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Grass Roots Books and Music
— 227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis OR 97339 — 541-754-7668 |
| March 28, 2013 |
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| Newest Books |
The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards
Kim Ghattas
“Jansma's arresting debut follows the real and imaginary tales of an unnamed narrator whose ambition skyrockets after meeting the wealthy and gifted writer Julian McGann in college. The young men become friends based on a fierce competition to outwrite each other. . . Along the way, the narrator falls desperately in love with Julian's beguiling friend Evelyn, and in the run-up to her wedding begins sleeping with her. As Julian's writing attracts the kind of fervor that happens rarely, the narrator plods along in the man's overpowering shadow until his own behavior, and what it brings out of Julian, wrench the two friends apart.” –Publishers Weekly
Hardcover, $26.95
Publisher: Viking Books; ISBN: 9780670026005 |
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The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power
Kim Ghattas
“Ghattas, half Dutch and half Lebanese, grew up in Beirut witnessing firsthand the consequences of foreign policy decisions made in Washington. She came to the U.S. in 2008 as a BBC reporter covering the State Department and got to see the other side of American foreign decision making. She brings those unique perspectives to this engaging look at U.S. diplomacy under Hillary Clinton, former First Lady and presidential candidate. Drawing on interviews with Clinton, her staff, and major figures in the U.S. and around the world, Ghattas presents a close-up look at the touchiest of diplomatic issues in the first Obama administration, from the Arab Spring uprisings to WikiLeaks.” –Booklist Starred Review
Hardcover, $27.00
Publisher: Times Books; ISBN: 9780805095111 |
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The Burgess Boys
Elizabeth Strout
Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, the Burgess boys—brothers Jim and Bob—escaped the small town they grew up in as soon as they could, and are now attorneys in New York, living disparate lives. Their sister Susan is still living in Shirley Falls, Maine, and she urgently calls them home to help her lonely teenage son, who has been charged with a hate crime against the local community of Somali immigrants. Returning home, the brothers find the long-buried tensions that have shaped and shadowed their relationship resurface in unexpected ways that will change them forever.
Hardcover, $26.00
Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9781400067688 |
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed
On its surface, Wild is a memoir about a 1100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail by a young woman with no serious hiking or backpack experience. Deeper between the pages readers discover Strayed’s heart and soul; she undertook the trek at the age of 26, following her mother’s death, the scattering of her family, and the dissolution of her own marriage. Facing down rattlesnakes, bears, snowstorms, intense heat, and crippling loneliness, Strayed discovered just how strong she really was.
"This is a big, brave, break-your-heart-and-put-it-back-together-again kind of book. Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer. . . I snorted with laughter, I wept uncontrollably. . . . This is a beautifully made, utterly realized book." –Pam Houston
Paperback, $15.95
Publisher: Vintage Books; ISBN: 9780307476074 |
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Calico Joe
John Grisham
In the summer of 1973, the Chicago Cubs faced a good season going down to a familiar jinx as their first baseman is injured. They decided to bring up Joe Castle from their AA team, the greatest rookie anyone had ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas dazzled fans as he hit home run after home run, still hitting more than .500 after two months in the majors. His golden run came to a dramatic ending the day he faced Mets pitcher Warren Tracy, when a pitch to the head leaves him partially paralyzed. Decades later, Tracy’s estranged son seeks to bring closure to the lives of both players, and perhaps do one decent thing in his life.
Paperback, $14.00
Publisher: Bantam; ISBN: 978034553664 |
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Blaine Harden
Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, a prison camp in North Korea. He grew up not knowing affection, in an environment where he was encouraged to be a snitch, and where he witnessed the public execution of his mother and brother dispassionately after revealing their plans to escape to guards. At 23 he made his own escape—one of the few to be born into a North Korean prison camp who escaped and survived. Difficult years followed: months in rural China, cultural shock in affluent South Korea, and finally existential confusion once reaching the United States.
Paperback, $15.00
Publisher: Penguin Books; ISBN: 9780143122913 |
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce
“Spontaneity has never been Harold Fry's strong suit, especially once he retired. Just ask his long-suffering wife, Maureen. So imagine her surprise when Harold abruptly decides to walk 500 miles to the north of England in a naive attempt to save a dying woman, a colleague he once knew briefly but to whom he hadn't spoken in 20 years. . . . Solitary walks are perfect for imagining how one might set the world to rights, and Harold does just that, although not always with uplifting results, as he ruminates on missed opportunities and failed relationships. Accomplished BBC playwright Joyce's debut novel is a gentle and genteel charmer, brimming with British quirkiness yet quietly haunting in its poignant and wise examination of love and devotion.” –Booklist Starred Review
Paperback, $15.00
Publisher: Random House Trade; ISBN: 9780812983456 |
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Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
Tom Mueller
Following his explosive article in The New Yorker that exposed fraud and corruption in the olive oil industry, Tom Mueller took his investigation further. He explored the history of olive oil, a substance that has been considered on of life’s necessities since ancient times; not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Researchers today continue to try to verify the virtues of extra-virgin olive oil, a difficult task in an industry with lax protections against fakes. Mueller also introduces readers to the artisanal producers, chemical analysts, chefs, and food activists who are defending the extraordinary oils that truly deserve the name "extra-virgin.”
Paperback, $16.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 9780393343618 |
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| Featured Books for Young Readers |
Stallion by Starlight (Magic Tree House #49)
Mary Pope Osborne
Ages 7 to 11
Merlin the Magician needs to discover the secret of greatness, and he’s counting on Jack and Annie to find it for him. The magic tree house whisks them back in time to meet Alexander the Great, but the discover that he is bossy, vain, and not great at all! Merlin's magic ring does not find greatness in the young Alexander, but in Jack who tames the wild black stallion.
Hardcover, $12.99
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 9780307980403 |
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The Mapmaker and the Ghost
Sarvenaz Tash and Alistair Cole
Ages 8 to 12
Goldenrod Moram loves nothing better than a good quest, and she decides to start her own exploring team after her best friend moves away. In the summer before she starts middle school, she sets out on an adventure to map the forest right behind her home. Her mission is complicated, however, by her encounter with a mysterious old lady, a ragtag gang of brilliant troublemakers, and the ghost of her idol, Meriwether Lewis.
“Children are sure to enjoy this combination of an intrepid heroine, some slightly disreputable characters with humorous and disgusting habits, and a ghost in need of assistance. This page-turning adventure will tickle readers' funny bones.” –School Library Journal
Paperback, $7.99
Publisher: Walker Childrens; ISBN: 9780802734396 |
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The Scorpio Races
Maggie Stiefvater
Young Adult
It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Puck Connolly is the first girl to enter the races, and she quietly takes advantage of a loophole in the rules to ride her beloved land horse. She must win the race to keep her small family together, but she is up against strong competition in Sean Kendrick, the returning champion with his own reasons for needing the victory. Some riders will live, and others will die, but only one can win.
Paperback, $9.99
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; ISBN: 9780545224918 |
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| Music |
Dido
Girl Who Got Away
Genre: Pop/Folk
As heard on NPR: "Since her 1999 debut hit, ‘Here With Me,’ Dido has sold nearly 30 million albums and been nominated for an Oscar — but the British singer-songwriter wasn't always at center stage. She got her start by filling in for other singers on demos for Faithless, a group founded by her brother." ($11.95) |
The Milk Carton Kids
Ash & Clay
Genre: Pop/Folk
This California folk rock duo is composed of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, who share vocals and guitars. Their close harmonies and hushed acoustic sound has been compared to Crosby, Stills & Nash as well as Simon & Garfunkel. ($15.95) |
The Waterboys
An Appointment with Mr. Yeats
Genre: Pop/Folk
Mike Scott and his longtime band of bards have been following their muse for almost two decades. Their new album takes the classic poetry of Yeats and sets his timeless words to new music. ($15.95) |
The Gibson Brothers
They Called It Music
Genre: Pop/Folk
This bluegrass ensemble is coming off a record 2012 when they were awarded the IBMA Entertainer of the Year award. Their new album mixes originals with bluegrass interpretations of tunes initially by Mickey Newbury, Loretta Lynn, Shawn Camp, and more. ($17.95) |
Battlefield Band
Room Enough for All
Genre: Irish/Celtic
The initial edition of this ever-evolving Scottish band first recorded in 1969. Countless personnel changes and many albums later, their new configuration continues to pair traditional tunes with more contemporary Celtic songs. ($17.95) |
Various Artists
Putumayo Presents: Rhythm & Blues
Genre: Jazz/Blues
This Putumayo Artists collection features R&B music from the early years to more contemporary expressions. Contributors include Snooks Eaglin, Sharon Jones, James Hunter, and more. ($15.95) |
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| Events |
Saturday, April 6 at 2 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Poetry Reading:
Tim Whitsel & Sarah Burant
We Say Ourselves and Verge
Kick off National Poetry Month at Grass Roots with a reading from two Eugene-area poets. Tim Whitsel and Sarah Burant both published their first collections last year. Stop by to hear these fresh voices.
Tim Whitsel grew up in northeastern Indiana, but came west as soon as he could. For six years Tim directed (or co-directed) Windfall, a monthly reading series at the Eugene Public Library. He lives on a 100-year floodplain northeast of Springfield, Oregon. We Say Ourselves is his first collection.
Sara Burant's favorite house-sitting clients are fellow poets because she can read from their ample libraries while taking care of their quirky pets. Her poems have appeared in Poetry East, Cloudbank, Prairie Schooner, and other journals. She makes her home in Eugene. Verge is her first collection. |
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Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Poetry Reading:
Karen Holmberg
Axis Mundi: Poems
Corvallis poet Karen Holmberg will read from her second book of poems, Axis Mundi, winner of the John Ciardi Prize.
“Axis Mundi is a book made of elliptical fire and solid architectures. In these Linneaus-like lyric meditations, the adamantine grasp and the letting of the physical world form the balancing act of this spinning descent and ascension. We fall into the gaze of animals and insects, into mirrors, into this poet’s grounded aerial hunger and grief, teaching us what we know. Like the sweetbriar rose, whose name means both ‘wounds to heal’ and ‘poetry’, these poems are spun from both joy and dread. The result is sheer eloquence, both measured and wild - and a new poet’s voice that is unforgettable and utterly thrilling to encounter.” —Carol Muske-Dukes |
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Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Poetry Reading
Stephanie Lenox & Donna Henderson
Congress of Strange People and The Eddy Fence
Two local poets published by Airlie Press join us for an afternoon reading in the Grass Roots loft.
Stephanie Lenox’s inventive debut collection Congress of Strange People entices readers into a “federation of freaks” with voice-driven poems that sing a collective ode to our common strangeness. Employing humor, mystery, and a bold yet generous gaze, this book keeps company with a snake handler and conspiracy theorist, record-holders from The Guinness Book, Miss Manners, human cannonballs, Nancy Drew, and other characters from a family of outcasts.
Donna Henderson’s collection The Eddy Fence was an Oregon Book Award Finalist in 2010. It traces the contours of the “eddy fence” where love and loss meet. In poems that confront a mother’s illness, a forest’s destruction, and the struggles to seed new life, she discovers a difficult beauty and passage to healing. Here we encounter a restless intelligence in dialogue with itself, seeking to enter the world more entirely through deeper and deeper seeing. |
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Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Cliff Kirkpatrick
Oregon State University Baseball: Building a Legacy
In the postseasons of 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Oregon State Beavers baseball team achieved a seemingly impossible dream and forever changed the culture of Northwest sports. After nearly a century of dismissal as a wet-weather team, unable to compete with the southern baseball belt on the national stage, a run of three College World Series appearances and back-to-back titles earned the Beavers national respect. Inspired by his own coverage of the dramatic seasons, Corvallis Gazette-Times sportswriter Cliff Kirkpatrick recounts the program's rise to prominence and lasting legacy.
Cliff Kirkpatrick has covered the athletics programs at Oregon State University for the Corvallis Gazette-Times since July 2004. Most of his work focuses on the football team, but includes a variety of sports. Kirkpatrick has received multiple writing awards for his football and baseball coverage of Oregon State. His game story about the baseball team's victory over Michigan in the 2005 Super Regional to reach the College World Series won best sports writing from the Oregon Newspaper Publishing Association. |
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Upcoming Events
We have many more events coming up in the next few months! For a complete list of all of our upcoming events, please visit our website. |
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Community Events
Darkside Cinema: Movies showing March 29 to April 4, showtimes daily, Darkside Cinema, Corvallis. Visit their website for showtimes.
- Emperor –PG-13: As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal.
- Quartet –PG-13: At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
- Like Someone in Love –R: Like Someone in Love won't break your heart while you're watching it. That will happen two or three days later, while you're sitting at a stoplight or in the checkout line at the grocery store.
- Argo –R: Best Film of the Year Oscar!
Literary Events: Visit our Community Calendar for details on these events and others in the area.
- Poetry Reading: Geri Doran, Charles Goodrich and Amy MacLennan: Tuesday, April 2, 7 to 9 p.m., Springfield Public Library, Springfield. Presented by the OPA Eugene-Springfield Chapter.
- OSU Visiting Writers Series presents Mike Rich: Thursday, April 4, 7:30 p.m., LaSells Stewart Center Construction & Engineering Hall, OSU, Corvallis.
- Salem Publishing Workshop: Indie Publishing Intensive with F.I. Goldhaber: Friday, April 5, 3 to 10 p.m. AND Saturday, April 6, noon to 7 p.m., Illahe Hills Country Club, Salem. Cost is $195; preregistration is required.
Opportunities:
- Terroir Creative Writing Festival: A day of workshops, lectures and readings brings readers and writers of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction together in McMinnville, April 27, 2013. Early-registration discount available through April 17. Registration is now open for the fourth annual Terroir Creative Writing Festival, which will take place Saturday, April 27, at the Yamhill Valley branch of Chemeketa Community College on NE Norton Lane in McMinnville. The conference will run from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It will include a variety of workshops, readings and presentations by locally and nationally known Oregon writers. Festival attendees will also have a chance to read their own works during an open-mic session at the end of the day. During the early registration period ending April 17, admission runs $35 for students (grade seven and above) and seniors (65 and over) and $45 general admission, with boxed lunches available for $9. After April 17, it runs $45 and $55 with no boxed lunches available. Participants are welcome to bring their own sack lunches if they like. Registration forms can be found at the Terroir Festival website.
- Summer Fishtrap: Registration for the 26th annual Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers at Wallowa Lake on July 8-14, 2013 is filling fast. Fishtrap recommends signing up soon to ensure a spot. The theme for the 2013 program is “Breaking Trail: Off the Beaten Path.” The program, which runs July 8-14, 2013, includes 5-day morning workshops, evening readings, a keynote address by Cheryl Strayed, panel discussions and “Fishtrap Live,” an evening celebration of music and stories. For more details on workshops at Summer Fishtrap and to register please visit fishtrap.org. Participants can sign up for the full-week program, the weekend program, youth workshops, and afternoon songwriting workshop online. Tickets to the keynote address from Cheryl Strayed and Fishtrap Live on July 12 and 13 respectively, will be available online beginning in April.
- Call for Submissions: Calling Authors and Artists to Submit to the Summer 2013 Issue of VoiceCatcher’s Journal. VoiceCatcher: a journal of women’s voices & visions opens for submissions for its Summer 2013 issue on March 15, closing April 30, 2013. We’re excited to use Submittable starting with this submission period. Please find our guidelines — and hints —on our journal's submission page (www.voicecatcherjournal.org) .
- 2013 Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize: Prize: $300 cash prize. Winner and all finalists will receive a one-volume subscription to CALYX Journal and publication on CALYX’s website. All entrants will receive contest results and U.S. entrants will receive a complimentary issue of CALYX Journal. Dates: March 1-May 31, 2013, postmarked. Please submit up to three unpublished poems (six pages maximum). Simultaneous submissions are discouraged. The CALYX editorial collective reads all manuscripts first, then selects 10-20 finalists to send to the final judge. See the CALYX submissions page for more information.
- The Trillium Project: The Spring Creek Project would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Trillium Project at the Cabin at Shotpouch Creek. The Trillium Project is a residency program that takes place during the spring wildflower season and focuses on the Cabin and the Shotpouch land. We are inviting proposals from people with a variety of backgrounds and interests—artists, botanists, biologists, writers, musicians, philosophers, etc.—to visit or stay at the cabin for short periods of time—half a day up to three days—to study and write about the Shotpouch place itself, its history or philosophy or bird species or wildflowers or mosses or limnology or trout or soundscape. The Trillium Project invitation and request for proposals is attached. First preference will be given to proposals submitted by April 6, 2013. You can find more information about the Spring Creek Project and the Cabin on their website.
- Fooling Around with Words: A fun literary tradition continues. . . Writing should be fun! Fooling Around with Words was created to encourage writers of all levels to engage in the kind of playfulness that leads to some unexpected and rewarding results. Our conference is informal, participatory, and inspiring. With the help of a line-up of truly talented writers, you’ll spend your day creating new material and building new skills that make an immediate difference in your writer’s journey. Presenters include Bryan Bliss, Alison Clement, Henry Hughes, Dick Lutz, Marjorie Power, and Lois Rosen. Pre-register at www.linnbenton.edu. Fee $29, CRN# 46532. Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., LBCC Benton Center, 757 NW Polk Avenue, Corvallis.
- Call for Submissions, Campus Creature Census: The Spring Creek Project for Nature, Ideas, and the Written Word invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to participate in the Campus Creature Census at OSU. Prose, Field Guide Entries, Poetry, and Art submissions are all welcome. Register for the Census by April 15; submit your entry by May 1. Click here for complete details and guidelines.
- Call for Submissions: For the summer 2013 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine, we want ideas, arguments, theories, and stories about "skin," as in: The one you're in. You have two chances to contribute to this discussion. Shorter responses (400 words) for our Posts section are due May 13. Visit their website to read the full call Posts submissions.
- William Stafford Writing Contest: Teachers can mail submissions of their students’ work to Ooligan Press through April 2013. Selected student entries will be published in a book titled We Belong In History. The anthology will be released in January 2014 to help launch the yearlong celebration of William Stafford’s birth. Please visit the Contest website for additional information.
- Inklings, an open critique group, is seeking new members. The group meets on 1st & 3rd Sundays from 11 am to 1 pm in the upstairs meeting room at Market of Choice on 9th Street and Circle Boulevard in Corvallis. Please contact Dinaz Rogers at drogersor@msn.com or 541-967-1911 if you have any questions.
Ticket Sales: Grass Roots sells tickets for local music events. Check our Community Calendar for upcoming events that we have available. |
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April 3-4, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CH2M Hill Alumni Center, OSU
725 SW 26th Street, Corvallis |
Grass Roots in the Community
Mindful Aging: 37th Annual Gerontology Conference
This two-day conference at Oregon State University will be held on April 3-4. The conference will feature workshops by leading geriatric professionals presenting current information for health and human services occupations in a wide variety of disciplines. This year’s keynote speakers are Eric Tangalos, MD, from the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Research Center; Tarren Sterry, MS, from Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Care; and Lawrence Scott Sherman, PhD, from Oregon Health and Science University Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Neuroscience Graduate Program. For more information and to register, please visit Conference website.
Books will be available to purchase from Grass Roots Books & Music. |
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| News |
POETRY MONTH APPROACHETH!
April is fast approaching, and it’s bringing National Poetry Month with it! Celebrate your favorite literary art form with Grass Roots by signing up to receive our Poem-a-Day emails, join us in the store for one of our poetry readings, celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 18, and share a poem of your own at Community Poetry Night on April 30.
Poem-A-Day: We are offering to deliver a poem to your email every day in April! This year we are sharing the work of poets in our community, as well as personal favorites. If you’re a poet, please submit a poem to be included in our Poem-A-Day emails. Email your submissions to grootsreads@gmail.com, use “Poem A Day” as your subject line, and include your name and a brief biographical sketch. This information should be brief—50 to 75 words. Deadline for submissions is March 29. Please note that not all submissions will be included as part of Poem-A-Day, and we cannot guarantee that your poem will be published. Also drop us an email if you'd like to receive our Poem A Day!
Community Poetry Night: Another way to share your poem is at our 2nd Annual Community Poetry Night. It's an open mic night for the poetry lovers in our community to share their work, as well as the work of others that they admire. Stay tuned to the newsletter for more details in the future. |
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Featured in the Store: Mary Roach
April is my new favorite month. Why do you ask? Because Mary Roach has two new books coming out! Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal hits your parietal lobes on April 1, followed by My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places on April 4. How can one person handle this much Roachy-goodness, you ask! Well, you can start by satisfying your fix at Grass Roots as Mary is our featured author for the month of April. We have a fantastic display showcasing her works and others like her. If that still isn’t enough, you might be able to breathe the same air as Mary in Portland—during her book signing at Powell’s on April 9th (I’ll be seeing you there if you make it)!
From your friendly neighborhood bookseller –Neé
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Closed Easter Sunday
Grass Roots Books & Music will be closed on Sunday, March 31, for Easter. Have a happy holiday, and enjoy the anticipated nice weather. We'll see you next week! |
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| Reading Group Selection |
Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 to 7 p.m.
Among Others
Jo Walton
Marissa leads our April discussion of Among Others, a Hugo- and Nebula-award winning fantasy. It’s the story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and science fiction, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.
“Welsh teen Morwenna was badly hurt, and her twin sister killed, when the two foiled their abusive mother's spell work. Seeking refuge with a father she barely knows in England, Mori is shunted off to a grim boarding school. Mori works a spell to find kindred souls and soon meets a welcoming group of science fiction readers, but she can feel her mother looking for her, and this time Mori won't be able to escape.” —Publisher’s Weekly Starred Review |
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Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780765331724
Paperback
Regular price: $14.99
On sale for $12.74 until April 2.
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On Our Nightstands |
 Pamela
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
Deb Perelman
How can it be that I haven’t written a review of this book yet? It is wonderful and fulfilling on multiple levels, the kind of cookbook I read cover to cover before I cook anything out of it. Deb Perelman has a blog called Smitten Kitchen and it is bursting with mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous photos. Just look at that cover: Tomato Scallion Shortcakes with Whipped Goat Cheese. Yes, PLEASE! Most of the recipes in this book have NOT been on the blog, so if you’re already a fan, don’t pass this by. It’s a well-balanced blend of savory and sweet, healthy and decadent, and it’s absolutely necessary.
Hardcover, $35.00
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group; ISBN: 9780307595652 |
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Linda
Still Alice
Lisa Genova
What happens to us if our world, our cognitive everyday world, starts to change uncontrollably and beyond our ability to correct or fix? Such is the horror and overpowering realization of a person diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer's. This extraordinary book, in novel form, explores and explains this disease through the life of a brilliant Harvard professor. Touted as one of the best views of Alzheimer's through the sufferer's understanding, this book is full of facts and realities portraying this prevalent illness, and stands as an important reference for opening the eyes of those on the outside; those of us who should know.
Paperback, $16.00
Publisher: Pocket Books; ISBN: 9781439102817 |
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Marissa
Among Others
Jo Walton
While savoring Among Others, it strikes me how the surreal can feel so real and relatable. This exquisite fairy tale is told through the diary entries of magically gifted Welsh teenager Mori. Physically impaired by her abusive mother and grieving for the loss of her twin, the book-smart Mori, sent to boarding school, finds refuge in science fiction. But the past will come back to haunt her – like the fairies that only she can see – culminating in a deeply powerful, emotionally satisfying finale. Mori's voracious love for reading spoke directly to me, and to anyone who escapes into libraries and bookstores.
Paperback, $14.99
Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 9780765331724 |
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