HeyJaredMeander
Book clubs, travel, and what I'm reading — from the owner of Meander Bookshop, Paducah Kentucky's newest independent bookstore.
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Roots (plus what’s coming for 2027!) (opens the original)
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This afternoon the America 250 Book Club met on Zoom to talk about Roots. We loved the Middle Passage and Kunta Kinte’s arrival in America, and the Kizzy and Chicken George sections got us talking about how complicated life was on small slaveholding farms. The resounding conclusion is that there was too cockfighting. We spent a long time on Haley’s plag… Read more
Doorstops, Novellas, and a Letter from James Baldwin (opens the original)
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August was full. Full of reading and back-to-school business and lots and lots of bookselling. I’m finally getting the hang of it… just in time to panic that I really know nothing going into my first holiday season. Prayers and well-wishes appreciated! We launched our book clubs this month and that’s been going great. I’m reading like my life depended on it, so I thought I better share reviews before the list gets any longer!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.
Kalyn Gensic on Writing Romance in Paducah (opens the original)
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Welcome to the very first episode of From Meander Bookshop.My full-time job is as a podcaster. So, of course, I wasn’t going to open a bookshop without the accompanying podcast. A podcast is a perfect way to capture all the great conversations I hope to have around books, even if you can’t come to Meander.There was no more appropriate guest for the premiere than Kalyn Gensic, who sets all of her romances in Paducah, Kentucky. She’s the author of For the Love of Mark Twain, Mee
Must-Read Books Coming Out This Fall (opens the original)
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I’ve been telling everyone who will listen that the number of books coming out this fall is bananas. Basically, if you’ve read a book you’ve loved in the past 15 years, I bet that author has a new book coming out. I don’t know if I just feel the overwhelm as a new bookstore owner or if this is truly an exceptional lineup. Even as a reader, it seems like quite a full fall. I’m currently reading roughly eighty-eight pages a day in order to keep up!I say this with joy. I want to be clear about that
3,000 Miles of Reading (opens the original)
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