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New & Noteworthy Book Club Approved: Station Eleven

~post by Jan They slugged through the freezing rain on Thursday night, bundled in cotton and wool and denim. Upon arrival, they threaded through the warm, smiling bookstore crowds, up to the third floor--dark and quiet and spotted with rubble from recent (de)construction work. The thirteen women, mostly strangers, sat in a circle, sipped on … Continue reading New & Noteworthy Book Club Approved: Station Eleven →

Steve(n) W. Has Read That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick by Ellin Stein And Here’s The Book Report To Prove It….

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Stand Up Sit Down Book Club meets this Monday! Obama unavailable for comment!” From “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” to “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”, the long tradition of illegitimate journalism has culminated in this – the Monday January 26th meeting of the Stand Up Sit Down Book Club at BookPeople at 7:00 p.m. … Continue reading Steve(n) W. Has Read That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick by Ellin Stein And Here’s The Book Report To Prove It…. →

Through The Glass Darkly: Joe’s Most Anticipated Books of 2015 (So Far…)

2014 was, for the most part, a rather underwhelming year.. There were some good books and there were some great books but I felt it was mostly treading water. I’m writing this on January 8th and already I have a massive list of books I’ve read and loved or are anticipating that it puts all … Continue reading Through The Glass Darkly: Joe’s Most Anticipated Books of 2015 (So Far…) →

The Triumphant Return of the New & Noteworthy Book Club!

We're thrilled to announce the triumphant return of our New & Noteworthy Book Club! Join Jan and Demi once a month to discuss some of the latest notable fiction to hit our shelves. The first meeting is Thursday, January 22 at 7pm, when they'll discuss our inaugural Trust Fall pick, the National Book Award-nominated Station Eleven … Continue reading The Triumphant Return of the New & Noteworthy Book Club! →

Nightmare Factory Book Club Descends Into ANNO DRACULA

Fade in. A wide, exterior shot establishes the setting as a dilapidated, disused torture chamber of a bookstore. The camera pans up a precipitous and almost-certainly-haunted cliff to enter the swinging, batwing-style, saloon doors of the shop just as a deafening peal of ominous night-thunder claps. Following the camera's journey, we observe a nightmarish assortment … Continue reading Nightmare Factory Book Club Descends Into ANNO DRACULA →

THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY BOOK CLUB Harbors Known Practitioners of Magic

~post by Steve(n) The spells and enchantments protecting the Nightmare Factory Book Club from malevolent interlopers are as powerful as they are horrifying. If a malfeasant spy intrudes upon our discussion of The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlman on Tuesday October 21st at 8:00 p.m., for example, their arms will become spider's arms, which shall … Continue reading THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY BOOK CLUB Harbors Known Practitioners of Magic →

TONIGHT AT 8pm: Nightmare Factory Book Club discusses Lovecraft’s Monsters

As the daylight leaves the sky, and we unlucky fiends are illuminated only by the color out of space; as a dark shadow falls over a rainy, New England fishing community; as fear lurks and dream-quests are assigned to the unknown; as angles come together all wrong, we answer a terrible call, and the Nightmare … Continue reading TONIGHT AT 8pm: Nightmare Factory Book Club discusses Lovecraft’s Monsters →