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Bookstore1Sarasota
Nov 242 min read
Roxanne Reviews Apartment Women
Roxanne reviews Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo One of the greatest gifts literature provides us is a global connection. In Apartment...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Nov 111 min read
Roxanne Reads Memoirs
Roxanne is our most dedicated memoir reader. Here are three recent life stories that she recommends. Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jul 221 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Carrie Carolyn Coco"
Roxanne reviews Carrie Carolyn Coco: My Friend, Her Murder, and an Obsession with the Unthinkable by Sarah Gerard. I used to be a wimp...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 131 min read
Roxanne Reviews "I Hope This Finds You Well"
Roxanne reviews I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue Enjoying snarky comments and sarcastic musings isn’t necessarily something of...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 281 min read
Scott Blurbs Jazz
Scott is a musician, so when he makes note of a book pertaining to music we pay attention. Here are three melodic titles he recommends. 3...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 155 min read
An Interview With Ben Kerns: Editor in Chief, Magazine1
Poet and Educator Bubba Henson interviews Ben Kerns: Editor in Chief of Magazine1, Bookstore1's new literary magazine. When Georgia Court...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 81 min read
Roxanne Review "Until August"
Roxanne reviews Until August by Gabriel García Márquez Though tourist season will soon wane, for those still lingering here on the beach,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Mar 181 min read
Melanie Book Blurbs: Women's History Month Edition
Melanie enjoys reading historical fiction and biographies of historical figures. Since March is Women's History Month, here are two books...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Feb 262 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Other Profile"
Roxanne reviews The Other Profile by by Irene Graziosi Translated from Italian by Lucy Rand Since my equal passion to books is film, like...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jan 311 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Leaving"
Roxanne reviews Leaving by Roxana Robinson Leaving by Roxana Robinson isn’t typically a book I’d be dying to read. The story sounds...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Obvious in Hindsight"
Roxanne reviews Obvious in Hindsight by Bradley Tusk As a confessed life long learner, I’m all about discovering new information...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Happy Couple"
Roxanne reviews The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan A recent study reported that a significant portion of thirtysomethings are marrying...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 2, 20231 min read
Roxanne Review "Brutalities: A Love Story
Roxanne reviews Brutalities: A Love Story by Margo Steines I picked up Brutalities: A Love Story thinking the literal, ‘let me try a...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Pole"
Roxanne reviews The Pole by J. M. Coetzee The Pole, the new novel by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee, is a pensive stream of...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jul 17, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Hope"
Roxanne reviews Hope: A Novel by Andrew Ridker Hope: A Novel by Andrew Ridker impressed me. Let me count the ways: First, the novel’s...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews Niki
Roxanne reviews Niki by Christos Chomenidis Told from the point of view of the ghost of Niki Armaos, this epic historical WWII fiction is...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Jun 6, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "The Book of Charlie"
Roxanne reviews The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle. The new...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
May 22, 20232 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Collecting Confidence"
Roxanne reviews Collecting Confidence: Start Where You Are to Become the Person You Were Meant to Be. Collecting Confidence: Start Where...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 30, 20231 min read
Roxanne Reviews "Community Board"
Roxanne reviews Community Board by Tara Conklin. One of my mother’s sage maxims when I was a teen was, “Lighten up”. Surely this is also...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Apr 10, 20231 min read
Ben Picks Five
Say hi to Ben Kerns our newest bookseller. Since he started in February, Ben has been recommending staff picks that are eclectic,...
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