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Every Day by David Levithan "I highly recommend this book – it took the attachment we all feel towards people we love, and tested the limits of it. This book is my favorite book by David Levithan...." - Willa Head on over to the BookPeople Teen Press Corp blog to read Willa's full review and … Continue reading September’s YA Buzz Book Is…..
If you’d like to keep up with all of our BookKids news, subscribe to our monthly BookKids e-newsletter. We also have all of our usual fun & fabulous storytimes happening this month for your very young readers. All storytimes and events are free and open to the public. Join us! _________________________________________________ U P C O M I … Continue reading What’s Happening in BookKids in September
Top Shelf in September: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers Reviewed by Julie “The war tried to kill us in the spring.” From the novel's opening line, I knew The Yellow Birds would be a different reading experience from the nonfiction accounts I've read of the Iraq War. Closer. Harder to stomach, in some ways. … Continue reading THE YELLOW BIRDS: Top Shelf in September
Distrust That Particular Flavor by William Gibson Reviewed by Joe T. William Gibson, for me, was one of those writers who comes along just a few times in a lifetime and completely changes the way you look at the world. I first read Neuromancer back around 1989/1990 when I was a freshman in high school … Continue reading It’s Okay, You Can Trust This Flavor
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison Reviewed by Spencer When I brought The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving home to read, I didn’t know what to expect. It was obviously fiction, but, what was it about? The cover artwork had a Foer-esque look to it, but I repeated, don’t judge a book by its … Continue reading In a Word: Wow
The Orphan Master's Sonby Adam Johnson Reviewed by Raul The first thing to know about Adam Johnson's marvelous book is that nothing is as it seems. The protagonist, after an arduous childhood, does not really have a name. Like many things in North Korea, appearance is more important than substance; thus, his name is that … Continue reading Charming & Terrifying: THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON
Book: The Headmaster's Wagerby Vincent Lam Reviewed by: Spencer The Headmaster’s Wager is by far the best novel about the Vietnam War since The Things They Carried. Yet, it really isn’t even about the Vietnam War, but rather the setting in which we learn about Percival, the headmaster of an English school in 1960s Saigon. … Continue reading BookPeople Review: THE HEADMASTER’S WAGER
~post by Julie W. (with Grace, Steven, & Robyn) Last week, a group of us gathered in my small, hot kitchen with eight bags of groceries, one bottle of gin and a galley copy of Burma: Rivers of Flavor, the upcoming cookbook by Naomi Duguid (on shelves this October). We had more shallots on our … Continue reading The Burma Challenge
Here's a little preview of what's in store when Michael Brick brings the Reagan High School Marching Band to our parking lot as part of tonight's celebration of Reagan High: Man we love a good marching band. Who doesn't love a marching band? Brick is the author of Saving the School, the new book that … Continue reading Marvelous Marching Band Magic Tonight
Brand new on the shelves today: Wards of Faerie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara by the one and only Terry Brooks! This seems like a fine time to remind all of you fine folks that Mr. Brooks will be here at BookPeople in exactly one week, Tuesday, August 28 at 7p, to speak about & … Continue reading On Sale Today: WARDS OF FAERIE
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