Before we jump into sharing info about this month’s book, we’re here to remind you that we’re also currently raising money to fund book-hiding in 2025! We would be forever grateful if you’re willing to help us meet our $10K goal for 2025 ❤ You can donate at the link below: https://www.gofundme.com/f/hiding-books-in-2025 AND NOW, for…
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Banned Books Week 2024
If you’ve somehow missed the news, tomorrow (September 22!) marks the official start of Banned Books Week here in the United States. If you’ve been following the Tome Gnome (either here or on social media) for any period of time, then you know that we support the freedom to read and stand against book censorship and banning….
Thirty-Seventh Tome Giveaway
Happy 37th book giveaway! To celebrate our THREE-YEAR TOME GNOME-IVERSARY (!!!), last weekend I hid 30 copies of Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune. As our very own Jody described in her promotion of the book for Indie Next, “Returning to Marsyas Island is like coming home after a long trip — you are immediately…
Three Year Tome Gnome-iversary!
Friends! If you missed the news, this month we are celebrating our three-year tome gnome-iversary and kicking off our FOURTH year of hiding and sharing books with our local Tucson community. As part of the celebration, we launched our anniversary celebrations by hiding 30 copies of TJ Klune’s newest book (Somewhere Beyond the Sea) this…
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
About the book, from Tor/Macmillan: “Arthur Parnassus lives a good life, built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six magical and so-called dangerous children who live there. Arthur works hard and…
Thirty-Sixth Tome Giveaway
Happy 36th book giveaway! To celebrate the fact that we are (slowly…) nearing the end of summer in Tucson (oh, the heat, I will not miss it…), last weekend I hid 30 copies of Happiness Falls by Angie Kim. This book has some amazing twists and turns. As the NY Times described it, this book as full…
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
About the book, from Penguin Random House: ““We didn’t call the police right away.” Those are the electric first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing. Mia, the irreverent, hyper analytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for…
Santa Cruz River Farmers Market Book Hiding!
Hi friends, we have an exciting announcement! Tomorrow (Thursday, August 8), we are collaborating with the Santa Cruz River Farmers Market to help them celebrate National Farmers Market Week! What is better than fresh local produce along with some fun foodie-themed reads? We’ll be hiding 8 books at the market, which opens at 4pm and…
Thirty-Fifth Tome Giveaway
Happy 35th book giveaway! To celebrate summer in Tucson (oh, the heat…), last weekend I hid 30 copies of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez. This book is a perfect summer read. Abby Jimenez has an amazing ability to write about serious topics in the context of a romantic comedy. She pulls it off beautifully. We…
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
About the book, from Hachette: “Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it’s now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They’ll…
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