Ask a bookseller

Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment.

November 26, 2022 11:23 AM

Ask a Bookseller: a novel of friendship, food and love

Kerry Lett of Turn the Page Westfield in Westfield, Indiana recommended “Love and Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love” by Kim Fay.

by Emily Bright

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November 19, 2022 8:20 AM

A YA thriller delves into the post-WWII history of Poland and Ukraine

“The Silent Unseen” is set in Poland in 1944. A 16-year-old girl, returning from forced labor in Nazi Germany, discovers that fighting between Polish Resistance and Ukrainian nationals have left her village destroyed.

by Emily Bright

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November 11, 2022 12:39 PM

Ask a Bookseller: "Found Audio" is a creepy fall read

The printed novella “Found Audio” sounds very fitting for our radio-based book series. It’s called “Found Audio,” by N. J. Campbell, and it was published by Two Dollar Radio, a small press in Ohio.

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November 1, 2022 3:21 PM

Ask a Bookseller: An inventive novel maps our spectacular bodies

Aubrey Roemmich of Ferguson Books & More in Grand Forks couldn’t put down “Maps of our Spectacular Bodies” by Maddie Mortimer.

by Emily Bright

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October 26, 2022 3:35 PM

Ask a Bookseller: part memoir, part Ojibwe cultural toolbox

“The Cultural Toolbox: Traditional Ojibwe Living in the Modern World” by Anton Treuer was selected as a community read in Cook County in November.

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October 22, 2022 8:17 AM

Ask a Bookseller: Stay True

In “Stay True,” author Hua Hsu confronts his grief over his friend’s death in an honest and raw way.

by Emily Bright

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October 15, 2022 10:32 AM

Ask a Bookseller: the poetry of desire

“Eros, the Bittersweet” explores the idea that love is bittersweet and that desire is not about having, but wanting.

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September 24, 2022 8:38 AM

Ask a Bookseller: A Spoonful of Frogs

“A Spoonful of Frogs” was written by Casey Lyall and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Vera Brosgol. Angela Whited says she’s already read this book at story time at Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, and the book was a hit with listeners of all ages.

by Emily Bright

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September 17, 2022 4:50 PM

Ask a Bookseller: an award-winning graphic novel, soon to be a series

"American Born Chinese" by prolific cartoonist Gene Luen Yang was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award back in 2006. Disney released a first look at an 8-episode series based on the novel, starring Michelle Yeoh, among other big-name actors.

by Emily Bright