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Next Tuesday, October 25th, 7p, novelist Justin Torres will join us here at BookPeople to speak about and sign his debut novel which has met with tremendous acclaim from critics and booksellers alike, We the Animals. The chapters in We the Animals read almost like short stories, each one a gripping account, told from the … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Justin Torres
Congratulations to Julian Barnes, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2011 for his novel, The Sense of an Ending! On our shelves right now if you want to check it out.
The Murakami Project: Each week leading up to October 25th, the on-sale date of Haruki Murakami’s long-awaited 1Q84 in its English translation, a different BookPerson will review one of Murakami’s previous titles. Folks who haven’t read Murakami yet can familiarize themselves with what the book world will be buzzing about come October (and maybe discover a new favorite book), … Continue reading The Murakami Project: Liz Reviews ‘Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman’
Tomorrow at 7p MysteryPeople will welcome the one and only Jeff Lindsay, the man who created our favorite serial killer-turned-Showtime-series, Dexter. He'll be here with the latest book in the Dexter saga, Double Dexter. Here's Scott to tell us more about it: If you're a fan of the show but haven't picked up one of … Continue reading MysteryPeople’s Scott M. Introduces Us to Double Dexter
Wow! We received so many excellent entries in our first ever T-shirt design contest! We had a great time going through them all, but a VERY difficult time choosing the winning entry. But a big congratulations goes out to... (drumroll)... Kristine F.! Look at that happy book! We'll be printing Kristine's winning design, and they'll … Continue reading T-shirt Contest Winner!
Book: Zone One by Colson Whitehead Reviewed by: Kester Zombie stories are all the rage this decade and, really, have been, to varying degrees, for much longer than that. But most zombie stories from the past decade tend to go one of two ways; either they are fun and exciting or they are scary as … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Zone One’ by Colson Whitehead
Brand new! Today! HARDCOVER FICTION Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay The latest in the series of books that inspired the hit Showtime series Dexter. Dexter Morgan is not your average serial killer. He enjoys his day job as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department . . . but he lives for his … Continue reading New Releases
Elizabeth The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach "I think it's going to win a Pulitzer. It's really good. It reminds me of The Secret History meets Empire Falls." ______________________________________ Julie The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus "This book won't be out until January. I might need that long to wrap … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
~Post by Brian C. Laura Miller at Salon.com has recently written about the irrelevance of the National Book Award. And although I disagree with her overall declaration about the relative importance, or the lack of importance of the National Book Award, I’m willing to concede that she may have a point. The Pulitzer and Booker … Continue reading A National Book Award Conspiracy? That’s Just Silly.
~Post by Julie Being a born and bred Yankee, I have to admit that it did feel a little like I was stomping on sacred ground when I decided to make a few recipes from Lisa Fain's The Homesick Texan Cookbook. A certain parallel between our experiences intrigued me, however: Fain's inspiration for starting the … Continue reading A Yankee Takes On The Homesick Texan Cookbook (& only cries a little bit when she tastes the peppers)
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