Greetings!
Spring Break for Ole Miss begins
Friday. At Off Square Books, we have a great selection of travel guides for
planning your itinerary and for tips on what to do when you get to where you're
going.
Cody Morrison, Square Books' book
buyer, has provided a list of the hottest new reads for on the beach or just
chillin':
WHAT IS THE WHAT by Dave Eggers
(Vintage, pb. 15.95)
Epic
novel based on the Lost Boys.
SMILE WHEN YOU'RE LYING by Chuck
Thompson (Henry Holt, pb. 15.00)
Inside
info from a guy who knows the truth about travel.
THE MOTEL LIFE by Willy Vlautin
(HarperPerennial, pb. 13.95)
Writes
like the love child of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor.
(more suggestions in "SCANNING THE FRONT TABLES")
Don't forget to "Spring forward"
and reset your clocks to Daylight Saving Time on Sunday morning, March 9. It
would be terrible to miss a travel connection because you're an hour late.
Square Books has a full schedule of signings for
March. Check out our updated calendar and Dear Reader on-line at www.squarebooks.com. |
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EVENTS
THURSDAY, March 6, Event begins at 5:30 p.m.
THACKER MOUNTAIN RADIO
Craig Havighurst
AIR CASTLE OF THE SOUTH: WSM and the
Making of Music City
(University of Illinois Press,
hd. 29.95) Started by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company
in 1925, WSM became one of the most influential and exceptional radio stations
in the history of broadcasting and country music. WSM gave Nashville the moniker
"Music City USA." With the rise of country music broadcasting and recording
between the 1920s and '50s, WSM, Nashville, and country music became
inseparable, stemming from WSM's launch of the Grand Ole Opry, popular
daily shows like Noontime Neighbors, and early morning artist-driven
shows such as Hank Williams on Mother's Best Flour. BUY NOW!
With musical guests The Okratones and Shannon McNally and The Yalobushwhackers.The TMR website is www.thackermountain.com.
MONDAY, MARCH 10THE CAKE MIX DOCTOR IS COMING TO OXFORD
WHAT CAN I BRING? COOKBOOK
by Anne Byrn
(Workman, pb. 14.95)
Potlucks and picnics, dinner parties, reunions, and
cookouts-it's the busy age of shared meals, which means with every invitation
comes the question, "What can I bring?" Anne Byrn, bestselling author of The
Cake Mix Doctor and The Dinner Doctor, knows exactly how to answer
the question. BUY NOW!
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SCANNING THE FRONT TABLES
More books for Spring Break:
THE KING OF LIES by John Hart (St.
Martins, pb. 6.99)
A seething
North Carolina murder story.
THEN WE CAME TO THE END by Joshua
Ferris (Back Bay, pb. 13.99)
The
great American office novel, compared to Catch-22.
THE DISSIDENT by Nell Freudenberger (Ecco, pb. 14.95)
Secrets,
love, art, identity, and the shining chaos of everyday life.
BLOOD AND THUNDER by Hampton Sides (Anchor, pb. 15.95)
The epic
story of Kit Carson and the conquest of the American west.
KOCKROACH by Tyler Knox (HarperPerennial, pb. 14.95)
Kafka
turned upside down; will he find success or be squashed flat?
ST. LUCY'S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES by Karen Russell
(Vintage, pb. 13.95)
Wolflike
girls in the magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. 5 PEOPLE WHO DIED DURING SEX by Karl Shaw (Broadway, pb.
9.95)
100+
lists all in perfectly bad taste.
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BOOK SENSE PICK
We have signed first editions!
THE RESERVE
by Russell Banks
(Harper, hd. 24.95) "Over the course of one summer month in the Adirondacks in
1936, lives unravel and secrets are revealed in unexpected ways. Combining
suspense and drama, Banks is in top form as he explores themes of old money,
the working class, love, and honor. Finally, he illustrates how tenuous all our
societal and familial roles truly are." --Sarah Bagby, Watermark Books,
Wichita, KS BUY NOW!
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"As Kockroach, an arthropod of the genus Blatella and
the species germanica, awakens one morning from a typically dreamless
sleep, he finds himself transformed into some large, vile creature."
From KOCKROACH by
Tyler Knox
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A generous selection of the proven, prevailing and promising literary
offerings available at your favorite local bookstore, provided by its
dedicated staff.
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