Monday, April 3rd, 2023, 5:30 pm, in-store
This month Gibson's Book Club celebrates poetry!
Book club discussion of our favorite poems! 1-2 weeks before our meeting, email us (gibsons at gibsonsbookstore.com) your favorite poems that have helped you get through times of crisis, or that remind you of happy occasions, etc.—poems that are personally meaningful to you.
Monday, March 6th, 2023, 5:30 pm, in-store
This month Gibson's Book Club is reading Taste: My Life Through Food, by Stanley Tucci, an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a Notable Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen ta
Monday, February 6th, 2023, 5:30 pm, in-store
This month Gibson's Book Club is reading The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich, a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage, and of a woman's relentless errors.
"Dazzling. . . . A hard-won love letter to readers and to booksellers, as well as a compelling story about how we cope with pain and fear, injustice and illness. One good way is to press a beloved book into another's hands. Read The Sentence and then do just that."—USA Today, Four Stars
Monday, January 9th, 2023, 5:30 pm, in-store
An emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.
"Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes..."
Monday, December 5th, 2022, 5:30 pm, in-store
Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong.
With more than a million copies sold, Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a must-read for fans of classic children's literature or timeless fantasy fables.
Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town.
Monday, November 7th, 2022, 5:30 pm, in-store
This month Gibson's Book Club is reading Ring Shout, by P. Djèlí Clark, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror.
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror
“A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination...Clark’s combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh.” —The New York Times
Monday, October 17th, 12pm/noon
Anguished English is the impossibly funny anthology of accidental assaults upon our common language. From bloopers and blunders to Signs of the Times to Mixed-Up Metaphors . . . from Two-Headed Headlines to Mangling Modifiers . . . it's a collection that will leave you roaring with delight and laughter. Help wanteds: Wanted: Unmarried girls to pick fresh fruit and produce at night.
From Simon & Schuster, The Write Way is the S.P.E.L.L. (Society for the Preservation of English Language and Literature) guide to real-life writing.
Anyone who's tackled tricky grammar, slippery syntax, pesky punctuation, or sneaky jargon knows that good writing is never easy.
Have some fun with your native tongue!
Monday, October 3, 2022, 5:30pm, in-store
This month Gibson's Book Club is reading Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler.
This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times).
Monday, September 12th, 2022, 5:30pm, in-store
This month Gibson's Book Club is reading Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth, by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford.
A New York Times bestseller!
“Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review
"Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal
“Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” —Houston Chronicle
**Postponed until July 29 at 4 PM. Details to follow**
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.
