2min 00secAsk a Bookseller: 'Saint X' is not your typical thrillerFebruary 27, 2021 7:00 a.m.By Emily BrightMaya Aurichio of Maria’s Bookshop in Durango, Colo, recommends "Saint X" by Alexis Schaitkin. She called the novel a thoughtful twist on a “classic beautiful dead white girl thriller.”
1min 52secAsk a Bookseller: A northern Minn. author explores the aftermath of a shootingFebruary 20, 2021 7:00 a.m.By Emily BrightSally Wizik Wills of Beagle and Wolf Books and Bindery in Park Rapids, Minn., recommends a new book by a local author this week: Doug Mayfield’s “The Saint Patrick’s Day Hero.” The novel begins after a horrific mass shooting at a fictional college in Minnesota.
Ask a Bookseller: A kids' graphic novel series — with unicornsJanuary 30, 2021 12:00 p.m.By Emily BrightTheresa Woodward of CatTale’s Books and Gifts in Brainerd, Minn., recommends “Phoebe and her Unicorn” graphic novel series, which she has been loving reading with her 6-year-old daughter, Phoebe.
Ask a Bookseller: A murder mystery set on the North Shore January 23, 2021 2:00 p.m.By Emily BrightLisa Deyo of Sweet Reads in Austin, Minnesota (across from the Spam Museum) recommended the murder mystery “The Devil’s Kettle” by fellow Austin-based writer J.J. Ollman.
1min 52secAsk a bookseller: 'The Magical Language of Others' gives a compassionate look at mother-daughter relationships January 16, 2021 1:00 p.m.By Emily BrightAmanda Toronto of Word Bookstore in Brooklyn, N.Y., says she can’t stop thinking about a memoir she read recently: “The Magical Language of Others” by poet and translator E.J. Koh.
1min 37secAsk a Bookseller: A master class on writing, reading — and life January 9, 2021 1:00 p.m.By Emily Bright Cat Bock of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn., recommended a brand-new work of literary criticism by George Saunders with a tempting subtitle indeed: “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life."
1min 45secAsk a Bookseller: 'Gods of the Upper Air'January 2, 2021 11:00 a.m.By Emily BrightThe book explores the work of Franz Boaz, founder of cultural anthropology, and a circle of women scientists whose work 100 years ago helped inform our notions of identity today.
1min 51secAsk a Bookseller: Let’s talk about money December 18, 2020 11:00 a.m.By Emily BrightChuck Neal of Chapters Bookstore in Miami, Okla., recommended a nonfiction title on a ubiquitous topic this week: “Money: the True Story of a Made-up Thing,” by Jacob Goldstein of NPR’s Planet Money.
2min 10secAsk a Bookseller: 'Fresh Water for Flowers'December 12, 2020 10:13 p.m.By Emily BrightThe story follows the very likeable Violette Toussaint, caretaker of a cemetery, whose days are punctuated by cemetery visitors.
2min 10secAsk a Bookseller: 'Mercy Falls'December 5, 2020 12:00 p.m.By Emily BrightJerry Lenaz of The Cloak and Dagger Mystery Bookshop in Princeton, New Jersey recommends Minnesota writer William Kent Krueger’s mystery novel "Mercy Falls."