Believe it or not, summer is almost at an end. Whether you’re Team Endless Summer or Team Spooky Season, there’s one thing we can all agree upon: getting excited over new books! We asked Team OTB to share a few of the titles coming out during the remainder of 2021 that have them excited and/or tingling with anticia…pation.
Read MoreAnyone who has had the chance to visit the shop in person can attest to the love held by Team OTB for the one and only: Ms. Taylor Alison Swift. American songwriter, pop culture icon, cat lover, the list goes on. We love how TSwift is able to capture emotions in a way that makes you feel them so acutely. To tide ourselves over until the Red (Taylor’s Version) release this fall, we asked our team for some book recs inspired by some of our favorite Taylor albums.
Read MoreIn case you missed it, our staff has been laying out their true feelings about TikTok’s most beloved recommendations. They had so many feelings, in fact, that we had to make room for a second blog post to capture them all. Enjoy!
Read MoreWelcome back to the blog! As you remember, “All reading is good reading",” according to our friend Katlyn Bennett, but when it comes to assigned summer reading, the selected titles can be a bit hit or miss, even for avid readers. We asked our team to embrace the #ThrowbackThursday of it all and reflect on some of their (in some cases surprise) favorites from their days of summer reading.
Read MoreMany thanks to those of you who joined us for Sunday’s True Story Book Club event. This month’s pick, Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart by Claire Harman, has us considering the classics. Namely: What qualifies as a “classic” novel, and which are among our team’s favorites? Read on to find out!
Read MoreCheck some out of our team’s top picks from Black authors for Black History Month 2021!
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