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“You see how they grow,” Don Nicasio would always point out when they passed a tree where the carabao were allowed to ripen on the stem. “See how they are red on the side that faces the sun and yellow on the side that faces the tree?” “Yes, Father,” Diosdado would say, mango-colored … Continue reading Review: ‘A Moment in the Sun’ by John Sayles
_____________________________________________________ Danny - Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin "A lot of people lauded this book as unique to the fantasy genre and I was still expecting cliche fantasy, but was taken aback by how entertaining and different from normal fantasy novels it is. Full of bickering, backstabbing, politics, and people trying to … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Did you check out Google's home page today? The Google Doodle is in honor of Roger Hargreaves, author of the Mr. Men and Little Miss children's books, who turns 76 years old today. So who are you? Mr. Bump? Little Miss Bossy? Little Miss Busy? Little Miss Sunshine? Mr. Clumsy? Mr. Cool? Here's a list … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Roger Hargreaves!
We've had an awesome response to our request for teen reviewers. Moments after yesterday's post, The Last Little Blue Envelope and Where She Went were claimed for review. We've had so many people respond that we're now digging through our piles of advances to find more books for everyone. SO - if you've already volunteered … Continue reading Teen Reviewers
MysteryPeople's own Scott Montgomery is now writing for The Weekly Lizard, the blog created by classic crime fiction publisher Black Lizard. His first article is up, check it out: This Ain’t Sherlock Holmes: Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op. If you're a fan of crime and mystery novels, Scott's your man here at BookPeople. He knows virtually … Continue reading MysteryPeople’s Scott Montgomery Now Writes for The Weekly Lizard
Are you a teen? Are you a teen who likes to read? Are you a teen who likes to read and would like to review a book for BookPeople? It's like this: we have copies of two new teen novels we will give away for FREE to the first two teens (ages 13-18) who volunteer … Continue reading Teen Reviewers Wanted
Our friends over at Austin's Pizza are big readers, and since we're big pizza eaters, it only made sense that we come together to sponsor Austin's Pizza Book of the Month. AP will be reviewing a book every month which we'll feature here on our blog and in-store. The first book is The Tiger by … Continue reading Austin’s Pizza Book of the Month: ‘The Tiger’ by John Valliant
We are instituting a new, exciting addition to the BookPeople Blog. Every Thursday from now until the world ends (you know, 12/21/12) or at least until we decide differently, the BP blog is going to be taken over by the teen section. I'm going to be sneaking over here from the BookKids Blog to tell … Continue reading Teen Thursday!
This Saturday, May 7th, 3pm we're looking forward to welcoming award-winning author Francisco Goldman to BookPeople to speak about and sign his new novel, Say Her Name. The book is shelved in our Fiction section, however it's neither wholly novel nor wholly memoir. Goldman, the author of four books and whose first novel The Long … Continue reading Francisco Goldman’s ‘Say Her Name’
Just when you thought it was safe to pick up a book with a cartoon squirrel and chipmunk on the cover..... The video was made by BookPerson Trevor William. David Sedaris appears courtesy of his awesome kindness.
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