Underground Books, LLC

The Underground Books blog, featuring finds, thoughts, and enthusiasms from our little brick and mortar bookshop in Carrollton, GA. For more information and to browse our stacks, visit www.undergroundbooks.net.

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Please consider joining us tonight at 7pm for the release of our 2017 calendar. During the Great Depression, the federal government put artists to work, and the public art that was born of that act reminded Americans of who we are at a time when all hope was lost. This calendar that we made features art by UWG students inspired by that public art produced in the 1930s and 40s by the Works Progress Administration. There is hope here! 🎨📅📚 #2017 #calendar #uwg #uwgartdepartment #wpa #federalartproject #art #read #bookstagram #bookstore #artofinstagram (at Underground Books)

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If you need it, pick up a free comforting poem today at both Underground Books and Hills & Hamlets Bookshop. Here's one now: The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. #election2016 #bookstagram #freepoems #bookstore #poetry #poetryofinstagram (at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop)

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New on the blog: 5 Reasons to Collect Vintage Mass Market Paperbacks 😘📚📝 #bookstagram #bookstore #bookblogger #oldbooks #vintagebook #massmarketpaperback #bookcollection #newblogpost (at Underground Books)

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Happy National Cat Day! ❤️🐈📚 #bookstagram #nationalcatday #vintagebooks #booksaboutcats #booksandcats #bookstore (at Underground Books)

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You may not be able to vote for your favorite author, but you can stump for them in style! The first 8 folks to come by Underground Books with their "I'm a Georgia Voter" sticker will receive one of these fun and witty poLITical buttons from @hellohellobooks! Early voting is open through Nov. 4th. Make your voice heard! #giveaway #instoreonly #carrolltonga #bookstore #vote #makeyourvoiceheard #bookstagram (at Underground Books)

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Calling all readers! It's the last dollar sale of the year! Come by and grab a book for $1 or fill a whole box for $8! 📚💪📚💪📚 #shoppingspree #bookstagram #booksale #bookstore #carrolltonga #adamsonsquare (at Underground Books)

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Good weather deserves good books! 📖🍂📚 #currentlyreading #bookstagram #hillsandhamlets #bookstore #bookrecommendation #reading #theorphanmother #roberthicks #mybrilliantfriend #elenaferrante (at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop)

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The Carrollton Festival of the Arts is here! We were enthralled by the Komorebisan booth, where artist Licca Kirk displays her works of paper art! 😍📖🎨 #art #paperart #carrolltonga #artfestival #saturdayplans #booklover (at Carrollton Cultural Arts Center)

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Mrs. Bennett herself couldn't find a better match for the Jane Austen lover in your life! This lovely clothbound set of her major works from Penguin Classics pairs perfectly with a fragrant Pemberley Gardens candle from Frostbeard! @penguinbooks @frostbeardmpls #perfectmatch #janeausten #prideandprejudice #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #bibliophile #giftsforbooklovers #pemberley (at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop)

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Come celebrate Banned Books Week with a stroll through our bookshelves 🚫📚💯 Thanks, @radiant_reader, for the beautiful post! #Repost @radiant_reader with @repostapp #bannedbooksweek . . . There is something so enchanting about old bookstores✨ #books #bookstores #bookshelf #booknerd #booklover #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookishfeatures #humansofbookstores (at Underground Books)

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When you gotta read up on your patronus...research can get sirius. 🐾📖🐾 #expectopatronus #acciobooks #fantasticbeasts #pottermore #patronus #harrypotter #wildanimals #bookstagram #booksaboutanimals #bookstore #wildanimalsihaveknown (at Underground Books)

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Spoken word in the spotlight at our Hills & Hamlets location! We are so excited to be the booksellers for the Gentlemen Bosses at AIR Serenbe's Sept. 24th event! #spokenword #gentlemenbosses #poetry #serenbe #artistinresidence #bookstagram #bookstore #Repost @airserenbe with @repostapp ・・・ Hills & Hamlets Bookshop is stocked up for Gentlemen Bosses (@anismojgani, @coaptowicz, @derrickbrownpoetry). Aside from being exceptional spoken word poets; Anis, Cristin, and Derrick are all authors with really good books. Join us for an evening with these three at @serenbe on Sept 24. Tickets at airserenbe.com/events. (at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop)

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It's beginning to look a lot like a bookstore at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop in Serenbe! We are open for Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Serenbe designer Showhouse hours all through September, leading up to our grand opening on October 1st. #bookstore #opensign #serenbeshowhouse #hillsandhamlets #bookstagram #serenbe #typewriter (at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop)

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Our goddaughter Bee visited the bookstore today! 😍🐝📚 Her favorite book is currently Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers. What's your favorite children's book? #babybibliophile #bookstore #bookstagram #goddaughter #babiesandbooks #toddlersofinstagram ・・・ Bee is right at home at @underground_bks 💗🐝💗 #toddlerfashion #reading #bookstore #godparents (at Underground Books)

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Come see us at the Georgia Book & Paper Fair, part of the Decatur Book Festival! 📖🍑🎉#decaturbookfestival #vintagebooks #bookstagram #georgiana #bookstore (at First Baptist Church of Decatur)

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Happy Women's Equality Day! #bookstagram #vintagebooks #womensequalityday #feminism #womeningovernment (at Underground Books)

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TFW one of your fav books wins the Hugo Award, confirming that your staff picks shelf is the best. 😘📖🏆 If you want sci-fi/fantasy with epic (and epoch) world building, marginalized voices, geology, politics, academia, sexuality, and contemplations of systemic oppression, this will be love at first page. #hugoaward #nkjemisin #fifthseason #staffpick #bookrecommendation #sciencefiction #fantasy #bookstagram (at Underground Books)