Our Town Books

06/12/2026

“The roof is fine.” “No signs of moisture.” “Our hands are tied.”

While the “powers that be” would like us to think our building is safe and the roof is fine, we have an active rain storm happening INSIDE the store right now.

Stay safe book friends ❤️

06/11/2026

Friends in Morgan County we need your help‼

☀If you think that the voters of Morgan County should be able to vote yes or no to a Data Center BAN, please consider signing a local petition available in the store!

‼ We are collecting signatures ASAP.
‼ Signees must be registered to vote in Morgan County.
‼ Either Khristina or Lucy must be present when you sign.

☀And if you have any questions or want to volunteer to help please contact the store!

Thank you friends!

06/11/2026

J U N E has arrived!☀🌈

☀Not sure how it's June 11th already but here we are flying through the summer.

☀We have some excited things coming up this month including our Spicy Romance Book Fair in Mount Sterling at the Hop Garden! This is our first Summer Edition book fair and it will be outside with vendors, authors, and a band!

☀BONUS! We've added a HUGE SUMMER SALE DAY on June 27! Help us get rid of old inventory as we prepare for something BIG!🧐

☀ We will have several $1 books for sale, and up to 50% off on select merch and inventory! More details coming later....

‼ See a book club you are interested in? Join via our website!

🥳See you soon book lovers!
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06/11/2026

🚨 CALL TO ACTION 🚨

Last night, our shelter partner, the Animal Protective League, was hit by a tornado. We are incredibly grateful to report that all animals and staff are safe, but they urgently need foster homes. We took in nine cats last night in the chaos, but they still need homes for 11 dogs and 29 cats.

To become a foster, you can:
complete a foster application at www.apl-shelter.org
Email them at [email protected]
Or call at 217-503-7444

Donations are also greatly needed to help support recovery efforts and can be made at www.apl-shelter.org/donate.

We are also accepting any donations at our café and will ensure it gets to them. Donations can be dropped off at our café Wednesday through Sunday from 10am-1pm and 2-5pm. Here is the APL wishlist: apl-shelter.org/wish-list

Please share to help spread the word and help get the APL back on their feet!

06/10/2026

NEW RELEASE🎉📚

☀️If you enjoyed Mare of Easttown, you’ll love Heather. A gritty cold-case detective story, vividly and insightfully written. Not just a story of murder, it’s a thought-provoking and moving meditation on mothers and daughters and the long-reaching consequences of the choices we make.” ―Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Fury

☀️ A small-town detective reopens an unsolved case, sending shock waves across generations of women in this gripping new mystery from the Edgar Award–winning author of Please See Us.

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06/10/2026

Have you signed your middle schooler or teen up for our Graphic Novel Book Club yet?🥳👇

☀Sign your 6th-12th grader up for our new book club! Books will be a range of fiction to nonfiction graphic novels!

☀Meet once a month to discuss and choose a new book.
☀Make new friends!
☀Private Facebook Group for parents!
☀15% OFF the book pick of the month!
☀Sign up today and get ready for our first meeting!

📍 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScj-cAKnV7PqmpgxZm25WOTG5yuOQFVIMJERI3NUWXHm2KIFQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111490486769948813081

Jacksonville Main Street Midwest Booksellers Association

06/10/2026

Market House Antiques is OPEN AGAIN! Go see our friend around the corner!

Guess what...

We're back back back again!

Over 1400 NEW items. 176 added square feet. A new shopping experience at 224 East State Street.

Open till 5pm!

06/10/2026

THANK YOU to everyone who came out for our Harvest Season Release Party 💪📚✨

🪓 A Murder Mystery Game and axe throwing really set the mood for latest book release for the Cape Carnage Series🔥

🔥Huge thanks to for always being amazing hosts for our events! Check them out!

☀️Happy Harvest Season Readers🔥🪓🧪

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06/09/2026

NEW history release!📚☀️🤓

📚A revelatory history of American division through the prism of two ships once widely used as symbols in the war of ideas between North and South—a struggle whose echoes remain with us today.

✨In the bitterly polarized decades leading up to the American Civil War, it was commonplace to argue that America’s strife could be traced back to the arrival of two ships, less than a year apart—The White Lion, which brought the first enslaved Africans to Jamestown in 1619, and the Mayflower, which brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock in 1620.

📚Now available in store and online!
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06/09/2026

What books are keeping your kids busy this summer?🤩📚☀️

☀️ We have NEW activity books, chapter books, graphic novels, and more!

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