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About Me

www.booksandbooks.com
I am an independently owned and operated bookstore that has hundreds of author appearances each year. Mitchell Kaplan started me in 1982 in Coral Gables, Miami. The goal was to create a browser-friendly, library-style bookstore with very knowledgeable booksellers. Not only did Mitchell succeed, he added stores in Lincoln Road Mall on South Beach and in the Bal Harbour Shops of North Miami Beach, and just recently opened Books & Books Cayman Islands, so now I have a split personality. But that's part of my charm. Who's appeared with us over the years? The fact that we can put Bill Clinton and Kurt Vonnegut in the same sentence shows how unique we are.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who enjoys reading.

My Blog

BEA Los Angeles, 2008

Staying in LA, right in the heart of Hollywood, from Wednesday to Sunday.  Good times.  Exhausting times.  Book times.             ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:35:00 GMT

Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society

Book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.Authors: Mary Ann Shaffer and Anne BarrowsPublisher: Random HouseISBN: 978-0-440-33797-3Written entirely in correspondence, Shaffer and Barrows crea...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Review: "Requiem, Mass."

Requiem, Mass. John Dufresne 9780393057904 WW Norton, July 2008 "He [Red] said, 'Everybody knows that I drink, but nobody understands my thirst.'" Another author crafting a line like that would surro...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 13:29:00 GMT

Book Review: Richard Bachmans "Blaze"

Blaze Richard Bachman ISBN 9781416554844 Scribner July 2007 Those of us from small towns know the true joy of community theater. Even if the singing is off key and the set is cheap and the acting is ...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:41:00 GMT

25 YEARS OF BOOKS & BOOKS

Twenty-Five: Books & Books' commemorative online publication. Read comments from authors, publishers, booksellers, cultural leaders, and customers on 25 years of Books & Books. Click here to r...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:10:00 GMT

Potter Mania '07!

Thank you to everyone who came out and made this a truly magical night.Check out our photos:Potter Mania &39;07
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:28:00 GMT

PODICTIONARY  The Podcast for Word Lovers

Check it out!Podictionary Podcast
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:04:00 GMT

Review: Alice Sebold's "The Almost Moon"

The Almost Moon Alice Sebold ISBN 978-0-316-67746-2 Little, Brown October 2007 This book begins with a daughter killing her ailing mother. A lessor author would have made Helen Knightly's mother an h...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:59:00 GMT

Book Club Mixer was a success!

4-21 Book & Books Book Club Mixer   A sunny spring Saturday afternoon in South Florida and our Coral Gables courtyard filled with people discussing books  we had found bookst...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:34:00 GMT

Review: Nathan Enlgander's

Nathan Englander's short story collection, "For the Relief of Unbearable Urges," went through 13 hardcover printings and was translated into many languages. Those of us who have waited ten years ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:45:00 GMT