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| | Tomorrow is the 13th annual Independent Bookstore Day, so it's a perfect time to celebrate local bookstores, even the ones that aren't participating. I could wax poetic about my passion for these booksellers, and the years I spent on the sales floor myself, but I think Booker Prize-winning novelist George Saunders put it best: "I don't think I'd have a career if not for indie bookstores--they gave me so much support in those early days, especially through employee recommendations and the chance to come to the store and read. I think the curation aspect is so vital--to have someone who loves books and knows them and is alert to related titles a given customer might like. It's concierge guidance, really, and in the most important aspect of a person's life, i.e., how they go about growing."
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 | | Seasons of Glass and Iron | | | Amal El-Mohtar |
| | | Amal El-Mohtar's first collection is a dreamy, fiery blend of fantasy, romance, and poetry--a must for readers who embrace the depth and breadth of folklore.
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| | Screen People: How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency | | | Megan Garber |
| | | Journalist Megan Garber explores the ways our encounters with life through our immersion in screens have shaped our reality.
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| | Madelaine Before the Dawn | | | Sandrine Collette, trans. by Alison Anderson |
| | | A fiery orphan girl is taken in by villagers who come to love her rebellious nature in this gritty, poetic novel.
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| | A Fishboy Named... Sashimi | | | Dan Santat |
| | | A fishboy named Sashimi wades into a mess of adventure as he searches for the Beast of Barnacle Bay in this madcap, laugh-out-loud middle-grade graphic novel.
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| | | | | | In Meg Shaffer's romp of an adventure, a literature-loving heroine goes rogue in the pursuit of love across dimensions and stories.
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| | | | In this bloody but cheerful novel, a middle-aged widow and mother of two becomes a contract killer to support her family, reinventing herself along the way.
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| | | | Corrigan sets the Faerie magic of Thistlemarsh in a familiar world firmly rooted in history, its fantastical atmosphere allowing for easy entry without ever feeling oversimplified.
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| | | | Author duo Ilona Andrews kicks off a series with this thrilling novel about a woman transported to the ruthless world of her favorite fantasy books, where she must try to prevent a war.
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| | | | The Night We Met explores the nuance of small decisions with big consequences through Abby Jimenez's exceptional ability to showcase sincere emotions and authentic connection.
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| | | | Anyone interested in Texas history or the early towns popping up as railroads and industry spread West will be captivated by Joe Pappalardo's history of Borger.
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| | | | The Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine gives an enthralling behind-the-scenes account of the horror author's life, work, and editorial process.
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| | | | How It Feels to Be Alive by critic Megan O'Grady collects five essays about artists whose provocative works address questions of sexism, racism, environmental degradation, and more.
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| | | | In this marvelously funny and astute illustrated middle-grade novel, a boy sets out on one Moon mission but finds another as he gets to know the intelligent life that allegedly does not exist.
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| | | | The Delta Codex is a nimble middle-grade science fiction bildungsroman featuring a charismatic lead who navigates danger to save her planet.
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| | | | Birds of all sizes, shapes, colors, and songs fill the pages of this dynamically illustrated, fact-filled picture book for young readers.
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| | | | A fun, delightful, and gripping ghost story about two cousins working to solve the mystery of a haunted carousel.
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| | |  Alice Martin is a fiction writer from North Carolina whose debut novel, Westward Women, is part fever dream and part dystopian road trip. She also happens to have a significant history of reviewing books for Shelf Awareness. Find out which of those titles she's still stumping for, as well as the book that affirmed her interest in "weirdness" and gave her permission to write about it. (continued)
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| | | |  Tim Sandlin, Jackson Hole, Wyo.'s "most prolific author" and founder of the Jackson Hole Writer's Conference, died March 29, the News & Guide reported. He was 75. Lit, published last December, was his 13th book, 11 of which were novels, including four set in the fictional Teton town of GroVont. He also published two collections of columns, and wrote screenplays.
"I wrote five novels about my problems and then I ran out of problems," Sandlin had observed. (continued)
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