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Top Shelf in March: The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld Reviewed by Jessica, Gifts Inventory Manager & Book Evangelist I consider books my religion. Rene Denfeld’s The Enchanted is an awakening, a spiritual cleansing. This is a piece of work so bold, beautiful and dark that it will wrap its maw right around your heart. I … Continue reading Top Shelf: THE ENCHANTED by Rene Denfeld
Last call for signed, personalized copies of Show Your Work by Austin Kleon, bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist! We're taking orders via our website through the end of the day tomorrow, Friday, February 28th. Get your order in now! What does personalized mean? It means Kleon will sign the book to a specific name - yours, your mom's, … Continue reading Last Chance to Order Signed, Personalized Copies of SHOW YOUR WORK
We had an exceedingly good time last night with Bill Cotter and The Grown Up Lady Story Company as we celebrated the release of Cotter's new novel, The Parallel Apartments. Bill was a bookseller here at BookPeople many moons ago, serving his time as a first floor Inventory Manager. So ingrained is his work ethic that he served … Continue reading Welcome Back, Cotter: An Evening with Bill & PARALLEL APARTMENTS
~ SALVADOR Night Film by Marisha Pessl “I’m only a few pages in, and this book is so creepy and spooky that I don’t want to turn the lights out after I put it down. It’s really fantastic at this point. It hooks book fans in this interesting way with all these interactive elements. Right … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
~post by Ellen For the next month, there is a display in our Children's section, BookKids, devoted to author Kate DiCamillo. Why, you may ask, would we want to have a display devoted to Kate DiCamillo? The answer is simple: because she is a great writer and her stories speak to us as humans. Everyone … Continue reading A Tribute to Kate DiCamillo
Nicholas Grider is an artist and writer with an MFA in both from CalArts. Misadventure is his debut collection of short stories, published by Austin small press A Strange Object. Unflinching and raw, these stories will grab you by the shoulders and sit you down until you've read every single one. Ben, of our booksellers, … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Nicholas Grider: MISADVENTURE
FICTION The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan "I just finished The Spinning Heart and I thought it was excellent. It does what all great fiction does - tell a specific story to explore what's universal. Each character has a distinct voice and what I found most interesting is how each perceives themselves and one another. … Continue reading New Releases – 2/25/14
Brand new on our shelves today is a gorgeous new novel from Ireland that your book club will thank you for discovering, The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan. Ryan's characters alternate chapters as they describe life in their Irish town in a time of economic downturn. This novel read like classic fiction. Fans of Faulkner will find a … Continue reading Read This Book: THE SPINNING HEART
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee Reviewed by Consuelo If this is the kind of fiction 2014 is starting with, it’s going to be a good year. On Such a Full Sea tells the story of Fan, a sixteen year old diver from B-Mor, a labor colony in a future dystopian America. She is … Continue reading Book Review: ON SUCH A FULL SEA by Chang Rae Lee
Things to read while you're standing in line at the supermarket this weekend that will be way more interesting than just checking facebook again: Tin House Flash Fiction Friday: A Good Body by Virgie Townsend Guernica interview with Rachel Kushner, National Book Award finalist & author of The Flamethrowers. From the American Short Fiction blog: Bourbon … Continue reading Weekend Reading
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