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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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Great Reads
Bookstore1Sarasota
Dec 27, 20221 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, 20221 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, 20222 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, 20221 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, 20223 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, 20221 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, 20222 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, 20221 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, 20223 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, 20221 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, 20222 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, 20222 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, 20221 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
Sep 26, 20222 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, 20222 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 2, 202211 min
Local Author Book Fair Fall 2022
Not only do we love our local authors, but we know you'll love them, too. Let us introduce you! On Saturday, October 15 and Saturday,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 1, 20225 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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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 29, 20221 min
Chilling Thrillers for Hot Summer Days
Summertime is still in full effect in Sarasota and what could be a better distraction from the heat than a chilling thriller? These seven...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 15, 20221 min
Elsie Loves Romance!
Today is Bookstore Romance Day, a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books,...
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