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Bookstores with reviews in this week's newsletter:

• Nina Barrios, Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Marcia Honeycutt Roseman, Editions Bookstore in Kannapolis, North Carolina
• Mallory Sutton, Bards Alley Bookshop in Vienna, Virginia
• Mary Salazar, The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, North Carolina
• Janet Geddis, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia
• Angelica Manglona, Buxton Books in Charleston, South Carolina
• Jamie Kovacs, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Emily Tarr, Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama
• Rachel Knox, Tombolo Books in St Petersburg, Florida
• Julie Jarema, Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Morgan DePerno, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Izzy Bell, Birch Tree Bookstore in Leesburg, Virginia
• Ginger Kautz, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, North Carolina
•  Jennifer Jones, Bookmiser, Inc. in Marietta, Georgia
• Thomas Wallace, Reading Rock Books in Dickson, Tennessee
• Jessica Nock, Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina
• Brianna Lloyd, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Rae Ann Parker, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee
•  Jonathan Hawpe, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky
• Beth Seufer Buss, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Book Buzz Feature: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
I’ve always thought that the legend of the fox is so fascinating. In Chinese literature and also Japanese and Korean legends, the fox is a shapeshifter, as you mentioned, who can turn itself into a very attractive person. And folklore is full of these stories – many of them odd figments of stories – of foxes who interact with people, often tricking them, sometimes killing them or making off with their property.

The classic fox tale is that there’s a scholar who’s studying for the imperial exams late one evening when there’s a knock at the door, and a beautiful woman appears. Later on, of course, he discovers she’s not human, which raises all sorts of questions about, what is the story really about? But when I was a child, I read lots of these stories, and I was always fascinated by the fox, by this creature. Why do they come at night? Why do they always interrupt people’s exams? (Laughter). And what lies on the other side of the door? You know, the sort of wildness and otherness – that’s really interesting.

― Yangsze Choo, Interview, NPR

Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature:
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Monday’s Not Coming is a heartbreaking story of a missing teenager, a community that seems not to notice, and a best friend who will go to whatever lengths it takes to find her missing friend. Tiffany D. Jackson weaves the reader through multiple timelines with increasing tension and emotion until you reach an ending that will haunt you long after you finish the book. This is a difficult but important and timely story, highly recommended for teen and adult readers.
―Beth Seufer Buss, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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