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 Posted May 25, 2023 by Erin

If you've graduated from something, there's a good chance you received a certain book. And if you're trying to find a gift for a current graduate there's also a good chance that someone else has already bought this book.

Here are some different ideas.

 

 


 Posted April 30, 2023 by Allie

Happy first week of Dracula Daily for those who celebrate!

For the uninitiated, Dracula is an epistolary novel, told via letters, diaries, and telegrams that are all dated between May and November. Dracula Daily is a Substack which sends you an email with the content that occurs on each appropriate day. As a result, you read Dracula a little at a time over the course of six months, right in your email. 


 Posted April 24, 2023 by Allie

In honor of Earth Day, we collected some books about climate change, apocalypse, and saving the world. 

 


 Posted April 9, 2023 by Allie

We’ve all hit a wall at some point in our reading lives, right?

Sometimes a book is so good it’s impossible to follow up. Sometimes, a book is so bad we forget that reading is fun. Sometimes a book is good but I’m not in the mood to read it and now I’m 139 pages in and I refuse to put it down because no really, it’s very good, I just don’t want to read it right this second, but I will tomorrow hopefully, or maybe the next day. 

My point is that there are any number of reasons you might find yourself struggling to pick up any book at all. 


 Posted March 20, 2023 by Lily

Last year I made a haft-seen for a book display and blog post. I received immense support from staff and customers. It made me so happy watching people take photos of the table and asking me about it. So this year it was a no-brainer to make another one. 

Now it holds more weight with the crisis occurring in Iran. 


 Posted February 21, 2023 by Laura

Recently I’ve been trained to work on what is sometimes called the “Buy Counter” at Ravenna, where we take a look at the books customers bring in for store credit and that we may choose to buy for our store inventory. I’d never done that kind of work, and it interested me a bit, but the best part was that as the Children’s Book lead at the store, I could help determine which kids used books will do best for our customers. 


 Posted January 26, 2023 by Laura

 

Reading “classic” books never goes out of style, and there are so many reasons customers come in looking for a new copy of an old favorite. Check out these gorgeous and affordable new editions:


 Posted January 18, 2023 by Sarah C.

After the holidays, we all start with a little desire to do something different for the year ahead, even if we don't strictly call these changes "resolutions." And maybe the new thing you want to try is cracking open the book of an author with an overwhelming amount of work, which is where the Third Place Books staff steps in to help narrow down your options!


 Posted January 11, 2023 by Allie

We made it to the new year and the air is abuzz with exciting upcoming releases! Now that we’ve figured out our favorite books of 2022, and your favorite books of 2022, it’s finally time to look ahead. 

I asked Third Place booksellers what they’re anticipating in the new year and here were some of their answers: 


 Posted January 5, 2023 by Allie

Happy New Year everyone! We made it through 2022, and if you’re anything like us, you’re very excited for all the books coming up in 2023. But before we get into the books on the horizon, we thought it would be fun to look back at 2022. 

You already know all about our favorite books of the year, but what books did Third Place Books shoppers love this year? To answer that question, we dove into our records and made a list of the ten bestselling books that came out this year. 


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