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As Kona Stories completes our 10th year in business, we know we have many people to thank for making it possible for Kona to have a community bookstore. Here are some of the people to whom we are grateful:
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Story time leaders and Sponsor:
All the creative women of the AAUW, but especially: Becky Bickford, Linda Arlington, Olivia Padilla, Sonia Edmunds, Cindy Armer, Madalyn McWhite-Lamson, and each of the monthly helpers as well as story time sponsor Stefanie Delmont of Blue Journey Farm.
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Words & Wine Authors:
G. Elizabeth Kretchmer, Karlyn Pipes, Diane Sherwood Holck, A. K. Driggs, Ken Cohen, Robert McCaw, Carol Thorseness, Diffany Dette, John Dvorak, Sonia Martinez, Cathy Hammond, William Helbing, Richard Diedrichs, Anne Kelleher, Don Goodman, Cheryl Jones, John Holland, Jan Rufo, Natalie Guerin, Akinori Imai, James John Prattus, Sandy Cameli, James Charles, Cecilia Johansen, Diane Thorton, Susan Scott, Alan McNarie, Rosa Say, Carol Aronoff, Mike Malagan, Jane Hoff, Marie Snyder, Becky Ringler, Frances Titosky, Eliza Cahil, Lynn Andrews, Robert Frutos, and Marlise Buhler. Also to our regular Words & Wine helper Sharon Cannon.
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Holiday related helpers:
Grinches and photographers: Liz, Eva, Catherine, Loren, Rex, BJ, and Jan. Cookbook authors: Gina Franchini, Suzanne Bearth, and Susan Hicks. AND our wonderful holiday worker, Erin Durkin who also helped out for inventory.
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Other events and special thanks to:
Everyone who mourned the loss of our store cat Shadow with us and supported AdvoCats in the process.
West Hawaii Today for printing our events, book, and book club info.
The staff at the
Keauhou Shopping Center including, Deanna, Aaron, Kristin, and the always helpful maintenance and security staff.
New Thought Church for including us for book sales when speakers come to town.
Kona Historical Society for including us for book sales at their speaker series.
Clear Englebert for including us for event book sales and in his 'used book circuit'.
All of our
Book Group participants whether occasional or regular, we look forward to and appreciate your thoughts, comments, and support.
Everyone who helped out at our
Harry Potter day including Nora Judd and Mona Trenae.
The
Donkey Mill Art Center for holding Cool Fusion at the shopping center.
Author
Rosemary Wells for making a special trip to our store.
Mehrengez Rahmatova for helping at the store before moving on to greater things.
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A very special Mahalo to Michelle Strobehn.
Michelle works at Kona Stories on Sunday, for many events, fills in during vacations, and whenever we need extra assistance. What a great addition to Kona Stories!
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Kona Stories held or participated in over 75 events in 2016! So I hope we didn't miss anyone, but please know that it is our pleasure to provide a welcoming place of community for Kona.
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Words & Wine:
Tuesday, Jan 3 @ 6pm
Join us for light pupu, refreshments, talk story, and short talks from these authors:
Cindy Sample:
Dying for a Donut
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Cindy Sample
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In
Dying for a Donut we find Laurel McKay spending an autumn afternoon munching on caramel apples and cinnamon donuts. Then Laurel stumbles over the bakery owner coated in powdered sugar. Detecting among donuts should be a piece of cake, but not if Laurel discovers first-hand that sugar can kill you. Cindy has been a finalist for the LEFTY award for best humorous mystery, and winner of the 2012 NCPA best fiction award.
Amy Reade:
House of the Hanging Jade
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Amy Reade
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In House of the Hanging Jade a dark presence had invaded the Jorgensens' house. On a spectacular bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, something evil is watching and waiting. Amy M. Reade, a recovering lawyer, lives in southern New Jersey, though she wishes she lived in Hawaii. She is the USA Today bestselling author of Secrets of Hallstead House, The Ghosts of Peppernell Manor, and House of Hanging Jade (set on the Island of Hawaii).
Hank Wesselman:
The Re-Enchantment
Research paleoanthropologist Hank Wesselman is one of those rare cutting edge scientists who truly walks between the worlds. When Shamanism is practiced with humility, reverence, and self-discipline, the shaman's path can become a way of life, one that may enrich our experience beyond measure.
The Re-Enchantment offers a compelling road map to help us restore our sense of wonder, reconnect with our true sources of healing and power, and take part in the new transformational movement that is changing our world.
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Our Book clubs are fun and friendly!
Read the book, bring either a pupu or beverage, and enjoy a lively discussion.
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Fates & Furies
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Our Fiction group:
Fates and Furies by
Lauren Groff is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. Join us to discuss this National Book Award finalist on
Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 6:30pm.
Our Travel Group:
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by
Bill Bryson
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Bryson has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed -- and what hasn't. With his instinct for the funny and quirky, and his eye for the idiotic, the bewildering, the appealing, and the ridiculous, he offers insights into all that is best and worst about Britain today.
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Joy and Brenda (Owners)
Noble and Chloe (Cats)
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Hours: Closed New Year's day.
Monday-Friday: 10am-6pm; Saturday: 10am-5pm; Sunday: 11am-5pm
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