The Learned Owl Book Shop, Mid-June 2016

Kate's Corner

Happy Festival Days!

We are right at the beginning of what is always a fun weekend here in Hudson. Today starts the 69th annual Home and Garden Show put on by the Hudson Garden Club. Proceeds from the Tour fund the Garden Club's annual scholarships, grants, school programs, mentoring workshops, tree planting in Hudson, and community gardening projects. On Friday night, Hudson League for Service will host their 70th Ice Cream Social. Proceeds from this event go to provide grants and scholarships to various community organizations. To top it off, Leadership Hudson's annual summer movie program, Screen on the Green, kicks off at sunset as the ice cream social wraps up with a showing of Minions. Please try to head out to one or all of these events. You will be supporting a number of great causes and having a blast while you do it!

In other news, Main Street construction is due to start at the end of June and scheduled to continue through the summer, fall, and into next spring. We will do our best to keep you updated as it progresses.

As always, thank you for your support, and happy reading!

- Kate

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Events

Sat., June 18, 10 AM-noon

(at The Owl)

Local author Paul Gaston returns with his book Ohio's Craft Beers: Discovering the Variety, Enjoying the Quality, Relishing the Experience. A perfect choice for Father's Day!

Mon., June 20, 7 PM

(at the Hudson Library)

Jim Obergefell with Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality. WKSU's Kabir Bhatia will moderate the discussion. Please register online, or call 330-653-6658.

Thurs., June 23, 7 PM

(at the Hudson Library)

Renowned journalist, author and Hudson native Ian Frazier will talk about his new book, Hogs Wild: Selected Reporting Pieces. Please register online or call (330) 653-6658 x1010.

Sat., June 25, 10 AM

(Hudson Farmers Market)

Author and chef Carla Snyder, whose newest book is Sweet & Tart: 70 Irresistible Recipes with Citrus, will visit the Hudson Farmers Market for a cooking demonstration and book signing.

Sat., June 25, 1-3 PM

(at The Owl)

Tom Jones, Cleveland born and a WRA alumnus, with his memoir The Lights in the House: Reflections on a Life Curiously Lived.

Sat., June 25, 1-3 PM

(at The Owl)

Jennifer Maschari with The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price, a fantastical tale of love, loss and math for ages 8-12.

Sun., June 26, 2 PM

(at The Owl)

Our History Book Club welcomes guest author Jerry Prout (Coxey's Crusade for Jobs) as we discuss Social Reformers.

Thurs., June 30, 6:45 PM (location TBA)

Our Book Club in a Bar discusses The Last Detective. Hope you can join us!

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Now in paperback:

New this month

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

[Harper Teen, $17.99]

The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. A one-of-a-kind fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, My Lady Jane features a reluctant king, an even more reluctant queen, a noble steed, and only a passing resemblance to actual history, because sometimes history needs a little help...

The Sleeping Prince: A Sin Eater's Daughter Novel

by Melinda Salisbury

[Scholastic Press, $17.99]

Using magic to control the golems he has raised, the legendary Sleeping Prince has woken, killed King Merek, and taken Lormere, and many of its people are refugees, including Errin and her sick mother. But there are those who oppose the Prince, and Errin, a skilled apothecary, may hold the key to ending his power. [read more]

Cure for the Common Universe

by Christian McKay Heidicker

[Simon & Schuster, $17.99]

Sixteen-year-old Jaxon is being committed to video game rehab ten minutes after meeting a girl -

a living, breathing girl named Serena, who not only laughed at his jokes but actually kinda sorta seemed excited when she agreed to go out with him. (Jaxon's first date. Ever.)

In rehab, Jaxon can't blast his way through galaxies to reach her. He can't slash through armies to kiss her sweet lips. Instead, he has four days to earn one million points by learning real-life skills. And he'll do whatever it takes - lie, cheat, steal, even learn how to cross-stitch - in order to make it to his date.
If all else fails, Jaxon will have to bare his soul to the other teens in treatment, confront his mother's absence, and maybe admit that it's more than video games that stand in the way of a real connection.

You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

[St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99]

Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really?

Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is, until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night. Kate is lost, having just run away from a chance to finally meet the girl she has been in love with from afar. Mark, meanwhile, is in love with his best friend Ryan, who may or may not feel the same way.
When Kate and Mark meet up, little do they know how important they will become to each other - and how, in a very short time, they will know each other better than any of the people who are supposed to know them more.

Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan

[Alfred A. Knopf, $17.99]

Julia has the unusual ability to be unseen. Not invisible, exactly. Just beyond most people's senses.

It's a dangerous trait in a city that has banned all forms of magic and drowns witches in public Cleansings. But it's a useful trait for a thief and a spy. And Julia has learned that crime pays.
She's being paid very well indeed to infiltrate the grand house of Mrs. Och and report back on the odd characters who live there and the suspicious dealings that take place behind locked doors.
But what Julia discovers shakes her to the core. She certainly never imagined that the traitor in the house would turn out to be... her.

The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder, photographs by Jill Wachter

[Simon Pulse, $17.99]

Welcome to the Museum of Heartbreak.

Well, actually, to Penelope Marx's personal museum. The one she creates after coming face to face with the devastating, lonely-making butt-kicking phenomenon known as heartbreak.
Heartbreak comes in all forms: There's Keats, the charmingly handsome new guy who couldn't be more perfect for her. There is possibly the worst person in the world, Cherisse, whose mission in life is to make Penelope miserable. There's Penelope's increasingly distant best friend Audrey. And then there's Penelope's other best friend, the equal-parts-infuriating-and-yet-somehow-amazing Eph, who has been all kinds of confusing lately.
But sometimes the biggest heartbreak of all is learning to let go of that wondrous time before you ever knew things could be broken.

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