Books & Crannies

03/20/2020

to all UA members who are my friends on here ...just wanted to be sure you saw this.

An address to the UA Membership from General President Mark McManus regarding COVID-19.

12/08/2010

We thought you like to know...

We are a full service, general, and independent bookstore in the heart of Virginia's hunt and wine country.

10/27/2010

Tomorrow is Books & Crannies last day of business. It has been wonderful being with all of you. You have enriched my life beyond measure. The dream lives on.

10/24/2010

I've created a new blog to try to keep the book conversation going and to support writers everywhere. I just posted my first post! I am technically challenged but I'm going to try...I hope you'll subscribe...just bear with me until I figure it out! It's called Genieology and here's the link...

10/17/2010

Here is the link to our announcement that we are closing. I will miss you all very much, but the dream lives on and perhaps someday, with your support, I can do this again. Thank you for everything. Watch this space for more news.

09/02/2010

I've been irritated for a long time about the whole 'chick lit' designation -- it's always sounded like a put down to me -- and up pops this blog entry that pretty much says it all. Click on the link to read the whole entry from NPR's Linda Holmes.

A recent debate over book reviews and the ubiquity of similar Brooklyn writers stresses the desperate need to put away the term "chick lit" forever.

09/01/2010

Tony Blair's autobiography, My Journey, is Waterstone's (England's version of the evil empire) fastest selling political autobiography in publishing history! Here's the New York Times review.

Tony Blair’s memoir, “A Journey,” sheds little light on his political vision or on why he took Britain to war against Iraq.

08/27/2010

The Washington Post reviews John Vaillant's The Tiger, a riveting, almost epic story of a Siberian white tiger.

THE TIGER A True Story of Vengeance and Survival By John Vaillant Knopf. 329 pp. $26.95 Though it's the world's largest and most deadly cat, the tiger does not have an easy life. It kills with its mouth, dodging flailing hooves and slashing tusks. Compared with a wild boar or a moose, an unarmed...

08/26/2010

This big book of August is Mockingjay. Check out our B&C link below:

08/25/2010

If you ever wondered why we never sell a book until its actual sale date (e.g. all the Harry Potter titles), click on the link below about President Obama and Jonathan Franzen's soon-to-be-released new book, Freedom.

An advance copy of a novel due out next week sets off shock waves.

08/24/2010

On this day in 1847, Charlotte Bronte sent her manuscript for Jane Eyre to her publisher, but under a pseudonym, Currer Bell. Many reviewers hated the book. Just shows you that critics aren't always right. Read what you love and never mind the reviews.

08/21/2010

Bestseller list for this week...not much changed, but look beyond the top ten. There are some gems here.

In Julia Stuart's The Tower, The Zoo and The Tortoise, Balthazar Jones is a Beefeater who lives in the Tower of London with his loving wife, H**e, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise. When he's tasked with setting up a menagerie within the tower to house the queen's many exotic animals, life at the t...