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We do our best to know you – How well do you know us? Match the bookseller with the book they’ve recommended. Email your answers to us at orders@vermontbookshop.com – or bring the marked-up ad into the store. If you get the answers right, we will give you a FREE $5 Gift voucher! How cool is that? 1
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BECKY takes customers’ reading recommendations as well as giving them. Reading is, too, social.
LILY used to be an
adorable little kid, but now she’s a competent young woman! Time flies.
SKYLAR gives great service six days a week. Working hard is his default mode.
JENNIFER has truly remarkable range and can, therefore, recommend a book to anyone. Really.
CAROL is our quiet mastermind and resident chef des chiens. Thank her for the water bowl!
KAI is our shelving ninja, as well as a talented musician and, yes, bartender.
BRENT keeps our books in order and can be counted on for heartfelt political discourse.
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THE LONG EARTH – Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter. Pratchett takes his interest in Earth-like worlds in a new direction; mankind discovers and explores a seemingly endless series of parallel Earths, each a bit different from our own.
THE BORROWER – Rebecca Makkai. Part-time Leicester resident and BLSE graduate Makkai’s debut novel is a both a charming road trip adventure, as well as a deep and very literate exploration of American values. I’d love to get this meaningful, yet fun to read book in many more hands.
FRANKENSTEIN – Mary Shelley Shelley’s Frankenstein is a classic worth reading. Written in the early 1800’s when God was supreme, Shelley’s portrayal of man as creator made her novel revolutionary. The tale of Victor Frankenstein and his monster raises the question of the rights a creator has over the life of his creation.
SACRÉ BLEU - Christopher Moore. An irreverent romp through one of our culture’s sacred memes: the fin-de-siecle Paris artists’ community. Beginning with the curious circumstances surrounding Van Gogh’s death and the allure of one indispensable pigment, Moore leads us on a lush survey of many of the personalities and paintings we revere.
TOWNIE - André Dubus III. Dubus’ riveting memoir describes growing up in a rough and desperate town after his parents’ divorce. It’s also a meditation on the paths to manhood – Dubus ardently pursues bodybuilding and fighting as a means to power, which are gradually displaced by the craft of writing. Gritty – absorbing.
TRAIN DREAMS Denis Johnson. Grand in scope but brief and to the point, Johnson’s novella conjures beautiful images of the US before it became infatuated with distractions. One man in northern Idaho adapts to the modern world.
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ALIF THE UNSEEN – G. Willow Wilson. Wilson blends fantasy, technology, philosophy, Arabic folklore, and Middle Eastern politics with a creative and fresh voice. A young hacker who protects those persecuted by the government, is given Arabian Nights-like text written by the jinn. Perhaps, if he can code it, he can save himself and his friends from the digital suppression of the government.
MORE THAN A WOODLOT: GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR FAMILY FOREST – Stephen Long. Long, the editor of my favorite magazine, Northern Woodlands, has compiled this book as a guide for owners of large or small properties to steward their woods for profit, biodiversity and/or enjoyment. It is great reading, even for those of us who don’t own forests.
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