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Books to Watch Out For and Read

“Sanitorium” by Sarah Pearse A Cross between “The Shining” and our own Traverse City State Hospital. “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner Hidden in eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele:  Women who buy well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. Exposure, mystery, historical references—all the good stuff. “Consent” A Memoir” by Vanessa Springora Exposes the hypocrisy of a French culture 30 years ago that […]

Pre-Order “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country”

“The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” by Amanda Gorman (arriving March 30th—pre-order now for 15.99) Amanda Gorman’s powerful and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition.”Stunning.” –CNN“Dynamic.” –NPR“Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —VogueOn January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president […]

Pre-Order “Becoming” by Michelle Obama

“Becoming” by Michelle Obama, the young adult version  (arriving March 2 for 18.99) Michelle Obama’s worldwide bestselling memoir, Becoming, is now adapted for young readers. Michelle Robinson was born on the South Side of Chicago. From her modest beginnings, she would become Michelle Obama, the inspiring and powerful First Lady of the United States, when her husband, Barack Obama, was elected the forty-fourth president. They would be the first Black First Family in the White House and […]

Anti-Racist Writing

Think that Anti-Racist writings are new in the last few years? We need to think again and keep reading, as we learn in this article by Sarah McEachern “The Creation, Innovation, and Evolution of Early Anti-Racism Writing” which shows writings as early as 1789 (“The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African” by Olaudah Equiano) by those who were enslaved and later gained their freedom. Informative and thought provoking […]

Partnering with PoWeR Book Bags

We’re super excited to be partnering with PoWeR Book Bags. PoWeR Book Bags distributes books and bags of literacy materials to children across Northwestern Michigan at participating food and baby pantries and schools. Children choose the book bags and free new books to keep and read over and over again. A homemade bag of literacy supplies (books, blank writing booklets, and crayons) are given to children in book bags at the Leelanau Christian Neighbors’ food […]

Staff Picks

March Staff Picks

Robin’s Picks “Athena’s Choice” by Adam Boostrom Set in 2099, Athena’s choice is a world without men. Scientists, at the beginning of this century, had determined that a certain type of DNA strand in men were the cause of all the world’s woes:  wars and violence, rape and depravity. So, a virus was created, originally designed to kill only the men with the highest frequency of this strand but it ended up killing all the […]

January Staff Picks

Check out our staff picks for January. You’ll definitely want to add them to your reading list. Give us a call to reserve a copy or shop online today. Lifetime Picks :  “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho and “The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery Grand Questions, beautiful philosophical images, these two books just become a part of you. Classic. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig  –  Robin Nora is having a BAD day! To […]

December Staff Picks

You’ve asked and we answered. Check out these great books that will inspire you to curl up, cuddle up, and read all day. There’s nothing more magical than the snow falling outside, sitting by the window or in front of the fire place while being snuggled into a warm blanket with a cup of hot coco or coffee as you read a book. Here’s our December picks. The Invisible Life of Addie Laue by V.E. […]

Author’s Corner

Reading with… Rick VanDeWeghe

Meet author of the Traverse City State Hospital series and Professor Emeritus of English, Rick VanDeWeghe this … [Read More...]

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