If you haven’t tried Kobo yet or just like a free book (who doesn’t like a free book?), be sure you download your free copy of Jonathan Evison’s novel The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving before May 27th!
Or you can purchase the paperback here.
Evison’s previous novel, West of Here, was on practically every bestseller list and was an Indie Next Top Pick. West of Here is available in paperback or eBook.
From now through May 13, all Kobo eReader devices will come with a free copy of the What My Mother Gave Me eBook from Algonquin Books. Customers will also receive a special What My Mother Gave Me greeting card with envelope and a stretch loop ribbon to complete the Mother’s Day gift package.
Once you’ve purchased the device, you (or the gift recipient) must then activate the device and sign in – or create – a Kobo account by June 7, 2013. Once you’ve signed in to your Kobo account, What My Mother Gave Me will be waiting for you in your Kobo library.
If you have questions about Kobo, stop by the store or give us a call at 615.326.0401.
Here’s a moment from our day, a review in video format: a friend reading All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen and Jory John.
(He laughed so much, he bought it and the sequel, All My Friends Are Still Dead.)
Thanks, Chris!
If you didn’t get a copy of our holiday catalog as an insert in the Dickson Herald, we still have some in the store or you can browse the catalog online. Except for a few backordered titles, all the books in the catalog are currently in stock. Give us a call at (615) 326-0401 to check availability.
Many thanks to the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and their many publisher partners for making our catalog a reality!
A nice coincidence happened in my house this week: my son (a.k.a. Jack, the bookstore baby) has fallen in love with a new book that happens to be about Neil Armstrong.
Like a lot of children, Jack likes to have a select few picture books read to him repeatedly. This week, he felt like branching out and we read I Want to Go to the Moon by Tom Saunders. The cover art immediately caught my eye and the inside doesn’t disappoint. Neil Armstrong is skillfully depicted at various ages in Cynthia Nugent’s charming illustrations.
It’s the story of a young boy growing up and never giving up on a dream, even though everyone around him says he’ll never make it to the moon. Even if the moon has never been a part of your or your child’s aspirations, the determination of Neil Armstrong is inspiring.
My son liked it so much we read it twice that night and he requested to take it with him to his grandmother’s house today. What better recommendation can I give than that?
The text of the book was originally a song, so a CD comes packaged within the back cover.
The latest novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, the founder of the mash-up genre, is considerably more controversial then his previous novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Part action film, part revenge fantasy, part sacrilege, Unholy Night is a violence-filled, loose reinterpretation of the story of Jesus’s birth. It focuses on three criminals who disguise themselves as Jewish holy men in order to escape the clutches of the evil Herod. Naturally, these criminals end up playing a pretty gruesome version of the “Three Wise Men” as they wrestle their own moral quandries while debating how far they will go to protect Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus from Herod and the Romans.
What’s unfortunate about this novel is that its reference to the nativity will probably turn off just as many potential readers as it will attract. Alone, the story of the three thieves, particularly the main figure, Balthazar, is compelling and highly enjoyable. It is an adventure filled with magic, mystery, and action. The tragedies and triumphs are well-constructed–Grahame-Smith is an accomplished screen writer and storyteller–and you will find yourself frightened, horrified, elated and saddened by what happens. However, if you don’t like the idea of an irreverant take on the story of Jesus’s birth, you will find yourself questioning the inclusion of certain biblical figures and being pulled out of the action despite it’s skillful trappings.
Unholy Night is a highly enjoyable book, but it just might not be for everyone.
Reviewed and Recommended by John
