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This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, November 18 - November 25, 2023.

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Nov 27, 20231 min read


Out in Space
“The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.” – Sir Arthur Eddington, The Nature of the...

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Nov 20, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, November 11 - November 18, 2023.

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Nov 20, 20231 min read


Roxanne Reviews "The Happy Couple"
Roxanne reviews The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan A recent study reported that a significant portion of thirtysomethings are marrying...

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Nov 13, 20231 min read


Musical Lives
Music is life itself. ~Louis Armstrong, Jazz trumpeter (1901-1971) A slew of memoirs, biographies and coffee table books by and about...

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Nov 13, 20231 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, November 5 - November 11, 2023.

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Nov 13, 20231 min read


November is Picture Book Month
“Reading brings us unknown friends.” ~Honoré De Balzac November is Picture Book Month, a tribute to the enduring importance of the...

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Nov 6, 20231 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, October 28 - November 4, 2023.

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Nov 6, 20231 min read


It's Book Award Season!
It’s time for literary prizes and awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature, the Kirkus Prize and the Pulitzer Prize have been awarded, and...

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Oct 30, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, October 22 - October 29, 2023.

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Oct 30, 20231 min read


Books to Film: Great Stories on the Screen
Hollywood has always had a penchant for bringing books to the big and small screens. In the era of streaming, adaptations of literary...

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Oct 23, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, October 14 - October 21, 2023.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 23, 20231 min read


Great New Graphic Novels
"When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling." ~Ted Rall Andrea and Ben were...

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Oct 16, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, October 6 - October 14, 2023.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 16, 20231 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, September 30 - October 6, 2023.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 9, 20231 min read


Roxanne Review "Brutalities: A Love Story
Roxanne reviews Brutalities: A Love Story by Margo Steines I picked up Brutalities: A Love Story thinking the literal, ‘let me try a...

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Oct 2, 20231 min read


Big Chefs - Great Recipes: October is Cookbook Month!
The cookbooks I value the most in my collection are the ones where you hear the author's voice and point-of-view in every recipe.~...

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Oct 2, 20232 min read


Our Best Selling Banned Books! An Oxymoronic List
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. ~Joseph Brodsky It's Banned Books Week, a time to champion...

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Oct 2, 20231 min read


Journalists Write Books: News You Can Use
The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, "prepares journalists worldwide to hold powerful people accountable and promote...

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Sep 25, 20232 min read


This Week's Top 10 Best Sellers
What your neighbors are reading from your local independent bookstore, September 15 - September 23, 2023.

Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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