How often a new lens opens a whole new world! And what a new vista Tom Standage, deputy editor for The Economist, opens up for readers. The whole of human history divided into six eras, each defined by a different beverage. Six glasses: from beer, wine and spirits through coffee, tea and Coca-Cola. Set your course […]
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Books We’re Loving
August 3 Book Club: “Oh, William!” by Elizabeth Strout
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from—and what they’ve left behind. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York […]
July 6 Book Club: “Good Eggs” by Rebecca Hardiman
When a home aide arrives to assist a rambunctious family at a crossroads, simmering tensions boil over in this “witty, exuberant debut” (People) that is an “absolute delight from start to finish” (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author)—perfect for fans of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Evvie Drake Starts Over.
When Kevin Gogarty’s eighty-three-year-old mother is caught shoplifting yet again, he has no choice but to hire a caretaker to keep an eye on her. Kevin, recently unemployed, is already at his wits’ end tending to a full house while his wife travels to exotic locales for work, leaving him solo with his sulky, misbehaved teenaged daughter. Into the Gogarty fray steps Sylvia, the upbeat home aide, who appears at first to be their saving grace—until she catapults the Gogarty clan into their greatest crisis yet.
“Bracing, hilarious, warm” (Judy Blundell, New York Times bestselling author), Good Eggs is an irresistibly charming study in self-determination; the notion that it’s never too late to start living; and the unique redemption that family, despite its maddening flaws, can offer.
What Our Visitors Are Saying
Relaxing atmosphere for a coffee meeting. Tables are spaced out for social distancing. This stop sells a variety of items such as local art, games, toys, clothing accessories, and BOOKS!

I have been to the Book Nook several times. It is a unique place. Love the music!

Great place l went to grab some breakfast and looked around the store while I was waiting. Had a breakfast bowl with eggs potato spinach sausage was very good. A nice place they do have a patio where you can eat and drink but at the moment your not able to eat inside. Would happily go back really nice place.

Wonderful little Bookstore and Cafe in out of the way Montague Michigan. Good selection of books for it's size, wonderful ambiance and good food and wine. And friendly bookstore dog too.


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Have a Reader In Your Life?
“Reading is essential for those who wish to rise above the ordinary”
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.”
“Reading brings us unknown friends”
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island."
“There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read—unless it be reading while you eat.”
“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.”
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.”
“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.”
"There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away"
“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”
“Books break the shackles of time – proof that humans can work magic.”
"When we share an affection for a writer, an author or a story, we also have a better understanding of people unlike ourselves. Books cultivate empathy."
“The most important stuff I’ve learned I think I’ve learned from novels."
“When you can escape into a book it trains your imagination to think big and to think that more can exist than what you see."
“When I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free."
“We read to know that we are not alone.”