Marketplace - Oct. 30, 2007
Broad Vocabulary plans grand reopening
Tina Owen and Jennifer Morales are the new owners of Broad Vocabulary feminist bookstore and will celebrate a grand reopening next weekend.
Tags: Broad Vocabulary, Jennifer Morales, Tina Owen, bookstore, books, Scrabble, feminist, LGBT

Marketplace - Sept. 26, 2007
A literary spelunking journey in Downtown
Operating off a motto of "well-organized and friendly", Downtown Books (Bought and Sold) is a masterpiece of the arcane.
Tags: downtown books, books, book stores, used books, keith pajot, ebay

Milwaukee Buzz - June 12, 2007
The challenging resolution
This year I made a goal that I think is actually attainable. It's the 50 Book Challenge. As New Year's rolled around, I said to myself, "This year, I plan on reading 50 books."
Tags: books, reading, 50 book challenge, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 5, 2006
Whooooo is Milwaukee Mensa?
Think you're smarter than most people? Seriously, two percent of the population score in the top two percent of standard IQ tests, making them eligible to join an elite organization of brainiacs called Mensa. Could it be you, Smarty Boots?
Tags: Mensa, intellectual, intelligent, smart, PBS, books

Marketplace - March 15, 2005
Que Pasa serves up books, coffee y literacy
Que Pasa Coffee & Books, 611 W. National Ave., is Wisconsin's first and only Spanish bilingual bookshop. The cozy retail outlet is also a cyber cafe, literacy center and a popular space for business meetings and cultural events.
Tags: Que Pasa, books, Latino, Hispanic

Kids & Family - March 28, 2008
A Year of Reading...March/April
With winter hanging on and spring just barely poking its head above ground, I spent time at our wonderful central library perusing some of the newest books for middle school readers.  There are plenty of sequels to popular series, as well as a variety of titles by familiar authors, but I was...
Tags: books, junior high, puzzles, reading, new library books