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~RAUL The Martian by Andy Weir "This book should serve as a manual for survival on Mars for any future missions to the Red Planet. It should be required reading for all crew members, administrators and staff of NASA. Weir creates not only a gripping man v. Mars survival story, but he includes all the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Quesadillas by Juan Pablo Villalobos Reviewed by Ben Translation is a tricky business, especially in the realm of literature and poetry. Not only is there a responsibility to accurately represent the original work, but good translations somehow manage to capture the nuances and style of the original language for the readers to whom it is foreign. … Continue reading QUESADILLAS: An Absurdist Tragi-Comedy Whirlwind
~Post by Claire Cameron, Author of The Bear: A Novel Getting lost in the wilderness is a scary idea: just you, the vast wilderness and…what if your cell phone doesn’t work? Even in our connected world, this still happens. To be human is to get lost. An environmental psychologist, Colin Ellard, in his book You … Continue reading How To Be Found: Guest Post by Claire Cameron
HARDCOVER FICTION The Parallel Apartments by Bill Cotter Justine Moppett is 34, pregnant, and fleeing an abusive relationship in New York to dig up an even more traumatic childhood in Austin. Waiting for her there is a cast of more than a dozen misfits each hurtling toward their own calamities, and, ultimately, toward each other. … Continue reading New Releases – 2/11
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum Reviewed by Raul In 1915, while Europe was in the throes of the Great War and America was wholly committed to keeping itself neutral, the Imperial German Intelligence services launched a savage and very secret war on American … Continue reading DARK INVASION: Thrilling, Factual White Knuckle Thriller
Gary Shteyngart, king of the book trailer, the book blurb, and author of our some of our favorite modern novels, emigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1979, when he was seven years old. He recounts his journey from St. Petersburg to Queens to bestseller lists in his new memoir, Little Failure, the … Continue reading Statesman Selects: LITTLE FAILURE by Gary Shteyngart
~post by Bosco About ten years ago, my Mom met and fell in love with a straight up nerd whom she later married. My mom is an academic. She has a doctorate. She chaired the department where she taught English at a small state University. I grew up in a kind of dorky intellectual environment. … Continue reading Reading with Pops: A Feast for Dragons, A Dance with Crows
MMM Good: Aaron Franklin of Franklin's BBQ announced he'll publish a new book, Barbeque (working title). To be released in 2015, the book will be coupled with Franklin's PBS show BBQ with Franklin in development based on his current web series of the same name. And Now For Something Completely Different: Bestselling Author of the Drunken … Continue reading This Week In The World of Books
~ MEGHAN The Maggie B. by Irene Haas "No book captures the warmth of simple companionship for me better than The Maggie B. by Irene Haas. Maggie's wish upon the evening star for her very own boat results in a cozy seafaring adventure spent with her baby brother as they spend the day sailing, puttering … Continue reading Children’s Books That Warm Our Hearts
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corp! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ What The Teen Press Corps is Reading Right This Minute! L A U R A - Cress by Marissa Meyer "It is a futuristic retelling of the classic fairy tales we grew up with and loved … Continue reading Teen Thursday
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