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"You're the only person I've ever met who can stand in a bookstore as long as I can. A smarty-pants, the kind you don't find every day." – This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz Film photography by BookPeople’s own Daniel M. Follow him on Instagram @dani.the.street. To see more posts in this series, click here. … Continue reading Scenes from a Bookstore: Vol. II
5 Short Stories Which Make Their Collection (or Anthology) Worth Buying~ post by BenIt seems my supervisors are foolish enough to let this madness continue. So, once again, it's short fiction time.Time has passed. Perhaps we've started to branch out since the last post. A short story collection or two may have passed over our … Continue reading Short Fiction Time Continued: Anthologies
NoViolet Bulawayo's debut, We Need New Names, is a book that has been on my list awhile. While I was aware of its critical acclaim (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize), it was only last summer at a capacity crowd reading for the VONA program faculty that I received the ever important endorsement from a … Continue reading WE NEED NEW NAMES: Overflowing With Truth
~post by Jan Break up stories are love stories...ending. Sometimes it's a rejuvenating purge of a nasty buildup. Sometimes it's having to let go of something that you've put a lot of time and emotion into building. Either way, they make amazing stories. In this month's installment of Book Vloggin' with Jan, Break Up … Continue reading Book Vloggin’ With Jan: Love is Dead
~ KATIE G Cinder: Lunar Chronicles #1 by Marissa Meyer “This series is great. Cinder takes a fairy tale and flips it over exposing this amazing underbelly of fantastical possibilities. The story is engaging, the characters are great, and it's just a lot of fun. I'm really excited that Marissa Meyer is focusing on these … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Okay, here's what we've got going on today: Abby, Chris, Andrew, Danithan & Julie are going to do a tag team reading of 'The Cheater's Guide to Love' from This Is How You Lose Her out on our deck. Matthew of Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders is going to perform. There will be adult beverages. … Continue reading Penguin Truck Tailgate Today!
~post by Julie W. Feast your eyes on this, book lovers - Junot Diaz's bestselling short story collection This Is How You Lose Her is receiving the Deluxe treatment this Fall. Back where I come from (a little land called Strong Island), when you order a "deluxe" burger at a diner, it comes with lettuce, … Continue reading I Have Book Lust & I Cannot Lie
This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz Reviewed by Colleen If there is one author who knows how to simultaneously make me fall head-over-heels in love and break my heart, it's Junot Diaz. This Is How You Lose Her sent me on such a roller coaster of an emotional ride that, upon closing … Continue reading BookPeople Review: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER
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