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Book: Gold by Chris Cleave (Incendiary; Little Bee) Reviewed by: Jessica Chris Cleave’s latest novel, Gold, encompasses a lovely array of well developed characters full of raw, pumping emotion and a story with a pace that is an adrenaline junkie’s dream. Gold will hold every second of your attention. It is a riveting story about … Continue reading Book Review: GOLD by Chris Cleave
Our Teen Press Corp set out in search of our wandering red and white striped friend Waldo last week. Waldo's hiding in independent businesses all over Austin in the month of July. The Press Corp tracked him down at Waterloo Records...
Happy Tuesday to all! Today we celebrate with new releases. As always the blurbs are provided by the book's publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian The First World War is spreading across Europe, and Elizabeth Endicott has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to … Continue reading New Releases
~Post by Kester The second book that Harrison and I read for our shared summer reading was Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach. Harrison quickly praised this as a “much better book than Dragonbreath” and I would hasten to agree. Both of us loved that there were multiple mysteries and the ways in which they were … Continue reading Kester & Harrison’s Summer Reads: SHAKESPEARE’S SECRET
"While many authors are forced to make the choice between hilarious and heartbreaking, Elizabeth Crane pulls off an abundance of both within her latest novel, We Only Know So Much. What Franzen did for elites, Crane does for the rest of us; the Copeland's story is an engrossing and emotional book, filled with empathy for … Continue reading We Only Know How Much We Love Elizabeth Crane
~Post by Jenn S. We’ve arrived at that point in the year when everyone suddenly realizes that summer is half over and they have nothing to show for it. No one is not surprised by the fact that we are at the midpoint of July and soon enough August will be upon us. In Austin, … Continue reading In the Summertime, I Read Books
~Post by Meghan Dietsche Goel BookPeople's Children's Book Buyer Every year a committee of independent booksellers from around the country spends months reading all kinds of middle grade and young adult novels from debut authors. And from the many books nominated by publishers (over 170 novels in 2012), the committee chooses a list of the … Continue reading Presenting Twelve Exciting Debut Authors
The new book from Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, is on sale today and we have a special giveaway to celebrate the occasion! Leave a comment below about why you love Dear Sugar and/or Strayed's bestselling memoir Wild and you'll be entered in a random drawing to … Continue reading Giveaway Time!
Book: Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness Reviewed by: Marie Being a bookseller has a few lovely perks. Sometimes, you happen to get your hands on a hotly anticipated book way before anyone else does. And sometimes it happens that you are just finishing the first book of what is shaping up to be an … Continue reading Review: SHADOW OF NIGHT by Deborah Harkness
Dave Hill isn't all charm and bluster. Charm and bluster are certainly two essential components of the Dave Hill package, but to claim that nothing lies beneath his witty exterior would belie the comedic complexity and affecting sincerity of Tasteful Nudes, his debut collection of autobiographical essays, which catalogue his “misguided attempts at personal growth … Continue reading Review: TASTEFUL NUDES by Dave Hill
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