Current Interest:Elizabeth D. Samet, Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point
We didn’t get all of our picks and predictions right - but we correctly picked Dinaw Mengestu, Karin Fossum and Tim Weiner. We were woefully off the mark in other categories, but that’s what makes the LA Times Book Prizes so interesting…you never know who’ll walk away with the honors.
The Festival of Books is at UCLA today from 10am - 6pm and tomorrow from 10am - 5pm. With hundreds of authors and bookish booths from publishers and booklovers all over the world, there will be something for everyone. And as the emcee of last night’s awards pointed out, it’s the largest annual book event in the world. How can you pass that up?

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