Book Club Corner Picks: February Recommendations

Two debut novelists, a few authors from Texas and a story set in mid-20th century Texas. February seems to be Texas-centric!

Make A Blind Date with a Book!

This Valentine's Day, show your sweetie (or yourself) that you really care with the most romantic gift of all - a surprise book! We want to set you or your valentine up on a Blind Date with a Book. Answer a few short questions about your sweetie's reading desires and we'll personally select a book … Continue reading Make A Blind Date with a Book! →

An Unforgiving Story of Gnosticism and Loneliness: The Nightmare Factory Reads The Course of the Heart

The lights flicker and dim before failing, leaving the Nightmare Factory Book Club shivering in the dark. That's not how it happened, of course. The lights were never on, or was it that they were always off? Were we indoors, or did the trees just make it seem that way? Did it happen in the … Continue reading An Unforgiving Story of Gnosticism and Loneliness: The Nightmare Factory Reads The Course of the Heart →

President Obama Recommends REDEPLOYMENT

This weekend President Obama appeared on CNN and was asked for a book recommendation. His pick? Redeployment, the National Book Award-winning collection of stories about Iraq by US Marine Corps vet Phil Klay. Thanks to Shelf Awareness for extracting this quote: "Over vacation, I read a book of short stories by Phil Klay called Redeployment. It's a quick … Continue reading President Obama Recommends REDEPLOYMENT →

The Super Bowl of Children’s Literature, 2/2/14

In case you haven't heard, tomorrow is a big day for football. But there is another really big day early in the morning on Monday, February 2. No one will be spiking the ball, evaluating multi-million dollar commercials, or lip syncing at halftime. Nope, the question Monday morning will be "what will win?" as children's … Continue reading The Super Bowl of Children’s Literature, 2/2/14 →

Weekend Reading

Are you hankerin' to curl up with a good book but sitting in front of your computer instead? Well, I have a few ideas for you! In The Rumpus, Kevin Thomas reviews Crystal Eaters, by Shane Jones. In Discuss Rules Beforehand, Chris Kraus (author of I Love Dick, Aliens & Anorexia, Summer of Hate, and many … Continue reading Weekend Reading →

News from the Book Multiverse

Hello BookPeople Nation! What's new in the vasty, star-spangly, ink-and-papery book multiverse? I'm so glad you asked! A first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of the Species has been sold for an amazing 26,000 pounds (approximately 40,000 dollars). Author Jhumpa Lahiri has won the DSC Award for South Asian fiction for her recent novel, … Continue reading News from the Book Multiverse →

BookPeople Q&A with Vegan Survival Guide to Austin

~post by Emily Two of our booksellers have written a brand new book that will be on our shelves next week. Vegan Survival Guide to Austin is the first of its kind - a guide to the many vegan friendly restaurants and food trucks here in town, as well as a look at the history of … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Vegan Survival Guide to Austin →

What We’re Reading This Week

EMILY K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling I'm reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for the first time. I love it!! I wanted something that I knew that would be a fun, light, read, but I was surprised and impressed with how much more depth it has … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week →

Teen Thursday – 1/29/15

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! After a three month hiatus, Teen Thursday is back! We have so much news to bring you that this is a special edition. Teen Press Corps New Year Reading Resolutions … Continue reading Teen Thursday – 1/29/15 →