For those of you that are new to the blog, this year Old Town Books is partnering with the Reading Women podcast to highlight their annual reading challenge and help our community expand their reading horizons. The overall theme of the 2021 challenge encourages participants to “read the world” and seek out authors from outside their home countries. In this vein, we’ve rounded up ten selections written by and translated (in most cases) by women. Enjoy!
Read MoreAs we move ever-closer to the glorious days of summer, we continue to work our way through the 2021 edition of the Reading Women podcast’s yearly reading challenge. If you find yourself stumped on a certain Challenge category or just unsure of where to start, hopefully these recommendations from your very own Team OTB will point you in a new direction. Happy reading!
Read MoreEach year, the Reading Women team collaborates to create a yearly reading challenge that encourages their listeners and the bookish community at large to consider the authors, genres, and topics that find their ways into TBR piles. Read on to learn more about this year’s challenge, Kendra’s goals for the podcast, and the upcoming collaboration between Reading Women and Old Town Books.
Read MoreAs you may have heard, Team Old Town Books has been craving some organization and order in the midst of our big store move lately. This brought us to the topic of tracking one’s reads (there’s another reason too, but you’ll have to keep reading to find out…).
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