Play2min 02secAsk a Bookseller: A summer thriller debut by a Twin Cities authorJune 24, 2022 2:05 PMBy Emily BrightJennifer Jubenville of the Bookstore at Fitger’s in Duluth says there’s nothing like a good thriller for a summer read, and she recommends checking out Joshua Moehling’s debut, “And There He Kept Her.”
Play2min 08secAsk a Bookseller: The English Understand WoolJune 3, 2023 8:30 AMBy Emily BrightPart of the fun of talking with independent bookstores is hearing about great books from smaller, independent presses. Today's recommendation combines both.
Play2min 16secAsk a Bookseller: Wandering SoulsMay 27, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightThis week's recommendation comes from Emi Lim Morison of Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Montana.
Play2min 13secAsk a Bookseller: 'Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club'May 12, 2023 3:06 PMAmy Erickson of Bluebird Bookshop in Detroit Lakes, Minn., recommended a novel that she called “very much an up-north book.”
Play2min 10secAsk a Bookseller: 'Blood Debts' combines family secrets, political intrigue and magicMay 1, 2023 6:29 PMBy Emily BrightShelby Devitt of BookPeople in Austin, TX recommends a contemporary fantasy YA novel, “Blood Debts” by Terry J. Benton-Walker.
Play2min 14secAsk a Bookseller: 'The God of Endings'April 23, 2023 11:45 AMBy Emily BrightJosh Hames recommends local writer Jacqueline Holland, new novel, "The God of Endings." It's an unconventional vampire story, Hames says, that's a "genuinely felt human tale as much as it is inhuman."
Play2min 11secAsk a Bookseller: 'The Poetics of Wrongness'April 15, 2023 4:54 PMBy Emily BrightEvelyn Bauer of Papercuts Bookshop recommends “The Poetics of Wrongness” by poet Rachel Zucker. She challenges outdated paradigms of motherhood, feminism and poetics.
Play2min 13secAsk a Bookseller: David Copperfield reimagined in AppalachiaApril 8, 2023 8:00 AMBy Emily BrightThe novel is a fairly direct retelling of “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens, set in the 1980s in Appalachia — familiar territory for rural Kentucky-born Kingsolver.
Play2min 04secAsk a Bookseller: A fast-paced thriller dives into Indigenous history, cultureApril 1, 2023 4:05 AMBy Emily BrightMichael Bennett's "Better the Blood” is a fast-paced thriller that delves into longstanding injustices against the Māori people in New Zealand.
Play2min 02secAsk a Bookseller: A picture book that makes busy moms feel seenMarch 25, 2023 4:52 AMBy Emily Bright"You Be Mommy" is a children’s book where moms can see their own journey reflected.