Happy Summer from all of us at The Galaxy Bookshop! June was a soggy month, but we have to say that it was
excellent reading weather. Have you read anything yet this season that you'd like to rave about? Share your book recommendations
on our Facebook page, or on our "customers recommend" board at the store.
Andrea loved the latest - and last - Kent Haruf novel,
Our Souls at Night. This is a story of two people, late in life, who decide to open their lives and hearts to create a new sort of connection and family. This is the type of book that when youa re done reading, you may want to just sit for a few moments and let it settle into you for a bit - let the simple beauty of the story become part you before you move on to the rest of your day.
Sandy was completely absorbed by
Uprooted, by Naomi Novik. This classic fairy tale/fantasy story features a spirited young heroine who learns that she has magic in her blood. Her deep connections to the earth and the people she loves put her at odds with the older magicians of the kingdom, but also give her a power that they don't understand. It's a lovely and thrilling story.
Have you read anything yet this season that you'd like to rave about? Share your book recommendations
on our Facebook page, or on our "customers recommend" board at the store.
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This First Friday, we'll welcome author Christine McDonnell to read from her two picture books,
To celebrate the publication of Harper Lee's highly anticipated second novel, we will open the store an hour early and serve Southern tea cakes and sweet tea. For all who wish to participate, there will be a shared reading of the first chapter of the novel.
Contemporary Prayers to [whatever works] and lead an exercise in creating your own prayerful artwork. This fascinating blend of meditative and inspiring art and text is described by the artist in this way: "The images are placeholders for whatever that might be. The words are also just starting points, to be altered as you see fit. This is not a religious text, nor affiliated with any particular tradition. It's an art project." 
We invite you to join us for an evening with best-selling novelist Jeffrey Lent whose long-anticipated fifth novel,
