Lose Yourself in the World of Books
The bookstore that I work at has a number of book clubs, the largest being the original, with 25 to 30 members and last night, they celebrated their 14th year in existence. Typically, they read former bestsellers, which they vote upon every three months or so. Last November, they voted overwhelmingly to read The Storied Life… Continue reading The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg A year and a half ago, shortly after I started working at an indie bookstore, I started a book club, The Modern Readers. It was not only a way to read new and interesting things, but also a way to meet new people and make new friends… Continue reading Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
His Dark Materials #1 Back in my early D&D playing days (which admittedly was only 2 1/2 years ago), one of my friends named her character Lyra. In the most recent campaign, one of my other friends is playing an armored bear. Needless to say, I had to read the book that inspired both of… Continue reading The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Saxon Chronicles #1 I broke my own self-imposed rule - I watched The Last Kingdom on Netflix before I read The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell. I had picked up the first book in the series after my sister gave my husband the most recent in the Saxon Chronicles for Christmas one year, not only because I was intrigued,… Continue reading The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
Traveler #1 Back in January, a publicist contacted the bookstore I work at and asked if we wanted to do an event with a recently published YA author, L. E. DeLano, who lived close to the store. Rarely do we turn down an author event with a major publisher, so without a lot of information,… Continue reading Traveler by L. E. DeLano
The same publisher rep who sent me Pantsuit Nation may have sent me more than a few other books as well! He officially retired on April 1st and my guess is, that after telling him repeatedly that he worked for my favorite of the publishers, he threw some caution to the wind and sent me well over half… Continue reading Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
Celebration of Books 