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Cooking–it’s a thing again!
It seemed like for several years everyone was more into eating out than cooking in. But the last few years, cooking has become a thing again! And we can tell here at Mothergooseberry Books by the number of cookbooks that … Continue reading
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It’s a perfect book storm!
Mothergooseberry Books has just acquired a huge collection of the most fascinating mix of books we have ever seen! Literally hundreds of volumes. Sorting through them took a week. But now photographing and listing them is in full swing. Probably … Continue reading
It’s only (???) Shopping Days ’til Christmas!
The “ber” months are here, and Christmas (music) shopping has already begun. Mothergooseberry Books has stocked up a bit on Christmas music in both LP vinyl and CD format for your listening pleasure. Some are quite collectible, and will bring … Continue reading
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Mothergooseberry Books Diversifies!
Mothergooseberry Books website was actually born many years after we already had an online presence…on eBay! Our eBay name is “familybookstore” that we have been using since 1998! Long before our own website was even born! We keep many of our best … Continue reading
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Fishing—Art, or Sport?
To a red-blooded fisherman / woman (yes, Mothergooseberry is hooked on fishing!), it is both art and sport. In Missouri, March 1 each year marks the beginning of Trout season. There is nothing more tantalizing than the thought of those … Continue reading
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Jefferson City High School voices at their finest! Were you there?
The Capitol Caroling event is kind of a BIG DEAL in Jefferson City every December. It has happened now for several decades, and Mothergooseberry Books is fortunate enough to have some original copies of recordings of that special event on … Continue reading
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Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren
By Guest Reviewer “Lizzie Bennett” Pippi in the South Seas is the third book in a series after Pippi Longstocking and Pippi Goes on Board. This one is a wild and crazy tropical adventure! These books had me completely hooked as … Continue reading
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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
By Guest Reviewer “Lizzie Bennett” “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.” There is no literary character I love quite as well as Jane Eyre. This book is … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas…OVER 100 Years Ago!
Just ran across this gem while inputting our postcard inventory and it was like stepping back in time. This was sent as a Christmas card on Christmas Eve, 1912. It’s hard to do justice in photos with items like this, … Continue reading
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Review: Five Short Stories by Daphne Du Maurier: “Don’t Look Now; The Breakthrough; Not After Midnight; A Border-Line Case; The Way of the Cross”
by Guest Reviewer “Cymrugirl” While this collection of stories by Du Maurier is always interesting (her writing is so good it inevitably keeps you turning the pages to find out more), the conclusions of the stories often fail. Meaning is … Continue reading
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