<h2 class="p1"><strong>Epigraph</strong></h2> <p class="p2">Welcome to episode 17! We're interviewing the a.m.a.z.i.n.g Holland Saltsman, owner of <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Novel Neighbor</a> in Webster Groves, MO.</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FullSizeRender-14-768x768.jpg" width="500" height="500" /> </p> <p class="p2">Listen on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-booksellers-the-podcast/id998365564"><span class="s1">Apple Podcasts</span></a>, <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers"><span class= "s1">Stitcher</span></a>, our <a href= "http://drunkbooksellers.com/"><span class="s1">website</span></a>, or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice.</p> <p class="p2"><strong>Support the show!</strong> All books in our show notes link to Indiebound, a website that connects you with your local independent bookstore. Purchases made through our affiliate links help fund Drunk Booksellers, so you can support your favorite indie bookstore <em>and</em> your favorite podcasting booksellers. #win</p> <p class="p2">If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links to the books we discuss—sign up for our email <a href= "http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T"><span class= "s1">newsletter</span></a>.</p> <p class="p2">This episode is sponsored by <a href= "http://www.booksandwhatnot.com/"><span class="s1">Books & Whatnot</span></a>, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archive <a href= "http://booksandwhatnot.com/email-archive/"><span class= "s1">here</span></a>. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/booksandwhatnot"><span class= "s1">@booksandwhatnot</span></a>.</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <h2 class="p1"><strong>Chapter I</strong></h2> <p class="p2"><em>In which We Discuss Bookstore Bathrooms, Discover that Staff Picks Work, and Talk About... Books...</em></p> <p class="p2">Before we start drinking, check out <a href= "https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2016/10/05/the-novel-neighbor-has-one-of-the-10-top-bathrooms-in-the-nation"> Novel Neighbor's bathroom</a>:</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://media2.fdncms.com/riverfronttimes/imager/u/original/3122343/novelneighborresized.jpg" width="500" height="494" /></p> <p class="p2"><strong>We’re Drinking</strong></p> <p class="p2">It's too hot for bourbon, so we're rocking dirty gin martinis out of mason jars, coffee mugs, and martini glasses (apparently Kim's the classy one this episode).</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/13S91i5z2aqGDm/giphy.gif" alt="" width="500" height="295" /> </p> <p class="p2"><strong>Holland's Reading</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385543583?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom</span></a></span> by A E Hotchner (for Novel Neighbor's <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/product/book-subscription/"><span class="s1"> Subscription</span></a> program)</li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781683690788?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction</span></a></span> <span class= "s5">by Gabrielle Moss (pubs 10/30/18)</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781419727726?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Maxwell King (the <a href= "https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781621888437-the-good-neighbor"><span class="s1"> audiobook</span></a> is read by LeVar Burton!)</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780778364153?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Harry's Trees</span></a></span> by Jon Cohen</li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781419732720?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Viv Groskop (pubs 10/23/18)</span></li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Emma's Reading</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781943888085?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">I'm Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Leyna Krow</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937512651?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us</span></a></span> <span class= "s5">by Hanif Abdurraqib</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781566895101?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Betwixt-And-Between: Essays on the Writing Life</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Jenny Boully</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399590504?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Educated: A Memoir</span></a></span> by Tara Westover</li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Kim's Reading</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524747459?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Arlene Stein<br /></span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735212817?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">When Katie Met Cassidy</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Camille Perri</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "applewebdata://6EDC73FD-4C86-4144-8998-BCAC55461195/9781626012516"> <span class="s3">Juliet Takes a Breath</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Gabby Rivera</span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>Forthcoming & Newly-New Titles We're Excited About</strong></p> <p class="p2"><strong>Hannah's Excited About</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197241?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Diary of a Bookseller</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Shaun Bythell</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385542883?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">What If This Were Enough?</span></a></span> by Heather Havrilesky (pubs 2018 Oct 2)</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062657671?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Disasters</span></a></span> by M K England (pubs 2018 Dec 12) - The Breakfast Club meets Guardians of the Galaxy!</li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143126706?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Hungover: The Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (pubs 2018 Nov 20)</span></li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399564512?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time's Convert</a> by Deborah Harkness</li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Kim's Excited About</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525521426?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Washington Black</span></a></span> by Esi Edugyan (author of Half-Blood for folks who love Sing Unburied Sing and The Underground Railroad. author of Half-Blood Blues)</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534306912?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Monstress Volume 3</span></a></span> by Marjorie Liu</li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765387523?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vengeful</a> by V E Schwab (follow up to <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250183507?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vicious</a>)</li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781324002642?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fifth Risk</a> by Michael Lewis</li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316421829?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents</a> by Pete Souza (author of <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316512589?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obama: An Intimate Portrait</a>)</li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Emma's Excited About</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374261597?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Severence</span></a></span> by Ling Ma</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316449052?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Rosewater</span></a></span> by Tade Thompson <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s5">Also mentioned: <a href= "ttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765397133?aff=DrunkBooksellers"><span class="s1">The Murders of Molly Southbourne</span></a></span></li> </ul> </li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401275211?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Mark Russell and Mike Feehan (author of the <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401268374?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flintstones</a> comic reboot)</span> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2">Bonus Podcast Recommendation: <a href= "http://www.superskullshow.com/"><span class="s1">Super Skull</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781936787975?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">All You Can Ever Know</span></a></span> by Nicole Chung (pubs 2 Oct 2018)</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781328911247?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Friday Black</span></a></span> by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (pubs 23 Oct 2018)</li> </ul> <p class="p2">Y'all. Hot take here. Staff picks work! Emma had a staff pick on <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781455565863?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All the Lives I Want</a> and Holland actually picked it up at Elliott Bay while visiting Seattle before our episode! (Shout out to our <a href= "http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> with Amy Stephenson from <a href="https://www.booksmith.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Booksmith</a>, who initially recommended it to us, and to our favorite audiobook provider, <a href= "https://libro.fm/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Libro.fm</a>.)</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style= "background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink= "https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl1bDxkHyiM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style= "display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style= "display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style= "color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style= "color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl1bDxkHyiM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Picked this up @elliottbaybookco from their #stafffavorite shelf, cracking it open tonight. #essays #hollandreads #literarytourism #shoplocal @grandcentralpub</a></p> <p style= "color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"> A post shared by <a style= "color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/novelneighbor/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Novel Neighbor</a> (@novelneighbor) on Jul 29, 2018 at 4:54pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p3">---</p> <h2 class="p1"><strong>Chapter II [26:37]</strong></h2> <p class="p2"><em>In Which No One Tells Holland She's Crazy, People Love Their Greeting Cards, The Drunk Booksellers Marvel at Novel Neighbor's Ability to Handsell Events, and We Reiterate that Bookstores are a Business (whaaaa?)</em></p> <p class="p2">The Novel Neighbor: More Than A Bookstore</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi4lbmCuNXdAhWbCTQIHemaCoQQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hastybooklist.com%2Fhome%2F5-stl-bookstores-to-visit-on-independent-bookstore-day&psig=AOvVaw0-UUqtzrlXRDJvt6ins1T0&ust=1537940185952650" alt="" /><img src= "https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58c180edff7c50dd0e51a2ad/t/5ab9344303ce648806796008/1522086998184/_MG_1838-1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p> <p class="p2">The Novel Neighbor is not just a bookstore. In addition to author events, they host <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/about/birthday-parties/"><span class= "s1">birthday parties</span></a>, <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/summer-camps/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">summer camps</a>, <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/event/kaiut-yoga-w-kelly-childs-5-week-class-multiple-times-dates/"><span class="s1">bookstore yoga</span></a>, and <a href="https://thenovelneighbor.com/events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adult classes</a> (like continuing ed, but sexier), among other things (sorry Amanda!).</p> <p class="p2">Recommended reading for staff retreats:</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781595620156?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">StrengthsFinder 2.0</span></a></span> <span class= "s
![<h2 class="p1"><strong>Epigraph</strong></h2> <p class="p2">Welcome to episode 17! We're interviewing the a.m.a.z.i.n.g Holland Saltsman, owner of <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Novel Neighbor</a> in Webster Groves, MO.</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/FullSizeRender-14-768x768.jpg" width="500" height="500" /> </p> <p class="p2">Listen on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drunk-booksellers-the-podcast/id998365564"><span class="s1">Apple Podcasts</span></a>, <a href= "http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drunk-booksellers"><span class= "s1">Stitcher</span></a>, our <a href= "http://drunkbooksellers.com/"><span class="s1">website</span></a>, or subscribe using your podcatcher of choice.</p> <p class="p2"><strong>Support the show!</strong> All books in our show notes link to Indiebound, a website that connects you with your local independent bookstore. Purchases made through our affiliate links help fund Drunk Booksellers, so you can support your favorite indie bookstore <em>and</em> your favorite podcasting booksellers. #win</p> <p class="p2">If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links to the books we discuss—sign up for our email <a href= "http://eepurl.com/cCHu2T"><span class= "s1">newsletter</span></a>.</p> <p class="p2">This episode is sponsored by <a href= "http://www.booksandwhatnot.com/"><span class="s1">Books & Whatnot</span></a>, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out their newsletter archive <a href= "http://booksandwhatnot.com/email-archive/"><span class= "s1">here</span></a>. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/booksandwhatnot"><span class= "s1">@booksandwhatnot</span></a>.</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <h2 class="p1"><strong>Chapter I</strong></h2> <p class="p2"><em>In which We Discuss Bookstore Bathrooms, Discover that Staff Picks Work, and Talk About... Books...</em></p> <p class="p2">Before we start drinking, check out <a href= "https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2016/10/05/the-novel-neighbor-has-one-of-the-10-top-bathrooms-in-the-nation"> Novel Neighbor's bathroom</a>:</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://media2.fdncms.com/riverfronttimes/imager/u/original/3122343/novelneighborresized.jpg" width="500" height="494" /></p> <p class="p2"><strong>We’re Drinking</strong></p> <p class="p2">It's too hot for bourbon, so we're rocking dirty gin martinis out of mason jars, coffee mugs, and martini glasses (apparently Kim's the classy one this episode).</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://media.giphy.com/media/13S91i5z2aqGDm/giphy.gif" alt="" width="500" height="295" /> </p> <p class="p2"><strong>Holland's Reading</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385543583?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom</span></a></span> by A E Hotchner (for Novel Neighbor's <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/product/book-subscription/"><span class="s1"> Subscription</span></a> program)</li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781683690788?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction</span></a></span> <span class= "s5">by Gabrielle Moss (pubs 10/30/18)</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781419727726?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Maxwell King (the <a href= "https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781621888437-the-good-neighbor"><span class="s1"> audiobook</span></a> is read by LeVar Burton!)</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780778364153?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Harry's Trees</span></a></span> by Jon Cohen</li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781419732720?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian Literature</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Viv Groskop (pubs 10/23/18)</span></li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Emma's Reading</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781943888085?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">I'm Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Leyna Krow</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937512651?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us</span></a></span> <span class= "s5">by Hanif Abdurraqib</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781566895101?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Betwixt-And-Between: Essays on the Writing Life</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Jenny Boully</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399590504?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Educated: A Memoir</span></a></span> by Tara Westover</li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Kim's Reading</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781524747459?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Unbound: Transgender Men and the Remaking of Identity</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Arlene Stein<br /></span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780735212817?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">When Katie Met Cassidy</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Camille Perri</span></li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "applewebdata://6EDC73FD-4C86-4144-8998-BCAC55461195/9781626012516"> <span class="s3">Juliet Takes a Breath</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Gabby Rivera</span></li> </ul> <p class="p1"><strong>Forthcoming & Newly-New Titles We're Excited About</strong></p> <p class="p2"><strong>Hannah's Excited About</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612197241?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Diary of a Bookseller</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Shaun Bythell</span></li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385542883?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">What If This Were Enough?</span></a></span> by Heather Havrilesky (pubs 2018 Oct 2)</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062657671?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">The Disasters</span></a></span> by M K England (pubs 2018 Dec 12) - The Breakfast Club meets Guardians of the Galaxy!</li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143126706?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Hungover: The Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (pubs 2018 Nov 20)</span></li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399564512?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Time's Convert</a> by Deborah Harkness</li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Kim's Excited About</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525521426?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Washington Black</span></a></span> by Esi Edugyan (author of Half-Blood for folks who love Sing Unburied Sing and The Underground Railroad. author of Half-Blood Blues)</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534306912?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Monstress Volume 3</span></a></span> by Marjorie Liu</li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765387523?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vengeful</a> by V E Schwab (follow up to <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250183507?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vicious</a>)</li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781324002642?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fifth Risk</a> by Michael Lewis</li> <li class="li2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316421829?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents</a> by Pete Souza (author of <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316512589?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obama: An Intimate Portrait</a>)</li> </ul> <p class="p2"><strong>Emma's Excited About</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374261597?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Severence</span></a></span> by Ling Ma</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316449052?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Rosewater</span></a></span> by Tade Thompson <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s5">Also mentioned: <a href= "ttps://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765397133?aff=DrunkBooksellers"><span class="s1">The Murders of Molly Southbourne</span></a></span></li> </ul> </li> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401275211?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles</span></a></span> <span class="s5">by Mark Russell and Mike Feehan (author of the <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781401268374?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flintstones</a> comic reboot)</span> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li2">Bonus Podcast Recommendation: <a href= "http://www.superskullshow.com/"><span class="s1">Super Skull</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781936787975?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">All You Can Ever Know</span></a></span> by Nicole Chung (pubs 2 Oct 2018)</li> <li class="li2"><span class="s2"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781328911247?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">Friday Black</span></a></span> by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (pubs 23 Oct 2018)</li> </ul> <p class="p2">Y'all. Hot take here. Staff picks work! Emma had a staff pick on <a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781455565863?aff=DrunkBooksellers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All the Lives I Want</a> and Holland actually picked it up at Elliott Bay while visiting Seattle before our episode! (Shout out to our <a href= "http://drunkbooksellers.com/ep-12-amy-stephenson-booksmith-shipwreck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">episode</a> with Amy Stephenson from <a href="https://www.booksmith.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Booksmith</a>, who initially recommended it to us, and to our favorite audiobook provider, <a href= "https://libro.fm/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Libro.fm</a>.)</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style= "background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink= "https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl1bDxkHyiM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style= "display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style= "display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style= "color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;"> View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style= "color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl1bDxkHyiM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Picked this up @elliottbaybookco from their #stafffavorite shelf, cracking it open tonight. #essays #hollandreads #literarytourism #shoplocal @grandcentralpub</a></p> <p style= "color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"> A post shared by <a style= "color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/novelneighbor/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Novel Neighbor</a> (@novelneighbor) on Jul 29, 2018 at 4:54pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p3">---</p> <h2 class="p1"><strong>Chapter II [26:37]</strong></h2> <p class="p2"><em>In Which No One Tells Holland She's Crazy, People Love Their Greeting Cards, The Drunk Booksellers Marvel at Novel Neighbor's Ability to Handsell Events, and We Reiterate that Bookstores are a Business (whaaaa?)</em></p> <p class="p2">The Novel Neighbor: More Than A Bookstore</p> <p class="p2"><img src= "https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi4lbmCuNXdAhWbCTQIHemaCoQQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hastybooklist.com%2Fhome%2F5-stl-bookstores-to-visit-on-independent-bookstore-day&psig=AOvVaw0-UUqtzrlXRDJvt6ins1T0&ust=1537940185952650" alt="" /><img src= "https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58c180edff7c50dd0e51a2ad/t/5ab9344303ce648806796008/1522086998184/_MG_1838-1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p> <p class="p2">The Novel Neighbor is not just a bookstore. In addition to author events, they host <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/about/birthday-parties/"><span class= "s1">birthday parties</span></a>, <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/summer-camps/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">summer camps</a>, <a href= "https://thenovelneighbor.com/event/kaiut-yoga-w-kelly-childs-5-week-class-multiple-times-dates/"><span class="s1">bookstore yoga</span></a>, and <a href="https://thenovelneighbor.com/events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adult classes</a> (like continuing ed, but sexier), among other things (sorry Amanda!).</p> <p class="p2">Recommended reading for staff retreats:</p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781595620156?aff=DrunkBooksellers"> <span class="s3">StrengthsFinder 2.0</span></a></span> <span class= "s](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41949674/25756e50662c2af3.png&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
