Hello!
I love these August days filled with the hum of the cicadas! I want to linger outside longer, eat more corn on the cob, and sweet watermelon. Squeeze in another 30 minutes to read in the backyard before the Fall chill comes tapping at the door. I hope you've been able to enjoy some of summer's sweet spots.
Our event with William Kent Krueger has been moved to a virtual event upon his request and our support. It's disappointing, but not surprising. The event date and time has changed to Thursday, September 2 at 7pm. We are co-hosting with our good friends at Boswell Book Company. We hope you will join us!
The Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books will begin it's virtual programing this year with poet Margaret Rozga on Saturday, September 18 at 7pm. I'm looking forward to talking with Margaret about her poems and Alice in Wonderland!
This summer we have two booksellers who are returning to and beginning college. We say goodbye to Joe and Jewell and welcome Erica and Emma as our two new high school booksellers! It is always a joy to work with teenage booksellers and watch them hone their talents and discover new interests.
Cheers and Happy Reading!
Lisa with Katrina, Ken, Chloe, Genavieve, Toni, Kristen, Elisabeth, Beth, Jewell, Lynn, Judy, Sarah, Erica, and Emma
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Current Store Hours
Monday - Friday 9:00 - 7:00 Saturday- Sunday 9:00 - 5:00
Masks are optional if you are vaccinated,
required if you are not.
Curbside pick up and shipping still available.
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WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER
Thursday, September 2nd
7:00 p.m.
Via Zoom Webinar
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Now a virtual event! Note date change!
Boswell Book Company and Books & Company are excited to welcome William Kent Krueger back virtually for his new book Lightning Strike, a prequel in the Cork O'Connor series!
Lightning Strike is a powerful prequel to Krueger's acclaimed Cork O'Connor series-a book about fathers and sons, long-simmering conflicts in a small Minnesota town, and the events that echo through youth and shape our lives forever.
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A Family Friendly Readings from Oconomowaukee
AMY TIMBERLAKE
in Conversation with
Daniel Goldin & Lisa Baudoin
Wednesday, September 15th
2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom Webinar
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September Readings From Oconomowaukee is a special event with author Amy Timberlake, author of Skunk and Badger! The second book in the series, Skunk and Badger: Egg Marks the Spot, will be discussed by Amy Timberlake with Daniel of Boswell Books and Lisa of Books & Company.
on sale 9/14/21
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Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books
MARGARET ROZGA
Saturday, September 18
7:00 p.m.
via Zoom
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Join Books & Company and the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books for an evening with poet Margaret Rozga to celebrate her fifth book, Holding My Selves Together: New & Selected Poems. This event will feature the new work in this volume, including poems that see Alice in Wonderland as a coming-of-age story and imagine new Alice adventures.
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Readings from Oconomowaukee, Bonus Edition
LAUREN FOX
in Conversation with
Daniel Goldin & Lisa Baudoin
Tuesday, September 28th
2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom Webinar
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Join us for a bonus installment of Readings from Oconomowaukee where Daniel Goldin of Boswell Books and Lisa Baudoin of Books & Company talk with author Lauren Fox about her novel Send For Me (out in paperback 9/7/21) and other great books!
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Wednesday, August 25th
1:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Robert D. Harris
Wednesday, September 22nd
1:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Minne Darke
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Wednesday, August 18th
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Samira Ahmed
Wednesday, September 15th
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Nick Lake
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Tuesday, August 24th
6:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Tim Mason
Tuesday, September 28th
6:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Halley Sutton
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Sunday, September 26th
3:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by Tom O'Neill
Sunday, November 21st
3:00 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
by David Grann
Registration coming soon
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - hardcover |
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FICTION
New in Hardcover!
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by Stephen King
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong? How about everything. You won’t put this story down, and you won’t forget Billy.
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by Sarah Penner
Bookseller Judy says "Have you ever picked up a strange object and wondered the story behind it? Caroline on a solo trip to London finds herself in that position. Women helping women. Mystery. Magic. Revenge. The story keeps you reading breathless until the final sentence. A great read!" With crackling suspense, unforgettable characters and searing insight, The Lost Apothecary is a subversive and intoxicating debut novel of secrets, vengeance and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time.
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by Nick McDonell
Bookseller Katrina says "This novel was a thought provoking and satirical fable that imagines what would happen if animals were in charge of the fate of humans. After a plague and man-made Calamity reduce the human population to a small number, the titular Council of Animals is voting to decide whether to help the humans or eat them. A baboon, bear, dog, and cat are the main members of this council and they have to make a decision soon. I enjoyed the humor and the interesting reversal of humans versus animals."
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Preorder a signed copy of the new novel by Jodi Picoult- Wish You Were Here- a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis.
on sale 11/30/2021
*while supplies last
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NONFICTION
New in Hardcover!
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by Mirin Fader
The story of Giannis Antetokounmpo's extraordinary rise from poverty in Athens, Greece to super-stardom in America with the Milwaukee Bucks-becoming one of the most transcendent players in history and an NBA champion- from award-winning basketball reporter and feature writer at The Ringer Mirin Fader, touching on universal themes of family, immigration, hard work, wealth, loss, and dreaming big. Antetokounmpo has overcome unfathomable obstacles to become a symbol of hope for people all over the world, the personification of the American Dream. But his backstory remains largely untold, and Fader unearths new information about the childhood that shaped "The Greek Freak".
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by Meg Lowman
Welcome to the eighth continent! Nicknamed the “Real-Life Lorax” by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman—aka “CanopyMeg”—takes us on an adventure into the “eighth continent” of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action. A blend of memoir and fieldwork account, The Arbornaut gives us the chance to live among scientists and travel the world—even in a hot-air balloon! It is the engrossing, uplifting story of a nerdy tree climber—the only girl at the science fair—who becomes a giant inspiration, a groundbreaking, ground-defying field biologist, and a hero for trees everywhere.
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by Siân Evans
During the early twentieth century, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women, whose lives were changed forever by their journeys between the Old World and the New. Some traveled for leisure, some for work; others to reinvent themselves or find new opportunities. They were celebrities, migrants and millionaires, refugees, aristocrats and crew members whose stories have mostly remained untold—until now. Maiden Voyages is a fascinating portrait of these women as they crossed the Atlantic.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - paperback |
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FICTION
Now in Paperback!
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by Lucy Foley
On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. And then someone turns up dead. Bookseller Toni says "What could go wrong with a wedding on a remote island? All the details are set for a perfect day. The bride a control freak. The groom an All American boy next door. Their family and friends gathered together for a weekend of love, happiness, and secrets"
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by James Gould-Bourn
Danny’s life is falling apart. His eleven-year-old son, Will, hasn’t spoken since the death of his mother in a car crash a year earlier, and Danny has just been fired from his construction job. After observing street performers in a local park, Danny spends his last few dollars on a tattered panda costume, impulsively deciding to become a dancing bear. While performing one day, Danny spots his son being taunted by a group of older boys. Danny chases them off, and Will opens up for the first time since his mom died. Bookseller Genavieve says it's "A strange, but sweet novel about reconnecting- to each other and ourselves after loss. And about found family in unexpected places. A great comforting read!"
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by Colleen Hoover
Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life seems too good to be true. Bookseller Jewell says "Lily leaves her twisted past and relationship with a homeless boy in Maine with her abusive father. She moves to Boston and meets a neurosurgeon. Everything is going great until it's not and Lily is forced to confront her painful past. This book is so good! I couldn't put it down!"
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NONFICTION
Now in Paperback!
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by Lucy Worsley
Take a trip back to Jane Austen's world and the many places she lived as historian Lucy Worsley visits Austen's childhood home, her schools, her holiday accommodations, the houses--both grand and small--of the relations upon whom she was dependent, and the home she shared with her mother and sister towards the end of her life. In places like Steventon Parsonage, Godmersham Park, Chawton House and a small rented house in Winchester, Worsley discovers a Jane Austen very different from the one who famously lived a "life without incident."
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by Sara Seager
Sara Seager has always been in love with the stars: so many lights in the sky, so much possibility. Now a pioneering planetary scientist, she searches for exoplanets--especially that distant, elusive world that sustains life. But with the unexpected death of Seager's husband, the purpose of her own life becomes hard for her to see. Suddenly, at forty, she is a widow and the single mother of two young boys. For the first time, she feels alone in the universe.
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by Kermit Pattison
A decade in the making, Fossil Men is a scientific detective story played out in anatomy and the natural history of the human body: the first full-length account of the discovery of a startlingly unpredicted human ancestor more than a million years older than Lucy. Based on a half-decade of research in Africa, Europe and North America, Fossil Men is not only a brilliant investigation into the origins of the human lineage, but the oldest of human emotions: curiosity, jealousy, perseverance and wonder.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - kids/teen |
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by Jessie Sima
Books & Company booksellers love Jessie Sima and this new picture book is another favorite!
House has a problem. She’s a little spooky. She’s a little cobwebby. Oh, no! What if she’s haunted? She’s not sure, but…her hinges creak. Her pipes bang. And on windy days, the branches scritch-scratch at her windows. She tries to hold her breath and be as still as possible. If she’s on her best behavior, maybe a family will move in. How will House ever find a family that doesn’t mind being haunted?
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by Jory John
What could a pampered house cat possibly have to complain about? Just like most cats, this cat lives an extremely comfortable life. But he has his problems too! The sun spot he's trying to bathe in won't stop moving. He keeps getting served dry food instead of wet. And don't even get him started on the vacuum--it's an absolute menace!--and the nosy neighbor squirrel that just can't seem to mind its own business. Will this cat ever find the silver lining? Jory John and Lane Smith once again air their grievances in this must-have companion book to Penguin Problems and Giraffe Problems.
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by Pat Zietlow Miller
Friend of Books & Company, Pat Zietlow Miller has another wonderful picture book out!
When her gym class must face the school rock-climbing wall, Tanisha is discouraged. Her muscles are weak, and she knows she'll never reach the top like Cayla. But maybe strength is about more than just muscles. With help from her family, Tanisha learns that by showing up, speaking up, and not giving up, she can be strong, too. And that people are the strongest when they work together and trust each other.
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by Elissa Brent Weissman
Ash and her friends are reporters. They were ready to lead their school news show, The News at Nine, sponsored by Van Ness Media, when an unfortunate incident involving a dancing teacher, an irresponsibly reported story, and a viral video got them kicked off the crew. So Ash, Maya, and Brielle decide to start their own news show, The Underground News. And soon they stumble on a big lead: Van Ness Media, the educational company that provides their school's software, has been gathering data from all the kids at school. But why?
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by Kristin Mahoney
Elfie Oster was sure that Hampshire Academy was going to be the perfect school for her. She was sure about it right up to the minute she got expelled. On her first day. It was all a terrible misunderstanding, but until she can find a way to fix things, Elfie has to go back to Cottonwood Elementary for fifth grade. Where she's never really fit in. Or had friends. It is not a perfect situation. And then it gets worse. Her babysitter gets really sick. Her aunt and uncle aren't speaking. She's forced to do a group project involving an egg...
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by John David Anderson
When scientists discover a rare and mysterious mineral buried in the Earth’s crust, they have no idea that it just happens to be the most valuable substance in the entire universe. It’s not long before aliens show up to our little corner of the galaxy offering a promise of protection, some fabulous new technology, and entry into their intergalactic coalition—all in exchange for this precious resource. A material so precious that other alien forces are willing to start a war over it. A war that soon makes its way to Earth...
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by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
When her twin sister reaches social media stardom, Moon Fuentez accepts her fate as the ugly, unwanted sister hidden in the background, destined to be nothing more than her sister’s camerawoman. But this summer, Moon also takes a job as the “merch girl” on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers and her fate begins to shift in the best way possible. Could this summer change Moon’s life as she knows it?
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by Courtney Gould
Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon. Teenagers are disappearing, some turning up dead, the weather isn’t normal, and all fingers point to TV’s most popular ghost hunters who have just come to town. Logan Ortiz-Woodley, daughter of TV's ParaSpectors, has never been to Snakebite before. But the moment she and her dads arrive, she starts to get the feeling that there's more than ghosts plaguing this small town.
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by Tanya Boteju
From debut author Tanya Boteju comes a poignant, laugh-out-loud tale of acceptance, self-expression, and the colorful worlds that await when we’re brave enough to look. One of our newest teen booksellers, Emma, loved this novel and says "When Nima accidentally enters a world full of bright people and acceptance, she starts to question who she might be."
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Upcoming events from our friends at Boswell Book Company! |
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Virtual Event- Boswell Book Company
in Conversation with Janet Skeslien Charles
Wednesday, August 18
2:00 pm
AJ Pearce, author of the beloved novel Dear Mrs. Bird, joins us for a conversation about her new book, which continues the story of young wartime advice columnist Emmy Lake. Pearce will chat with Janet Skeslien Charles, author of the hit novel The Paris Library.
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Virtual Event- Boswell Book Company
Martha Waters, author of To Love and to Loathe
in Conversation with Rachel Copeland
Monday, August 23
7:00 pm
Historical romance author Martha Waters joins us for an evening featuring her latest effervescent, charming, and swoon-worthy novel. This special event will be Rachel Copeland’s first event in conversation, and it’s a perfect pairing, as Copeland is the Rom-Com Queen of the Boswellians.
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Support Books & Company with your audiobook purchases this summer and play Libro.fm Audiobook Bingo! You’ll earn a free audiobook for calling bingo and a chance at the grand prize: a year’s supply of audiobooks!
--Download the bingo card
--Track and share your progress with #SummerListeningChallenge
--Submit your completed bingo!
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