Summer Sale: Hardbacks!
First thing's first:
Gardner’s is having a Summer Sale on all of our hardbacks. Art, history, and coffee-table size books are $8 or less and
ALL other hardbacks are just
$5 or less. Whether you’re building a library, buying a gift, or just trying to collect hardbound copies of your very favorites, now’s the time to stock up. Sale prices are not applicable when using trade credit. For more information, just ask one of our booksellers in person Mon—Sat 9AM—8PM, Sun 12PM - 6PM, or give us a call at 918-627-7323.
Now, let's take a look at some of the books and movies that are coming out this month to distract us from the heat.
NEW BOOKS IN JULY
The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen released 7-5-11
When a woman is horribly mutilated and murdered, Rizzoli starts to find connections between this crime and an almost twenty-year old murder suicide that happened in Boston's Chinatown. The ninth book starring detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles, this one's a must-have for fans of gritty medical mysteries.
Quinn by Iris Johansen released 7-12-11
This is the follow up to the novel
Eve. When Joe Quinn met Eve Duncan he never expected to fall in love with a woman determined to bring her missing daughter home, but that's just what happened. Eve's first love, John Gallo, was supposedly killed in the line of duty. However, he is very much alive and may hold the key to solving this mystery.
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva released 7-19-11
This is book 11 in the Gabriel Allon series. After witnessing a suicide bombing, the third that day, Allon is called to Washington and drawn into a confrontation with the new face of terror. Now he and his team must destroy the network from within with the help of a woman...a woman from Allon's own violent past.
Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong released 7-26-11
This is book 12 in the Women of the Otherworld series. Savannah Levine gave up her powers at the end of book 11 and now she needs them more than ever. In a story that will change the Otherworld forever, Armstrong gathers Elena, Clay, Paige, Lucas, Jamie, Hope, and others who soon learn that the greatest threat to supernaturals lies much closer than they thought.
July Movies (based on books!)
Monte Carlo (PG)
A case of mistaken identity lands Grace & her friends a trip to Monte Carlo, but things start to go wrong when a very expensive necklace goes missing. Based on the novel
Headhunters by Jules Bass, this comedy starring Selena Gomez comes out July 1st.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt II (PG-13)
Harry Potter faces Voldemort in the final installment of the film adaptations of J.K. Rowling's
beloved series. Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, an era comes to an end on July 15th.
Captain America: The First Avenger (PG-13)
Steve Rogers is too weak to serve in the military and fight in WWII until he's given the Super Soldier serum. Transformed into the finest physical human specimen in existence, Captain America throws his mighty shield on July 22nd.
Cowboys and Aliens (PG-13)
When aliens land in Arizona in the 1800s, cowboys and Apaches will have to stop fighting each other in order to save the Earth from enslavement. Based on the graphic novel by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, the battle for Earth begins on July 29th.
From the Booksellers' Bookshelves: Whatcha Readin'?
“I just started
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I never read it in school and I figured it was about time. - Krystal, Asst. Mgr.
“I just finished reading
Hater by David Moody. I expected a "zombie" novel but what I got was a refreshingly different take on the genre which kept me so interested I couldn't put it down! I've just started the sequel,
Dog Blood, and can hardly wait for the third in the trilogy, which I'm told comes out this November.” - Bonnie, Media Dept.
Spotlight: Amanda Hocking
Interested in vampires, zombies, or trolls? Amanda Hocking’s bringing them to life in her YA paranormal novels. Her first series,
My Blood Approves, follows the story of Alice, a 17-year-old who’s forced to make some tough choices, the least of which is whether to stay in the land of the living or join the world of the undead. Five books complete this vampire series. Another book,
Hollowland is the story of 19-year-old Remy, who’s determined to survive no matter how many zombies get in her way.
Hocking’s most popular works may be the
Trylle trilogy. Wendy was switched at birth. Seventeen years later, after surviving an abusive childhood, including a mother who tried to kill her, Wendy learns that almost everything she thought she knew about trolls (and herself) is wrong. The film rights to the first book in the trilogy,
Switched, have already been sold.
Never heard of Amanda Hocking before? You will. In 2011 she became the first self-published author to become a multi-millionaire, thanks primarily to e-book sales. This past June she signed a $2 million book deal with St. Martin’s Press to get her next series in stores all over the country. Not bad for a 26-year-old.
For now, Hocking has paperbacks and e-books available through
Amazon.com. If you’re a fan of fun young adult paranormal/urban fantasy, I urge you to buy her books, even if you can’t buy them from us yet. Just be careful you don't get hooked. (Just kidding. Get hooked, it's fun.)
Singer-songwriter Josh Ritter is a man of many talents, and he’s bringing them all to Tulsa on July 21st.
