What was your favorite book of the year... or the decade?

On the next Your Call, we'll be joined by two local independent bookstore owners for our end-of-the-year book show. 2010 is coming to a close and we want to know what you've been reading this year. Which books have you enjoyed most? Which have been the most telling of our time? Have any classics resurfaced for you? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Considering books as holiday gifts? Which ones? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hunsanger, an owner of Green Apple Books

Rachel Meier, general manager and buyer at Booksmith

Lee Azus, owner of Get Lost bookstore

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What's on your summer reading list?

On the next Your Call, we'll get suggestions from a librarian and an independent bookstore owner for great summer books -- new releases and old classics. There's nothing like having the perfect book along on a vacation or just to sit with under a tree. What do you think makes for good summer reading? Are you aiming to learn about a subject? Or get lost in a good story? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Which authors are really exciting you right now? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Laura Lent, librarian with the San Francisco Public Library system
Kevin Hunsanger, an owner of Green Apple Books

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Read a Good Book Lately?

Do you have a great book to recommend? On the next Your Call, we'll ask Green Apple Books's Pete Mulvihill and the Booksmith's Rachel Meier to share their recommendations for the best books of the year. Do have friends or family members who you'd love to get a book for -- if only you had some recommendations? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or tune in live at 11. What's your book gift idea? And what are you reading? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Pete Mulvihill, co-owner, Green Apple Books and Music

Rachel Meier, manger and book buyer at Booksmith in San Francisco

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Your Call 081809 What is on your summer reading list?

What is on your summer reading list? On the next Your Call, we'll open the phone lines and share what we're reading. Investigative reporter John Pilger is out with his summer political reading list. And Bay Area activist Todd Chretien recently compiled a summer list for President Obama. What would you add to that list?

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What are you reading? What non-fiction and fiction books do you suggest? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Pete Mulvihill, co-owner of Green Apple Books

Neal Sofman, founder and owner Bookshop West Portal

Casey Coonerty Protti, owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz

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Your Call 050609 What gives your job meaning?

What gives your job meaning? On the next Your Call we'll speak with Paul Buhle and Harvey Pekar about their new graphic novel adaptation of Studs Terkel's Working. 35 years ago Studs published his interviews with parking lot attendants, corporate executives, newsboys, housewives, firemen and sailors about what they did all day and what it meant to them doing it. If Studs wanted to capture working life today, who would he need to talk to? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What do you do all day? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Buhle in Providence, Rhode Island
Senior lecturer at Brown University and an editor of several books of comic art, including Wobblies!, A Dangerous Woman, Students for a Democratic Society, and A People's History of American Empire.

Harvey Pekar in Cleveland, Ohio
Comic-book writer and author of the autobiographical American Splendor series, which was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film. Pekar is also a prolific jazz and book critic.

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