Forget Me Not by Julie Soto. Romance books aren’t usually my thing, but a book endorsed by Ali Hazelwood was bound to be good. And it certainly was! After their romance wilted, Ama and Elliot go their separate ways, both choosing to focus on work. When a high-profile wedding comes to Sacramento, both Ama and […]
Wake the Bones by Elizabeth Kilcoyne, a book review by Mica Sage. Wow, this book was gripping! It was a bit convoluted at points, but the imagery and the character dynamics make up for it. The whole book feels like a Kentucky summer, all gothic and humid and just unnerving enough to be fascinating. I […]
Local Author, Sue Magrath, will be joining us for a Book Signing, Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 1 p.m. to 3 pm. Her new novel, The Salvation of Poetry, will be available for purchase. Bio: Sue Magrath is a retired mental health counselor and spiritual director. In her work, she encountered many survivors of child […]
A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in Kimi Cunningham Grant’s These Silent Woods, a mesmerizing novel of suspense.
House of Sticks by Ly Tran, a review by RantingLunatic A haunting memoir of the author’s experience with poverty, this shows the failure of government systems for immigrants in the United States. The overt racism experienced by the author and her family shames me to be an American. This family showed what happens when a […]
Tuesday, March 16, 2021Oprah Winfrey names the Gilead novels as the next Oprah’s Book Club. Four award-winning novels by Marilynne Robinson — “Gilead,” “Home,” “Lila,” and “Jack” — explore themes of faith, family, and love For the first time ever, customers can ask Siri “What’s Oprah reading?” and hear a special response from Winfrey Oprah Winfrey today […]
A Conversation with Anne Lamott Dusk, Night, Dawn | Online Event – March 23rd Save Your Seat Registration is still open for our March Buzz Pick event, A Conversation with Anne Lamott: Dusk, Night, Dawn. Seats are limited so register now! Win a Signed Copy To add to the fun, we’re giving away signed copies […]
by JENNA HOMEN on OCTOBER 29, 2020 in AUDIOBOOKS By the time you’re done reading this sentence, Amazon will have made another $1.7 million dollars, while your local, independent bookstore faces an uncertain future. The #BoxedOut campaign from the American Booksellers Association (ABA)—a national, not-for-profit trade organization that works to help independently owned bookstores grow and succeed—outlined some key points about why […]
YOU’RE INVITED! If you’re one of those readers in quarantine saying: “I am going to write my novel…” but haven’t quite done it yet, National Novel Writing Month is almost here! Get prepared a month ahead of time with Bookshop: NaNoWriMo’s Grant Faulkner (Executive Director) and Aya de León (successful NaNoWriMo author and UC Berkeley writing instructor) discuss and take Q&A on how to make November the […]
Debuts for week ending June 21 Hardcover Fiction Summers, by Elin Hilderbrand Paperback Fiction The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin Mass Market Blue Moon, by Lee Child Early & Middle Grade Readers A Good Kind of Trouble, by Lisa Moore Ramee Debuts for the week ending June 14: Hardcover Fiction The Daughters of Erietown, by […]