The Great Gatsby and Cupcaks and #BEA

May 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Who knew someone would find a way to combine books and food?  Well, the smart folks at BEA figured out how to do just that! They make cupcakes based on their fave books and then send the cupcakes to me to enjoy (I WISH)! Either way, their videos are cute and fun and prolly very tasty. You might remember I read and reviewed The Great Gatsby a while back for book club. My review is here.  While the book wasn’t {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Lisa Scottoline Book Club – Don’t Go UPDATE!!

May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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I know I know, how many book clubs can one woman person belong to?? As many as I can! So that is why I started the Lisa Scottoline book club at Towne Book Center and Cafe. There are many reasons to read Lisa Scottoline: She writes good stories She’s a local and includes local landmarks There’s a chance to get invited to her house!!! That’s me mugging with her latest book, late at night, at work.  Booksellers are notorious night {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Towne Book Center & Cafe Book Club: May- My Korean Deli

May 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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This month at Towne Book Center & Cafe‘s book club read My Korean Deli by Ben Ryder Howe I hafta say it wasn’t my fave.  I didn’t hate it, but I just couldn’t relate to the main character.  Here’s a blurb from Goodreads: It starts with a gift, when Ben Ryder Howe’s wife, the daughter of Korean immigrants, decides to repay her parents’ self-sacrifice by buying them a store. Howe, an editor at the rarefied Paris Review, agrees to go {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph

May 2, 2013 by 2 Comments
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The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph is written (at least in the title) in the style of  Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being, a Czech novel of existentialism and bohemia before the Soviet invasion.  Like Kundera’s work, Joseph’s piece is important.  Unlike Kundera’s novel, Joseph’s tale reads lightly, even though much of the drama within is sad.  Here’s a bit from the publishers: A smart, wry work that includes mystery, philosophy, and an unlikely love story, {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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World Book Night

April 23, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Tonight is World Book Night! I had the distinct pleasure of hosting a World Book Night Giver reception at Towne Book Center & Cafe recently.  We had drank a little wine, swapped stories, and had a great time. Are you participating in World Book Night? Tell me about it! Introducing Pammy PamPammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Porch Lights Dorothea Benton Frank a TLC Tour

April 15, 2013 by 3 Comments
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There is nothing I love more when on vacation is to indulge in a beach read.  The sun and sand are an intoxicating cocktail that rejuvenates me and helps me get through the year.  Reading Porch Lights by Dorothea Benton Frank is like being on vacation. Imagine the South Carolina Lowcountry, a screened in porch, a salty breeze and glasses of sweet tea at the ready.  That’s the makings of this sweet read.  Never having been to any of the {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Crooked Branch by Jeanine Cummins TBC Book Club

April 3, 2013 by 2 Comments
Unconventional Librarian

I’m thrilled to host tonight’s book club meeting at Towne Book Center & Cafe because tonight’s meeting will be special; we’ll be visited by Jeanine Cummins, the author of The Crooked Branch (and WINE); woot! Here’s what they’re saying on Goodreads about it: rom the national bestselling and highly acclaimed author of The Outside Boy comes the deeply moving story of two mothers—witty, self-deprecating Majella, who is shocked by her entry into motherhood in modern-day New York, and her ancestor, {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Lisa Scottoline’s Look Again, a World Book Night pick

March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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So, I’m a World Book Night giver (YAY)! And I’m giving away the book Look Again by Lisa Scottoline! And, I’m hosting a reading group this week at Towne Book Center & Cafe featuring this book (triple yay!!). If you’re in the area, stop by Wednesday at 7pm. I’m looking forward to chatting with other LS fans to see what makes them tick.  You might know that LS is a Philly area local and I had the pleasure of meeting {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Lisa Scottoline and World Book Night

March 19, 2013 by
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You might have heard about World Book Night.  It’s this great opportunity for book lovers to give  away books for free! Really, there’s no catch! This year, I again applied and was chosen to be a World Book Night Giver. The even funner part of this is that now that I work at a bookstore, Towne Book Center & Cafe, I get to help provide some of the magic of giving! For example, we made a display of all the {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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Take Control of your TBR Pile: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

March 15, 2013 by
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So, I’m clearing out my TBR Pile and playing with Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer.               I have plans to read many many books, if you read my previous posts about this fun challenge you’ll know this.  REALITY: I’m not doing so hot.  hahhaah. But i did get ONE book read, Let’s Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson. It’s the biography of The Bloggess. IT IS FUNNY!!!! Here’s me reading it on the {Read More}

Introducing Pammy Pam

Pammy Pam is an educator librarian who is drawn to the little ones. In her purse you’ll find a cup of coffee, a book, and her iPhone. She loves social media, writing book reviews, and curating children’s literature. She is an information specialist, maven, connector, coffee drinker.

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