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~ 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
~ 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
_____________________________________________ 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
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