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Graphic Novels

By Michelle Wang | April 3, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Raina Telgemeire, Dana Simpson, Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi, Stephen King, Alison Bechdel
Graphic novels

Graphic Novels vs. Comic Books

By Mary Cohrs | March 27, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Jeff Smith, Jennifer Holm, Dave Pikley, Lincoln Peirce
Teen Book Con

Smells Like TeenBookCon

By Anjela Martinez | March 20, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Cecil Castellucci, Dhonielle Clayton, Neal Shusterman
Call me By Your Name and Brokeback Mountain

Books that 'Break the Rules'

By Analisa Falcon | March 13, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Annie Proulx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger
Bluebonnets

Bluebonnets, Paintbrushes and Buttercups

By Mary Cohrs | March 6, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Jean Andrews, Tomie dePaola
Rodeo season reading

For Rodeo Season, Read Across Houston

By David Cherry | February 27, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Larry McMurtry, Kim Wozencraft, Duncan Alderson, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Elizabeth Black, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Stacy Hollister
February books

February Book Recommendations

By Alexandra Drake | February 20, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Rachel Kadish, Nicholas Sparks, Naomi Alderman
Winter Olympics

Going for the Gold, Silver and Bronze

By Mary Cohrs | February 13, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Laura Hamilton Waxman, Ellen Labrecque, Andy Bull, Wayne Coffey
Covers

#CoverCrush: International Editions of Best Sellers

By Lauren Wilcox | February 6, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Gillian Flynn, J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Paulo Coehlo, Cornelia Funke, Kathryn Stockett, J.R.R Tolkien, Dan Brown, Stephen King

Lunar Reads

By Anjela Martinez | January 30, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Andy Weir, Jeff Lemire, Ben Mezrich, Buzz Aldrin, Margaret Wise Brown
Cat books

Purr-fect Books for Cat Lovers

By Mary Cohrs | January 23, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Linda Stevens, Eric Litwin, Judith Byron Schachner, Wanda Gág, Lilian Jackson Braun, Carole Nelson Douglas, Miranda James
Savannah Dorsett

Oh, the Places You’ll Go (In a Good Book)

By Savannah Dorsett | January 16, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
L.M. Montgomery, Agatha Christie, Gabriel Garcia Marquz, Sinclair Lewis, Savannah Dorsett
Old Yeller

Man's Best Friend

By Linda Stevens | January 9, 2018
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Matt Nelson, Dion Leonard, Kevin Hearne, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Mary Oliver
A History of the World in 6 Glasses

Cheers to History

By Mary Cohrs | December 26, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Tom Standage
Daisy Torres

Royal Romance Book Recommendations

By Mandy Carrico | December 19, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan, Catherine Middleton, Meghan Markle, Heather Lyons, Emily Albright
Cozy reads

Cozy December Reads

By Elisabeth Padjen | December 12, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Joseph Kuefler, Wes Anderson, Akiko Miyakoshi, Cynthia Rylant, Jessie Sima, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Diane Duane, Jane Harper, Michael Cunningham
Baking inspiration

Holiday Baking Inspiration

By Mary Cohrs | December 5, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Julia Uher, Kristine Samwell, Abigail Gehring
Star Wars

May the Force Be With You

By Anjela Martinez | November 28, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Mark Hamill, Claudia Gray, Delilah S. Dawson, Tom Angleberger, Jeffrey Brown
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist

Review of 'The Unit'

By Alexandra Drake | November 21, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Ninni Holmqvist, Margaret Atwood
Book fair

Kinkaid's Book Fair

By Brady Brazda | November 15, 2017
School Buzz
People in this article:
John Cooper, Nina Hendee, Edd Hendee, Bill Curtis
Fall books

New Releases This Fall

By Mary Cohrs | November 14, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
John Grisham, David Baldacci, Dan Brown, Clive Cussler, John Sandford, Louise Erdrich, Tami Hoag, Liza Mundt, Ron Chernow, Ulysses S. Grant, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein
Road trip

Tripping Through the Pages

By Linda Stevens | November 7, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
John Steinbeck, Bill Bryson, Jojo Moyes, Jade Chang, Phillip Pullman, Neil Gaiman, J.R.R. Tolkien
Halloween

Spooky Reads

By Elisabeth Padjen | October 31, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Dav Pilkey, Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain, Kristyn Crow, Molly Idle, Alvin Schwartz, Brett Helquist, Stephen Gammel, James Howe, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, Kylie Logan
Scary books

Scary Stories for Halloween Season

By Mary Cohrs | October 24, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, Truman Capote, Vincent Bugliosi, Ann Rule, John Berendt, Erik Larson
Audiobooks

Make It Stop: Surviving Houston Traffic with Audiobooks

By Lauren Wilcox | September 19, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Jim Dale, Tina Fey, Sissy Spacek, Tim Curry
Football books

Pigskin Literature

By Mary Cohrs | September 12, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Michael Lewis, MIchael Oher, H.G. Bissinger, Howie Long, John Czarnecki, Debbie Moose, Bob Sloan
Maddux White

Library Buddies

Animals make reading aloud fun
By Cheryl Ursin | September 1, 2017
Features
People in this article:
Elizabeth Emery, Janis Zinn, Kristi Rodriguez, Alani Dickens, Sharon Cuevas, Ray Cuevas, Denise Perkins, Tien San Lucas, Mary Cohrs, Evan Zager, Olivia Zager, Kate Lilly, Maddux White
Books that were movies

The Book was Better

By Mary Cohrs | August 22, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
J. K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, J. R. R. Tolkien, Margaret Mitchell, Harper Lee, Margot Lee Shetterly, Diane Ackerman, Jeannette Walls, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller
Graphic novels

Get Graphic Vol 1: Telling True Stories the Comic Way

By Anjela Martinez | August 15, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Marjane Satrapi, Sydney Padua, Charles Babbage, Lucy Knisley, Jeff Jensen, Tom Jenen, Gary Leon Ridgway
Historical books

History is Not Boring or Did I Mention There are Beheadings?

By Savannah Dorsett | August 8, 2017
Book Buzz
People in this article:
Alison Weir, Katherine Parr, Sarah Vowell, Barbara Tuchman, Erik Larson, Isaac Cline, Julius Caesar