Do you love dogs? Yes, you do. How about a cat? If not, focus on the dogs. Nearly every person on our staff has at least one pet and it’s time they had the spotlight for a change. Besides, we …
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How Starfish: Her Infinite Impact is Working to Make Illiteracy a Distant Memory in Guatemala
Guest bloggers Kathryn White, with Nami Patel Starfish Shhh. Don’t tell Nicole this, but my favorite bookstore in all the world is Libros del Lago, a tiny bookstore along Calle Santander in Panajachel, Guatemala. It’s sandwiched between an ice …
What is Labor Day, How Can I Celebrate it, and When Should I Be Wearing White?
Labor Day was invented back in the early 1920s to by the fashion industry to convince rich white-collar workers to buy more expensive, colorful clothes. It’s a little-known fact that white-collar workers used to wear exclusively white clothes to work …
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Staff Review: ‘The Three-Body Problem’ by Cixin Liu
Cixin Liu, as is the case with most great science fiction authors, has a proclivity for inspiring a unique hope in me. This is the kind of story that makes me want to get up and do something, makes me …
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September’s BookBar Book Club Review: ‘Marked Men’ by Joseph Hutchison
This is the featured book for September’s Bookbar book club, and will be hosted by our staff member Tommy. Joseph Hutchison will be present as well to join in on the discussion of his book. Be there, September 13 at 7 pm! It’s …
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Don those Decrypter Caps for a Live Book Scavenger Hunt with Jennifer Chambliss-Bertman & Smiley Library
Celebrate the end of summer reading with a good old fashioned BOOK CAPER at BookBar and Smiley Library on Friday, August 4 at 5 PM with acclaimed middle-grade author, Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, of the adventuresome Book Scavenger. School is just around …
Summer Reading (Without Walls) Bingo Recommendations for Grown Ups: Science Fiction or Fantasy by a Female Author
Summer is in full swing and hopefully you’ve gotten a good start on your Summer Reading Bingo cards! I have to admit that I was particularly pleased to see the “SFF by a Female Author” option as it’s a category …
Staff Review: ‘Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore’ by Matthew Sullivan
Imagine this: a juggler has three red balls, a bowling pin, his left shoe, a lit candle, and a full glass of beer in the air. How’s he going to catch it all without either burning himself or spilling any …
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Reading Deficiency: I Made it Through Fifty Pages of Alan Moore’s ‘Jerusalem’
I have a propensity for reading mere portions of a book, sometimes because I’ve grown bored with it, other times because I’m just lazy. I’ll often find nearly any excuse to not read, even when I want to. One …
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Staff Review: Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig
Surviving the tormentous teenage years can be hard enough for the typical developing child. But consider if you are autistic. And your mother lost parental custody when you were nine. And you’ve been in the foster system trying to find …
