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Wellesley Books Newsletter
November 23rd, 2016
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! Wellesley's annual Holiday Stroll will take place on Sunday, December 4th, and the whole town is getting ready. Featuring strolling carolers, sleigh rides, ice sculptures, the famous Art Walk, pictures with Santa, a scavenger hunt, and bargains throughout the town (free parking!), the Holiday Stroll culminates in the lighting of the town Christmas tree. Wellesley Books will be hosting nine different author signings throughout the day:
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
2:00 PM
The Holiday Stroll is fun for the entire family, so make your plans now! Once you go, you'll understand why this yearly event is such a beloved Wellesley tradition.
Everyone at Wellesley Books would like to wish all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Don't eat too much turkey!
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Upcoming Events At Wellesley Books
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All events are free to the public, unless otherwise noted.
Purchase the lead title
from Wellesley Books to enter the signing line!
Wednesday, November 30th, 6:30 PM till 8:30 PM. Wellesley Books is a whole lot more than a great bookstore; we also have a wide variety of amazing gifts for anyone on your holiday list. Join us for our Gift Open House, a fun evening of shopping and socializing as we place our outstanding gift department in the spotlight. There will be wine and appetizers as well as 10% off all gift items purchased during this event.
Thursday December 1st, 7:00 PM. Inducted into the James Beard Foundation's Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America, Dorie Greenspan introduces her wonderful new cookbook,
Dorie's Cookies. Over the course of her baking career, Greenspan has created more than 300 cookie recipes, yet she has never written a book about them - until now. This event includes delicious cookies made from recipes from the book!
Please note that this is a ticketed event.
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Tuesday, December 6th, 7:00 PM. In his new book,
The Art Of Rivalry
, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists - Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, Freud and Bacon -- whose competitive friendships spurred them to new creative heights. Each of these relationships culminated in an early flashpoint, a rupture in a budding intimacy that was both a betrayal and a trigger for great innovation. Join Sebastian Smee for an evening of art discussion and get a copy of his new book personally autographed.
Thursday, December 8th, 7:00 PM. Join the editors of Domino magazine as they discuss their new book
Domino: Your Guide To A Stylish Home. The editors of the book take a detailed approach to the specifics of making a space your own -- the key pieces, accessories, colors, patterns, objects, decorative treatments, lighting, and art that personalize a space and truly make it a unique and stylish home. They aim to help readers achieve Domino's number one goal: creating a space you love.
Monday, December 12th, 7:00 PM. Two teens are forced to murder -- possibly each other -- in
Scythe, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the bestselling
Unwind dystology. In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed by professional reapers. Citra and Rowan have been selected to be scythe's apprentices, and they must learn the art of killing and come to understand the necessity of what they do. Meet the author, Neal Shusterman as he reads from
Scythe and signs copies.
Please note, this is a ticketed event.
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Get A Free Audiobook From Libro.fm
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Saturday, November 26th is Small Business Saturday, and Wellesley Books has partnered with Indies First and
Libro.fm to bring you a special one-day-only promotion. Libro.fm is like Audible (which is owned by Amazon), so if you would rather have your dollars go to an independent, locally-owned business, then this is a terrific, user-friendly option! Stop in this Saturday to sign up for Libro.fm -- it's easy, but we're glad to help -- and you will receive a code good for your first digital audiobook absolutely
free. You can choose from the terrific list of best-selling books to the left for your free download. What better time to try this awesome service while supporting your favorite bookstore?
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Bill's Book Group For Guys
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by Ruth Ozeki
This is a real page-turner from a master storyteller with exquisite riffs on the nature of time, quantum physics, zen Buddhism, Japanese history, and the global environment.
Join Bill's Book Group for Guys for a relaxed evening in the store discussing a specially-chosen book while enjoying a beer, glass of wine, or select single-malt whiskey. $25 buys the book and a ticket to the event.
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Betty's Lunchtime Book Group
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by Elizabeth Nunez
Betty Sudarsky, unparalleled bookseller and experienced book club leader, chooses each book carefully and leads the discussion. Bring your own lunch if you like; Betty supplies snacks, drinks, and insight. No need to sign up; drop-ins are welcome.
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Bookseller Recommendations
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Phyllis Recommends:
Never Look An American In The Eye by Okey Ndibe
This is a charming memoir of the author's transition from Nigeria to his life in America -- presented as a series of short stories. Ndibe's self-deprecating sense of humor lends an air of mischief and levity to issues as benign as miscommunication about cultural norms like "going dutch" and "personal space" but also hits hard around issues of racial profiling, colonialization, and discrimination. Ndibe's story resonates on a more personal dimension as he comes full circle as a writer and as a man of principle.
William Recommends:
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
Chabon has penned a fictional biography of his grandfather, featuring three different times in his life -- his WW2 years when he discovered a love of rocketry, his marriage to an emotionally unstable woman, and his budding romance with a woman in a retirement community. Through these splintered tales, Chabon, and the reader, discover how love can always exist "in the cracks" of any life. Somewhere between fact and fiction, the reader (and, I assume, Chabon himself) discovers how rich and unknowable love can be. This is a beautiful story on every level.
Peter Recommends:
Emma Donoghue refines the element of confinement so central to
The Room in this powerful and haunting story, set in rural Ireland in the years following the potato famine. Anna is a young girl from a poor family, who seems to thrive without food; Lib is the English nurse who has been brought in to help determine whether the girl's fast is fraud or miracle. But Anna's condition worsens, and Lib is faced with standing up to an intensely devout family and community in order to save the girl's life. At heart is the power of faith, both religious and personal, to guide one's heart to the right course.
B.J. Recommends:
The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz
A peasant girl, a Jewish boy, a dark-skinned oblate, and a dog are our lead characters, but the tale is told in a bar by narrators of varying sobriety, perspective, and intention. The Inquisitor's Tale is far more than idle amusement. The trials of Jeanne, Jacob, William, and Gwenforte (the Holy Greyhound) involve conflicts of race, gender, class, and religion. Savor it as the tale of a quest or dive deep into the issues it raises in its Chaucer-esque narrative. It's certainly not for middle grade readers only!
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Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
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Coloring And Activity Books |
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Check out our cool new YA Twitter feed
here!
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New Books For Young People
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Spice things up for the Holidays!
We have a wide selection of holiday cards for heartfelt greetings, advent calendars for daily surprises all month long, seasonal thinking putty for the kids, and festive crackers for fun at the table!
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What We're Reading Now...
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Saffron
Saffron is a two year old Basenji mix who visited us at the store recently. We loved her furrowed brow, which made her appear worried, and her wildly-wagging, curly tail, which proved that she was not worried in the least. She came all the way from St. Thomas to Sudbury, where her new owner found her and adopted her. She has a ton of energy, and she loves to run and jump. Welcome to Wellesley Books, Saffron!
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"I had a friend once who looked at his library and discovered that even if he completely stopped filmmaking (he was a filmmaker too) and just decided to read the books he had in his library, it would take him until he was 100 years old. He was a little bit panicked. But he was courageous. He went out of his house. He went to the bookstore. And he bought ten books."
-- Alain Resnais
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Monday, November 28th. It is Cider Monday at independent bookstores across the nation. Stop in to our store and receive a free cup of delicious, warm cider, given to you by smiling servers who will not crash! It's our way to thank our wonderful customers for supporting their locally owned and independent bookstore. Thank you!
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Thank you for supporting your community
independent bookstore!
Sincerely,
William D. Carl
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