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Describe the last book you read in three words or less.
06/05/2026

Describe the last book you read in three words or less.

Insanely random... but how many of you still use clipboards?
06/05/2026

Insanely random... but how many of you still use clipboards?

Sandra brought snacks again! 😋
06/04/2026

Sandra brought snacks again! 😋

'This Book Made me Think of You' by Libby Page - https://russosbooks.com/book/9798217186990When Tilly Nightingale receiv...
06/04/2026

'This Book Made me Think of You' by Libby Page - https://russosbooks.com/book/9798217186990

When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn’t come as more of a shock. Partly because she can’t remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. But mainly because Joe died five months ago....

When she goes to pick up the present, Alfie, the bookshop owner with kind eyes, explains the gift—twelve carefully chosen books with handwritten letters from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him.

At first Tilly can’t imagine sinking into a fictional world, but Joe’s tender words convince her to try, and something remarkable happens—Tilly becomes immersed in the pages, and a new chapter begins to unfold in her own life. Monthly trips to the bookstore—and heartfelt conversations with Alfie—give Tilly the comfort she craves and the courage to set out on a series of reading-inspired adventures that take her around the world. But as she begins to share her journey with others, her story—like a book—becomes more than her own.

'birth vibes' by Jen Hamilton - https://russosbooks.com/book/9781538771471Childbirth is one of life’s most powerful expe...
06/03/2026

'birth vibes' by Jen Hamilton - https://russosbooks.com/book/9781538771471

Childbirth is one of life’s most powerful experiences—but it can also be overwhelming. Too often, expecting parents are prompted to create their perfect “birth plan,” only to feel disappointed or even traumatized if things go differently. That’s where Jen Hamilton comes in.

A labor and delivery nurse, ER veteran, and mom herself, Jen has been a steady presence at thousands of births (and on millions of screens). In Birth Vibes she uses both humor and heart, sharing her own stories to guide readers expectations about what happens in the delivery room. Instead of unyielding checklists, she encourages parents to learn their birth vibes—a blend of values and vision—which unlock the tools to advocate for the personalized care they need.

Birth Vibes is the ultimate companion for anyone preparing to give birth—or supporting someone who is. Warm, funny, and deeply grounded in real-life experience, this is the guide every parent deserves: allowing them adapt to whatever birth brings with confidence and calm.

The ladies got lunch today from 'In-N-Out' and they brought me fries. Awwwwwwwwww. 'You Like It Darker' by Stephen ...
06/03/2026

The ladies got lunch today from 'In-N-Out' and they brought me fries. Awwwwwwwwww.

'You Like It Darker' by Stephen King - https://russosbooks.com/book/9781668037720

You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

“Two Talented Bastids” explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream,” a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny’s most catastrophically. In “Rattlesnakes,” a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance—with major strings attached. In “The Dreamers,” a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. “The Answer Man” asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.

“King’s skills as a storyteller remain undimmed” (The Minnesota Star Tribune) and his ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace is unsurpassed. “The titular darkness promised is as riveting and all-consuming as ever” (New York magazine). You like it darker? You got it.

Big THANK YOU to Alex for stopping by and getting a book or two for thier classroom and (of course) five or six books fo...
06/03/2026

Big THANK YOU to Alex for stopping by and getting a book or two for thier classroom and (of course) five or six books for themselves.

It was very nice having Evan stop by to talk about and drop off his new book, 'Beyond the Street Lamp'. We have copies i...
06/03/2026

It was very nice having Evan stop by to talk about and drop off his new book, 'Beyond the Street Lamp'. We have copies in stock so please stop by and pick one up.

https://russosbooks.com/book/9798195455897

'Beyond the Street' Lamp is a raw, reflective memoir about a twelve-year-old boy from Torrance, California, who went looking for belonging and found himself pulled into gang life, addiction, incarceration, and years of consequences he was too young to understand.

Written with the honesty of a man looking back after decades of survival, recovery, and transformation, this is not a story meant to glorify the streets. It is a story about how a child becomes shaped by fear, loyalty, violence, and the wrong teachers - and what it takes to unlearn everything that once felt like identity.

From being jumped into a gang in middle school, to juvenile hall, tattoos, drive-bys, prison politics, he**in addiction, and a near-fatal overdose on a prison yard, Evan Cason tells the truth about the life he once chased and the damage it caused. But this memoir is not only about destruction. It is also about the people and moments that kept something alive in him: a mother who kept trying, a father who stood his ground, a grandmother who never gave up, two men who saved his life when prison politics said they should have walked away, and one final chance that became the beginning of recovery.

After his last arrest in 2010, Evan got clean, went to college, became a substance use disorder counselor, and built a life centered around helping others find their way back. Today, he works in behavioral health and addiction treatment, using the lessons from his own past to reach people who often feel unreachable.

Beyond the Street Lamp is a memoir of gangs, prison, addiction, family, recovery, fatherhood, and redemption. It is for anyone who has ever wondered how a good kid can drift so far, how survival can become its own prison, and how a person marked by the past can still become something more.

This is not a story about being feared.

It is a story about becoming free.

'The Divorce' by Freida McFadden - https://russosbooks.com/book/9781464249631What is a happily ever after really worth?N...
05/29/2026

'The Divorce' by Freida McFadden - https://russosbooks.com/book/9781464249631

What is a happily ever after really worth?

Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family…

Then—he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something.

It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, get back into the workforce, and piece together the shattered remains of her life.

Except, why should she?

Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession—and then into something far darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realizes her own life may be in danger.

But if it keeps her perfect family intact, isn't it worth it?

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