November 10, 2009  This week we'll be interviewing one of our new Booksellers, UMF student and theater mogul Margeaux DePue!KB: So Margaux, if you had to spend a year inside a book which book would it be? Margaux: OMG! That's kind of a scary question. It would have to be one of the Narnia books. That would just be a blast. Childhood favorite of mine. KB: What book, if you heard a friend disparage it, would make you rethink your friendship? Margaux: Let me see. I would have to say House of Leaves. I had a fight about that with someone the other day. Also Jane Eyre, I know its not a favorite among a lot of my peers, maybe it's how its taught. KB: Okay, Who was the most fun evil villain you've run into lately? Margaux: There are just so many. It's hard to pinpoint just one. Well, Richard the III. He's very aware of his actions, and sometimes he even surprises himself. KB: Does your theater experience influence your experience as a reader? Margaux: Definitely. Being in plays you read a lot of scripts and that leads you to other pieces of literature. I think being in theater helps you develop a broad sense of literacy and what it means to be literate. KB: Thanks Margaux! Here they are! Our weekly picks for the two best: two hardcover, two paperback, and two children's books. The very best new arrivals to leap out of the box and onto our shelves this week. Call or email us if you want more information on any of these titles, or to have us hold you a copy. Or stop in and check them out in person. We'd love to see you. Thanks as always for sharing your reading with us! |
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Last Words: A Memoir
By Carlin, George 2009-11 - Free Press 9781439172957 - Hardcover List Price $26.99 - Your Price: $21.59 This memoir was virtually finished at the time of Carlin's death, and will be a must read for his many fans. One sad thing is that Carlin's books were always exceptional as audio books, but of course this is the first of Carlin's books not to be read by the author. ...More |
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Under the Dome
By King, Stephen 2009-11 - Scribner Book Company 9781439148501 - Hardcover See Other Formats List Price $35.00 - Your Price: $28.00 All right, so you were thinking that we weren't isolated enough in rural Maine, well Stephen King agrees with you. In Under The Dome a giant invisible force field descends on Chesters Mill Maine, sealing off the town, and setting a chain of dramatic events in motion. If the dome had descended on Farmington we probably wouldn't have noticed anything, but in Chester's Mill all hell breaks loose. ...More |
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The Private Patient
By James, P. D. 2009-11 - Vintage Books USA 9780307455284 - Paperback See Other Formats List Price $15.00 - Your Price: $12.00 The release of the latest Adam Dalgliesh mystery,The Private Patient easily earns The Weekly Top 2 DBBTONIP (Deserving Big Book That's Out Now In Paperback) rating. ...More |
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City in Peril!: Robot City Adventures
By Collicutt, Paul 2009-11 - Templar 9780763641207 - Paperback List Price $8.99 - Your Price: $7.19
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These new Robot City graphic novels are huge fun for all ages. Robot City is the city which never rusts, a "vibrant metal metropolis in which highly developed robots are part of everyday life, living and working with humankind." All right so what to do when a giant sea monster threatens the city with disaster? It's time for Curtis, The Colossal Coast-Guard Robot to step up to the plate. And in
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The Giant-Slayer
By Lawrence, Iain 2009-11 - Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers 9780385733762 - Hardcover See Other Formats List Price $16.99 - Your Price: $13.59 The Giant-Slayer is an excellent middle grade fantasy set in 1955 in which Laurie, a young girl with a natural gift as a storyteller, seeks to comfort her best friend who has been hospitalized with polio. As she spins her stories to the children in the hospital ward, it becomes clear that they provide not only imaginative escape, but physical too. ...More |
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Carl's Snowy Afternoon
By Day, Alexandra 2009-11 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374310868 - Hardcover List Price $12.99 - Your Price: $10.39 Carl the Rottweiler, the beloved star of Alexandra day's wordless picture books, who once ruled the picture book shelves, is back in vintage form in this beautifully illustrated and delightful tale of unattended children enjoying the fun of a snowy afternoon, kept safe and sound by Carl. ...More |