Category: Dead Until Dark

June 2020

6/22/2020

Hello bookworms! As you may know, we're not quite out of the woods when it comes to public health and safety. To that end, we are continuing to be open by appointment only. Bring your mask and "browse" for some new books. The booksellers will pull titles based on your interests and you can enjoy a personal shopper style book experience. You can schedule your appointment online, over the phone (828-386-1219), or via email.

Now there are even more ways to get your book, no matter how you placed your order. In addition to our curbside pickup, local delivery, and free media mail shipping options, we have recently added a drive thru window!

Check out the video below & our IG page for more details! For more information regarding safety precautions and customer requirements, check out the May blog post on the website. We can't wait to see you all back in person!

In light of recent events, we felt compelled to put together an antiracist reading list for our community of readers. Many of you have been asking about books for kids and teenagers, so we made sure to include books for all ages. This is just the beginning of what will be a very large list. We have over 250 titles on a master list and will continue to add to it every day.

Right now, we are featuring books by Black authors only. While there are many aspects to antiracism that we feel are important for folks to read about, we do not want to distract the conversation away from Black lives and stories right now. So, you'll see included in these lists stories about Black joy and family, Black magic and pain, Black dreams and desire, Black love and friendship.

You can browse see them in their individual categories or scroll through the main list to see more titles. Please be aware many titles are backordered right now but will be arriving soon. We have tried to include as many books as possible that are currently in stock but if you want to be sure before placing an order, just give us a call at
828-386-1219 to check on inventory status.

If you're not quite ready to venture out (we totally get it) you can spend some time looking through these beautiful catalogs from Ingram, featured below. Give us a call when you find that perfect title & we'll get it to you as quickly as possible!

Spring Inspirations

Summer Reading

Biography and History

Our book clubs are still in full, online swing! The Fantasy/Sci-Fi Book Club is meeting June 25th @ 6:30pm. Come tell us what you thought of E. Latimer's newest story, Witches of Ash and Ruin! And last, but certainly never least, Foggy Pine Book Club is reading The Tale of Gengi (after an enthusiastic vote via Instagram). Join us online June 27th @ 7:30pm for a lively discussion, even if you didn't like it!

If you're looking for something to read now, look no further! We have selected a few fun quizzes and articles to keep you entertained while you are stuck at home.

Articles:

On Letting Go of Certainty in a Story That Never Ends -- Finding Communion in the Fairy Tales We Tell by Rebecca Solnit

A murderess, a black mass, a scandalous literary salon: Welcome to Paris in 1920 by Corinne Segal

Quizzes:

Match the Author with the Ailment: Dementia, Scurvy, Bipolar Disorder, some of these will surprise you!

Opening Lines: Dickens, Melville, Vonnegut, and more - name the novel from it's opening lines!

You can also sign up to receive our newsletter, which is packed with goodies! Normally for PRIDE we partner with App State's SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Alliance) for a Queer Lit Night, creating a safe place to talk about the books we have loved and sharing them with each other. In lieu of lit night, we have compiled a LGBTQIA+ newsletter complete with a curated queer reading list, quizzes, stories, merchandise and more. This newsletter will be sent out this week.