Category Archives: Pelican’s Picks

We seem to have some tropical weather coming our way.  We think it will brush the coast and head north.  Hope all our friends are safe from T.S. Sandy in the coming days.

Grab a good book and cuddle up and weather the storm!

Good rainy day reads always mean the classics, or one of your old favorites.  Maybe Moby Dick orThe Old Man and the Sea.  For me I’ll take Jane Eyre or Caddie Woodlawn. But most importantly, be safe!!!

Hilary Mantel has won the Man Booker Prize for “Bring Up the Bodies” a sequel to “Wolf Hall” which won the same prize back in 2009.  We have those! Out this week is “The Panther” by DeMille and next week Grisham releases “The Racketeer.”

Christmas books are starting to fill our shelves, Robyn Carr, Karen Kingsbury and Debbie Macomber to name just a few….and yes those Christmas cards are out, too!

Again this year we will be a drop off point for The Literacy Council’s books for Christmas.  They will take new and gently used books for children to age 18 and large print books for the folks who need them.  Please share your love of books and help others enjoy a great read. Halloween’s around the corner, stop in for a card or a special Halloween book for the kids or Vampires and Witches for the teens!!!

The upcoming Sunset@Sunset is this weekend!  We are proud to be a sponsor and have several tables set up for our local authors.  If you want to meet some terrific winters or pick up some pointers stop by and pick their brains. They’ll be in the shade under the trees.  If you have time walk over to the bookstore and see what’s new!!

Out this week!  Bill O’Reilly releases his new book “Killing Kennedy” following his very successful “Killing Lincoln”. James Patterson’s “NYPD Red” is out this coming week. John Sandford has a new Virgil Flowers out this week called “Mad River, and Dennis LeHane has relleased “Live By Night”

And of course Rowlings “Casual Vacancy” is on our shelves.

It’s a gorgeous time of year at Sunset Beach! The weather is cooling off just slightly and you’ve practically got the beaches to yourself!

But one of the best parts about this area in the fall is the festivals! We’ve got the Sunset at Sunset Festival, the Oyster Festival and the Festival by the Sea, all right here! Here’s the information on these great festivals!

Sunset at Sunset:

Saturday, Oct. 6 2012 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the 6th Annual Sunset at Sunset Festival at Sunset Beach, NC. Sunset at Sunset begins at 10:00 near the Ingram Planetarium. Last year over 4,000 people attended! The 2012 Sunset at Sunset event will be fabulous! New vendors, new events, great music and tons of fun for everyone are in the plans.

NC Oyster Festival:

October 20-21, 2012 will mark the 32nd Annual North Carolina Oyster Festival offering a fun mixture of new activities and old favorites that are certain to entertain the entire family! People come from far and wide to visit the Oyster Festival, a favorite festival to anyone who has been.

The coastal waters of Brunswick County provide an abundance of the marine mollusks each year bringing over 30,000 people to Ocean Isle Beach to celebrate the tasty treat.

The North Carolina Oyster Festival will feature live entertainment, arts and crafts, vendors, festival food, NC Oyster Festival Road Race, NC Oyster Festival Tennis Tournament, Surf Contest, a girl’s Beauty Pageant, a kid’s areas, the Oyster Shucking Championship, and an Oyster Stew Cook-off. Admission is only $5 for adults and free for children under the age of 8. The festival goes from 9am to 6pm on Saturday and from 9am to 5pm on Sunday.

Festival By the Sea:

The Festival by the Sea is a two-day event to be held October 27th & 28th, 2012. The Holden Beach Merchants Association hosts the very popular “NC Festival by the Sea.” This is the only day of the year that you can walk across the Holden Beach bridge and each year several hundred take that high altitude stroll to stake out the perfect spot to view the parade.

The festival kicks off with a parade down the Holden Beach causeway. This is the only day of the year that you can walk across the Holden Beach bridge and each year several hundred take that high altitude stroll to stake out the perfect spot to view the parade.

Arts and Crafts vendors are open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Sat. and 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Sun. You’ll want to plan to be onsite for at least a couple of meals and a snack or two, just to sample a tiny portion of the food on hand.

The season is dying down a bit, so I’m off on vacation next week, so what I am taking with me on my vacay:  “Chaperone” by Laura Moriarty and “Rules of Civility” by Amor Towles.

What did you read  on your vacation this summer?  Beside the Shades of Grey Trilogy.

Most folks in our area read a lot of our great southern authors, so hats off to Karen White, Marybeth Whalen, Jack DeGroot, Dot Frank and Mary Alice Monroe our runaway winners in that category!

Out this week, Mitch Albom’s  new book “Time Keeper” about the man who became Father Time.  He Wrote the best selling “Tuesdays with Morrie”. Also out this week Dale Brown’s “Tigers Claw”‘ James Patterson’s “Zoo”‘, Clive Cussler’s “The Tombs” and Randy White’s “Gone” the first of a new series.

Last but not least, A new picture book, “Bear Says Thanks” by Karma Wilson.

Back to school? Yes, we have most Battle of the Books selections.  If you’re just getting around to your summer reading we probably have that, too!

We’ve restocked our classic shelves and even put  Christmas cards out.  We ‘re ready when you are.

With all of the rain storms in our area it’s a great time to go shelling.  We have ideas and advice on the when where and how to find the best shells and folding I.D. Guides to take along!