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This incredible cartoon comes courtesy of Griffin Mauser, one of our artistically inclined booksellers. He was inspired by Nick Harkaway's novel Gnomon. Check out his review of the book below. Mielikki Neith truly believes in The Witness -- the universal surveillance system that has brought idyllic peace to a once crime-ridden society -- but when … Continue reading Art inspired by Nick Harkaway’s ‘Gnomon’
This month, the BookKids team takes on the Reading Without Walls challenge! Below, School Events Coordinator, Shannon, writes about her experience reading outside her comfort zone. For more posts in this series, click here. It's always hard for me to decide what books to write about for the Reading Without Walls Challenge, because I only read teen and … Continue reading BookKids: Shannon Reads Without Walls
This month, the BookKids team takes on the Reading Without Walls challenge! Below, our Bookfairs' Manager, Ellen, writes about her experience reading outside her comfort zone. For more posts in this series, click here. I consider myself a fairly omnivorous reader of children’s and YA books. When it was asked of us to consider writing a Reading Without … Continue reading BookKids: Ellen Reads Without Walls
SIMON SAYS PICK UP YOUR COPY OF LEAH ON THE OFFBEAT TODAY! Grab your Oreos and settle in because the companion to Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda is finally here!!!! In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda--now a major motion picture, we follow Simon's BFF Leah as she grapples … Continue reading Teen Thursday
Chasing Hillary by Amy Chozick: Trailing Clinton through all of the highs and lows of the most noxious and wildly dramatic presidential election in American history, CHASING HILLARY follows journalist Amy Chozick as she comes to understand what drove Clinton, how she accomplished what no woman had before, and why she ultimately failed. Poignant, illuminating, … Continue reading New Releases 4/24
Comic book writer Charles Soule stops by the store this Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. to discuss his first novel, The Oracle Year. Check out his answers to The BookPeople Questionnaire below. BP: What are you reading these days? CS: I’m in the middle of a bunch of books right now, which is … Continue reading Charles Soule on music, lightsabers & writing in pencil
Christopher Moore stops by the store Tuesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. to discuss his new novel, Noir, a parody of hard-boiled detective fiction. Check out Moore's answers to The BookPeople Questionnaire below! BP: What are you reading these days? CM: Jack London’s San Francisco Stories by Jack London, Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness by Melissa … Continue reading Christopher Moore on his literary influences, the Russian River & marine biology
This month, the BookKids team takes on the Reading Without Walls challenge! Below, our Art Director, Tomoko, writes about her experience reading outside her comfort zone. For more posts in this series, click here. I’ve been dying to read Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi because it's based on a subject I know … Continue reading BookKids: Tomoko Reads Without Walls
Get a FREE gift with the purchase of I Have Lost My Way by Gayle Forman! There are signed copies available, too! Get yours now. Other signed books you can order today: Devils Unto Dust by Emma Berquist Time Next by Carolyn Cohagan NEW RELEASES: In Her Skin by Kim Savage: 15-year-old con artist Jo Chastain … Continue reading Teen Thursday: 04.19.2018
Jade, one of our booksellers, was stuck in a reading rut. Luckily, poet Neil Hilborn pulled her out of it. Check out her review of his book, The Future, below. We’ve all been there, right? Stuck in a reading rut, the precarious jenga tower of books on your bedside table just screaming at you that … Continue reading Bookseller Review: ‘The Future’ by Neil Hilborn
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