Thank you for shopping at Vroman’s Bookstore! We have a great selection of gifts and jewelry perfect for Valentine’s Day, and we hope you’ll shop with us this year. If you don’t have anyone to shop for, however, we’ve got a bit of help for you:
Love Hurts. Winning Doesn’t!
Did your last boyfriend or girlfriend leave you high and dry with a broken heart? Well, let us help you put that sad sack behind you and give you a chance to win something fun in the process. Come into Vroman’s Bookstore or Vroman’s Hastings Ranch anytime before Sunday, February 12 with a picture of the one that did you wrong and when you are checking out at the register or visiting our information desk tear up his or her photo, put your name and phone #/email on the back and deposit your two chances to win in our Valentine’s Day drawing box.
You will have entered into a drawing to win a holiday basket courtesy of Vroman’s Bookstore, filled with books and gifts totaling up to $200!
No purchase necessary to enter. Only two entries per person. The winner will be drawn and notified on Monday, February 13th.
UPDATE!: A lot of you are happily in long-term relationships, and we want to celebrate that too! If you bring in a picture of you and your current partner, you can also enter by putting your name and phone/e-mail on the back… but you only get one entry! You already have love, after all.
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Our world is so vast and so full of mysteries it’s easy to cast it aside as tumultuous and get caught in a bubble. Life, if we let it, can become monotonous, moving along to the same drum beat day after boring day. The very FACT that we’re here with blood running through our veins stirs my emotions to a point that can be clinically called Obsessive. Erich von Däniken came out with this masterpiece back in 1968. While Nixon declared his presidential candidacy and the US State Department announced the highest US casualties in the Vietnam War, Däniken introduced a hypothesis that declared with a vociferous voice that our civilization was indeed visited by what he refers to as “ancient astronauts”. Far out, right? But the evidence, THE EVIDENCE that lies in those pages is nothing short of incredible. Take a read for yourself and dare to question our existence!
Sexual abuse is not an easy subject to tackle in any form; especially if the predator isn’t referred to as such and is instead humanized by its victim. This book is more of a long poem within a modern timeline. A prose tinged with perversion and innocence. My heart and respect go out to Mrs. Fragoso for not only having to re-live her situation by writing this memoir but for surviving it; for helping those who have been in similar circumstances and exposing herself indirectly without compromising her incredible gift as a writer. A bittersweet book that will haunt and inspire you well after you read it.
It’s hard to imagine a compassionate world if we were to base it on current events. Personally, this book really made me question myself and my everyday actions towards the people I love and those I have yet to meet. The benefits of living a happy life go hand in hand with spiritual growth. Ferrucci doesn’t scold you into submission but instead takes a sincere and gentle approach into helping you realize how simple and beneficial it is to let kindness be your guide. Everyone can benefit from this book but remember to leave your EGO at the door.
Alright I know that the title makes me sound as if I’ve gone loco, but I do have a point. We all know the great advantages to buying locally. As Ruby has said in this very blog, it even goes as far as reducing your carbon footprint. Sounds like win, win, win all round. But there are even more advantages to buying local, locally. Alright that still doesn’t make sense. Perhaps I should try to explain with an example.
Andrea Lambert’s debut novel, Jet Set Desolate, follows Lena Cosentino through the disco underbelly of millennium-era San Francisco in a sexy, fast-paced read you’ll be too scared to put down. Leaving a trail of men (and the occasional woman) in her wake, Lena fights to keep her head above water amid a frenetic backdrop of wrenching pain and struggle barely masked by the twinkling lights of the disco ball. Although her life seems marked by excess, just a scratch beneath the surface reveals Lena barely holding it together as she attempts to keep her cruel sometimes-ex Jesse at bay while simultaneously managing her bipolar disorder, which is exacerbated by her growing cocaine addiction.
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Here’s a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy’s anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed by a bigger dog. Raschka’s signature swirling, impressionistic illustrations and his affectionate story will particularly appeal to young dog lovers and children dealing with the loss of something special.
Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air. Dead End in Norvelt is also a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Fiction title for 2011 and one of Horn Book’s Best Fiction Books of 2011.
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Margaret works on call in the Customer Service department at the main store. She’s been working here for three years. Here are 25 things you don’t know about her:
Has no pronounced allergies or medical disabilities
Can gift wrap with her eyes closed (as long as it’s symmetrical)
Will cry without fail at the “Jurassic Park” episode of Futurama
I am Greek & Norwegian
I no longer have my picture taken, everyone feels so free to post on the internet!
My favorite snack is white popcorn with salt & butter & a side of Evian water