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Austin crayons have had enough! Between sloppy, outside-the-lines coloring, inequitable workloads, and unsatisfactory name awareness (BEIGE!), things have finally gone too far. And now the crayons have QUIT! They will be presenting their dissatisfaction live and in person at tomorrow's 11:30 storytime when we read The Day the Crayons Quit. Don't miss it!
~post by Katie G. I grew up with a mom who hated to cook and made a big deal about how much effort had to go into the meal vs the actual enjoyment of sitting down to eat it. In an attempt to circumvent this reaction to culinary creating, I've spent a number of years … Continue reading I’ll Keep It
~post commandeered & compiled by Joe T. This saturday, September 21, marks the 66th birthday of Stephen King! For nigh on 40 years now (his debut novel Carrie was published back in 1974) King has been terrifying generation upon generation and his influence has inspired hundreds of writers to emulate him and hundreds more to … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Stephen King!
Here come the highlights from BookPeople Teens and our Teen Press Corp Blog this week! #ATBF13 unveiled this new poster for Dark Days vs Fierce Reads Game Show. This is something you can't miss. Mark you calendars: #ATBF13 at the Austin Convention Center on September 28th! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. ________________________________________________ Guess … Continue reading Teen Thursday
~post by Stephanya To read Marisha Pessl's literary thriller Night Film is to fall into its world head-long. The twisted tale revolves around infamous, reclusive cult film-maker Stanislas Cordova. When his beautiful, enigmatic daughter Ashley commits suicide in a squalid New York City warehouse, it sets off a chaotic and entirely bizarre set of events. … Continue reading Murad: Cordova’s Cigarette of Choice
HARDCOVER FICTION Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon "With occasional excursions into the DeepWeb and out to Long Island, Thomas Pynchon, channeling his inner Jewish mother, brings us a historical romance of New York in the early days of the internet, not that distant in calendar time but galactically remote from where we've journeyed to since." … Continue reading New Releases 9/17
QB 1, the new book for young readers from bestselling author and sports journliast Mike Lupica, hits shelves today. We're particularly excited about this latest novel because Lupica sets his sights on a topic near and dear to our hearts: high school football in Texas. Lupica has said he based this story loosely on the … Continue reading Mike Lupica Takes On Texas High School Football
~post by Steven W Good evening, weary travelers. Come in from the rain and fortify yourself with a warm beverage, why don't you? Bring us news of the outside world as we rummage through this old curiosity shop that we call home. Perhaps one of our old, forgotten trinkets may be of some assistance to … Continue reading TONIGHT The Nightmare Factory Book Club feeds you to the werewolves
 I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life Without Kids by Jen Kirkman Reviewed by Steven Jen Kirkman will not be held back. Her art springs from spontaneity, and any constraint placed on that absolute creative freedom would serve only to artificially encapsulate the swirling comedy chaos of Jen's frenetic brain. … Continue reading This is No Place for Children
Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy by Sudhir Venkatesh Reviewed by Doc A commemorative memoir of Sudhir Venkatesh's research in New York City, Floating City is a tale so true you'd have thought it was fiction. Previous author of Gang Leader for a Day and consultant for Levitt … Continue reading A Tale So True You’d Think It’s Fiction
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