Current Newsletter: A month of celebration

Bookstores with reviews in this week's newsletter:

• Rachel Watkins, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia
• Anderson McKean, Page & Palette in Fairhope, Alabama
• Athena Palmer, Shelf Life Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
• Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Jessica Nock, Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina
• Beth Seufer Buss, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Bianca Eckhoff, Epilogue: Books Chocolate Brews in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Andrew Preston, Coffee Tree Books in Morehead, Kentucky
• Stacey Schwartz, Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore in Boca Raton, Florida
• Sol Johnson, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Holly Kitchings, Court Street Books in Florence, Alabama
• Grace Sullivan, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
• Alissa Redmond, South Main Book Company in Salisbury, North Carolina
• Beth Bissmeyer, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky
• Susan Williams, M Judson Booksellers in Greenville, South Carolina
• Julie Jarema, Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Catherine Pabalate, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• VaLinda Payne-Miller, Turning Page Bookshop in Goose Creek, South Carolina
• Sam Conners, E. Shaver Bookseller in Savannah, Georgia
• Asia Harden, Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi

Book Buzz Feature: Dear Bookstore by Emily Arrow
In every place I’ve lived bookstores have been the first places to feel like home—especially Parnassus Books in Nashville, where I led weekly storytime sing-alongs for years, and Green Bean Books in Portland, Ore., where I spent countless hours soaking in the magic of a truly community-centered shop. Bookstores are havens for readers, writers, and dreamers who crave“discovery, community, and belonging. Dear Bookstore is my love letter to them.

―  Emily Arrow, Interview, Publishers Weekly

Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature:
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
A modern high school rom-com in signature Albertalli fashion. As the fall musical approaches, Kate and her best friend, Anderson, want nothing more than to finally have their time in the spotlight. However, complications arise when their communal summer crush transfers to Roswell High and auditions for the musical. A dramatic and humorous coming-of-age tale centered around first crushes and the relationships that matter most. Kate in Waiting is sure to deliver all the warm and fuzzy feelings.
―Asia Harden, Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi

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