Thank you to everyone who has come out to support us in July! It’s been hot and stormy (sometimes at the same time), and we know how chaotic summer can be! In this newsletter, you can find new vendors, the meeting dates for August book clubs, and monthly themes!
Fall won’t start until halfway through September, but with school starting back up, it does feel like summer is winding down. If you have taken any books with you on your travels (or to your backyard), let us know! We still have summer recommendations for you if you want them.
Event/Reading Room
Our back room is finally ready for everyone to enjoy! It is a cozy reading room and event space. Are you interesting in hosting your next gathering at TBR Books? Check out our Event Room page for more information!
New Vendors
We’ve got some new vendors displaying their artisanal creations in the store! If you’d like to be one of them, please visit our Artisans & Vendors page, read the FAQ, and fill out the application.
Hooks and Heelers
Hooks and Heelers has the cutest display of crocheted critters! Annie has been crocheting since 2019, and she says it’s good for her mental health. Not only is it great for stress relief, it’s also fun to see her projects come together. Annie also creates and sells patterns and is writing a book. You can find her across social media platforms as @hooksandheelers, and she also makes videos on YouTube.
Chasing Sunshine
Chasing Sunshine has some fantastic magnets and earrings hand-made out of clay! Amanda has been making clay creations for three years. She loves to see people confidently wearing her creations, and it inspires her to make more. You can find Chasing Sunshine on Facebook.
If you’re interested in learning about our other artisans, please check our Meet Our Artisans page!
Book Club Meetings
TBR Books hosts multiple book clubs! They are very casual and FREE to join. Even if you didn’t finish the book, you can still join in! Books for the next month’s meeting are chosen at the end of each meeting. See below for the book clubs’ meeting dates and book selections.
- Nonfiction
- When: August 4 at 6:30pm
- Where: TBR Books
- Book: 53 Days on Starvation Island by John Bruning
- Queer Voices
- When: August 4 at 6:30pm
- Where: TBR Books
- Book: Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Strothers
- Thriller
- When: August 13 at 6:30pm
- Where: TBR Books
- Book: Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
- Young Adult
- When: August 13 at 6:30pm
- Where: TBR Books
- Book: You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
- SciFi/Fantasy
- When: August 18 at 6:30pm
- Where: TBR Books
- Book: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
- Romance
- When: August 20 at 6:30pm
- Where: TBR Books
- Book: How Simi Got Her Groom Back by Sonali Dev
- Adult Fiction
- When: August 20 at 6:30pm
- Where: TBR Books
- Book: Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Hygiene from the Heart
TBR Books is hosting a donation bin for Hygiene from the Heart. Amelia, Maya, and Cayleigh from O’Fallon’s Girl Scout Troop 820 are collecting personal care and hygiene products to help support the local community and earn their Silver Award! The donations will be given to the local food pantry. They are accepting:
- Personal Care Items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, nail clippers
- Hair & Body Items such as bar soap, body wash, shampoo, conditioner
- Period Care such as pads, tampons, feminine care products
All donations must be new, unopened, and unused. Drop off your donations at TBR Books, City Hall, or the Public Safety Building.
Back to School
It’s back to school season! O’Fallon District 90 starts back on August 12. We’ve got some very cute books for kids’ back to school season (and some school themed books for other ages, too)! Check out our recommendations by clicking the banner below.
August Awareness Days/Months
There are so many themes for August that we can’t get to all of them! We’ve made a list below (with helpful links) so you can enjoy them anyway. Let us know if there are any we hadn’t heard about!
Monthly Themes
- Don’t Be a Bully Month
- Fat Liberation Month
- National Black Business Month
- National Breastfeeding Month
- National Civility Month
- National Dog Month
- National Make-a-Will Month
- National Road Victim Month
- National Traffic Awareness Month
- National Wellness Month
- Transgender History Month
- Women in Translation Month
Days
- August 4 – Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
- August 18 – 19th Amendment Ratified
- August 19 – World Humanitarian Day
- August 21 – National Senior Citizen’s Day
- August 23 – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- 3rd Sunday – National Honey Bee Day
- August 30 – National Grief Awareness Day
- August 31 – International Overdose Awareness Day
Lena’s Birthday
Lena is the owner of TBR Books, and her birthday is August 4th! If you’re in the store the first week of August, wish her a happy birthday! She’ll be working the morning shift during the week and the afternoon on Saturday.
You can check out some of Lena’s favorite books here.
Reminders
If you or your friends like to listen to audiobooks o read e-books, you can still support TBR Books by using Libro.fm (for audiobooks) and Bookshop.org (for e-books or physical books).
No AI was used in the making of this newsletter. For TBR Books’ AI policy, check our About page.
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