Month: July 2017

“FELLSIDE Is GHOST Meets ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” So Sayeth The Nightmare Factory Book Club

As you are locked into an eternity of solitary confinement, the prison guards stare sidelong with unchecked revulsion. Your days bleed into your nights as your dreams become indistinguishable from your waking purgatory. From this moment forward, you will have nothing to drown out the strychnine silence of your hollow thoughts but the protest of … Continue reading “FELLSIDE Is GHOST Meets ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK” So Sayeth The Nightmare Factory Book Club →

Indie Press Spotlight: Open Letter

Every month here at BookPeople we like to spotlight a smaller, independent publishing house that we love. These Indie Presses are helping to push the literary world forward with unique and adventurous work and we’re proud to showcase their titles in our store. This month check out the wonderful Open Letter! Open Letter--the University of … Continue reading Indie Press Spotlight: Open Letter →

The Romance Bookshelves—Great July Recommendations and Book Group is a GO!

By Cathy Maxwell Here in Texas, we are SUNbound, when the best thing to do on a hot afternoon is stake out a spot on a beach or in an air-conditioned space and enjoy pleasure reading. With that in mind, let me introduce two books I could not put down: The Hating Game:  Smart, sexy, … Continue reading The Romance Bookshelves—Great July Recommendations and Book Group is a GO! →

Booksellers recommend: Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud

We're all really enjoying Anne Helen Petersen's collection of essays, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud, and can't wait to have her here in just a week on July 19th at 7pm. Check out our reviews and come join us! I've enjoyed Anne Helen Petersen's essays on Buzzfeed, so it was great to read this interesting … Continue reading Booksellers recommend: Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud →

DiverseCity Book Club talks WAKING UP WHITE

DiverseCity Book Club's next meeting is tomorrow, 7/13, at 6:30pm on our third floor. We hope you'll join them! Here's a note from their leader, Charlotte Moore: While I argue technology is killing humanity, I also marvel at how it connects us. Here’s what I mean. The current selection for Austin’s DiverseCity Book Club is … Continue reading DiverseCity Book Club talks WAKING UP WHITE →

Bookseller Review: GORK, THE TEENAGE DRAGON

Happy book birthday to Gabe Hudson and Gork, the Teenage Dragon! Hudson will be here Tuesday, July 25th at 7pm to talk about his new book.   After a meeting where booksellers are pitched books coming out in the upcoming months, my fellow booksellers and I shuffled through boxes filled with books to choose from. The colorful … Continue reading Bookseller Review: GORK, THE TEENAGE DRAGON →