Dwight Yoakam: A Thousand Miles From Nowhere by Don McLeese ~post by Bosco Up in Northeast Texas, outside of Dallas, is a little town you never heard of called Commerce. I was raised there, a small college town with nothing much to it but reasons to leave. Just east of Commerce is Sulphur Springs. Our … Continue reading Bosco Blogs: Dwight Yoakam & Hardcore Honky Tonk
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Book Vloggin’ with Jan: Favorite Debut Novels
~post by Jan "I find it very interesting that the voices of these three fictional young women, two in the 1970s and one in 2014, are so strikingly familiar to me. And ultimately that's what we love about debut works, the finding of the promise of familiarity." In this month's installment of Book Vloggin' with … Continue reading Book Vloggin’ with Jan: Favorite Debut Novels
Top Shelf: THE ENCHANTED by Rene Denfeld
Top Shelf in March: The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld Reviewed by Jessica, Gifts Inventory Manager & Book Evangelist I consider books my religion. Rene Denfeld’s The Enchanted is an awakening, a spiritual cleansing. This is a piece of work so bold, beautiful and dark that it will wrap its maw right around your heart. I … Continue reading Top Shelf: THE ENCHANTED by Rene Denfeld
Read This Book: THE SPINNING HEART
Brand new on our shelves today is a gorgeous new novel from Ireland that your book club will thank you for discovering, The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan. Ryan's characters alternate chapters as they describe life in their Irish town in a time of economic downturn. This novel read like classic fiction. Fans of Faulkner will find a … Continue reading Read This Book: THE SPINNING HEART
Book Review: ON SUCH A FULL SEA by Chang Rae Lee
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee Reviewed by Consuelo If this is the kind of fiction 2014 is starting with, it’s going to be a good year. On Such a Full Sea tells the story of Fan, a sixteen year old diver from B-Mor, a labor colony in a future dystopian America. She is … Continue reading Book Review: ON SUCH A FULL SEA by Chang Rae Lee
MISADVENTURE: Urgent and Unflinching
Misadventure by Nicholas Grider Reviewed by Ben I want to talk about something for a minute here. I’ve been in Austin since August, so I’m new to the scene and you’ll have to forgive me. It was a couple months after moving before BookPeople took me in from the cold(?), but it didn’t take me nearly … Continue reading MISADVENTURE: Urgent and Unflinching
THE MARTIAN: Required Reading for Space Travelers
The Martian by Andy Weir Reviewed by Raul This book should serve as a manual for survival on Mars and for any future missions to the Red Planet; it should be required reading for all crew members, administrators and staff of NASA. Weir creates not only a gripping man v. Mars survival story, but he includes … Continue reading THE MARTIAN: Required Reading for Space Travelers
BY BLOOD WE LIVE: A Smart & Satisfying Culmination
By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan Reviewed by Steve(n) In his celebrated werewolf trilogy, Glen Duncan has inventively scrutinized the human experience from perspectives abstracted just enough to blur the lines between objective observation and subjective participation. Whereas The Last Werewolf was an existential examination of absolute power, moral compromise, and social isolation, and Talulla … Continue reading BY BLOOD WE LIVE: A Smart & Satisfying Culmination
Cover to Reel: THE MONUMENTS MEN
~post by Katie G. I chose George Clooney's star-driven rendition of The Monuments Men as the start of my venture into a twice monthly column that will add another voice to the venerable debate: Can a movie ever live up to the book? The book The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel is a great romp … Continue reading Cover to Reel: THE MONUMENTS MEN
What We’re Reading This Week
~RAUL The Martian by Andy Weir "This book should serve as a manual for survival on Mars for any future missions to the Red Planet. It should be required reading for all crew members, administrators and staff of NASA. Weir creates not only a gripping man v. Mars survival story, but he includes all the … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
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