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Welcome to the New Year!
With summer fading fast and the memory of holidays taking a slow boat
to the island of nostalgia, it's probably come to the time where enjoying a good
book seems impossible. What with shoulders to the wheel and noses to the
grindstone, toeing the line while rats race through hoops. With numbers on the
line and irons in the fire, reading a book seems like the dumbest idea since
Custer looked down a valley and said, 'No, I just feel GOOD today, you
know?'
Well we at Banjo Books reject these, and all other cliches, similes and
bizarre metaphors! Now is the time to get through all those summer books that
you never got round to. Parents; enjoy the time you get to spend at home since
the kids have gone back to school. Kids; enjoy the dead double period after
lunch on any day except Wednesday by pretending to study (NB. Banjo Books
management does not endorse this view). Single or married people without
children; why are you complaining?
Sure i could give you all 'scientific' reasons why you should get out to
the bookshop, but instead of meaningless 'facts', I'm going to give you one
persuasive argument...
Banjo Books February sale is now on!
We have discounts of up to 40% on almost all books in the store, plus a
huge bargains table with books for just $2 or $5. I sold $120 worth of books to
one gentleman for $10. It's happening now til Wednesday the 28th February so get
in now before all the bargains go.
But the biggest news of the new year has to be the imminent release of
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final in the series. Surely there will
never be another book so eagerly awaited unless God himself sits down at a
typewriter and says to himself, 'What have I really done in my life?'
Here at Banjo's we are planning on celebrating in style. See the website
for details, but there will be costumes, face painting, games quizzes and prizes
for the kids on the glorious morning in July.
Add to these two monster events the constant flow of local author
events, book clubs, sales, great coffee and quality service then you have an
exciting time ahead. We are certainly looking forward to it and hope you can
join us for part of it.
Some new books for early 2007:
'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,' is a new novel by Paul Torday. It concerns
the life of Dr Alfred Jones, whose quiet life studying Caddis Fly larva is
turned upside down by a seemingly absurd proposal from Yemen. Hilarious and
touching.
Alexander McCall Smith has added to his wonderful Number One Ladies
Detective series with it's 8th book, 'The Good Husband of Zebra Drive.' for
those of you not familiar with the gentle evocative novels, get aquainted! Also,
the 7th book, 'Blue Shoes and Happiness,' has just been released in a paperback
edition.
'A Man of Peace in a Time of War,' is a detailed biography of Kofi Annan
and gets to the depths of some of the biggest world events of our time. A
precious look at one of the worlds most influential men, and foremost
humanitarians.
For the kids, the fourth and final book in the Sisterhood of the
Travelling Pants series is out. 'Forever in Blue,' traces one final summer of
the 4 girls, Lena, Carmen, Bridget and Tibby as they find all their treasured
travelling pants can teach them.
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