J.K. Rowling has announced she is writing 2 new Harry Potter books. In honor of that, the Harry Potter series is our staff pick of the week. Equally magical on the first, second, third… however many re-reads, Harry and his gang are some of our favorite characters, and […]
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It’s National Poetry Month! It’s time to enjoy your favorite poets or find some new ones like Jalal al-Din Rumi, Billy Collins, e.e. cummings, an anthology of poets, or one of the many other famous and not-so-famous poets we have in the collection. Don’t like poetry? Not a problem. Try […]
The shortlist for the 2014 Andrew Carnegie Medals has been announced! Have you read the books? Let us know what you think! The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, one of the fiction shortlist selections, is one of our staff picks. Also on the fiction shortlist are: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie […]
S. also known as Ship of Theseus is a book within a book… or in truth, three books in one. If that sounds like a lot, it is, but it’s worth the read. It’s also perfect for April Fool’s Day with it’s very unusual triplicate story-line and miscellaneous notes stuck […]
The staff recommends The Can’t Cook Book: 100+ recipes for the absolutely terrified by Jessica Seinfeld. Simple, easy to follow recipes and directions with lots of photos to show you how what you’re cooking is supposed to look, Seinfeld breaks cooking down into manageable proportions. Her lemon ricotta pancake recipe is […]
Staff Pick Bookmarks are here! Don’t know what to read after the last Patterson? Why not try Ghostman by Robert Hobbs? Or, if you’re looking for some less suspenseful fiction, why not The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence, We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter S. Beagle, or one of […]
So, normally I try and not list whole series but with November and December typically being rather sparse in terms of new books I thought I would capitalize on this weeks release of The Chosen Seed, the third book in Sarah Pinborough’s Forgotten Gods series to highlight the whole series rather than just […]
OK, so there isn’t a lot of terribly exciting new things being released this week so I’m taking a look back at a book that got released back in October, Orr: My Story by Bobby Orr.
Whether you’re pacing yourself with the HBO series or are eagerly chomping at the bit waiting for The Winds of Winter (come on George, write like the wind!) there are plenty of other wonderful fantasy series which feature the same kind of grit and maturity as George R. R. Martin’s […]
Originally a self-published series of novels Hugh Howey’s Wool saw hardcover release from Simon Schuster last month. In this post-apocalyptic novel readers are introduced to a society of humans living in what seems to be a silo transformed into an underground habitation. One hundred levels deep the people of this […]