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Waldo took a break from hiding around town to have a quick jam session with Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson. He also hung out with Ray's dog, Emmylou. There's still time to find Waldo hiding in independent businesses around Austin. Grab your passport and start searching!
~post by Children's Book Buyer Meghan G. Continuing our summer reading recommendation series, I thought I would write about books featuring some of my favorite female protagonists. There are so many more books that I would love to add to this list, but in the spirit of brevity, here are a half dozen old favorites … Continue reading Give Me Summer! Give Me (More) Books!
The greatest trick Steve(n) W. ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. When he isn't busy silently and invisibly pulling humanity's strings this Summer, Steve(n) can be found in his darkened lair shrouded in exotic beasts and manipulating the flow of information by absorbing society's creative mojo through its Earth-books. 1. Drinking At … Continue reading Steven’s Summer Reads
HARDCOVER FICTION These Mortal Remains by Milton T. Burton & George Weir In These Mortal Remains, Sheriff Bo Handel returns in a mystery which will have Burton's many fans hooting and hollering. Bo Handel knows Texas's Caddo County inside and out, from the town drunks to the teen troublemakers with too much time on their hands. But when … Continue reading New Releases
Hello? Hello? Can anyone hear us? There are survivors in Austin! I repeat: there are survivors in Austin! Over! If anyone can hear this, we are broadcasting at 1600 kHz from a secure location in downtown Austin. We have reason to suspect that the Nightmare Factory may be the last book club on Earth. As … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory is Calling You
My summer reading is the same as any other season. I want a story that grabs me. I want to be transported, while comfy on my couch ensconced by dogs. I want to finish the book and feel the need to call my friends and tell them to read it, who cares that it’s three … Continue reading Katie’s Summer Reads
~post by Salvador The day I heard about the upcoming cover of The New Yorker, I couldn't wait for it to arrive at our store. This was a day or two after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that DOMA was unconstitutional, so I was in a celebratory mood. Then the New Yorker released an early … Continue reading Collector’s Item
McSweeney's McMullens published a children's book starring a sloth. Just watch this: Okay, now read this: Lost Sloth by J. Otto Seibold
~post by Katie, Bargain Book Manager BookPeople is a pretty big place. We actually carry in-store about 100,000 individual books. There are two sections I find particularly confusing, and thought others might also find them confusing: Bargain Books and Clearance Books....also known as Sale Books and Last Chance Books. See, I told you it was … Continue reading Bargain Book Breakdown
KATHLEEN And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini "I'm really enjoying this book so far. It is set in Afghanistan in various moments since the 1950's. There are many seemingly disconnected characters whose stories overlap and intersect in someway. It pulls in elements of history and current events into the fiction, marking time by the … Continue reading What We’re Reading
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