Firefly's Blog

Labor Day Weekend 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of our Grand Opening, with a Taiko drum performance, sales, activities, and foodFirefly Bookstore has now been a part of the Kutztown Downtown for a decade, and business owners Rebecca Laincz and Matthew Williams are looking forward to showing the community their appreciation for supporting them over the years.From September 2nd through the 5th, Firefly Bookstore celebrates their 10 year anniversary with a store-wide sale and other events. On Sa …

Hi, Jessi, Firefly Minion here. I’m a huge fan of fantasy fiction. I have a little list here of some books that I’m either really looking forward to diving into or some that I already have dived into and enjoyed immensely. There are series, but also a couple of stand-alones. You’ll also find some recommendations for the younger crowd as well.For older fans of fantasy:The Republic of Thieves (#3 in the Gentlemen Bastards series) by Scott LynchI read the first of the series, The Lies of Locke Lamo …

“Hello, my name is Rebecca and I am a book hoarder.” My husband and I own Firefly Bookstore in Kutztown, PA and we consider the store an extension of our own collection. I am also a huge fan of Marie Kondo, also known as KonMari, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and host of the new Netflix reality show based around her tidying system. Because of the response to the show you've probably seen the articles and memes, you've gasped at the headlines, and now you are convin …

We've said many times before that we're not worried about the future of books. In the history of the bookstore, businesses have experienced many occasions of new products predicted to be the "death of bookstores". Some of our favorite examples include the Mass Market (pocketbook) edition, and the audio book.We've discussed before about where the book store has come from and where it's going. We concluded that even though the industry has seen upheaval and store closings, in general book store …

Customers are always surprised by some of the book titles that appear in our displays for Banned Books Week. One of the most common questions we get is, "Why would anyone try to ban Captain Underpants?" The Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey appears as the number one challenged book for 2012, according to the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom. Captain Underpants is a very popular series with beginning readers, but it is often requested to be pulled fro …