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Novel Escapes: Books That Totally Absorbed Us
Here are the books that readers say totally captivated them to the point they lost all awareness of their own real time and place.

Steven Hansen
May 138 min read
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The Most Unique Bookstores in the World
Don’t get us wrong. We love Powell’s, The Strand, Rizzoli, Shakespeare & Company, and all the other great bookstores of the world. And...

Steven Hansen
Oct 15, 20247 min read
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Here’s One Virus that Gets You Lit
As the days shorten and turn cooler here, we look forward to cozier times spent indoors -- long holiday breaks, lazy weekends, and...

Steven Hansen
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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DIYs? Author talks? Concerts? Stream Top Public Library TV Shows
Long gone are the days of the local public library as a quiet repository of books and newspapers – dormant except for the occasional...

Steven Hansen
Jul 31, 20232 min read
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Our 2022 Holiday Happiness Gift Guide!
It’s here! Our 2022 Happiness Holiday Gift Guide! Have fun shopping some of our very favorite things that we’ve discovered this year in...

Steven Hansen
Nov 5, 202211 min read
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World’s Booklovers Open 125,000 Miniature Libraries
Traverse City, MI Small town ideas sometimes turn into stunning worldwide movements. Long before the popular tiny house trend, were the...

Steven Hansen
Feb 23, 20222 min read
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Really Underground Book Reviews
Any book that can hold the attention of a New Yorker riding a jam-packed subway car that's screeching and lurching through the bowels of...

Steven Hansen
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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Favorite Place to Read a Book
One of the simplest joys of life is curling up with a good book. To be transported – or even lost – inside a gripping mystery or horror...

Steven Hansen
Nov 7, 20215 min read
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One-of-a-Kind Bookstore is Reborn
A Broadway institution reopens its doors at a beautiful new location.
HA Staff
Jun 19, 20211 min read
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There are Nests in These Library Branches!
One thing we’ve learned to appreciate over the past year is the nurturing need to nest. Not just the act of staying safe and healthy at...

Steven Hansen
Jun 9, 20212 min read
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Read an Uplifting Story
100 happiest books rated by readers

Steven Hansen
May 9, 20211 min read
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Jobs They Love: Squirrel Mascot
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...

Steven Hansen
Apr 18, 20213 min read
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Jobs They Love: Bookbinder
Lucky are they who look forward to Mondays with joy in their hearts! Meet the folks whose talents and passions are happily matched to the...

Steven Hansen
Feb 26, 20214 min read
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