Our Bookish Lives: a bookstore blog

I've always been into fantasy and YA fiction, so here's 3 I recommend during our sale (get 25% off through Wednesday if you use promo code Beach read at checkout). 1. No More Goddesses, by Kim Baccellia When 15-year-old Jordan finds an ancient bracelet linking her favorite actress, Audrey Hepburn, a romantic movie, and an aunt she never knew, she decides to try it on, hoping it will bring her love. Instead, it unleashes brings one nightmare after another, unleashing Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of Love. Hathor decides it would be fun wreck havoc on the McKnight High School scene,...

Meow meow! I'm Stan Lee, the retired (and extremely, incredibly, unbelievably smart) shop cat. I love laying and sitting on books, absorbing the text, and recommending the books to people. Here's three books I couldn't keep my paws off because they're meow-tastic. Click where it says buy here to order them on the bookstore website. (Note from the humans: you can get 25% off your order through Wednesday if you use promo code Beach read at checkout on our website.) 1. Love and Ordinary Creatures, by Gwyn Hyman Rubio Love and Ordinary Creatures is about a bird (human's note: specifically, the...

I don't know about you, but I love reading books set in other countries. You get a tiny taste of a different culture, and it's much more affordable. Here are 3 of my favorites you should buy during our beach read sale, where you can get 25% off your order with promo code beach read at checkout on our website. 1. The Green and the Red, by Armand Chauvel I enjoyed The Green and the Red partly because it's set in France. Specifically, it's set in a small town in Brittany that is home to La Dame Verte, a struggling...

This past weekend, I visited the Towson Library book sale to get some used books. Here are some of the highlights. The books are mostly half the cover price. 1. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens  Stan Lee  hated this book and knocked it over repeatedly when I tried taking pictures of it. I eventually convinced him that lounging on his electric blanket and getting praise for being very smart was more interesting than knocking it over, and he eventually agreed to model it if I gave him catnip yum yum treats. David Copperfield is Charles Dickens' favorite out of the...

Hey everyone! We need to buy a building for the bookstore, but we need your help to do that. You can help by donating to our crowdfunding campaign (which you can do here), or buying off our website. Either option allows you to pay by card or PayPal. I'm hoping to buy this cute building you see here. Buying this building and reopening would cost approximately $550,000. Right now, the bookstore is virtual until we find a new space, and I'd rather buy than rent. Buying a building is important for several reasons. The biggest reason for buying a building...