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Since I'm leaving BookPeople at the end of this week, I wanted to leave on a happy note, thinking about all the books I'm most looking forward to in the coming months. I hope everyone will be as excited about these as I am and rush to BookPeople to get them. The Angel's Game by … Continue reading Allison L. Recommends
One of the best things about my job is getting advance readers of new and exciting fiction yet to hit the bookshelves. I’ve discovered some fantastic books this way, and I love to share them with anyone who will listen. But I also get the chance to read books that have been out longer—be it … Continue reading Allison L.’s Book You Should Have Read By Now
One of the best things about my job is getting advance readers of new and exciting fiction yet to hit the bookshelves. I’ve discovered some fantastic books this way, and I love to share them with anyone who will listen. But I also get the chance to read books that have been out longer—be it … Continue reading Allison L.’s Books You Should Have Read By Now
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen Part of me is tempted to sum up this book as: “What would happen if John Hodgman wrote a novel.” I don’t pay this book that complement just because it includes a chart of hobo signs and their meanings, although that did contribute. It’s mostly because … Continue reading Top Shelf for May 2009
Woodsburner by John Pipkin Before he moved into his cabin at Walden, before he published his most famous text, before he wrote that most of us "lead lives of quiet desperation," Thoreau was a big fat nobody. In fact, he was even worse than a nobody. Almost a year before he embarked on his Walden … Continue reading Woodsburner
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith If you've been living on Mars, in a cave, with your fingers in your ears, it's possible you haven't heard about Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Possible, but not likely. But just in case... It's Pride & Prejudice...with Zombies! The natural reaction to a … Continue reading Allison L. Recommends…
Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life Wondering about the apocalypse is nothing new--as long as people have lived on Earth, they've wondered when the end will come. But I've heard it said that my generation (the one composed of people who did most of their growing up after the Cold War ended) has been … Continue reading New This Month
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry Diving into a really good debut novel is one of my favorite experiences as a reader. Sure, there's excitement when a tried and true favorite puts out the novel he's been working on for years, but there's an unparalleled feeling of discovery when you realize that a person … Continue reading Top Shelf for March 2009
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman In The Conscience of a Liberal, Paul Krugman examines 80 years of American History with a focus on the reform period that rectified the inequalities of the Gilded Age and the reemergence of those same inequalities since the 1970s. More than a history book, it also looks … Continue reading New This Month
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