Our fabulous booksellers are embarking on new adventures in the written word every day here at BookPeople. Here are a few of the titles that some of our awesome peeps are exploring!
~ CONSUELO
INVISIBLE MAN by RALPH ELLISON
“I’m reading this book for the [Required Reading Revisited] book club.” Consuelo is not one for many words, but she had a lot to say about this ironically re-required book she’s reading for the book club this upcoming Sunday.
“It’s moving and powerful. I really like it.” She’s really close to the end (she better be!), and she’s thoroughly enjoyed it. “It’s dense and not that easy to read, but it’s completely worth it. The main character is so easy to empathize with.” And, there’s a lot to empathize with what the protagonist goes through. “It’s really heavy, powerful and full of meaning.” Sounds like it’s definitely worth the push through.
Invisible Man is the October book for the Requried Reading Revisited Book Club. They’re meeting this weekend on Sunday, October 13 at 5 PM. Required Reading Revisited (like us on Facebook!) is your chance to take a second (or first) look at some of those books that you were required to read in school. Meeting the second Sunday of every month at 5pm. Book up and stop by! You can check out more information on BookPeople Book Clubs on the website.
~ HILLARY ANNE
THE DEFINING DECADE by MEG JAY
“Everyone’s 20’s are important, and this book battles the current theme of talking down to and about Millennials. It gives you the bigger picture and compares it to the other decades.” She goes on to explain that the author does a great job of ensuring we understand that the strife and challenges twenty-somethings encounter today is nothing new. Everyone has this period in their lives. The Baby Boomers need to stop complaining about it and let the Millennials have their moment.
Hillary Anne is especially jazzed about the paperback edition that she purchased for herself, I’d have you know. “It was released last year in hardback, and a lot were purchased by parents and grandparents for their kids. [Jay] has a forward specific to this edition that addresses us. It says that this book isn’t for your parents and grandparents, this is for you. What we’re gonig through isn’t a generational thing, it’s a twenty-something thing.” She says that you shouldn’t receive this book from others as a lecture, but you should embrace it as help to see the bigger picture of becoming an adult.
~ STEVE(N) W
THE DISASTER ARTIST by GREG SESTERO
Steve(n) has been “psyched about this book for awhile now.” And, he’s finally digging into it. The Disaster Artist is about the “unmitigated catastrophe of a film, The Room by Tommy Wiseau.” Never having seen the film myself, I asked Steve(n) what it was about. His response, with a smile: “Who knows?”
“This is the story of the movie as told by one of the stars, [Greg Sestero]. Whereas the film is a surreal collection of upsetting nonsequitors, the book recounts a coherent narrative of the madness and delight.”
Steve(n) also wanted me to add: “IT’S TEARING ME APART!”
~ MERRILEE
TEAM OF RIVALS by DORIS KEAR GOODWIN
“This is the book that the movie, Lincoln, was loosely based on. I’m re-reading this book, actually. I’m a huge Civil War geek.”
While obviously good enough to go at it again, Merrilee assures that there is more than just your usual facts and dates in this historical non-fiction book. “This book proves what a political genius Abraham Lincoln was. You know the old adage, ‘keep your friends close, but your enemies closer?,” that is exactly what Lincoln did. He put his three biggest rivals, William Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates in his cabinet. They worked so well together that Seward and Bates actually ended up being close friends with Lincoln. It’s all about his strategies and intelligence.”
~ SCOTT M
SPIRIT OF STEAMBOAT by CRAIG JOHNSON
Our Crime Fiction Coordinator, Scott, wanted to get in a review for one of the many titles he’s up to right now that’s, “not my usual mystery.”
“This is a fun book. It’s a Christmas action adventure set in Wyoming, and it manages to cover a lot of Wyoming’s history in it, as well.” Apparently, this book is the Christmas special for Craig Johnson’s Walt Longmire series.
“It’s a novela full of heart and suspense, and it just gets way out of hand for Walt. It’s a look into Walt’s past that’s both bittersweet and funny.”
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