Please Stand By…

by Alex on March 10, 2010
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We seem to be experiencing some technical difficulties with the formatting of our website.  On occasion I have noticed when loading Hawaii Book Blog, the page comes out very roughly formatted, yet there are other times when everything looks perfectly fine.  However, wanting the site to be 100% user friendly, you may notice that we may be […]

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HBB Rec-Fest @ First Book-Oahu’s Book Fair!

by Misty on February 24, 2010
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HBB is volunteering to blog and tweet live book reviews from First Book-Oahu‘s Book Fair & Fundraiser! Last year the fundraiser was in August and HBB did 8 book reviews in 8 hours! We asked kids in the store and First Book Members to give us suggestions and we learned/reviewed some great keiki books! It […]

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Book End: Weekend of Oct. 3rd

by Alex on October 2, 2009
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Hawaii Book Blog has returned from their sojourn in Las Vegas, the 9th Hawaiian Island, refreshed and ready to get back into Hawaii books and events!  The big news this week is that Hawaii is the winner of the First Book “What Book Got You Hooked?” campaign which will give 50,000 new books to underprivileged […]

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Book End – Weekend of Sep. 26

by Alex on September 25, 2009
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The big news for Hawaii Book Blog is that we will be on vacation for the next week!  We will be going to Las Vegas tonight for a much needed break from the daily grind.  Two red eyes going and coming on Hawaiian Airlines will buffer an exciting trip where we’ll get to see the […]

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Book End – Weekend of Sep. 19

by Alex on September 18, 2009
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posted by A.Alba The big news this week is that Hawaii is #1 in the vote to win 50,000 books from First Book’s “What Book Got You Hooked?” campaign.  When we first tweeted about this in August, Hawaii was #46.  Then, last week when we wrote this post, Hawaii was at #6.  Thanks to everybody who has […]

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Free books for Hawaii’s youth

by Alex on September 12, 2009
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posted by A.Alba If Season 3 of American Idol proved anything, it’s that the people of Hawaii can band together and show the strength, support and unity of `ohana that only our state can do.  Jasmine Trias probably wasn’t considered one of the top three Idol contestants that year, but because of the passionate support […]

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Rec-fest Book 8/8: The Little Lima Bean

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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This is it!   As we are actually ahead of schedule I will be posting our final entry a little early, since we are slowly wrapping things up here.  Phew!  We accomplished our goal of doing 8 keiki book reviews, all of which are available from the Barnes & Noble Kahala children’s section.  In the process […]

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Rec-fest Book 7/8: The Watercolor Cat

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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posted by M.L. Sanico Our Book Fair Fundraiser and 8/8 Rec-fest is almost coming to a close, Celeste Gonsalves is all set up now and talking to teens about her new book Teen Wise. She’s a fantastic lady and her enthusiasm and drive have made me an instant fan and admirer. Keep an ear out […]

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Rec-Fest Book 6/8: The Musubi Man

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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Well, we are fast approaching Hour 6 here at Barnes & Noble Kahala.  The First Book Oahu gang are here helping to  promote the cause and we are still here, closing in on accomplishing our “8 books in 8 hours on 8/8” goal.  I have not eaten since breakfast and I’m starting to get a […]

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Rec-fest Book 5/8: Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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posted by M.L. Sanico James Rumford was just here signing books and drawing flowers with the kids (I even drew a flower, it’s a brown plumeria and not nearly as nice as the flowers he draws). He’s promoting his book Max and the Dumb Flower Picture, but Alex and I took this opportunity to buy […]

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Rec-fest Book 4/8: Wordsworth Dances the Waltz

by Alex on August 8, 2009
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We are halfway through our book recommendation marathon and we are trying our best to keep up!  Things have settled down a little as Clifford the Big Red Dog and the keiki song and reading is finished.  For the past hour, local author James Rumford has been signing books and promoting Martha Alexander’s wonderful book […]

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