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February 2015

 

It looks like we might be getting yet another blast of winter this week, so stop by today and stock up! Keep warm and have some great family storytimes.

-Jill

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Upcoming Events
If you are unable to make one of our author events, you are welcome to reserve signed copies by contacting us in advance, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 864-675-0540. Personalized copies will need to be prepaid.

Kalahari
Jessica Khoury Launch Party: Saturday, February 28th, 3pm @ Fiction Addiction, FREE

Greenville YA author Jessica Khoury will celebrate the launch of her new novel, Kalahari (Razorbill, hardcover, $17.99), a breathtaking story of five teens stranded in the Kalahari desert who must outrun a deadly virus and its creators. There will be Kalahari-themed games and a brief Q&A with the author, followed by a book signing. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

 


Fiction Addiction Book Scouts
Down the Mysterly River
Saturday, March 7th, 1pm @ Fiction Addiction

 

Fiction Addiction's Book Scouts meet monthly.

 

For our next meeting, we will be reading Down the Mysterly River by Bill Willingham (Starscape, paperback, $5.99).

 

The Book Scouts program is designed for children ages 8 to 12.

 


Children's Storytime
Join us for storytime every Thursday morning at 10:30am. We will be reading the following titles in upcoming weeks:

February 19th
February 26th
March 5th
March 12th
Yoda
Madeline and the Gypsies
Twinkle and the Little Red Ball
And Away We Go
Hardcover - $17.99
Paperback - $7.99
Paperback - $21.95
Hardcover - $17.99

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Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day
Join us on May 2nd, 2015 to celebrate the first-ever Independent Bookstore Day (#bookstoreday) and Fiction Addiction's 14th anniversary! We will be hosting an all-day party: morning, noon, and night.

Be lined up at the door at 10am for the first chance at limited-edition, collectible merchandise such as a signed Captain Underpants print, a broadside from Stephen King's forthcoming book Finders Keepers, a Huck Finn literary map, salty and sweet literary tea towel sets, and more! (Special merchandise will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and will not be sold online.) We will be serving Krispy Kreme donuts to the first 3 dozen folks through the door.

Bring the family at 1pm for our Book Scouts event aimed at kids ages 8-12. We will be serving birthday cake and perhaps some Puerto Rican-themed refreshments inspired by our featured book, Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly.

From 4-6pm, celebrate the launch of the magnificent essay collection, The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure and Songs of Apocalypse (paperback, $16.00) by the Upstate's own Joni Tevis. Adult refreshments will be served.

Bring your family, your bookclub, or anyone who likes a good party!

(And in the mean time, stop by and pick up one of our Independent Bookstore Day tote bags, with artwork by Roz Chast, only $15.95 each!)

2015 ALA Youth Media Awards
Brown Girl Dreaming
The American Library Association announced the top books, video, and audio books for children and young adults earlier this month. We have lots of past and present Caldecott Medal and Honor winners, as well as Newbery Medal and Honor winners. And be sure to check out the full list of winners.



February New Releases
Board Books
Redbird: Colors, Colors, Everywhere!Redbird: Friends Come in Different Sizes
Barney Saltzberg is launching a new series of board books about a character named Redbird. With his long orange beak, red body, and friendly expression, Redbird calls to mind Dr. Seuss's offbeat heroes and Boynton's zany barnyard creatures, while embodying the author's signature playful style. In Colors, Colors, Everywhere!, Redbird tries to pick his favorite color -- is it red like him, blue like the sky, or yellow like the sun? In Friends Come in Different Sizes, he introduces readers to all his delightful friends -- some who are tall and some who are taller, and some who are small and some who are smaller.

Workman Publishing Company - Release Date: 2/10/15 - Format: Board Book - Price: $5.95 each


Picture Books
Glamourpuss
A sassy, delicious picture-book gem from award-winning author Sarah Weeks and Caldecott Medal winner David Small. Glamourpuss has it all. She has style. She has charm. And she knows how to strike a pose. Glamourpuss loves being the center of attention. So when an unwelcome guest (a dog, no less!) steals the spotlight with some tasteless bow-wowing and undignified tail-wagging, Glamourpuss worries that she's going to fall out of fashion. Is there room for only one superstar in this mansion? When Glamourpuss makes her most majestic move to find out, the result is pure purrfection.

Scholastic, Inc. - Release Date: 2/24/15 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $16.99


Middle Grade
Lawless
Villain Keeper
Paperback - $6.99

Young Adult
Soulprint
Kalahari
Hardcover - $17.99
Hardcover - $17.99
Meet the author 2/28/15!

Shelf Awareness Email Newsletter
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Volunteer Picks
The Truth About Twinkie Pie
Hardcover - $17.00

Staff Picks
Red Queen
Imagine the violence of The Hunger Games, the backstabbing and betrayal of Game of Thrones, more superpowers than the X-Men, and a simple girl, Mare Barrow, who becomes betrothed to a prince while falling in love with his brother and at the same trying to protect her childhood friend, Kilorn. Red Queen is an amazing debut YA novel that will leave you waiting desperately for the next entry in the series.

Seconded by Melissa, store employee.

HarperTeen - Release Date: 2/10/15 - Format: Hardcover - Price: $17.99


The Honest Truth
My Heart and Other Black Holes
Hardcover - $17.99

Red
story Thieves
The Real Boy
Hardcover - $17.99
Hardcover - $16.99
Paperback - $6.99



Seeker
Cress
Hardcover - $18.99
Paperback - $10.99

Store & Community News
Two Ways to Earn FREE Books!
Spend $50 in one transaction on in-stock merchandise (event tickets excluded), and pick a free "advance reading copy" from our selection!

Or volunteer and help us at the store! Our volunteers receive a free "advance reading copy" for every three hours worked, and a 20% discount on all merchandise. If you're interested in volunteering at Fiction Addiction, please email Jill at [email protected] or call 864-675-0540.

Thanks for your continued patronage!

 

Sincerely,

 

Jill Hendrix, Owner
Fiction Addiction
1175 Woods Crossing Rd. #5  
Greenville, SC 29607
864-675-0540