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Mason Hereford is a mad genius

Turkey and the Wolf by Mason Hereford with JJ Goode

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I was at my local library branch yesterday (shoutout to Howson Branch), and while looking through the available cookbooks, came across Mason Hereford and JJ Goode’s Turkey and the Wolf, Flavor Trippin’ in New Orleans. I’ve followed the Turkey and the Wolf Instagram account for a while so, I was familiar with the book. I just hadn’t had it in my hands. When I pulled it out, I noticed that a previous borrower had tabbed a recipe – Sunday Morning Coming-Down Potato Salad. In this […]

Will You Come to My Panda Party?

Xander's Panda Party by Linda Sue Park

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To try and expand my reading and to have some sort of order to it I started a reading challenge of a book per letter of the alphabet. It hit a few bumps (it is not as easy as you might think) but really hit hard with the letters Q and X.  I did a little research and came up with Xander’s Panda Party for X (Q will be Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer. Hopefully). I thought, “Pandas?” That’s good. A party? Okay, that could […]

New place, new community, new home

The Garlic Eaters by Madison Safer

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As a bookseller I have access to books in multiple ways. The easiest way is to have online reader copies. I was granted access to The Garlic Eaters by Madison Safer this way. I was going to wait to read it (as it is due in July 2026, so I had plenty of time to read) but decided why not? I needed something that seemed quick and easy. There is nothing quick or easy about things. You are getting a deep story about displacement from […]

The American Spirit, Kentucky-Style

Kentucky Bourbon by Susan Reigler

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My bourbon journey started about 2.5 years ago, and to be honest if you had told me three years ago that whiskey would ever be my drink of choice, I would have looked at you like you were crazy. In college, I gravitated towards sweet cocktails, primarily rum and vodka based, like pineapple and Malibu. By my mid 30s, I had settled into gin as my preferred liquor, with gin and tonics being an easy make at home. I have always wanted to be more […]

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene don’t stop helping the bees, hunny!

Green Jolene and the Backyard Bees by Wendy Mass

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Green Jolene and the Backyard Bees is written by an author I have enjoyed reading over the years. This author is Wendy Mass. And while they have had a few different ages and have written a few different genres, their more realistic stories are fun. And when Mass collaborates with illustrator Billy Yong you get an interesting combination of realistic story, art and modern feelings. Yet, there is also a classical, family friendly feeling as well. This mixture works for today’s readers aged at least […]

“Love is sharing your popcorn.” —Charles Schultz

A Salwar Kameez for Ambika by Arti Pandey

Samina Goes to a Wedding: Celebrations from a Bangladeshi Marriage by Farida Zaman

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Somedays I think I must be one of the top 100 romantic skeptics. I mean, I love a good happily ever after, but I’m also the person who, when I see a public proposal, I’m the one saying, “Just say no! But if you do, get a good prenup!”  So when I recently found two picture books about weddings as online reader copies, I almost passed them by. I mean, I’m all for a wedding (I mean let me eat cake) but reading about them? […]



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