Today’s guest post comes from Nicole White, a former Vroman’s children’s department bookseller and current Penguin Young Readers Rep. She will be at Vroman’s Hasting Ranch on Thursday, December 22 at 6pm to discuss her holiday picks. When I think about what is great about independent bookstores, I think about all of the wonderful conversations [...]
It appears my blog post from yesterday was a bit premature. We just received signed copies of two more titles that make perfect gifts, and I couldn’t not mention them: Then Again by Diane Keaton, Signed Copy More than the autobiography of a legendary actress, Then Again is a book about a very American family [...]
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Jen works at the main Vroman’s location in the Children’s Department. She’s been working here for a little over a year! Here are 25 things you don’t know about her: I LOVE FRUIT. Someday I want to travel the world and all 50 states. I want to go to Thailand just to ride an elephant [...]
Snow Day was a smashing success! Excited kids (and even excited parents) abounded, and the five tons of snow got seriously played with. At about 1:30, Frosty the Snowman made his first appearance to entertain the gathering crowd – all of whom were more than eager to run out on to the snowy patch as [...]
Events at Vroman’s Main Store 695 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101 Saturday, December 10, 2 – 5pm Please Join Us for Snow Day! Who says it never snows in Southern California? Join us for a Vroman’s Winter Wonderland outside on the Paseo behind the main store, with an appearance by Frosty the Snowman, 5 [...]
Today’s blog is a guest post from Nicole, who works in the book department. She is a connoisseur of everything cute, and she has some great recommendations for cute-lovers everywhere… Hi, my name is Nicole and I am a sucker for cuteness. Yes, I’m the one that buys specific brands because there’s a puppy on [...]
Today we have another guest post from Zak, who works with the cashiers and at the Newsstand… You know exactly what I’m talking about. Imagine this conversation: ATTRACTIVE WOMAN/MAN YOU JUST MET: So, reading anything good? YOU: Actually, yes. I just finished The Autobiography of Mark Twain, which I read in a week despite it [...]
To celebrate the publication of Andrey Kurkov’s Russian crime-fiction series starring a penguin named Misha, Melville House has launched a new Adopt-a-Penguin program! They have pledged to adopt an emperor penguin in the name of any bookstore in North America that sells 25 copies of the new books – Death and the Penguin and/or Penguin [...]
Today’s blog is a guest post from Zak, who works with the cashiers and at the Newsstand. He’s got some great recommendations from a section that is often overlooked both in store and online… There’s a lot of love here at Vroman’s, but you know who gets NO love? DVDs. Yeah, you’ll buy a few [...]
