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CURATION BY CEE • Spoooky Teen Books for Halloween

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Curation by Cee is a series where I have carefully selected books that fit a specific theme, in order to set up tables and endcap displays for readers to peruse. This is something thing I already do at work, and find a lot of joy curating books that I want readers to pick up.

Spooky, scary season is upon us—the best month of the year gives us the best vibes (you can try to fight me on this one). I may be a scaredy cat, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the spooky nature of Halloween, nor does it mean I wouldn’t read a horror book.

I bring you a curation of the teen books for Halloween—anthologies, body horror, queer ghost stories and more!

These are the teen books on my bookstore’s Halloween display this year:
TEEN HORROR BOOKS

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CURATION BY CEE • Spoooky Books for Halloween

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Curation by Cee is a series where I have carefully selected books that fit a specific theme, in order to set up tables and endcap displays for readers to peruse. This is something thing I already do at work, and find a lot of joy curating books that I want readers to pick up.

Spooky, scary season is upon us—the best month of the year gives us the best vibes (you can try to fight me on this one). I may be a scaredy cat, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the spooky nature of Halloween, nor does it mean I wouldn’t read a horror book.

For this year, these books I picked for my bookstore’s Halloween range from classics like The Exorcist and Carrie and foreign ones like Ring (exactly what you think it is) and Tender is the Night. A touch on different subject matter to fill your time in spooky October.

These are the books on my bookstore’s Halloween display this year:
FEMINIST HORROR

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CURATION BY CEE • Middle Grade and Teen Books for Hispanic Heritage Month

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Curation by Cee is a series where I have carefully selected books that fit a specific theme, in order to set up tables and endcap displays for readers to peruse. This is something thing I already do at work, and find a lot of joy curating books that I want readers to pick up.

Last time, I showcased fiction books for Hispanic Heritage Month; this time, it’s the teen and kids—specifically Middle Grade—books. You’ll find books exploring ghosts and Mexican urban legends, being an American with undocumented parents, what it means to be illegal, finding love in the most unexpected places, and so much more!

These are the teen and kids books on my bookstore’s Hispanic Heritage Month display this year:

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CURATION BY CEE • Fiction for Hispanic Heritage Month

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Curation by Cee is a series where I have carefully selected books that fit a specific theme, in order to set up tables and endcap displays for readers to peruse. This is something thing I already do at work, and find a lot of joy curating books that I want readers to pick up.

Forget about Julia Alvarez, House on Mango Street and Love in the Time of Cholera! It’s time for new classics.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I’m showcasing books by Latinx authors that are an instant must for your bookshelves—familial strife, feminine power, psychological horror, immigrants searching for that American dream, and much more! These are the books my co-worker and I have curated for a display at work.

These are the books on my bookstore’s Hispanic Heritage Month display this year:

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BOOKS IN HAND • What Books Customers Are Buying in September 2022

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During the last week of February 2018, I pondered about what type of post to make for “Books in Hand.” At first, I planned to discuss all the books customers came in asking for or buying, but that’s a bit too much because everybody came in asking for different books, and I didn’t remember all of them. My boss showed me a way to check our store’s best selling books, and I found out what we sold a lot of!

And that’s what this post is—seeing the top selling books of September 2022! Lots of Halloween-esque books on this list already!

FICTION

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw | A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas | Fairy Tale by Stephen King | Verity by Colleen Hoover

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TOO MUCH TBR • October 2022

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For those who do not know, Too Much TBR is a way to help me see which books I really need to read and tackle them. Is it effective? Perhaps. It helps a lot seeing a visual of the books on my TBR pile.

Let’s get down to it.

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