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March 2018
5225 Canyon Crest Dr. #30A, Riverside CA | 951.787.7807 | cellardoorbookstore.com
Store Hours: Mon - Sat 10 am-8pm | Sun 10 am-6 pm
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Storytime: every Saturday at 11 pm
Upcoming Events
Thursday, March 1 at 6 pm
Signing with Sang-Hee Lee
Friday, March 2 at 6 pm
Teen Advisory Board Meeting
Saturday, March 10 at 6 pm
Game Night
Sunday, March 11 at 1 pm
Open Chess Play with Coach Palmer
February Best "Cellars"

1. If Our Bodies Could Talk, James Hamblin
     Penguin Random House |  9781101970829
2.  Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
     Penguin Random House |  9780812984965
3.  Darktown, Thomas Mullen
     Simon & Schuster |  9781501133879
4. 
The Ugly Duckling/El Patito Feo, 
     Merce Escardo I Bas
     Hachette |  9780811844550
5.  
Rise of the Earth Dragon 
    (Dragon Masters #1), Tracy West
     Scholastic |  9780545646239
6.  Trainwreck, Sady Doyle
     Penguin Random House |  9781612196480
7.
Salvage the Bones,
Jesmyn Ward
     Macmillan |  9781608196265
8.  The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
     Harper Collins |  9780544800830
9.  Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
     Penguin Random House |  9780735224292
10. The Moving Finger, Agatha Christie
     Harper Collins |  9780062073624
March Staff Picks

Empire Falls by Richard Russo
"Forget Hillbilly Elegy; read Empire Falls. These characters are your neighbors, whether you're from Riverside or a small town in the Midwest... how much better to know them through the brilliant, seductive prose of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel." - Linda

Read the full review here.


Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough (out March 6th)
"No words I write could do this book justice. Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi's true story is made visceral, her voice clear in the poetry of her narration... This book carries a power and grace the likes of which you don't see often in young adult lit." - Destenie

Read the full review here.


Islandborn by Junot Diaz (out March 13th)
Diaz's debut picture book tells the story of Lola, who's told to draw where she's from for school... except she doesn't remember The Island where she was born. It takes help from family and friends for Lola to reconnect with her past. Gorgeous illustrations and a beautiful story! 
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Buy the book here.          Watch a keynote speech given by Junot Diaz here.
Q&A: Isabel Quintero and Lilliam Rivera quinterorivera
Saturday, March 31 at 6 pm

Please join us in welcoming two Southern California authors: Isabel Quintero, local author of Gabi, a Girl in Pieces and her newest release, Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide, and debut author of The Education of Margot Sanchez, Lilliam Rivera. There will be a Q&A and a signing to follow.

What better way to celebrate Women's History Month than with these incredible stories of young Latina women? See you there!
Sign Up for Summer Camps at Cellar Door Books

Have you checked out our summer camps yet? Visit our website or pick up a flyer in-store and see what we have going on this summer! There's plenty of information for our Cellar Door Summer Camp, and details coming on the  three other camps we're offering. Register now before spots fill up!
Signing with Author Craig Owens craigowens
Wednesday, April 4 at 6 pm

LA-based photographer and author of Haunted by History, Craig Owens, will be at Cellar Door for a signing! His coffee-table photography volume uncovers little known facts and ghost stories about eight prominent historical hotels in Southern California, including our own Mission Inn Hotel & Spa. 
Book Clubs for Adults

Cellar Door Book Club (Meets the fourth Sunday of the month at 3 pm)
Sunday, March 25: History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
Sunday, April 22: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Mystery Book Club  (Meets the third Thursday of the month at 6 pm)
Thursday, March 15: Darktown by Thomas Mullen
Thursday, April 19: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon

Science-Fiction & Fantasy  (Meets the third Saturday of the month at 5 pm)
Saturday, March 17: Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Saturday, April 21: The Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Memoir & Biography  (Meets the second Wednesday of the month at 6 pm)
Wednesday, March 14: This is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
Wednesday, April 11: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Latino Book Club  (Meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm)
Tuesday, March 27: Still Water Saints by Alex Espinoza
Tuesday, April 24: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudalfo Anaya

Historical Fiction Book Club  (Meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 5 pm)
Saturday, March 24: Rise to Rebellion by Jeffrey Shaara
Saturday, April 28: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Agatha Christie Book Club  (Meets the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm)
Tuesday, March 20: The Moving Finger
Tuesday, April 17: The Secret of Chimneys

Philosophical Horror  (Meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6 pm)
Monday, March 19: Zone One by Colson Whitehead
Monday, April 16: The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones

Black Lit Book Club  (Meets the final Friday of the month at 6 pm)
Friday, March 23: The Fishermen by Chgoze Obioma
Friday, April 27: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Speculative Fiction Book Club  (Meets the second Friday of the month at 6:30 pm)
Friday, March 9: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Friday, April 13: Lamb by Christopher Moore

LGBTQ Book Club  (Meets the third Friday of the month at 6 pm)
Friday, March 16: Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
Friday, April 20: The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

Not Your Father's Teen Lit  (Meets the first Saturday of the month at 6 pm)
Saturday, March 3: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Saturday, April 7: The Goblins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle

Revolution or Revelation  (Meets the first Sunday of the month at 12:30 pm)
Sunday, March 4: Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose
*Sunday, March 25: Edge of the World by Michael Pye

Bucket List Book Club  (Meets the third Sunday of the month at 3 pm)
Sunday, March 18: Emma by Jane Austen
Sunday, April 15: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Phy-Sci Book Club  (Meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6 pm)
Wednesday, March 28: The Dialogues by Clifford Johnson
Wednesday, April 25: Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neill

Current Affairs Book Club  (Meets the second Sunday of the month at 4 pm)
Sunday, March 11: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Sunday, April 8: Janesville by Amy Goldstein

Feminist Book Club  (Meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6 pm)
Tuesday, March 6: Trainwreck by Sady Doyle
Tuesday, April 3: The Power by Naomi Alderman

NEW! Graphic Novel Book Club  (Meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 pm)
Monday, March 5: Kindred by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, ill. by John Jennings
Monday, April 2: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

NEW! Libros en Espanol (Meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm)
Tuesday, March 13: Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Book Clubs for Kids and Youth

Early Reader Book Club (Meets the second Saturday of the month at 1 pm)
Saturday, March 10: Dragon Masters: Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West
Saturday, April 14: Catwings by Ursula LeGuin

NEW! Spanish Reader Book Club  (Meets the third Saturday of the month at 1 pm)
Saturday, March 17: El Patito Feo by Merce Escardo i Bas
Saturday, April 21: El Nino de Cabeza by Juan Felipe Herrera

Kid's Book Club (Meets the second Thursday of the month at 4 pm)
Thursday, March 8: The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Thursday, April 12: Loki's Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & Melissa Marr

Dumbeldore's Army (Meets the first Monday of the month at 3:30 pm)
Monday, March 5: Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle
Monday, April 2: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

There are no official sign-ups or fees for our offered book clubs, but we do ask that you purchase these books from us in order to participate. *Starred meetings are not held at their usual date and/or time. 

Visit our Book Clubs page here for more info.
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