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Do you know we have a whole blog dedicated to crime fiction? Book reviews, author Q&A's, industry news & more can all be found over at mysterypeople.wordpress.com. Here's what Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. and his cohorts were talking about last week: Getting to know Daniel O'Shea a little better: "I got to know Daniel … Continue reading Keepin’ Up with MysteryPeople
Consuelo is an assistant manager and will read anything you put in front of her. Seriously – nutrition facts on the cereal box, maps, receipts, road signs. And books, of course. _____________________________________________________ House of Earth by Woody Guthrie A lyrical and heartfelt story, Guthrie’s only complete novel was published this year. I couldn’t have been … Continue reading Consuelo’s Top 5 Reads of 2013
~post by Steve(n) Just as it began – cold, tipsy, and confused – so too shall 2013 come to an end. The Nightmare Factory Book Club is honored and more than a little self-satisfied to close out the year with twelve ferocious forces of fiction in our rearview mirror. This was a year of cultists, … Continue reading Nightmare Factory Book Club Discusses The Year’s Best Horror
~ MARA Until I Find You by John Irving "This is my first Irving book, and it definitely stands out in how dark and deep it is. It's on loan from a friend who suggested I read it. I like it a lot so far. It's this really big and long book, but it has … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
This Wednesday, Dec 11th at 7:30PM the Austin Film Society is screening a new documentary about the life of the illustrious Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple. If you haven't read it yet, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy. Do yourself another favor, and learn more about the … Continue reading Austin Film Society Screening | Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
~ DOC Art Made From Books by Laura Heyenga, Brian Dettmer, & Alyson Kuhn "Art Made from Books is all this really fantastic art made from recycled material -- old books that were falling apart. I really enjoy going through and looking at everything in here. I think whoever did all this must have the … Continue reading What We’re Reading
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER NONFICTION A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia Savage McAlester For the house lover and the curious tourist, for the house buyer and the weekend stroller, for neighborhood preservation groups and for all who want to know more about their community -- here, at last, is a book that makes it both … Continue reading New Releases – 12/3
~ ANDREW B Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff "I'm liking this book a lot. I think David Rakoff's new book is short, sweet, funny, poignant and sad. This book will make you weep. The rhymes and storytelling in this book are just masterful and amazing. It's reading very quick, and I'm … Continue reading What We’re Reading
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION Hild by Nicola Griffith A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild. Hild is a young woman at the heart of the violence, subtlety, and mysticism of the early Middle Ages—all of it brilliantly and accurately evoked by Nicola Griffith’s luminous prose. … Continue reading New Releases – 11/12
~ ALEX Lord of the Flies by William Golding "I read this book as a member of the It's the End of the World As We Know It Book Club. We're combining with the Required Reading Revisited Book Club this month to discuss Lord of the Flies. So, I approached it attempting to tease out … Continue reading What We’re Reading
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