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Roxanne Reviews "Collecting Confidence"
Roxanne reviews Collecting Confidence: Start Where You Are to Become the Person You Were Meant to Be. Collecting Confidence: Start Where...

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May 22, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, May 13 - May 20, 2023.

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May 22, 20231 min read


Sea Creatures
To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves - the ships, with men in them, what...

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May 15, 20231 min read


Our Most Anticipated Books: Summer Edition 2023
There are some great books coming out this summer. Isabel Allende, James Lee Burke, Richard Russo, Ann Patchett and other fantastic...

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May 15, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, May 6 - May 13, 2023.

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May 15, 20231 min read


Blue Bios
But the sky was never quite the same shade of blue again. ~Anne Rice~ Sometimes when we walk around the store we notice a trend in book...

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May 9, 20231 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, April 28 - May 6, 2023.

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May 8, 20231 min read


Mysteries to Die For!
In honor of the 2023 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award winners for best mysteries, here are our hottest selling mysteries so far...

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May 1, 20231 min read


Roxanne Reviews "Community Board"
Roxanne reviews Community Board by Tara Conklin. One of my mother’s sage maxims when I was a teen was, “Lighten up”. Surely this is also...

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Apr 30, 20231 min read


Have Some Seconds
In Praise of the Second Novel! Debut novels often get a lot of attention...but what about sophomore works? These five authors have two...

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Apr 30, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, April 16 - April 22, 2023.

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Apr 24, 20231 min read


An Intro to Cli-Fi
Journalist Dan Bloom first introduced the term "Cli-Fi" or Climate Fiction in his 2013 article A Look at the Growing Genre of Climate...

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Apr 17, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, April 10 - April 17, 2023.

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Apr 17, 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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Apr 10, 20231 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, April 2 - April 10, 2023.

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Apr 10, 20231 min read


Celebrating National Poetry Month!
Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role...

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Apr 7, 20231 min read


A Spring Bouquet
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars. ~Victor Hugo,...

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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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Apr 3, 20231 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, March 24 - April 1, 2023.

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Apr 3, 20231 min read


Local Author Book Fair Spring 2023 - April 22
Not only do we love our local authors, but we know you'll love them, too. Let us introduce you! On Saturday, April 22 and Saturday, April...

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Mar 30, 20231 min read
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