See what I mean? You can order from home and check our inventory from home whenever it strikes your fancy. And if by chance you have emptied your list of "books to read" (If you're like me, that will NEVER happen...), you can always check in with our staff recommendations. You'll find everything from our Nightstand reviews from the Grass Roots Reader newsletter, to specialized lists of Children's, Local, and Seasonal titles. And more is to come! (My Cooking recommendations will be coming soon!)
It has also been a few couple of months for events in the store, so it's really no wonder I haven't had time to blog. For poetry month in April, we hosted a wonderfully diverse crowd of local poets. May has been aflame with more local authors, and we have more planned in June. There are many local writers with new books out this year, and we're hosting three of them next month. George Estreich will join us June 4 at 2 p.m. for a reading and signing, Marjorie Sandor will lead a memoir-writing workshop on June 11 at 2 p.m., and Katie Kacvinsky will be here June 25 at 2 p.m. for a reading and signing. So much going on! (And more to come... Kathie Sever July 14...Laurie Notaro October 1...I could just squeal!) Follow along here, be our fan on Facebook, sign up for our newsletter, or stop by the store to keep up with what's new!
Certainly more new stuff will follow. I've seen some exciting changes in a few sections as a result of our recent surveys (Cooking and Crafts! YES!) which I will be talking about more in depth very soon. Our new website will keep improving, I (hopefully we...) will blog more often, and we'll work even harder to make shopping at Grass Roots your best book shopping experience ever. (Just please let us know how we can do that!)
With all that's new, however, somethings never change: I'll see you at the bookstore!
Pamela.
