The same year that @m@zon hung up it’s “Yes, we sell books, too!” banner, there were about 5500 independent bookstores with 7K locations in the U.S. Just two years later, the owner of that online juggernaut hand delivered it’s millionth book order. Having already been battered by chain bookstores, these indie shops struggled even moreContinue reading “They’re BAAaaack”
Category Archives: Reading
First Friday Rec: The Bookshop
Title: The Bookshop: A History of the American BookstoreAuthor: Evan FrissGenre: NonfictionPages: 416Publication Date: Aug 6, 2024StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Reflective, InspiringHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Saw it in a bookshop. 🙂Other Books by this author: On Bicycles: A 200 Year History of Cycling in New York City and The Cycling City*StoryGraph also offers contentContinue reading “First Friday Rec: The Bookshop”
First Friday Rec: My Friends
Title: My FriendsAuthor: Fredrik BackmanTranslation by: Neil SmithGenre: Contemporary FictionPages: 436Publication Date: 6 May 2025StoryGraph* Moods: emotional, hopeful, finnyHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: tasked it for book clubOther Books by this author: A Man Called Ove, And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, Anxious People, Beartown, Britt-Marie Was Here, My GrandmotherContinue reading “First Friday Rec: My Friends”
First Friday Rec: When Books Went to War
Title: When Books Went to WarAuthor: Molly Guptill ManningGenre: Nonfiction, History, InformativePages: 267Publication Date: 2 Dec 2014StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Inspiring, ReflectiveHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: I had originally heard about it from a friend and thought to put it on my TBR; then I read a historical fiction novel for book club that includedContinue reading “First Friday Rec: When Books Went to War”
First Friday Rec: Like, Literally, Dude
Title: Like, Literally, DudeAuthor: Valerie FridlandGenre: Nonfiction, Reference, InformativePages: 336Publication Date: 18 Apr 2023StoryGraph* Moods: Informative, Funny, LightheartedHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Armchair Expert interviewOther Books by this author: A textbook called Language and Society: What Your Speech Says About You*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: From Bookshop.org: “In Like, Literally, Dude, linguist Valerie FridlandContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Like, Literally, Dude”
First Friday Rec: Project Hail Mary
Title: Project Hail MaryAuthor: Andy WeirGenre: Science Fiction, Mystery, ThrillerPages: 496Publication Date: Oct 4, 2022StoryGraph* Moods: <–Adventurous, Funny, HopefulHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: I had read another book by this author, and when this came up as a read for a local SciFi/Fantasy book club read, I decided to join the club.Other Books byContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Project Hail Mary”
Third? Friday Recommendation
Title: The Library BookAuthor: Susan OrleanGenre: nonfiction, history, true crimePages: 336Publication Date: 16 Oct 2018StoryGraph* Moods: informative, reflective, inspiringHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Susan Orlean was a keynote at the book and author festival Other Books by this author: Joyride, On Animals, Rin Tin Tin, My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a WomanContinue reading “Third? Friday Recommendation”
First Friday Rec: Tailspin
Title: TailspinAuthor: John ArmbrusterGenre: Nonfiction, Biography, HistoryPages: 422Publication Date: 30 Apr 2022StoryGraph* Moods: Emotional, Challenging, TenseHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: book clubOther Books by this author: *StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: Gene Moran, a World War II tail gunner (someone who sits at the rear of military aircraft responsible for defending against rearContinue reading “First Friday Rec: Tailspin”
Books of 2025
I mentioned a couple years that I never do the ’52 books in a year’ challenge. I love reading, so I don’t set a number – I just read. It’s difficult sometimes to make reading books a priority when my job is to read stack after stack of student writing. Most of my books tendContinue reading “Books of 2025”
First Friday Rec: The Small and the Mighty
Title: The Small and the MightyAuthor: Sharon McMahonGenre: nonfiction, history, informativePages: 320Publication Date: Sep 24, 2024StoryGraph* Moods: informative, inspiring, hopefulHow I Stumbled Upon This Book: Armchair Expert interviewOther Books by this author: no others at the time of writing this*StoryGraph also offers content warnings. Description: According to BookShop.Org, “You’ll meet a woman astride a whiteContinue reading “First Friday Rec: The Small and the Mighty”
Ami Maxine 