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This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. January 25 - February 1, 2021

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Feb 1, 20211 min read


Keeping Kids Engaged as Readers
With so many TV shows, video games, and other things to do, how can we help kids get excited about picking up a book—and continue reading...

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Jan 31, 20211 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. January 18 - January 25, 2021

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Jan 25, 20211 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. January 11 - January 18, 2021

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Jan 18, 20211 min read


Roxanne Reviews "Words to Eat By"
Roxanne reviews Words to Eat By: Using the Power of Self-Talk to Transform Your Relationship with Food and Your Body by Karen R. Koenig,...

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Jan 17, 20212 min read


Our Most Anticipated Books: February - April 2021
No matter what else 2021 brings, one thing we know for sure is that it will be full of wonderful new books! Here are some that we are...

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Jan 16, 20212 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. January 4 - January 11, 2021

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Jan 11, 20211 min read


Help for Understanding The World We’re In
Andrea writes: Connie Ogle, a writer for the Miami Herald, posed a question on Facebook after the devastating events in the U.S Capital...

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Jan 11, 20212 min read


Doug and Andrea Book Blurb
What have Doug and Andrea been reading lately? Doug read Dearly by Margaret Atwood. Here's what he had to say: For someone who has...

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Jan 5, 20211 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. December 28, 2020 - January 4, 2021

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Jan 4, 20211 min read


Your Favorite Books of 2020!
Here they are! Our biggest sellers of 2020! These are your favorite books of the year! Fiction: Nonfiction:

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Jan 3, 20211 min read


Roxanne Reviews "This One Wild and Precious Life"
Roxanne reviews This One Wild and Precious Life by Sarah Wilson. Part travelogue, part philosophy musings, part minimalist lifestyle...

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Dec 28, 20201 min read


New Year, New Book Clubs!
We love book clubs and we're enjoying hosting our book club meetings over Zoom. We have an exciting mix of book clubs lined up already...

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Dec 27, 20202 min read


Doug and Andrea Book Blurb
Both Doug and Andrea love to write up mini-reviews of books they read. For a new occasional feature, we’ll be sharing a few of their...

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Dec 8, 20201 min read


Roxanne Reviews "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man"
Roxanne reviews Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho The end of the year brings an introspective and...

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Dec 7, 20201 min read


Last Minute Gifts
Are you looking for a last minute gift? These books are all in stock today. Stop by to pick up a copy and we'll gift wrap it for you. A...

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Dec 7, 20201 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers in Sarasota
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore. November 30 - December 7, 2020

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Dec 7, 20201 min read


5 Short Books to Finish Your Reading Goal Challenge
As the year winds down, perhaps you are struggling to meet your reading goal challenge. Some of us may have read more during these...

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Nov 30, 20202 min read


Mysteries to Die For
Mysteries to Die For is one of our longest-running, most popular book clubs. Even in these the pandemic times, the book club meets once a...

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Nov 29, 20201 min read


Roxanne Reviews "The Silence"
Roxanne reviews The Silence by Don DeLillo. Reincarnate Ernest Hemingway, shut him away for a month with all of our contemporary...

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Nov 26, 20201 min read
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