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March 5, 2014    

We are slowly, but surely, March-ing into spring, We have lots of exciting events to bring you into the store and keep you entertained for the end of this long winter. We're almost there!

The Tournament of Books run by The Morning News, has begun!  Life After Life by Kate Atkinson beat We Woke Up Lonely by Fiona Maazel in the pre-tourney playoff. Next up is The Luminaries v. Hill William on March 6th and A Tale for the Time Being v. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia on March 7. Come to the store, select your picks for the winner, and you'll be eligible for some cool prizes. Check out more information and the finalists on our website.

Tonight, Wednesday, March 5 at 7:00pm, we are excited to welcome Mireille Guiliano, the author of French Women Don't Get Facelifts, when she will share the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude, joy, and no surgery. Join us for kir and a casual reception before Mireille gives her presentation. This is a ticketed event -- tickets are $5 (can be used as a coupon towards the purchase of the book) and available on our website or in the store.

It's a Mega-Awesome Author Event! Mark your calendars for April 6th as Wellesley Books presents best-selling young adult authors Eoin Colfer, Jonathan Stroud, Ridley Pearson, and Rick Riordan in this exclusive Mega-Awesome Adventures author showcase! Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 6th.You can find all the information about this exciting event on our website.
Jennifer Haigh
Join us Tuesday, March 11 at 7:00pm for a special joint event featuring authors Jennifer Haigh and Andre Dubus III. They will both be on hand to read from their recent books News from Heaven and Dirty Love and talk about the art of writing short stories. It is sure to be a lively discussion with these two talented authors.

This is a ticketed event. Tickets are $5 and can be used as a coupon towards the purchase of News from Heaven or Dirty Love.   

 

James Patterson Bestselling author James Patterson is giving $1 million to independent bookstores - and we are one of the first lucky recipients of his generosity. We are so grateful for his assistance which will allow us to continue offering large offsite events, and also for putting the spotlight on the importance of the continued success of independent bookstores.   

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In This Newsletter...
Bookseller Recommendations
New in Hardcover
New in Paperback
In the Kids Section
In the Gift Aisle
In the Used Book Cellar
Dog of the Week
What We Are Reading...

Upcoming Events

March is Youth Art Month!
Mireille Guiliano - Wednesday, 3/5
Jennifer Haigh & Andre Dubus III - Tuesday, 3/11
Angela DiTerlizzi & Brendan Wenzel - Wednesday, 3/12
Bill's Book Group for Guys - Wednesday, 3/12
Michael R. Yogg - Thursday, 3/13
Up-and-Coming Young Adult Authors Panel - Tuesday, 3/25
Brigid Shulte - Thursday, 3/27
Scott Magoon - Saturday, 3/29
Lunchtime Book Group - Tuesday, 4/1
Mega-Awesome Author Event - Sunday, 4/6

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"I have sought for happiness everywhere, but I have found it nowhere except in a little corner with a little book."
~Thomas � Kempis
(1380-1471) 

Bookseller recommendations 

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves   
by Karen Joy Fowler

I read this in one big gulp. A coming of age story. A scientific experiment gone awry. A heartwarming and heartbreaking and provocative look at the relationship we have with animals. Just read it!

The Adventures of Henry Thoreau The Adventures of Henry Thoreau    
by Michael Sims

If you aren't ready to commit to reading everything ever written by or about Thoreau (and why wouldn't you be?) this book is a great place to start. Well researched, it covers a lot of ground for such a small book. Read it and then head over to Walden Pond -- just not when I'm going for a swim... I kind of like to have the place to myself.
What I Had Before I Had You What I Had Before I Had You   
by
Sarah Cornwell
Sarah Cornwell's writing is so achingly real it brings you back to how it really feels to be 15 years-old. The story alternates between the present day -- when Olivia has recently separated from her husband, just received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder for her 9 year-old son, and stops in her hometown on the Jersey Shore -- and the past as a 15 year-old struggling with her bipolar, psychic mother. The characters in this novel will stay with you long after the story is finished.
Dissident Gardens Dissident Gardens   
by Jonathan Lethem

Three generations of an American family include Rose, a disillusioned Communist whose powerful personality still sets her at odds with almost everyone around her, Miriam, her angry daughter whose rebellion takes her to Greenwich Village in the 1960's, and Miriam's son Sergius, the bewildered offspring of her marriage to an Irish folk singer. Add in Cicero Lookins, the gay son of Rose's African-American lover, whose consciousness Rose is determined to raise, and you have a rich, tumultuous, tragic and wildly funny epic that moves from the late 1940's through post-9/11.  Exquisitely written, this is a story and a family you won't soon forget. 

Brick Shakespeare Brick Shakespeare: The Tragedies   
by Jonathan Lethem

Last Christmas I gave my husband a copy of the Brick Shakespeare Tragedies. I figured it was the perfect combination for a Lego-loving English teacher, and happily I was right. What I didn't anticipate was just how much our ten year-old son, also a Lego enthusiast, would love it.  He has finished up Macbeth and is nearly done with Othello. This is a wonderful, non threatening introduction to The Bard, and I so hope that the comedies will be out for next Christmas.

 

New in Hardcover

  The Daring Ladies of Lowell The Enchanted Archetype A Circle of Wives Bark: Stories      

The Chase Dancing Fish and Ammonites   Where Nobody Knows Your Name   Plato at the Googleplex  

The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
 The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
  Archetype by M. D. Waters
  A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante
Bark by Lorrie Moore
The Chase by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg
Dancing Fish and Ammonites by Penelope Lively
Where Nobody Knows Your Name by John Feinstein
Plato at the Googleplex by Rebecca Goldstein 

 

New in Paperback 

Z Americanah Loyalty Anonymous Sources Oleander Girl The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia   Beautiful Day  Margaret Fuller 

 Z by Therese Anne Fowler
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft
 Anonymous Sources by Mary Louise Kelly
Oleander Girl by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand
Margaret Fuller by Megan Marshall 

In the Kids Section

  • Special Guest Reviewer: Nikki Mutch    
We are sharing reviews today from Nikki Mutch, former UConn Co-op bookseller and current New England District Sales Manager for Scholastic.  Nikki entertains us during her sales visits with her enthusiasm and love of all things books.  Her voice is unique and persuasive so be forewarned - you might feel the need to instantly grab one of her picks to read!

A Home for Mr. Emerson A Home for Mr. Emerson by Barbara Kerley
This book is special. Yes, Ralph Waldo Emerson is a New England treasure, but the story is about more than Ralph and his life in Concord MA. It is a story of community and love and books. A Home for Mr. Emerson is a book about the power of people and what happens when they work together to create Half a Chance something beautiful for someone. I love this book.

Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord 
It is no secret that I adore Cynthia Lord. Her books talk to my heart, and none more so than the brand new Half a Chance.  Beautiful, powerful, honest, perfect, this is a book to read and feel; a book about the power of art (and the power of a book!) to shine a light when things seem most dim.

Zane and the Hurricane Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Roadman Philbrick
To read Rodman Philbrick is to love Rodman Philbrick. This novel is SOOOOOO amazing. With the unbelievable background of Hurricane Katrina and its frightening aftermath comes a story of hope and survival and a story of truth that results from helping another person or animal when they need it the most. This is a MUST READ.
Switched at Birthday
Switched at Birthday by Natalie Standiford 
For fans of Wendy Mass comes a fun new birthday story. What happens when the most popular girl at school, who is kind of a bully, accidentally switches bodies with the least popular girl at school, aka the bullied one? Funny, smart, and with an important message for kids to always choose kindness over all else.

A Snicker of magic A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd
This is a book about love. This is a book about family. It is a book about magic. And it is a book about words. It is THE book that you will love the most this spring, and it is THE book that you will want to share with every man, woman, and child you know. It is the book you will sleep with at night, hugging it to your chest and wishing with all your might that you are nine again. It is that book that you will suddenly smile about, feeling the wonderful weight of each word, and it is the book that you will get teary having to say goodbye to. It is THE BOOK. No other book will do.

Threatened by Eliot Schrefer Threatened
From the National Book Award Nominee for Endangered comes a new novel of endangered people and animals. This time, the subject is chimpanzees. Just as thought provoking as Endangered, Threatened will pull you in and make you feel like you are in Africa, fighting for your survival and that of the chimps you have come to take care of. This isn't just a story of survival, it's also a really great way to get people involved in discussing the political climate around the world and how often animals are the casualties of conflicts between people. This would be a great book for an adult YA reading group.

In the Gift Aisle

  • March into Spring                 

Let's brighten up and March into spring! Our gift department is full of colorful, fun things for spring. Stripey socks, colorful beaded bracelets and necklaces, solar waving flowers and even gardening tools! You can't be too prepared as the daffodils will be peeking out before you know it. Think positive. This long winter must end soon.

   

    

Used Book Cellar 

  • What's New
Lots of new titles in the UBC this week, including many staff favorites:
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
The Explanation of Everything by Lauren Grodstein
The Flight of Emma Hardy by Margot Livesey
A Question of Honor by Charles Todd
A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout   

Trade Your Used Books:

Saturdays from 11am - 3pm

The Used Book Cellar is always open for browsing during regular store hours except during

author events. We will be happy to look for a title after the event and place it on hold for you. 

Dog of the Week 

  • June   

June

The lovely and appropriately fuzzy June is a 10 year-old Samoyed. Her mom is a vet who rescued June and returned her to health using alternative veterinary medicine including acupuncture. It certainly seems to have done the trick, because I never would have guessed that puppy-face was ten! June was more than happy to pose for pictures, with a perfect first photo. 

What We're Reading Now...

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Sally
Cockroaches
Margaret
The Woman Upstairs
Jane
Police
Jeremy
Longbourn
Lorna

 

Thank you for supporting your community

independent bookstore!

 


 
Sincerely,

Kym Havens 
Wellesley Books
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