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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BOOKPEOPLE Tuesday, October 23 at 7 PM MARIT WEISENBERG speaking & signing Select Few in conversation with author May Cobb After rejecting the cult-like influence of her father's family, Julia moves into a fancy hotel in downtown Austin. But she finds herself alone except for her boyfriend, John--and her fears. Once … Continue reading Teen Thursday
The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth A comprehensive look at Austin, Texas in the late 1800's and the murders that shook up the city. 1885 was the year of the first attack, in a string of many, against servant women in Austin. The killer, who became known as the servant girl annihilator, has never been … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Play by Play By Verne Lundquist: One of America’s most beloved sportscasters turns the spotlight on his own life, chronicling his incredible life covering Southeastern Conference football and some of the most iconic moments in sports history over the last five decades. Verne Lundquist began his career at KTBC-TV in Austin. He joined CBS Sports … Continue reading New Releases 10/16
By Cathy Maxwell I had so much to tell you in the September column, but then I was caught up in the hurricane evacuation in North Carolina. It is a long story. It included four dogs, two cats, one grandson, and a betta fish. All are safe and I’m back in time for the curious … Continue reading The Romance Bookshelves—Where Vampires and Christmas Collide
Things Happening Sunday, October 14th at 2 PM Author DON ZOLIDIS speaking & signing The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig Seven heartbreaks. Seven joys. Told non-sequentially, acclaimed playwright Don Zolidis's debut novel is a brutally funny, bittersweet taste of the utterly unique and utterly universal experience of first love. Tuesday, October … Continue reading Teen Thursday
The Incendiaries by R.O Kwon Frustrating, chill-raising, and oh so good, The Incendiaries is just what the title implies—an explosive attack of raw emotion, psychological exploration, and examination of humanity's darkest impulses. Written from multiple perspectives, the novel follows the disjointed love story of Will and Phoebe, two college students refusing to acknowledge their painful … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
The Voyage Out Book Group has been meeting for a decade now, and it has been a blast. We choose books in three-month chunks. Three months of novels from Japan. Three months of novels from the American South. Three months of novels from the Balkans. The reason for these chunks? We wanted to find a … Continue reading Voyage Out Book Club: Reading Is Social
The Baltimore Book of the Dead By Marion Winik: The Baltimore Book of the Dead—sequel to the beloved The Glen Rock Book of the Dead—is another collection of portraits of the dead, their compressed narratives weaving a unusual, richly populated memoir. Approaching mourning and memory with intimacy, humor, and an eye for the idiosyncratic, the … Continue reading New Releases 10/9
Few writers captivate readers quite like Haruki Murakami. The international superstar and perennial Nobel Prize favorite is in a class of his own, having amassed an insatiable readership the whole world ‘round. When his latest novel was first released in his native Japan, an initial run of 1.3 million first edition copies flew off the … Continue reading October Topshelf: Killing Commendatore
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be hearing from different community voices about what a Modern First Library means to them! Today, Faith Weaver of the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center tells us about her niece (and passionate reader) Sophie. Explore more from the series here. My niece Sophie reads really well. We … Continue reading Modern First Library: Sophie’s Library by Faith Weaver
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