Redbery Books

Redbery is in season. Have you seen all of the red and white in the stores? We have a few red and white displays of our own. Some of our titles for Valentine’s Day are the expected and marketed specifically for Feb. 14^th.

I think it is fun to think outside of the usual and put together something especially for the special people in your life. We have a couple of gorgeous coffee table cookbooks. Tie a coupon for a romantic make-at-home dinner and you’d have a winner. Fill in the blank of what follows “for the Love of” and create a gift basket. We can put together a package for the lover of writing with a designer, quality pen, a journal, and few books on writing. Or how about for the love of the outdoors, gardening, chocolate, mystery? The possibilities are endless. 

My favorite romantic book from my reading list this year is Julia Child’s My Life in France.  You might have thought this book was about cooking and you would be partially right. It’s also about Julia’s marriage as well as her love affair with Paris, food, and living life.  Long before, Valentine’s Day became the commercial success it is today, Julia and Paul had a tradition of creating a unique valentine card for friends and family including one that pictured them in a bubbly bath with hearts floating in the air. While nothing as exciting as that, Bill and I are trying out the valentine tradition this year but for us it was a practicality too. We just can’t seem to get the hang of being in retail at Christmas and still balance all the traditions of that season. So we turned our Christmas card list into a Valentine List this year. You may have guessed that the card features our new granddaughter.

Stop by Redbery Books for your inspiration for a heartfelt gift.