Books & Company

Tuesday, Oct 21 at 6:30 pm Gail Konop Baker Tickets $5.00 Join us for a dessert reception at Sweetie Pies in downtown Oconomowoc for Madison author Gail Konop Baker. Ms. Baker will read from her memoir and discuss her experiences as a breast cancer survivor. ProHealth Care’s Center for Breast Care ... (more)will receive 20% of proceeds from both book and ticket sales.

Nyki will be discussing Little Klein by Anne Tlvisaker. The next meeting is one week early.

The group will discuss Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg.

Sandy Hendrix & Bonita Mason will be signing copies of The Most Special Bear. The story is about a young boy and the teddy bear his grandfather gave him. It revolves around his meeting the Teddy Bear Lady at the hospice where his grandfather spends his last days. It is written with the consideration ... (more)that the adult reader may also be grieving. There is a list of questions designed by a psychologist to draw out the child's feelings for discussion and allows the adult to offer the child the answers that follow their own moral and religious values. Call or email us to reserve your copy

Let's Monkey Around! You can play along as a young girl and her stuffed monkey pretend they're going to the zoo. Mmmmmm, we'll have animal crackers, too!

Lisa will be discussing We are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg.

Lisa will be discussing Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey

The group will discuss Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier.

Nyki will be discussing The Missing Book 1: Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

Beth will be discussing Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

Publisher's Weekly called Susan Engberg's stories "gorgeously crafted". Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times has said "Ms. Engberg has an uncanny understanding of the darting, itchy paths taken by the introspective mind, and she's able to translate these emotional states into lyrical, meticulous prose, ... (more)granting the reader privileged admission into her characters' hearts and minds."We are thrilled to have Ms. Engberg join us for a reading on Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 pm.

Lisa will be discussing Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

B.O.O.K.W.O.R.M. (Best of Oconomowoc Kids Working on Reading Millions) is a book group for kids in grades 5th-8th. Nyki will be discussing Battle of the Labyrinth, bk 4 in the Percy Jackson Series. She has a synopsis of the first 3 books for those who may have missed one of the earlier books.

Author Amy Stewart talks about gardening, life with chickens, and her latest book, Flower Confidential. Women’s Book Night is a free after-hours series that brings reading women together in a convivial atmosphere with compelling speakers and enticing extras. The June event will feature wine and nibbles, ... (more)an edible-flower tasting, and (yes!) free chair massage. Flower Confidential is a globe-trotting, behind-the-scenes look at the dazzling world of flowers. Stewart follows a rose from the remote Ecuadoran greenhouse where it's grown to the American retailer where it's finally sold, and visits a huge, stock-exchange-like Dutch flower auction. These present-day adventures are interspersed with fascinating histories of the various aspects of flower culture, propagation and commerce. Stewart's floral romanticism-she admits early on that she's "always had a generalized, smutty sort of lust for flowers"-survives the potentially disillusioning revelations of the flower biz. By the end, the book is as lush as the flowers it describes.

Lisa will be discussing A Stew or a Story by MFK Fisher.

The group will discuss Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.

Beth will be discussing The Blade Itself by Marcus Sakey.

B.O.O.K.W.O.R.M. (Best of Oconomowoc Kids Working on Reading Millions) is a book group for kids in grades 5th-8th. Nyki will be discussing Battle of the Labyrinth, bk 4 in the Percy Jackson Series. She has a synopsis of the first 3 books for those who may have missed one of the earlier books.

Kaya McLaren will be reading from her new book Church of the Dog. Following the reading, Ms McLaren will be signing books.

Lisa will be discussing The River Wife by Jonis Agee.

We are having a Backwards Party. The End by David LaRochelle is a delightfully backwards 'hello,' and pinning the Donkey on the Tail. Don't forget to wear your clothes backwards!

Beth will be discussing The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson.

We will open at 11:00 p.m. on Friday, August 1st. Books will go on-sale at Midnight.Reserve your copy now.

Yes, 6:30 in the morning! Roll out of bed and head out to Books and Co. because Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series continues with her fourth book, Breaking Dawn. Books go on sale at 6:30a.m., so pick one up and spend the rest of your morning reading. Pre-order your copy today.

Ellen Baker, author of Keeping the House, which has been named a Midwest Connections pick and one of Chicago Tribune's Best Books of 2007, is coming to visit. The book, set northern WI in the conformist 1950s and reaching back to span two world wars, Ellen Baker's superb novel is the story of a newlywed ... (more)who falls in love with a grand abandoned house and begins to unravel dark secrets woven through the generations of a family.

Diana will be here discussing Ken Follett's, Pillars of the Earth.