I Love Books

I think it goes without saying that if you work at a bookstore, you love books.  I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember, ever since I was a young reader obsessed with Claudia Kishi, Wayside School, and writing in hieroglyphics. I keep almost every book I read and enjoy, and reread [...]

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A Few Thoughts from Hoyt

~Post by Chris Hoyt A few thoughts on the recent Amazon scandal. Coming from a small town (Weches, Tx Pop. 22) I can see how Amazon appeals to the middle of nowhere folk that I once was. As a youngster, I relied on trips to Wal-Mart for books and, more importantly, Comic Books to feed [...]

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First Ladies of Comedy

~Post by Sophia Before Bossypants, I had never been a huge fan of Tina Fey. Though I enjoyed Mean Girls and admired her work on Saturday Night Live, I found the characters on her sitcom, 30 Rock, too outlandish and self-absorbed to find sympathetic or even watchable. However, reading her book, I found her reflections [...]

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Joe T.’s Top Reads of 2011

Joe T. rules BookPeople’s second floor. He is a kind master and brilliant Inventory Manager who knows where every book is on every shelf at all times, because he is also omnipotent. And a righteous karaoke dancer. ~ I am always reading. You will find me a t a bar with a book in my [...]

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