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Here's what the Kids team is reading and loving lately. Every month we'll feature a few titles, from picture books to chapter, graphic novels, YA fiction & more! Check out more Kids bookseller recommendations on our Instagram (@bookpeople)! Kids Inventory Manager Staci is in love with Max Amato's Perfect Staci is a huge fan of … Continue reading BookKids: What We’re Lovin’
Here's what the Kids team is reading and loving lately. Every month we'll feature a few titles, from picture books to chapter, graphic novels, YA fiction & more! Check out more Kids bookseller recommendations on our Instagram (@bookpeople)! BookPeople Art Director Tomoko is lovin' Elvis is King! by Jonah Winter, illus. by Red Nose Studio … Continue reading BookKids: What We’re Lovin’
R, our exchange intern from France, asked some of our booksellers what they're currently reading: Sarah H is reading: A Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl [coming out in June] It took her a while to get into this story about a woman and her kid on a road-trip through the United States, but the further … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
MOLLY The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud "The concept of this book hooked me right from the start - Kamel Daoud has rewritten The Stranger, Camus' classic existentialist novel set in Algeria, from the perspective of the Arab victims. I'm just a few pages in, and already, Daoud lyrically delivers the critiques of colonialist literature … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
EMILY K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling I'm reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for the first time. I love it!! I wanted something that I knew that would be a fun, light, read, but I was surprised and impressed with how much more depth it has … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
JOHN G. Space Case by Stuart Gibbs "Space Case is the story of a boy who is among the first people to live on a colony on the moon. It turns out that moon living is not all it's cracked up to be. The food is horrible, there's only one bathroom for everyone, none … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
~ ALEX Lord of the Flies by William Golding "I read this book as a member of the It's the End of the World As We Know It Book Club. We're combining with the Required Reading Revisited Book Club this month to discuss Lord of the Flies. So, I approached it attempting to tease out … Continue reading What We’re Reading
~ TOMMY W Year Zero by Rob Reid "I'm reading this for my book club, Ludicrous Speed. It's the book we're discussing in November. This guy's a new absurdist sci fi writer in the legacy of Douglas Adams & Terry Pratchett. It's his debut novel, and it's incredibly goofy and a lot of fun. The … Continue reading What We’re Reading
~ COLLEEN The Apothecary by Maile Meloy "Wonderful! [Maile Meloy] has a way with words, an absolute master of creative writing description. Her character development is so intuitive. My favorite is Janie. She is so much like me. She loves to get her hand son information, books, learn more about science, and she's just so … Continue reading What We’re Reading
JOE A Man Without Breath by Philip Kerr "A Man Without Breath is the newest Bernie Gunther novel. This is my favorite current noir series. With Bernie Gunther who is a sometime private investigator, sometime Berlin police officer, sometime member of the Nazi SD, and sometime war criminal is once again thrust into a situation … Continue reading What We’re Reading
