Rebekah Rine.
Rebekah is a jack of all
trades, a lightning bolt, a quicksilver image at the edge of perception. When
she reads, it's like a wildfire on the prairie. She's worked in the bookstore
since 2004.
Currently Reading:
Snuff
by Chuck Palahniuk.
Pharmakon by Dirk
Wittenborn.
March 2008:
The Willowbys by Lois
Lowry.
December 2007:
Boomsday by Christopher
Buckley.
The author of "Thank You For
Smoking" once again revisits the world of the spin doctors. Straight-A
student Cassandra Devine can't accept her admittance to Yale because her
father spent all her tuition money on a dot-com start up. Instead, she joins
the military, winding up in a mine explosion/sexual scandal.
A decade later, Cassandra finds herself working PR in Washington for a
Senate campaign, and devoted to her catastrophe-prediction blog. The nation
is facing a social security crisis, and Cassandra is keeping herself up all
night blogging and hopped up on Red Bull & No-Doz…when she casually suggests
that young people stand up and revolt against retired baby boomers.
Buckley feeds our curiosity when his novel shows us the possibilities of
what could happen if we took stronger action in the shaping of government
policies.
October 2007:
I Am America (And So Can
You!) by Stephen Colbert
This is the gift of
ultimate truthiness for your sardonically-hard-to shop-for college students
and Hipsters, funny friends and co-workers, or anyone you know who follows
the news with an eyebrow quizzically raised.
The Abstinence Teacher
by Tom Perrotta
This book is for people
suspicious and frustrated about religious groups worming their way into
public society. A high school health teacher makes a frank remark about
sexuality, causing a flood from a church-sponsored abstinence “education”
group which barnstorms the public school curriculum. It also explores the
world of tenacious religious groups from an insider’s perspective. Great for
liberal high school teachers!
An Arsonist’s Guide to
Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
Perfect for everyone.
It’s a funny, smart story about empathetic characters ruining their own
lives. Classic literature lovers will remember when a certain author made
them twitch, and self destructors will remember when reaching for another
big beer led to an extra load of laundry.
April 2007:
Pierced
by Ryu Murakami.
August 2005:
Specimen Days by
Michael Cunningham: read
review
June 2005:
Assassination Vacation by
Sarah Vowell: read
review
Favorite 2004 Picks:
Created
in Darkness by Troubled Americans from McSweeny's.
This
is the greatest book ever. McSweeny's latest collection of humorous essays,
short stories, and hilarious lists has something everyone will love.
Magical
Thinking by Augusten Burrough.
Rebekah's
favorite book of the 2004. If you love David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and the
entire sardonic essay writing bunch, then you will hop on this one fast.
Hepcat
by William Bramhall.
Second
greatest book ever, next to McSweeny's. Get 'em both. This children's book
follows one cool cat on a musical journey as familiar artists, like The
Beatles, give him the courage to perform.
