Open Monday–Saturday, 9 am–9 pm; Sundays 10 am–6 pm
Holiday Hours:
Open Wednesday, Dec. 26, 9 am–6 pm
Open Monday, New Year's Eve, 9 am–6 pm
Closed New Year's Day
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We hope you have some time for reading this week and in the winter days ahead. Here are suggestions from our staff:
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From Caroline:
The Queens of Innis Lear
by Tessa Gratton (Tor $26.99) is a twisting, dark interpretation of Shakespeare's
King Lear
, centering around Lear's daughters (a warrior, a scholar, and a priest) and the wild, fantastic island where they live. Steeped in magic, madness, greed, and love, this story gets into your bones. Perfect for dreary winter days, the prose will transport you.
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From Anne: If you read Fredrik Backman's
Beartown
you will feel right at home in his new novel,
Us Against You
(Atria $28), because this continues the story. If you didn't read
Beartown
, you'll soon get to know its inhabitants with all their hopes and relationships. They're good people—mostly—but they have to decide what to do when something goes very wrong in their town. "The complicated thing about good and bad people alike is that most of us can be both at the same time."
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Can these books be judged by their covers?
Here
are the 12 books from 2018 with the best covers, as judged by Matt Dorfman of the
New York Times Book Review
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Winner of the 2018 Thurber Prize for American Humor:
Priestdaddy
by Patricia Lockwood
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FIRST NIGHT RALEIGH passes are available at our front counter.
We've got "All Day Pass" admission buttons to First Night, Raleigh's New Year's Eve celebration of the arts. The passes are $11.00 for ages six to adult (ages five and below enter free with adult). While the lowering of the Raleigh Acorn has become synonymous with First Night Raleigh, the festival is much more than the countdown to midnight. The All Day Pass grants you access to nearly 100 performances in over three dozen locations across downtown Raleigh.
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CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY MERCHANDISE IS ON SALE!
While supplies last, take 50% off holiday cards, and holiday-themed candles and puzzles. Take 25% off holiday books and music CDs.
*New Year's cards not included. In-store merchandise only; all sales final.
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Poet Chris Tonelli joins Jason Jefferies on the latest
Bookin'
Podcast - Sponsored by Libro.fm
QRB Marketing Manager Jason Jefferies discusses the ideas and inspirations that fuel the poems in Chris Tonelli's recent volume
Whatever Stasis
. The podcast is sponsored by Libro.fm Audiobooks--tune in this week for a special offer from Libro for
Bookin'
listeners, at
QuailRidgeBooks.com/Podcast
.
Bookin'
can also be found at
iTunes
,
Stitcher
,
Spotify
, and other platforms.
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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, D.G.'s guest is former Governor Jim Martin with his book
Revelation Through Science
, which
explores the question of whether science and faith are incompatible.
Find the full cable schedule and a link to watch online
here
.
Looking for a fun New Year's Eve activity? Read D.G. Martin's
latest "One-On-One" column
for a suggestion involving famous North Carolinians and the
2019 World Almanac
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JAN. 10, 7 PM
At Crank Arm
Brewing
JEFF JACKSON
Destroy All Monsters
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JAN. 14, 5:45 PM
KENNETH AND SARAH JANE WRIGHT
Lola Dutch When I Grow Up
For ages 4+
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JAN. 17, 7 PM
TOMMY TOMLINSON
The Elephant in the Room
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JAN. 18, 7 PM
GARNER MAGNET HS STUDENTS
The Roots of Our People
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JAN. 19, 11 AM
FRANK HYMAN
Hentopia
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Book Clubs and Groups - Everyone Welcome!
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Mystery
Book Club
Monday, Jan. 7
7:00 PM
Members discuss their favorite mystery book from the year or two past.
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OLLI Book Club
Tuesday, Jan. 8
2:30 PM
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The Open Discussion Project
Wedneday, Jan. 9
7:00 PM
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Literary Horror
Book Club
Thursday, Jan. 10
7:00 PM
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Writers Coffeehouse
Sunday, Jan. 13
7:00 PM
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Find the schedule for all of our book clubs
here
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No storytimes on Dec. 29 or Dec. 31
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Saturday, Jan. 5
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
“
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written
.”~~Henry David Thoreau
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