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Laser guns, magic swords, space ships, and dragons. These are some of the things that make the Sci Fi and Fantasy section our favorite in the store. Books have always been an escape from the real world, but Sci Fi and Fantasy take it a step or two further and let us escape our entire … Continue reading Sci Friday: A Good Story, Told Well
Thursday is here again! Lucky us there is more YA news to share. Maureen Johnson adds another layer of spectacularly gruesome details to the streets of London that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. The long awaited sequel to the Edgar Award-nominatedĀ The Name of the Star is … Continue reading Teen Thursday
JOE Approaching the Future: 64 Things You Need to Know Now For Then by Ben Hammersley "Ben Hammersley is a contributing editor for UK's Wired magazine, he is involved in many EU and UK tech conferences and commissions. Approaching the Future is Hammersley's 64 chapter primer on what you need to know to understand the … Continue reading What We’re Reading
Chances are, we would've been looking forward to The Miniature Wife even if we didn't already know and love Manuel Gonzales. A new collection of short stories - particularly of weird short stories - will always get us excited. But the fact that Manuel is a familiar face, that we've worked with him on events … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Manuel Gonzales
It may be a bit belated on our part, but we have to share this awesome work of art by Keith Graves, a local Austin children's author and illustrator. This little Elf of Mystery came along in a holiday e-greeting he sent for the new year. We love his books, we love his art, and … Continue reading Merry Everything!
Word is buzzing today about the soon-to-be released Lawrence Wright book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & the Prison of Belief. The book's UK publisher has dropped the title, according to theĀ LA Times. (Knopf is publishing the book here in the U. S. on January 17th. You can pre-order a copy now.) The Hollywood Reporter posted … Continue reading Excerpt from New Book on Scientology
What with all the holiday hubbub we haven't had new releases for a few weeks now. We missed them dearly, and at last they've returned. We praise the book gods. And if Steve is excited, you know they're good. As always the books' descriptions are provided by their publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION A Memory of Light … Continue reading New Releases
Are y'all aware that we have an entire blog dedicated to the genre of crime fiction? We do! Check it out. If you primarily read mysteries and crime fiction, you might also want to subscribe to our MysteryPeople enewsletter. Once a month, we send out a quick email with new books we recommend, Q&A's with … Continue reading Keepin’ Up with MysteryPeople
We're happy to announce that one of our favorite new books of 2013 is the official Statesman Selects pick for the month of January! Tenth of DecemberĀ by George Saunders has made the top of theĀ Statesman's reading list, and we highly recommend adding it your list, as well. Copies of Tenth of December hit shelves tomorrow. … Continue reading Statesman Selects: TENTH OF DECEMBER
Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto Reviewed by Consuelo Although a work of fiction, Eight Girls Taking Pictures is inspired by a few true-life female photographers, mostly from the first half of the twentieth century. It is presented as a series of shorter stories, a set of character studies featuring each girl separately. I … Continue reading Eight Girls Taking Pictures
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