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The Roommate Book by Becky Simpson (speaking & signing at BookPeople Thursday, 6/30 at 7PM) In The Roommate Book, which is filled with whimsical drawings and quizzes, author/illustrator and expert roommate Becky Simpson uses her optimism and sense of humor to highlight the advantages of having a roommate and how best to enjoy these shared … Continue reading New Books! 6/28/16
Vinegar Girl: A Novel by Anne Tyler We are loving Hogarth's series of Shakespeare retellings! This is Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Tyler's contemporary take on Taming of the Shrew: Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up keeping house for her eccentric scientist father? Dr. Battista has other problems. He is on the verge of … Continue reading New Books! 6/24/16
The Girls by Emma Cline Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. A lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be … Continue reading New Books! 6/14/16
Smoke has one of the most highly original premises of any novel I've read recently, and yet it also has elements of Dickens, Philip Pullman and Suzanne Collins, among others. Vyleta seems to pull from many ideas, but re-imagines them in a unique way. His style has much to do with it. At times his … Continue reading Top Shelf in June: SMOKE by Dan Vyleta
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (signed first editions!) "Both heart warming and heart wrenching, I was glued to the pages of Homegoing. Gyasi's tale of a family split apart is told through many generations of characters, each with a unique voice. I felt connected to each as their stories wove together to form a powerful novel … Continue reading New Books! 6/7/16
This post comes from our French intern, R. Follow them at @Libre _R. (Check out their other blog posts.) If you need to know why I'm so excited, head over to the end of my introductory blog post. I was over the moon when I came to work one day and saw the beautiful display … Continue reading It’s June! It’s LGBTQ Pride Month!!
Some Possible Solutions: Stories by Helen Phillips "Helen Phillips sings like a Siren on the page (if a Siren also had a killer sense of humor). The short stories in Some Possible Solutions feature doppelgangers and sister-savants, impossible staircases and surreal city parks; they swing open like doors onto rich, strange worlds, which, on closer … Continue reading New Books! 5/31/16
How to Make White People Laugh by Negin Farsad Negin Farsad will speak and sign at BookPeople Tuesday, June 21 at 7PM. From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims Are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy … Continue reading New Books! 5/24/16
This post comes from our French intern, R. Follow them at @Libre _R. BookPeople loves the books published by New Directions, like the recent poetry book All The Poems by Stevie Smith. New Directions delivers about 30 works of great quality with a specific attention to prose per year. Its high-caliber catalogue is no wonder. … Continue reading Publisher Spotlight: NEW DIRECTIONS
This post comes from our French intern, R. Follow them at @Libre _R. One of my missions since I’ve been here has been to improve the manga section. I was appalled at its tiny size compared to what I’ve known in bookstores back home. You have to know that France is the second country that … Continue reading Manga: A French Perspective
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