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Sexy, sexy, sexy. Oh, and literary too. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the perfect book for your lady love:
The Age of Light
by Whitney Scharer (Little, Brown & Co. $28). This is the story of the tumultuous affair between photographer and artist Man Ray and Lee Miller, his muse, model, and an artist in her own right. Set in—where else?—Paris in the 30s, the novel's backdrop of the developing situation in Europe brings another layer of tension to the relationship. The love-crazed to crumbling relationship and the dramatic conclusion to the novel made for a book I couldn’t put down. So fix that nice dinner, light the candles and pour the wine, but don’t give her this book until the evening is over or you might just find yourself dining alone.
(We've got a great selection of Valentine's Day cards in stock!)
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Staff Pick
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From Kiwi:
You Know You Want This: "Cat Person" and Other Stories
by Kristen Roupenian (Gallery/Scout $24.99). Hard-pressed to find time to read lengthy novels? Try this collection of offbeat, provocative stories! Ranging from the mundane to the truly fantastical, Roupenian's short stories will shock you (in a good way!) from the first page. At its heart, this collection explores how women are limited by our current world and the perverted ways in which we might be forced to act to gain an inkling of respect or power.
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Two from Martha:
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones (Algonquin $16.95,
new in paperback
). An innocent man is sent to prison and his young marriage is strained. Life isn’t fair, and for people of color the unfairness is disproportionate and devastating. The characters were real and the story was genuine and heartbreaking.
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
by Sarah Smarsh (Scribner). Written by a woman who grew up on Kansas farms, this is a great companion to
Hillbilly Elegy
. The audio book is read well by the author.—Martha. (
Heartland
is available
in print and on CD
, and downloadable at
Libro.fm
.)
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NEW IN PAPERBACK THIS WEEK
Find these and more
here
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February is Black History Month!
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Never-published photos from the
NYT
archives.
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Witnessing American Slavery "Essential"
—
Kirkus
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The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
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From NC's Tyree Daye: Poems that reflect on the rich legacy of a young black man's ancestry.
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Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
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The North Carolina Book Festival is February 21-24
Nearly 50 local, national and international award-winning and bestselling authors, including William T. Vollmann, Hanif Abdurraqib, Sandra Cisneros, Jill McCorkle, and Jaki Shelton Green, will gather in Raleigh for the North Carolina Book Festival. Events will be held at venues across downtown Raleigh, at NC State Hunt Library, and at Quail Ridge Books. QRB will be the bookseller at all festival events, and you may pre-order signed copies of authors' books from us (specify "signed copy" when ordering). On Saturday, Feb. 23rd, QRB hosts the festival's children and teen events. Find the lates information on authors and venues at the
NC Bookfest website
and
Facebook.com/NCBookfest
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This week on
Bookin'
: Scott McClanahan
Scott McClanahan is the acclaimed and award-winning West Virginia author of
The Sarah Book
,
Crapalachia
,
The Incantations of Daniel Johnston
, and
Hill William
. He joins
Bookin'
host and QRB Marketing Manager, Jason Jefferies, in a wide-open discussion of his style of writing and his books. As part of NC Bookfest, McClanahan will be at at Kings in downtown Raleigh on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 5 p.m.,
in conversation with author Jeff Jackson
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NC Bookwatch
on UNC-TV
, with host D.G. Martin, airs on Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. This week's guest is Stephanie Powell Watts with
No One is Coming to Save Us
,
a novel about an extended African American family in a small NC town, and their colliding visions of the American Dream.
NC Bookwatch
episodes can also be found online
here
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Thursday, Feb. 7, 7:00 PM
MESHA MAREN,
Sugar Run
Mesha Maren won the 2015 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize for her short fiction and she is this year's Kenan Visiting Writer at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Sugar Run
is her debut novel: Unexpectedly freed after serving 18 years of a life sentence for manslaughter, Jodi McCarty falls in love with Miranda, a troubled young mother. Together these women try to make a fresh start, but is that possible in a rural West Virginia town that refuses to change? Novelist Lauren Groff says "Mesha Maren writes like a force of nature." Join us for this searing and gritty story about making a run for another life.
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Monday, Feb. 11, 7:00 PM
TIM DORSEY,
No Sunscreen for the Dead (Serge Storms #22)
Serge and Coleman are back on the road, ready to hit the next stop on their list of obscure and wacky points of interest in the Sunshine State. What starts out as an innocent quest to observe elders in their natural habitats, sample the local cuisine, and scope out a condo to live out the rest of their golden years soon becomes a Robin Hood-like crusade to recover the funds of swindled residents. The event is co-sponsored with Wake County Public Libraries.
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Wednesday, Feb. 13, 7:00 PM
The Open Discussion Project
Meeting monthly on second Wednesdays, the goal of this book club is to foster dialog and better understanding between people with differing political viewpoints. Book selections will alternate across the political spectrum, and meetings will have dedicated facilitators. February's book is
Melting Pot or Civil War: A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders
by Reihan Salam. Receive a 21% discount when purchasing the book for club attendance.
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Friday, Feb. 15, 7:00 PM
YA Fantasy Panel with LEIGH STATHAM, NICOLE CONWAY and JODIE LYNN ZDROK
Three authors of Young Adult fantasy fiction join us to discuss their new novels for ages 13 and up. Leigh Statham brings us
Imani Unraveled
, book two in the dystopian
Daughter 4254
series about fighting for the arts. Nicole Conway, author of the
Dragonrider Chronicles
now brings us
Savage
, the first volume in the
Dragonrider Legacy
series. And in Jodie Lynn Zdrok's debut murder mystery,
Spectacle
, a young reporter in 1880s Paris uses her supernatural visions to help track down a killer who is targeting young women.
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Saturday, Feb. 16, 3:00 PM
LAURA KING EDWARDS with memoir
Run to the Light
Laura had it all – a great job, a new loving husband and a home near her family and 7-year-old sister, Taylor. Everything changed when Taylor was diagnosed with Batten disease, a rare and fatal genetic disorder. Unwilling to take no cure for an answer, Laura founded a charity with family and friends, Taylor’s Tale, to save children with the disease.
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Book Clubs and Groups - Everyone Welcome!
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Writers Coffeehouse
Sunday, Feb. 10
2:00 PM
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Not For Men
Only
Monday, Feb. 11
7:00 PM
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OLLI
Tuesday, Feb. 12
2:30 PM
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The Open Discussion Project
Wedneday, Feb.13
7:00 PM
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Literary Horror
Thursday, Feb. 14
7:00 PM
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Find the schedule for all of our groups
here
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Mondays and Saturdays
10:30 AM
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For Young Adults with
developmental disabilities.
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QRB Teen Writers Collective
Meets at NCSU. Contact Cris.Crissman@gmail.com for info.
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Quail Ridge Books
34 Years of Independent Bookselling
919-828-1588
“
Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation.
”~~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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