About the book, from Macmillan Publishers: “Sara Foster runs away from home at sixteen, leaving behind the girl she once was, capable of trust and intimacy. Years later, in Los Angeles, she is a sought-after bartender, renowned as much for her brilliant cocktails as for the mystery that clings to her. Across the city, Emilie…
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Recap: So many events!
Hi Folks! In the past seven days, we participated in THREE separate bookish events and had a blast at each of them! Here’s a quick photo roundup of each of the events (and so much bookish joy!): Event 1: Bookish Hide-and-Seek at The Korean Rose (Saturday, June 17) Event 2: Hiding 5 Books at the…
Upcoming Event with the Korean Rose: June 17, 2023
It’s officially summer in Tucson, and the temperature has been on the rise! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to dive into some fun summer reading AND enjoy some tasty and refreshing drinks 🙂 So, having said that… I’m so excited to announce that this Saturday, June 17 (starting at 4pm), we’ll be…
Solutions-Focused Community Book Club: June 22, 2023!
Friends! Did you know that we are co-hosting our first-ever Tome Gnome Book Club in partnership with the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona and local solutions journalist Caitlin Schmidt TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY? It is going to be so fun 🙂 On Thursday, June 22, we will be meeting at the Community Foundation for Southern…
Twenty-First Tome Giveaway
Wowza! Is it summer in Tucson yet? It sure feels like it… During this twenty-first Tome Giveaway, I had a wonderful day hiding tomes all over Tucson. I hid 30 copies of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner throughout the day – all at murals around Tucson. If you still need a little help figuring…
“Crying in H Mart” by Michelle Zauner
About the book, from Penguin Random House: “In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with…
May 13: Recap of ALL the things!
Y’all, yesterday was a BUSY day! As those of you who follow us on social media know, we had planned to hide a few books at the spring premiere of the Reveille Men’s Chorus show “Heroes, Sheroes, Theyroes” (and we did!). But, before I get to that, we actually started our book hiding day earlier…
Recap: Solutions-Focused Book Event (and an upcoming book club!)
So, it might go without saying… but this gnome had an amazing time at our Solutions-Focused Book & Beer pairing/hiding event on Thursday, May 4th, at Borderlands Brewing Company! May the fourth be with you… on building community solutions! 🙂 This event was hosted in partnership with Caitlin Schmidt, solutions journalist with the Arizona Daily…
TODAY Show – It happened!
WOW. This has been an amazing week. Honestly, we still can’t believe it, but the TODAY Show segment aired on Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Hoda Kotb’s streaming show, “The Morning Boost.” We are so happy with how this turned out – and couldn’t be more excited to share our book-joy with all of you….
TODAY – Streaming on “The Boost” Tomorrow Morning (May 4)!
Friends… If there was ever a good Wowza Wednesday post, this might be it. So… do you remember that back in March, we kept talking about how special our March book hiding of OUT THERE by Kate Folk was? Well, not only did we hide a phenomenal book (which itself is special!), but we also…
Tucson Tome Gnome 