Friends! Did you know that the University of Arizona was selected for 2022-2023 to host an NEA Big Read for the Tucson community? Big Read: Tucson is a three-month-long series of multi-site public literary events in Spring 2023, centered around a book of poetry: Natalie Diaz’s Postcolonial Love Poem (2020). NEA’s Big Read program is meant to spark a love of reading and…
Eighteenth Tome Giveaway: February 26, 2023
Wowza! During this eighteenth Tome Giveaway, I had a wonderful day (as I always do, haha!) hiding tomes all over Tucson. Throughout the day, I hid 30 copies of Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert. I’m still surprised that this is the first time I’ve hidden a romance book, but this was the perfect…
“Get a Life, Chloe Brown” by Talia Hibbert
About the book, from HarperCollins: “Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. The next items? But…
Upcoming Event! #ThisIsTucson’s Tucson Together Market
Did you know that #ThisIsTucson is hosting its first-ever market this weekend? Tucson Together will take place on February 18, 2023, from 11am-4pm. The event is at 55 N. Fifth Ave., in the lot across from Hotel Congress. According to the event page, street parking is free on weekends. The closest garages are Centro Garage, located…
Seventeenth Tome Giveaway: January 22, 2023
Wowza! During this seventeenth Tome Giveaway (and our first giveaway of 2023!), I had a wonderful day hiding tomes all over Tucson. Throughout the day, I hid 30 copies of Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell. This is an amazing sci-fi/space opera story full of political intrigue and a lovely (sometimes frustrating, LOL) romance. This was the…
“Winter’s Orbit” by Everina Maxwell
About the book, from Macmillan: “Prince Kiem, a famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor’s least favorite grandchild has been called upon to be useful for once. He’s commanded to fulfill an obligation of marriage to the representative of the Empire’s newest and most rebellious vassal planet. His future husband, Count Jainan, is a widower and…
Recap: Books & Tea/Cocktail Pairing with the Korean Rose and Taegukgi Korean BBQ
So, it might go without saying… but this gnome had an amazing time at our collaboration event with The Korean Rose and Taegukgi Korean BBQ on December 15! That evening, we hid 15 books (five copies of three books – each paired with a special tea and special cocktail!). Anyone who found a book received…
Sixteenth Tome Giveaway: December 18, 2022
Wowza! During this sixteenth Tome Giveaway (Sixteen! Our giveaways are now driving age!), I had a wonderful day hiding tomes all over Tucson. Throughout the day, I hid 30 copies of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated from the Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot. I loved the warm cozy vibes of this book –…
“Before the Coffee Gets Cold” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
About the book, from Harper Collins: “If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet? In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance…
Fifteenth Tome Giveaway: November 20, 2022
Wowza! During this fifteenth Tome Giveaway, I had a wonderful day hiding tomes all over Tucson. Throughout the day, I hid 30 copies of The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. This was the perfect book to share in celebration of Native American Heritage/Indigenous People’s month. Some of the photos from my adventures last weekend are included…
Tucson Tome Gnome 