Click It. BEAT picks of the week.

Joan Didion's latest book, a memoir (not her favorite word), Blue Nights, is out this week. On Wednesday November 16, she'll be in conversation with The Los Angeles Times' David Ulin at the Los Angeles Public Library.

Tower Heist looks so good! Director Brett Ratner will be at the ArcLight Hollywood on Friday November 4 for a Q&A following the 7:15 p.m. screening.

Meet Marky Ramone (and sample his marinara sauce!) at Whole Foods this weekend--in Venice on Saturday and in Westwood Sunday.

My favorite hair ties (made in Malibu)

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: Knopf

Do It. David Ulin at Skylight Books.

David Ulin will be at Skylight Books tonight discussing and signing his new book, "The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Are So Important in a Distracted Time". The L.A. Times book critic (and former Book Review editor) is very smart and witty, so this event is sure to be really fun. He's also bound to have tons of great book suggestions, other than his own.

Wednesday October 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Skylight Books is located at 1818 N. Vermont Avenue in Los Feliz. Info: skylightbooks.com, (323) 660-1175

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

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Do It. Lorin Stein and David Ulin at Book Soup.

This Saturday evening, Lorin Stein of the Paris Review will be in conversation with David Ulin of the Los Angeles Times at Book Soup.

They'll discuss the present tense of the Review, and the role of print journalism in today's world.

As many of you readers know, we BEAT girls met at the Los Angeles Times, so we can tell you first-hand that David Ulin is fabulous and definitely worth seeing at an event such as this.

A couple interviews from the journal worth reading even if you can't attend: Hunter S. Thompson, The Art of Journalism No. 1 (Fall 2000), and R. Crumb, The Art of Comics No. 1 (Summer 2010).

Book Soup is located at 8818 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Saturday October 9 at 5:00 p.m. Event is free, and the current issue of the Paris Review is $12.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: theparisreview.org