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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 15, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Sex with Presidents"
Roxanne reviews Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House by Eleanor Herman As excessive as the title is,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 6, 20202 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Antkind"
Roxanne reviews Antkind by Charlie Kaufman I instinctively knew I’d like film director Charlie Kaufman’s first work of fiction, Antkind. ...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 26, 20201 min read
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! Celebrate Sarasota!
Saturday, August 29th is Independent Bookstore Day! Do you love indie bookstores and Sarasota? Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day! To...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 11, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "I'm Your Huckleberry"
Roxanne reviews I’m Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer. As a bookseller, I’m sometimes asked for recommendations for the following...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jul 20, 20202 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Life is in the Transitions"
Roxanne reviews Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler. Anyone who reads books knows that a book is...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jul 14, 20202 min read
Katia Reviews "Mexican Gothic"
Katia reviews Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. For readers of horror and Gothic Literature alike, Mexican Gothic, set in Mexico in...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jul 4, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Serendipity Mindset"
Roxanne Reviews The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck by Christian Busch, PhD. The Serendipity Mindset: The...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jun 29, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World"
Roxanne Reviews Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek Murthy. Join Roxanne for The Mindful...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jun 22, 20201 min read
Why we haven't fully opened yet
I’ve had a lot of questions from friends and patrons along the lines of, “Is the bookstore open yet?” So I thought it made sense to fill...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "More Miracle Than Bird"
Roxanne reviews More Miracle Than Bird by Alice Miller. Historical Fiction has often been analogous to lima beans to me, I’ll read it,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 25, 20202 min read
Doug Reviews "Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief"
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler In the era of my initial work in hospitals—most of what we knew about the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 22, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Little Weirds" by Jenny Slate
Oh my Lord! I loved Jenny Slate's stand up and her movie Obvious Child, but wondered about her new book, Little Weirds. But after...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 17, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Acid for the Children: A Memoir" by Flea
Even if you don’t listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you might remember Flea as the crazy shaved head bass playing hyena during Super...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 16, 20202 min read
Katia Reviews "Normal People" by Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney’s Normal People is a beautiful novel about the complex, enduring relationship between two strange, sensitive young friends...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 15, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Old Drift" by Namwali Serpell
It almost seems impossible to review a novel that’s over 650 pages long…..I mean how to begin? The Old Drift caught me up immediately...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 15, 20203 min read
Doug Reviews "Monument: Poems New and Selected" by Natasha Trethewey
What matters more than anything for me with poetry, and particularly poetry of this caliber, is the emotive connection. These are...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 15, 20202 min read
Katia Reviews "My Sister the Serial Killer"
Katia reviews My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite My Sister, the Serial Killer wants you to think it is funny. And the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 12, 20202 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Feral Detective"
Roxanne Reviews The Feral Detective by Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Lethem’s book The Feral Detective is a marvel in many ways. First,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 11, 20201 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker"
Roxanne reviews Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker by Barry Sonnenfeld When we were on our last day of...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 8, 20202 min read
Katia Reviews You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters
by Kate Murphy Reviewed by Katia Diamond-Sagias Kate Murphy’s You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters is the first...
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