Books! Books! And, oh yeah, BOOKS! Did I mention we have a card shop and host games of Yu Gi Oh. Magic The Gathering, Vs, And World Of Warcraft too?
SOME OF THE FOLKS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Erin, Backroom House Elf and fearless player of The World of Warcraft
Phyllis, our resident expert on all things Twilight Jenn W., Former Asst. Tyrant, current YA/Juv Events coordinator.
Mr. Mike Russo, one of the Russo family owners of the store, and our boss. We like him, he's funny.
Linda, manager at the Marketplace
Donna, formerly at Downtown, now our Marketplace cardshop manager!
Our Marketplace store (9000 Ming Ave, 665-4686)
Music
Movies
Our favorite? Movies made from books and comics, of course!
Television
They keep cancelling all of the good shows...
Books
Favorite Young Adult titles at the store seem to be:
The Twilight Saga (of course)
The Harry Potter series(still!)
The Inheritance series
The Gossip Girl series
The Cherub series
Fruits Basket manga series
Naruto manga series
The Pendragon and Artemis Fowl series
and so many, many more... I mean, really, like THOUSANDS!
Check out the authors we have in our "Top Friends" for some books you should really read!
Russo's Books Space For Me! Our poor MySpace page- it's so neglected! Change that by posting reviews of Young Adult books that you've read & what you'd like to see @ the store! Posted at 2:39 AM Nov 19 view more
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New Moon Trailer shown at the MTV Movie Awards May 31st:
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Russo's Books is Bakersfield, CA's ONLY independent bookstore. In spite of having both the mighty giants of Barnes & Noble and Borders in town, we are still going strong in The Marketplace on Ming!
And what's with the tender age of 20? Well, that's when the first Russo's bookstore, the now defunct Bookmark, opened. There has been a Russo's ever since! Visit this link store info & locations to see our website , which includes information on all our vital statistics! We also have a calendar of events! You can email us at russosbooks@bak.rr.com!
You can even find us now on facebook and get updated on our events and those at other great Indie Bookstores with the SCIBA's Twitter
This page is dedicated to our young adult crowd, ages 13 to 18. This is the spot to come gush about your favorite author or character, get the latest gossip on favorite up-and-coming releases, and see what's going on at the store!..
ATTENTION AUTHORS! PLEASE CONTACT THE BOOKSTORE DIRECTLY (russosbooks@gmail.com!) FOR ANY NON-YOUNG ADULT BOOK CONCERNS! THIS PAGE IS MEANT FOR OUR YOUNGER PATRONS! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Keep coming back- will be adding more stuff all the time!
Currently HOT and in stock:
Author Ellen Hopkins' books (contains some mature subject matter)
The Vampire Diaries series by author L J Smith, for if you need a new vampire addiction now that Stephenie Meyer has moved on from Forks...
The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King- a pirate story like you've never read...
New Moon Movie and Twilight MerchandiseBreaking Dawn special edition comes out Aug 4 Twilight journals set comes out Oct 13 New Monn collector's edition comes out Oct 6, movie companion comes out Oct 6, movie cover trade paperback comes out Sept 15, movie cover mass market paperback comes out Nov. Twilight Saga Companion still has no release date
We've got new Twilight merch in the store as well! Come check it out! We take requests, too!
Here's our pictures from our BREAKING DAWN midnight release event! More can be viewed at: http://photobucket.com/breakingdawn
Pictures from our Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Release Party!
How you doin? I got some new music up and wanted to know if you would be down to check it out and let me know what your favorite is. I'd really appreciate it.And if you like what you hear, you can actually download my whole cd right here: http://limelinx.com/files/e8cddf3b9cd2edfd2505b3b4607f4e9c
How Evil Are You? What would you do if you brother/sister hit you? I will hit as well Your on the bus and as you pass a street you notice there are a bunch of of kids behind you waving. what do you do? I will wave as well It's the end of the world! What are you doing? I am enjoying the moment What is your favorite weapon? Pistol Will you ever work as an Executioner? Of course...haha Do you like horror movies? I love them Do you fantasize about "How evil I am" most often? sometimes
JUST DROPPING IN TO SAY HELLOW AND TO HAVE A GREAT WEEK. ALBERT VASQUEZ III
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