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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 10, 20231 min read
Ben Picks Five
Say hi to Ben Kerns our newest bookseller. Since he started in February, Ben has been recommending staff picks that are eclectic,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 3, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Good Life"
Roxanne reviews The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger, MD, & Marc Schulz, PhD...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 6, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Empty Theatre"
Roxanne reviews Empty Theatre: A Novel : or The Lives of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and Empress Sisi of Austria (Queen of Hungary),...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Big Swiss"
Roxanne reviews Big Swiss by Jen Beagin Jen Beagin is the Whiting Award winning author of Pretend I’m Dead and the sequel Vacuum in the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Scott and Doug Book Blurb
What have Scott and Doug been reading lately? Non-fiction edition. Scott read The Kingdom of Characters: The Language Evolution that Made...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jan 2, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Stella Maris"
Roxanne reviews Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy Confession: I had never read Cormac McCarthy before. Sure, I saw the film No Country...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Dec 11, 20223 min read
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
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Why a Book Club is as Healthy a Pursuit as a Personal Trainer
Roxanne reviews The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald Book club or no, I’m reading all the time and love the adventure of the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 13, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Profiles in Ignorance"
Roxanne reviews Profiles in Ignorance: How America’s Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz I broke my abstinence of plugging...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 5, 20223 min read
Katia Reviews "Fellowship Point"
Katia reviews Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark Alice Elliott Dark caught me by surprise with her latest novel, Fellowship Point....
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 29, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Medusa's Ankles"
Roxanne reviews Medusa's Ankles: Selected Stories by A.S. Byatt A.S. Byatt, a seasoned Booker Prize winner (Possession: a Romance),...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 1, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Avalon"
Roxanne reviews Avalon by Nell Zink Avalon will be my go to selection for customers who come into BookStore1 and don’t want anything too...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Wise Blood"
Roxanne Reviews Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor The lazy crazy hazy days of summer seemed like the perfect time to read a classic, and...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jun 27, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "In the Early Times: A Life Reframed"
Roxanne reviews In the Early Times: A Life Reframed by Tad Friend A "sins of the father" type memoir by the New Yorker staff writer Tad...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 20, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Anna: The Biography"
Roxanne reviews Anna: The Biography by Amy Odell Anna Wintour is a force to be reckoned with and Amy Odell’s new biography has delicious...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 9, 20222 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Love Marriage"
Roxanne reviews Love Marriage by Monica Ali Love Marriage by Monica Ali is the perfect book complement to the recent Oscar nominated film...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 2, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Pure Colour"
Roxanne review Pure Colour by Sheila Heiti You know a writer is talented when she/he/they can outdo previous stories with a truly...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Roxanne Review "Groundskeeping"
Roxanne reviews Groundskeeping by Lee Cole Groundskeeping is a complicated modern romance of a couple from opposite backgrounds. Its...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Inspired"
Roxanne reviews Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul by Mark Richtel Inspired by Matt Richtel...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "My Mess is a Bit of a Life"
Roxanne reviews My Mess is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety by Georgia Pritchett Even with our common language and ancestral...
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