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08/20/2026

Happy Thursday!
Coming up next week at Brain Lair Books

Aug 20th - Cliterati Book Club at 7pm
Aug 22nd - Teacher Appreciation Day with NNN Merchants
Aug 23rd - Black Butterfly Book Society at 2:30pm
Aug 24th - Fantasy Book Club at 7pm
Aug 26th - Member Happy Hour at 7pm
Aug 27th - Only Murders Book Club at 7pm

08/20/2026

Daggermouth ReadAlong
Chapters 20 - 26, p262 - p373

Fave quotes
“Limited resources create dependence. Dependence creates control.”

“Maximus was getting paranoid, as dying kings often did.”

Next week
Chap 27 to end of book!

Photo Dump from our Book Vase painting with The Pigeon & The Hen Pottery I love the relaxing, creative process of this w...
08/17/2026

Photo Dump from our Book Vase painting with The Pigeon & The Hen Pottery
I love the relaxing, creative process of this workshop and can’t wait to see the fully fired and glazed vases!

Who’s up for a Dark Vase Painting? Paint your favorite horror novel, dark romance, or murder mystery. For you or for a gift! Coming in October!

08/15/2026

Happy Bookstore Romance Day!
Thank you to all who came out today and made our day special!

Finished
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Still Reading
Margo’s Got Money Trouble by Rufi Thorpe
Daggermouth by HM Wolfe

Starting
Vicious by VE Schwab
Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson
The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

I need to pick my next Read Along! What book is everyone talking about but you haven’t read yet?

Come visit us on Saturday (August 15th) to celebrate Bookstore Romance Day! The first 20 customers will receive a free b...
08/14/2026

Come visit us on Saturday (August 15th) to celebrate Bookstore Romance Day! The first 20 customers will receive a free blind date with a romance book with their purchase. We will also be giving away romance calendars and a variety of other goodies, so make sure to stop by!

08/14/2026

What’s Happening at Brain Lair Books next week
Friday - Love Your Bookstore - wear your BLB shirt for 10% off
Saturday - Bookstore Romance Day - gift with purchase plus 20% off romance
Sunday - Book Vase Painting
Monday - Genre Fluid Book Club
Wednesday- Hunger Games reread Club (date change)
Thursday - Cliterati Book Club

08/12/2026

Daggermouth by HM Wolfe ReadAlong
Chapters 12 - 19, pg 127-235

Fave quotes
“You’re riding the law like it’s a d***”

“I am a woman in a system designed to by men to keep power in their hand.”

08/06/2026

Welcome to the Daggermouth ReadAlong

Chapters 1 - 11
Characters: Greyson Serle, Shadren Kael, Jagear Nolan, Jameson Vine, Callum Thane, Maximus Serle
Place: New Found Haven - divided into concentric circles that rise with the least found in the Boundary and the elite in the Heart and any crossover means death. The Elite are also masked.

Alternating POVs. Great chapter titles.
The FMC, Shadera, or Shade, is an assassin from the Boundary and is out for revenge. She is smart, sexy, and deadly.
MMC, Greyson, is known as The Executioner but it’s clear his dad, Maximus, has him on a leash and he is resentful.

Shadera and Greyson are true enemies and her charge is to kill him but there is hesitation.

Like Maximus says “There is no place for hesitation…”

(sorry about the video - no idea what is happening)

Have you read the first 11 chapters? no spoilers!
Next week we discuss Chapters 12 - 19!

08/01/2026

Hey I’m back in my reading slump!

Since August is Romance Awareness Month, drop some romance suggestions in the comments to help me out!

JOIN
Daggermouth (H. M. Wolfe ) ReadALong
August 5th - discuss pages 0-126
August 12th - discuss pages 127 - 261
August 19th - discuss pages 262 - 373
August 26th - discuss pages 374 - end

Should we meet in person?

Alright, readers, we want to know, what's the best book you've read so far this summer?
07/30/2026

Alright, readers, we want to know, what's the best book you've read so far this summer?

Address

1005 Portage Avenue
South Bend, IN
46616

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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+15742076514

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