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Top Shelf for May 2009

Posted in staff reviews, tagged , , , , , , on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Part of me is tempted to sum up this book as: “What would happen if John Hodgman wrote a novel.” I don’t pay this book that complement just because it includes a chart of hobo signs and their meanings, although that did contribute. It’s mostly because [...]

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Top Shelf of April

Posted in top shelf, tagged , , , on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You’ve already heard us mention Philipp Meyer’s new novel American Rust when he was coming to the store last month, but we liked the book so much we made it our Top Shelf pick for April.  Kester Smith, our New & Noteworthy Book Club leader, had this to say about American Rust.

I have been waiting [...]

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Top Shelf for March 2009

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry
Diving into a really good debut novel is one of my favorite experiences as a reader. Sure, there’s excitement when a tried and true favorite puts out the novel he’s been working on for years, but there’s an unparalleled feeling of discovery when you realize that a person you’ve [...]

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Top Shelf for February 2009

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Top Shelf Pick for September

Posted in top shelf, tagged , , on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
In May, I attended a meeting of independent booksellers in Indianapolis. At the beginning of the meeting we performed one of those annoying icebreaker exercises that are so common in both classrooms and boardrooms. Being booksellers, our icebreaker exercise was to introduce ourselves and then [...]

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