The Hoffman Bookshelf

Happy holidays from all of us!
Super cool books added...

are there any books you have been wanting to read? authors you love? i am feeling the need to rotate out some books in the hoffman bookshelf soon and would like your input. we are going through our son's christmas books, too, and will be adding some of those soon.

The entire Game of Thrones set is available now! And I reorganized, too. Come visit!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

New book added this morning! It’s even a signed copy. Come visit!

Almost every single book out there is different! Come visit!

Hey- we weeded out a few books and put some new ones in!
Stop by and grab a new book!

Garage sale finds today. I love children's books! These eight books will be in the little free library on Monday. ❤️

I bought 10 used books for kids today! The bottom ones are winter/holiday theme. There is a snowman book that didn't make it into the photo. I will add them to the library tomorrow, so come visit! 🌲☃️❤️

Happy to report that we are back up and running! My uncle and father traveled a total of four hours to come up and repair the door! We installed a post with a bumper for the door. Then we topped it off with its new Free Library plaque. I will be painting again to make sure that it is just the cutest!

We are experiencing technical difficulties right now, so please bear with us! The k**b is coming off and the door won't open even with the k**b. 😳 Give us a few days to work on it.

The Hoffman Bookshelf

A glance into the pages of a couple of the books that are in The Hoffman Bookshelf!

When it stops raining, and the dogs need to be walked, stop by and check out these books!!!

Shoot the Moon
by Billie Letts (Author of Where The Heart Is,) which just so happens to be in the bookshelf as well!

A tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years.

In 1972, DeClare, Oklahoma, a murder occurred of a young mother, and her baby disappeared. When the child's pajama bottoms were discovered on the banks of Willow Creek, everyone feared that he, too, had been killed, although his body was never found.

Nearly thirty years later, Nicky Jack mysteriously returns to DeClare, shocking the town and stirring up long-buried memories. But what he discovers about the night he vanished is more astonishing than he or anyone could have imagine. Piece by piece, what emerges is a story of dashed hopes, desperate love, and a secret that still cries out for justice...and redemption.

Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
Known as the Queen of the Renaissance, Hurston, she became the first black student at the all-women's Barnard College. She is know for having an extreme sense of pride in African American culture and traditions.

Their Eyes Were Watching God was inspired by her early life in Eatonville, Florida.

Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Goodreads sums up this book like this:
The breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City and the race riots of 1967 before moving out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret, and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.

Paper Towns
by John Green

Wikipedia says this about Paper Towns -
A novel primarily written for an audience of young adults. The novel is about the coming-of-age of the protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and his search for Margo Roth Spiegelman, his neighbor and childhood sweetheart. During his search, Quentin and his friends Ben, Radar, and Lacey discover information about Margo.

John Green drew inspiration for this book from his experience and knowledge of "paper towns" during a road journey through South Dakota. It debuted at number five on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books, and was awarded the 2009 Edgar Award for best young adult novel A film adaptation was released on July 24, 2015.

I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections
by Nora Ephron

Quick and Witty, New York Times reviewed I Remember Nothing and said, “I Remember Nothing” is fluffy and companionable, a nifty airport read from a writer capable of much, much more. Ms. Ephron retains her magnetic hold on a reader’s attention even when she is writing about how restaurants can turn Pellegrino water from a beverage into a blight. As she demonstrates time and again in this book, she can write an entertaining riff about practically anything or anybody. (Lillian Hellman figures prominently in a couple of essays.) Not-quite-necessary subjects include her objection to the egg-white omelet, her Scrabble addiction and her thinning cowlick, which she nicknames her Aruba. “You don’t know what an Aruba is,” she writes in typically bright, confiding style, “but you’re about to find out.”

There it is, I plan on keeping an eye on the books, and will periodically switch out the ones that unfortunately sit there too long! Here's to some Holiday Reading!

When it stops raining, and the dogs need to be walked, stop by and check out these books!!!

Shoot the Moon
by Billie Letts (Author of Where The Heart Is,) which just so happens to be in the bookshelf as well!

A tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years.

In 1972, DeClare, Oklahoma, a murder occurred of a young mother, and her baby disappeared. When the child's pajama bottoms were discovered on the banks of Willow Creek, everyone feared that he, too, had been killed, although his body was never found.

Nearly thirty years later, Nicky Jack mysteriously returns to DeClare, shocking the town and stirring up long-buried memories. But what he discovers about the night he vanished is more astonishing than he or anyone could have imagine. Piece by piece, what emerges is a story of dashed hopes, desperate love, and a secret that still cries out for justice...and redemption.

Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
Known as the Queen of the Renaissance, Hurston, she became the first black student at the all-women's Barnard College. She is know for having an extreme sense of pride in African American culture and traditions.

Their Eyes Were Watching God was inspired by her early life in Eatonville, Florida.

Middlesex
by Jeffrey Eugenides

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Goodreads sums up this book like this:
The breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City and the race riots of 1967 before moving out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret, and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.

Paper Towns
by John Green

Wikipedia says this about Paper Towns -
A novel primarily written for an audience of young adults. The novel is about the coming-of-age of the protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and his search for Margo Roth Spiegelman, his neighbor and childhood sweetheart. During his search, Quentin and his friends Ben, Radar, and Lacey discover information about Margo.

John Green drew inspiration for this book from his experience and knowledge of "paper towns" during a road journey through South Dakota. It debuted at number five on the New York Times bestseller list for children's books, and was awarded the 2009 Edgar Award for best young adult novel A film adaptation was released on July 24, 2015.

I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections
by Nora Ephron

Quick and Witty, New York Times reviewed I Remember Nothing and said, “I Remember Nothing” is fluffy and companionable, a nifty airport read from a writer capable of much, much more. Ms. Ephron retains her magnetic hold on a reader’s attention even when she is writing about how restaurants can turn Pellegrino water from a beverage into a blight. As she demonstrates time and again in this book, she can write an entertaining riff about practically anything or anybody. (Lillian Hellman figures prominently in a couple of essays.) Not-quite-necessary subjects include her objection to the egg-white omelet, her Scrabble addiction and her thinning cowlick, which she nicknames her Aruba. “You don’t know what an Aruba is,” she writes in typically bright, confiding style, “but you’re about to find out.”

There it is, I plan on keeping an eye on the books, and will periodically switch out the ones that unfortunately sit there too long! Here's to some Holiday Reading!

I just purchased a plaque for our library, which registers it, adds it to the world map, and gives us a charter number. I am so excited!!

We wanted to give huge shout out of Thanks to those in the neighborhood who made such kind contributions towards the building of the Bookshelf! It will continue to be a work in progress, and we appreciate you all so much! Our neighborhood is so sweet! Be kind!

Today marks the first day of our new adventure! The Hoffman Bookshelf debuts its first books! We invite you to stop by and check out the stories! Take some books, and leave some if you have any that you have finished. Take care with the door as it is a tight fit - it will close - I will be working on this as needed - it might need a little sanding! We are so excited to share this with all of you in our neighborhood.

The Hoffman Bookshelf

The Hoffman Bookshelf's cover photo