Tag Archive | staff picks
Fall 2014 Book Preview – Part Two
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Here it is, as promised, the second half of our look at some of our most highly anticipated books of the Fall 2014 season. Check out Part One right over here. All books are now available to pre-order via bookpeople.com. More Books To Look For In The Final Quarter Of 2014: ? Our…
Review: Dear Committee Members
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher reviewed by Andrew H. A novel full of letters of recommendation? I did not really know what to expect from Julie Schumacher’s Dear Committee Members, but I’m glad I picked it up on a whim. The writer of these letters, Jay Fitger, is a hopeless,…
New Releases – 8/12/14
Originally posted on BookPeople:
? HARDCOVER FICTION Consuelo’s pick of the day: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami “Murakami has created one of those rare stories where the language reflects the protagonist. Each word is carefully placed, just as Tsukuru Tazaki meticulously lives his life, putting up barriers between himself…
New Releases – 8/5/14
Originally posted on BookPeople:
HARDCOVER FICTION Joe’s pick of the day: The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman “Lev Grossman’s deconstruction of C.S.Lewis’ mythology reaches its conclusion. Beginning with a sorcerous heist and culminating in an apocalyptic ‘Last Battle,’ new faces are introduced and old friends reappear. Meanwhile new twists on old mysteries are revealed as…
New Releases – 7/29/14
Originally posted on BookPeople:
HARDCOVER FICTION Matthew’s pick of the day and Top Shelf for August: Tigerman by Nick Harkaway “In that Tigerman is filled with gentle wit and quiet restraint, it is a wonderful display of British genre fiction. In that Tigerman often defies categorization and eventually abolishes all restraint with makeshift explosives, it…
Stand Up Sit Down Book Club: THE SECOND CITY UNSCRIPTED by Mike Thomas
Originally posted on BookPeople:
~post by Steve(n) It is obsessive and nerdy. It is drunk and irresponsible. It is a transparent excuse to crack jokes with some buddies. It is the Stand Up Sit Down Book Club. You are literary and vain. You are self-indulgent and ignoble. You meet on the last Monday of every…
New Releases – 7/22/14
Originally posted on BookPeople:
HARDCOVER FICTION Joe’s pick of the day: Bravo by Greg Rucka “BRAVO, the follow-up to 2012’s ALPHA, continues the tale of Jad Bell and his Delta Force comrades in their battle against terrorism. Greg Ruck, award-winning novelist & comic book writer, has made a name for himself for his quality work…
Staff Spotlight July: Merrilee!
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Merrilee’s spotlight display in BookKids for the month of July. ~post by Merrilee Like Ellen did in April, for my turn in the staff spotlight, I spent a certain amount of time thinking of a theme. I got a great idea, changed my mind, changed it again, thought of something else…
New Releases – 7/15/14
Originally posted on BookPeople:
HARDCOVER FICTION The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness Deborah Harkness will be in-store, speaking and signing on 8/9 at 4PM! After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At…
New Releases – 7/8/14
Originally posted on BookPeople:
FICTION A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall by Will Chancellor “A globetrotting, witty, powerful and wildly ambitious novel that is at once a psychological journey and a terrific page-turner. Will Chancellor has an electrifying, deeply original voice, and his book is so full of depth and heart that it’s impossible to put…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 