The Bookshelf

06/03/2026

Do you see what these pics have in common? 👀🔎 Besides Erin and Elizabeth’s beautiful faces and today’s new releases like ROAD TRIP by Mary Kay Andrews and WHISTLER by Ann Patchett, that is.

📕 Waldo is hiding in the background! Keep an eye on our socials during the month of June. We’ll hide Waldo in the background of our photos and videos. 🔴⚪️👓🔎 Can you find Waldo hiding in our posts as we count down to our 13th annual Find Waldo Scavenger Hunt?

📘 Mark your calendar for Wednesday, July 1 when the Find Waldo Scavenger Hunt begins at The Bookshelf! 🥳 Come to the shop next month to get your FREE stamp card and look for Waldo in the store and downtown.

📕 When you receive 10 or more stamps, you'll receive a Waldo poster and a $1 off coupon for Waldo books. 🏆 When you receive 20 or more stamps, you'll receive a Waldo poster, a $1 off coupon for Waldo books, and can enter to win grand prizes including deluxe Waldo books!

📘 We’ll celebrate this beloved Bookshelf and Downtown Thomasville, Georgia tradition at the We Found Waldo Party on Saturday, July 25 at 11 a.m. 🎉📚 We’ll do the grand prize drawing, eat sweet treats, and do Waldo activity sheets together. Waldo himself may even make an appearance. 👀

📕 If you’re not local and can’t join in the fun, don’t despair! The Bookshelf’s virtual Summer Scavenger Hunt begins on Thursday, July 2. 🔍📖 You’ll use clues posted on our socials to find hidden discount codes on the website. More details to come.

📘 Get excited for the Find Waldo Scavenger Hunt in the shop and Downtown Thomasville on July 1 and the Summer Scavenger Hunt online on July 2! Happy Summer and Happy Reading. ❤️💙🤍

06/02/2026

Leave your worries at the door at Puzzle Night THIS Friday, June 5 at 5 p.m.! 🧩📖 Get your ticket: https://ow.ly/Xm2i50Z6Vhw

🎟️🧩If you love puzzling and a low-key evening out, get your tickets now at the link in our bio. Your ticket is $25 and includes:

🧩a beautiful, brand-new 500-piece Galison puzzle,
📖a six-foot table in the shop where you and your friends can puzzle,
🍷complimentary wine,
📚and, of course, cozy bookstore vibes!

Only one ticket is required per party. 🎟️📚 Buy your ticket and bring as many friends as can fit around your table. The more, the merrier!

⭐️The Bookshelf will be open late for Downtown Thomasville, Georgia's First Friday, June 5 until 7 p.m. 🍻Come puzzle with us and then go out to enjoy the rest of the First Friday festivities!

👉👉If you’re looking for a fun, low-key evening and people who also love puzzling, get your tickets in the shop or online for Puzzle Night this First Friday, June 5 at 5 p.m.: https://ow.ly/Xm2i50Z6Vhw

06/02/2026

We can't wait for this event at Thomasville Center for the Arts! 🐶 A huge thank you to Thomasville Humane and Thomasville National Bank for purchasing copies of DOGMAN from The Bookshelf to hand out to children for free. These organizations supported young readers and Thomasville's economy in one fell swoop, and we're so grateful.

📣The City of Thomasville, in partnership with the Thomasville Center for the Arts, invites the community to the Kid's Summer Reading Series! 📚

➡Date: Friday, June 5.
➡Time: 10:30 AM.
➡Location: Thomasville Center for the Arts, 600 E. Washington Street.
➡Children accompanied by an adult can enjoy a showing of the movie DOG MAN.
➡Free copy of the book (while supplies last).
➡Free popcorn, snack, and water.

Thank you to each of our community partners whose contributions make this event possible: Addition Financial, Colony Bank, Literacy for Thomas County, MGVG Living, New Hire Solutions, Peach State Health Plan, Resilient Communities of Southwest Georgia, Thomas County Cares, Thomas County Division of Family & Children Services, Thomasville Humane, Thomasville National Bank, and the Thomasville Police Department.

06/01/2026

Audiobook Shelf Subscription reveal in 3, 2, 1…today, Erin reveals her June 2026 selection. 📖🩵Last call for June Shelf Subscriptions! Order your subscriptions online by the end of the day TOMORROW, June 2.

Shelf Subscriptions are an indie alternative to corporate, big box book subscriptions. 📚💪 Your Shelf Subscription is lovingly read and hand-selected by our staff of avid readers.

👉👉Grab your Shelf Subscription online or in the shop and make your reading life a breeze.

📕 Your subscription brings you more than just excellent reads. ⭐️ It brings you the meaningful satisfaction of supporting a small, independent, woman-owned bookstore. Monthly subscription support helps us keep going.

📗 And you don’t have to wonder what books are worth your precious reading time. 📖☕️ Our staffers have already sifted through piles of books to find ones you won’t want to put down.

📘 You can get your subscription delivered to your doorstep, or ready for pickup in the shop (with a free chocolate truffle waiting on you, no less). 🍫🍬

📙 Choose from three adult Shelf Subscriptions and two kids’ Shelf Subscriptions in the shop or online. There’s one for every reader!

Visit us online or in the shop to treat yourself to a Shelf Subscription. 📦🎁 Happy Reading!
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06/01/2026

📣The City of Thomasville, in partnership with the Thomasville Center for the Arts, invites the community to the Kid's Summer Reading Series! 📚

➡Date: Friday, June 5.
➡Time: 10:30 AM.
➡Location: Thomasville Center for the Arts, 600 E. Washington Street.
➡Children accompanied by an adult can enjoy a showing of the movie DOGMAN.
➡Free copy of the book (while supplies last).
➡Free popcorn, snack, and water.

Thank you to each of our community partners whose contributions make this event possible: Addition Financial, Colony Bank, Literacy for Thomas County, MGVG Living, New Hire Solutions, Peach State Health Plan, Resilient Communities of Southwest Georgia, Thomas County Cares, Thomas County Division of Family & Children Services, Thomasville Humane, Thomasville National Bank, and the Thomasville Police Department.

05/30/2026

Thank you for kicking off summer reading with us this week! 🏖️📖 If our kick-off celebrations are any indication, this summer will be one for the books.

🌞 Come to The Bookshelf and grab FREE Summer Reading Passports for adults and kids.

📚 You’ll win a $20 Bookshelf gift card when you read all eight books on your Summer Reading Passport by Monday, August 3.

🖍️ Your kids will win a small prize for every book on their passport, and a $10 Bookshelf gift card when they read them all before Monday, August 3.

💌 Don’t live in Thomasville? Visit us online to order your Summer Reading Postcard pack and join in the fun from afar! You’ll win a $20 Bookshelf gift card when you read all eight books on your postcards and mail them in before Labor Day. 📬

Happy Summer and Happy Reading! 🏝️🥂 See you at The Bookshelf and online.
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05/30/2026

Author and former Tallahassee Democrat columnist Mary Ann Lindley is coming to The Bookshelf for a signing on Saturday, June 6 from 1 - 3 p.m.! ✍️📖 Mary Ann will sign copies of her cultural memoir, FRAGMENTS: THEN & NOW.

📕 FRAGMENTS: THEN & NOW is a compendium of newspaper columns from Mary Ann’s 40 year career in journalism, primarily for the Tallahassee Democrat. These “fragments” are particles of Florida history, ideas, and curiosities that sum up the spirit of their times. 🐊🏝️

📗 In FRAGMENTS, you’ll find cultural gems divided into eight sections: from Florida history and culture to notes from Mary Ann’s younger self to reflections on the news business itself and beyond. 📝 You’ll also discover Mary Ann’s reflections from today that reframe her earlier work through the lens of a seasoned reporter and cultural observer.

📘 Author Sharon-Kant Rauch says it best: “Part memoir, part history lesson, part keen social critique, Mary Ann Lindley’s FRAGMENTS offers much more than a collection of columns culled from decades of writing. 📚🖋️ She gives us a picture of a whole woman who has traversed the American social terrain from the 20th century into the 21st with wit, compassion and deep thinking. She’ll challenge your opinions, make you laugh, and in the end, allow you to feel gratitude for our crazy, messy world.”

📙 If you’re interested in Florida culture and history, you don’t want to miss Mary Ann Lindley’s signing for FRAGMENTS: THEN & NOW on Saturday, June 6 from 1 - 3 p.m. at The Bookshelf! 📖

05/28/2026

Shelf Subscription reveal in 3, 2, 1…today, Annie reveals her June 2026 selection. 📖🩵Start your summer reading with Annie’s June Shelf Subscription.

Shelf Subscriptions are an indie alternative to corporate, big box book subscriptions. 📚💪 Your Shelf Subscription is lovingly read and hand-selected by our staff of avid readers.

👉👉Grab your Shelf Subscription online or in the shop and make your reading life a breeze.

📕 Your subscription brings you more than just excellent reads. ⭐️ It brings you the meaningful satisfaction of supporting a small, independent, woman-owned bookstore. Monthly subscription support helps us keep going.

📗 And you don’t have to wonder what books are worth your precious reading time. 📖☕️ Our staffers have already sifted through piles of books to find ones you won’t want to put down.

📘 You can get your subscription delivered to your doorstep, or ready for pickup in the shop (with a free chocolate truffle waiting on you, no less). 🍫🍬

📙 Choose from three adult Shelf Subscriptions and two kids’ Shelf Subscriptions in the shop or online. There’s one for every reader!

Visit us online or in the shop to treat yourself to a Shelf Subscription. 📦🎁 Happy Reading!
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05/28/2026

Mark your calendar for upcoming events at The Bookshelf! 📆📌 Send this post to your friends and save it for future reference.

👉👉Come see us in the shop for:

🏖️ summer reading kick-offs for kids and adults THIS week,
🧩 Puzzle Night on Friday, June 5,
🎂 our first Cake Swap,
🍷 Silent Reading Hour at ,
🚙 Mary Kay Andrews’ author signing for ROAD TRIP,
✍️ local author events,
💌 Summer Reading Passports in-store and Postcard packs online, and more.

We can’t wait to kick off summer reading with you! 📚🏝️ Your support in the slow summer months means the world to us.

Thank you for choosing us. See you at The Bookshelf this summer!

Check out all our events here: https://ow.ly/KoTA50Z4YQt

05/26/2026

What kind of town do you want to live in? What kind of world do you want your children to inherit? 📖

The Bookshelf is a brick-and-mortar bookstore for flesh-and-blood readers. 📚 We won’t stock or sell books produced by AI.

If you’re looking for information, art, human connection, and community, you’ve found it. 💌 You can count on a smile, kind conversation, and help from our team of perfectly human booksellers.

We’re your soft place to land in a chaotic world. Come see us and feel for yourself what AI can never replace. 💙
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