Bookstore1Sarasota
Our Favorite Books of the Year: 2023 Edition
It's our biggest book list of the year! We've had a great year at the store and we read and loved some wonderful books. Our 2023 list...
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Great Reads
Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 27
- 2 min
Our Most Anticipated Books: December 2023-February 2024
There are some great fiction and non-fiction books coming out this winter. Kristin Hannah, Alex Michaelides, Kate Quinn, Douglas Preston,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 20
- 2 min
Out in Space
“The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.” – Sir Arthur Eddington, The Nature of the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Musical Lives
Music is life itself. ~Louis Armstrong, Jazz trumpeter (1901-1971) A slew of memoirs, biographies and coffee table books by and about...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Nov 6
- 1 min
November is Picture Book Month
“Reading brings us unknown friends.” ~Honoré De Balzac November is Picture Book Month, a tribute to the enduring importance of the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 30
- 2 min
It's Book Award Season!
It’s time for literary prizes and awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature, the Kirkus Prize and the Pulitzer Prize have been awarded, and...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 23
- 2 min
Books to Film: Great Stories on the Screen
Hollywood has always had a penchant for bringing books to the big and small screens. In the era of streaming, adaptations of literary...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 16
- 2 min
Great New Graphic Novels
"When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling." ~Ted Rall Andrea and Ben were...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 2
- 2 min
Big Chefs - Great Recipes: October is Cookbook Month!
The cookbooks I value the most in my collection are the ones where you hear the author's voice and point-of-view in every recipe.~...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Oct 2
- 1 min
Our Best Selling Banned Books! An Oxymoronic List
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. ~Joseph Brodsky It's Banned Books Week, a time to champion...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 25
- 2 min
Journalists Write Books: News You Can Use
The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, "prepares journalists worldwide to hold powerful people accountable and promote...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Fantasy Fiction: Visit a Land of Magic
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." ~J. R. R. Tolkien~ Fantasy fiction keeps growing in...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 12
- 1 min
Lives Well Lived: Best Selling Biographies
We like to take a look at our most popular books in different areas of the store. Biographies and memoirs generate a lot of interest....
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 11
- 1 min
PaperbackPalooza!
It's new book season, and that includes paperbacks. Here are 12 paperbacks just being released. They span a wide range of...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 4
- 1 min
We Love Stephen King!
“Go then, there are other worlds than these.” ~ Stephen King, The Gunslinger~ Stephen King has a new novel, Holly. We are always thrilled...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Local Author Book Fair October 21, 2023
Not only do we love our local authors, but we know you'll love them, too. Let us introduce you! On Saturday, October 21, local authors...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Aug 28
- 2 min
The Art of Writing
“Making people believe the unbelievable is no trick; it’s work. … Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An overturned...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Aug 14
- 2 min
Not Your Usual Historical Fiction
History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it. ~ Hilary Mantel Historical fiction is one of...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Aug 14
- 1 min
School's in Session! Reading the Classics
Since school just started, we thought it was a good time to see what classics have been popular lately. Many are from our Banned Book...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
- Aug 13
- 2 min
The State You're In: New Florida Books
Florida is full of stories. We like to showcase fresh literary works set in Florida to highlight the rich diversity of our state. Things...
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