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Hello and welcome to Celebration of Books! I'm Sarah, a thirty-something bookstore manager and book buyer at an independent bookstore in the Philadelphia suburbs. I love my job, I love books, and I hope you'll find a book or two here that you'll enjoy as well!
Celebration of Books » Feminism
1y ago
Kingdom of Cards #1 This is one review I've been meaning to post for a LONG time - I met Janella in January and asked for three advance copies of her book so that I could buddy read it with two colleagues, who both finished it long before I did and absolutely loved it! Synopsis ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
I love all things pertaining to dragons and I was immediately sucked in by the description of When Women Were Dragons. I'd heard wonderful things about Kelly's middle grade novels and her first adult novel certainly did not disappoint. Synopsis From the publisher marketing:Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
Today is International Women's Day - a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality (definition from the IWD website). Each year there is a theme to International Women's Day and this year's theme is Break the Bias. As ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
Seven weeks ago I started a journey I never wanted to go on - my doctor found a lump (which turned out to be three) in my breast. I'm about the same age my mom was (early thirties) when she was first diagnosed with cancer (non-smoker's lung) and it's been my greatest fear (other than ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
Three years ago I wrote a blog post about feminism, "Good Little Feminist," fueled by incidents at concerts where I was fearful of men. I included a list of books about feminism that I had reviewed and in looking back on that list, I came to a startling revelation. Diary of a Bookseller #20 March ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence In my continuing efforts to read a book in every section of the store, I realized that the book I called true crime had a week argument at best. When I came across We Keep the Dead Close as an advance copy, I figured it ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick I promise I was trying to be better about posting regularly this month, but the time, where does it go? The Lady from the Black Lagoon was the Nonfiction Book Club selection for June, so I really am behind with this one! Synopsis From the publisher ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took on Washington The latest Nonfiction Book Club book is one I'd been anticipating reading for quite some time and am very curious to see what my fellow book club members think of it! Synopsis From the back cover:Journalist Patricia Miller tells the ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
I've been watching Little Women on near repeat the last few days to cope with being in the epicenter of the Pennsylvania Covid-19 outbreak. I re-read the book in the last month for the tenth time, but the first since I was fourteen and I'd nearly forgotten just how near and dear it is to ..read more
Celebration of Books » Feminism
2y ago
I almost posted another review today, but it's International Women's Day, so I knew I had to do a review of a book by one of my favorite female authors about one of my favorite women in history! Synopsis From the Jacket Flap:Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish: to ..read more