Howdy! We're the largest independent bookstore in Texas. This is our blog.
Welcome to our Book Club Corner, where each month we highlight books new to paperback we think would make perfect picks for your next book club discussion. If you’re looking to join a book club, we host a wide variety of free, bookseller-run book clubs right here at BookPeople. Join us! We love to talk books. FEATURED … Continue reading Book Club Corner – April
The Authors & Auteurs Book Club is looking at one truly abstract adaptation of a novel with Under the Skin. Michael Faber’s novel is one of tight plotting about the experience of an other-worldly being disguised as a human and her experience as she struggles to cope with her identity, empathy for humans, and the … Continue reading In The Differences: Under The Skin
“Tell me the difference between tragedy and comedy...There is no difference. It’s a question of perspective. Storytelling is a landscape, and tragedy is comedy is drama. It simply depends on how you frame what you’re seeing.” (High school literature substitute Denton Thrasher could be the authentic voice of Lauren Groff--or another unnamed goddess of … Continue reading The Furious Fist and The Open Hand of Fate: The New & Noteworthy Book Club Weaves Through Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies
In the Required Reading Revisited Book Club we focus on books considered “Required Reading” by most educational institutions, i.e. books you read (or were supposed to read) in school – either high school or university. Absolutely True Diary of Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie On March 13th, out on the Book People patio … Continue reading Required Reading Revisited – April
Welcome to our Book Club Corner, where each month we highlight books new to paperback we think would make perfect picks for your next book club discussion. If you’re looking to join a book club, we host a wide variety of free, bookseller-run book clubs right here at BookPeople. Join us! We love to talk books. The … Continue reading Book Club Corner – March
Did you make a New Year's resolution to up your reading game in 2016? What better way to kickstart your reading life - and meet friendly new faces - than coming to one of our free book club meetings? We have a dozen bookseller-run, totally not at all intimidating, super-friendly groups that meet once a month … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: AUTHORS & AUTEURS
Did you make a New Year's resolution to up your reading game in 2016? What better way to kickstart your reading life - and meet friendly new faces - than coming to one of our free book club meetings? We have a dozen bookseller-run, totally not at all intimidating, super-friendly groups that meet once a month … Continue reading Book Club Spotlight: DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY
Welcome to our Book Club Corner, where each month we highlight books new to paperback we think would make perfect picks for your next book club discussion. If you’re looking to join a book club, we host a wide variety of free, bookseller-run book clubs right here at BookPeople. Join us! We love to talk books. FEATURED … Continue reading Book Club Corner – February
Have you ever experienced deja vu? Do you feel a generalized anxiousness that something, somewhere is left unfinished or unconcluded? Like the characters in Susan Barker’s epic novel of obsession and betrayal, perhaps you are part of an intricate tapestry of woven energies and emotions appearing and reappearing on Earth. On Thursday, the New & … Continue reading The New & Noteworthy Book Club Lives & Relives Susan Barker’sThe Incarnations
This post comes from our manager Steven. Of the many aspects of daily life that makes the American experience unique - from speedboat racing to barber shop quartetting - is our singular dedication to the idea of fun. This tradition of merrymaking predates the Declaration of Independence, and, as John Beckman argues in his book … Continue reading The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club Has Some AMERICAN FUN
BookPeople 