Ever since reading The Bookshop On the Corner, I've been meaning to read more of Jenny Colgan's books. When I finally started to get back into reading fiction during self-isolation this year, I grabbed my advance copy for her latest book, 500 Miles From You, and was even more excited to discover she returns to… Continue reading 500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan
Every year at the bookstore we share our favorite books for the summer reading season. This year we've upped the number of recommendations per bookseller to eight and these are my recommendations! The Royal Runaway by Lindsay Emory Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown Lovely War by Julie Berry Girl Logic by Iliza… Continue reading Summer Reading Favorites
We're back! At the beginning of June my bookstore was able to reopen partially to the public, and then a week ago we were able to open more fully. That was, I hope understandably, very stressful. But this week I could finally take some time to sit back and head out to my in-laws beach… Continue reading Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took on Washington The latest Nonfiction Book Club book is one I'd been anticipating reading for quite some time and am very curious to see what my fellow book club members think of it! Synopsis From the back cover:Journalist Patricia Miller tells the… Continue reading Bringing Down the Colonel by Patricia Miller
Historical fiction wound up being the genre that got me back into reading at the end of my self-isolation during this pandemic and I have a feeling it's what I'm going to want to be reading for most of the summer - to escape a different time in the past where things were, if not… Continue reading Historical Fiction Favorites
When I first started going to a real comic book store, I discovered that I have a love of reading comics issue by issue, instead of bound volumes. I still only get the comic book shop every few months or so, but this was the first comic I started reading by issue! Synopsis From the… Continue reading Monstress by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
There's nothing like a global pandemic to completely change ones reading habits, right? Well, I guess we really wouldn't know. Either way, I'm ready way more historical fiction in the last week than I've read in years. However, fun fact, historical fiction was what really got me into reading way back in the third grade… Continue reading The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
On Monday I went back into the bookstore to start the slow process of getting us ready for an eventual reopening - one that has started with curbside pickup and will grow from there. Diary of a Bookseller #16 After six weeks unable to work on the floor due to a knee injury followed immediately… Continue reading Slow and Steady Wins the Race
On the store blog today my coworker Anna and I featured our favorite new romances, all contemporary save one, as we thought it time we feature the books that bring us joy in the world right now. Lovely War I read because I'm going to be joining Anna's YA for All Book Club that she… Continue reading Lovely War by Julie Berry
What happens when you take a whole bunch of booksellers and tell them that they have to read all the upcoming releases for fall, the biggest book season of the year, digitally? Diary of a Bookseller #15 One of the best parts of my job as an indie bookstore manager is all the advance reader… Continue reading Going Digital
