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Melanie Book Blurbs: Women's History Month Edition
Melanie enjoys reading historical fiction and biographies of historical figures. Since March is Women's History Month, here are two books...

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Mar 18, 20241 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, March 10 - March 16, 2024.

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Mar 18, 20241 min read


Best Sellers: Non-Fiction Edition
Our best seller list is usually dominated by fiction. For something different, we're highlighting the top non-fiction titles that have...

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Mar 13, 20241 min read


March is Small Press Month
“Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.” ~ Sylvia Plath We have a deep appreciation for small presses and we try to connect...

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Mar 13, 20242 min read


A Sea of Green Novels for St. Patrick's Day
The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination.― George Bernard Shaw We have to admit that most of this selection of novels has...

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Mar 11, 20241 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, March 2 - March 9, 2024.

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Mar 11, 20241 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, February 25 - March 1, 2024.

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Mar 4, 20241 min read


Roxanne Reviews "The Other Profile"
Roxanne reviews The Other Profile by by Irene Graziosi Translated from Italian by Lucy Rand Since my equal passion to books is film, like...

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Feb 26, 20242 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, February 16 - February 24, 2024.

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Feb 26, 20241 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, January 28 - February 3, 2024.

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Feb 2, 20241 min read


Roxanne Reviews "Leaving"
Roxanne reviews Leaving by Roxana Robinson Leaving by Roxana Robinson isn’t typically a book I’d be dying to read. The story sounds...

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Jan 31, 20241 min read


Reading the Oscars
Nominations for the 96th annual Oscars have been announced and many of the honored films have strong literary connections. Here are the...

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Jan 30, 20241 min read


Our Most Anticipated Books: March - May 2024
There are some great fiction and non-fiction books coming out this spring. Amor Towles, Tana French, Stephen King, Erik Larson and other...

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Jan 29, 20242 min read


Ben Recommends Reading Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism is a literary genre that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African-American experience and aims...

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Jan 29, 20242 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, January 21 - January 27, 2024.

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Jan 29, 20241 min read


Reading Presidential Fiction
With President's Day around the corner, why not delve into fictional portrayals of presidents to get ready? If the news brings you down,...

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Jan 26, 20242 min read


PaperbackPalooza: Just Out in 2024
The new books keep on arriving and that includes paperbacks. Here are 15 paperbacks that have come out in 2024. They span a wide range of...

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Jan 26, 20241 min read


We Love Reading Poetry!
We're excited about PoetryLife Week, so we took a look at the best selling poetry collections of the past year for inspiration. We love...

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Jan 25, 20241 min read


What the Kids Are Reading
Here are our hottest selling kids book for the past year. There are hippos, cats, otters, owls and more! We love having kids come in and...

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Jan 25, 20241 min read


Modern Love Poems
We all know the classic poets known for their poems of love. Of course there’s Neruda, Shakespeare, Browning, and Rumi, but what about...

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Jan 24, 20242 min read
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