In Los Angeles, Even Library Events Have Swag

I expect to see free swag at nightclub events or movie premieres (at the opening of "Nothing Like the Holidays" last year, I got a full Thanksgiving meal while fake snow blew outside) but at a library book swap?

Last night, the Mar Vista Branch outdid itself. Not only was there an open bar, an author signing (Lisa See was there promoting her awesome-looking book "Shanghai Girls"), and a terrific pile of free books to choose from, but on the way out the door, we were handed LED Mini Book Lights and pens that say "Reading is Sexy."

It is now! :)

Book Swap

Tonight I'm attending a GoodReads & Young Literati Book Swap with my good pal Amy. It's at the Mar Vista public library, a branch I've never visited before.

FYI, the Los Angeles Public Library system is amazing. There are 70 + branches, all of which are searchable online, and if the one closest to you doesn't have a book, they mail it from wherever, and you can drop it off at any of them. The only problem is, all the books I've put on hold tend to come in at the same time -- and then it's a scramble to read them all before they're due back.