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Liz Says
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May! I am eagerly awaiting more Spring-like weather, but the cold and rain give me a great excuse to stay inside and read, instead of gardening!
My new favorite is
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle. It's one of those delightful and charming novels that work better when you just pick it up and read it, instead of my telling you about it. I will say that it is good for teens or adults, and has a 12-year girl as the protagonist. Mary's best friend has just moved away, and her grandmother is dying... and that's all I can say. VERY MUCH a change of pace from Roddy Doyle.
Since my email of April 11th announcing the sale of the store, I have received many inquiries, and many messages of concern that things will change. Let me reassure you that I have started an interview process with interested parties to INSURE that there is a seamless transition into new ownership. I also realized that this was too big a decision for me to make on my own, so I have a panel of advisors who are helping me with the process. Thanks for your love of The Owl - I want it to continue as much as you do!
Happy Reading,
Liz
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for your favorite local businesses for the FOX 8 Akron-Canton HOT LIST! Voting ends May 4.
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 New & recommended: Adult fiction
Liz recommends! Now in paperback:
South of Superior by Ellen Airgood
[Riverhead Books, $16.00]
Explores the deep reward in caring for others, and shows how one who is poor in pocket can be rich in so many other ways, and how little it often takes to make someone happy.
 
On sale TODAY, May 1 (and we have signed copies!): Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
[Ace Books, $27.95]
It's vampire politics as usual around the town of Bon Temps, but never before have they hit so close to Sookie's heart...
 Liz says: "What to read next? Now is the time to read Velva Jean Learns to Drive, and Velva Jean Learns to Fly (both in paper), because on September 25th the third book is coming out, called Becoming Clementine. Set in WWII, Velva Jean, a beautiful aviatrix from the hills of Appalachia, becomes Clementine Roux, a daring woman crossing France with her team on a rescue mission."
 Marti recommends:
The Red Book by Deborah Copaken Kogan [Hyperion Books, $24.99] Marti says: "It is the nature of women's friendships to be intense and complicated. Witness the four best friends brought together for their life-altering 20-year Harvard class reunion. They bring their families, their successes, their failures and their desires to a relationship-changing, score-settling and completely unforgettable weekend. The result is a compulsively good read!" |
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May is Lemonade Day Month in Hudson!
Stop by The Learned Owl May 12-13 (Montessori Middle School) and May 19-20 (East Woods) to buy lemonade from 5th graders participating in Lemonade Day. This national program is designed to develop young business people who will learn by preparing business plans, developing budgets, and marketing lemonade and other food. The Burton D. Morgan Foundation is sponsoring Lemonade Day in Northeast Ohio, and The Hudson Economic Development Corporation is buying Lemonade Day backpacks for all the participating students.
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Meet the authors in May
Saturday, May 5, 1-3 PM (at The Learned Owl)Irv Korman with I Was Jerry Lewis' Bodyguard for 10 Minutes... and Other Celebrity EncountersSaturday, May 12, 11 AM (at The Learned Owl)
Melissa Ivey-Staehli with I Love You to the Moon. Perfect gift for Mother's Day! Saturday, May 19, 1 PM (at The Learned Owl)Sunday, May 20, 2 PM (at The Learned Owl)
Ladybug Girl-themed Tea Party with story & activityTuesday, May 22, 7 PM (at The Learned Owl)
Our third annual Book Club Open House
Thursday, May 24, 3:30 PM (at the Hudson Library) Meet YA author Amy Ignatow (Popularity Papers series)
We will be CLOSED on Sunday, May 27 for inventory, but will be open on Memorial Day during the parade (10 AM-noon).
Wednesday, May 30, 7 PM (at The Learned Owl) Thursday, May 31, 7 PM (location TBA) |
 New & recommended: Adult nonfiction
In paperback TODAY, May 1:
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larsen
[Broadway Books, $16.00]
 Alison recommends - on sale May 1:
Restaurant Man by Joe Bastianich
[Viking Books, $27.95]
Top NY restaurateur Joe Bastianich tells it like it is in the not-so-glamorous world of restaurants. Joe has teamed up with chef Mario Batali to operate some of NY's most successful restaurants - Del Posto, Babho, Eataly, to name a few. Joe tells a story of growing up in an Italian family, learning to love and appreciate food and cooking - he worked in his family's restaurant and learned all the ins and outs and "tricks of the trade" in dealing with vendors, suppliers and employees, and what it takes to stay on top in a tough industry. Tough-talking, honest and savvy, Joe's memoir gives an insight into the hospitality business.
Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators
edited by Leonard S. Marcus
[Candlewick Press, $22.99; on sale May 8]
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For older kids & teens
 Liz recommends! Now in paperback:
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
[Yearling, $7.99]
Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage. Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastating power, an evil they know nothing about. Until now.
Before long, Kate, Michael, and Emma are on a journey to dangerous and secret corners of the world... a journey of allies and enemies, of magic and mayhem. And - if an ancient prophecy is correct - what they do can change history, and it is up to them to set things right. Liz says: "The closest thing to a Harry Potter book since Harry Potter."
 On sale TODAY, May 1:
The Kane Chronicles, Book 3: The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan [Hyperion Books, $19.99] He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all... For ages 10-13. 
On sale TODAY, May 1: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore [Dial Books, $19.99] Sequel to Graceling, a Learned Owl staff pick. Ages 13+. 
On sale May 1: Insurgent by Veronica Roth [Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99] Sequel to the bestselling Divergent. For ages 14 and up. |
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And one groovy storybook:
 Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
by Eric Litwin, illustrated by James Dean [HarperCollins, $16.99] Pete the Cat is wearing his favorite shirt - the one with the four totally groovy buttons. But when one falls off, does Pete cry? Goodness, no! He just keeps on singing his song - after all, what could be groovier than three groovy buttons? Count down with Pete in this rocking new story from the creators of the bestselling Pete the Cat books. For ages 3-6. |
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