The Learned Owl Book Shop, November 15, 2015
 Kate's Corner

With the holiday season upon us, there is nothing I would like more than to happily tell you about all of the fun we have planned at The Learned Owl. However, in light of the attacks in Paris this weekend, it is with a heavy heart that I write to you today.

Every time something like this happens, I am struck by the heartless cowardice that exists in the world. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families in Paris as well as the countless others that face this reality every day across the globe.

Thank you for reading,
- Kate
Coming up at
The Learned Owl

Thursday, Nov. 19,
5:30-7 PM (at The Owl)

Thursday, Nov. 19, 7 PM (location TBA)
Join us as our Book Club in a Bar discusses First Impressions.

Friday, Nov. 20, 5-7 PM
(at The Owl)
Baker, photographer and food blogger Sally McKenney with Sally's Candy Addiction - just in time for holiday baking and giving.

Saturday, Nov. 21,
11 AM-1 PM (at The Owl)
Author/illustrator Susan Reagan with her storybook Slipper and Flipper in the Quest for the Golden Sun.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 1-3 PM
(at The Owl)
James H. Banks and Brian Albrecht with Cleveland in World War II.

Sunday, Nov. 22, 2 PM
(at The Owl)
Our History Book Club discusses President Andrew Jackson.

Sunday, Nov. 22, 2-4 PM
(at The Owl)
Meet Clara and one of the Sugar Plum Fairies from The Nutcracker Suite. The dancers will be here to meet and greet customers and talk about the Hudson Conservatory of Ballet and the Hudson Community Children's Chorus production of The Nutcracker Suite (Nov. 28 and 29). [read more]

Monday, Nov. 23
Shop Local and support the Hudson Music Association. [read more]

Monday, Nov. 30, 7 PM
(at the Hudson Library)
Author James Renner with The Great Forgetting. Register online for this event, or call (330) 653-6658.

Coming in December: Hudson's Holiday Walk (Dec. 6), plus authors and book clubs. 
New books for teens

Calvin Calvin by Martine Leavitt
[Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99; Nov. 17]
Katherine recommends: An off-the-cliff sled ride of a novel - taut, concise, poetic, and worthy of its namesake. Beautiful.
Born on the day the last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published, seventeen-year-old Calvin, a schizophrenic, sees and has conversations with the tiger, Hobbes, and believes that if he can persuade the strip's creator to do one more strip, he will make Calvin well.
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Need
Need by Joelle Charbonneau
[Harcourt Brace and Co., $17.99]
"No one gets something for nothing. We all should know better." Teenagers at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need... regardless of the consequences. Soon the site turns sinister, with simple pranks escalating to malicious crimes. The body count rises. In this chilling YA thriller, the author of the best-selling Testing trilogy examines not only the dark side of social media, but the dark side of human nature.
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Winter Lunar Chronicles #4: Winter
by Marissa Meyer
[Feiwel & Friends, $22.99]
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness; and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend - the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be, and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been raging for far too long.
Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters?
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Soundless Soundless by Richelle Mead
[Razorbill, $19.99]
A fantasy adventure steeped in Chinese folklore about a teenage girl named Fei. When her village is suddenly in danger, Fei finds herself on a journey from the peak of her jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiguo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever.
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Quick looks:
The Game of Lives
Dangerous Lies
Wandering Star
Not if I See You First
Come to Hudson for the Holidays - and Shop Small

Come to Hudson for the Holidays
Friday, Nov. 27, 2-6 PM
Dozens of downtown Hudson businesses participate in this annual event - see merchantsofhudson.com for details.
At The Learned Owl: Enjoy treats and special deals throughout the day. Also, we will be continuing our Leg Lamp raffle tradition this holiday season, with all proceeds going to the Hudson Food Pantry. [read more]



Small Business Saturday
Treats, special deals, and the Leg Lamp raffle continue. Also:

From 11 AM-1 PM, local children's author Michael Samulak will visit us with A Wonderful Day!

From 1-3 PM, author Claudia Taller will be introducing her new book Ohio's Canal Country Wineries.
Thanks for supporting The Learned Owl Book Shop. Happy reading!