Mother's Day
A very happy Mother's day to all you moms!

You can get last minute gifts on Saturday from 10 am to 5pm, but we will be closed on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 14.
Our Book clubs are fun and friendly!  

Read the book, bring either a pupu or beverage, and enjoy a lively discussion.  
   
Our Travel Group: Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux 
Deep South
Paul Theroux has spent the past fifty years roaming the globe, describing his encounters with remote people and far-flung places in ten best-selling travel books. Now, for the first time, he explores a part of America--the Deep South. Setting out on a winding road trip, Theroux discovers a region of architectural and artistic wonders, incomparable music, mouth-watering cuisine--and also some of the worst schools, medical care, housing, and unemployment rates in the nation.
Yet, no matter where he goes, Theroux meets the unsung heroes of the South, the people who, despite it all, never left, and also those who found their way home and devoted their lives to rebuilding a place they could never live without. Join us to talk about Deep South on Tuesday, May 16 @ 6:30pm.  

Our Non-fiction group: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman 
The Zookeeper's Wife
After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these "guests," and human names for the animals, it's no wonder that the zoo's code name became "The House Under a Crazy Star." Best-selling naturalist and acclaimed storyteller Diane Ackerman combines extensive research and an exuberant writing style to re-create this fascinating, true-life story--sharing Antonina's life as "the zookeeper's wife," while examining the disturbing obsessions at the core of Nazism. We will discuss this award winning book that is now a movie on Tuesday, May 23 @ 6pm. 

Our Fiction Group: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.  
Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band's existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed. This critically acclaimed book will be the discussion topic on Tuesday, June, 13 @ 6:30pm
 
A sports-themed book group asks
The New York Times " Match Book"  for recommendations.

Read it Forward tells us about " Famous Writers and their Feline Friends".

Did you know that The American Writers Museum is opening in Chicago on May 16?

Most Moms would probably like to have this "Reading snug shed" for Mother's day.

Last, from Brightly, "The Books Kids Say Are the Best to Read with Their Moms
 
Happy Mother's Day, mahalo, and a hui hou,

Joy and Brenda (Owners)
Noble and Chloe (Cats)
Hours:
 Monday-Friday: 10am-6pm;
Saturday: 10am-5pm;
Sunday: 11am-5pm

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