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Closed Sunday, Jan. 6 for Annual Inventory
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From Sarah:
Many feel that our country is more politically polarized than ever. If you'd like to take a positive step toward changing that I invite you to participate in the
Open Discussion Project
kicking off at Quail Ridge Books and a few other bookstores around the country this month. The Open Discussion Project is a book club to encourage people to connect across party and ideological divides, and gain some understanding about how good people have different beliefs. It's co-sponsored by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the National Institute for Civil Discourse and the American Booksellers' Association. You can read more about it
on our website
, and at the
Open Discussion Project website
. Please feel free to give me a call at 919-828-1588, or send me an email if you have any questions or ideas (
sarah@quailridgebooks.com
). We would love to have you join us at QRB on Wednesday, January 9th at 7 p.m. for our inaugural meeting.
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Our
Take Ten
Staffer for January: Ginger Kautz
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From Mamie:
Ginger Kautz is our new floor manager. She would rather be traveling but finds that reading about far-flung lands fills the gaps between her own travels nicely. For her new year’s resolution, she plans to read the second book of all those great series she started reading last year. And the year before that. Here are her top ten:
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Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Anne Fadiman (FSG $13). Short essays explore such literate pleasures as the "odd shelf," the particular enjoyment of reading a book in the place where it is set, and the sometimes weird quirks readers have for books as physical objects.
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Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road
by Kate Harris (Dey Street $24.99). A young woman bicycled across Central Asia on a journey of discovery with a childhood friend. Her vivid depictions of her modern travels are illuminated by the words of a range of explorers past—from Marco Polo to Thoreau to the Voyager Golden Record.
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi (Random House $17). Nafisi provides a window into her life and the lives of her students under the early years of the Islamic Republic of Iran. She encourages readers to view a critical approach to fiction as a way of increasing empathy and understanding, of seeing a world beyond one’s own, and of remaining hopeful even in dangerous times.
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Falling in Love with Hominids
by Nalo Hopkinson (Tachyon $15.95). A wild range of speculative fiction by an award-winning author: horrific, uplifting, tragic, and comic—all beautifully written and utterly human. That rare collection in which every story is a jewel.
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Record of a Spaceborn Few
by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager $16.99). A character-driven exploration of life aboard the spaceships that humanity once used to escape a dying Earth and that now circle a star as part of a wider, multi-species Galactic Commons. Chambers deftly engages with ideas of belonging, immigration, emigration, and social memory within a phenomenal science fiction novel with life-and-death stakes.
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A Novel Bookstore
by Laurence Cossé (Europa $15). A beautifully written book by an author who loves words, literature, and bookstores. One of those books that I wanted to quote incessantly and that made me want to read every book mentioned within it.
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Monkey: Folk Novel of China
by Wu Ch'êng-Ên, Arthur Waley translator (Grove $17). A fantastic, playful translation of one of the most popular stories in East Asia. Monkey and his companions on their journey to the West have inspired many retellings—but there is only one Monkey. (Also, the end of every chapter reminds me of Reading Rainbow: "And if you do not know what befell them, you must listen to the next chapter.")
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl (Penguin $17). Not at all a science book; rather the title is a reference to the title of a book within the novel. The protagonist litters her narrative with references to texts she’s read—and as the child of an itinerant professor, she’s read quite a few. A coming of age novel with a brilliantly dark undercurrent.
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The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien (HMH $35). My first favorite book—a grand adventure where the protagonist simply wants to enjoy the comforts of home. Best read with a pot of tea on standby.
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How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
by Ryan North (Riverhead $27). Mostly a science book written in a clever, pun-filled voice. Framed as an aid to jumpstart human civilization should a time traveler become stuck in the past, the book lays out introductory lessons in everything from the domestication of animals up to the development of the germ theory of medicine and
adding machines.
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Get free tickets for William T. Vollmann and Hanif Abdurraqib at NC Bookfest.
The North Carolina Book Festival is February 22-24, taking place at multiple venues in Raleigh including Quail Ridge Books. On Friday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.,
William T. Vollmann
discusses his two-volume
Carbon Ideologies
at Hunt Library at NCSU. Tickets are free but registration is required at
Eventbrite.com
(limit 2). Poet and writer
Hanif Abdurraqib
will be at Kings in downtown Raleigh on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m.—
we'll post the ticket link on
our Facebook page
when it goes live this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. For much more information about the Festival and the authors visiting, listen to the latest edition of the
Bookin'
podcast with Jason Jefferies at
QuailRidgeBooks.com/Podcast
and other podcast platforms--just search for
Bookin
!
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Holiday Merchandise and 2019 Calendars On Sale!
While supplies last, come in and take 50% off Christmas and holiday-themed cards, candles, puzzles, ornaments, and gift bags. Take 25% off holiday books, music CDs, and 2019 calendars.
(
In-store merchandise; all sales final.
)
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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 show is an encore of D.G.'s interview with Charles Frazier about his classic Civil War novel,
Cold Mountain
. Find
NC Bookwatch
here
.
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The
Indie Next List
is a monthly flyer that QRB and other indie book stores distribute, filled with bookseller-recommended fiction and nonfiction by established, as well as newly discovered writers. As a
QuailMail
subscriber, you'll receive a shoppable electronic version on the first Thursday of each month--look for it in your inbox tomorrow, Jan. 3. If you are not receiving it, and would like to, just let us know!
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JAN. 10, 7 PM
At Crank Arm
Brewing
JEFF JACKSON
Destroy All Monsters
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JAN. 12, 2 PM
WAKE Up and Read
Book Drive Kickoff
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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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Book Clubs and Groups - Everyone Welcome!
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Mystery
Book Club
Monday, Jan. 7
7:00 PM
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OLLI Book Club
Tuesday, Jan. 8
2:30 PM
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The Open Discussion Project
Wednesday, 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
2:00 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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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
“
There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all
.”~~Oscar Wilde
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