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  • Happy September! Thank you so much to everyone who has come out to support us, especially in the heat! Below, you’ll find out what’s going on at TBR Books this month. [This newsletter is a little late because somebody (Tracy) was busy finishing her MLIS degree in August and forgot to start work on the…

  • August Newsletter

    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…

  • July Newsletter

    Happy Summer! Thank you for all of the support this past season! We hope you were able to come in for Customer Appreciation Day on June 20th, but even if you couldn’t make it, we still appreciate you! We hope everyone is having a a safe but exciting summer. Here at TBR Books, we obviously…

  • Our first month in our new home was a huge success! Thank you all SO MUCH for supporting us! We are so thrilled to be a part of the downtown community. We had our official ribbon-cutting ceremony through the O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 28th. Lena gave a lovely speech and got to…

  • Happy May! This has been a very eventful spring for TBR Books! In this newsletter, you’ll find our FINAL LOCATION UPDATE (yay), a new artisan announcement, and some monthly book recommendations. This month is PACKED with awareness campaigns and celebrations. We have tried to include as many as possible and to do them justice. The…

  • Saturday, April 25th is Independent Bookstore Day, and we have excellent news! WE ARE OPEN! We are in our new space, and after a whole week of hard work, we are ready for customers! The timing could not be better, since our first full day of being open is Independent Bookstore Day! Our new address…

  • This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for! We are finally MOVING! Our new home is 109 W First Street, next to Wood Bakery. It will be significantly larger than our current location, so we won’t be able to fill the entire space immediately, and that’s a good thing! Our little store is still…

  • Happy Spring! We have really been enjoying warmer weather and seeing flowers again, and we hope you have, too! Thank you so much for coming out to support us so far this season! We are so grateful to be part of a literature-loving community. Location Update The building is SO CLOSE to being ready! Thank…

  • Thank you SO MUCH to all of our customers and to our community for supporting us. We would not be here without you. This week, we have been open for 6 whole months! This is very exciting! March is a very busy month. It is so jam-packed full of literary holidays that we can’t possibly…

  • Thank you to everyone who has come to visit us this past month! We could not be here without your support. Please continue spreading the word that we are here. Long-distance friends can also support us by purchasing books or e-books through Bookshop.org or by purchasing audiobooks at Libro.fm. February is a short month, but…