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Indie Bookstores You Can Shop at From Anywhere

Posted on November 3, 2022January 26, 2023 by Melissa Baron

With the pandemic having such a drastically negative affect on small businesses, the book world held its breath and waited to see how this would affect independent bookstores. Indie bookstores adapted remarkably well through online ordering and curbside pickup, but no one knew what the outcome would be for brick and mortar stores years into […]

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Best History Books for the Biggest Historical Eras

Posted on July 15, 2022August 19, 2022 by Melissa Baron

The best history books for historical eras? That’s a grand sweeping topic, isn’t it? Mel, give me the top tier nonfiction history books that span the entire history of the world. There’s only tens of thousands of books to sift through, running the gamut of two and a half million years, give or take. No […]

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Book Statistics About Readers: Pandemic Edition

Posted on March 2, 2022March 7, 2022 by Melissa Baron

There is no doubt that the last few years and everything we’ve collectively gone through has made an impact on our reading habits and on the book publishing industry as a whole. Under regular circumstances, reading habits vary widely for a variety of reasons. Under these most unusual circumstances, we expect our reading and book […]

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Eros and Psyche Retellings

Posted on February 14, 2022February 15, 2022 by Melissa Baron

Of all the Greek mythology tales, of which there are many, the story of Eros and Psyche is my favorite (yes, even over Eurydice and Orpheus, which puts my heart in my throat every time I reread it). So let’s talk Eros and Psyche retellings. Read…

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Books That Begin at the End

Posted on January 24, 2022January 25, 2022 by Melissa Baron

Spoiling the end of a book is normally verboten. Unless you really can’t stand the suspense, it’s usually a bummer if someone accidentally gives away the ending of a book. You want to experience it for yourself, watch the story unfold and see how the decisions and circumstances surrounding the characters play out. Depending on […]

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