October News & Updates

Hello fellow bookworms! As the weather turns colder, there's more time for snuggling up with a good book. So why not make it a new book? We are now offering a 15% discount for any book ordered more than 30 days before its release date! Now's your chance to get the hottest titles at a steal. And remember, any special order will, as always, receive our 10% discount. Can't come and browse during the day? Our new weekend hours are perfect for you! Swing by this Friday or Saturday until 9pm. We can't wait to see you!

​As you may know, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we are partnering with OASIS for a DVAM book club. We will be reading No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder. Please come and join us on Thursday, October 10th and Wednesday, October 23rd to discuss this book and raise awareness around intimate partner violence. We are offering 15% off your book order with all proceeds donated directly to OASIS. Contact Sara Crouch at outreach@oasisinc.org for more information.

While you're here placing your orders, take a peek at our new display from our local indie publisher, Working Title Farm. The display features books the authors are reading right now and their recommendations draw from all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, regional interest, cooking, art – every month will offer new perspectives. The Farmers are pumped to share their picks with you and we hope you will find them as exciting as we do!

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​In Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Joy Davidman, long hidden in the shadowlands of history as the dying wife of C.S. Lewis, comes to life in all her brilliant, flawed, and fiercely complicated glory. If, like me, your childhood imagination was shaped by the magic of Narnia - the lure of wardrobe doors and the roar of Aslan - this dazzling novel will open your eyes to an entirely new side to this beloved author and Oxford don, and, more particularly, the woman he loved. —Aimee Bumgarner, Working Title Farmer

​Rarely have I rooted for a character to overcome the chaotic seediness of his life as I did for Shuggie in Daniel Woodrell’s unshackled brutally-painted The Death of Sweet Mister. Unsentimental, raw and masterfully drawn. This book will break your heart beautifully. —Rod Picott, Working Title Farmer and author of Out Past the Wires

If you never managed to climb the rickety stairs and cross into the netherworld of Po’ Monkey’s, one of the last true juke joints,  Po’ Monkey’s: Portrait of a Juke Joint is your portal to a lost world. Gifted photographer Will Jacks spent ten years photographing the regulars and chatting with the man himself, Willie Seaberry; Boyce Upton’s essay contextualizes this dazzling final look back at a place whose very betweenness defined our beautiful, painful, unavoidable South. —Nicole Sarrocco, Working Title Farmer and author of Ill-Mannered Ghosts

​I've always loved the way John Lane writes, but in Neighborhood Hawks you ride in his truck until you know how he thinks, a man in search of answers to "where" and "why," always "why." I found myself more than a little jealous that he has the sense of priorities to drop everything to follow the sound of a hawk and wondered if that could be my life. I wonder if that should be my life. In Neighborhood Hawks, it gets to be mine for 147 pages. —Shari Smith, Working Title Farmer and author of I am a Town

Our booksellers also have a staff picks shelf, in addition to having their current titles included in these blog posts. Mary (our owner) is almost always reading at least 3 books at once (how does she do that?!). Lillian and Rasier (our booksellers) read often and eclectically. Katharine (our marketing manager) loves anything inspired by fairy tales and includes a title she's reading with her kids (marked "with the littles"). If you pick up one of these titles - and even if you don't - we would love to chat with you about books so stop by any time! 

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As always, there are lots of events and readings coming up this month so be sure to subscribe to our calendar. A couple final notes: we now require a minimum purchase of $5.00 on all card purchases, but that should be easy to hit with these spooktacular savings! Our credit card fees were increased and we can't afford them on anything lower than $5. Also, for the month of October only, shop our fall sale to get 10% off all hardcover picture books (fiction & nonfiction), fantasy, chapter books, young adult, and mystery books.

​We look forward to seeing you soon. Read on!