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~ CINDY The One & Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate “I read this aloud with my daughter, and it is a great discussion starter. It’s about Ivan, a gorilla who lives in a mall, and he was content for a long time. He realizes that his life could be better, and he works hard to … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
FICTION HARDCOVER All Our Names by Dinau Mengestu From acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 award, The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 award, and a 2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, comes a love story about a searing affair between an American woman and an African man in … Continue reading New Releases – 3/4/14
YA Gotta Hear This: Big news! The Austin Teen Book Festival is now the Texas Teen Book Festival. ATBF has partnered with the Texas Book Festival and St. Edward's University. We're thrilled as ever to be a part of this awesome annual event and very excited for the new partnerships! The Texas Teen Book Festival is … Continue reading Book World Buzz
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! (On Friday... Sometimes We Get a Bit Busy...) Where we bring you highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corp! _______________________________________________________________________ Books That Ask the Big Questions In spirit of our January Buzz Book, This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Grace Earl, the Teen Press Corps would like to … Continue reading Teen Thursday
~post by Katie G. Cover to Reel is a regular column in which I offer my two cents about that age-old debate about whether or not a movie did any kind of justice to the book it's based on. Blue is the Warmest Color (or, La Vie d'Adele - Chapitres 1 & 2) on DVD … Continue reading Cover to Reel: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
~ SALVADOR Night Film by Marisha Pessl “I’m only a few pages in, and this book is so creepy and spooky that I don’t want to turn the lights out after I put it down. It’s really fantastic at this point. It hooks book fans in this interesting way with all these interactive elements. Right … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
FICTION The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan "I just finished The Spinning Heart and I thought it was excellent. It does what all great fiction does - tell a specific story to explore what's universal. Each character has a distinct voice and what I found most interesting is how each perceives themselves and one another. … Continue reading New Releases – 2/25/14
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! (On Friday... Sometimes We Get a Bit Busy...) Where we bring you highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corp! _______________________________________________________________________ Q&A with Austin Author Nikki Loftin - Nightingale's Nest TEEN PRESS CORPS: What inspired you the most about Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Nightingale?” Was there something about that story … Continue reading Teen Thursday (On Friday)
When an expedition of BookPeople scientists unearthed Flippo and Steve(n), the flatulent figureheads of the Stand Up Sit Down Book Club, in the Mojave Desert in the twilight months of 2012, they gave the dapper-duo pen and paper in a misguided attempt to communicate with these primitive prodigies. After seventeen months of painstakingly learning, forgetting, … Continue reading Free Book Club Discussion: HYPERBOLE & A HALF
~JAN The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath “I spent 12 years in Catholic School, so this is the first time I’m reading The Bell Jar. Everybody should read this book. I want everyone, men & women, to read this book so they can know how women think about sex. I’ve dog-eared about every other page … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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