We caught up with booksellers Holly N. and Julie G. to hear all about what their communities in Pennsylvania recommend to round out 2024’s summer of reading. Read on to meet our booksellers and get to know what the Keystone State has lining their shelves. From Bookseller Holly N. Erie, being a relatively small metropolitan […]
What better way to inspire and foster a lifelong love of reading than by connecting our younger readers with that perfect book. It seems simple, because it is! Books are transformative, they can take us to faraway places, open our hearts and minds, teach us to see each other, and bring us together. It all starts with a book. Here are 20 essential books (classics new and old) for every […]
There are a lot of things you shouldn’t do on a plane. You shouldn’t kick the seat in front of you. You shouldn’t be rude to the flight attendants. You shouldn’t load your oversized carry-on into the overhead storage compartment and take up all the space. But one thing you really shouldn’t do is start […]
In the dark days of yesteryear, we had to physically wander into bookstores and pick up books at random to find one that suited us, like animals. And we had to do it uphill, in the snow. Nowadays you can simply click your way over to a list that will recommend books perfectly suited to your taste. […]
Many of YA’s classic protagonists are so established as to become almost archetypal: Holden Caulfield railing against the phonies, sunny Anne Shirley challenging everyone’s notions of an orphan girl’s fortitude, Brian with his trusty hatchet. But what if we swapped the genders on these characters? With some creative genderbending that we think William Shakespeare would be […]