{"id":68989,"date":"2020-05-24T02:22:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T06:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=68989"},"modified":"2020-05-28T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T20:32:43","slug":"a-book-beat-miscellany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2020\/05\/24\/a-book-beat-miscellany\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Beat spring miscellany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our spring miscellany is a collection of recent good reads in a mix of categories including; gardening,, cooking, new reeases, bestselling fiction, signed books (instore only), and activity books. Bookshop.org orders are welcome, as are direct orders from the store. Please write <a href=\"mailto:BookBeatOrders@gmail.com\">BookBeatOrders@gmail.com<\/a> or Call (248) 968-1190 for more information, or if there&#8217;s a book you&#8217;d like to order. When writing, please leave your name, phone number, and book(s) you&#8217;re interested in. <em>We thank you your support!  <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68999\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paperback.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68999\" class=\"wp-image-68999 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paperback.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paperback.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paperback-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/paperback-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recent bestselling paperbacks and new releases.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Visit our Bookshop catalog for <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/may-2020-indie-next-releases\">May 2020 Indie Next Releases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of our favorite books are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/science-and-nature-writing\/edit\">Science and Nature writing catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gardening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gardening.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gardening.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gardening-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/gardening-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gardening indoors and outside is a creative and often relaxing way to pass the time while adding beauty and greenery to your home. Be sure to get the kids involved, too! See more of our gardening books in the Bookshop catalog: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/gardening-indoor-plants-trees-and-mushrooms\">Gardening, indoor plants, trees and mushrooms <\/a><\/p>\n<p>And also visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/gardening-for-children\">Gardening for Children catalog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooking.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooking-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cooking-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find more cooking and food history at: <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/cooking-drinking-and-writing-about-food\">Cooking, Drinking and writing about food<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fiction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fiction.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fiction.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fiction-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fiction-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out more recent <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/recent-best-selling-fiction\">Bestselling Fiction here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Activity books for all ages are located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/paper-love-crafts-drawing-journals-collage-stickers-origami\">Paper Love catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68993\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooke.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68993\" class=\"wp-image-68993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooke.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooke-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooke-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sale Book markdowns $7.99-$14.99<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68994\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooks2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68994\" class=\"wp-image-68994 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooks2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooks2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooks2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/salebooks2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sale books! $5.99-$9.99<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68995\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68995\" class=\"wp-image-68995 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed_1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed_1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed_1-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signed first edition! &#8220;That voice of hope is more essential now than ever, and this memoir is a valuable glimpse into the grit and courage that enabled her to keep telling sidelined stories when the forces opposing her seemed monolithic.&#8221; &#8211;The Guardian<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68996\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68996\" class=\"wp-image-68996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed2.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed2-84x150.jpeg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signed first edition!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68997\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68997\" class=\"wp-image-68997 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed3.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed3-84x150.jpeg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signed first edition!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_68998\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68998\" class=\"wp-image-68998 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed5.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/signed5-84x150.jpeg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signed first edition!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_69002\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/narcissism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69002\" class=\"wp-image-69002 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/narcissism.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/narcissism.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/narcissism-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/narcissism-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Narcissism of Small Differences by local author Michael Zadoorian is one of Book Beat&#8217;s top-selling novels. Signed paperbacks are available direct from us for $16.95<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLike Zadoorian\u2019s earlier novels\u2014<em>The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit, The Leisure Seeker and Beautiful Music<\/em>\u2014this new novel brims with wit, passion and soul.\u201d \u2014The Millions, one of The Millions\u2019 Most Anticipated Books of 2020<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZadoorian\u2019s comedy of contemporary manners resonates by virtue of its introspective characters and depictions of the small moments in life that, taken together, have great significance. Piquantly titled chapters (\u2018Out Come the Freaks\u2019) provide additional comic snap. Zadoorian\u2019s subtle, timely story hits the mark.\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetroit in 2009 is depicted as a place whose glory days are behind it and whose future is uncertain. Ana and Joe are neither fortune-seeking gentrifiers nor grizzled veterans, and their need to find a specific place where they belong makes for some of this novel\u2019s most affecting moments . . . [This novel\u2019s] empathy and lived-in qualities are both appealing.\u201d \u2014Kirkus Reviews<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A] warm, surprisingly playful novel about middle-age crisis . . . Zadoorian\u2019s obvious affection for Detroit, along with his enthusiasm for his characters\u2019 pursuit of meaningful lives, makes this a very enjoyable read.\u201d \u2014Library Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our spring miscellany is a collection of recent good reads in a mix of categories including; gardening,, cooking, new reeases, bestselling fiction, signed books (instore only), and activity books. Bookshop.org orders are welcome, as are direct orders from the store. Please write BookBeatOrders@gmail.com or Call (248) 968-1190 for more information, or if there&rsquo;s a book [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[498,499],"class_list":["post-68989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-sale-books","tag-signed-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}