Chatting Books Online Day 101 . And now for something a bit different. I have a new way to relax and unwind in the afternoons when I leave the shop. My new habit has me arriving home in the afternoons and rather than just collapsing on the couch I pour myself a glass of wine (or sometimes tea or water) and then put in a pair of earphones and head out onto the porch to listen to an audiobook while watering my hanging baskets. With the summer heat my porch plants both baskets and potted plants have been taking a beating and I have not been able to convince myself to put in a drip watering system (too much water on a wooden porch seems like a bad idea to me), so instead I water them by hand on a regular basis. What I have discovered is that by turning on my libro.fm app , selecting a book and popping n my earphones the time flies by as I become immersed in another world.
This week I listened to "Hello Summer " by Mary Kay Andrews. I have to say it is not a book I would have normally picked up unless I was headed to the beach but I absolutely enjoyed traveling to the Florida coast for this lovely book. It is a sibling story, there is a mysterious death, the pulls of a family business or breaking out on your own, and political intrigue. My 24 hanging baskets and 12 potted porch
plants are very healthy this week because I kept wanting to put back in the headphones and head back out - one hand holding the garden hose and the other the wine glass my head in a virtual book - life is good.
So this week's book is one that we don't actually currently have in physical stock in the shop , though of course we are always happy to order a copy for you. If you have not used libro.fm yet it is really simple. You can either subscribe for $14.99 a month which entitles you to one free book credit a month (a typical download of a book still in hardcover is about $30 so this is a great bargain), then if you want more than one book in the month you get a 30% discount on additional books. If you don't use your free book credit in a month you can roll it forward to the next month and use it then (great for road trips too). Of course you don't have to subscribe to a monthly plan you can just use this site and app to order individual books , or you can even buy gift certificates on the site to send the gift of a book download to a friend. And the best part? When you buy audiobooks through libro.fm the purchase actually supports your local bookstore (you select your store when you first sign on ) that recommends books to you rather than supporting that other audiobook company that only suggests books based on marketing algorythyms.
To order this book as an audiobook use this website: https://www.libro.fm/audiobooks/9781250752314-hello-summer
Remember , if instead you want a paper copy of this or any other book either stop in the store Monday - Saturday between 10:30 and 4pm or message us. If we don't have what you are looking for we will order it for you and have it here in just a few days.
