Hello!
We have great event line-up next week with a little something for everyone!
Can't make an event? Then be sure to stop by the store for signed copies or to browse the new books. It is an amazing Fall season this year!
Cheers and Happy Reading!
Lisa with Katrina, Ken, Chloe, Toni, Elisabeth, Beth, Lynn, Judy, Emma, Lizzy, Connie, Susie, Ava, Jewell, and Keri
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Current Store Hours
Monday - Friday 9:00 - 7:00 Saturday - Sunday 9:00 - 5:00
Curbside pick up and shipping still available.
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PETER GEYE
Monday, September 26th
7:00 p.m.
Books & Company
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Join us in welcoming back author Peter Geye to Books & Company! Geye will be discussing his new book, The Ski Jumpers, a novel about a writer and former ski jumper facing a terminal diagnosis who takes one more leap--into a past of soaring flights and broken family bonds.
Please register for this free event! Masks are requested due to the close proximity during the event.
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Readings From Oconomowaukee
MATT CAIN
Thursday, September 29th
2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
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September’s Readings from Oconomowaukee is pleased to reach across the pond once again for an afternoon with British author Matt Cain and his latest novel, The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle.
Books & Company booksellers love this novel! Bookseller Ken calls it "A hopeful novel about a closeted British postal worker who comes out when he's in his mid 60s and goes on a quest to find his long lost teen love." And bookseller Lizzy says it's perfect "For fans of All the Lonely People. Such a sweet story of friendship and found family. One of my new favorite books!"
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STEPHANIE HANSEN & KURT JOHNSON
Friday, September 30th
2:00 p.m.
In Person at Books & Company
Books & Company is excited to host Stephanie Hansen in conversation with Kurt Johnson. They will be talking about writing, traveling, and cooking. A book signing will follow the conversation.
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AMY REICHERT
In Conversation with Sonali Dev
Tuesday, October 4th
6:30 p.m.
Books & Company
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Registration is required for this free event!
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Readings from Oconomowaukee
JOANNA QUINN
Tuesday, October 11th
2:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
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Readings from Oconomowaukee presents its October edition featuring Joanna Quinn joining us virtually from the UK for a conversation about The Whalebone Theatre, her irresistible debut novel that takes its heroine from the gargantuan cavity of a beached whale into undercover operations during World War II and through a story of love, bravery, lost innocence, and self-transformation.
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Books & Company Book Groups |
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Wednesday, September 28th
1:00 p.m.
in person at Books & Co.
by Tracey Lange
registration required-
limited seating available
Wednesday, October 26th
1:00 p.m.
in person at Books & Co.
by Min Jin Lee
registration required-
limited seating available
link coming soon
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Tuesday, September 27th
by Lauren Beukes
Two meetings:
4:00 p.m.
In person at Books & Co.
no registration required
6:00 p.m.
via Zoom
Registration required
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Wednesday, October 19th
6:30 p.m.
in person at Books & Co.
by Rachel Hartman
Wednesday, Nov. 16th
6:30 p.m.
in person at Books & Co.
by Neal Shusterman
& Brendan Shusterman
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - hardcover |
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FICTION
New and Favorites in Hardcover!
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by Nina de Gramont
What drives someone to murder? What will someone do in the name of love? What kind of crime can someone never forgive? Nina de Gramont’s brilliant, unforgettable novel explores these questions and more. Bookseller Susie says "This book made me abandon my to-do list. It is not a hot romance about an affair; rather it is one of the most well written stories I've read about the bond between mother and child. The writing is creative and dynamic. It has inspired me to read my first book by Agatha Christie and it has filled me with gratitude for the gift of motherhood."
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by Deanna Raybourn
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon.
They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can’t just retire – it’s kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller Bookseller Lizzy calls this "An incredibly entertaining read! Great for fans of the Thursday Murder Club, these ladies are super fun!"
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by Bruce Holsinger
Bookseller Lynn says "This thought-provoking novel describes what could occur when an epic storm comes to the U.S. Incorporating stories from real such storms, Holsinger depicts what happens to one family displaced by the storm as well as how society responds. Riveting, dismaying, and yet hopeful. Reminiscent of Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam."
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NONFICTION
New and Favorites in Hardcover!
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by Michael Frank
The remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the writer Michael Frank over the course of six years bring to life the vibrant world of Jewish Rhodes, the deportation to Auschwitz that extinguished ninety percent of her community, and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale.
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by Buzz Bissinger
Writing with the style and rigor that won him a Pulitzer Prize and have made several of his books modern classics, Buzz Bissinger takes us from the playing fields of America’s campuses where boys played at being Marines, to the final time they were allowed to still be boys on that field of dirt and coral, to the darkest and deadliest days that followed at Okinawa.
**Signed copies available while supplies last!**
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by Randall Munroe
Before you go on a cosmic road trip, feed the residents of New York City to a T. rex, or fill every church with bananas, be sure to consult this practical guide for impractical ideas. Unfazed by absurdity, Munroe consults the latest research on everything from swing-set physics to airliner catapult–design to answer his readers’ questions, clearly and concisely, with illuminating and occasionally terrifying illustrations.
**Signed copies available while supplies last!**
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - paperback |
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FICTION
New and Favorites in Paperback!
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by Louise Erdrich
If you haven't read Erdrich's newest novel yet, Bookseller Katrina urges you to try it! She says "I loved this novel so much and did not want it to end! Great characters, a great bookstore, lots of book recommendations, and a ghost! What more could you need? Don't miss it! "
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by Graham Norton
Bookseller Ken says "This is the first Graham Norton book that I've read and I'm happy to say that it's a keeper! A young Irish man is forced to leave his home village when a tragedy occurs that throws the town into turmoil. A novel of secrets and surprises. This would make a fine reading group pick."
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by Elyssa Friedland
At their milestone high school reunion, a group of friends make a pact to finally achieve their high school superlatives one way or another, in the lively new novel from the acclaimed author of Last Summer at the Golden Hotel.
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NONFICTION
New and Favorites in Paperback!
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by Ai Weiwei
Once a close associate of Mao Zedong and the nation’s most celebrated poet, Ai Weiwei’s father, Ai Qing, was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as “Little Siberia." Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America.
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by Aliya Whiteley
Aliya Whiteley has always been in love with fungi—from her childhood taking blurry photographs of strange fungal eruptions on Exmoor to a career as a writer inspired by their surreal and alien beauty. This love for fungi is a love for life, from single-cell spores to the largest living organism on the planet; a story stretching from Aliya's lawn into orbit and back again via every continent.
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by Anderson Cooper
Now in paperback, the #1 New York Times bestselling chronicle of the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty, from CNN anchor and journalist Anderson Cooper and historian and novelist Katherine Howe. Written with a unique insider’s viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - kids/teen |
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by Sophie Blackall
Step inside the dollhouse-like interior of Farmhouse and relish in the daily life of the family that lives there, rendered in impeccable, thrilling detail. Based on a real family and an actual farmhouse where Sophie salvaged facts and artifacts for the making of this spectacular work, page after page bursts with luminous detail and joy. Join the award-winning, best-selling Sophie Blackall as she takes readers on an enchanting visit to a farmhouse across time, to a place that echoes with stories.
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by April Genevieve Tucholke
Beatrice likes the dark. She likes black clothes, graveyard picnics, and a sky full of stars. Her sister, Roo, likes the light. She likes bright clothes, picking strawberries, and hot, sunny days. Beatrice and Roo are nothing alike and don’t understand each other. Can Beatrice help Roo love the dark as much as she does? Can Roo help Beatrice love the light? Or are they simply too different to get along?
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by Amy Cherrix
Join the Little Bookstore’s friendly staff as they draw the curtain on another busy day of browsing and matchmaking. Choose a bedtime story, say your good nights, and pet the shop’s feline mascot on your way out. Snuggle up to a loved one for a read-aloud, then drift off to sweet dreams of adventure and enchantment to come. Bookseller Katrina says "Charming illustrations combined with gentle rhymes tell us this lovely and sweet nighttime ode to bookstores! I absolutely loved it! "
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by Kelly Yang
The Women’s World Cup coming to Southern California, everyone is soccer-crazy -- especially Mia Tang! The U.S. is playing China in the finals, and Mia feels like her two identities are finally coming together. Less exciting, though? The fact that her P.E. teacher wants Mia to get out of the soccer field, too -- or fall short of the grade she needs to earn a spot at journalism camp. But as always, Mia Tang is ready with a plan: she’ll track down the two women’s teams, interview them, and write an A-grade article for P.E. instead!
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by Christina Soontornvat
Bookseller Chloe says "Fans of Raina Telgemeier will love The Tryout! When middle school cheerleading tryouts are announced, Christina and her BFF Megan brand out and go for it!" As two of the only kids of color in the school, they have always yearned to fit in—and the middle school cheerleaders are popular and accepted by everyone. But will the girls survive the terrifying tryouts, with their whole grade watching? And will their friendship withstand the pressures of competition?
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by Colin Meloy
Maybe Archie Coomes has been watching too many horror movies...
A suspenseful and atmospheric horror set in 1980s Oregon, perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Neil Gaiman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix, from New York Times bestselling author and the Decemberists’ lead singer/songwriter, Colin Meloy.
**Signed copies available while supplies last!**
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by Aiden Thomas
Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys.
**Signed copies available while supplies last**
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by Ransom Riggs
Gloriously rich and utterly delightful, Miss Peregrine’s Museum of Wonders is an indispensable guide to the peculiar world, perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike. This essential volume is ideal for anyone curious about the world of Miss Peregrine: its strange history, curious practices, fascinating places, most famous (and infamous) names, and much more.
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Upcoming events from our friends at Boswell Book Company! |
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Virtual Event
Tom Perrotta
in Conversation with Daniel Goldin
Tuesday, September 27
7:00 pm
Boswell is pleased to host a virtual evening featuring Tom Perrotta for a chat about his latest, Tracy Flick Can’t Win, his Election sequel that offers a sharp, darkly comic, and pitch-perfect reflection on our current moment. In conversation with Boswell proprietor Daniel Goldin.
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In Person Author Event
Toya Wolfe
at Boswell Book Company
Wednesday, September 28
6:30 pm
Boswell hosts an evening featuring novelist Toya Wolfe with her debut, Last Summer on State Street, a striking coming-of-age novel of friendship, community, and resilience, set in Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes where Wolfe grew up. Great for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett.
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