Happy Mid-October!
Normally, we would be in the midst of prep for one of our favorite events of the year, Merchants Trick or Treat. Sadly, this year the City of Hudson and Merchants of Hudson Board decided, two days ago, that the construction on Main Street makes it too dangerous to participate in this event. Despite the fact that there is currently no construction north of Clinton Street, Main Street has been asked not to participate. We understand that this is a last-minute decision and knowing people have already been planning costumes, we will still be having our costume contest as advertised in our beginning of the month newsletter. Anyone that comes in on the 27th with a book-related costume will be entered in a drawing to receive a Learned Owl gift card. There will be one prize for adults and one for kids.
As the construction proceeds, I'm sure we will continue to encounter disappointing situations such as this. We will do our best to manage each one with the concerns of the City as well as the best interests of our valued customers in mind. Thank you for your support, and happy reading!
- Kate
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Coming up at
The Learned Owl
Saturday, Oct. 15, 1-3 PM
(at The Owl)
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2-3 PM
(at The Owl)
Early Halloween Story Time. We'll read
Enzo's Very Scary Halloween and enjoy an activity and refreshments. Please call to reserve a spot: 330-653-2252.
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2 PM
(at The Owl)
Our History Book Club discusses Napoleon Bonaparte. Join us!
Sunday, Oct. 16, 7 PM
David Sedaris at the Akron Civic Theater. Read more and purchase tickets at
akroncivic.com. The Learned Owl will provide books for purchase at this event.
Thursday, Oct. 20, 7 PM
(at the Hudson Library)
Friday, Oct. 21, 6-8 PM
(at The Owl)
Saturday, Oct. 22, 1-3 PM
(at The Owl)
Saturday, Oct. 22, 1-3 PM
(at The Owl)
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 7 PM
(at the Hudson Library)
Saturday, Oct. 29, 1-2 PM
(at The Owl)
Saturday, Oct. 29, 1-3 PM
(at The Owl)
Cleveland author
Amanda Uhl with her paranormal romance
Mind Waves.
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New & notable for teens
Kate recommends: Jay Asher does it again!
What Light by Jay Asher
[Razorbill, $18.99]
Sierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon. It's a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year, they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas.
Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, and one life eclipses the other.
By reputation, Caleb is not your perfect guy: Years ago, he made an enormous mistake and has been paying for it ever since. But Sierra sees beyond Caleb's past and becomes determined to help him find forgiveness and, maybe, redemption. As disapproval, misconceptions, and suspicions swirl around them, Caleb and Sierra discover the one thing that transcends all else.
What Light is a love story that's moving and life-affirming and completely unforgettable.
by Lauren Oliver
[HarperCollins, $19.99]
"Electric, heartbreaking, pulse-pounding, and timely,
Replica is a riveting two-for-one. Two complex heroines, two puzzling mysteries, two interweaving adventures, all in one astounding novel." - Victoria Aveyard, #1
New York Times bestselling author of
Red Queen
[read more]
by Karen Fortunati
[Delacorte Press, $17.99]
Seventeen-year-old Catherine Pulaski knows Zero is coming for her. Zero, the devastating depression born of Catherine's bipolar disorder, almost triumphed once; that was her first suicide attempt.
Being bipolar is forever. It never goes away. The med du jour might work right now, but Zero will be back for her. It's only a matter of time.
And so, in an old ballet-shoe box, Catherine stockpiles medications, preparing to take her own life before Zero can inflict its living death on her again. Before she goes, though, she starts a short bucket list.
The bucket list, the support of her family, new friends, and a new course of treatment all begin to lessen Catherine's sense of isolation. The problem is, her plan is already in place, and has been for so long that she might not be able to see a future beyond it.
by A. S. King
[Dutton Books, $17.99]
Sixteen-year-old Sarah can't draw. This is a problem, because as long as she can remember, she has "done the art." She thinks she's having an existential crisis. And she might be right: She does keep running into past and future versions of herself as she wanders the urban ruins of Philadelphia. Or maybe she's finally waking up to the tornado that is her family, the tornado that six years ago sent her once-beloved older brother flying across the country for a reason she can't quite recall. After decades of staying together "for the kids" and building a family on a foundation of lies and domestic violence, Sarah's parents have reached the end. Now Sarah must come to grips with years spent sleepwalking in the ruins of their toxic marriage. As Sarah herself often observes, nothing about her pain is remotely original and yet it still hurts.
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Now in paperback
the better to fit in your backpack
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