The Great Gatsby
Literary Holidays | September 2024
Celebrate this month’s literary holidays with Open Book Chocolates!
National Hispanic Heritage Month | September 15th through October 15th
“Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual celebration of the history and culture of the U.S. Latino and Hispanic communities… The event commemorates how those communities have influenced and contributed to American society at large.”
Here’s a selection of books written by Hispanic authors:
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month is “…an annual reminder that library cards empower individuals and communities by providing access to technology, multimedia content, and educational programming.”
National Read A Book Day | September 6th
“National Read a Book Day invites us ALL to grab a book we might enjoy and spend the day reading. “
Buy a Book Day | September 7th
“National Buy a Book Day was created in 2012 to educate people to the importance of books to our culture and civilization as a whole.”
Every month, I select my current reads and favorite books, and put together a book list on Bookshop.org. Check out my list for September!
International Literacy Day | September 8th
National Literacy Month
How to Celebrate International Literacy Day and National Literacy Month:
READ READ READ!
Volunteer at your local library.
Donate books to community book drives, libraries, schools, and organizations.
Encourage your family and friends to participate.
Share your favorite books on social media.
Agatha Christie’s Birthday | September 15th, 1890
“There was a silence — a comfortable replete silence. Into that silence came The Voice. Without warning, inhuman, penetrating . . . ‘Ladies and gentlemen! Silence, please! . . . You are charged with the following indictments.’” —And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Purchase And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie while supporting independent bookstores.
H. G. Wells’s Birthday | September 21st, 1866
“‘We are always getting away from the present moment. Our mental existences, which are immaterial and have no dimensions, are passing along the Time Dimension with a uniform velocity from the cradle to the grave. Just as we should travel down if we began our existence fifty miles above the earth's surface.’“ —The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Purchase The Time Machine by H. G. Wells while supporting independent bookstores.
Banned Book Week | September 22nd through 28th, 2024
“Established in 1982, Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to read.“
Purchase BANNED BOOKS while supporting independent bookstores:
Hobbit Day | September 22nd
Tolkien Week | September 22nd through 28th, 2024
Celebrate Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday!
“The American Tolkien Society first proclaimed Hobbit Day and Tolkien Week in 1978.”
Purchase The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien while supporting independent bookstores.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Birthday | September 24th, 1896
“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.“ —The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Open Book Chocolates is celebrating F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthday with The Great Gatsby and our corresponding chocolate bar.
William Faulkner’s Birthday | September 25th, 1897
“A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune.“ —The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Purchase The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner while supporting independent bookstores.
T. S. Eliot’s Birthday | September 26th, 1888
For some are sane and some are mad
And some are good and some are bad
And some are better, some are worse —
But all may be described in verse.—Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot
Purchase Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot while supporting independent bookstores.
Miguel de Cervantes’s Birthday | September 29th, 1547
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.“ —Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Purchase Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes while supporting independent bookstores.
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Birthday | September 29th, 1810
“Wearily she went to bed, wearily she arose in four or five hours' time. But with the morning came hope, and a brighter view of things.“ —North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Purchase North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell while supporting independent bookstores.
Truman Capote’s Birthday | September 30th, 1924
“Envy was constantly with him; the Enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.“ —In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Purchase In Cold Blood by Truman Capote while supporting independent bookstores.
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Gift Sets from Zenith Bookstore
We just had to share these wonderful gift sets from Zenith Bookstore (zenithbookstore.com) in Duluth, Minnesota!
If you live in or near Duluth, we hope you’ll go check out this awesome independent bookstore.
Restocked: Les Misérables, Treasure Island, A Little Princess, & The Great Gatsby
