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Matt Haig stops by the store tonight, February 8 at 7 p.m., to discuss his new novel How to Stop Time, which tells the story of a 439-year-old man who looks 41. Film rights have already been snatched up by Benedict Cumberbatch's production company, SunnyMarch. Check out the interview with Haig below, courtesy of Penguin … Continue reading Matt Haig on Shakespeare, time travel & Benedict Cumberbatch
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh: Describing this book is proving to be nearly impossible, but I find books that can't be easily summarized in a few sentences are often the ones most worth reading. You could say this book is about a woman who hibernates for a year in the hope of … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Nightmare Factory Book Club meets the third Tuesday of every month to discuss the best in literary horror fiction. Join us February 20, if you dare! Legend has it that there is an enchanted table in the remotest corner of the BookPeople café that, when approached with the proper reverence, bestows tremendous restorative properties … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: The Nightmare Factory
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú: Bookseller favorite coming through! We are so excited that not only is Francisco Cantú's book, The Line Becomes A River, finally out but we have an event with him next week on February 12! A memoir of what it's like to work on the border patrol, we're mesmerized … Continue reading New Releases 2/6
A roundup of the internet’s best literary news to make your Monday more tolerable. We were stoked to learn that "for the first time in more than two decades, the National Book Foundation is adding a new category to its annual slate of literary prizes: the National Book Award for Translated Literature." NPR has the … Continue reading Literary Links: A book-burning librarian, keeping pages dry in Venice & more
LOVE LETTER TO THIS WEEKEND Sunday, February 4 at 2 PM Author Laura Creedle will be speaking & signing!!! Here's a bit about her book, The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily: When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, she's intrigued -- he seems thirty seconds behind, while she feels thirty seconds … Continue reading Teen Thursday: Love letters, staff faves & Susan Dennard’s latest!
Every month, we choose a new book to really get behind and display on our metaphorical Top Shelf. Our hope is that you’ll read this title and encourage others to do the same, creating a sort of ripple effect. Join us on our mission to build a community bound by books! Deep at the heart … Continue reading Top Shelf: ‘The Hazel Wood’ by Melissa Albert
The Required Reading Revisited (RRR) Book Club meets the second Sunday of every month to chat about titles that regularly appear on school syllabi. Below, Consuelo recaps January's meeting and provides a glimpse of what's next. See you February 11! We met in January to discuss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Published in … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: Required Reading Revisited
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: This week, I've cracked open the pages of Carlos Ruiz Zafón's beautiful book, The Shadow of the Wind. This one has been on my TBR shelf for years, and now I'm reading it along with an old friend. Early in the story, the protagonist uncovers a rare gem in … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner: In southern Texas, on Saturday nights, women are disappearing. One vanishes from a movie theater. Another is ripped from her car at a stoplight. Another vanishes from her home while checking on her baby. Rookie FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix, newly assigned to the FBI’s elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, … Continue reading New Releases 1/30
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