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Book: Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubus III (now in paperback) Reviewed by: Nolan Are men made or born? Are they products of the mill towns and poor single parents and the druggie teenage bullies who threaten their fragile existence? Or is it all merely an obstacle? A means for the man to blossom to … Continue reading How a Fire Starts: A Review of ‘Townie’
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, get out those pens you just used to ink Michael Ian Black on your calendars and write this down: actor and comedian Kevin Smith will be here at BookPeople on Thursday, April 5th, 7p, to sign his new book, Tough Sh*t. More info to come. For now, be sure … Continue reading Kevin Smith Comes to BookPeople
Book: All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps by Dave Isay Reviewed by: Julie W. I'm a sucker for a good love story. I cry at weddings. I fill up my Netflix queue with romantic comedies. Give me a tale of two souls struggling to find one another in the chaos of human existence and … Continue reading Book Review: ‘All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps’
~Post by Robyn I was a huge reader growing up. You know, the kind of kid in junior high who was reading Dickens and Crichton for fun. Then I graduated high school and something changed. I quit reading for pleasure. Ten years later I can look back and think of all the excuses I probably … Continue reading Why I’m Giving on World Book Night
MysteryPeople Pick of the Month: The Next One to Fall by Hilary Davidson Reviewed by: Scott Hilary Davidson earned many an accolade for her debut novel, The Damage Done. She showed you could have a unique voice without being heavily stylized and showy. She brought a gritty feel and dark, complex psychology to the thriller. … Continue reading MysteryPeople Pick of the Month: The Next One to Fall
It's official - John Green's #1 bestelling YA novel The Fault In Our Stars has been optioned for a movie. All right, Nerdfighters, let's start the casting call. Who do you see playing Hazel and Augustus?
Here are a few new paperbacks hot off the presses today. Descriptions provided by the books' publishers. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. When a successful New York lawyer … Continue reading New Paperback Releases
Sing it with me now... All you need is LOVE. Bah Dah Dah Dah Da! All you need is LOVE! In just a couple of days, the latest collection from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay hits shelves nationwide. All There Is: Love Stories from StoryCorps is a collection of sweet, sometimes bittersweet, heart-warming, sometimes heart-wrenching, true … Continue reading Share Your Love Story
We just had a wonderful meeting here with local groups who will be organizing their members to act as Givers on World Book Night. It was so encouraging to see the rapid fire exchange of ideas as the groups figured out who would work to provide books for which shelter, which children's program, which school-in-need, … Continue reading Two Days Left to Sign Up for World Book Night!
Favorite piece of book news this week: Stephen Colbert interviewed Maurice Sendak. Here's Part 1. And Part 2. Watch it. You will not be sorry. The late Johnny Ramone's autobiography is coming this spring from Abram's. Winners of the Caldecott, Newbery and other children's book awards were announced this week. PW spoke to winners Jack … Continue reading As the Book World Turns…
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