Local Author Advocates
In the summer of 2016, while developing a2books.org, I was excited to stumble across the website BookstoreAnnArbor.com. Not only does it feature articles on … Read more
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy
The story of the British women recruited as code breakers is fairly well known. After many books, a television series, and at … Read more
Black Hammer Volume 1 written by Jeff Lemire, art by Dean Ormston and Dave Stewart on color
Black Hammer is an ancient, classic spell, renewed. Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Dave Stewart have dusted off all of their favorite ingredients: … Read more
Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library
FAADL, or the Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library, have been supporting the library since 1953 when the library was still … Read more
Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure by Samira Kawash
You can’t go too wrong with a book about the evolution of candy in the United States and how we view it … Read more
Detroit BookFest
The Detroit BookFest began in 2017 and is the largest book festival in Michigan, featuring vendors from all over the United States, … Read more
The Dryby Jane Harper
Two things to keep in mind when reading The Dry: It’s an awesome book to read in the cold, cold winter, as it’s … Read more
Author Karen Dionne
Karen Dionne, a Michigan native, has written several mainstream thrillers, as well as an adaptation of the TV series, The Killing. I was … Read more
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan
If you, or a kid in your life, was a fan of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson Series, I definitely suggest his newest … Read more