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Hello? Hello? Can anyone hear us? There are survivors in Austin! I repeat: there are survivors in Austin! Over! If anyone can hear this, we are broadcasting at 1600 kHz from a secure location in downtown Austin. We have reason to suspect that the Nightmare Factory may be the last book club on Earth. As … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory is Calling You
KATHLEEN And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini "I'm really enjoying this book so far. It is set in Afghanistan in various moments since the 1950's. There are many seemingly disconnected characters whose stories overlap and intersect in someway. It pulls in elements of history and current events into the fiction, marking time by the … Continue reading What We’re Reading
HARDCOVER FICTION The Last Word by Lisa Lutz In The Last Word, Izzy’s troubles are just beginning. After her takeover of Spellman Investigations, her employees are the furthest thing from collegial...and Izzy finds herself struggling to pay the bills. But when she is accused of embezzling from a former client, the ridiculously wealthy Mr. Slayter, … Continue reading New Releases
HARDCOVER FICTION The Fame Thief by Timothy Hallinan There are not many people brave enough to say no to Irwin Dressler, Hollywood’s scariest mob boss-turned-movie king. Even though Dressler is ninety-three years old, LA burglar Junior Bender is quaking in his boots when Dressler’s henchman haul him in for a meeting. Dressler wants Junior to … Continue reading New Releases
"...a story that's simultaneously romantic, tragic, horrifying, and transcendental is more than enough to hold readers' attention, no matter their age."- Publishers Weekly This week we are taking a look at award winning author Marcus Sedgwick's Midwinterblood. Meghan, our children's buyer, loved this book and wanted to share it with an adult audience. Since it's … Continue reading Teen Thursday
TA'NECIA The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle "This coming of age story follows Wren Gray. Wren has always pleased her parents, now she's graduating high school they have plans for her college career and she's had enough. This book is so exciting and romantic. Lauren Myracle writes really authentic characters. Wren in all … Continue reading What We’re Reading
HARDCOVER FICTION Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld From an early age, Kate and her identical twin sister, Violet, knew that they were unlike everyone else. Kate and Vi were born with peculiar “senses”—innate psychic abilities concerning future events and other people’s secrets. Though Vi embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them. Now, years … Continue reading New Releases
Did you go to the Austin Teen Book Festival last year? If so, you know all about the amazing author panels ranging from mystical beasts to realistic romance. Libba Bray and our very own Jedi, Topher, had an epic light saber battle complete with smoke machines. We had hundreds of books signed, and ate a … Continue reading Teen Thursday
JOE The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman As soon as we opened yesterday, I received a copy of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean At The End Of The Lane. It's been ten years since Gaiman has delivered a novel geared towards adult audiences and looking at the thin tome I was … Continue reading What We’re Reading
HARDCOVER FICTION In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods by Matt Bell In this epic, mythical debut novel, a newly-wed couple escapes the busy confusion of their homeland for a distant and almost-uninhabited lakeshore. They plan to live there simply, to fish the lake, to trap the nearby woods, and … Continue reading New Releases
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