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Hello all! BookPeople has officially kicked off its season of giving! If you’ve stopped by the store in the past month you’ve probably seen our brand new 2018 catalogue! The catalogue is full of our favorite books, gift items, and this year, charities! To further celebrate those charities we will be posting spotlights throughout the … Continue reading Give Back to The Library Foundation
Rollergirls By Felicia Graham: Flat track roller derby is one of the country’s fastest growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, a couple of decades ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly two thousand leagues around the world. Rollergirls captures the spirit of the game, which is poised to … Continue reading New Releases 11/27
The world of fiction has its canon, those books agreed upon by old white men sitting in closed rooms, though PBS’ The Great American Read recently and publicly gave more voice to “everyday” readers, thus opening up the list of novels considered classics. Each fiction genre has its own canon, too. But what about the … Continue reading Can You Predict a Classic Science Read? Come to the December Meeting of the ATXSciRead Book Group to Find Out
The Camelot Code By Mari Mancusi: THE CAMELOT CODE: THE ONCE AND FUTURE GEEK is the first book in a new middle grade series--a fantastic genre-bending twist on The Sword in the Stone, perfect for adventurous readers with a great sense of humor! Mancusi brings humor to her re-imagining of the King Arthur legend by … Continue reading New releases 11/20
The holidays are upon us. Life moves at a faster pace as I try to accomplish everything I usually do plus all the extra activities of the season. Books are my escape. They give me balance and great stories give me a mental breather. Here are a few I plan on reading this month— At … Continue reading The Romance Bookshelves—Because Life is Busy and a Great Book a Lifeline
Making Up Your Own Mind By Edward Burger: We solve countless problems—big and small—every day. With so much practice, why do we often have trouble making simple decisions—much less arriving at optimal solutions to important questions? Are we doomed to this muddle—or is there a practical way to learn to think more effectively and creatively? … Continue reading New Releases 11/13
Nine Perfect Strangers By Liane Moriarty: From Liane Moriarty—author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Truly Madly Guilty, Big Little Lies, and The Husband's Secret, the New York Times bestsellers What Alice Forgot and The Last Anniversary, and The Hypnotist's Love Story—comes her newest hit, Nine Perfect Strangers. Nine people gather at a remote … Continue reading New Releases 11/6
Our first book-club meeting ended with a lingering image. As we were wrapping up our discussion Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, one participant chimed in with a scene from the TV show Mad Men that had come to mind while reading the book. In the scene, housewife Betty Draper shakes out a picnic blanket, nonchalantly tumbling … Continue reading ATX SciRead Bookclub Recap + Preview
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
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
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