The Avid Reader is a pair of general-interest independent bookstores located in both downtown Davis, California, and in Sacramento, California.

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The Avid Reader
617 Second Street
Davis, CA 95616
Tel: (530)758-4040
Fax: (530)758-4084
Open Mon-Sun 10-10
avidreaderdavis@aol.com

The Avid Reader at the Tower
1600 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818
Tel: (916) 441-4400
Open Sunday-Thursday 9-9
Friday-Sunday 9-10
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Our stores offer book signings, author appearances and other special events. We also have Bookclubs which meet every month. Check out what we have scheduled this year.

Title of Event: Finding Pete by Jill Hunting
When: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:30 PM
Location: The Avid Reader - Davis
Description:

On November 12, 1965, Walter Cronkite announced that civilian aid worker Peter Hunting had been killed by Vietcong agents in the Mekong Delta. For America, it was a loss that reverberated with portents of coming catastrophes. For Hunting’s fifteen-year-old sister, Jill, it was the beginning of a lifetime of questions:
What had Pete’s years in Vietnam been like—what had he seen and experienced?
What had he come to believe about his role there in the midst of sharply rising tensions?
Why had two men reportedly posing as Pete’s friends lured him to his death?

For decades, it seemed that these questions would remain forever unanswered, with Pete’s family struck silent by their overwhelming grief and his many letters home destroyed in a basement flood. When, in 2004, boxes upon boxes of Pete’s letters suddenly emerged, it was the beginning of a long process of historical detective work and an emotional re-acquaintance with a brother lost too soon.

In this sweeping, sharply honest memoir, Jill Hunting traces Pete’s journey from an idealistic college student to a savvy member of the International Voluntary Services—digging wells, laying brick, teaching English, and writing witty letters home describing the small absurdities of everyday life in a foreign land. The book includes a reading group guide.


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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Myron, Vicki, Witter, Bret
When a cold, wet kitten is pulled from a library book-return box on a winter day in Spencer, Iowa, no one could imagine what changes this very extraordinary cat would bring to a town and a library director -- both in need of some good news. More than a memoir, this book is a lesson in love, devotion, and a sense of community spirit.--Janet Hart, Bookpeople Of Moscow (Moscow, ID)
Quote of the Day
"A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."

- Salman Rushdie
Imaginary Homelands
From The Quotable Book Lover (Lyons Press)
Author Birthday
If today is your birthday, you share it with Virginia Hamilton.