The ThriftBooks Blog

By Ashly Moore Sheldon • May 05, 2021

There's no one right way to be a mom. With Mother's Day right around the corner, what better way to celebrate all the many different ways that moms love their kids. Here are ten picture books that do just that.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • May 03, 2021

Our TBR collections just keep growing, but that doesn't stop us from browsing (and buying!) new books! Here are thirteen May releases that we can't wait to pick up, along with suggestions for books you can read right away.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • April 30, 2021

Did you watch the Oscars last weekend? If so, maybe you're intrigued to catch up on the plays, books, and movies that served as inspiration for some of the nominated (and winning) movies. Plus we share some of our favorite book-to-screen Best Picture winners from the last quarter century.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • April 28, 2021

Along with being the bestselling author alive, Danielle Steel may also be the hardest working. Her productivity defies belief and she shows no signs of slowing. In 2020, she published six bestsellers! Her third of 2021, Finding Ashley, came out yesterday. Here are six surprising facts about her.

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By Barbara Hagen • April 25, 2021

Today we are super excited to share our revamped ReadingRewards program, designed to give you, our customers, sweeter rewards towards something you love doing...reading! Get the lowdown on all of the new benefits, our new third tier, and the new dashboard view.

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By Terry Fleming • April 23, 2021

Lawrence Ferlinghetti died on February 22, 2021 at the age of one-hundred and one. In honor of Independent Bookstore Day, we’d like to pay tribute to him, the founder of the legendary City Lights Bookstore and City Lights Publishing.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • April 20, 2021

With their globetrotting, high-octane lifestyles paired with an inherent gift for lyricism and storytelling, singer-songwriters are uniquely suited to write good memoirs. So crank up the tunes and crack open a crackling tale from one of your favorite musical artists

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • April 19, 2021

Shadow and Bone, volume one of the bestselling fantasy trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, has been adapted into a new Netflix series premiering on April 23. It is the story of Alina Starkov, a teenage orphan whose life is transformed when she unexpectedly harnesses a power she never knew she had in order to save her best friend.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • April 16, 2021

One of the many impacts of the global pandemic is that more people are interested in the idea of growing their own food. Here we share books about how to have success with your vegetable garden, along with some guides for cooking the food you grow.

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By Barbara Hagen • April 14, 2021

A few weeks ago, a would-be new customer reached out to us with a question that caught me off-guard. "Are you a real company?" As I thought about it more, it made increasing sense to me why someone might ask this. In our widening virtual world—made even more so by the pandemic—we are right to question what is on the other side of the glowing screen in front of us.

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