Here I am again with a few more previews of great books that will be out soon.
SHANGHAI GIRLS (May) by Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, and Peony, is the story of two well to do sister in Shanghai in the 1930’s, whose lives are torn apart by their father’s gambling. [...]
Archive for April, 2009
TEASING AGAIN
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Who said teenagers don’t pay attention?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
At the store today we had a browsing teenager suddenly shocked by the book in her hands:
Why? Because of the book she has at home:
Who said teenagers don’t pay attention?
Yippee!
Posted in Reopening on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note today… we spent the day receiving the first batch of shelves at the Main St store!
Any time not spent dancing around in excitement was spent in cold panic sweats.
Off to continue working on ordering a whole bunch of books! Yippee!
COMING SOON
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the benefits of working in a bookstore is getting ARCs, advanced reader’s copies, of books that have not come out yet. Publishers send them with the hopes that we will read them and sell them. If I read a book and like it, I can sell it. Hand selling is one of the [...]
What to do with these teen novels?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First, big yay that Karen is writing more on our blog. It’s great to hear what she’s been reading. And it makes me feel less guilty that all those rep meetings have prevented me from posting more regularly.
One thing I’ve been thinking about a lot this buying season is our teen reader section, what a [...]
Little Bee
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Two weekends ago, I read Little Bee by Chris Cleave. I have been mulling it over ever since. I’m having a difficult time starting this blog. It is not because I didn’t understand it; I did. It’s not because I didn’t like it because I loved it. My problem is if I tell you much [...]
Big One
Posted in Uncategorized on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the advantages of living on this Island is that you can try many different “career paths” during your working life. Years ago I worked at Menemsha Texaco, tying up boats, selling fishing gear, gas and candy bars. It was mostly good fun, especially during the weeks of the annual Martha’s Vineyard Bass and [...]
