The ThriftBooks Blog

By Barbara Hagen • May 08, 2022

Back in 2014, when ThriftBooks.com was in its early years, we established a relationship an independent third-party review site called Trustpilot. Recently we hit a new milestone with Trustpilot—1 million reviews! ThriftBooks is the first company on Trustpilot to ever have 1,000,000 reviews so of course we're thrilled! Read on to hear more about the history of our company and what this means for us (plus, our customers might get a little something too!)

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By Barbara Hagen • May 07, 2022

Most often when I have written a blog for all of you they've come from my perspective as a mother of three, but today's blog will be different. I will not be discussing my role as a mother and a parent, and will not even be writing about reading or books. Today is all about my mom, Helene, and about being her daughter.

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By Barbara Hagen • May 02, 2022

I know many teachers and educators will often use some of their own funds to purchase their school or classroom supplies. They do not have to be alone in this. All of us here at ThriftBooks would like to help make those funds go a little bit further, every day, which is why we are excited to introdude you to ThriftBooks 4 Teachers™, our new everyday offer for school faculty!

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By Barbara Hagen • February 13, 2022

This February, celebrate the love of a relationship with books. Anyone who has ever picked up a picture book to read to a child knows the connection that can exists between a book and a child, even at such a young age. Aside from family and friends, books can be one of the first relationships a child begins to build, and it continues their whole life long.

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By Barbara Hagen • January 11, 2022

Books are naturally great connectors between all of us in society. We love to share our Goodreads bookshelf, show our latest book hauls on social, scrutinize what celebs are reading when we see them in public with a book, maybe even read over someone's shoulder on a plane.

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By Barbara Hagen • December 24, 2021

Making lists always feels like an activity for the kids but, lest we forget the song that shares the name of this blog, there does exist the concept of a Christmas list for adults. So today, I'd like to share a brief Grown-Up Christmas List through the eyes of my role here at ThriftBooks, and what I wish for the book community.

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By Barbara Hagen • November 29, 2021

It's Giving Tuesday, or what we here at ThriftBooks call ThriftGiving! For this year's ThriftGiving Tuesday, all of us here at ThriftBooks are super excited to highlight Book Drive for Kids and support the amazing work they are doing in partnership with Race to Kindness (and for kids everywhere) by donating 1% of our net sales today, Tuesday November 30, directly to Book Drive for Kids.

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By Barbara Hagen • November 24, 2021

As we prepare for Thanksgiving, I'd like to highlight the idea of Moments. Moments are those split seconds of time that happen and to which we often don't pay much attention. Moments are fleeting. They are very often overlooked. This Thanksgiving, as we gather with our loved ones, I would like to encourage us pause and take in the moments of the day.

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By Barbara Hagen • November 16, 2021

The holiday season brings exciting new releases in books, music, movies, and TV. That plus the much-loved classics come together to make the holiday complete. Today, I’d like to provide a bit of Holiday Helper insights for ThriftBooks this season to help you get the most out of your experience and holiday shopping.

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By Barbara Hagen • November 07, 2021

Since November is National Family Literacy Month, I thought I would take a moment to share my thoughts on reading to those littlest ones between the ages of 0-4 and the oft asked question when selecting books for this age: Which is better, Board Books or Picture Books?

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By Barbara Hagen • October 14, 2021

October is TeenTober, a nationwide celebration by libraries to fuel the passions of teens in and outside of libraries. When it comes to reading, kids and teens today have a plethora of options, endless almost. The challenge as children become teenagers is not what to read but how to keep them reading. Learn more about TeenTober and the trick that I have found to help keep books in their hands.

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