Happy 53rd book giveaway! And the first bookish scavenger hunt of 2026! We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of Little F by Michelle Tea last Sunday. If you are excited to read diverse fiction AND excited to engage with an author who will be at the Tucson Festival of Books in March (and…
Little F by Michelle Tea
Before we share info about this month’s book, we want to recognize that this month’s “Community Kindness Sponsor” (which helps offset the cost of the extra 20 (!!!) books we hide after scavenger hunt weekend every month – the “random act of kindness” books!) are our friends at La Suprema!!! We are so grateful for…
Happy New Year, and 51st & 52nd Tome Giveaways
Happy (belated!) 51st & 52nd book giveaways! AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’ve been remiss in sharing our book-hiding roundups these past two months since both book-hiding adventures happened on weekends just before major holidays 🙂 Through November & December, we had an amazing time hiding 90 (combined total!) copies of Sisters of the Lost Nation…
The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
Before we share info about this month’s book, we want to remind everyone that we’ve kicked off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making a donation. Will you help us meet our goal before the end of 2025?!?! We also want to…
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Before we share info about this month’s book, we want to remind everyone that we’ve kicked off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making a donation. Will you help us meet our goal before the end of 2025?!?! We also want to…
THIS WEEKEND: Pre-All Souls Community Gathering
Happy Friday, friends! We wanted to share a reminder that this Sunday, November 9 (from 2-4:30pm), we’ll be joining Humane Borders at their campus in South Tucson for a pre-All Souls Procession afternoon of art, literature, and remembrance as we honor lives lost in the desert and prepare to walk together in the All Souls…
Recap: Humane Borders Bookish Scavenger Hunt… and an upcoming event!
Before we dive into a recap of last weekend’s immigration and border-themed bookish scavenger hunt, we wanted to share a reminder that on Sunday, November 9 (from 2-4:30pm), we’ll be joining Humane Borders at their campus in South Tucson for a pre-All Souls Procession afternoon of art, literature, and remembrance as we honor lives lost…
Collaboration: Building a Bookish Community with Humane Borders!
Collaboration alert! The Tucson Tome Gnome is partnering with our friends at Humane Borders over the next few weeks on two bookish events! First up (and coming tomorrow, October 26!), we are partnering with Humane Borders on an immigration and border-themed bookish scavenger hunt! Tomorrow we’ll be hiding 16 books all over Tucson — two…
50th Tome Giveaway
Happy 50th book giveaway! Our book giveaways are solidly middle-aged at this point, LOL. We had an amazing time hiding 30 copies of MY LIPS, HER VOICE by local Tucson author L.L. Madrid last Sunday. If you like books that include horror/mystery/thriller elements, sapphic rep, multiple POVs, dual timelines, paranormal aspects (including possession, ghosts, and…
My Lips, Her Voice by L.L. Madrid
Before we share info about this month’s book, we want to remind everyone that we’ve kicked off our fundraising efforts for booking hiding in 2026! If you’re interested in supporting these bookish scavenger hunts, please consider making a donation. Will you be one of our early donors to help us keep momentum going? In addition…
Tucson Tome Gnome 