A Galaxy Not So Far Away

We're now deep into September, and once again Gary and Becca have got a week full of events and an incredible number of new books to talk about!

Events this week:

Tuesday, September 21st: Jonathan French, in conversation with Will Damron

Wednesday, September 22nd: Ari Honarvar

Thursday, September 23rd: Alex London, in conversation with Tui Sutherland

Friday, September 24th: Young Adult Book Club discussing This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Saturday, September 25th: Virtual Storytime with Catherine Manning

Monday, September 27th: Alex Pheby, in conversation with Christopher Buehlman

New this week:

A Girl Called Rumi by Ari Honarvar

Battle Dragons: City of Thieves by Alex London

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi

Into the Dying Light by Katy Rose Pool

Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick

On Location by Sarah Echavarre Smith

Gutter Mage by J.S. Kelley

She Rides the Storm by Caitlin Sangster

Maya and the Return of the Godlings by Rena Barron

Iyanu: Child of Wonder by Roye Okupe, illustrated by Godwin Akpan

Barb the Last Berzerker by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson

Rivers by David Gaffney, illustrated by Dan Berry

Swing, Volume 4 by Matt Hawkins, illustrated by Yishan Li

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Becca and Gary are back for another deep dive into events and new books that're out this week!

Events this week:

Tuesday, September 7th: Diana Rodriguez Wallach, in conversation with Gretchen McNeil and Chelsea Mueller

Wednesday, September 8th: David Liss, in conversation with Joe Lansdale

Thursday, September 9th: Cassandra Khaw, in conversation with Seanan Mcguire

Friday, September 10th: Lillie Vale, in conversation with Mazey Eddings

Sunday, September 12th: Romance Book Club

Monday, September 13th: C.B. Lee and Tasha Suri on Instagram Live

Monday, September 13th: Brom, in conversation with T. Kingfisher

New this week:

Small Town Monsters by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

The Peculiarities by David Liss

The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

High Stakes by Iris Johansen

The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All by Josh Ritter

Nice Girls by Catherine Dang

Witch Please by Ann Aguirre

Robert B. Parker's Stone's Throw by Mike Lupica

The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Hello (from here) by Chandler Baker and Wesley King

Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur

The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young

Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn

What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell

Willodeen by Katherine Applegate

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We've got another full episode, and we're finally talking about mysteries! Gary and Becca are joined by Michelle to talk about what makes something a mystery, the constraints of genre classifications, and our personal backgrounds with mystery stories.

Light spoilers for Law and Order: SVU and Neon Genesis Evangelion (an odd paring, to be sure)

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After a much needed vacation, Gary is back with some new events and new books happening in the store!

Events this week:

Tuesday, August 31st: Kit Rocha discussing The Devil You Know

Wednesday, September 1st: Daryl Gregory, in conversation with Paul Tremblay

Thursday, September 2nd: MJ Howson and Rolf Yngve

Sunday, September 5th: Dungeons & Dragons

New this week:

The Devil You Know by Kit Rocha

Revelator by Daryl Gregory

A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Felonious Monk by William Kotzwinkle

Red Pill by Hari Kunzru

The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle

The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson

Malefactor by Robert Repino

Brackenbeast by Kate Alice Marshall

Fast Pitch by Nic Stone

A Psalm of Storms and Silence by Roseanne A. Brown

Take Me With You When You Go by David Levithan and Jenniver Niven

Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer

Events this week:

Tuesday, August 10th: Spooky Summer Virtual Event

Wednesday, August 11th: Sarah Zachrich Jeng, in conversation with Margarita Montimore

Thursday, August 12th: Kevin Hearne, in conversation with Delilah S. Dawson

Sunday, August 15th: D&D Meetup

New this week:

The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng

Paper & Blood by Kevin Hearne

Vortex by Catherine Coulter

The Shimmering State by Meredith Westgate

The Show Girl by Nicola Harrison

How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Mel the Chosen by Rachele Aragno, translated by Carla Roncalli Di Montorio

Rise Up from the Embers by Sara Raasch and Kristen Simmons

The Sisters of Reckoning by Charlotte Nicole Davis

Miss Lattimore's Letter by Suzanne Allain

Dark Waters by Katherine Arden

The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

Half Dead by Brandon Graham

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Becca and Gary are back and it's a new month, which means we once again have a huge number of new titles and new events to get into!

.Events this week:

Tuesday, August 3rd: Dan Hornsby, in conversation with Jared Bartman

Wednesday, August 4th: Dianne Freeman, in conversation with Erica Ruth Neubauer

Thursday, August 5th: Suzanne Park, in conversation with Christina Lauren

Friday, August 6th: Greg van Eekhout, in conversation with Jenn Reese

Sunday, August 8th: Romance Book Club (You Had Me At Hola)

Monday, August 9th: Peter V. Brett, in conversation with Robin Hobb

New this week:

So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park

The Desert Prince by Peter V. Brett

Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown

Class Act by Stuart Woods

Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson

Where the Truth Lies by Anna Bailey

Afterparties: Stories by Anthony Veasna So

Starlight Enclave by R.A. Salvatore

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Shallow Waters by Anita Kopacz

The Quiet Zone by Stephen Kurczy

The Viking Heart by Arthur Herman

Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka

Holdout by Jeffrey Kluger

Billy Summers by Stephen King

Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens

Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots by Pearl Low, based on the novel by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey

Being Clem by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia

Dark Waters by Katherine Arden

The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould

Dead Wednesday by Jerry Spinelli

J.R.R. Tolkien for Kids by Simonetta Carr

Larry Gets Lost in the Library by Eric Ode, illustrated by John Skewes

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

Stowaway by John David Anderson

Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn

The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

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Events this week:

Tuesday, July 27th: Justina Ireland, in conversation with Preeti Chhibber

Wednesday, July 28th: Richard Lange, in conversation with Jim Sherman

Thursday, July 29th: Erin Craig, in conversation with Alexis Henderson

New this week:

Star Wars The High Republic: Out of the Shadows by Justina Ireland

Rovers by Richard Lange

Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena

Island of Thieves by Glen Erik Hamilton

A Good Day for Chardonnay by Darynda Jones

They'll Never Catch Us by Jessica Goodman

A Fiancee's Guide to First Wives and Murder by Dianne Freeman

The Silver Blonde by Elizabeth Ross

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We've got a fun episode today! Our social media expert Kylie has left for grad school, but we've got a couple of new booksellers to help fill her shoes. Gary is joined this week by Kristen and Michelle to talk about how they found the store, what books they like to read, and what ideas they have for future social media content.

SPOILER ALERT: Loki talk begins at 17:52 in this episode, and we talk all about the end of the series and our predictions for the future of the MCU, so if you haven't seen the show yet, you may want to skip the end of this episode!

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Becca's power is out which means it's just Gary this week to go through a whole lot of events!

Join us this weekend for Mysterious Galaxy's reopening celebration!

Events this week:

Tuesday, July 20th: Karin Slaughter, in conversation with Alafair Burke

Tuesday, July 20th: Fabian Nicieza, in conversation with Peter Melnick

Wednesday, July 21st: Chris Baron and Rajani LaRocca

Thursday, July 22nd: Book Recommendation Party with Penguin Random House

Friday, July 23rd-Sunday July 25th: Comic-Con at Home 2021

Friday, July 23rd-Saturday July 24th: Mysterious Galaxy Reopening Celebration!

Friday, July 23rd: Escondido Library's Virtual Author Chat Series - YA Fantasy Panel

Friday, July 23rd: Young Adult Book Club

Monday, July 26th: Barbara DeMarcy-Barrett, Rob Bowman, and Rob Roberge, in conversation with Halley Sutton

New this week:

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish

The Council of Animals by Nick McDonnell, illustrated by Steven Tabbutt

The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente

The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

Celestia by Manuele Fior, translated by Jamie Richards

Cast in Secrets and Shadow by Andrea Robertson

Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima

How to Hide a Ghost by MacKenzie Haley

Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

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Gary and Becca are back together once again for this brand new minisode! It's a new month and this week is jam packed with events, so we dig right in before talking about new books, what we're reading, and Naruto?

Events this week:

Tuesday, July 6th: Laura Sebastian, in conversation with Alexandra Bracken

Wednesday, July 7th: Elizabeth Lim, in conversation with Namina Forna

Thursday, July 8th: Max Barry, in conversation with David Yoon

Friday, July 9th: Escondido Public Library's Pop Culture Panel Series: Kids' Graphic Novels & Comics

Saturday, July 10th: Neil Sharpson, in conversation with Cory Doctorow

Sunday, July 11th: Romance Book Club

Monday, July 12th: Chris McKinney, in conversation with Gabino Iglesias

New this week:

Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry

Fallen by Linda Castillo

The Empire's Ruin by Brian Staveley

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev

Island Queen by Vanessa Riley

Sleeping Bear by Connor Sullivan

Tender Is the Bite by Spencer Quinn

The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine

An Irish Hostage by Charles Todd

The Stranger Behind You by Carol Goodman

Dog Eat Dog by David Rosenfelt

Capture the Crown by Jennifer Estep

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

The Betrayed by Kiera Cass

If You, Then Me by Yvonne Woon

It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts

Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow by Emma Steinkellner

The Queen Will Betray You by Sarah Henning

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Where it All Lands by Jennie Wexler

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