Blog - BOOKS at a Fifth

Small Business Saturday

11/29/2014

Today is Small Business Saturday! Support your local small businesses, from candy makers to bookstores, and everything in between.

Looking to start your own small business? We've got whole shelves of books for you! Business, finance, memoirs and biographies of inspirational business leaders throughout history, the list goes on.

And, don't forget, our holiday sales specials will be going till Christmas. Be honest, there are people in your life that should really read a book. ;)

Special Savings

11/28/2014

I hope you all had a terrific Thanksgiving! As promised, we are back today, with special savings throughout the store. Try one of our One Buck Books, or, if that's too rich for your blood, check out our new Four Bit Book Bin. That's $.50 per title! James Patterson Hardcovers are just $2. Plus, select titles throughout the store are 50% off of their already unbeatable prices.

Happy Thanksgiving

11/26/2014

We will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving, to give our customers and staff time to enjoy the company of friends and family and reflect on all we have to be thankful for this season. We will resume our normal hours on Friday, November 28th, at 10 a.m. with special deals throughout the store!

Thank you to all of our fabulous customers. You make this store possible.

Novel

11/25/2014

"The latin novellus was taken into Italian as novella and from the thirteenth century had been used as a noun for 'tale, fable, narrative'. In the sixteenth century, English needed a literary term for a short narrative dealing with local events that were humorous, political, or amorous in nature. This need was met when the Italian novella was borrowed as novel." -- Webster's Dictionary of Word Origins.

No day is wasted if you learned something.

Relax

11/24/2014

It's important to take some time each day to slow down, breathe, and just relax. Sit down somewhere quiet. Take a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate with you into your little bubble of me time. Read a book. Ok, not a whole book. Let's be honest, if you have enough spare time to read an entire book in one sitting, you probably don't need to decompress.

Audiobooks

11/22/2014

Did you know we have audiobooks? In both CD and Cassette Tape formats. Westerns, mysteries, romance, even non-fiction like How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie.

Favorite Book

11/20/2014

What was your favorite book as a kid? What bedtime story did your parents dread because they've read that book so many times they just want to set it on fire and dance with glee? Pokey Little Puppy? The Monster at the End of the Book? Where the Wild Things Are?

Blizzard

11/19/2014

If you were stuck in a blizzard, assuming you're warm and safe - just stuck, what book would you want with you? When the ipad and cell phone batteries give out, a book will still work at factory specs. What book, though? A Mystery, a Romance, a Classic? Would you want an old favorite, or that book you always meant to get around to reading?

Mysteries

11/18/2014

There is a mystery for everyone. Historical mysteries, sci-fi mysteries, legal mysteries, medical mysteries, even cooking related mysteries. . . with recipes! If you don't think you like mysteries, you haven't read the right one.

Illustrated Classics

11/17/2014

Remember those great Illustrated Classics books when you were a kid? The Three Musketeers, Treasure Island, Moby Dick? They're all here! Come on in and see what else we have in store for you from our ever-evolving collection of books of all kinds.