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Amongst the Liberal Elite By Elly Lonon: Getting woke is hard. As this couple is discovering under 45’s regime, it takes more than listening to NPR on our daily commutes and watching Jon Stewart cameos on our phones in bed while we sip craft beer from artisanal glassware made by at-risk women on another continent … Continue reading New Releases 10/30
THIS WEEKEND!!!!! Texas Book Festival - October 27 & 28 AT THE CAPITOL YOUR 2018 YA LINE-UP! AND FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT PANELS, SIGNINGS, AND HOW YOU CAN MEET THESE INCREDIBLE AUTHORS AT TBF, CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE! WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BOOKPEOPLE Tuesday, October 30 at 7 PM MARK FALKIN speaking & … Continue reading Teen Thursday – October 25
Can We All Be Feminists? by June Eric-Udorie This has been, by far, one of the most intersectional and illuminating books I've ever read. Written almost entirely by women of color about the intersections of feminism and race, class, sexual orientation, disability, and more. This book made me a better feminist. —Hanna … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Three Beths By Jeff Abbott: Local author Jeff Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels. He is the winner of an International Thriller Writers Award and is a three-time nominee for the Edgar award. His newest hit is a psychologically intense and emotionally gripping suspense novel about a daughter's desperate … Continue reading New Releases 10/23
Friday Black, by debut author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, creates a universe that mirrors humanity’s darkest sins and despairing hopes. Adjei-Brenyah creates relatable and ordinary characters that are thrust into a hyperbolized structure of the world and his superlative writing easily breeds dark wonders that invoke raw reactions. I opened this book with no specific expectations … Continue reading Top Shelf November: Friday Black
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be hearing from different community voices about what a Modern First Library means to them! Below, Sabrina Phillips, Museum Educator at the Blanton, shares the story behind her name. Explore more from the series here. Growing up, I was ashamed of my name. Sabrina Camille Mooroogen. It seemed a mouthful … Continue reading Modern First Library: What’s in a Name? by Sabrina Phillips
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BOOKPEOPLE Tuesday, October 23 at 7 PM MARIT WEISENBERG speaking & signing Select Few in conversation with author May Cobb After rejecting the cult-like influence of her father's family, Julia moves into a fancy hotel in downtown Austin. But she finds herself alone except for her boyfriend, John--and her fears. Once … Continue reading Teen Thursday
The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth A comprehensive look at Austin, Texas in the late 1800's and the murders that shook up the city. 1885 was the year of the first attack, in a string of many, against servant women in Austin. The killer, who became known as the servant girl annihilator, has never been … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Play by Play By Verne Lundquist: One of America’s most beloved sportscasters turns the spotlight on his own life, chronicling his incredible life covering Southeastern Conference football and some of the most iconic moments in sports history over the last five decades. Verne Lundquist began his career at KTBC-TV in Austin. He joined CBS Sports … Continue reading New Releases 10/16
By Cathy Maxwell I had so much to tell you in the September column, but then I was caught up in the hurricane evacuation in North Carolina. It is a long story. It included four dogs, two cats, one grandson, and a betta fish. All are safe and I’m back in time for the curious … Continue reading The Romance Bookshelves—Where Vampires and Christmas Collide
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