"The Girl Who Played With Fire" arrives!  |
Once again we have a packed schedule of events this month!
May brings many wonderful things (including the return of our local Farmer's Markets), and we have piles of new books arriving every day. Stay tuned for an email full of fantastic new releases, and in the meantime... have you read Stieg Larsson's books? The second book in his trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire, recently arrived in paperback. Over half our staff has read and loved them.
-Suzanna
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Lauren Myracle  | Julia DeVillers  | Thursday, May 6, 4:00pm
Oblong Millerton
Lauren Myracle
& Julia DeVillers
Bestselling Tween Authors Sign Their Books
From Lauren Myracle, the author of over 15 books for teens and tweens, including the blockbuster Internet Girls series, TTFN, TTYL, and L8RG8R, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel LET IT SNOW (co-authored with John Green and Maureen Johnson), comes THIRTEEN PLUS ONE, the fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series The Winnie Years.
Julia DeVillers is a bestselling author of books for kids and teens.
Her books have been featured in the New York Times, USA Today and all
the major teen magazines. Julia was born in Albany, New York and now
lives in New Albany, Ohio with her husband and two children. And a
maltipoo named Bradley.
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 Thursday, May 6, 7:30pmAlice Lichtenstein  |
Oblong Rhinebeck
Alice Lichtenstein
Lost: A Novel
Alice Lichtenstein reads from her newest book, Lost.
Alice Lichtenstein graduated from Brown University and was named the
Boston University Fellow in Creative Writing. She has received a New
York Foundation of the Arts Grant in Fiction and has twice been a
fellow at the MacDowell Colony.
Lichtenstein has taught at Boston University, Wheaton College, Lesley
College, and the Harvard University Summer School. She currently
teaches creative writing at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York.
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 Thursday, May 13th, 7:30pm
Oblong Rhinebeck
Emily Upham & Linda Gravenson
In the Fullness of Time: 32 Women on Life After 50
Editors Emily Upham and Linda Gravenson read from their book, In the Fullness of Time: 32 Women on Life After 50.
"Reading this book is like talking to a really good
friend who is prepared to hear your midnight confessions and then share
a few of her own. Getting older is no picnic, but reading this book
offers the immeasurable comfort of knowing we are not alone in the
journey and that as much as there are moments to weep, there are also
lots of moments when laughter is the only sane response." -- Pearl Cleage, author of Seen It All and Done the Rest
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 Friday, May 14th, 7:30pmLois Kam Heymann  |
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Lois Kam Heymann
The Sound of Hope:
Recognizing, Coping with, and Treating Your Child's Auditory Processing Disorder
Watch Rosie O'Donnell discuss Lois' book on ABC News.
In The Sound of Hope, veteran speech and language pathologist Lois Kam Heymann
offers the first practical guide to help parents dramatically improve
the listening and language skills of their children, whether they have
a diagnosed auditory processing disorder, slow language development, or
simply need practice listening.
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 Friday, May 14 - Sunday, May 16
Oblong Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck Sidewalk Sale
On the weekend of 5/14-5/16, the Village of Rhinebeck will be
having our sidewalk sale. Visit stores all over town for great deals
and special events!
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 Wednesday, May 19th, 7:00pm
Oblong Rhinebeck
Oblong Book Group
Discussing A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
Our
book group meets on the third Thursday of each month (this month is the exception) at 7:00pm. We are
always looking for more people, so if you're interested in joining, email Suzanna.
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 Joseph Wallace  | Thursday, May 20th, 7:30pm
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Joseph Wallace
Diamond Ruby: A Novel
"Diamond Ruby is the exciting tale of a forgotten piece of baseball's heritage.... A real page-turner, based closely on a true story."
-- Kevin Baker, author of Strivers Row
Please join us for a reading and signing with Joseph Wallace, author of Diamond Ruby: A Novel.
Seventeen-year-old Ruby Thomas, newly responsible for
her two young nieces after a devastating tragedy, is determined to keep
her family safe in the vast, swirling world of 1920s New York City.
She's got street smarts, boundless determination, and one unusual
skill: the ability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers in
a baseball-mad city.
From Coney Island sideshows to the brand-new Yankee Stadium, Diamond Ruby chronicles
the extraordinary life and times of a girl who rises from utter poverty
to the kind of renown only the Roaring Twenties can bestow. But her
fame comes with a price, and Ruby must escape a deadly web of
conspiracy and threats from Prohibition rumrunners, the Ku Klux Klan,
and the gangster underworld.
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 Saturday, May 22, 7:30pm
Oblong Rhinebeck
Jesse Saperstein
Atypical: Life with Asperger's in 20 1/3 Chapters
Following a blockbuster launch party at Oblong Millerton, Jesse comes to Rhinebeck for a reading and signing. Atypical was our #1 bestseller during the month of April.
Jesse will read from and sign copies of his new memoir, Atypical: Life with Asperger's in 20 1/3 Chapters.
Though a serious memoir, this book is laugh-out-loud funny.
Jesse Saperstein grew up in his family's department store in Millerton
and graduated from Hobart and William Smith
Colleges. A popular speaker in the autism community, he is committed to
the cause of demystifying Asperger's and autism.
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 Jacky Davis & David Soman  | Saturday, May 29th, 12-2pm
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David Soman & Jacky Davis
Ladybug Girl at the Beach
Husband and wife team David Soman & Jacky Davis sign copies
of their New York Times-bestselling picture books. The newest is Ladybug Girl at the Beach.
Lulu loves the beach. Well, she's never been
there before, but she knows she will love it. And then she sees the
ocean and it is big and loud and rough. That's okay-Lulu wanted to
build sand castles and fly her kite with Bingo anyway. But while they
are building their sand castle, the sneaky ocean comes in and tries to
steal Lulu's favorite pail. This is a job for Ladybug Girl!
Lulu
conquers her fear of the ocean when she remembers that Ladybug Girl can
do anything, in this gorgeously illustrated companion to the popular
series.
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