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A Bookseller for Every Reader
These are our kind of people: great people who love books.
Bookseller/Barista/Inventory Coordinator/Social Media
I’m gonna cheat and say that a book series changed my life and that series is, The Shadowhunter Chronicles. Without that book series, I wouldn’t have a love and passion for reading.
Cassandra Clare, V.E. Schwab, Leigh Bardugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Emily Henry, T.J. Klune
I LOVE our Butterbeer Latte. It’s so yummy and I’m glad we have it as a special drink of the month every year.
Movies, TV, music, anything media related. Peppermints, rainy days, cozy blankets, Taylor Swift, and Brett Goldstein
I have a great interest in media and film making.
Peeta Mellark is my favorite fictional anything. He is perfect. He is the blueprint for the perfect male love interest. Duh!
Alissa
Amy
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Austen, Axie Oh, Rachel Harrison, Simone St. James and Katee Robert
Ace Detective
K-Pop, Dancing, pure barre, and my puppies!
The Beatles, K-Pop, England Books and Travel
Mr. Darcy – he makes my heart flutter.
Bookseller/Barista/Events
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare. If I could even come close to writing such an outstanding conclusion to a trilogy such as this, I would know that I had succeeded as a writer.
Rebecca Ross, Aiden Thomas, Cassandra Clare, Casey McQuiston, & Rick Riordan
Sparks Fly Latte with oat milk.
The color black, Taylor Swift, Mitski, My Chemical Romance, pasta, writing excessively long book reviews, & annotating books.
Child Development, Psychology, & Biology
Lately, my favorite character is Will Herondale from The Infernal Devices/The Shadowhunter Chronicles! He’s humorous, brave, charismatic, and is one of those “more than meets the eye” characters.
Ash
Aubrey
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I always come back to this book. TJR is phenomenal and this story is one that is very near and dear to my heart.
Rebecca Ross, Sarah J. Maas, Emily Henry, Taylor Jenkins Reid, V.E. Schwab, and Rachel Hawkins
If You Give a Mouse a Latte (a chocolate chip latte that is perfection) with oat milk.
I have a lot of little people in my life (those I am related to, those I babysit, those I volunteer with, and those I counsel over the summer). I absolutely adore them. I also love to hammock (extra points if it’s on Samford Lawn). I’m a big concert fan. Anytime I can listen to live music is a good time. This may come as a surprise, but I do love to curl up and read.
I can get wrapped up into any and every docu-series, but extra points if it’s on a cult. I am also an Auburn student studying Psychology. I am hoping to go to grad school and eventually work in mental health counseling and I really enjoy learning about what makes us tick.
As a long time Muppet fan, I have to say Kermit the Frog. The Muppets (2011, with the hit song “Man or Muppet”) is one of my favorites and it stands the test of time. Kermit is just so loveable and such a classy little guy. I feel like I grew up with him. Also, who doesn’t love the Muppets?!
Bookseller/Barista
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Kate Quinn, Blake Crouch, Jodi Picoult
Heartstopper (a salted caramel latte with maple spice)
Cuddling with my kittens, being outside near a body of water (find me at Lake Martin all summer!), and eating really good food (if you haven’t had the lobster egg rolls at Amsterdam Café, you haven’t lived)
Historical fiction, Romance, Fantasy
Ove, from A Man Called Ove by Frederick Backman. Ove was grumpy, old, and determined to give up on life. Backman wrote his character beautifully. I laughed out loud and I cried at the end of the book. I wanted Ove to be my friend and I wanted to live on the same street with all the neighbors. When you can picture that, the author did something right!
Bethany
Colin
Bookseller/Barista
House on the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune
Sarah J. Mass, T.J. Klune, and Rebecca Yarros
Iced Momma Lorde with Oat Milk 🙂
Reading, traveling, music, theatre and languages!
Broadway musicals, French and Taylor Swift
Definitely Andarna from The Empyrean series because I feel like her attitude matches my own. Iconic.
Bookseller/Barista
The Harry Potter Series. I’ve never been the same.
Rebecca Yarros, V.E. Schwab, CS Lewis, Sarah J. Maas, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Madeline Miller
Out of the Woods!! (An October special with white chocolate, pumpkin spice, maple spice, and cinnamon)
My dog and cat!! Coffee, hiking, Spotify lol
Taylor Swift. Also mental health counseling!
Emma
Gabriel
Devotions by Mary Oliver. I have a worn out copy I carry with me everywhere & it has taught me so much about beauty, suffering, and connection to people and the natural world. In her own words, her instructions on living a life:
“Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
Joan Didion, Mary Oliver, Toni Morrison, Rumi, & Gillian Flynn
I am pretty sure I have eaten my weight in our peanut butter oatmeal energy bites
Spring & summer & a drive with the windows down
Agriculture, music, journalism, writing, learning about and experiencing the world!
Who is your favorite fictional character and why?
Anne of Green Gables- I grew up with her, & watching her mature as a character from young, spirited & hot headed, to older, wiser & grounded in a deeper, reality tempered beauty is something I understand more & more as I grow.
The Harry Potter series
Matt Haig, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Anthony Horowitz, Louise Penny, Shannon Chakraborty, and Stuart Turton
Anything Blackberry! Specifically, blackberry lemonade or blackberry hot chocolate!
My family, art & design, Lego, my cats, and good stories
Ron Weasley. Warner Bros did him dirty. He was much more clever than anyone gave him credit for.
Kim
Kristen
Bookseller/Barista
As much as I love so many books individually, I don’t think any single book has changed my life, but reading overall most definitely has.
Ali Hazelwood, Sarah J Maas, Juliette Cross, and Sophie Lark
The Zora with oat milk
Waffle House, the cinematic masterpiece that is Pride & Prejudice (2005), and long drives with a good audiobook
All things veterinary medicine, feminist theory, and lots of ‘accidentally vegan’ junk foods
Cameron Morgan from the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter – I read these books as a kid and I identified so much with her way of viewing the world that she became like a best friend who lives in my head.
Bookseller/Barista
Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson
Sarah J Mass, Rebecca Ross, Carissa Broadbent
Momma Lorde
My cats, crochet, and coffee!!
Romantasy and education
Nesta from ACOTAR because at first she’s very prickly but then when you finally get to see her POV she’s actually a softy, and I resonate with that on a whole other level.
Rachel
Robin
Bookseller/Barista/Events
Reading changed my life, it’s impossible to pick one!
Michael McDowell, Stephen King, Joshilyn Jackson, Barbara Kingsolver, Abraham Verghese, Jesmyn Ward
Momma Lorde
Hanging out with my husband and kids, reading (horror has my heart), true crime podcasts, any and all trashy reality dating shows.
Writing, World War II, cooking, and (you guessed it) horror.
Demon Copperhead— he was a magical narrator, endearing, honest and raw.
Bookseller/Barista
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Margaret Peterson Haddix, Sarah J. Maas, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Pollyanna
Crafting, reading, gardening
WWII, Reproductive Toxicology, Endocrine disruptors, anatomy
Tairn and McGonagall… they are both equally wise and sassy.
Sam
Tris
Bookseller
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
Becky Albertalli, Sarah J Maas, Ashley Herring Blake, Meryl Wilsner
Momma Lorde
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens…but in all seriousness, my family, DISNEY, and Criminal Minds
DISNEY, engineering, Taylor Swift, middle aged actresses
I would have to say Regina from Once Upon a Time (aka the evil queen). She reminds me that there is good in everyone. You just have to find it.