This summer, Brazos Bookstore is hosting a Cormac McCarthy-themed Book Club. We sat down as a staff to discuss the highs and lows (and more lows, and more lows) of Cormac McCarthy's work.
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FeaturesJul 11th 2017Sara: Hi! This is Sara, and I’m with Ülrika and Kevin chatting about Bullet Journaling today! We’ve got a workshop coming up on the 20th at 6:30pm, so in preparation for that I want to get everyone...
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FeaturesJul 8th 2017Hard to think that half the year has gone by already. But I know it has, because, as Brazos Bookstore buyer, I'm already thinking about Christmas. Let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet, though! There have already...
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An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west."
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The final installment in Herrera's astonishing narco borderland trilogy to be translated into English by the incomparable Lisa Dillman is an allegorical crime novel that treats a drug kingpin's territory like the realm of some fairytale. A timeless story of love trying to survive in a lawless land from one of Mexico's finest novelists.
KINGDOM CONS is our #BrazosBest for July 2017. Read our staff chat about it here.
A haunting parable for our times. A married couple in a small French town begin to feel ostracized by everyone. A devastating tale of paranoia, nationalism, and mob mentality.
Full disclosure: Lawrence is my buddy from MFA school days--but even if he weren’t, I’d be wild about his debut book of smartypants essays with heart. Lawrence writes vividly about personal history, pets--including, um, improper acts with dogs--and Greek mythology, all with pathos and humor. This is the work of a brilliant mind, one that explores the world in surprising and inventive ways.
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I absolutely loved this new speculative novel from Karen Tidbeck. In a world where objects are dependent on being spoken into solidity (literally; forget to re-label a suitcase and it will turn to mush), a bureaucratic colony worker discovers her own desire for abstraction and unsureness. Much like China Miéville's EMBASSYTOWN and THE CITY & THE CITY, or Renee Gladman's Ravicka Trilogy, Tidbeck forms a plot out of the inadequacies and subjectivities of language, creating new possibilities for both the environment and the characters.
Don't be put off by this book's theoretical linguistic themes or Science Fiction designation. AMATKA is a serious plot-driven mystery/adventure. The characters are immediately subtle but personable, the story is invigorating, and the landscape isn't too far off from our own to feel endeared to.
Especially in a political space such as ours, it seems fitting to dig into a book that so experimentally digs into what objectivity, truth, and individuality are (and could possibly be).
The 33 1/3 series is a wonderful collection of various writers (some professional, some amateur) writing about a particular album that has made a significant impact on popular music as well as their own lives. The books vary in style. The one for Master of Reality by John Darnielle (lead singer of The Mountain Goats) is the only one written as a novella.
Written from the perspective of a troubled teen undergoing rehab after contemplating suicide, this tale unfolds as a series of journal entries. As the main character tries to explain to his therapist why Black Sabbath's Master of Reality is so important to him, the reader gains insight into what makes this record so special. The story is funny, incisive, and heart wrenching, ultimately accomplishing what the 33 1/3 series sets out to do; showing us how certain records can take on significant meaning in our lives. That an album can be so much more than a simple series of songs.
Quips & Quotes
Reading rebels against the managed world of information and the chaotic world of data. Reading is meaning.
-- Jeanette Winterson