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Aricka’s Summer Romance Picks

Aricka’s Summer Romance Picks

Booksweet bookseller Aricka has been doing a great job tending to our new Romance section. Check out some of her Romance picks, both new and old, for you all this summer!

Fiscal Year-End Spending Needs? We Got You. 

Fiscal Year-End Spending Needs? We Got You. 

You did such a good job all year maintaining your workplace budget… and now you’ve got funds left over as the fiscal year comes to a close! As you consider healthy, helpful ways to put those dollars to good use, don’t forget about your book needs! Booksweet is here to help.

Healing Reads: Supporting Michigan Medicine Psychiatry Patients and Families

Healing Reads: Supporting Michigan Medicine Psychiatry Patients and Families

This May, support Michigan Medicine’s Healing Reads fundraiser to resource their adult and pediatric psychiatric inpatient unit libraries with books and mental health resources from Booksweet. These books will enrich and support patients during their hospital stays — and throughout their healing journey. The Joseph and Karen Krantz Family Charitable Foundation is offering a $10,000 matching gift challenge as part of the fundraiser during the month of May in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Join us in this healing effort!

2023 Booksweet Family Bookstack

2023 Booksweet Family Bookstack

Q: What does a family of booksellers read? A: Lots of stuff, all the time. This article is a continuously refreshed round-up of books that Booksweet co-owners Shaun and Truly (and sometimes their 14-year old Raymond!) enjoyed in 2023. Curious to explore our favorite...

Team Booksweet’s 2022 Faves

Team Booksweet’s 2022 Faves

This ‘lil blog post brings together stellar recommendations from Team Booksweet, representing their favorite reads of 2022.

2022 Booksweet Holiday Gift-y Guide

2022 Booksweet Holiday Gift-y Guide

Get gift-y, readers! Explore our 2022 Holiday Gift Guide for giving (and receiving!) great gifts… plus info on our 12/15 order deadlines and holiday hours!

Generous Hearts, Meet Our Giving Tree!

Generous Hearts, Meet Our Giving Tree!

All books purchased from the Giving Tree will be distributed to school libraries, community centers, and shelters throughout Washtenaw County by Black Men Read volunteers. BMR is dedicated to uplifting black men, all children, and all communities through the power of stories from the African Diaspora.

Banned Book Week: September 18-24, 2022

Banned Book Week: September 18-24, 2022

Banned Books Week is an annual, nation-wide celebration of our freedom to read, happening this year September 18-24, 2022. At Booksweet, we have celebrations and actions planned throughout the week.