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~Post by Joe T. If you would have asked me back in 1983, when it seemed I was the only person in the world who watched Doctor Who, how huge it would become in the 21st century, I would have laughed in your face. Daleks and the Tardis were words more foreign than Greek to … Continue reading Read Up on Your Doctor Who
Robyn Pure by Andrew Miller "This book is great. It's set in late 1700's Paris. There's a really old cemetery called Les Innocents that's poisoning the water and air in the neighborhood. 50,000 people who died in the Plague were buried there. An engineer from Normandy is contracted to excavate and get rid of the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Book: Gold by Chris Cleave (Incendiary; Little Bee) Reviewed by: Jessica Chris Cleave’s latest novel, Gold, encompasses a lovely array of well developed characters full of raw, pumping emotion and a story with a pace that is an adrenaline junkie’s dream. Gold will hold every second of your attention. It is a riveting story about … Continue reading Book Review: GOLD by Chris Cleave
Our Teen Press Corp set out in search of our wandering red and white striped friend Waldo last week. Waldo's hiding in independent businesses all over Austin in the month of July. The Press Corp tracked him down at Waterloo Records...
~Post by Kester The second book that Harrison and I read for our shared summer reading was Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach. Harrison quickly praised this as a “much better book than Dragonbreath” and I would hasten to agree. Both of us loved that there were multiple mysteries and the ways in which they were … Continue reading Kester & Harrison’s Summer Reads: SHAKESPEARE’S SECRET
"While many authors are forced to make the choice between hilarious and heartbreaking, Elizabeth Crane pulls off an abundance of both within her latest novel, We Only Know So Much. What Franzen did for elites, Crane does for the rest of us; the Copeland's story is an engrossing and emotional book, filled with empathy for … Continue reading We Only Know How Much We Love Elizabeth Crane
~Post by Jenn S. We’ve arrived at that point in the year when everyone suddenly realizes that summer is half over and they have nothing to show for it. No one is not surprised by the fact that we are at the midpoint of July and soon enough August will be upon us. In Austin, … Continue reading In the Summertime, I Read Books
~Post by Meghan Dietsche Goel BookPeople's Children's Book Buyer Every year a committee of independent booksellers from around the country spends months reading all kinds of middle grade and young adult novels from debut authors. And from the many books nominated by publishers (over 170 novels in 2012), the committee chooses a list of the … Continue reading Presenting Twelve Exciting Debut Authors
The new book from Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, is on sale today and we have a special giveaway to celebrate the occasion! Leave a comment below about why you love Dear Sugar and/or Strayed's bestselling memoir Wild and you'll be entered in a random drawing to … Continue reading Giveaway Time!
Book: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness Reviewed by: Marie Being a bookseller has a few lovely perks. Sometimes, you happen to get your hands on a hotly anticipated book way before anyone else does. And sometimes it happens that you are just finishing the first book of what is shaping up to be an … Continue reading Review: SHADOW OF NIGHT by Deborah Harkness
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