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Thursday, May 28, 2015

On Hating Books Part II

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On Hating Books

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I've been giving some thought to why we read. What is it we're looking to find in those pages? The answer is different for each of u...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Book News and Other Miscellany

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Volume 2, Issue 1 Bringing this back. Various links to cool videos, websites, articles, and blogs about books. Enjoy! *** You may reca...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Last Words

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A few months ago, Oliver Sacks announced that he has terminal cancer. He wrote a beautiful piece in the New York Times, and if you haven...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Read This Book

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Wow, this space has been a little silent lately.  *crickets*  I will blame the fact that I've been spending all of my time reading. And ...
Monday, April 6, 2015

POETRY MONTH!

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April is poetry month! At the Ravenna location, we are lucky enough to have a few really dedicated poetry aficionados who make it a habit to...
Thursday, April 2, 2015

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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OK. Just calmly sit down and brace yourself. Are you sitting down? It's your fault if you're not... BBC America is making Jonatha...
Friday, March 27, 2015

Indulgence, Thrift, and Generosity

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Working at a bookstore for as long as I have, there are certain rules I enforce upon myself. Without these rules I might not have enough m...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Goodnight Moon: A Critique

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Believe it or not, I just read Goodnight Moon  for the first time the other day. I was babysitting, and it was the book that the kid picked ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Read This Book

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One of the greatest perks of bookselling has to be the advance reader copies (ARC); bound galleys of books that come from the publishers, m...
Sunday, March 8, 2015

This One's for the Ladies

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So, a few months ago I stumbled on a 50 Coolest Books of All Time list. The list comes from Shortlist which I admit, is something I've ...
Sunday, March 1, 2015

Super Hot Authors!

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I was looking at a copy of How to Cook a Wolf , and I couldn't get over how attractive M.F.K. Fisher was. I'm talking super hot. It...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Reading What Other People Want You To Read

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How many times have you been told to read a certain book? By your best friend, your boyfriend, your mom. They all have something they want...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Books Into Movies

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Now that the Oscars are behind us, what in the movie world do we have to look forward to? Well, fear not, there are a ton of  books that are...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Simplify-Schmiplify

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Emily M. at Ravenna has been ruminating pretty hard on de-cluttering lately. Here are her thoughts: I grew up with a ridiculous amount of ...
Monday, February 2, 2015

New Release Tuesday: Short Story Edition

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New books, new books, new books! Lots of short stories (YAY!). And lots of paperback (YAY!). New Hardcovers: Get in Trouble: Stories ...
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