January Bookstore News

Ringing in 2015 with Great Reads

As we start making our plans for the new year, we want to share a review of our favorite reads from 2014. Check out our Top 10 lists below. Make sure you also see our new list online featuring John Warner's Biblioracle Book Awards.

2014 was a good year at The Bookstore. We are ever grateful to our loyal customers, who keep coming back to us because they love the sense of community that we have worked hard to create in our store and because they love the touch and feel of "real" books in their hands. We are looking forward to sharing more great reads in 2015 with our regulars and new customers of all ages. Happy New Year!

Our Top 10 Favorite Reads in 2014

Like all good year-in-reviews, Jane, Jenny, Renee and Sue reflect on their favorite reads in 2014. Not all the books were published in 2014, and these are not listed in any particular order of appreciation.

Jane's Favorites

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
The Painter by Peter Heller
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Under the Jeweled Sky by Alison McQueen
Gutenberg's Apprentice by Alix Christie
A Minor by Margaret Philbrick
Sing for Me by Karen Halvorsen Schreck
Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon
Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

Click to see all of Jane's favorites in 2014.

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Jenny's Favorites

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman
Prayers for the Stolen by Jennifer Clement
Driftless by David Rhodes
Cinnamon & Gunpowder by Eli Brown
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Click to see all of Jenny's favorites in 2014.

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Renee's Favorites

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Gemini by Carol Cassella
One Plus One by JoJo Moyes
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Best to Laugh by Lorna Landvik
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Weir
Amy Falls Down by Jincy Willett
Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Small Victories by Anne Lamott

Click to see all of Renee's favorites in 2014.

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Sue's Favorites

All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu
All the Birds Singing by Evie Wyld
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Florence Gordon by Brian Morton
Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford
Panic In a Suitcase by Yelena Akhtiorskaya
A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman
Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken

Click to see all of Sue's favorites in 2014.

Preorder Special of the Month

The preorder book of the month is

Come into the store to preorder a copy and we'll give you 10% off.

Bookstore Brain Teaser

Our trivia contest this month celebrates our 2014 favorite reads. Answer these questions correctly the next time you visit The Bookstore and you'll receive a 20% discount on one item in the store.

Which book is nine vibrant stories that navigate the fragile space between love and loneliness?
Name two books on our lists that are written by local authors?
What character in what book lives with his dog, Jasper?
Which book is set in occupied France during World War II?

What We're Talking About in January

► What local book clubs are reading. (Book clubs that order from the Bookstore receive a 10% discount.)

► New in Paperback

► January Staff Picks

► Catsby's recommendations: Look for Catsby, our store "cat" that curls up with books we're featuring. This month, Catsby celebrates "Downton Abbey's" return with these titles After The War Is Over, A Star for Mrs. Blake, Black Diamonds, To Marry an English Lord, and the Maisie Dobbs series.