If you’re looking to kick off your 2021 reading goals with some highly recommended reads, look no further. We checked in with our amazing team of booksellers and staff to find out some of their top book picks from 2020.
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Today, we asked our team to share some of their favorite fall and winter reads and activities. Check these out as you play the fun Virginian game: “Which season is it outside today?”
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If you’re a fan of both books and movies, you’ve likely experienced the highest of hopes and the lowest of disappointments when it comes to the arena of book-to-movie adaptations. Here we’ve given our staff a safe space to sound off on their most egregious experiences when it comes to bringing a beloved book to the big screen.
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Election Day is quickly approaching, and we don’t need to tell you how important it is to cast your ballot this year. You’re hearing it everywhere, and we know you know. But – just in case – before you read this blog post, take a few minutes make your voter plan.
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Greetings, goblins, ghouls, and other ghastly creatures. The spookiest night of the year draws ever nearer. While Halloween this year won’t look precisely the same as one would usually expect, there’s still plenty you can do to celebrate this silly and/or spooky holiday. Not sure which mystery to add to your TBR pile? Fear not, mere mortals. Our staff has some scary-good recommendations, so read on…if you dare!
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Today we’re checking in with our team to hear what they’ve been watching and reading to keep themselves occupied during lockdown this year. Tune it, check out the reads, and enjoy!
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Today concludes 2020’s Banned Books Week, an annual event coordinated by the American Library Association (ALA) to celebrate works that have historically been censored in school and public library environments.
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We want to take this opportunity to introduce our new faces and share some comfort picks from our whole staff. We asked our team to share the following:
Your top book(s) from quarantine (March - August/Sept)
A "comfort item" that’s…
Like all great works of literature, Twilight snuck up on me. When I purchased my first copy (the same I own to this day, tattered and worn and annotated as it is), I cannot recall how old I actually was.
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Last week, three of Old Town Books’ booksellers were able to attend the 8th annual Children’s Institute Conference, held by the American Bookseller’s Association. All three of us, Abby Bennsky, Jen Cheng, and Hilary Barrineau, had different and yet unified experience.
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