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PaperbackPalooza: Just Out in 2024
The new books keep on arriving and that includes paperbacks. Here are 15 paperbacks that have come out in 2024. They span a wide range of...
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Great Reads
Bookstore1Sarasota
Jan 251 min read
We Love Reading Poetry!
We're excited about PoetryLife Week, so we took a look at the best selling poetry collections of the past year for inspiration. We love...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jan 251 min read
What the Kids Are Reading
Here are our hottest selling kids book for the past year. There are hippos, cats, otters, owls and more! We love having kids come in and...
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Jan 242 min read
Modern Love Poems
We all know the classic poets known for their poems of love. Of course there’s Neruda, Shakespeare, Browning, and Rumi, but what about...
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Jan 212 min read
A Good Time for a Mystery
January 19th was Edgar Allen Poe’s birthday, and The Mystery Writers of America have just announced the nominees for the 78th annual...
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Jan 152 min read
Staff Pick Sleepers
Sometimes when we read a book we can’t wait to write up a staff pick card, thinking “This book was great, I’m sure everyone will love...
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Jan 81 min read
New Year, New You: Self-Help to Start the Year
Have you made a new New Year’s resolution to live your best life in 2024? For those seeking inspiration, motivation, and a positive...
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Jan 81 min read
Our First Reads of 2024
It’s the second week of 2024, and we’ve already started our reading for the year. We asked around the store to find out what the first...
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Jan 12 min read
Reading Around the World
“Writers make national literature, while translators make universal literature.” ~ Jose Saramago Let's start the year off with a trip...
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Dec 23, 20231 min read
Our Favorite Covers of the Year: 2023 Edition
We know that the cover definitely influences the sale of a book, so we pay attention to what a book looks like. Here are 25 covers we...
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Dec 18, 20231 min read
The Animal Kingdom
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. ~ Charles Darwin Is there an animal lover in your life? Or perhaps...
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Dec 10, 20231 min read
Your Favorite Books of 2023
Here they are! Our biggest sellers of 2023! These are your favorite books of the year! Fiction: Nonfiction:
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Dec 4, 20231 min read
Our Favorite Books of the Year: 2023 Edition
It's our biggest book list of the year! We've had a great year at the store and we read and loved some wonderful books. Our 2023 list...
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Nov 27, 20232 min read
Our Most Anticipated Books: December 2023-February 2024
There are some great fiction and non-fiction books coming out this winter. Kristin Hannah, Alex Michaelides, Kate Quinn, Douglas Preston,...
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Nov 20, 20232 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 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 6, 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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Oct 30, 20232 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 23, 20232 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 16, 20232 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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