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We’re thrilled to host Austin author Cate Berry this Sunday, November 3rd at 2 PM to celebrate her second picture book, Chicken Break! Mark your calendars and check out our Q&A with Cate below! BookPeople: OK, obvious first question: What came first, the chicken or the egg? Cate Berry: Chicken! No, egg! The egg would … Continue reading BookKids: Q&A with Cate Berry!
Happy Halloween, friends! We have some spooky recommendations for you-- for tonight, sure, and for the rest of this dark and mysterious season... check 'em out below! Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand "It was stuck in a state of collapse, this pit - a tiny, organ-shaped singularity, sucking down the bleeding ravaged bits of who … Continue reading Teen Thursday: Books To Keep You Up At Night…
Happy Halloween, y'all! Here are some of our favorite spooky reads to get into the spirit: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonWith Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to give this unsettling classic another read. The upright, respectable Dr. Jekyll finds himself helpless in the face of temptation of a baser, … Continue reading What We’re Reading 10/30 ~Spooky Edition~
BookFriends, we hope you made it out to the Texas Book Festival this past weekend. Over two days we got to host and interact with some of our very favorite writers (Rainbow Rowell, John Grisham, Malcolm Gladwell, Kristen Arnett, Lara Prescott, Jasmine Guillory, Bryan Washington, Fernando A. Flores, and more!) and now we're having to … Continue reading New Releases to Help Ease the Post-TBF Blues
"[Call Me By Your Name], full of youth and passion and honor, is a brief glimpse into one summer; Find Me instead is a meandering journey for a spiritual home." After the devastatingly beautiful dive into first love that was Call Me By Your Name, your friendly neighborhood booksellers were both anticipatory and apprehensive to return … Continue reading Rachel R. Reviews Aciman’s FIND ME!
Literary-themed events happening in (and around) ATX for September 2019
A few of the amazing things we're looking forward to at Texas Book Festival! It's finally here!!!! We're ready for a weekend packed with all things BOOKS! We're continuing the TTBF celebration with more YA goodness at Texas Book Festival. Join us in downtown Austin for the ultimate book lover's dream fest... here are just … Continue reading Teen Thursday: We can’t wait for Texas Book Festival…
Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin and Jill ThompsonImagine the animal troupe from Disney's Homeward Bound solving supernatural mysteries in the dark and edgy world of Sabrina: The Teenage Witch. Enter Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites. With interspecies friendships, calls to adventure, and unflagging optimism, Beasts of Burden illustrates in bewitching watercolor and prose how … Continue reading What We’re Reading 10/23
October's coming to close real soon, but we've still got plenty of exciting titles for you to browse before we head into a week of exciting events and cap it all off with a spectacular weekend of books, books, books at The Texas Book Festival in and around the State Capitol here in Austin, TX! … Continue reading New Releases for 10/22 Comin’ In Hot!
Sky Without Stars by Jessica BrodyThis is the first of a sci-fi retelling of Victor Hugo's classic Les Miserables. It jumps between the stories of Chatine, a scavenger and a thief in the squalid slums of the 3rd Estate; Marcellus, heir to the general in the opulent 2nd Estate who struggles to fill the role … Continue reading What We’re Reading 10/16
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