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Welcome to the
online branch of The Bookstore, a small and friendly place for
book lovers located in the heart of historic downtown Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
We are delighted to be able to offer you access to many more books
than we could ever fit on our shelves, through a website!
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HIGHLIGHTS at The Bookstore: Be sure to join us on Twitter.com! You can find us at @justbooks (Margie) or @suejustbooks (Sue). If you follow us and participate in the Twitter Book Club (#tbc) you will recieve a 10% discount on your purchase of all #tbc books at The Bookstore. The Bookstore is also participating in the Midwest Booksellers Association (MBA) Catalog Pogram this winter, which includes the Book Seller's choice awards. For more information, you can visit http://www.midwestbooksellers.org Please also visit http://www.downtownglenellyn.com/ for information on upcoming events in downtown Glen Ellyn and for purchasing tickets for some of these events.
The Bookstore Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
Happy New Year! This is a special year for The Bookstore. We'll be celebrating our 50th anniversary all year long. We hope you can join us for our various customer celebrations, author events and reader challenges. There are big plans underway for a Downtown Glen Ellyn Bookfest on June 19, 2010!
There are a lot of other wonderful books that are about to be released too. Check out our January staff picks and the Indie Next list. So many great books for winter reading!
Thank you for your support!
Jane Stroh and Friends at The Bookstore Alice in Wonderland Party, March 14th, 2-3pm In celebration of the release of the movie (and Melanie Benjamin's wonderful book) The Bookstore is hosting an Alice in Wonderland children's party on Sunday, March 14th from 2-3 pm for children ages 3-8. The party will include storytime, crafts and games. Purchase of a $5 gift certificate is required. Call (630) 469-2891 or e-mail us to register. Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday April 3rd, 2-3pm Please join The Bookstore the Saturday before Easter for its Annual Easter Egg Hunt! Children of all ages welcome, as long as they're able to recognize their own name (on an Easter egg). The party includes storytime and snacks. Please register in advance by phone or e-mail. Purchase of a $5 gift certificate is required. Don't miss! Spellapalooza on March 12th in Glen Ellyn Come Cheer on The Bookstore! Come cheer on staff members Margie, Sue and Julia as the Bookstore representatives in Spellapalooza 2010, a benefit for The Glen Ellyn Children's Resource Center on Friday, March 12 at 7:30pm in the Glenbard West Auditorium. Support after-school and summer literacy programs for non-English speaking children in Glen Ellyn. For more information, click here. (Anyone availabull for a little tootoring beforehand? We're getting nervis and mite need to brush up a liddle.) Save the Date for a Special Author Event! Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Luis Urrea May 5, 2010 at 7pm
We're telling you early so you have plenty of time to mark your calendars and start reading before our exciting Cinco de Mayo Author Event with Luis Urrea. He's an international treasure and Pulitzer Prize finalist who just happens to be a Naperville neighbor. We couldn't be more excited to welcome him to Glen Ellyn for some great book conversation over margaritas and appetizers.
Some of our book clubs have already read and enjoyed Into the Beautiful North, his latest novel (2009) which is partly set in nearby Kankakee. Others might know him from the beautiful epic Hummingbird's Daughter (2006) or his Pulitzer Prize nominated nonfiction book The Devil's HIghway (2004).
His latest venture is a graphic novel, Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush (April, 2010), which we have on order and can't wait to see. Luis Urrea was born in Tijuana, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother. His books explore and celebrate Mexican and American culture, history and identity with humor and insight. I could go on and on, but for starters, click on his image or any of the book covers for more information.
Our recommendation? Read one or more of his books before you come to his author appearance (awesome spring break reads) so you can enjoy the conversation even more. Suggest one of his books to your entire book club, and then make Cinco de Mayo at The Bookstore a May Book Club meeting!
You can register by e-mail or phone (630) 469-2981. Book clubs may register as a group with devil's highwayan estimated head count. Purchase of any one of his books is required, just let us know which one(s) you'd like, and we will put them on hold for you. Luis Urrea will happily sign them that night. As for me, I'm dying to hear the latest scoop about a possible movie of Into the Beautiful North or Hummingbird's Daughter (Antonio Banderas?) as well as his progress on the sequel to Hummingbird! Book Group Recommendations - Lets Share!
We've posted all of our book club recommendations from our 10th Annual Book Group Night on the blog. We've also included a list of your favorite discussion books of 2009. However, thanks to a great customer suggestion, we'd like to keep the list growing! If a rep from your club didn't make it to Book Group Night, please leave a comment on the blog with your club's favorite read from 2009. If you're too shy or not "techie" enough to comment, send us an e-mail and we'll add it to the list for you! We'd like to keep the list going into 2010 and beyond. Please send in your comments and e-mails when your book club has a really great meeting. We'd all love to know..
50th Anniversary Monthly Raffle "50/50/50" To celebrate our "Big 5-0" and to thank our best customers, there will be a 50/50/50 Raffle each month. Every customer who spends $50 or more that month will be entered into a raffle for a $50 gift certificate. Drawings will be held on the 1st of each month..
The Bookstore will also be joining the Downtown Alliance in celebrating the next Ladies Night Out in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday, March 2nd. Stop in for cocktails, appetizers and fun book chat. Anyone who spends more than $50 will receive a free paperback of their choice! (Plus you'll be entered in the 50/50/50 raffle for a $50 gift certificate at the end of the month - what a deal!)
A Unique Holiday Gift Idea:
A Gift Certificate for Our
"Build A Library" Program We are proud to announce our new "Build a Library" Program. It's a great way to help our customers develop a custom curated book collection for yourself or someone else. It's the perfect gift for new babies, children, newlyweds , retirees and graduates. The Bookstore is excited to introduce a new corporate gift plan as well.
Options include: a book-a- month plan, a quarterly book plan, a baby/children's library plan, and even a prize-winning library plan (my dream: shelves full of Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize and National Book Award titles), or any custom plan of your choice. The Bookstore will speak with you in person in order to find the right plan and the right books for you, whether hardcover or paperback. Shipping and personalized nameplates are included.
Corporate clients can forward an address list from Microsoft Outlook, Excel, or other programs, and will receive regular e-mails with recommended business titles.
For more information, call (630) 469-2891 and ask for Jenny, or e-mail us at justbook475@yahoo.com.
The Bookstore
tracks current book group selections and offers a 10% discount on those books, a great reason to shop locally!
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