Starbucks Book Break: Thursday, October 26, 2006

Do you like free coffee? Do you like reading? How about the both of them together? Then Starbucks "Book Break" is for you.

We would like to remind you that today, Thursday, October 26, is the nationwide "Book Break" event, happening at over twenty-seven Starbucks throughout the country. We invite you to join other literary fans for a reading group to talk about Mitch Albom's current New York Times #1 best seller, for one more day. It's your chance to talk about the thought-provoking ideas and themes posed in Albom's latest novel. Starbucks will provide the place, the complimentary coffee and the pastries. You provide the conversation.

Come join Gather members and employees for an evening of coffee, reading, and chatting -- it's a sure way to warm up on these autumn nights.

Listed below are the locations for tomorrow's "Book Break." In the coming days, we invite you to write about your book reading experiences or share your event photos at starbucks.gather.com. If you cannot make it to one of these events, don't worry! Join Mitch Albom and other Gather members at starbucks.gather.com, where Mitch will be checking in and responding to member questions from his nationwide book tour. Here are some of his more recent thoughts as he travels around the country talking with people about for one more day…

"Hi, this is Mitch speaking. Thank you all for the positive comments on Gather.

I have been traveling around the country with "for one more day", visiting readers in bookstores, churches, halls, universities - and the response has been overwhelming.

It's also so fascinating to see how many people wish they, too, could have one more day with a mother or father. Why is it that we leave so many things unsaid or unfinished with our parents? Maybe it's because we can't really imagine them gone, since they have been here since we came into the world. But, boy, do people yearn and hunger for another meal, another walk, another visit.

There's a line in the book that people have been quoting back to me. It comes when Charley sees his mother again for the first time. He whispers the word "Mom." Then he realizes how strange it sounds, because "when death takes your mother, it steals that word forever."

So many people have commented on that line, how they have not used the word "mom" or "dad" since they lost that loved one and how that sentence made them stop and catch their breath or even cry a little. When I wrote it, I knew that it would ring true, but I never thought it would have the impact that is has. It is one of the joys of writing to hear from your readers about words you put together that become more than a sentence but something real and moving and even true.

I will share more thoughts here on this site as we go along and welcome your comments or questions. Thanks for believing in me and my work."

~ Mitch Albom

ATLANTA
West Paces Ferry
1200 West Paces Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
4:00 - 6:00 pm

AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO
William Cannon & Mopac
West Creek Shopping Center
6600 S Mopac Expressway
Ste 2100
Austin, TX 78735
7:00 pm

BOSTON
443 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
6:00 pm

CLEVELAND
Hudson
89 South Main St.
Hudson, OH 44236
1:00 - 3:00 pm

CHICAGO
Piper's Alley
200-230 W North Ave
Chicago, IL 60610
7:00 pm

DALLAS
Northpark Mall II
Northpark Center
8687 North Central Expressway
Dallas, TX 75225
7:00 pm

DENVER
Yosemite & Maximus
9222 Park Meadows Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

DETROIT
Maple & Lahser
Village Knoll Shopping Center
3584 W. Maple Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
1:00 - 3:00 pm

FRESNO
Divisadero & U Street
1100 U Street
Fresno, CA 93721
7:00 - 8:30 pm

HOUSTON
I-10 & Durham
1801 Durham
Houston, TX 77007
6:30 - 7:30 pm

INDIANAPOLIS
Carmel
Merchants' Square
2316 East 116th Street
Carmel, IN 46032
7:00 pm

LOS ANGELES
Brentwood
11707 San Vincente Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90049
7:00 - 8:30 pm

LAS VEGAS
Warm Springs & Julia
1331 W. Warm Springs Road #100
Henderson, NV 89014
6:00 - 8:00 pm

MIAMI
Hallandale & Golden Isle
1805 East Hallandale Beach Blvd.
Hallandale Beach, FL 33009
7:00 pm

MINNEAPOLIS
St. Louis Park
Excelsior Commons
Excelsior Park Commons
3850 Grand Way
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
7:00 pm

NAPLES
Radio & Santa Barbara
Naples, FL 34104
4:00 pm and 6:00 pm

NEW YORK CITY
7427 29th & Park
424 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
6:00 pm

ORLANDO
7400 University & Goldenrod
Winter Park, FL 32792
7:00 pm

PHILADELPHIA
10th & Chestnut
1001-1005 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106
1:30 - 2:30 pm

PHOENIX
5557 N. 7th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85014
7:00 - 9:00 pm

PORTLAND
NW 23rd & Overton
1301 NW 23rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97210
7:30- 8:30 pm

SACRAMENTO
E. Natoma & Blue Ravine
25055 Blue Ravine 100
Folsom, CA 95360
12:00 - 2:00 pm

SAN DIEGO
5th & F Street
511 F Street
San Diego, CA 92101
7:00 pm

SAN FRANCISCO
Third & Market
7 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
1:00 - 2:00 pm

SEATTLE
Madison Park
4000 East Madison Ave
Seattle, WA 98112
6:30 - 8:30 pm

TAMPA
Howard & Moody
711 South Howard St
Tampa, FL 33606
7:00 pm

WASHINGTON D.C.
7700 Norfolk Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
7:30 - 8:30 pm

***All times local

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