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Brandi

 

 

 

 Meet Brandi, Fountain's newest bookseller. You can never be sure what color her hair will be or what genre she'll be reading. A true book omnivore, to steal Kelly's phrase, she is primarily a lover of fantasy books/series, she will fangirl with the best of them about Discworld, Harry Potter, Middle Earth, Sherlock Holmes, and Doctor Who. SO come in and pick her brain about all things geeky and wonderful!

The Snow Child (Paperback)

$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316175661
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books, 11/2012

I sobbed. You will sob. You will not regret it.

I honestly will not shut up about this book and how amazing it is. 

Eowyn Ivey evokes raw emotion from the reader so well that from page one you are hooked on this bittersweet tale. 

If you like a good tale about relationships and how they evolve and what love really means, then this is the book for you.

If you like the magic of a good fairy tale woven through the rough shod atmosphere of 1920 Alaska, then this is the book for you.

If you're just not sure what to read next, this is the book for you!

Best book I've read in years. Honest.


$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780316190084
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2/2013
I'm giddy excited about this book. I devoured Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series last year and now she has a YA title in set in the same Steampunk/fantasy world. If you like fantasy, adult or teen, you will love this book. (Also, parents worry not, this is clean YA - no language or sexual issues for younger teens!) Sophronia is her mother's worst nightmare: she likes to read, she climbs things, and she's always taking apart the mechanicals to see how they work. At her wits end over her unladylike offspring, her mother ships her off to boarding school. Sophronia is prepared to hate learning how to be a "proper lady" but she's in for a big surprise. She may be forced to perfect her curtsey, but she's also about to be schooled in poisons, self defense against vampires and werewolves and the art of secret codes. Such a fun book! And if you're like me, and you've read the Parasol Protectorate books (which I also recommend) then you'll get to see a few old friends although they're about 30 years younger!

The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)

$35.00
ISBN-13: 9780316228534
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown and Company, 9/2012

As a huge Harry Potter fan let me just say how proud I am of J.K. Rowling for proving that she is such a talented and versatile author with this book.

While the story and intended audience are about as far from the world of Potter as you can get, J.K.'s voice is so present here. Yes, it's a big book, but it reads just as quickly and easily as the largest Potter works did.

This must be my year for books about relationships, because this is another work that, through brutal honesty (or is that cynicism?), addresses the multi-tiered and overlapped relationships and politics in a small British town.  A lot of the ugliness of life is addressed and it is done with a dash of wit that keeps the book from being outright depressing a times.

This really is a great book and I would invite everyone to drop any assumptions or preconceptions they may have about it and give it a try. You'll end up liking the change, I promise.


$15.99
ISBN-13: 9781401341930
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Voice, 2/2013

Do not read this book in a dark, empty house.And if you decide not to heed the preceding advice, don't blame me when you can't sleep.

This is a great horror/thriller that you won't be able to put down.

Great touches of Gaelic fantasy, too.


$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780763660505
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Candlewick, 2/2013

Cute book. Cute for kids.


Honestly, it was very reminiscent of the Wimpy Kid series; right down to the illustration style. It’s the tale of Timmy Failure, his pet polar bear and their detective agency. Told from the slightly delusional point of view that is Timmy’s view of the world, there were times I had to keep reminding myself to read this through an eight-year-old’s eyes.


This is a great. clean book perfect for early readers. It reads quickly and does have a good moral lesson when you really get down to it. Definitely going to be recommending this to parents once it hits our shelves this spring.


I just really want to know whether the polar bear is real or imaginary. Could someone contact Mr. Pastis and find out for me? Thanks.


$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780062064646
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Voyager, 6/2012
Here's another fun supernatural series! Griffin Shaw was murdered in Las Vegas in 1960 and now he's back. Assigned to the role of centurion upon his death and tasked with guiding newly departed souls safely to the Everlast, Grif oversteps his boundaries and is kicked right back to earth. Now half angel and half human, Grif has a second chance to find out who killed him and his beloved wife, Evie, all those years ago. Along the way he meets Kit, an intrepid journalist with a devotion to the Rockabilly lifestyle whose life is in very imminent danger. After Grif saves her from fated death it's a race against the clock to stop the men who want her dead. Great original supernatural plot. Love the Rockabilly touch! And a nice, not overwhelming, dose of romance!

$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780062064653
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Harper Voyager, 3/2013
Grif and Kit are back and have a new mystery to solve. Grif has reconciled enough with his celestial superiors to be granted permission to remain on earth until he solves the mystery of his death; but that means fulfilling his centurion duties as well. His most recent assignment is complicated when Kit becomes determined to help. Now Grif has to protect her from a Fallen and help her figure out who is distributing a new, flesh-eating drug to Vegas' youth. Great follow up to The Taken. I'm very excited to find out how Vicki Pettersson wraps Grif's story up in the upcoming third book.

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