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Today on the blog, Teen Press journalist Delia reviews John Green's latest, The Anthropocene Reviewed! Check out what she has to say about it and pick up your signed copy from BookPeople. I have always enjoyed reading John Green, so when I saw that he had come out with a new book, I went immediately … Continue reading On John Green’s The Anthropocene Reviewed
Reviews by: Griffin (like the monster) Look what I found! Ya know, when Nathan Hale isn't writing graphic novel versions of historical cannibals, pirates, and warriors, he gets into some crazy and unique works of imagination. While his Hazardous Tales are almost universally beloved, these works, while maybe lesser known, offer utterly unique stories. Meet Apocalypse … Continue reading BookKids Reviews: Apocalypse Taco and One Trick Pony
Review by: Griffin (like the monster) Hi y'all, here we go again! More wonderful graphic novels to stimulate the imagination and increase critical thinking with a wonderfully emotionally complex and fictionally complete choice: Amelia Erroway: Castaway Commander! Twelve-year-old Amelia burns to pilot the great ornithopters of the city of Ables, but her father, Commander Erroway, once … Continue reading BookKids Review: Amelia Erroway, Castaway Commander
In honor of Teen Thursday and Bookstore Romance Day this Saturday, we're sharing some of our favorite YA romcoms! Bookseller AND Teen Press Corps approved! See any of your own favorites? Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan "I loved this book!! Karina is a Bangladeshi Muslim girl struggling with her parents’ strict expectations. She … Continue reading Teen Thursday: Love is in the air…
This week, a member of BookPeople's Teen Press Corps is joining us on the blog to share her thoughts on Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. Read Delia Rune's review below and check out more of her recommendations on the TPC blog! When I picked up Anxious People at the Austin-Bergstrom International airport, I was just … Continue reading Review: Anxious People
You may have seen Jac around the shop tidying Gifts displays, giving stellar recommendations for everyone on your list, or maybe you've even subscribed to the Gifts newsletter and gotten her favorite non-book goodies delivered straight to your inbox. A true Jac-of-all-trades (sorry, we had to!)! Learn more about Jac in our Q&A below! BookPeople: … Continue reading Meet the Bookseller: Jac!
Join Griffin (like the monster) for some great graphic novel recommendations! These are all three appropriate for all ages and this time around each tells the tale of a quest! Your readers like adventure, hard or soft, well, I have read something they will like! THE SUNKEN TOWER by Tait Howard I know this publisher, … Continue reading BookKids: Graphic Novels with Griffin
In the Country of Others by Leila Slimani The award-winning, #1 internationally bestselling new novel by the author of The Perfect Nanny, about a woman in an interracial marriage whose fierce desire for autonomy parallels her adopted country's fight for independence The world of men is just like the world of botany. In the end, one species dominates … Continue reading Turn the Page: New Releases this Week (8/10)
The Husbands by Chandler Baker A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK “Chandler Baker, queen of the feminist thriller, has delivered once again! The Husbands is a poignant exploration of what it would take for women to have it all." —Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Good Sister To what lengths will a woman go for a little more … Continue reading Turn the Page: New Releases this Week (8/3)
Moon Lake resembles some of his standalone thrillers like Cold In July, where Joe R. Lansdale's talent for horror showed the monster in your small town citizen. He returns to the form with a mature voice and confidence of an experienced writer. The result is a thriller with strong characters that cuts deep. The story … Continue reading Scott M. Reviews ‘Moon Lake’
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