Bookstore1Sarasota
Books at the Bar
It’s dry January, which for some reason got us thinking about books set in bars. If you are participating in dry January, think of these...
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Great Reads
Bookstore1Sarasota
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Dancing In the New Year
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." ~ Voltaire An interesting selection of books...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Our Favorite Covers of the Year: 2022 Edition
We know that the cover definitely influences the sale of a book, so we pay attention to what a book looks like. Here are 29 covers we...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
Books Make Great Gifts -- Lives of the Stars
Books by and about celebrities are a great holiday gift, and there are some wonderful ones that have been recently released. Bono, Steve...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
One More Trip Around the World
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. ~ Saint Augustine~ We couldn't let the year end without one more...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Books Make Great Gifts -- Gallery Edition
It wouldn't be right to highlight books as gifts without offering a selection of coffee-table books. We have so many beautiful, giftable...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
PoetryLife 2023: Celebrating Heritage
Each year since 2012 PoetryLife, a project of Bookstore1Sarasota, has been bringing the best of the world’s poets to Sarasota. PoetryLife...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Our Favorite Books of the Year: 2022 Edition
It's our biggest book list of the year! We moved the store this year, which was a very big deal, but we all still found time for reading....
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
Long Books for Shorter Days
I like to call it nighttime brain: the way your mind seems to function on a different frequency than it does during daylight hours -...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Books Make Great Gifts -- Teen Edition
Teens can be difficult to buy for, but we know there's a book for everyone! Here are 12 recent young adult works that we recommend for...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
Books Make Great Gifts
After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working. ~...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Our Most Anticipated Books: December 2022 - February 2023
There are some great books coming out this winter. Here is a selection that we are excited about, including Jane Smiley, Salman Rushdie,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 7, 2022
- 1 min
It's Children's Book Week!
Children's Book Week is back! This year's second dedicated week of celebration takes place November 7-13 with the theme, "How do you...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Short and Satisfying
It’s the time of year when those of us who set annual reading goals start to get nervous. It’s also the time of year when holiday...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
October is Cookbook Month!
No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 10, 2022
- 1 min
It's Book Award Season!
It’s time for literary prizes and awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded and the Booker Prize, Kirkus Prize and National...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 4, 2022
- 2 min
New Sci Fi and Fantasy to Get Away From it All!
Sometimes there is nothing like a good science fiction or fantasy novel to really sweep you away from the world. These seven recent...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
Lives Well Lived
After a certain number of years, our faces become our biographies. ~Cynthia Ozick Some great biographies and memoirs have been published...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
Read Banned Books!
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. ~Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak It's Banned Books Week, a time to champion our...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 1, 2022
- 5 min
Banned Books We Love -- Read a Banned Book Today!
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.” —Oscar Wilde / The Picture of Dorian Gray...
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