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129 N Harrison Ave, Lafayette, CO 80026
Monday-Saturday: 7 AM - 7 PM, Sunday: 8 AM to 7 PM
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Our Cafe is Perfect Any Time of Day! Whether you have a favorite or are adventurous and want to try something new, our Cafe has the perfect beverage for you!
What’s in a name?
“So, how do you pronounce ‘Read Queen’ – is it ‘Red‘ Queen or ‘Reed‘ Queen?”
Well, just as the Queen herself says:
“I love to read, the Queen she said, and in so doing I am well read.”
So the pronunciation is ‘red’ as a book must be ‘read’ in order to be a used book. It’s also an homage to The Red Queen of Lewis Carroll’s classic Through the Looking-Glass (the follow up to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), two of our favorite books.
In a quote all too fitting to our current times, Carroll’s Red Queen says “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
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Staff Pick: Pony by R. J. Palacio – from Barb
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For this week’s Staff Pick, we have a middle grade novel Pony by best selling author R. J. Palacio.
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Palacio succeeds again at writing a story that spans the generation gaps! Just like his bestseller, Wonder, this story can be read by young and old alike. Pony takes place in the Wild West. A young boy's father is taken by a gang of thugs and in the skirmish the gang leaves behind a pony with (unlucky?) markings. The boy and his only friend (a ghost-not scary!) set out with the pony to rescue hi#bookstagram##bookrecommendationso#staffpicks #indiebookstorediebookstore
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Staff Pick: Pony by R. J. Palacio – from Barb
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For this week’s Staff Pick, we have a middle grade novel Pony by best selling author R. J. Palacio.
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Palacio succeeds again at writing a story that spans the generation gaps! Just like his bestseller, Wonder, this story can be read by young and old alike. Pony takes place in the Wild West. A young boy's father is taken by a gang of thugs and in the skirmish the gang leaves behind a pony with (unlucky?) markings. The boy and his only friend (a ghost-not scary!) set out with the pony to rescue his father.
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#bookstagram #bookrecommendations #staffpicks #indiebookstore
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Book review of Cain’s Jawbone - Extremely difficult and not for the faint of heart!
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