Hello, everyone. It’s finally Winter! Well, it was white, at least here at the little store that’s bigger on the inside. For how long, nobody knows.

I hope everyone had a nice Lunar New Year, aka the Chinese New Year. In last week’s update I mistakenly said that it was the Year of the Rat. 2023 is actually the year of the Rabbit! I apologize to all of you Rabbits out there. Years of the Rabbit include 2023, 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951, 1939, 1927…

Have you looked at some of our blogs recently? We have enlisted many authors to answer questions for us in our Author Spotlights. Recent authors to join our growing list of those in the spotlight include music history author Rik Forgo, speculative fiction author Joelle Presby, children’s picture book author and illustrator Alex Willan, romance author Jennifer Greene, middle grade and young adult author Shannon Messenger, local literary fiction author Laura Zigman, science fiction and fantasy author Rebecca Roanhorse, and local romance author Stella Stevenson.

Valentine’s Day is coming soon, and Annie’s will have a number of Valentine’s Day books up on the shelves shortly. We’ll keep you posted!
As always, thanks for making our shelves your destination