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Category Archives: North Atlantic Books
BIG (SALT)WATER MOVIES?
The inaugural wearing of the very large, very soft, very warm big wooly sweater with very long sleeves and detached collar proved once again that strange knittings are very much better than no knittings. And as we sat, toasty on … Continue reading
GOOD NEWS AND GOOD TIMES
Nearby newbies found Roseledge Books through this blog (RBb) which is such good news and a little bit magical. The coast is so fraught with in’s and out’s, that finding anything as subtly advertised as RB seems like magic. Remember … Continue reading
HOT! TIME TO READ
HOT! HOT! Too hot to move, but just right to settle in with a wanted book waiting to be read, with the fan on medium between open doors. Fortunately, Roseledge Books meets all of those requirements. I chose Ian Rankin’s … Continue reading
OH THE SHAME!
I love the morning paper, at least until something in it drives me nuts and it’s too early to call Charlie in Seattle. The case of “intellectual spousal abuse” was one too many somethings about people who should know better … Continue reading
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BOOKISH ROMP
Christmas cheer prevailed as Charlie and I and our almost-family neighbors had our biennial holiday romp at our almost-neighborhood bookstore yesterday. Everybody got a book (Thanks, moms), then retired to the Finnish Bistro across the street for really-good goodies and … Continue reading
REAL READERS WELCOME
Today is perfect. Public radio weather people say it may be the start of the best week of the summer. I am so-o-o ready. An unexpected pleasure, having lunch with my niece, nephew-in-law, and two greats up from Boston, just … Continue reading
Bleak? No, Austere.
These are great days, cold in Minnesota, but great. (Yes we can, President Obama, oh yes, we can.) So now is the time to sneak in mention of Arnaldur Indridason’s new paperback, Voices. (NYTimes Book Review,11-2-08) “Not the Icelandic guy … Continue reading
MORE BOOKS ADDED
This is the 5th batch of treasures added this summer! Some of these are reorders due to popular demand. (My only other copy sold.) Julia Spencer-Fleming’s series with the Vicar and the Police Chief is the best example. Some are … Continue reading
MORE BOOKS ADDED #3
Quite exciting news is that Roseledge Books has a second bestseller — which means three coipies have been sold. Walter Isaacson’s Einstein is now added to Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map, and together they document how nifty are the readers … Continue reading
BOOKS ADDED SO FAR, 2008
In the column to the right, I’ve added a page to record the new books added to the shelves of Roseledge Books during this summer. The first “installment” of this ongoing saga is listed below because I don’t know how … Continue reading