Well its the time of year when people post lists of important stuff from 2007. I decided the best way for me to write this list would be to look at books I actually spent money on this year. There were a lot of amazing titles that came out but what follows are the titles that made the cut, earned my cold hard cash and have permentaly moved to my book shelves.
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Best of 2007 by Logan
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New Stuff Jan 5th
Well here we are in 2008. You know the drill, so here is your weekly dose of new titles that have arrived in our store. And don’t forget:
Coming to Quimby’s
Friday, January 11th, 6:00 PM
Join Eugene S. Robinson as he reads and discusses his new book FIGHT: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking
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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers for the Week of Dec 23rd – Dec 29th, 2007
1. Things to Make and Do 2008 Calendar by Nikki McClure $16.00
2. Slingshot 2008 Planner Small Size (Slingshot Collective) $6.00
3. Unmarketable: Brandalism Copyfighting Mocketing and the Erosion of Integrity by Anne Elizabeth Moore (New Press) $15.95
4. Venus Zine #34 Win 07 $4.50
5. Slingshot 2008 Planner Large Size (Slingshot Collective) $12.00
6. Acme #18 by Chris Ware $17.95
7. Bizarre #131 Christmas 07 $8.75
8. Cinema Sewer The Book by Robin Bougie (Fab Press) $19.95
9. Suicide Girls #2 Papercuts Aug 07 $15.00
10. Dishwasher: One Mans Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States by Pete Jordan (Harper Collins) $13.95 -
Holiday Hours Update for NYE
Holiday Hours again!!!!!
Sunday Dec 30th: noon till 6pm (normal)
Monday Dec 31st: noon till 5pm (short)
Tuesday Jan 1st: CLOSED (hangover)
Wednesday Jan 2nd: noon till 10PM (back to normal)
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New Stuff 12/29/07
Well here it is the final new stuff post of 2007, and it’s a deep two weeks worth post at that. In some surprising last minute Santa style action not only did the new issue of McSweeneys drop last week but the Cinema Sewer Book arrived along with a long overdue monograph of Evan Hecox’s work! So we got a little reading material still here to keep you Yuletide literature log burning long into winter!
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Holiday Hours!!!!! Posted HERE!!!!
Hey Folks,
Quick holiday hours update! Since you keep calling me!
Sunday Dec 23rd: noon till 6pm (normal)Monday Dec 24th: noon till 5pm (short)
Tuesday Dec 25th: CLOSED (Holler!!!!)
Wednesday Dec 26th: noon till 10PM (back to normal)
Things will be normal till New Years Eve, but I’ll post that as we get closer!
Back to the register!
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Quimby's Winter Windows 2007
Abominable Yeti – Quimby’s Winter Windows 2007, originally uploaded by Quimbys Bookstore.
Eskimos & Abominable Snow Yetis, two channel video warmth from the loving mind of Chicago-based artist Elisa Harkins
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A Public Service Annoucement: New Vice Here
To all the lovely people who ask us “YO VICE? WHERE IT AT?” and other, less intelligible questions, your beloved ADMIN of this here QUIMBLOG is here to inform you that we have the new issue of Vice Magazine available in our venerable “free shit” area, fresh off the dump truck. It looks like this is the short story issue, featuring folks like William T. Vollman, Mary Gaitskill, Tao Lin, Nick Tosches and others, so Terry Richardson wannabes may want to give this new issue a pass. With photos and illustrations by former(?) Chicagoan Vincent Dermody and Brian’s favorite assnozzle, Johnny Ryan, plus more usual Vice shit from “the ususal gang of idiots”. -
Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers for the Week of Dec 9th – Dec 15th, 2007
1. Slingshot 2008 Planner Small Size (Slingshot Collective) $6.00
2. Acme Novelty Date Book Vol 2 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $39.95
3. Works Anatomy Of A City by Kate Ascher (Penguin) $20.00
4. What Is the What by Dave Eggers (Vintage) $15.95
5. Slingshot 2008 Planner Large Size (Slingshot Collective) $12.00
6. Bitch #38 $5.95
7. Venus Zine #34 Win 07 $4.50
8. Stop Smiling #33 $5.95
9. Chicagos Nelson Algren by Art Shay and David Mamet (Seven Stories) $19.95
10. Whats Your Poo Telling You by Josh Richman and Anish Sheth (Chronicle) $9.95 -
New Stuff 12/15/07
Holy Cow! ACME #18 just dropped on the store like a ton of wet Chicago snow. This volume collects the stories featuring the woman with one leg, well known to local folks who have read these in the Reader over the past years and have been asking for a compilation of the strips for some time. ASK NO MORE It is HERE!
Anayway! The weather has been icy and snowy but we are still getting over run with hot new books and all you last minute holiday shoppers. We got some good restocks this week so you should be safe if you have been procrastinating.