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Cathy Maxwell is the Austin-based author of over thirty best-selling historical romance novels. She writes a monthly column for BookPeople. Visit www.cathymaxwell.com to learn more. Spring is always a busy time. Here is a trio of intense reads to help take your mind off your too full to-do list. Austin favorite Alisha Rai is hitting all targets … Continue reading The Romance Bookshelves: Spring Chemistry
God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright: With humor and the biting insight of a native, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE LOOMING TOWER explores the history, culture, and politics of Texas, while holding the stereotypes up for rigorous scrutiny. "A delightful and at times frustrating journey into what it is to be Texan and what … Continue reading New Releases: 4/17
New York Times-bestselling author Meg Wolitzer stops by the store this Wednesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. to discuss her new novel, The Female Persuasion. Check out her answers to The BookPeople Questionnaire below! BP: What are you reading these days? MW: Gary Shteyngart’s upcoming Lake Success. A while back, Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties. BP: … Continue reading Meg Wolitzer on Scrabble, George Eliot & that ‘new-car-smell of a beginning’
The Nightmare Factory book club meets the third Tuesday of every month to discuss the best in literary horror fiction. Join us this Tuesday, April 17 at 7 p.m., if you dare! The iconic shower scene. A girl – Janet Leigh – is interrupted mid-lather by an obscured figure holding a butcher knife. Cue the … Continue reading Nightmare Factory reads ‘Psycho’ by Robert Bloch. Yep, it inspired the Hitchcock movie.
Charles Frazier stops by the store Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m. to discuss his new novel Varina, which we predict will be a hit -- Frazier previously penned Cold Mountain! Check out his answers to The BookPeople Questionnaire below. BP: What are you reading these days? CF: Tayari Jones, An American Marriage; Paolo Cognetti, The … Continue reading Charles Frazier on coffee, Asheville & not going to law school
This month, the BookKids team takes on the Reading Without Walls challenge! Below, our Kids' Event Coordinator, Eugenia, writes about her experience reading outside her comfort zone. As booksellers, we try our best to read as much as we can, not only for our own reading pleasure but in order to recommend books for every … Continue reading BookKids: Eugenia Reads Without Walls
Voyage Out meets the last Sunday of every month at BookPeople. On April 29 at 5 p.m. the group will begin a three month exploration of the literature of Los Angeles, starting with Helena Maria Viramontes’ Their Dogs Came With Them. You (and your friends) are invited to join! Below, Brian offers a reading guide … Continue reading Reading Guide: ‘Paradise’ by Toni Morrison
Robert Ashcroft stops by the store this Sunday, April 15 at 5 p.m. to discuss The Megarothke, a sci fi/horror novel that's drawing comparisons to Blade Runner and Westworld. Check out his answers to The BookPeople Questionnaire below! BP: What are you reading these days? RA: I just finished Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown and … Continue reading Robert Ashcroft on public corruption, Bill Watterson & ‘Twin Peaks’
The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books of all time. I have seen every movie or mini-series, read the modern-day adaptations, and I own eight copies of the book. So, whenever I need a pick-me-up, Jane Austen has my back. This time around, I'm reading the annotated … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
North by Scott Jurek: Scott Jurek is an ultra-runner of the highest caliber, having braved even the historic 153-mile Spartathlon. He also, as he talks about in his new book North, broke the record for running the Appalachian trail -- a 2,168.1-mile route. One of our most expert booksellers, Salvador, highly recommends North, and says, … Continue reading New Releases 4/10
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