Annie's Book Stop of Worcester

The little bookstore that's bigger on the inside

This week at our little bookstore that’s bigger on the inside, we’re getting ready for more typical wintry weather.  But that’s not going to stop us from bringing you lots of fun events to help you get through the seasonal doldrums. Don’t forget: Do you NOT want to brave the wind chill and the snow …

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Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is excited to shine our Friday Spotlight on romantic suspense author Jayne Ann Krentz. Under this name, she writes using contemporary settings. She also writes under the names Amanda Quick for historicals and Jayne Castle for futuristics. She lives in Seattle with her husband, Frank. Thanks so much for joining …

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We are weathering the wind and rain here at our little bookstore that’s bigger on the inside, and unpacking fresh new reads for you. Fresh fiction from the New York Times Bestsellers List: LIAR LIAR by James Patterson THE NEW IBERIA BLUES by James Lee Burke THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM by Marie Benedict …

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Our restock shipments this week have included a nice spread of titles from the WHO IS / WHO WAS / WHAT IS / WHERE IS series from Penguin Workshop.  Just in time for educators to use in their coursework planning for upcoming theme months, these books sell quickly and have a dedicated following.   This …

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A very quick blog entry today, as we unpack more deliveries of books for sale in our little bookstore that’s bigger on the inside, as well as planning for convention show stock for the upcoming months. We might have to wait for far too many months for Time Lords, companions and monsters to return to …

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A tip of the hat today to Paul Allman Siple, five-time Antarctic explorer, better known to Worcesterites for his part in coining the term “wind chill factor” during his time at Clark University. Despite the snow and the cold temperatures, we had a great time this weekend with author James L. Cambias as he read …

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We at our little bookstore that’s bigger on the inside were saddened to hear of the recent death of comics writer and illustrator Batton Lash, whose tales of Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, have entertained us for many years, and whose graphic novel compilations have always had a place of their own on …

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Here at our little bookstore that’s bigger on the inside, we always get some fabulous trade-ins and donations of gently used children’s books, which we then pass on to our customers at low prices.  However. these last few weeks we’ve been unpacking shipments and changing up displays to make even more room for new books …

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There’s been no significant snow on the ground yet this winter, but boy oh boy has it been COLD!  Even our spiders are finding the weather a bit brutal. The season to stock up on books to cozy up with, to make you think, to inspire you to new recipes – that season is NOW! …

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Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday Spotlight on Science Fiction author, Martin L. Shoemaker. Martin is a programmer who writes on the side… or maybe it’s the other way around. Programming pays the bills, but a second place story in the Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest earned him lunch with Buzz …

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