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_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT by Amy Tan "The book follows a half American half Chinese girl growing up in Shanghai. Her mother owns a very unusual house for courtesans. The title is definitely a double entendre. It’s a great time.” --Doc BookPeople has SIGNED COPIES available on our shelves and at bookpeople.com. … Continue reading New Releases – 11/5
~ ABBY Vivian Maier: Self Portraits by Vivian Maier, John Maloof "Vivian Maier was an amateur photographer, extremely private person, and a nanny in Chicago throughout the 50's, 60's, and 70's. This book is another selection from the Maloof archives responsible for finding Maier's lost treasure of a storage locker at a thirft auction house … Continue reading What We’re Reading
HARDCOVER FICTION AFTER DEAD by Charlaine Harris Dead Ever After marked the end of the Sookie Stackhouse novels—a series that garnered millions of fans and spawned the hit HBO television show True Blood. It also stoked a hunger that will never die…a hunger to know what happened next. With characters arranged alphabetically, Bestselling Author Charlaine … Continue reading New Releases – 10/29
~post by Tommy So, I'm a bit of a history nerd and one of my favorite periods in military history is the Napoleonic Wars. I'm a particular fan of that era's naval combat, so when my father told me about a book series that he called "the Napoleonic Wars in space," I was immediately hooked. … Continue reading Sci Friday: David Weber & Honor Harrington
~ TOMMY W Year Zero by Rob Reid "I'm reading this for my book club, Ludicrous Speed. It's the book we're discussing in November. This guy's a new absurdist sci fi writer in the legacy of Douglas Adams & Terry Pratchett. It's his debut novel, and it's incredibly goofy and a lot of fun. The … Continue reading What We’re Reading
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION THE GOLDFINCH by DONNA TARTT The Goldfinch is a novel of shocking narrative energy and power. It combines unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and breathtaking suspense, while plumbing with a philosopher's calm the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art. Thursday, November 7th at 7PM Donna Tartt will be at the store … Continue reading New Releases – 10/22
The colorful, playful, and just simply joyous mind of William Joyce has created a plethora of beautiful adventures both on screen and on the page. Author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce has covered all the bases when it comes to entertaining our kids. There's his Guardians of Childhood book series, A Day with Wilbur Robinson, … Continue reading The Ever Colorful Worlds of William Joyce
Ties That Bind: Stories of Love & Gratitude From the First Ten Years of StoryCorps by Dave Isay Reviewed by Katie G. I love listening to people's real life stories, so StoryCorps has been on my radar for a long long while (along with so many of the other fine programs on NPR. This American … Continue reading Ties That Bind (and Make You Cry)
~ COLLEEN The Apothecary by Maile Meloy "Wonderful! [Maile Meloy] has a way with words, an absolute master of creative writing description. Her character development is so intuitive. My favorite is Janie. She is so much like me. She loves to get her hand son information, books, learn more about science, and she's just so … Continue reading What We’re Reading
_____________________________________________ HARDCOVER FICTION JUST ONE EVIL ACT by ELIZABETH GEORGE Bestselling author Elizabeth George delivers another masterpiece of suspense in her Inspector Lynley series: a gripping child-in-danger story that tests Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers like never before. As both Barbara and her partner, Inspector Thomas Lynley, soon discover, the case is far more complex than … Continue reading New Releases – 10/15
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