We are an independent bookstore in Grass Valley, California! While we are mostly a general bookstore, one of our best features is probably our kids section, complete with a Kid Cave. We host three monthly book clubs, along with other events which you can find on our website (link in bio).

We are getting ready for what will hopefully be a busy holiday season, starting with our downtown’s annual Holiday Open House on 11/15! (Plus, we have some exciting things planned for Small Business Saturday.)

We know nothing about needy dogs.

November book club picks! Thatch’s Stack - meeting 11/20 at 4:30 to discuss THE MESMERIST by Caroline Woods Fantasy Fans - meeting 11/22 at 3:30 to discuss LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER by @charliejane.bsky.social The Lit Pick - meeting 11/24 at 4 to discuss IS A RIVER ALIVE by Robert Macfarlane

As booksellers, we believe all literary opinions are valid. Time to test that belief.

Reminder that Choose Your Own Adventure, our silent book club, is meeting today at 6pm at Three Forks in Nevada City! Bring a book, grab a drink or some tasty food, and hang out with fellow book people.

This #BannedBooksWeek, PEN America is joining forces with more than 30 groups Standing Together for the Freedom to Read. Together, we call for the end to the authoritarian tactic of banning books. Learn more—and take the pledge to stand together against book bans at: act.pen.org/a/standing-t...

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It’s the day you should go and get a *prime* book recommendation from your local bookstore!

LIGHT THE HENCH BEACONS

Alma Katsu has long been a staff favorite for tightly paced books that balance beautifully between horror and thriller. So, if you don’t see FIEND on the shelf in the store, it is probably on the “Staff Picks” shelf. www.thebookseller.biz/book/9780593...

Our Fantasy Fan book club loved SOMEONE YOU CAN BULID A NEST IN and so we were very excited to see how John Wiswell would approach Greek myth. WEARING THE LION fully lived up to our expectations of Wiswell, weird and wonderful. www.thebookseller.biz/book/9780756...

Our booksellers are always ready to help you find your next great read! (Full disclosure: Thatcher cannot read but he is very cute and that makes the human booksellers happy, so he is *technically* still helping)

…have you been talking to our printers?

Preordering from your indie (or any indie) is a great way to not only support your local bookshop and favorite authors, it also tells indies what books people want (so they can order more of them)!

brb, gonna go put out a sign to try and lure John Scalzi into the bookstore

Thatcher would like to remind you that our silent book club meets tomorrow! Three Forks in Nevada City at 6pm, BYOB* * bring your own book

Our book club picks for June! Thatch’s Stack Thurs 6/19 at 4:30 HAPPINESS FOREVER by Adelaide Faith Fantasy Fans Fri 6/21 at 3:30 THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau The Lit Pick Mon 6/30 at 4 GLORIOUS EXPORTS by Ferdia Lennon

So, Fantasy Fans loved BUTCHER, found Veris to be an excellent protagonist, and desperately wish for Eleanor’s story. However, we were split on who was giving the villagers food at the end. We thought maybe Eleanor’s mom? @premeemohamed.com, is there a right answer?

May book club picks! Thatch’s Stack: DEATH OF THE AUTHOR by @nnedi.bsky.social - Thurs 5/15 @ 4:30 Fantasy Fans: THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by @premeemohamed.com - Sat 5/17 @ 3:30 The Lit Pick: THE SAFEKEEP by Yael van der Wouden - Mon 5/27 @ 4 See you at book club! #BookSky

Thatch is deeply flattered. Or he saw a squirrel. Either way, he is here to improve your day.

Come to our Fantasy Fans book club this Saturday, 5/17 at 3:30 to talk about @premeemohamed.com’s gloriously dark fantasy novella.

Wilderlore by Amanda Foody Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu The Mossheart’s Promise by Rebecca Mic

What was Nevada County reading in March? Check out our bestsellers from last month and see if anything catches your eye! #BookSky

On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

Actually, we think there are few things more magical than an excellent book recommendation. Getting it from an excellent bookstore? Even more magic.

Bookstore AND bakery?!? brb…gotta go pitch something to my manager…

100%. We recommend PAYAL MEHTA *at least* once a day to people looking for joy and humor and heart because @runwithskizzers.bsky.social nails it.

April book club picks! Fiction book club JONATHAN ABERNATHY, YOU ARE KIND by @mollymcghee.bsky.social Thurs, 4/17 @ 4:30pm Fantasy book club BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN by M. L. Wang Sat, 4/19 @ 3:30pm Lit Pick book club CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner Mon, 4/28 @ 4pm See you at there! #BookSky

i'll be working on an upcoming reading program with a high school soon and i've got my own thoughts but what are some books you think everyone should read at high school age?

April book club picks! Fiction book club JONATHAN ABERNATHY, YOU ARE KIND by @mollymcghee.bsky.social Thurs, 4/17 @ 4:30pm Fantasy book club BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN by M. L. Wang Sat, 4/19 @ 3:30pm Lit Pick book club CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner Mon, 4/28 @ 4pm See you at there! #BookSky

Mother says you don’t need to finish your TBR before getting new books!!! We all deserve some book love.

If you bought a signed copy from us, tell us what color you got!

If you need help fulfilling your legally obligated quota of books, Thatcher is here to help. www.thebookseller.biz

Honestly, rock solid logic here.

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So, @vajra.me, we all greatly enjoyed THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS. However, what’s up with the Man in the Fire? Because…😶

Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them. We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.

100% and this is a hill we will die on.

If you have time while you are in town in April, you are welcome to come by as stealthily as you like. We have a kid cave with a fish tank!

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera and don’t forget to come to our fantasy book club this Saturday at 3:30 to discuss his first book, THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS! www.thebookseller.biz/book/9781250...

Since we got a bunch of new followers, take a look at all of the amazing indie bookstores on here! Also, support indies by using @libro.fm for your audiobooks and @bookshop-org.bsky.social for your ebooks (and paper books if your don’t have a local indie).

Agreed! We also love how each book feels like a satisfying story on its own while still creating series-wide arcs.

We occasionally judge by footnote. What is your non-cover-based book-judging metric? #BookSky

Some of our favorite genres are: 1. Weird little guy 2. Prose that is palpable 3. Look at all the creatures 4. Language is magic 5. Charismatic disaster characters

Are we now just going thru their feed and quote-posting the bangers? Yes, because posts like this need to be seen!

brb, gotta figure out a way to work this into our Hunger Games party trivia talk Come to our party Saturday, March 22 at 5pm to see if we can stick the landing.

Every bookstore has their strengths (ours are enthusiasm and a cute dog) but Mysterious Galaxy is truly dominating the pun game.

This book by @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social is delightfully fun and an added bonus of getting it thru @libro.fm!