February 2012
4 posts
Interview with Adam Johnson author of "The Orphan...
An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, The Orphan Master’s Son follows a young man’s journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world’s most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea. Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and an influential father who runs Long Tomorrows, a work camp for orphans. There the boy is...
Interview with Alex Gilvarry, author of "From the...
Boyet Hernandez is a small man with a big American dream when he arrives in New York in 2002, fresh out of fashion school in the Philippines. But on the brink of fame and fortune, there comes instead a knock on the door in the middle of the night: the flamboyant ex-Catholic is swept to America’s most notorious prison, administered a Qur’an and locked away indefinitely to discover his link to a...
Chopsticks - Who knew?!?
I am in love with this new book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon.
Amy is famous for one of my other favorite children’s books, Little Pea, as well as Duck! Rabbit!, Spoon and more. Scott is the author and illustrator of Hugo & Miles in I’ve Painted Everything! and he is the illustrator of several books including Amy’s book Spoon.
Chopsticks is the story of...
All these cookbooks are making me hungry!
One thing I love about working in my neighborhood independent bookshop is discovering new books - both exciting new releases and hidden gems from the past. My biggest downfall is cookbooks. I love to read cookbooks like everyone else reads novels. Cookbooks are like picture books for grown-ups. Today I walked to the back of the shop to replace a cookbook and got drawn in for a few minutes to...