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Leah Stewart stops by the store this Saturday, April 7 at 6 p.m. to discuss her new novel, What You Don't Know About Charlie Outlaw. Put simply, it's about a famous actor who gets kidnapped on a hiking excursion. Check out Stewart's answers to The BookPeople Questionnaire below! BP: What are you reading these days? … Continue reading Leah Stewart on Jane Austen, the word ‘ardent’ & making herself cry
Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much by Faith Salie From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!” a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval, whether it’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism in the hopes … Continue reading New Books! 4/19/16
Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They ll travel … Continue reading New Books! 9/22/15
HARDCOVER FICTION Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 by Alice Munro From the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature—and one of our most beloved writers—a new selection of her peerless short fiction, gathered from the collections of the last two decades, a companion volume to Selected Stories (1968-1994). Family Furnishings brings us twenty-four of Alice … Continue reading New Releases – 11/11/14
Here's what caught our eye in the book world this week, in no particular order: A little book by a science fiction writer came out this week, something called A Dance with Dragons. I think the author's name is George R. R. Martin or something. According to the New York Times it gave brick-and-mortar bookstores … Continue reading As the Book World Turns
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith If you've been living on Mars, in a cave, with your fingers in your ears, it's possible you haven't heard about Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Possible, but not likely. But just in case... It's Pride & Prejudice...with Zombies! The natural reaction to a … Continue reading Allison L. Recommends…
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