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Happy Birthday to TLB -- 9 years!! Wow! In honor of 9 years, I will be raffling off nine gift certificates to the store. Swing by in October to put your name in the bucket!
The week of Oct. 6th is Banned Books Week across the country. Stop by to look at TLB's display. If you play my trivia game you can enter your name into a drawing for a very cool prize!
One more thing!! Local author Sadeqa Johnson's new book comes out in February, Keeper of Lost Children. Preorder and pay for your copy with TLB (through Dec. 24th) and enter your name into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to the store. Yay Sadeqa!!
Happy October everyone,
Mary
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TLB Fall 2025 Book Club
It's the best book club in town -- come join us!!
All participants must purchase the book from TLB in order to confirm your sign-up. You can pay for the book in-store or by phone. 804-464-1244. You will receive an email from the store when the books are available for pick-up.
Both time slots for our October book, A Marriage at Sea, are full.
Questions? Call or send an email to:
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NOVEMBER
Pearce Oysters by Joselyn Takacs
Paperback, $17.99
Day Group meets:
Monday
Nov. 10th 1pm
Evening Group meets:
Tuesday
Nov. 18th 6:30pm
Southern Fiction
This debut novel is set in the south in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A family’s generations-old oyster-farming business and their hardscrabble coastal community are attempting to navigate one of the worst environmental disasters in history and the crisis that follows for all of them. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
3 starred reviews
Coming of Age
From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, and the lasting impact of first love. (publisher mkting)
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Historical Fiction
2 starred reviews
A gripping story of an anthropologist's monumental discovery and the clash of civilizations it sets off over the fate of the land that holds us. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
Virginia author
A new Mitford book set during the Christmas season.
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Romance
1 starred review
Bestselling author Stephanie Perkins has written her best book yet, a debut adult novel about new beginnings and finding your way into adulthood. (publisher mkting)
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Fantasy
5 starred reviews
Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles. (publisher mkting)
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Fantasy
2 starred reviews
Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske-a queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and T. Kingfisher. (publisher mkting)
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Science Fiction / Thriller
1 starred review
Daniel Wilson weaves a stunning and scary story about a unique presence that comes to earth, or perhaps has been here, making specific contact with the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. (publisher mkting)
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Magical Realism / Time Travel / Cozy
1 starred review
Journey to a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps, where two lost souls living in different centuries meet and discover if, behind the many doors, a second chance awaits. (publisher mkting)
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Nonfiction / Travel / Haunted Places
1 starred review
An enchanting, transporting journey to some of the most iconic cemeteries of the world—part travelogue, part memoir, part "excursions through death" by the author of Our Share of Night and "Buenos Aires's sorceress of horror" (New York Times) (publisher mkting)
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Memoir
4 starred reviews
Joyride is a delightful and exhilarating memoir of finding her creative calling and purpose that invites us to approach life with wonder, curiosity, and a relentless sense of fun, from the beloved New Yorker writer hailed as "a national treasure" by the Washington Post. (publisher mkting)
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Memoir
2 starred reviews
Virginia author
From one of our most acclaimed chroniclers of the forces eroding America’s social fabric, her most personal and powerful work: a reckoning with the changes that have rocked her own beloved small Ohio hometown. (publisher mkting)
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Maritime History / Slavery
1 starred review
From Pulitzer finalist and New York Times bestselling author: A notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the UK and sparked the US abolitionist movement. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Sports
Ages 10+
Book 5 in the Track series
Meet Coach as a boy striving to come into his own as a track star while facing upheaval at home. (publisher mkting)
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Fantasy / SciFi / Dragons
Ages 10+
Book 2 in The Dragonships series
Lunar Jones and the Dread Knights have brought hope to Mars. Between Dread’s power and a newly formed alliance with Earth, the once-dying planet is headed for prosperity at last. The only shadow is the one cast by Dav Robinson’s warning: Neptune is coming. (publisher mkting)
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Historical Fiction
Ages 9+
1 starred review
A heart-pounding, high-stakes take on the 1936 Berlin Olympics, also known as the "Nazi Olympics." (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
Ages 8+
Filled with illustrations, the author tells the deeply moving tale of a brave rabbit who sets out on a quest to save her home and family—no matter what it takes. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
Ages 9+
2 starred reviews
If you thought you loved Winn Dixie...you'll love this story of a stray dog named Lost who helps a child in a time of need when her father dies. Full of adorable quirky characters with a fairy tale aspect and a perfect ending. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Humor
Ages 8+
2 starred reviews
In this heartfelt middle-grade romp from the New York Times-bestselling author of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, twelve-year-old Oscar Aberdeen, the unlikeliest retirement home resident around, would do anything to save his home - even go on a wild ride with an elderly ex-mobster to find hidden loot. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Humor
Ages 7+
Shake off the hibernation blues with odd-couple friends Skunk and Badger in book #3 in this fun series. When Skunk and Badger adopt two rat pups, everything is going to get turned upside down. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
Ages 3+
3 starred reviews
In this uplifting and wondrous wintry tale, Caldecott-Medal Winners, Philip and Erin Stead, return audiences to the world of everyone's favorite zookeeper, Amos McGee, and his delightful animal friends. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
Ages 4+
4 starred reviews
With lush paintings and intricately constructed 3D artwork, bestselling and Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Brian Lies introduces a sleepy kitten whose afternoon nap transforms into an epic journey through art, time, and history. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
Ages 4+
1 starred review
When a shy, young girl attends a school program to read to a horse called Snow, she doesn’t know what to expect—other than to be nervous about reading aloud. Her words often get stuck but Snow’s calm and reassuring company slowly builds her confidence. Rain and the Reading Horse is a beautiful celebration of a girl’s relationship with a horse and the slow but persistent ways we can confront our fears. (publisher mkting)
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Nonfiction
Ages 4+
A powerful and vibrantly illustrated account of the resilience and dedication of the unsung Black women who played a major role in World War II. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction
Ages 4+
An inspirational holiday story celebrating the power of words. (publisher mkting)
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Fiction / Humor
Ages 4+
This groundbreaking alphabet picture book from rising star Charlie Mylie is chock-full of letter shape seek-and-finds and other literacy-building twist and turns that will keep readers coming back for more. (publisher mkting)
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