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~Post by Joe T. “It goes by many names: “The Crisis,” The Dark Years,” “The Walking Plague,” as well as newer and more “hip” titles such as “World War Z” or “Z War One.” I personally dislike this last moniker as it implies an inevitable “Z War Two.” For me, it wall always be “The … Continue reading Get Your Zombie On at the Nightmare Factory Book Club
Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg I've been a geek for a long time, all my life basically, and it hasn't been until recently that it's been okay in the eyes of society to be a geek. Simon Pegg is one of the people who has helped to change that, and his autobiography, Nerd Do … Continue reading Tommy Recommends ‘Nerd Do Well’
~Post by MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. New voices are incredibly vital to crime fiction. They both challenge and invigorate the genre with fresh takes on the standards we love. A wondeful example of this is Rick Gavin, whose new book Ranchero is a fun and funny crime romp where the search for a … Continue reading MysteryPeople Q&A with Rick Gavin
Christopher J. Hoyt is the Assistant Inventory Operations Manager at BookPeople. He spends his time doing everything better than Allan. #5: Habibi by Craig Thompson If you're going to take 9 years to complete your follow up, you better have something to show for it. Anticipation can lead to a frenzy of harsh criticism … Continue reading Hoyt’s Top 5 Reads of 2011
1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart Maybe you're a Civil War geek (like I am). Maybe you've read dozens of books about the Civil War (like I have). Maybe you think you know everything there is to know about the Civil War (like I did). If that's true, it's only because you haven't … Continue reading Merrilee Recommends: 1861: The Civil War Awakening
We've once again brought out our Giving Tree for the Holiday Season! Each year, we set up our Giving Tree in the BookKids section at BookPeople and sprinkle it with snowflakes each written with the name and age of a child in our community who would love to receive a book for the Holidays. We … Continue reading The Giving Tree Is Up!
Stephanya is a Gifts Inventory Manager here at BookPeople and also one of the moderators of the This Book Could Be Your Life book club. She claims Tom Waits as her personal Lord and Savior. On The Road With Bob Dylan by Larry "Ratso" Sloman I'm not sure what was in the zeitgeist this year … Continue reading Stephanya’s Top Five Reads of 2011
Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland If it's true what they say, that a picture is worth a thousand words, then this book is probably the deepest, most penetrating examination of the idea of what, exactly, constitutes the meaning of the word "cute". If it's true that any … Continue reading Joe Recommends: Unlikely Friendships
MysteryPeople Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott M. picks his favorite debuts from 2011: 1. Crimes In Southern Indiana by Frank Bill A collection of kick butt fiction with pulp and pathos. Frank Bill grounds these visceral stories with the true emotion of desperate folks living on the edge and getting pushed over it. ________________________________ 2. Death … Continue reading MysteryPeople’s Top 5 Debuts of 2011
In no particular order... Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King This Dark Endeavor: The The Apprenticeship of Viktor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Where Things Come Back by … Continue reading BookPeople’s Best of 2011 – Teen Fiction
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