Kitty Genovese: The Murder, The Bystanders, The Crime That Changed America by Kevin Cook Reviewed by Molly The story of Kitty Genovese's story has already been told. Her murder, in front of many witnesses, has become the classic textbook example of the bystander effect. Slow police response time to her killing led to the establishment … Continue reading BookPeople Review: KITTY GENOVESE, The Crime That Changed America
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New Releases – 4/1/2014
HARDCOVER FICTION Frog Music by Emma Donoghue From the bestselling author of Room comes a new novel. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman named Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. Full of songs … Continue reading New Releases – 4/1/2014
Top Shelf: THE HOMESICK TEXAN’S FAMILY TABLE
Top Shelf in April: The Homesick Texan's Family Table: Lone Star Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours by Lisa Fain Reviewed by Arian & Julie Just as we love to fill our shelves with books, we love to fill our kitchens with the aromas of down home, Texas-style cooking. Lisa Fain is one of our favorite … Continue reading Top Shelf: THE HOMESICK TEXAN’S FAMILY TABLE
Cover to Reel: DIVERGENT
~ post by Katie G "Cover to Reel" is a regular column in which I offer my two cents about that age-old debate of whether or not a movie did any kind of justice to the book it’s based on. If you have a teenager, have been around a teenager or know that teenagers exist, … Continue reading Cover to Reel: DIVERGENT
Guest Post: Dottie May’s MAGNOLIA CITY
Guest Post by Duncan W. Alderson Author of Magnolia City This month marks the debut of my historical novel about Houston entitled Magnolia City. One of the first questions people always ask me is, “What inspired you to write this book?” The truth is close to what Flaubert said: “We do not choose our subjects. They … Continue reading Guest Post: Dottie May’s MAGNOLIA CITY
What We’re Reading This Week
~ SUTTERFIELD The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert "This book is beautifully written and really interesting. I'm at the beginning of the book, so it's mostly about the history behind the science and concepts of paleontology, extinction, etc. It's incredibly fascinating. To paraphrase Jon Stewart and an interview he did with Kolbert, there … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Shteyngart Penning ‘International Thriller’
Random House has announced a fourth book from bestselling author Gary Shteyngart, according to the New York Times. Currently titled Hotel Solitaire with a 2017 pub date, the novel is described by Shteyngart as, "...a family drama set in the high-stakes world of global finance, moving from upstate New York to Shanghai, Mumbai, Dubai... It’s about how power is … Continue reading Shteyngart Penning ‘International Thriller’
New Releases – 3/25/2014
HARDCOVER FICTION Every Day is For the Thief by Teju Cole For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Michael Ondaatje, this is new fiction from Teju Cole, whose critically acclaimed debut, Open City was the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A young Nigerian living in … Continue reading New Releases – 3/25/2014
Booksellers in the Wild. With Goats.
This weekend Robyn and Steven headed out to The Writing Barn to sell books at a party for local children's author Jeff Crosby in celebration of his new book, Rockabilly Goats Gruff. In addition to sunny weather and root beer floats, the event also provided a new friend. A goat friend. Who quickly turned into a thief. … Continue reading Booksellers in the Wild. With Goats.
Reader Review: MR. OWITA’S GUIDE TO GARDENING
Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb & an Open Heart by Carol Wall Reviewed by Will Godwin (Father of a former BookPeople bookseller) "It’s been a long winter…. I’m talking about a personal season of illnesses, surgeries, deaths, divisions, and waning spirits in my family circles." … Continue reading Reader Review: MR. OWITA’S GUIDE TO GARDENING
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