Lose Yourself in the World of Books
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World In March I attended my first book buyer's retreat and was grumbling about the fact that all the publishers were sending me fiction books - didn't they know that some book buyers really prefer nonfiction? Until, finally, the last book arrived before I made my way up to… Continue reading Range by David Epstein
The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City Picking out books with my nonfiction book club is such fun. Death in the Air is very similar to Devil in the White City, or so I'm told, and it was a good fit for the nonfiction book… Continue reading Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson
I'm a sucker for a royal romance. And given my current requirement that all fiction I read must feature Scotland in some way shape or form (and oddly enough, be an imprint of Simon & Schuster, which is probably just a coincidence...), I picked up my long forgotten ARC of The Royal Runaway one night… Continue reading The Royal Runaway by Lindsay Emory
Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Another book club pick! I'm really enjoying having a book club again, particularly one that reads exclusively nonfiction! This book was originally recommended by a former book store coworker and I can't wait to tell her what everyone else thought of the book. Synopsis From the Back… Continue reading From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty
The Curious Science of Life in the Void Packing for Mars = Book #3 for my new Nonfiction Book Club! One of the members, not me, is super into books about space and Antarctica so our May read and July reads have been picked by her. And while I am a person who is often… Continue reading Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
Lost Queen #1 I'm reading fiction again! Oh my gosh, it's a shocker! First time in 2 years!!! Well, other than Dear Mrs. Bird, but that doesn't entirely count... Synopsis From Advanced Reader Copy:Already being compared to Outlander, Camelot, and The Mists of Avalon, this spellbinding debut introduces Languoreth - a forgotten queen of sixth-century… Continue reading The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
No F*cks Given #4 How to Control What You Can and Accept What you Can't So You Can Stop Freaking Out and Get On with Your Life I've always been a worrier, and in my adult life was diagnosed with anxiety and suffer from panic attacks. But, I try to find books to help me… Continue reading Calm the Fuck Down by Sarah Knight
I love visiting all sorts of bookstores and below are just a few that I've visited since the start of the year. Strand Book Store Each and every time I visit New York, I make a point to stop by the Strand Book Store. A New York City institution, it is one of the largest… Continue reading 5 Recent Book Stores Visited
How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World As my own little lion in the living room has been having a tough go of it lately (2 emergency trips to the vet in the past month...) my curiosity got the better of me (as it often does her) and I looked into why… Continue reading The Lion in the Living Room by Abigail Tucker
One of my favorite parts about working at a book store is recommending books. One of the most rewarding parts, is when people tell me how much they love said books and then we get to fangirl/boy over them together! Below are some that I've picked for those two biggest reading seasons, summer and the… Continue reading Summer Reading Recommendations!
Celebration of Books 