It’s Halloween and the time has come to buy that perfect scary read. We suggest Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. (Also, plenty of Halloween candy!)
What We’re Reading
Often if you come into the bookstore we’ll give you a personalized recommendation or happily oblige to tell you what we’re reading at the moment, which sometimes can be several different books! Curse of working at a bookstore, I suppose. Well, I’ve just finished reading Pat Conroy’s The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son. It is great! If you came in the bookstore this is absolutely what I would tell you to read. (Always listen to people who work in bookstores if you want great book advice!)
The book is a memoir detailing his relationship with his father, a hardened Marine Corps Fighter Pilot and the inspiration for one of his novels The Great Santini. Their relationship is nothing short of strained, but in the final years of his father’s life he manages to find common ground with the man he spent most of his life hating.
It’s a moving and incredibly well-written book. So if you are looking for a book, read this. It’s that simple, listen to the book ladies.
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A Big Week for Books!
There’s a lot happening in the book world this week. Wally Lamb releases “We are Water”, he’s a phenomenal writer and one of our favorites. Then John Grisham publishes “Sycamore Row” where Jake Brigance is the main character again, as he was in “A Time To Kill”. And yes, we’ve stocked up on a “Time To Kill” if you want to refresh your memory.
Brad Meltzer tries his hand at non-fiction with “History Decoded: 10 Greatest Conspiracies of Our Time” and Donna Tartt releases “The Goldfinch”–remember, she wrote “The Secret History.”
And for our fantasy fans, Veronica Roth releases the third in her Divergent Series “Allegiant.” Wow, what a week!!
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Bestsellers Around the World!
It is always fascinating to see what people around the world are reading. It’s fun to see that they are reading the same books we are or even that they have a whole different set of bestsellers and favorite books altogether. So here is a list of the best selling fiction and non-fiction books from around the world, see what you have in common with people halfway around the globe!
France
Fiction
1. Crossfire Vol. 3 Entwined With You by Sylvia Day
2. The Happy Nostalgia by Amelie Nothomb
3. One Day I Will Go Without Being Told Everything by Robert Laffont
Non-Fiction
1. The Best Medicine is You! by Frederic Saldmann
2. A Summer With Montaigne by Antoine Compagnon
3. Immortal Hike: Compostela Despite Me by Jean Christophe Rufin
Netherlands
Fiction
1.Badr by Jens Olde Kalter
2. And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
3. Inferno by Dan Brown
Non-Fiction
1. Tomorrow I’m Back Home by Simone van der Vlugt
2. Sister by Rosamund Lupton
3. The Food Hourglass by Kris Verburgh
Germany
Fiction
1. He’s Back by Timur Vermes
2. Inferno by Dan Brown
3. F by Daniel Kehlmann
Non-Fiction
1. Goethe: Artwork of Life by Rudiger Safranski
2. 1913 by Florian Illies
3. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
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Sunset at Sunset Festival Next Weekend!
Fall is here and that means the start of festival season! Next Saturday, October 5th, is the 7th annual Sunset at Sunset Festival! Pelican Bookstore is proud to be a sponsor of this great event that brings together all of our friends and neighbors, so come celebrate the history and the local culture of Sunset Beach!
The festival features lots of local vendors, amazing foods, and entertainment including The Imitations! Pelican Bookstore will have it’s own booth with local authors signing their books! It’s lots of fun for the whole family and best of all it’s free, that’s right there’s no admission. So come out and don’t forget to stop by the Pelican Bookstore booth! We’ll see you there!
Time to Slow Down…
Things are slowing down here at the beach. Now’s the time to sit back read a book, go fishing, or do a little bird watching. We have best selling novels, fishing guides and birding guides. We’ve got you covered!
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Book Signing with Diane Chamberlain
We had such a lovely time when Diane came to visit Back Street Cafe and sign copies of her latest book for us Necessary Lies which hit bookstores September 3rd. We were all so thrilled to hear her read and we can’t wait to have her back again. Here is a video from the event created by the wonderful Creatadore Company that has captured so many of our wonderful events from this summer!
A Few New Ones For You!
Just finished reading The Husbands Secret by Liane Moriarty, it’s a great story set in Australia. It’s reminiscent of a cross between Jodi Picoult and Kate Morton. Also, out this week is Robyn Carr’s The Hero, A Thunder Point Novel. If you liked last year’s Best Selling Gone Girl, give A.S.A Harrison’s The Silent Wife a try. These last sweet days of summer are here, it’s a great chance to get some reading in!
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Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head…
Rain, rain go away! But it’s a great time to relax and read a book! New out this week are Stephen White’s Compound Fractures, Terry Goodkind’s The Third Kingdom, and the controversial Zealot by Reza Aslan. If you need a book to get you through the yucky weather stop in and we’ll help you pick something out!
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Diane Chamberlin Coming to Pelican Bookstore
We will be having Diane Chamberlain, author of Summer’s Child, The Shadow Wife, Secrets She Left Behind, and several others, as our guest on Friday, September 6th. The signing will be held at Back Street Café (located a few doors down from Pelican Bookstore.)
Diane’s newest book Necessary Lies, which will be released September 3rd, will be available for purchase at the event. We don’t have a time for the event just yet, but we will keep you posted! For more information stop by the bookstore or call 910-579-8770.
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