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Favorite moments and memories from last night's event with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: The little girl who asked her to, "Say hello to Mr. Obama, please." The roar of applause as we parted the blue curtains and the Justice stepped up to our podium. The young woman who asked the Justice if she would … Continue reading An Evening to Remember
Tuesday's the day and New Releases is the name of the game. As always the blurbs are provided by the book's publisher. HARDCOVER FICTION Ever After by Kim Harrison New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sexy, supernatural adventures of Rachel Morgan with the eleventh book in the Hollows series. The ever-after, … Continue reading New Releases
Tomorrow we have the honor of hosting Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor here at BookPeople (Wednesday, January 23 at 6:30pm). The response to this event has been tremendous. We're expecting a packed store tomorrow night. As a result, we've made a few revisions to our guidelines. If you plan to attend, please be aware of … Continue reading Updated Guidelines for Our Event with Sonia Sotomayor
CHRIS Hyperion by Dan Simmons "Hyperion is about seven pilgrims on a journey through the Valley of the Time Tombs to confront the Shrike. It's totally awesome! I'm reading it in large part because of Marie's Sci Friday post about it. I completely agree with her and now totally defer to her on all things … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Tenth of December by George Saunders Reviewed by Liz Wyckoff Short story collections don’t often make headlines. But less than a month ago, George Saunders’ fourth collection, Tenth of December, rocketed onto the literary scene accompanied by this boldly-titled New York Times Magazine article: “George Saunders Has Written the Best Book You’ll Read This Year.” … Continue reading TENTH OF DECEMBER (!)
From the Statesman: "Fun is an aspect of fiction that often gets undersold,” says Saunders, talking about craft over the telephone, from his car, in a parking lot in Albany, N.Y. On his end, the connection flutters in and out throughout the interview. “Fun is hard to talk about. It doesn’t ‘teach’ well. … All … Continue reading Statesman Selects: TENTH OF DECEMBER
~post by Tommy 2012 has come and gone and brought with it some wonderful Science Fiction and Fantasy books. It's soon going to be book award season, but before we get to official nominations let's take a look at ten books I think may end up on the list of nominees for the 2013 Hugo … Continue reading Sci Friday: Hugo Nominations, Part I
We could never forget you. Shame on you for even thinking it. Today we celebrate all things YA (and the fast approaching weekend) in the name of Gayle Forman! We love Just One Day, that's why we made it our January Buzz Book. But did you know our whole Teen Press Corps has flipped for … Continue reading Teen Thursday on Friday
Going Clear, the new book from Lawrence Wright that digs deep into the mysterious world of Scientology, hits shelves today nationwide. Yesterday The Daily Beast singled out "15 Revelations" from the book, including this nugget about Ron Hubbard's early writing practices: "When he was 23, Hubbard married Margaret Louise Grubb, or Polly. To support his … Continue reading Now On Our Shelves: GOING CLEAR
Last night, Nerdfighting superstars John and Hank Green performed an incredible SOLD OUT show at Carnegie Hall in New York City to celebrate the one year anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars. The facebook/twitter/tumblr-verse has been humming all day with photos and love from last night. You can watch the whole thing here: … Continue reading An Evening of Awesome – And an Announcement
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