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NOS4A2 by Joe Hill Reviewed by Steven Smokin' Socks Warren In a nearly surprising turn of events, the newest, most ferociously satisfying brick of horror to haunt our creaky shelves comes not from Stephen King, but from his depraved offspring, the inimitable Joe Hill. NOS4A2, a hideously hefty treatise on the interconnected, phantasmagorical pathways that … Continue reading NOS4A2 Set My Socks On Fire
School's almost out which means it's very close to being our favorite time of year - SUMMER! Barton Springs, sunscreen and good reads await us all. To encourage Austin's young readers to devour books along with their snow cones, this year we're once again happy to offer a free summer reading program for kids going … Continue reading Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!
~post by Tommy History is set in stone. It's already happened and there is nothing we can do to change it. But the foundation of science fiction is to ask the question: what if? Alternate history, a weird and wacky sub genre, dares to ask the question: What if history wasn't set in stone. By … Continue reading Sci Friday: The History That Never Was
It's here! It's here! Octopus Alone is on our shelves for the very first time today and we are THRILLED! We're big fans of Austin author and illustrator Divya Srinivasan. We fell in love with her first picture book, Little Owl's Night, and have been eagerly waiting to share this tale of a sweet, shy … Continue reading OCTOPUS ALONE is Here!
Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. As co-founder Frederic Melcher declared: “A great nation is a reading nation.” We agree! We're celebrating Children's Book Week this year with a visit from Austin author Michael Fry this Saturday, May 18 at 2PM. Michael has a great new … Continue reading Happy Children’s Book Week!
We fell in love with The Dog Stars when it first came out in hardcover. Now that it's out in paperback, we look forward to sharing it with a whole new audience of readers. A BookPeople Best Book of 2012, we also included the novel as a featured book in our holiday catalog, where bookseller … Continue reading THE DOG STARS Makes Junot Diaz Happy for Literature
H A R D C O V E R F I C T I O N Inferno by Dan Brown In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno. Against this … Continue reading New Releases
Fired up by the release of Dan Brown's Dante-inspired new thriller, Inferno, we've put together a massive display on our first floor honoring all nine circles of Dante's hell: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud & Treachery. From Fifty Shades (Lust) to Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Violence) to The Vanishers (Fraud, Treachery, actually … Continue reading 9 Circles of Literary Damnation
Inspired by the two new books at the top of this list, our Kid's staff created a new display that's totally out of this world. (Yeah, okay, we're not comedians.) If you have a little one who loves to gaze up at a full moon and dream of bouncing around in lunar gravity, here are … Continue reading Books for the Young Astronaut
Austin writer Laura Cottam Sajbel collaborated with Wella Hartig—mother of seven-time Olympic medalist Aaron Peirsol and his world-ranked sister Hayley— to share Hartig's story of raising these two remarkable athletes. The result is their co-authored book Buoyant: How Water and Willpower Helped Wella to Channel Aaron and Hayley Peirsol. The book is currently available as … Continue reading Guest Post: Author Laura Cottam Sajbel on BUOYANT
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