{"id":936,"date":"2018-12-31T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=936"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:47:23","slug":"5-14-17-news-briefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=936","title":{"rendered":"5.14.17 News Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<h1 id=\"u257718-7\">Vote for your Favorite Texas Bookstore: Round 2, through midnight Sat., May 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u257718-12\"><span><span id=\"u257719\"><span id=\"u257720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/40%20acre%20wood%2c%20heidi%20frazier%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u257720_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Lone Star Lit\u2019s second annual Texas Readers\u2019 Favorite Bookstores<\/span> voting continues through May 20, 2017.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-17\">In Round 1, book lovers in Texas and beyond have spoken: of the state&#8217;s nearly 300 independent, chain, and specialty bookstores, <span id=\"u257718-15\">each of these 43<\/span> received at least one vote in Round 1!<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-20\">We received 736 votes for favorite bookstores in every corner of Texas (and one in Oklahoma, though sorry, that doesn\u2019t count) \u2014 including write-in votes for a few stores that weren\u2019t yet on our radar.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u257718-23\">Round 2 Semifinalists<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u257718-107\">\n<li id=\"u257718-25\">Abilene: Texas Star Trading Company<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-27\">Alpine: Front Street Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-29\">Amarillo: Barnes &#038; Noble #2665 Westgate Mall<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-31\">Austin: Barnes &#038; Noble #2536 Arboretum<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-33\">Austin: BookPeople<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-35\">Austin: BookWoman<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-37\">Austin: Half Price Books North Lamar #005<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-39\">Boerne: The Bookstore under the Windmill in Boerne<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-41\">Dallas: Barnes &#038; Noble #2884 Lincoln Park<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-43\">Dallas: Deep Vellum Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-45\">Dallas: Half Price Books \u2014 Texas Flagship Store #001<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-47\">Dallas: The Wild Detectives<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-49\">Denton: Recycled Books &#038; Records<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-51\">Fort Worth: Half Price Books \u2014 Hulen<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-53\">Fort Worth: The Last Word Bookstore<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-55\">Frisco: Barnes &#038; Noble at Stonebriar Centre<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-57\">Galveston: Galveston Bookshop<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-59\">Gladewater: Gladewater Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-61\">Houston : Nuestra Palabra Art &#038; Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-63\">Houston: Blue Willow Bookshop<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-65\">Houston: Brazos Bookstore<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-67\">Houston: Kaboom Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-69\">Houston: Murder by the Book<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-71\">Houston: River Oaks Bookstore<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-73\">Katy: Katy Budget Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-75\">Kerrville: Wolfmueller\u2019s Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-77\">Lexington: 40 Acre Wood<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-79\">Lubbock: Barnes &#038; Noble #2364 South Plains Mall<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-81\">McKinney: Half Price Books \u2014 Eldorado\/Craig Crossing #085<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-83\">Nacogdoches: The Bosslight<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-85\">New Braunfels: The Purple Chair Children\u2019s Bookstore<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-87\">San Angelo: Cactus Book Shop<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-89\">San Antonio: Dead Tree Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-92\">San Antonio: Nine Lives Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-94\">San Antonio: The Twig Book Shop<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-96\">South Padre Island: Paragraphs on Padre Boulevard<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-98\">Southlake: Barnes &#038;Noble #2241 Southlake Town Square<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-100\">Spring: Copperfield&#8217;s Books<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-102\">Tyler: The Last Bookstore<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-104\">Waco: Barnes &#038; Noble #2708 Circuit City Plaza<\/li>\n<li id=\"u257718-106\">Wichita Falls: Books-A-Million #949<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u257718-111\"><span>Now, fans have through midnight Sat., May 20, 2017, to vote in Round 2<\/span> &#8212; one vote per person, per day, please! Click the ballot below, or email us at info@LoneStarLiterary.com. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-116\">We\u2019ll announce the Top 20 finalists on May 21; then, your final Top 10 picks on May 28. <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonestarpublicity.com\/favoritebookstores2017round1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u257718-113\">Voting is now underway; Round 2 closes midnight May 20, 2017!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-119\">Texas Readers\u2019 Favorite Bookstores winners will be determined by reader vote via:<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-121\">\u2022 Our website<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-123\">\u2022 Our e-mail newsletter<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-125\">\u2022 Our social media<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-127\">\u2022 Direct ballots upon request<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-131\"><span id=\"u257725\"><span id=\"u257726\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u257726_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u257718-133\"><span id=\"u258020\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasteenbookfestival.org\/\" id=\"u258012\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/logo_texas%20teen%20book%20festival.jpg\"  id=\"u258012_img\" \/><\/a><\/span>Texas teen book festival reveals 2017 keynote authors<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u257718-135\">Young Adult book festival will feature bestselling authors Marie Lu and Jason Reynolds, and star of The Big Bang Theory Mayim Bialik<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u257718-148\">AUSTIN \u2014 <span>The Texas Teen Book Festival has announced the keynote authors <\/span>for the 9th edition of the annual festival, which will feature New York Times bestselling authors <span>Marie Lu<\/span> and <span>Jason Reynolds,<\/span> and actress <span>Mayim Bialik<\/span> from the popular series <span id=\"u257718-146\">The Big Bang Theory.<\/span> The 2017 festival will take place on Sat., Oct. 7, at St. Edward\u2019s University.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-153\">\u201cTTBF 2017 is shaping up to be amazing!\u201d says festival director <span>Shawn Mauser.<\/span> \u201cConnecting teens with authors they love is the core of what we do. We\u2019re thrilled to give Texas teens the opportunity to meet these exciting, inspiring writers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-162\">Afternoon keynote speaker <span>Marie Lu<\/span> is the author of the #1 <span id=\"u257718-158\">New York Times <\/span>bestselling series The Young Elites and the blockbuster bestselling Legend series. At TTBF, Lu will present her latest work, <span>Warcross,<\/span> a sci-fi thriller that draws on her experience as a video game artist to conjure an immersive, exhilarating world where a teenage bounty hunter hacks her way into a game\u2019s dangerous depths and quickly learns that choosing whom to trust may be the biggest gamble of all.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-183\">Author <span>Jason Reynolds<\/span> will be the closing keynote speaker and will launch his narrative verse novel, <span>Long Way Down,<\/span> at the 2017 Festival. This explosive novel narrates sixty crucial seconds of one boy&#8217;s life \u2014 seconds that explore the thin line between avenging violence and perpetuating it. Reynolds is a <span id=\"u257718-169\">New York Times<\/span> bestselling author, a National Book Award honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. His debut novel, <span>When I Was the Greatest,<\/span> was followed by <span>Boy in the Black Suit<\/span> and <span>All American Boys<\/span> (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); <span>As Brave As You; Jump Anyway;<\/span> and the first two books in the Track series, <span>Ghost<\/span> and <span>Patina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-197\">TTBF is also thrilled to announce triple-threat actress, neuroscientist, and author <span>Mayim Bialik<\/span> as this year\u2019s opening speaker to discuss <span>Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular.<\/span> Bialik is best known as Amy Farrah Fowler on the comedy series <span id=\"u257718-190\">The Big Bang Theory,<\/span> a role for which she has received four Emmy nominations and a Critics\u2019 Choice Award. She also starred in the early-1990s sitcom <span id=\"u257718-192\">Blossom.<\/span> Bialik earned a BS from UCLA in neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies, and went on to earn a PhD from UCLA in neuroscience. She is the author of <span>Beyond the Sling<\/span> and <span>Mayim\u2019s Vegan Table.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-200\">A program of the Texas Book Festival, the TTBF is presented in collaboration with BookPeople, a dedicated team of librarians, and venue sponsor St. Edward\u2019s University. Major sponsors include H-E-B and Brigid Cockrum and family, and the program is made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-207\">The one-day TTBF will take place on October 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at St. Edward\u2019s University, 3001 South Congress Avenue. TTBF remains free and open to the public thanks to generous donors, sponsors, and dozens of committed volunteers. For more information, please visit <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texasteenbookfestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u257718-203\">www.texasteenbookfestival.org<\/span><\/a><\/span> and keep up with announcements at Facebook.com\/TexasTeenBookFestival, and on Twitter and Instagram @TXTeenBookFest.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257718-210\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<div id=\"u257743-216\">\n<h1 id=\"u257743-2\"><span id=\"u257929\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tshof.org\/\" id=\"u257921\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/logo_tx%20sports%20hall%20bk%20fest.jpg\"  id=\"u257921_img\" \/><\/a><\/span>First annual Texas Sports Hall of Fame Book Festival announces lineup for July 15 in Waco<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u257743-7\">WACO \u2014 <span>The Texas Sports Hall of Fame announces its first Book Festival,<\/span> to be held Sat., July 15, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-10\">Sponsored by Texas A&#038;M University Press, Texas Tech University Press, and Waco City Cable Channel, the one day event will showcase the best in books devoted to Texas sports, and many legendary authors and athletes will be on hand for the event.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u257743-13\">Featured authors:<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u257743-18\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>R. Gaines Baty,<\/span> <span>Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-23\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Chad S. Conine,<\/span> <span>The Republic of Football: Legends of the Texas High School Game<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-28\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Mel Renfro<\/span> (signing only), <span>Forever a Cowboy<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-33\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Mac Engel,<\/span> <span>Pigskin Rapture: Four Days in the Life of Texas Football<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-38\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Robert Jacobus,<\/span> <span>Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-43\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Al Pickett,<\/span> <span>Mighty, Mighty Matadors: Lubbock Estacado High School Integration and a Championship Year<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-48\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Carlton Stowers,<\/span> <span>Where Dreams Die Hard: Staubach, Oh Brother, How They Played the Game and Texas Football Legends<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-53\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 <span> Jeff Miller,<\/span> <span>The Game Changers: Abner Haynes, Leon King, and the Fall of Major College Football\u2019s Color Barrier in Texas<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-58\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Jim Reeves,<\/span> <span>Dallas Cowboys: The Legends of America\u2019s Team<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-63\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Bill Brown,<\/span> <span>Houston Astros: Deep in the Heart \u2013 Blazing a Trail from Expansion to the World Series<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-68\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Frank Sikes,<\/span> <span>West Texas Middleweight: The Story of LaVern Roach<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-73\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Tim Price,<\/span> <span>Shooting for the Record: Adolph Toepperwein, Tom Frye, and Sharpshooting\u2019s Forgotten Controversy<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-78\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Ed Housewright,<\/span> <span>Beyond Just Win: A Profile of G.A. Moore, Texas High School Football\u2019s No. 1 Coach<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-83\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span>Ryan Bush,<\/span> <span>The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Rookies, the Shotgun, And a Hail Mary Vaulted the 1975 Dallas Cowboys Into the Super Bowl<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-88\">\u2022 <span>Putt Riddle,<\/span> <span>Friday&#8217;s Winners<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-95\">For more information about the book festival or the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, visit <span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tshof.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u257743-91\">tshof.org<\/span><\/a><\/span> or call 254-756-1633.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-98\">(Information from organization\u2019s press release)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-102\"><span id=\"u257744\"><span id=\"u257745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u257745_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u257743-104\">Texas book festival to host Reading Rock Stars\u00a0 presentations by Laura Bush and other renowned authors<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u257743-106\">Mrs. Bush will also announce the 2017 recipients of the Laura Bush Foundation for America\u2019s Libraries grants<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u257743-119\">Austin \u2014 <span>The Texas Book Festival will host its Reading Rock Stars program<\/span> on Friday, May 19, 2017, at Thomas Tolbert Elementary School. Beginning at 11 a.m., the school will host three authors \u2014<span>James Luna, <\/span>author of two bilingual picture books; <span>Hena Khan,<\/span> Pakistani-American author of <span>Amina\u2019s Voice,<\/span> and Texas Book Festival Founder, beloved First Lady, and bestselling children\u2019s book author <span>Laura Bush.<\/span> Additionally, Mrs. Bush will announce the 2017 recipients of the Laura Bush Foundation for America\u2019s Libraries grants.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-122\">The Texas Book Festival\u2019s Reading Rock Stars literacy program brings books to life for children in low-income schools by inviting authors and illustrators into classrooms with entertaining presentations that inspire students to read, write, and create. The Texas Book Festival also gives each student an autographed copy of each author\u2019s book and provides the school library with a new set of books. After each presentation, the author personally hands a signed book to each student. Texas Book Festival will be donating a total of 580 books to Thomas Tolbert Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-125\">The Texas Book Festival has coordinated more than 350 author visits and provided more than 81,000 books to students in Title I schools across Texas since its inception.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-128\">For more information on the Texas Book Festival and Reading Rock Stars, visit www.texasbookfestival.org. For more information on the Laura Bush Foundation for America\u2019s Libraries, visit www.laurabushfoundation.org.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-131\">WHO:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James Luna \u2013 The Place Where You Live<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-133\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hena Khan \u2013 Amina\u2019s Voice<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-135\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Laura Bush \u2013 Our Great Big Backyard<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-138\">WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, May 19<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-140\">11 a.m. \u2013 Pre-K &#038; Kindergarten \u2013 James Luna (library)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-142\">11a.m. \u2013 Grades 4 and 5 \u2013 Hena Khan (gym)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-144\">12:45 p.m. \u2013 Grades 1, 2, and 3 \u2013 Laura Bush (auditorium)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-147\">WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Tolbert Elementary School<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-149\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4000 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75233<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-152\">(Information from organization\u2019s website)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-156\"><span id=\"u257762\"><span id=\"u257763\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u257763_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u257743-161\">Brookins to discuss her memoir, Rise, at WTAMU\u2019s summer Roundup event June 5; Thomas, Lewis, Claire, Navarro also featured<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u257743-168\"><span id=\"u257765\"><span id=\"u257766\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"readableLargeImageContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/brookins%2c%20rise_cover%20sm.jpg\"  id=\"u257766_img\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span>CANYON \u2014 <span>West Texas A&#038;M University will welcome author and motivational speaker Cara Brookins<\/span> as the keynote speaker for the West Texas Writers\u2019 Academy Writers\u2019 Roundup dinner on Monday, June 5. Brookins\u2019s memoir, <span>Rise: How a House Built a Family, <\/span>details how she and her children left a traumatic situation and built a house from the ground up with their own hands.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-185\">The event begins at 6 p.m. with a book signing by authors from across the nation who are attending the Writers\u2019 Academy at WTAMU. Authors will include <span id=\"u257743-171\">New York Times<\/span> bestselling author <span>Jodi Thomas,<\/span> <span id=\"u257743-175\">Reader\u2019s Digest<\/span> Select author <span>Timothy Lewis,<\/span> <span id=\"u257743-179\">USA Today<\/span> Bestselling author <span>Bethany Claire,<\/span> and Harlequin author and bestselling hybrid author of contemporary and historical romance <span>Jolene Navarro.<\/span> Readers will find books of various genres from romance to western to thriller. Authors will sell their books and talk to readers until 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-188\">Dinner and remarks from Lewis will begin at 7 p.m. ,with Brookins taking the stage at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-191\">After escaping two abusive marriages, Brookins was in desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one. So she did something incredible. Equipped with only YouTube videos and a 9-month bank loan, Brookins built her own house\u2014all 3,500 square feet of it\u2014from the foundation to the roof (and everything in between) with a work crew made up of her kids. The completed house has five bedrooms, a three-car garage, a shop, and even a two-story tree house.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-199\">Rise is Brookins first work of nonfiction. Other books by Brookins include <span>Little Boy Blu,<\/span> Timeshifters triology\u2014<span>Mark of the Centipede, Mark of the Serpent and Mark of the Spider\u2014 Gadget Geeks, Doris Free: A Harvest of Friends, Doris Free<\/span> and <span>Treasure Quest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-202\">The Writers\u2019 Roundup dinner is open to the public. Tickets are $35 per person and can be purchased with advance reservations by calling Education on Demand at 806-651-2037.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-205\">(Information from organization\u2019s press release and website)<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-208\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<p id=\"u257743-212\"><span id=\"u257750\"><span id=\"u257751\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/dottedline380.jpg\"  id=\"u257751_img\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vote for your Favorite Texas Bookstore: Round 2, through midnight Sat., May 20 Lone Star Lit\u2019s second annual Texas Readers\u2019 Favorite Bookstores voting continues through May 20, 2017. 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