Lots of store news to share this week – first of all, Don’s Books won 1st Place in the Gingerbread House competition in the Local Landmark Category at the Howard County Historical Society! Woohoo! We KNOW we are the best local landmark! We got a ribbon and everything! If you didn’t get a chance to check out the house at the lighting ceremony at the Seiberling, stop in and see it. We’ve got it on display.
Another big piece of news – we are having a t-shirt sale. All of our t-shirts can now be purchased for only $5. I know you are saying to yourselves, Why, what great holiday gifts those will make! Lark even made a beautiful display so that you get to see them immediately upon walking in the door. What does the display look like? I’m not going to tell you! You’ll have to come in and see for yourself.
More news: Don’t forget that Tuesday, December 4th at 6 p.m. will be the next installment of our book discussion group; we’ll be talking about A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf. If you’ve never read Woolf, you are in for a serious treat. She weaves common sense logic with stunning prose, and she does it so well that even people who disagree with her view (that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction) don’t feel particularly offended by it. Some people say that this work is no longer relevant;, personally I believe people who say that haven’t been paying attention. Ooooh! Look, already disagreement and dissension! It’ll be a lively talk on Tuesday, that’s for sure.
What else is going on? The comic book and graphic novel discussion group will be reading The Watchmen by Alan Moore for their December discussion. The Watchmen is the classic graphic novel. It is the graphic novel that made it possible for graphic novels to be considered literature. It was listed by Time magazine as one of the best books of the 20th century. So yes, it’s that good. Come hear what everyone has to say about it on Tuesday, December 11th at 6 p.m.
