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BookPeople is proud to partner with the Austin American-Statesman for our monthly Statesman Selects program. Each month, we get together to select one book you absolutely must not miss. January's Statesman Selects pick is the debut novel Migratory Animals by Austin author Helen Specht. Pick up a copy of the Statesman on Sunday, January 18 to read their review. Join … Continue reading Statesman Selects January 2015: MIGRATORY ANIMALS
ABBY Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry "I am reading Lonesome Dove. I'm not very far into it because it's a bit of a humdinger. I've been scoping out some Texas history websites and I went to Johnson State Park and asked them about cattle drives, and the ranger suggested Lonesome Dove, and when I watched … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
2014 was, for the most part, a rather underwhelming year.. There were some good books and there were some great books but I felt it was mostly treading water. I’m writing this on January 8th and already I have a massive list of books I’ve read and loved or are anticipating that it puts all … Continue reading Through The Glass Darkly: Joe’s Most Anticipated Books of 2015 (So Far…)
Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin Reviewed by Steve(n) Johnny Carson's wit, sensibilities, and charisma shaped the comic landscape of his generation and directly inspired the creative minds that will propagate comedy for the indefinite future. Behind his nightly routine, however, was a deeply insecure and pathologically paranoid man caught wide-eyed in the spotlights of show … Continue reading Here’s Johnny!!! Book Review: JOHNNY CARSON
Recent-ish bits and bites from the world of books, as compiled by Sutter. In December, Merriam-Webster announced that "culture" is its 2014 World of the Year. Other words of the year include "vape" from the Oxford English Dictionary, and "exposure" from Dictionary.com. Also in December, Judy Blume revealed the plot for her highly anticipated new … Continue reading News From the Book Multiverse
HARDCOVER FICTION The First Bad Man by Miranda July Our Top Shelf pick for January! Katie P. says: "The First Bad Man, like all of July’s work, is a story of deepest, truest human desire, and how it gets fulfilled. In this case those desires are Cheryl Glickman’s; a middle-aged obsessive-compulsive woman whose life follows a thousand … Continue reading New Books! 1/13/15
We are thrilled to announce our second Trust Fall pick is the fabulous new novel Descent by Tim Johnston! This is a book that gripped us from the first page, not only for its riveting plot - a girl goes missing in the Colorado Rockies while on family vacation - but for Johnston's brilliant sentences. As Julie … Continue reading Trust Fall #2: DESCENT by Tim Johnston
Here are some short stories, essays, interviews, and reviews to satisfy your weekend literary craving: Mary Ruefle's essay, My Private Property, in The Kenyon Review. It's about shrunken heads. Or, is it about something else entirely? Also from The Kenyon Review, Natalia Theodoridou's short story, The Raven's Sister, a re-telling of the Seven Ravens folktale. … Continue reading Weekend Reading
Happy Friday! We're very excited to announce an event with founding member of Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon. Gordon will appear in conversation with Terry Lickona, Executive Producer of Austin City Limits, here at BookPeople on Friday, February 27 at 7pm. They'll discuss Gordon's new memoir, Girl in a Band. The speaking portion of this event is … Continue reading KIM GORDON Comes to BookPeople!
Holly Black has triumphantly returned to the fairy world! After successful and highly varied outings from magic to vampires to an award-winning creepy ghost story, Black has returned to her fairy roots. Black's books always lean to the darker side of magic, fantasy, and folktale and her new book is the same, as if the … Continue reading The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black – preorder today!
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