New in Hardcover Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola (In our store this Friday, 6/26! 7PM) "It's such a savage thing to lose your memory, but the crazy thing is, it doesn't hurt one bit. A blackout doesn't sting, or stab, or leave a scar when it robs you. Close your … Continue reading New Books! 6/23/15 →

I’m an August baby born into a family of Lit majors—Summer is my favorite season and you can’t tear a book out of my hands. Favorite summer activities include: reading, eating popsicles, soaking up the sun, and swimming anywhere and everywhere. When I was a kid I had to read 25 books each summer for … Continue reading Althea’s Summer Reads →

Demi is the BookKids Marketing and Merchandising Manager. She likes to go to conventions like HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC and dress up like Jennifer Walters. SHE-HULK SMASH! San Diego Comic Con starts July 9th, and although I can’t go myself, here’s a run-down of who you should see and what you should read before you … Continue reading It’s Con Time!: Summer Reading for the Comic Convention Season →

The post comes from Rachel S. Meyer, assistant director of the South Asia Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. She has facilitated a pen pal program between students at Zilker Elementary and a primary school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. We're honored to have provided books for the program to help students from each country learn more … Continue reading From Austin to Pakistan, Pen Pals Exchange Both Letters and Books →

Hardcover New Releases Paradise Sky by Joe Lansdale Young Willie is on the run, having fled his small Texas farm when an infamous local landowner murdered his father. A man named Loving takes him in and trains him in the fine arts of shooting, riding, reading, and gardening. When Loving dies, Willie re-christens himself Nat … Continue reading New Books! 6/16/15 →