| Loganberry News January 2024 
Loganberry News January 2024 Here comes the snow... First off, thanks to all our loyal customers for a joyful and prosperous holiday season. I hope  | Here comes the snow... First off, thanks to all our loyal customers for a joyful and prosperous holiday season. I hope your holidays were enjoyable also, and that your new year is full of promise. Next up, let the music roll! Next Friday we welcome former Loganberry staffer Susan Petrone with her new novel, and it’ll be a party with live music, refreshments and a contest with prizes! January is the perfect time to reflect, dust the corners, and consider new goals. As such, please note we’ll be closed on Mondays this month. We wish you solid resolutions and fond memories too. Let’s see what you’ve got, 2024! | Amy Schiller: The Price of Humanity
Sunday, January 14, 3pm
~in-store~
Join author and philanthropy expert Amy Schiller, in conversation about her new book, The Price of Humanity, with Jan Roller. The scope of suffering in the world seems to demand an industry of giving, and yet for all the billions that are dispensed, the wealthy never seem to lose any of their money and nothing seems to change. Journalist, academic and consultant Amy Schiller shows how we get out of this stalemate by evaluating the history of philanthropy from the ideas of St. Augustine to the work of LeBron James. She argues philanthropy’s contemporary tendency to maintain obscene inequality and reduce every cause to dehumanizing technocratic terms is unacceptable, while maintaining an optimism about the soul and potential of philanthropy in principle. Amy Schiller is a journalist, academic, and consultant. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Dartmouth College in the Society of Fellows. Her writing has been published in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Nation, and The Daily Beast. Jan Roller has served on the boards of a number of non-profits, including Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, City Year Cleveland, the Refugee Response, and Near West Theatre. In May 2023 she received a Living Legacy Award from the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. | Susan Petrone: The Musical Mozinskis
Friday, January 19, 7pm
~in-store~
Join us for the launch of beloved local author Susan Petrone's new novel, The Musical Mozinskis! Come early (6:30pm) to enjoy refreshments and pre-show music by George Foley and Gene Epstein. A reading and book talk will commence at 7:15, followed by Q&A and more music. Struggling musicians Vincent Mozinski and Grace Klinefelter marry in the early 1960s, drawn together by their shared ability to see the music they play--a skill they pass on to their musical prodigy offspring: Clara, Ellington, Bix, Allegro, Thelonious, and Viola. The family is tapped as one of several amateur acts to perform on a nationally televised Bicentennial celebration, leading to a recording contract and ultimately the pinnacle of 1970s stardom, their own musical variety show. The success of The Musical Mozinskis depends on the family's ability to keep churning out talented children. There's only one problem: Viola is tone deaf. Susan Petrone is the author of the The Heebie-Jeebie Girl The Super Ladies, Throw Like a Woman, and A Body at Rest a bronze medalist for regional fiction from the Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY). She is a Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award recipient and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is also one of the co-founders and former president of Literary Cleveland (litcleveland.org). | Queer Book Club Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
Thursday, January 18, 7pm
~in-store and online*~
Vern - seven months pregnant with twins and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised - flees for the shelter of the woods. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes. To understand her metamorphosis and to protect her small family, Vern has to face the past, and more troublingly, the future - outside the woods. *Registration is required for the Zoom portion of the meeting before 6 pm on the day of the meeting. Buy a copy of the book for 10% off! UP NEXT:
February 15 - For the Thrill of Lit: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
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February 15 - Magical Realism Book Club: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Broadsides & Ephemera Featured Reader: Doc Janning
Thursday, January 11, 7pm
~in-store; second Thursdays~
Doc Janning is the inaugural Poet Laureate of South Euclid, and Creator-Host of Awenites, a reading and open mic on Zoom. He has read at poetry events around the world, and is included in thirty anthologies. Before Today -- Beyond Tomorrow is his first book, published with Venetian Spider Press. Two poems from the book have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. We hope you'll join us for this special reading and literary gathering, free and open to all. | ALA Youth Media Awards Livestream Monday, January 22, 8am
~in-store~
Live from the American Library Association (ALA) LibLearnX conference in Baltimore, we will broadcast the webstream of the Youth Media Awards (YMA) here on the big screen at Loganberry. These awards include the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpre, and other awards. Known for their power to help guide parents, educators, librarians, and others in selecting the best materials for youth, the ALA YMA are the most prestigious and respected awards in the industry. We're closed on Mondays this January, but we still want to give you the opportunity to watch with us! You'll need to RSVP to attend (email books@logan.com) by Saturday, January 20. We'll have bagels & coffee and we welcome you to join the excitement! | NOBS Forum Annual Show & Tell
Thursday, January 25, 7pm
~in-store and online~
Join us for our annual Show & Tell event! This special Forum is dedicated to hearing from you, NOBS members. Bring a favorite new acquisition, or an oldie-but-goodie from your collection, and tell us all about it! If you prefer, join us via Zoom
Meeting ID: 837 4616 6502
Passcode: 390869 | Community Fundraiser Boulevard Elementary PTO Fundraiser
Saturday, January 27, 10am
~in-store~
Enjoy a day of shopping at Loganberry Books in aid of Shaker Heights Boulevard Elementary School! The PTO of Boulevard Elementary is raising money to bring new books into classrooms that reflect a more diverse range of cultural and life experiences, and to purchase prizes for their annual Read-A-Thon. Loganberry Books will donate 10% of all sales in-store and online from Saturday, January 27 to the Boulevard PTO fundraiser. We'll also have books from teacher wishlists for their classroom libraries available to purchase for donation to the school. | Broaden Your Bookshelf 2024 ~online~
Join us on Instagram for the virtual relaunch of our Broaden Your Bookshelf reading challenge! We'll offer one prompt per month on social media. You post your books and reviews, tag us, and use our hashtag #BroadenYourBookshelf24. Find out about great new book recommendations and enjoy surprises and some small prizes along the way! January prompt: Start the year with something new! Read something in a genre (or sub-genre) you wouldn’t usually. Pro tip: Use our bookseller recommendations below to help you find a book in a new-to-you genre! | On Sale This Month Get ready for a year of staying in touch! All greeting cards--both singles and boxed sets--are 20% off in the month of January. Plus, did you know January is National Jigsaw Puzzle Month? It is, and our jigsaw puzzles are 20% off this month! | Gift Card Drawing We're close to a special Instagram milestone we'd like to have you help us reach! From now until we hit 10,000 followers on IG, you can ask your friends to follow @loganberrybooks for a chance for you BOTH to win a $10 Loganberry gift card! HOW TO ENTER:
Tag a friend in the comments of this pinned post and mention a book you both loved. Repeat with as many different friends as you like! Entries will close once we hit 10K followers, at which point we will randomly select one comment. If both the original poster and the tagged account are followers, they'll both win a $10 gift card! Good luck! Get tagging! | Collectible Books It's hard to imagine a more charming start to the new year than with Miss Flora McFlimsy and the Baby New Year by Mariana. Miss Flora, (who lives in a doll house) makes some good resolutions and is surprised by an unexpected guest who arrives to help her ring in the new year. Browse our ever-expanding collectible listings here, or email wendy@logan.com for a personalized suggestion for any budget! | Used Book Buying We're back to used book buying on Fridays in January! (We plan to add another day in February.) Please call us before you come in. As usual, we offer cash or 20% more in store credit for used and collectible books that we deem saleable, and you'll need to take away any we decline to purchase. More details about our buying procedures here. We look forward to seeing your treasures! | Bulk Order Discounts Does your church, synagogue, school, book club, or company need to order 10 or more copies of a book for a group read or special event? Order from Loganberry and receive a discount! We can even deliver to your location free of charge! Contact elisabeth@logan.com for more details! | Click any title below to purchase a book for mailing or in-store pickup | Harriett recommends Njuta: The Swedish Art of Savoring the Moment by Niki Brantmark: "Instead of harsh New Year's Resolutions, might I recommend the art of njuta? This sweet little book provides cultural background and practical advice to applying its meditative philosophy to every aspect of your life. Along the way, you'll even learn some cool new Swedish words like smultronställe and vinterbad and perhaps learn to savor the moment like a feline livsnjutare." | Cara recommends The Rumi Prescription by Melody Moezzi: "Moezzi, who lives with bipolar disorder, goes on a linguistic pilgrimage translating the mystical poet Rumi's work into English. Through both the process of translating and connecting with her ancestral past, she finds peace, meaning, and connection in our wild, modern world. A perfect read to start the new year!" | Devon recommends You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akaeke Emezi: "This amazing contemporary Black romance abounds with surprises. The cast is diverse, intelligent, and fun, but still very human with flaws and shortcomings. Grief is an ongoing theme in the novel, but it is that feeling that ultimately brings the featured couple together. Highly recommended for fans of contemporary fiction and romance." | Elisabeth recommends Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam: "This sweeping history was the most paradigm shifting (and widening!) book I read last year, and I can't think of a better way to start off 2024. Dr. Heyam's accessible, compassionate book invites us into a more expansive, deeply textured relationship not just with gender, but with history itself." | Julie recommends The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté: "This is a great book to start the year off right. Maté provides a whole new perspective on many things related to health and how society affects our health. It's a large book, but an easy read, and definitely worth the time." | Wendy recommends The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach: "Bored stoner art teacher Len Bronstein steals clay from the school where he works and creates a golem, a mythical creature who defends Jewish people from immediate threats of violence. It's one thing to create and animate the golem, but Len is in way over his head when it comes to communicating with the golem. He enlists the help of a bodega clerk who is fluent in Yiddish, and together they embark on a journey to wrestle with big questions of humanity, vengeance, faith, and healing." | Freddy recommends Horse by Geraldine Brooks: "I'm a longtime Geraldine Brooks fan, but somehow, even when Horse topped so many end of year "Best of" lists, it remained unopened on my TBR pile. Time rolls by, other tempting books come along: you know how it is! But I finally decided to cross Horse off my to-do list, and what a pleasure it was, with all Brooks' usual flair for pairing historical fiction with a contemporary story to create something of ongoing interest. Pick it up and you'll be assured of utter satisfaction." | Toni recommends The Devil's Daughter by Gordon Greisman: "I thoroughly enjoyed this jazzy debut noir that publishes on 1/23/24. PI Jack Coffey is a quintessential tough guy with a heart of gold, who somehow knows everyone from Thelonius Monk to Meyer Lansky to Marlon Brando. The evocation of 1957 Manhattan will charm anyone who loves the city, and the supporting characters and the mystery are compelling, both horrifying and heartfelt." | Coming next month: Book recommendations for Black History Month | Thanks for reading,
Harriett & all the Loganberries | ▪ Closed on Mondays in January for Staff Training and Housekeeping
▪ Open Tues-Wed, Fri-Sat: 10-6, Thurs: 10am-8:30, Sun 12-5
▪ Masks recommended
▪ It's so nice to see you, thanks for stopping by!
| ▪ | Closed on Mondays in January for Staff Training and Housekeeping | | ▪ | Open Tues-Wed, Fri-Sat: 10-6, Thurs: 10am-8:30, Sun 12-5 | | ▪ | It's so nice to see you, thanks for stopping by! | | | | | |