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Walking through the store the other day, a stack of books piled high in one arm and ready for reshelving, a bookseller's eye was drawn to the cover of a book that was faced out on a shelf. She set down her stack and pulled the book off the shelf and investigated. It's a story … Continue reading Around the Shop, On the Shelf 5/08/15
JESSICA Love May Fail by Matthew Quick "Matthew Quick first came to my attention with Silver Lining's Playbook, although I had been wanting to read something by him for a while. Love May Fail, Matthew Quick's upcoming new novel, tells the story of a woman who decides to leave her husband and ends up moving … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! Where we bring you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps blog! Don't forget to check out the blog for new reviews, event reports, and other teen news! May Buzz Book: The Ember in the Ashes The Ember in the Ashes … Continue reading Teen Thursday – 5/7/15
Summertime, and the livin' is easy - Nina Simone Continued from Part 1...... So now it is May. The school year is winding down and the waves of heat that define the summer are making themselves known. Vacations and stay-cations are right around the corner. This is my favorite time for reading. Sitting on the patio … Continue reading Joe T.’s Summer, Summer, Summertime Reads: Part 2
Summer, summer, summertime Time to sit back and unwind - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince So now it is May. The school year is winding down and the waves of heat that define the summer are making themselves known. Vacations and stay-cations are right around the corner. This is my favorite time for … Continue reading Joe T.’s Summer, Summer, Summertime Reads: Part 1
Welcome to Part 2, where I discuss even more of my favorite books that are currently getting turned into films or TV shows (go here to read Part 1). You may have noticed the heavy emphasis on Fantasy and Sci-Fi. Well, that's where I live, and so many of these stories just cry out to … Continue reading Books Getting The Movie Treatment – Read Them First! (Part 2)
New in Hardback Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry New York, 1895. Sylvan Threadgill, a night-soiler cleaning out the privies behind the tenement houses, finds an abandoned newborn baby in the muck. An orphan himself, Sylvan rescues the child, determined to find where she belongs. Odile Church and her beautiful sister, Belle, were raised amid the applause … Continue reading New Books! 5/5/15
Bike to Work Day is happening here in Austin Friday, May 15. As a bookstore that boast many cyclists and is next to REI, which is one of the Bike to Work Day fueling stations, we're particularly excited about this community happening. To celebrate, we're highlighting some of our booksellers who bike and offering a … Continue reading Booksellers Who Bike: Salvador
Love it or hate it, the book adaptation to film/TV show pipeline is here to stay. I, for one, am not against it, on principle. There have been some really great adaptations, films that stand on their own as great works that happen to have great source material in literary form. But the history of … Continue reading Books Getting The Movie Treatment – Read Them First! (Part 1)
In honor of National Poetry Month I bought three books of poetry (something I've never done). Here is my report...
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