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Are you giving the gift of Oz this Christmas? Out of Oz, the final book in Gregory Maguire's bestselling series that began with Wicked, is on a lot of readers' wish lists this year. We have a way to make that gift extra special - tickets to the Broadway Across America production of Wicked the … Continue reading Spend This Holiday in Oz
Matthew is our IT guy. He makes the internet go. #5 Chronicles: Volume 1 by Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is not a prophet. Ignore the blurb on the cover, no one from Rolling Stone read this book, they just immediately wrote rave reviews while listening to Nickelback. Throughout this text Dylan pleads his audience to … Continue reading Matthew’s Top Five Reads of 2011
Come Together: The Business Wisdom of the Beatles by Richard Courtney & George Cassidy Courtney and Cassidy are two hopeless Beatles fanatics who, in between arguing the actual number of unofficial Beatles members and discussing the perks of Ringo Starr's contribution to the band's success versus his songwriting contributions, decided to write a fresh twist … Continue reading Matthew Recommends: ‘Come Together: The Business Wisdom of the Beatles’
Tonight at 6PM our time, noted writers for teens: Lauren McLaughlin. David Levithan. Scott Westerfeld. RobinĀ Wasserman will be answering everyone's questions about writing, their experiences in high school english, and what they learned there. To post your own questions and participate in the live chat, click here.
~Post by Chris Hoyt A few thoughts on the recent Amazon scandal. Coming from a small town (Weches, Tx Pop. 22) I can see how Amazon appeals to the middle of nowhere folk that I once was. As a youngster, I relied on trips to Wal-Mart for books and, more importantly, Comic Books to feed … Continue reading A Few Thoughts from Hoyt
~Post by Sophia Before Bossypants, I had never been a huge fan of Tina Fey. Though I enjoyed Mean Girls and admired her work on Saturday Night Live, I found the characters on her sitcom, 30 Rock, too outlandish and self-absorbed to find sympathetic or even watchable. However, reading her book, I found her reflections … Continue reading First Ladies of Comedy
Joe T. rules BookPeople's second floor. He is a kind master and brilliant Inventory Manager who knows where every book is on every shelf at all times, because he is also omnipotent. And a righteous karaoke dancer. ~ I am always reading. You will find me a t a bar with a book in my … Continue reading Joe T.’s Top Reads of 2011
Withering Tights by Louise Rennison I loved every book in Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicholson series so much I almost cried when the last one came out, because I knew it was the end. But then! I found out about Georgia's cousin, Tallulah. She's every bit as hysterically funny as Georgia ever was. She's off to … Continue reading Merrilee Recommends: ‘Withering Tights’
~Post by Julie W. This article in the New York Times this weekend really got my goat. According to the results of a recent survey, 24% of people who buy a book online say they first saw the book in a brick and mortar bookstore. It isn't news to me or to anyone who works … Continue reading Find It Here, Buy It Here, Keep US Here.
Cindy is the best. That's all you need to know. Oh, also, she leads the Stranger Than Fiction Book Club, which she'll tell you all about. ~ This list of favorites stems from the books I have read while leading the Stranger Than Fiction Book Club (STFBC) which is dedicated to reading anything and everything … Continue reading Cindy’s Top 5 ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ Reads of 2011
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