is so typical of her, so textbook Amy." Because for the first time ever, readers can further engage with a book via text messaging. Because if an author's previous book has "Encyclopedia" in the title, following it up with a "Textbook" would be rather nice. Not exactly a memoir, not just a collection of observations, Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal is an exploration into the many ways we are connected on this planet and speaks to the awe, bewilderment, and poignancy of being alive.

 

Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets

Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets

Luke Dittrich

Random House

 

In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison who suffered from severe epilepsy received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The operation failed to eliminate Henry's seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly amnesic, unable to create long-term memories. Over the next sixty years, Patient H.M., as Henry was known, became the most studied individual in the history of neuroscience, a human guinea pig who would teach us much of what we know about memory today.  Patient H.M. is, at times, a deeply personal journey. Luke Dittrich's grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison and thousands of other patients. The author's investigation into the dark roots of modern memory science ultimately forces him to confront unsettling secrets in his own family history, and to reveal the tragedy that fueled his grandfather's relentless experimentation experimentation that would revolutionize our understanding of ourselves. Dittrich uses the case of Patient H.M. as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, one that moves from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT. He takes readers inside the old asylums and operating theaters where psychosurgeons, as they called themselves, conducted their human experiments, and behind the scenes of a bitter custody battle over the ownership of the most important brain in the world.

Thank You for Supporting Your Community Bookseller, Rainy Day Books, Since 1975!

Since November 04, 1975, we have pursued our Legacy of Literacy:  41 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.
 
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Rainy Day Books is located in The Fairway Shops, at the Northwest corner of the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Belinder Road.  Our address is 2706 W 53rd Street, Fairway, Kansas (KS) 66205.  Our Phone Number is 913-384-3126. 
 
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When you shop at Rainy Day Books you're a part of our Legacy of Literacy for Kansas City.  We provide full service, knowledgeable Reading Recommendations and priceless Author Event experiences, all at a fair price.  To our faithful loyal Customers, we say Thank You for your Support!  We look forward to seeing again you soon!
 

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Roger & Vivien at Home with their Books

 

Life is Good and it just keeps getting Better, 

 

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