The Evil Nan Does Lives Long After Her

I had a call from a radio reporter this morning. When he brought up the subject of Harry Potter, I thought he wanted to know about Harry Perez, the bookstore's July 21 collaboration with The Laughing Bean Cafe. How wrong could I be? He reminded me of The Denver Post interview I did a few weeks ago. He wanted me to re-hash the reasons why I wasn't carrying Book 7.

Because I'm a used bookstore, I growled.

What was my stand on Harry Potter? Did I know of any other small bookstores that might not be carrying the book?

I wish you could've seen the smoke that came from my ears. I have no stand on new books. I do order them for my in-house book clubs.

As for the opinions of other small dealers, I told the radio reporter to do his own legwork.

If you're looking for Harry Potter on Saturday morning, I may have one copy of book 7. You'll have to come to Harry Perez and the Deathly Jello to get it.

But there are also many other good books in the sea.

If you're looking for witches and wizards, I do have some Tolkien. If you need a good Bildungsroman, I have Esperanza Rising, Motherless Brooklyn, and The Education of Little Tree. You want to follow the journey of a hero? Miss Prothero's has some interesting books by Joseph Campbell. We have Beowulf and Ulysses. What about the journey of the anti-hero? We've got Grendel and Charles Johnson's Dreamer.

Harry Perez and the Deathly Jello

Okay. Harry Potter has been on my mind lately. Maybe I'm just upset that Miss Prothero's Books won't be making a bundle off of the book 7 release.

I am pleased to announce that Miss Prothero's Books will hold an alternative Harry Potter party on July 21. The party is being co-sponsored by our good business neighbor, The Laughing Bean Cafe (901 W. 10th). We're calling it Harry Perez and the Deathly Jello. It will be a speed reading of books 1 through 6. Josh Fellers of J Cubed Holistics will play Ron "the Weasel" Weissman. Nan Wigington (that's me) will either be playing the part of Hermione High and Mighty or the part of Everyone Else. (We haven't decided yet.) Laughing Bean owner Tim Marquez will be playing the part of Harry Perez. Tim is a stand-up comedian and knows how to ham it up.




The reading starts at 10 a.m. on the 21st at The Laughing Bean. There will be coffee specials for adults. The best behaved adult may even win a coffee cup from Miss P! If you need more information, give us a call at 303-572-2260.