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Mandy Life by Keith Richards "A wonderful rambling rant on the not-so-secret life of the Rolling Stones. It puts fact to all of the grand rumors and adds depth to a person who you never knew was so capable of substance and not just substance abuse. I'm reading it for our Happy Hour Book Club … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Bestselling crime fiction author RJ Ellory begins a weekly stint guest posting on the MysteryPeople blog today. MysteryPeople will have a new post from Ellory every Monday for the next seven weeks. This week, he discusses what makes a book great - in any genre.
History buffs, you'll want to take note of this - Sourcebooks is running a promo through Tuesday, February 28 in honor of President's Day. The following e-Books are $2.99. They're all available on our website. If you don't already have it on your device, we recommend you download the Indiebound Reader App first. It'll make … Continue reading President’s Day e-Book Sale!
Book: The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon Reviewed by: Jessica If you are a fan of Susan Sheehan’s Is There No Place On Earth For Me?, or you simply want to be hooked and drawn into a remarkably fascinating story, you must pick up a copy of Rachel Simon’s The Story of Beautiful … Continue reading Book Review: ‘The Story of Beautiful Girl’ by Rachel Simon
How do we love Michael Ian Black? Let us count the ways. At random. Reason #385: His 2009 children's book, Chicken Cheeks. And this video. Black's new book for grown-ups, You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death and Other Humiliations will be available February 28th. You can pre-order your copy now. … Continue reading Reason #385 Why We Love Michael Ian Black
Last week Merrilee announced that she and other BookPeople booksellers have accepted Mac Barnett's bookseller knitting challenge. Since then, our knitters have been keeping their fingers nimble stitching together a sweater for an object in our store. The contest was inspired by Barnett's delightful new picture book, Extra Yarn. Today, Robyn and Merrilee finished up the first … Continue reading Bookstore Yarn Bomb! – UPDATE
This year is special. It's a leap year, so this month has an extra day. It's 2012, so it's an election, and it's the end of the what the Mayans called "The Time of Trial on Earth" which may or may not signify the end of the world. Like I said, a big year. So, … Continue reading Surviving the Year
Are you in a book group? If so, then we have a few events coming up we highly recommend for you and your members. Each book featured is prime for group discussion. Our author events are free and open to the public, so these are all easy opportunities to discover your next great group read. … Continue reading Calling All Book Clubs
Post by Justine Goldberg of WriteByNight, Austin's center for writers. The difference between fiction and nonfiction seems obvious: fiction is fabricated, nonfiction is fact. Pretty straightforward, right? Wrong! The truth is that these seemingly distinct genres have more in common than one might think. Fiction can enjoy nonfictional elements, just as nonfiction can benefit from fictional … Continue reading True Lies: The Blurry Boundary Between Fiction and Nonfiction
So, as we close in on the midpoint of February 2012, I find that I’ve already read a number of books that I want the rest of the world to read: old books and new books that have knocked my shoes off. These are just a few of my favorite things. Suspects by David Thomson … Continue reading Joe Says READ THESE BOOKS!
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