SFist Reads

SFist is so thankful to be living in the greatest freakin' city in the world! One of the things that makes San Francisco great is our fantastic public libraries, from which we can quickly and easily reserve whichever books we'd like. We're also thankful for our great local independent bookstores, where we can buy, sell, and trade or books and other media.

SFist Rita just got The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club (just out in paper) "to read on my Thanksgiving flight, which is about the DC political social scene, the women who run it, and how they've influenced politics. I liked Katharine Graham's biography and Sally Quinn's book about the parties she's thrown so I figure it'll have more of the same. Plus -- it looks chock-full of Wonkette-y gossip! (I just opened the book to a random page, and it says 'The Washington Post accused Georgette of staging the Atwater-Foley dinner party solely as a means of self-glorification.' Yes!)"

SFist Jackson's boning up on his history for the blog with Oakland, story of a city, by Beth Bagwell. Oakland's rise as the western terminus of the Central Pacific, the histories behind the University of California, Holy Names and Mills College, the life and times of Dr. Samuel Merritt, and all sorts of goodies about the 'Town are packed into this quick and easy read.

SFist Eve is reading Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder in Cape Cod, by Maria Flook. It's a "literary investigation" of the murder of Christa Worthington, a fashion journalist and single mother who was found dead in her home in early 2002. A chilling and sad tale, it's a testament to the author's prowess that we cannot get the image of the murder scene out of our mind.